156: Reach the pinnacle!

At this moment, countless people couldn't help but exclaim.

More than one thousand three hundred teams...

In other words, nearly six thousand five hundred people.

They are competing for ten spots, and in the end, only fifty people can advance.

The intensity of this competition completely exceeded everyone's imagination.

And what shocked them even more was what happened next.

Within the town, all the spatial formations that had been carved in advance were completely activated.

Amidst the brilliant light, the teams from the major forces disappeared one after another from within the inns.

Immediately after, they appeared in different places, pair by pair.

Some appeared in deserts, some in snowy mountains, some beside lava, and some inside caves.

Dense viewing pigeons were spread everywhere, recording the specific situation of every participating team.

These viewing pigeons were different from ordinary ones that could only show images but not record sound.

They could record images and sound in a comprehensive, dead-angle-free manner.

Then, through a special method, they were projected onto the sky throughout the Eastern Wilderness in the form of a sky screen.

This was an extremely special method, which had only matured recently and been put into use.

It allowed people throughout the Eastern Wilderness to clearly watch this struggle for the Eastern Wilderness First.

"Next, I will introduce the rules of the elimination round."

Old Qin's projection spoke again.

"All participating teams will be randomly teleported to every corner of the Pilgrimage Mountain Range."

"However, please rest assured, everyone is the same distance from the finish line, but the paths are not the same, and the obstacles encountered are also different."

"And what you need to do is to overcome various difficulties in this Pilgrimage Mountain Range, which stretches for thousands of miles, and advance towards the most central Pilgrimage Mountain Peak."

"Note, you cannot step onto the path opened for spectators to go up the mountain."

"You also cannot use flying methods, otherwise it will be considered cheating and your participationqualifications will be revoked."

"Aside from this, you can use any means."

"Throughout the entire Pilgrimage Mountain Range, we have placed seven-colored tokens: white, green, blue, purple, gold, red, and black, seven colors."

"The teams that collect the tokens and are among the first ten to reach the mountain peak will get the chance to advance."

"In addition, to speed up the preliminary round, after the competition begins, a massive barrier will begin to shrink from the outer perimeter of the mountain range."

"Once you stay in place and are overtaken by the barrier, you are also eliminated."

Speaking of this, Old Qin paused slightly.

A hint of a smile flashed across his serious face: "Oh, by the way, a reminder, if you die during this period, the organizer will not be responsible."

"If you are afraid, you can choose to stay in place and wait for the barrier to close in and eliminate you."

"Without the determination to reach the summit, you cannot contend for the Eastern Wilderness First!"

"Alright..."

Taking a deep breath, Old Qin raised his right hand, lifting it high.

His voice also became impassioned at this moment:

"Then! The Eastern Wasteland First Martial Arts Tournament preliminary round, reaching the pinnacle, begins now!!"

Duang...

Accompanied by the sound of a gong resounding throughout the venue.

A massive barrier descended from the sky, landing on the outer perimeter of the Pilgrimage Mountain Range.

Immediately after, it began to shrink!

The countless watching citizens also completely erupted.

...

Inside a rock cave.

Lin Hao and the others appeared here.

Since they had mentally prepared beforehand, the few of them did not show any panic.

The moment they appeared, after understanding the rules.

The few of them planned to set off.

To be honest, this event was very advantageous for them.

After all, aside from not being able to take shortcuts or fly, any means could be used without restriction.

Therefore, Lin Hao could even use the Way of Space to directly teleport everyone to the Pilgrimage Mountain Peak.

However, the requirement for tokens made this idea fall through.

At least, they had to find all seven tokens first.

But, just as they were about to move, Lin Dong sensed something.

He stopped everyone: "It seems... there's something!"

Lin Dong stared intently at the darkness deep within the cave behind them.

In the silent darkness, one after another, crimson lights began to flicker.

Those seemed to be pairs and pairs of eyes.

Dense, endless, seeming to flicker with a bloodthirsty light.

"It's a swarm of Demonic Bats!" Following the flight of a huge bat whose strength had reached at least the Acquired Realm.

Lin Hao and the others also recognized the identity of these beasts.

"Prepare for battle!" Without any hesitation, Lin Hao spoke coldly!

...

...

In a desert.

Lin Yan and the others stepped on the sand beneath their feet, their eyes vigilantly staring at the five people opposite them.

Lin Dong and the others recognized these people; they were the group from Piao Miao Holy Land who stayed in the same inn as them.

At this moment, the other party was also staring intently at Lin Dong and the others.

Neither side acted rashly.

After a moment of stalemate, the Holy Son Ouyang Haochen sighed softly: "We actually don't need to fight, right?"

Lin Yi nodded in agreement: "Indeed, there's no need. After all, it's just the beginning. How about we each go our own way?"

From the Piao Miao Holy Land side, Little Rabbit quickly nodded: "I agree with that!"

"To be honest, I don't want to face you."

"Encountering a strong enemy right at the start is clearly not a wise move."

"Then... we part ways here?" Lin Yan said.

"We part ways here!" Ouyang Haochen replied.

Having seemingly reached a consensus, the two sides cupped their hands to each other and then went their separate ways.

They embarked on their respective paths up the mountain.

...

The preliminary round had completely begun.

Over one thousand three hundred teams were allocated to the foot of the Pilgrimage Mountain Range, although it was a random allocation.

But there were quite a few people who happened to be grouped together.

Some, furthermore, due to the overly simplistic nature of these spatial formations copied from ancient texts,

Resulted in a single person from a certain team being teleported into the encirclement of five people from another team.

This kind of thing was a matter of probability, and also a blunder caused by the organizer, or rather, the entire Eastern Wilderness's rough understanding of space.

This was unavoidable, therefore, such unlucky individuals were directly eliminated. If the other party didn't kill them, it was fine.

At least they could wait for the organizer's rescue. If they were killed, then they could only consider themselves unlucky.

After all, this round tested not only adaptability but also a certain degree of luck.

Luck is also a part of strength!

Not every one of the over one thousand three hundred teams was like Lin Yan and the others with Piao Miao Holy Land, who had some degree of familiarity.

More often, there was absolutely no nonsense, and they directly attacked, because after killing one team, the competition would also be reduced accordingly.

It can be said that this preliminary round directly rushed towards a climax from the very beginning, with various battle scenes emerging endlessly.

Allowing the spectators to fully enjoy the spectacle.

Meanwhile, at the same time that the preliminary round was in full swing.

Among the Eastern Sky Dynasty's team.

The four princes and princesses who were teleported to the foot of the snowy mountain were dumbfounded.

They stared blankly at each other.

A thought surfaced in their minds.

Where is Big Brother?

Big Brother hasn't returned yet, so why did the preliminary round start directly?

And without giving anyone any time to react, they were directly teleported into the arena.

Did the organizers not realize that someone hadn't gotten on board?

The Second Prince took a deep breath, one hand on his forehead: "I said... at such a critical moment, something would definitely go wrong, damn it, what do we do now??"

"The strongest one is gone, what are we even fighting for??"