49: Chapter 49 The End of the Semifinals

The "Generals Might - Flesh-Eating Blood-Drinking Great Method" consumes a vast amount of blood energy and stamina from a martial artist, and eating flesh and drinking blood is a way to restore them.

Unfortunately, in this situation, Yang Bai could not bring himself to do it.

The last pole-wielding Divine Lord was the most troublesome of the four who besieged him, not because her unarmed combat ability was strong, but because this person ran away directly.

It was unclear if she was dragging out time until the Divine Lords in the other four areas all died, then entering the finals to trip Yang Bai up, or if she was simply afraid of failure and ran away in a panic.

Instead, the two engaged in a chase within this 500-square-meter small arena.

Yang Bai was covered in blood, dragging a large iron pole as he sprinted, while the pole-wielding woman fled in front. Every time she looked back, her speed would increase by a notch.

The potential of a person under extreme terror is immense; Yang Bai could not catch up to her in the short term.

Five minutes later.

Yang Bai threw the blood-stained iron pole aside and sat on the ground, panting heavily. Beside him was the corpse of the pole-wielding woman; from her expression, it was easy to see that she had not departed in peace.

"Phew, now I just wait for the time to end."

Yang Bai let out a long sigh of relief, then walked to the weapon rack, took down the prepared weapons, and piled them to one side to ensure that the next Divine Lord to break through the vine woods and enter the Demon-Sealing High Platform would not be able to obtain weapons immediately.

Yang Bai sat in the middle of the pile of weapons, wiping the blood from his face, looking toward the four monster area entrances with icy eyes.

Not long after, huge explosions came from two of the entrances; it seemed two groups intended to force a breakthrough.

However, their attacks could only blast a small hole in the vine woods; there was still a significant distance to go before breaking through this ten-meter-thick Emerald Vine Wood Array.

Moreover, as time passed, the [Stone Gate Maze] would gradually shrink, and the maze monsters in the monster areas would also move continuously due to the changes in the maze, until they all gathered at the entrances.

In this situation, it would undoubtedly create two scenarios.

Those forcing a breakthrough of the Emerald Vine Wood Array would be attacked by the maze monsters, their breakthrough speed would be greatly reduced, and at the same time, remembering the previous words, they would begin to collect monster blood.

Those collecting monster blood would speed up their progress, and only after they filled that so-called "Holy Vat" with monster blood would they realize something was wrong, and then, while bearing the monsters' attacks, begin to force a breakthrough.

Although there were two scenarios, the final result was the same: all of them would be tricked to death by Yang Bai, with only two lucky ones surviving to the end to enter the finals with Yang Bai.

Time ticked away, and the sounds of explosions and the roars of the maze monsters came from the entrances of the four monster areas.

Separated by an Emerald Vine Wood Array, not just Yang Bai, but even the spectators outside could feel the despair in the hearts of those Divine Lords.

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God War Tournament Main Arena.

Yang Bai's operation of blocking the monster area exits immediately drew dissatisfaction from a group of people, but after seeing his incredibly bloody killing style, these people unanimously shut their mouths.

"Director Ren Fengjiu, Secretary Chen asked me to remind you that this Yang Bai is destroying the maze venue and tampering with the competition rules, which has already caused a negative impact."

"What do you think?"

The host came to Ren Fengjiu's side, smiling obsequiously, trembling as he spoke.

Ren Fengjiu sneered, grabbed the host by the neck, pulled him to his headset, and threatened:

"Is he the referee, or am I the referee? Haven't these youngsters destroyed my Divine Domain enough? Secretary Chen, I have already repaid what I owed the Chen family; from now on, figure it out yourself."

Ren Fengjiu was different from ordinary politicians; he was a solid military man. For someone who dared to threaten him, he would only clench his fist and then punch that person's mouth crooked.

If he hadn't owed the Chen family a huge favor when he was young, he wouldn't have come to this kind of place to give the Chen family's people the green light.

"Yes, yes, yes, I will definitely convey your meaning accurately."

Seeing that Ren Fengjiu didn't care about him at all, the host gave two awkward laughs, covered his deafened left ear, and retreated quickly.

Ren Fengjiu snorted, then looked back at his personal Divine Domain.

To be honest, he admired contestants like Yang Bai—daring to fight and kill, with cruel methods that had a bit of his own shadow. Moreover, he was good at using his brain, solving more problems with the least consumption.

If he hadn't retired yet, he would definitely write a recommendation letter for Yang Bai to let him develop in the military.

Thinking of this, Ren Fengjiu took out his phone and dialed a number.

"Little Zeng, find Yang Bai's information for me. Also, doesn't our Administration still lack a person?"

"What, it's not lacking anymore? Who got on? Oh, that little guy, huh."

"Tell him to get lost!"

After giving the work instructions, Ren Fengjiu looked back at the [Stone Gate Maze] and prepared to close the Divine Domain.

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[Contestants remaining: 3]

[Promotion requirements met]

[God War Tournament - New God Competition Semi-Finals End]

[Promoted contestants: Yang Bai, Zhong Shanxiang, Xu Xinrui]

As the broadcast of the God War Tournament sounded, Yang Bai returned to the main venue.

"Hurry, someone is injured, stop the bleeding immediately!"

"Inject high-potency stabilizer! Slow down the mental exhaustion, hurry and take them to the recovery chamber!"

"Heart rate is continuously dropping, the mental sea is in chaos, how could this happen?"

...

Dozens of medical personnel in white, holding rescue machinery, entered the arena to examine and treat the Divine Lords who had died in the [Stone Gate Maze].

Of course, among the Divine Lords who came out this time, the ones most severely injured were the 9 Divine Lords killed by Yang Bai.

After all, they had endured the attacks of Yang Bai's Heavenly Dao Spiritual Power and the Generals Might Ghost Image; that kind of damage would cause real harm to the divine soul.

It was fortunate that the medical team had prepared high-energy defibrillators and "Resurrection" high-potency healing potions in advance, otherwise those few wouldn't have even made it to the emergency room.

Because the God War Tournament is a competition to select excellent New Gods, all contestants are precious resources of the Longyan Xia Kingdom; they are not playthings in a colosseum.

Therefore, except for the initial Divine Lord's retainer battles, which are True God Wars where all retainer deaths are real, the rest of the competition stages use a semi-real, semi-virtual combat mode.

The third stage, the Sea of Stars Monster Defense Battle, was a purely virtual battle, with no attrition after it was finished.

The semi-finals, the Stone Gate Maze, used a semi-real, semi-virtual mode.

In this mode, contestants would not die, but if they died in the maze, they would lose divine source matter and also receive feedback of real damage.

For those who died from maze traps and monsters, the loss of divine source matter and the feedback of real damage was 30%; if killed by a Divine Lord, the ratio of loss and feedback would increase to 50%.

The 20% difference in divine source matter between these two killing modes would be distributed to each Divine Lord in the form of [divine source crystal] after the match.

Don't underestimate this 20% of divine source matter.

Yang Bai killed a total of 9 Divine Lords in the maze, and these Divine Lords were at least level 7.

Even if it was 1.8 level 7 Divine Lords, this divine source matter was enough for Yang Bai to level up.

But the prerequisite was that the creator of the [Stone Gate Maze] Divine Domain, Ren Fengjiu, was willing to give it.

Yang Bai looked at Ren Fengjiu on the high platform; the latter was also watching him.

After the two stared at each other for a few seconds, Yang Bai turned and walked toward the venue exit.

And in the exit passage, several men in black suits were already waiting there.

"Mr. Yang Bai, Secretary Chen would like to see you," one of the men in black said.