[Spiritual Continent, Inner Domain, Purple Amethyst Sect, Competition Arena]
Not only Su Lanfei appeared. Shenlian Yingyue could see Sima Ke Xin from the Sima Clan, Yao Yanzi from the Water Lily Sect, Wei Xiaodan from the Wei clan (Ch.307), and Gui Yin, an inner disciple from the Purple Amethyst Sect (Ch.203).
Of course, she didn’t remember so many people, but Xao Mei (The Star Bee) was the one who told her.
Yao Yanzi’s face wasn’t good. He was coming to the fourth area with the others. He seemed to resist the physical contact with the women from the Water Lily Sect.
Shenlian Yingyue looked at everyone. To be precise, she was inspecting their cultivation levels.
Ten minutes later, it seemed that everyone had arrived. The elders of each sect went to their seats in their area, and the people who didn’t show up yet were all big figures, such as the sect leaders of each sect and the people from the Superior Domain.
Five minutes later, the leaders of the other sects and the three patriarchs of the three clans showed up one by one. However, they stood behind the purple crystal barrier curtain so that only their silhouettes could be seen.
Shenlian Yingyue could make some guesses based on their silhouettes. Ten of them were men, and two of them were women. One of the women must be the sect leader of the Water Lily sect. How about the other woman?
Did this mean that Shi Tian Xan would also attend today’s event? Just as everyone didn’t dare to breathe because of the many strong breaths that enveloped them, another figure showed up in the area that belonged to the leaders of each sect.
In short, there were nine righteous sects and three powerful clans in the Inner Domain. There should be only twelve of them; who was the other one that showed up randomly? When that person showed up, the other people seemed to be’shocked’?
"It’s such a pleasure that everyone gathers here today. I’m the ninth elder of the Purple Amethyst Sect. I will be the referee in today’s competition. The match will start in another five minutes after I finish explaining the rules and the details about the competition." The arrogant voice of the ninth elder echoed. (Ch.177, he showed up.)
Everyone’s lips twitched. Out of many people, why would they let the ninth elder be the referee? No one didn’t know that the ninth elder of the Purple Amythest sect was extremely arrogant and put no one to the eye. He had a short temper and was easily offended and annoyed by small things.
"Long story short, today’s competition has five rounds. The first round required everyone to fight with each other. Each sect has a hundred candidates, and the candidates of each sect will have to battle with the candidates of the other sects. Each sect must do its best to eliminate its opponents. The time required to compete is thirty minutes. Those who passed can proceed to the next step."
"The second round is using array formation. The third round is going to fantasy land, the fourth round is a 1v1 brawl, and the last round is... The information is not available at present."
Everyone who was waiting for the last round almost fell from the chair when they heard his words.
"The specific information about each round will be revealed when the time comes. In each round, many people will be eliminated. Those who could reach the fourth round are entitled to take the 1V1 brawl match." The ninth elder ignored everyone’s speechlessness and continued his duty.
"The number of people who can go to the Superior Domain is limited to twenty people." As such, the ninth elder began to explain the reward that they would get if they passed the competition. (I wrote about the reward in Ch.473)
"There are only three rules in this competition. No cheating, no cheating, and no cheating!"
Everyone: "....."
These rules were all the same!!
"Once you violate the rules, you will be completely eliminated from the competition by us. Any question?" The ninth elder’s spiritual sense spread everywhere, and his voice reached everyone’s ears.
"Excuse me, ninth elder. The disciple has a question."
"Go on!" He nodded.
"What type of weapons are allowed to be used here?"
"If you can’t hold on, you can choose to surrender, but you’ll lose the qualification to participate in the next round!" The ninth elder’s tone was as hard as a rock.
"Now, prepare yourselves for the first round! Intense Battle! You have five minutes to prepare! Remember, this isn’t a group fight, but a real battle. Even if you come from the same sect, you are not allowed to help each other. Everyone must rely on their own strength."
Hearing this, everyone’s eyes widened, while some of them stood up with excitement. They couldn’t wait until the time came.
Five minutes later, the ninth elder waved his hand, and the battle arena immediately widened; it extended big enough to accommodate a thousand disciples.
The disciples of each sect looked at each other bloodthirstily as they flew to the battle arena one by one.
They had a question. Where were the people of the Superior Domain? Until now, they didn’t see those strong people at all. Why did the competition start when they hadn’t arrived?
Shenlian Yingyue had already stood on the battle arena. Her eyes immediately turned to look at the cloud, the highest place where it seemed to be hidden by the barrier, and the outsiders couldn’t use their spiritual senses to look inside.
Not only Shenlian Yingyue noticed that place; even a few people (guess, who?) noticed it.
[Above the clouds]
"Not bad, that girl and those youngsters. Unexpectedly, with our strength, they could still find out our existence. They are really good seedlings."
"Don’t jump to conclusions so fast; let’s see what they are capable of."
Several figures sat on the cloud above the competition arena, said to each other, and looked at the battle arena deeply.

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