Published: November 30, -0001
As the others around them heard the conversation between the two, they all staggered and almost fell.
Each one looked at Qin Chen with eyes wide open, wiping away cold sweat.
Qin Chen was simply too impressive; how could he not even know where the preliminary test of the Five Nations Competition was? How disinterested could one be in the competition?
Yet, unexpectedly, such a person had obtained the opportunity to enter the Blood Spirit Pool. This was simply unreasonable.
In their sorrow and anger, everyone could only bury themselves in hard training.
In the distance, mountains began to emerge.
After walking for over an hour, they finally stopped.
Ahead was a vast expanse of forest, where the top experts from various forces had already gathered with their own geniuses.
In front of the forest stood a stone platform, atop which stood an old man with grizzled hair, surveying the crowd.
Wang Qiming whispered, "Young Master Chen, this person is Wei Tianming, the number one expert of the Daliang Kingdom, and also the top expert of the Northwest Five Nations. He broke through to the peak of the Fourth Stage Mystic Level twenty years ago and is now only one step away from the Fifth Stage Sect Level. He is known as a Half-Step Master and is the strongest expert closest to Sect Level in the entire Northwest Five Nations."
In the Northwest Five Nations, there were no experts at the Fifth Stage Sect Level, so the Half-Step Master was already the strongest.
Of course, this was only among the many countries in the Northwest; within the sects, the Sect Masters of the Ling Tian Sect and the Gui Xian Sect were also at the Half-Step Master level, only one step away from Sect Level.
Thus, all the powerful figures in the Northwest Five Nations were focused on breaking through to Sect Level; as long as they reached that level, they would truly become the number one expert in the entire Northwest.
There was indeed a part of Wei Tianming's true energy beginning to transform toward the Fifth Stage Sect Level, but unfortunately due to his age, his vitality had already begun to decline. If he didn't have any fortuitous encounter, his chances of breaking through to Sect Level in this lifetime were less than thirty percent." Qin Chen could see Wei Tianming's condition at a glance.
Wei Tianming scanned the entire area, emanating a powerful aura, and said, "This year, we have a total of over 1,700 young martial artists from the Northwest Five Nations participating in the preliminary test of the Five Nations Competition. The competition is divided into two rounds: the first round is survival training; the second round is arena duels. As long as you pass the first round, you will receive rewards from our five nations, and those who rank in the top twenty for the arena duels will receive even more generous rewards. I hope everyone will seize this opportunity."
"Now I will announce the rules for the first round of survival training."
"The location for the training is this vast expanse of forest before you, which contains numerous powerful blood beasts. Your task is to survive for more than five days and hunt enough blood beasts."
"However, you can rest assured that we have cleared out any blood beasts above the Fourth Stage; the strongest ones here are only Third Stage Heavenly Level blood beasts."
"You only need to hunt one Heavenly Level blood beast, or three late-stage Earth Level blood beasts, or ten mid-stage Earth Level blood beasts, or twenty early-stage Earth Level blood beasts to pass the first round of assessment."
"The proof of your assessment will be the blood crystals from the blood beasts. At the end of the assessment, we will only recognize the blood crystals, not the individuals."
As Wei Tianming announced the rules from above, the martial artists from various forces below all gasped in shock.
"Hunting three late-stage Earth Level blood beasts is simply too exaggerated."
Blood beasts roamed the mountains and often fought fiercely; although they lacked intelligence, their combat instincts were terrifying. Moreover, they had tough physiques. Normally, even a peak late-stage Earth Level martial artist might not be able to defeat a late-stage Earth Level blood beast, and to pass the assessment, one must hunt three, which was just too difficult.