416: Baptism of Fighting Spirit

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Chen Du, his eyes tightly shut, suddenly found himself dropped into the midst of a battlefield, a tremendous, clamorous noise filling his ears.

This battlefield was not visible to the naked eye, nor could it be sensed by Mental Energy; it belonged to the [Third Type of Vision], existing yet invisible.

The sensation was very strange, and Chen Du did not know the underlying principle.

The staff hadn't explained it in detail when they mentioned it before, only saying that they would experience it for themselves later.

Chen Du was now situated in a massive ancient battlefield, a battlefield so vast that the word "immense" could barely describe it.

Looking around, everything was composed of alien races formed from white smoke. These white mists were in a floating state, so the bodies of the alien races formed from them were not very detailed.

On the contrary, their art style was even a bit cute.

But cuteness was only a facade; every alien race carried a shocking Killing Intent.

If his guess was correct, this white smoke was the so-called Douqi, and the forms they were currently manifesting must be scenes from the war of that era.

The Heroes Assembly gathered many civilizations. From this Douqi, Chen Du saw many familiar civilizations, all of which were the ancestors of today's spectators or contestants.

These Douqi manifested in various forms; some looked like weapons, such as Heavy Xuan Rulers, tridents, White Tiger Daggers, etc.

However, most took on the shapes of living beings; the strange and bizarre ones were ultimately in the minority, all currently manifested from Douqi.

Douqi manifesting into Earth, Douqi manifesting into horses, and so on.

Chen Du's position was at the midpoint of the warring armies. These alien races formed by Douqi were merely historical scenes, so naturally, they could not see Chen Du.

Not a few seconds after entering, the bugles for the charge were blown by both armies.

The scene of the two armies engaging was different from what Chen Du had imagined; they were not fighting each other, but rather dissipating upon collision.

Countless alien races collided at Chen Du's location, then dissipated into nothingness.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

At this moment, a sound more than a hundred times louder than before exploded in Chen Du's ears like a sonic boom.

It was relentless, without the slightest gap or pause.

In this instant, Chen Du understood: this was the so-called Douqi Baptism!

At that moment, Chen Du had a strange feeling: he was not fighting alone, or rather, he was not just one person.

He felt that every single cell in his entire body was fighting!

At this very moment, Chen Du felt that he was not Chen Du; he was merely one cell in Chen Du's body, and there were quadrillions of such cells.

They were currently engaging these alien armies with their bare hands.

It was equivalent to 1 vs. quadrillions!

This kind of engagement was very strange; it was not about defeating the opponent, but about enduring the opponent's attacks.

Chen Du could clearly feel that his body—or more accurately, every single one of his cells—was being trampled by thousands of troops and horses!

...

Outside the arena.

The spectators only saw countless white smoke, like an anti-gravity waterfall, flowing backward from below and scouring the bodies of the contestants.

"It's the third wave."

"I wonder who the first contestant to be eliminated will be."

"If nothing unexpected happens, it should be one of the six contestants, excluding the Prophets Student and those three dark horses."

"Should be."

Many voices echoed in agreement.

In the eyes of these spectators, the contestants who could possibly win the championship were none other than those four.

First, the Prophets Student, Zhu Sanfeng from the Liangyi Civilization of the Taiji Bahuang Territory.

Second, the one who defeated the Prophets Student, Qing Ti from the Withered Tree Civilization of the Source Water Territory.

Third, the one who also defeated the Prophets Student, Brand from the Burned Out Civilization of the Beacon Fire Territory.

Fourth, the veteran powerhouse who had once won the Heroes Assembly championship, consistently remained in the top ten, and had defeated the Prophets Student this time as well: Misaya from the Card Civilization of the Golden Body Territory.

Among them, the ones with the highest support were Qing Ti and Brand.

It wasn't that people liked them so much, but rather that the Withered Tree Civilization and the Burned Out Civilization were both civilizations from ordinary territories, so they had more supporters.

Although the Card Civilization was also a civilization from an ordinary territory, he had been on the top ten list for years and had won the championship before, which lowered everyone's expectations for him slightly.

Excluding these four monsters, it wouldn't be strange for any of the remaining six to be eliminated first.

Although Chen Du was called a "0.5 dark horse," everyone could see his actual performance; he was just a standard top-ten contestant, and had nothing to do with being a dark horse.

Compared to the other five top-ten contestants, he didn't have any advantages, but of course, he didn't have any disadvantages either.

The only difference was that he came from the Gloomy Land.

Although, based on the classification, the Gloomy Land also belonged to the ordinary territories, it was not hard to see from the Golden Body Territory that there were differences even among the ordinary ones.

While this might make him more conspicuous among the six, the competition was ultimately about strength; a territory was a territory, and strength was strength.

Everyone wouldn't go easy on you just because you came from the Gloomy Land; on the contrary, they would be even more serious!

Winning was nothing special, but if you lost, you would at least get roasted for two and a half years when you got back!

"If nothing goes wrong, the top four in the Enlightenment Pool will also be the top four in the upcoming top-ten stage. I just don't know which of these three dark horses will be able to pull off a complete upset and win the championship in the end?"

"It's really hard to say. Although all three of them have defeated a Prophets Student, Zhu Sanfeng's strength is said to be ranked second among the Prophets Students, second only to that Shi Fan."

"It is indeed hard to predict."

The crowd discussed while waiting for the results.

Although this conclusion might not necessarily be accurate, normally, the ranking in the Douqi Baptism was usually the ranking of the strength of the top-ten contestants. Perhaps the rankings of the contestants at the back might have variables.

But the contestants ranked at the front, especially the top three, almost never changed.

"It's the sixth wave!"

Someone in the audience reminded.

"What about the sixth wave?"

Someone asked, seemingly a new spectator. Such people appeared every year, and the veteran spectators around were used to it. A veteran spectator patiently said:

"The Enlightenment Pool has a total of ten waves of Douqi Baptism. Even the last-placed contestant among these ten is a Genius among Geniuses. Generally speaking, the intensity of the first five waves is not a problem for them."

"According to past situations, starting from the sixth wave, contestants will successively be unable to hold..."

This patient brother hadn't finished speaking when he was interrupted by another voice:

"He moved! A contestant moved!"

"Can't hold on anymore? Who is it?"

The calm audience stands instantly erupted into waves of discussion.

"It's Wu La!"

"It's that Wu La from the Gloomy Land!"

Someone shouted, and the crowd collectively cast their gazes toward Chen Du's position.

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