Chapter 501: Team Battle!
'Thousand Demon Subduing Illusionary Formation'
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Hearing the name of this formation was alone enough to chill the souls of the participants. After hearing the explanation about the array from the commentator, everyone understood its function.
Basically, it was an illusionary space made with the help of a very profound Tier 6 array. In this space, one would face a rampaging beast tide. One after another, waves of beasts will rush towards them, starting with a lower-level beast moving to one with a higher realm.
Killing beasts would award them with one point, and surviving a tide would award them 10 points. At the end of this match, only 35 teams would be able to advance to the next realm.
"25 teams?" some of the gathered participants could not help but frown upon hearing this condition. "Don't we only have 50 participants in each team? How will we be making a team of 25 with 4 members in each group?"
The one who voiced his question was a handsome young man with long white hair. He stood tall among his peers without any weapons in his hands.
Hearing his question, the smile on the commentator's face widened, sending shivers down their spines.
"Don't you already know the answer to that?" His words gave everyone a bad premonition that they had been able to guess in the back of their minds but weren't willing to accept due to their pride. "You all will be fighting in groups made up of no matter the cultivation!"
What?!?!
This revelation sent the participants into a frenzy.
"Huh? Why do we have to carry dead weight?!"
"How can we face monsters alone while having incompetent fools by our sides?" Some of them started to show their disdain for the lower-level cultivators outright.
"Huh? So what if we have lower cultivation? I can easily defeat those in the same realm as me!" Even the participants with lower cultivation started showing their displeasure. Despite their cultivation, they were heirs of clans with backgrounds or had very good talent.
It was because of this, they had their own pride and did not want to be looked down on by anyone.
*Woosh!*
With a chilling look in his eyes, the commentator released his aura, a chilling pressure akin to a huge mountain that made them have difficulty breathing.
Only a few people in the group appeared to be unaffected by the pressure.
"You can leave if you have any problem with these conditions." His tone sounded cheerful, but his words were anything but cheerful.
"When you move to this realm, only skills will matter. No matter what kind of genius you are, in the face of danger like that, cultivation does not matter."
His cold words left the contestants surprised and puzzled, but he refused to explain anything else.
"Don't think too much about it; you will know soon enough~" Seeing the sharp glares he was receiving from everyone, the commentator acted bashful and waved his hands. "We should move on to the rules now."
"First things first, the group will be formed randomly by the list. You cannot just make the groups on your own." While some appeared to be displeased, they dared not speak, seeing the 'got any problem' look on the face of the man.
"Once inside the illusion, you will be facing the beasts with just your group. Your behavior can also impact your points, and as for how it will affect it, it will be up to you all to find out."
"Since it's an illusionary world, the time for you will be three times faster than it would be for us. Now that you know everything, we will be selecting your groups for you. After the groups are selected, please move to the stage and stand above the number corresponding to your team. This stage is big enough for 300 participants to stand without crowding the place."
Without wasting any time, the commentator made his move once more. The empty screen in the air shone, and names started to appear in different groups.
Each group was marked with a different identity in the name of 'Team 1', 'Team 2', and so on.
"Look, there is our name!"
"Who is that bastard in my team? Better not drag me down, or I will kill you before the beasts even reach you!"
"Why is it so slow~ I want to mutilate some beasts… hurry up!!"
The participants looked at the list with an eager look on their faces as their names started to appear on the screen.
Those who got the information about their team moved toward the new stage while looking for their team number on the stage.
One could see several numbers from 1-75 plastered on the stage at a wide distance from each other.
Long Xiang also moved to the stage after getting the information from his team. As he moved, he did not forget to cast a dark gaze in a certain direction.
Noah, along with the rest, patiently waited for his name to appear on the list, and sure enough, he found the names of his companions as well.
But…
"I wonder if this number is assigned to me by luck or if it has a shadow of someone's involvement." Noah shot a sharp glance towards Wuhan seated on his throne in suspicion. Seeing the man not looking in his direction, Noah shook his head before gazing back at the screen and looking through the names of his teammates.
'Team 69'
Long Tian - Peak of the core formation realm.
Zhong Hua - Eighth level of the core formation realm.
Ming Ming - Fourth level of the foundation establishment realm.
Han Lu - Second realm of the Qi Condensation stage.
"Is this their way of balancing their team?" Noah muttered, seeing the cultivation level of his teammates, but then he recalled how the commentator said that the cultivation in the illusion world would not matter.
After a quick look, Noah moved and appeared on the spot marked with '69' on the stage.
"So we are on the same team~" Hearing the familiar voice, Noah turned around and saw Zhong Hua moving towards him with an amused look in her eyes.