One after another, the teams entered the mystery realm. They didnât need to worry about being attacked immediately upon entering, as the teams would all be randomly teleported away after entering the mystery realm. The chances of two teams being teleported to the exact same location were infinitesimally close to zero.
At the very least, Ling Han and the others didnât suffer such misfortune. After entering the mystery realm, he began by surveying their surrounding environment.
âNewbies, stop looking around everywhere. Follow our lead,â Wu Ya and the others said. They had already participated in the Thousand Academy Tournament once, so they were naturally familiar with this mystery realm. As such, they didnât need to observe the surroundings, and they immediately issued a command to Ling Han, the Empress, and the others.
In this place, competitors were forbidden from drawing on any external power. Thus, these people naturally regained their sense of superiority. So what if Ling Han was a monarch star? He was still trash because of his low and measly cultivation level.
Ling Han chuckled, and said, âI detest looking at you people. Letâs part ways here.â
âYouâŚ!!â Xun Feng and the others were all enraged. This was a team competition, so they could only perform to their full potential if they all combined their strength, yet Ling Han wanted to split from the team right from the get-go? If they came across enemies, wouldnât they get easily picked off one by one?
âBa, donât be too arrogant!â Xun Feng couldnât help but chide. âYou canât even rival us, let alone the countless other elites in this realm. In fact, there are no fewer than 50 people who are even more powerful than You Yuan. Do you really think you can defeat everyone?â
âIndeed,â Ling Han said with a nod. âI canât help it; strength breeds confidence.â
Xun Feng and the others were about to explode in rage. They had never come across someone as shameless as Ling Han before. He was only at the Third Leaf of the Eighth Lotus, yet he still dared to harbor such unfounded confidence? Where was his sense of superiority coming from?
âSee you in a month,â Ling Han said with a wave. He then left with the three women.
âStop right there!â Wu Ya roared. He immediately lashed out, grabbing at Ling Han. He truly couldnât endure this anymore. He was going to teach this audacious brat a lesson.
Ling Han didnât turn around, and he simply snapped his fingers.
Whoosh!
A burst of Sword Qi slashed over, astonishing the heavens.
Pu!
A bloody gash instantly appeared on Wu Yaâs chest, so deep that even his bones were visible. One of his wings more so lost one-third of its feathers, with the latter dancing in the sky like white snow.
This strike seemingly froze time as well, with everyone rendered speechless as their mouth remained agape.
Wu Ya⌠was at the Seventh Leaf of the Eighth Lotus!
Even if one were a monarch star, if they werenât at the same or even higher cultivation level, how could they defeat a monarch star like Wu Ya in a single strike?
Moreover, Ling Han was only at the Third Leaf of the Eighth Lotus!
No, no, no⌠He definitely wasnât at the Third Leaf. If a Third Leaf cultivator were so ferocious, the entire system of cultivation would fall into disarray.
âDonât seek death!â Ling Han said in a baleful voice. He was filled with animosity toward the Foreign Realm. If it werenât for the fact that the Angel Race hadnât invaded the Celestial Realm, and if it werenât for the fact that there were Ancestral Kings watching over this competition to prevent competitors from killing each other, he might have truly failed to suppress his killing intent.
After all, Wu Ya had wanted to steal his women before, and he had even acted upon this impulse.
At this moment, even Xun Feng didnât dare to interfere. This was because he couldnât defeat Wu Ya in a single strike. In other words, Ling Han was even more powerful than him. Moreover, the Empress and Hu Niu were also monarch stars who possessed astounding battle prowess. If they truly did battle, they wouldnât have any advantage at all.
In addition, such a battle would be completely meaningless. Thus, they naturally didnât want to engage.
The five people felt deep powerlessness as they watched Ling Han and the others leave.
âIf we canât break into the top 100 this time, the responsibility lies squarely with them.â
âThatâs right; itâs got nothing to do with us.â
The five people all spoke in disdain.
