Published: November 30, -0001
The true reason is that the Blood Spirit Pool only appears once every five years in Ancient Southern Capital.
Before the Blood Spirit Pool appeared, the five nations in the northwest had already engaged in battles over the number of participants who entered the Ancient Southern Capital ruins.
Later, after the Blood Spirit Pool appeared, it was directly stipulated that a grand competition would be held every five years, serving both as a friendly exchange and as a way to distribute the benefits of the Ancient Southern Capital and the Blood Spirit Pool.
"So that's it," many people suddenly realized, their excitement mounting.
Even if they couldn't reach the final few rankings, just experiencing the atmosphere of the Ancient Southern Capital was enough to leave them with no regrets.
A day later, the Blood Claw Qing Ying finally arrived at the royal capital.
The emperor of the Great Qi Kingdom, Zhao Gao, had long personally awaited their arrival in the palace.
"Hahaha, everyone, you've worked hard!" As soon as the Blood Claw Qing Ying landed, Zhao Gao excitedly stepped forward.
He had already received the news about the results achieved by the Great Qi Kingdom in the preliminary round, and he was beyond excited.
Forty-five spots in the retest—this was the first time in the history of the Great Qi Kingdom.
"I have decided to reward all the geniuses who entered the retest with a third-tier precious weapon. If anyone achieves an even better result in the retest a month later, I will grant even greater rewards," Zhao Gao said, waving his hand excitedly.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The many talented individuals were exhilarated.
This was a third-tier precious weapon! It was exactly what everyone needed at their current cultivation level, undoubtedly saving them a significant amount of expenses.
"Also, if anyone can obtain first place in the Five Nations Grand Competition, I promise that, in addition to the usual rewards, they will also receive a Breaking Heaven Pill," a booming voice emerged from Zhao Gao.
"Breaking Heaven Pill?"
In an instant, the entire arena erupted in excitement.
All the contestants were shocked, even Xiao Zhan showed a strange expression, utterly stunned: "This time, the reward His Majesty offered is actually the Breaking Heaven Pill. This reward is simply incredible; it might be the first time in many years!"
The Breaking Heaven Pill is a peak third-grade spirit medicine. Its effect is simple: it allows any Heavenly Level martial artist to unconditionally rise one level.
Under normal circumstances, in the five nations of the northwest, breaking through to the Heavenly Level is already a peak achievement.
Each level up requires a tremendous amount of energy.
In fact, some martial artists, after breaking through to the early Heavenly Level at forty, remain stagnant at that realm for their entire lives without making any progress.
Just like the vice commander of the Imperial Guard, Gang Lie, who is in such a situation.
For ten years, he was stuck at the early Heavenly Level.
However, with the Breaking Heaven Pill, it would be different.
An unconditional level up means that even a pig could leap from the early Heavenly Level to the mid-Heavenly Level.
This effect was enough to drive any Heavenly Level martial artist crazy.
Moreover, besides this effect, the Breaking Heaven Pill also has another function: it can increase the success rate by 20% for a peak late-stage Heavenly Level martial artist attempting to break through to the fourth-tier Mystic Level.
Normally, a peak late-stage Heavenly Level martial artist only has a 10% to 20% success rate when breaking through to the fourth-tier Mystic Level.
The Breaking Heaven Pill can increase that success rate by 20%, which is equivalent to doubling or even tripling the success rate.
For a peak late-stage Heavenly Level martial artist, this temptation was enormous.
"Zhao Gao is truly generous," Qin Chen shook his head, full of emotion.
With this reward, all the geniuses would surely do everything they could to seize first place.