Chapter 807 (1/2)

‘Was the Blood Red Hell so easygoing? They didn’t even plan to avenge the death of the Maximum Level Heavenly King-tier powerhouse?’

Zhou Weiqing glanced at Fen Tian as if he was absorbed in his thoughts.

At the same time, Xue Ao’tian who was standing by the side started to speak, “Since nobody else has any more objections to it then the Peerless Sect will be temporarily counted as a Saint Land until the Grand Tournament ends. However, according to the tournament rules, if the Peerless Sect comes out last in the ranking in the end, it won’t be regarded as a Saint Land once the tournament ends. Do you understand, Weiqing?”

Zhou Weiqing smiled, “I understand.” No matter what, his identity now was the Sect Master of the Peerless Sect. As expected, he could not bow down to his father-in-law in front of so many people. Moreover, all three of his fathers-in-laws were currently present at the scene.

Perhaps it was due to Zhou Weiqing’s presence that the other four Great Saint Lands appeared to be much calmer. They no longer seemed ready to jump at each other’s throat. However, there was still some indistinct hostility between the Heaven’s Expanse Palace and the Heavenly Snow Mountain.

Fen Tian turned to Xue Ao’tian, “Mountain Lord, since it’s going to be this way, let us begin our Grand Tournament. You’re the lord here. Naturally, you’re the host of this tournament as well.”

“Alright,” Xue Ao’tian nodded his head as he slowly walked out to the center of an open space.

The open space on the mountain top of the Heavenly Snow Mountain had a very large area. Although it could not be compared to Zhongtian Plaza, the center of the mountaintop still had several thousand square meters of open space left even though it was already filled with several hundreds of people.

Xue Ao’tian swept a domineering glance over the place, his gaze stopped briefly on everyone present on the scene before he said in a deep voice, “As per the old rules, the Grand Tournament will take place in the sky. Let me first make it clear to all of you. During the tournament, whoever dares to destroy even a blade of grass or one tree on my Heavenly Snow Mountain will have a taste of the full extent my my wrath!” As he was saying that, he even deliberately looked towards Shangguan Tianyang.

On the other hand, Shanguan Tianyang did not even bother looking at him. It was as if he did not even hear Xue Ao’tian’s threat.

Xue Ao’tian continued, “In view of the Peerless Sect joining in our tournament, let me repeat the rules once again. According to the rules, all five Great Saint Lands will send ten people to join the first round of the tournament. The order of the battle will be decided by drawing lots. The representatives from the five Great Saint Lands will take turns battling each other. Whoever loses will be eliminated while the winner remains to accept the next challenger. The Saint Land will be disqualified once all ten of its powerhouses participating in the tournament are eliminated. All the Saint Lands will be ranked according to the elimination speed. The last two Saint Lands that lasts till the end will go through another group battle without a limit to the number of participants. The winner will be known as the best Saint Land in the world. There are no rules during the battle. The winner will be the king.”

Although the rules of the Grand Tournament might sound simple, even much simpler than the Heavenly Jewel Tournament that was held in the Heavenly Jewel Island, one must not forget that those who were participating in the Grand Tournament were not young people, and there was also no limit to the cultivation base of those who participated. There were no rules for the battle, and one could easily imagine how dangerous this would be.

Five Great Saint Lands biting each other’s head off ruthlessly. There was bitter enmity between all of them. Once they started to battle it out in the Grand Tournament, nobody would show any mercy at all. Death would most likely become a common occurrence, and who knew how many lives would be taken away this time.

Before Zhou Weiqing came here, Wu Yunyue had already told him about the Grand Tournament rules. For this reason, it did not surprise him at all. He seemed like he did not give a damn about the upcoming bloody hurricane with that annoying and mischievous smile plastered on his face.

Xue Ao’tian suddenly announced in his deep voice, “Every Saint Land can send out their first participant now! You’ll step into the arena altogether to make a draw first.”

As soon as Xue Ao’tian finished talking, five shadows had already appeared on the arena. It was apparent that each of the Saint Land had already made their preparation beforehand.

To everybody’s surprise, the first participant that the Heavenly Snow Mountain sent out turned out to be none other than the Tiger King, Xue Aoying. The person who represented Love Valley was one of the Valley Lords — Yun Ruoyun. In truth, this kind of one-to-one battle was slightly disadvantageous to Love Valley. This was the main reason why it had never lasted till the final round all this while.

On the other hand, the powerhouse that the Heaven’s Expanse Palace sent out was an elder whose name was unknown, and it seemed like his cultivation base was only at the Heavenly King Tier. He looked like a small fry compared to the rest of the participants sent out by the other Great Saint Lands.

As for the Blood Red Hell, the person who stepped out was a skinny, tall and gloomy looking elder who had a cultivation base at the Heavenly Emperor Tier.

The first person who stepped out from the Peerless Sect was none other than the former Sect Master of the Heavenly Demon Sect, who was also the current vice Sect Master of the Peerless Sect — Wu Yunyue.

Judging from all of the participants who were sent out in the first round, it was obvious that other than the Heaven’s Expanse Palace, the other four Great Saint Lands intended to amaze the others with a show of strength. That was why they sent out all the strong ones from their side.

According to the rules of the Grand Tournament, after the battle order was decided by drawing lots, whoever lost would lose the eligibility to continue in the tournament. The Saint Land would then have to send another person to replace this person until all ten people from its side lost or achieved final victory. In reality, this kind of battle was still considered relatively fair. Whoever wanted to stay on the battle ring longer would have to exert all their strength during the battle.