Meanwhile, Ling Han and the others were as relaxed as could be. There were two ways to obtain the beaconsâthe first way was to find the hidden beacons, and the second way was to snatch beacons from others.
The hidden beacons would all have obvious indications, such as bright and flashing lights. As long as one ventured within two kilometers of a hidden beacon, they would be able to discover it with ease. If one wanted to snatch beacons from others, however, this would be up to luck. Perhaps the victims would possess no beacons, either because they hadnât started collecting them yet, or because they had only just been robbed by others. In that case, they would make no gains. âWe have heaps of time. Letâs rest first,â Ling Han said. He was completely uninterested in searching for the hidden beacons. Instead, he had already decided long ago that he would snatch them from others. As such, he naturally couldnât be bothered wasting his time to look for them now. Half a monthâs time was likely enough for all of the hidden beacons to be discovered and collected. At that time, battles would break out, and those who were more powerful would naturally end up snatching more beacons.
Ling Han and the others found a lake, where they set up a tent to rest. They would cultivate for a while every day before enjoying some delicacies and relaxing. Their days were especially leisurely-apart from the fact that they still had zero beacons.
Meanwhile, in the outside world, there was a stone tablet that listed the current progress of every team. This stone tablet would refresh every two hours.
The entire mystery realm existed within a formation, so it was extremely easy to gather information about the teams inside.
Right now, the Eternal Dragon Academy wasnât ranked first. Instead, it was the Excellence Order Academy that occupied this position, having obtained a total of 97 beacons. Meanwhile, the Eternal Dragon Academy was only ranked 17th.
However, no one was surprised about this. Firstly, the standings for the first round didnât bear any great significance. The teams simply needed to make it into the top 100 to advance to the second round. Secondly, the competition had only just begun, so the more powerful teams naturally hadnât made their moves yet. For example, the Firm Heaven Academy, which had placed second in the previous tournament, was only ranked 13th right now.
Opposite the stone tablet, there was also a large stone that was as smooth as a mirror. On its surface was a live stream of the mystery realm. However, this stream could only capture a small number of areas.
âHurry, look over there! This youth has defeated another team!â someone exclaimed.
The spectators here were the elites who had accompanied the teams from their academies. They were mostly at the Ninth Lotus as Ancestral Kings clearly wouldnât mingle with such crowds.
A Ninth Lotus elite clasped their head, and exclaimed, âWho is this youth? Heâs far too powerful, no? He annihilated the entire team in under 10 breaths!â
He was clearly a junior at the Eighth Lotus, yet his battle prowess could easily rival that of Ninth Lotus elites.
âThatâs Xu Xing, the greatest prodigy from my academy!â an elite said with pride. âThree Manifest Academy?â Everyone frowned upon hearing this. They all wore expressions of doubt.
In the previous Thousand Academy Tournament, the Three Manifest Academy had ranked outside the top 500. They had completely failed to make it into the second round. Now, however, after a measly one million years, they had actually produced such a terrifying prodigy? With just his power alone, he was able to defeat an entire team in a mere 10 breaths?
This was a monarch star!
âThe world is truly ever-changing!â an elite remarked with emotion. âA monarch star was killed this time, yet another monarch star has risen to fill his place. The heavens are truly smiling down at us! Monarch stars are rising with no end, and now is the time for us to flourish!â
âMm-hm!â Many people nodded in agreement. Only Qi Shuang and Yuan felt extremely vexed. After all, it was extremely likely that their academy couldnât even break into the top 100 this time. How could they be in the mood to feel happy for others?
âAnd this woman from the Angel Race. Sheâs also extremely powerful.â They quickly discovered another rising star. This woman used her fingers like a sword, unleashing devastating bursts of Sword Qi that no one could rival. She advanced with no obstructions at all.
âHehe, this is Jing Zhongyue from my Purple Flutter Academy,â an elite said with a chuckle. He wore a smug expression, and he said this before the others even had a chance to ask.
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