581: Chapter 581 The Moonlit Festival Begins

Seeing this, Kalsis's hands were also trembling.

Terminate the deal? Go our separate ways? She says it so lightly!

What had he sacrificed for this engagement?

He had given up Zhao Zhao, given up his dignity, and given up the bridge to communicate with the God Emperor!

He thought he could at least trade for resources, status, and a chance to achieve a Breakthrough to God Emperor!

And the result? The flower of origin was gone, the engagement was gone, and the resources were gone too!

He hadn't gained anything, and nothing was left!

"Chen Yi—it's all because of this scoundrel!"

"It's all because of him! He snatched away Zhao Zhao, snatched away the flower of origin, and now even Fiya is about to be snatched away by him! Why? Why does everyone favor him? On what grounds?"

"Chen Yi, you scoundrel, I swear, I will definitely make you pay the price!"

"No matter the cost, no matter how long I have to wait, no matter what means I must use! I will make you, this scoundrel, taste the humiliation I have suffered today!"

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Time arrived at the day before the Moonlight Festival.

The sky over the City of Extreme Evil seemed brighter than usual.

Within that eternal light purple, there was an extra layer of faint golden halo, spreading from the eastern horizon.

The streets of the city were decorated with lanterns and streamers everywhere. Every alley was packed with world malice that had rushed in from all over, as well as a very small number of humans.

Chen Yi stood in the courtyard of the residence at No. 7 Zizhu Street, looking up at the sky that had changed color, and took a deep breath.

"Tomorrow is the Moonlight Festival! It's so lively!"

Zhao Zhao bounced out of the room, holding a notebook in her hand.

"Chen Yi! Come here, come here! Let me tell you about the flow of the Moonlight Festival! It starts tomorrow, you can't just go in there without knowing anything, right?"

"Yeah, sure, let me hear Teacher Zhao Zhao's explanation then!"

"Hehehe~~~"

She pulled Chen Yi to sit on the stone bench in the courtyard, cleared her throat, and struck the pose of a teacher starting a class.

"First, the first step is the preliminary selection round, which has three rounds of competition!"

"The Kingdom of Extreme Evil has at least tens of millions of world malice participating in the Moonlight Festival, though, of course, the vast majority are just there to make up the numbers!"

"The process for the preliminary selection is similar to the God Stele Forest challenge, except the opponents have been replaced with Immortal Masters!"

"This ensures that everyone can fight with all their might without worrying about casualties. In the end, the win rate will determine who qualifies for the final competition. There are only, and can only be, one hundred people who qualify!"

"Selecting one hundred people out of tens of millions, so, even for you, you can't be careless~~~"

Chen Yi smiled: "Alright, I won't be careless!"

Zhao Zhao nodded with satisfaction, then took out a new page.

"After these one hundred people qualify, the final competition will take place—a round-robin tournament! It will also be fought using the God Stele Forest's challenge Formation!"

"The only difference this time is that after the round-robin rankings are confirmed, those in lower positions have countless opportunities to continue challenging those in higher positions!"

"After defeating an opponent, the two parties will swap rankings! After a week, the rankings will be completely finalized!"

Chen Yi thought thoughtfully: "So, even if the ranking is low at the beginning, there's a chance to make a comeback?"

"Yes!" Zhao Zhao nodded, "So, the rankings in the last three days could change at any moment. Until the very last moment, no one knows what the final result will be!"

"The top three in the rankings can receive the blessing of the Great Emperor Chen Yu! Especially the first place; as long as you don't court death, a Breakthrough to God Emperor is a certainty!"

"The others will receive varying amounts of energy purple crystal rewards based on their rankings. Of course, these are all provided by the legacy of the Great Emperor Chen Yu!"

"This is the Moonlight Festival! A truly unparalleled grand event!"

"Those who have just achieved a Breakthrough to Heavenly God are basically just here to watch the fun. Only those with existence approaching Ancient God level can barely manage to snag a reward!"

"Every single one who can make it into the top one hundred is not someone to be trifled with!"

Chen Yi leaned back on the stone bench, looked up at the sky, and the corners of his mouth lifted slightly.

"In other words, I start the preliminary selection tomorrow, then get into the top one hundred, then fight the round-robin, and then take first place?"

"You're quite confident!"

"It's not confidence, it's that I must take first place! You said it yourself, only the first place can steadily achieve a Breakthrough to God Emperor! If I want to achieve a Breakthrough to God Emperor, I must take first place!"

Zhao Zhao looked at him and suddenly smiled: "Yes! You must take first place!"

Chen Yi also stood up, drank some tea, and prepared to go back inside.

However, right at this moment, Zhao Zhao suddenly pounced on Chen Yi, "Alright! There's still one day left, let's relax properly first!"

"Relax? You call this relaxing?"

"Of course it's relaxing! You've been tense for so many days, and tomorrow you're going to the battlefield, shouldn't you relax properly today?"

"You're relaxed, but I'm the one who gets tired!"

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry, hurry, hurry~~~"

Chen Yi sighed and resignedly let her drag him into the room.

Fine, relax then! Anyway, he was relaxing too! It was just tiring Kidney Brother a little bit, no big deal!

--- On the day of the Moonlight Festival.

The entire City of Extreme Evil was packed with people.

From the square in the center of the city to the wilderness outside the city, from the Purple Bamboo Forest in the east to the Temple of Time in the west, from the city gate in the south to the God Stele Forest in the north—everywhere was crowded with people.

Countless figures were densely suspended in the sky, and the ground was a sea of black heads.

Those Old Ancestors hiding in the Secret Realm had all come out!

Some were riding exotic beasts, some were riding flying carriages, and some were simply stepping on a cloud, drifting over slowly—

That spectacle was countless times livelier than the Festival in the Void Realm!

One can only say, as expected of the Moonlight Festival! The once-in-a-hundred-thousand-year Festival of the Kingdom of Extreme Evil!

Fortunately, they were all divine lifeforms and could already fly, so it wasn't particularly crowded!

A layer flying in the sky, a layer standing on the ground, and a layer floating in the middle—with three layers of people stacked together, there were remarkably no accidents!

Chen Yi and Zhao Zhao went out together.

The place where they lived was not far from the nearest preliminary selection Formation point; it only took a few steps to get there.

That was a huge circular square. In the center of the square stood dozens of tall stone steles, each emitting a faint light.

That was the challenge Formation used for the preliminary selection, exactly the same as the challenge Formation of the God Stele Forest, except the opponents had changed from the undead of the past to Immortal Masters.

A long queue had already formed in the square, but most were just there to watch the fun.

Those who were actually participating in the preliminary selection all had their own exclusive channels.

Chen Yi walked to the stone stele and placed his hand on it. A screen of light popped up.

[Please register your challenger name!]

He thought for a moment. Anyway, the name Yi Chen was already known throughout the City of Extreme Evil, so there was no need to change it!

"Then I'll continue to use the name Yi Chen!"

[Ding! Yi Chen, registration successful!]

[Matching you with an opponent of similar strength, please wait---]