Xue Ao’tian swept a glance over all the five participants of the first round. The rest of the Great Saint Land Lords slowly walked out as well.

Due to the tournament’s system, those who have a later turn would undoubtedly have more advantages. The people who would be deciding the order of the battle were none other than the Five Great Saint Lords. And the term ‘drawing lots’ actually meant that they had to rely on their own strength. During the last tournament, thanks to Xue Ao’tian’s individual strength, the Heavenly Snow Mountain obtained the last turn in the first round of drawing lots. For this reason, it was able to enter the final battle without many obstacles.

Xue Ao’tian stretched his palm wide open to show five different colored stones of red, orange, yellow, green and blue respectively.

“According to the order of the rainbow, the person who gets the red stone 1 will be the first to enter the battle while the one who gets the blue stone will be the last. Listen to my mark!” As he was speaking, he flicked his right wrist. The five stones in his hand instantly transformed into five different colored lights as they soared up into the sky.

The five stones gathered together as one as they soared up. Due to Xue Ao’tian’s cultivation base, the five stones had already disappeared in the air in just a blink of an eye.

All five Great Saint Land Lords, including Zhou Weiqing, exchanged looks. In the next moment, Xue Ao’tian bellowed loudly, “Start!”

Five figures, each representing the Saint Land Lords of the five strongest Great Saint Lands in the mainland, rose up in the air at once almost at the same time.

The person who acted first was Huang Xingyun from Love Valley. The air in his surroundings distorted severely as a layer of the distorted film of light appeared in mid-air. He stepped into it. Instantly, everyone felt like their bodies were being compressed and everything around them seemed to slow down.

However, nobody would fall behind this time around. In accordance with the rules of the Grand Tournament, no legendary armor set was allowed during the process of snatching lots, and a direct attack was not allowed as well. All that they could use was binding techniques that restricted movements.

A cluster of golden light exploded from Xue Ao’tian’s body without warning His body flashed past and he ascended to the sky as if he did not encounter the time delaying restriction at all. At the same time, a mighty and supreme pressure erupted from him all of a sudden. The golden light was so rich that the entire sky started to change color.

Heavenly Spirit Divine Territory — this was the Divine Territory that Xue Ao’tian mastered ever since he entered the Heavenly God Tier. The moment he unleashed his Divine Territory, an endless pressure instantly plunged down from the sky. Suddenly, the movements of the Love Valley Lord, Huang Xingyun who had had a slight upper hand earlier, slowed down as Xue Ao’tian continued to rush up to the sky.

“Heavenly Expanse Infinitum,” Shangguan Tianyang roared loudly as he made a circle with his palms. Milky-colored Heavenly Energy formed a gigantic whirlpool underneath him in the next moment. A horrifying thrust of energy erupted without warning, and it propelled his body forward in pursuit of Xue Ao’tian.

“Nirvana Heaven Glory,” Fen Tian hissed coldly. A condensed black Light Blade emerged from thin air as a strange scene unfolded in the next second. Instantly, a hole was ruthlessly torn open in Xue Ao’tian’s Heavenly Spirit Divine Territory. In the next second, the space around his body shifted quickly. With just a flash, he overtook Shangguan Tianyang and appeared beside Xue Ao’tian.

At this moment, Zhou Weiqing was still at the back of the line.

Huang Xingyun became slightly anxious when he saw that three people had overtaken him. He instantly shouted out loud, “Time Prison”. When it came to binding techniques that limited movements, nobody else present was better than him. After all, the attribute that he controlled was none other than the Time Attribute.

A series of distorted lights formed a huge cage in the air before it dropped down from the sky. It completely enveloped everyone inside it. That distorted light was as solid as matter. Even though it was greatly weakened within the Heavenly Spirit Divine Territory, its restrictive ability was still very apparent. At the very least, the moment this technique was unleashed, everyone’s speed instantly slowed down. At this moment, the five stones that previously soared high into the air started to drop down.

“What are all of you fighting for? Aren’t these just a few stones?”

While the few Great Saint Lords were using their techniques as they struggled with each other, a lazy voice resonated in the air suddenly. The four Great Saint Land Lords, Xue Ao’tian, Shangguan Tianyang, Huang Xingyun and Fen Tian lifted their heads up to have a look. They were completely bewildered when they saw that Zhou Weiqing was already high up in the sky since god knows when. All of the five stones were already in his palms. He was playing with them and juggling them one by one.

The four Great Saint Land Lords who were rushing upwards were stunned. They had no idea exactly when Zhou Weiqing appeared above them. It was absolutely impossible for them to not notice anything if somebody went past their sides. Yet, they really did not feel anything at all.

In truth, It was relatively easy for Zhou Weiqing to be the first one to reach. After all, the technique that he used was none other than the Spatial Law. He relied on the Spatial Attribute to beat everyone to the draw.

There were two ways for Zhou Weiqing to successfully complete his Spatial Travel. One was by using coordinates if he had to travel long distance. The second way was by traveling to a spot where the user could see. The technique was similar to Blink. However, the space ripple that he caused was extremely small when he used his Spatial Travel because of his current cultivation base. Even a Heavenly Emperor would not notice anything if he did not deliberately pay any attention to it.