CHAPTER 497: CHAPTER 379 XIAO JIU: LET ME INCREASE THE DIFFICULTY OF THE COMPETITION!

"The final mythical-level reward is Emperor Jiang’s Primordial True Feather, which contains the laws of the wind system and space system. However, unlike the other rewards, this Primordial True Feather is not a complete inheritance; advancing to totem level with it requires a special method."

"Emperor Jiang’s Primordial True Feather, this can be used to strengthen Tuantuan’s space abilities."

Chen Mo thought to himself.

Emperor Jiang is a legendary bird, also a Mythical Being, mastering both space and wind laws, possessing a speed almost approaching that of light.

Its Primordial True Feather would definitely be very useful for Tuantuan!

After the announcement of the rewards for the World Championship, the competition host and Neon Cat proceeded to introduce the schedule of the championship and the contestants, etc.

Chen Mo was already familiar with these matters, so he entered the Ruins Space midway to prepare for the next day’s match.

The preliminaries for the Fire King competition will take place tomorrow!

Due to the number of Spirit Masters participating in the Fire King competition reaching over 200 this time, far exceeding the usual dozens of participants, the organizing committee decided to add a preliminary round.

The preliminaries will be held in the Source World, but the specific content of the competition has not yet been announced.

Since the emergence of the Source World, many major competitions have now moved from offline to online.

In the Source World, both sides’ Spiritual Beasts can fully exhibit their strength without any reservations, and the live broadcast of the event is more intuitive.

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The next day.

Chen Mo arrived early in the morning at the Flame Dragon Arena in the Sky City Ruins, the venue for this Fire King competition.

Even though there are still 2 hours before the start of the competition, most of the seats are already filled with audiences from various countries holding signs supporting certain contestants, creating an extremely lively atmosphere.

At the venue, Chen Mo, wearing the Dongxia contestant uniform, naturally saw other contestants from different countries.

They were all Crown Spirit Masters, usually elusive at the Blue Star Divine Dragon, but now gathered together.

Most of the Spirit Masters were young or middle-aged, making the youthful-faced Chen Mo somewhat out of place.

Normally, even for a genius, it would take over 50 years to cultivate to the level of a Crown Spirit Master.

The average age of the Spirit Masters present was over 60.

Even with special techniques or the use of special treasures to preserve youthfulness, it would be difficult to maintain a youthful appearance.

Chen Mo and a few Spiritual Beasts, wielding their Spirit Control Bracelets, frantically scanned the Fire Element Spirit Beasts beside other Spirit Masters, wanting to see if any Totem-level Spiritual Beasts were participating in this Fire King competition.

"It seems... none!?"

After scanning around, Chen Mo found that the strongest was a Red Lotus Fighting Emperor of Overlord Eighth Stage, a Spirit Beast of a Dongxia Spirit Master.

It is a fire and martial dual-attribute Elemental Spirit Beast, naturally equipped with boxing gloves like a boxer, possessing extraordinary martial talent.

"Could it be that Fire Element Spirit Beasts are so underwhelming? Not even a single Totem-level?"

Chen Mo said regretfully, yet feeling secretly pleased inside.

Without any Totem Spirits, Xiao Jiu would definitely dominate the competition!

"Still, can’t be too careless, maybe some powerful contestant hasn’t summoned their Spiritual Beast yet?"

After chatting with Chen Meng for a while, about half an hour later, Chen Mo saw a tall red-haired woman appear in the center of the arena.

The woman floated barefoot in mid-air, standing between 1.8 and 1.9 meters tall, wearing a flaming long dress, her exposed skin exceptionally pale, compelling one to take a second look.

Her expression solemn, she looked dignified and serious, like a majestic queen.

"Who is this?"

Chen Mo could feel the powerful spirit pressure emitted by the woman in the red dress, realizing she wasn’t human, so he sent out a scan.

The result was three question marks.

Chen Mo’s Spirit Control Bracelet was the latest model, capable of scanning Spirit Beasts below the totem level.

Even if it couldn’t identify unknown Spirit Beasts, it could still provide their growth level.

Three question marks indicated that the red-dressed woman before him was a Totem Spirit.

"Her name is Yan Xi, her true form is a Fire Phoenix, and she’s the Palace Master of Nanyang Li Palace in the Spirit Realm. The Nirvana Holy Fire, which is the grand prize for this Fire King competition, was provided by her after some kind of exchange with the Spirit Control Bureau."

Chen Meng explained.

Nanyang Li Palace is an ally of Dongxia in the Spirit Realm.

At this moment, the woman in the center of the arena already began to announce the rules for the preliminaries.

"I am Yan Xi, the referee for this preliminary round. I will now announce the competition rules for the Fire King competition preliminaries."

"This competition will be held in the Flame Demon Nest. The rules are simple, after the start of the competition, I will create nine Phoenix Avatars with Overlord Sixth Rank power. The contestants who defeat the Phoenix Avatars will advance directly to the main event."

"Of course, to increase the difficulty of the competition, after it starts, I will release my Li Huo Dojo in the Flame Demon Nest."

Hearing this, all the contestants were stunned for a moment, their expressions turning solemn.

Surviving in the dojo of a Totem-level giant, let alone finding and defeating the Phoenix Avatars, was a challenge in itself!

"Rest assured, I will control the temperature of the flames, only eliminating those who are not qualified for the main event. The initial intensity of the dojo will be set at Overlord Third Rank, increasing by one rank every quarter hour."

Seeing the expressions of the people, Yan Xi smiled slightly and continued:

"The competition will last for 2 hours. The 7 contestants who defeat the Phoenix Avatars and survive until the end will qualify for the finals."