CHAPTER 380: CHAPTER 272: 12 ARENA MASTERS! I CLAIM A SEAT!_2

Don’t even mention Feng Nandi.

Even after him, before Jing Bao, and including those top talents who ascended to the top with Jing Bao, their reactions were not as quick as Jing Bao’s. They didn’t even try to fight for it, just watched Jing Bao seize the opportunity. Aren’t they annoyed? Aren’t they angry?

Of course, they are annoyed!

Of course, they are angry!

But in the end, it was Feng Nandi who’s more distraught.

To the point where he spat blood and went berserk!

"Alas!"

"I wonder if there’s any hope for him."

Situ Fei sighed, feeling sorry. If she had known earlier that Shen Xia would ascend first, she wouldn’t have competed. If so, Shen Xia would have become the "Mao Character" Arena Master, and Feng Nandi wouldn’t have been so regretful, leading to such a tragic outcome.

"Character determines fate!" Ding Xiang looked at it openly: "Just because of a mistake missing the Arena Master and acting so dramatically, even if it’s fine now, trouble will come sooner or later."

Yan Chuan agreed considerably with Ding Xiang’s words.

Situ Fei’s kind-heartedness was admirable, but sometimes her ’Saintly’ tendencies were overwhelming. She could be a friend, but not a deep confidant, otherwise, one might die of exasperation.

...

"He did it!"

In the stands, Ni Mengtong and Shao Yancong were delighted.

They never expected Yan Chuan to actually secure a spot as Arena Master.

They never expected Wei Lingshan to go crazy, first knocking down four people, then dragging five others off the cliff, clearing four arenas for Yan Chuan and others who came later!

It could be said that Yan Chuan, Ding Xiang, Situ Fei, including Jing Bao, being able to each occupy an arena, owed much to Wei Lingshan!

Of course, the "Yashan Three Monsters" also played a significant role.

The three sacrificed themselves for righteousness.

If it wasn’t for their initial attack on Wei Lingshan, allowing Sun Gui Fen and Gao Changyi to join the siege, then with Wei Lingshan standing at the cliff’s top, no matter if others could successfully ascend, not being knocked off the Thousand Feet Cliff by Wei Lingshan would be fortunate.

The Three Monsters showed great righteousness!

But no matter what happened before, the final result was Yan Chuan successfully occupying an arena.

"Congratulations!"

"Congratulations!"

Shao Yancong was overjoyed.

Ni Mengtong was equally ecstatic: "The advantage of being the first batch of Arena Masters is tremendous! According to the ’Cang Mountain Sword Discussion’ rules, after the first batch of twelve Arena Masters settle in, no matter how many remain at Chess Stone Peak or outside the Precipice without topping, the discussion will officially start after two hours."

How does it start?

"Draw lots!"

"Twelve teams hold twelve arenas as Arena Masters. Other teams who wish to challenge may only choose one arena within the same two hours to participate in the drawing. Every two hours, three groups of challengers are randomly drawn for each arena. As long as the Defenders can defeat the three teams within these two hours or hold them off without a decision, they count as having successfully defended, entering the next draw phase to select three more teams to challenge."

What is an advantage?

This is an advantage!

Fifteen States’ 246 teams, many of them are mediocre teams.

For example, eight teams from Shan State haven’t even made it to the "Hidden Dragon" or "Chufeng" lists of talents, the strongest being the ’Yashan Three Monsters’, who were dark horses in climbing the Precipice, but their actual combat skills remain unknown; the remaining seven teams are even less remarkable.

Not just Shan State.

Jian Province too.

Jian Province also has eight teams, but apart from the Yan Chuan Team, the other seven are unimpressive.

The Fifteen States of Great Yan——

Upper State has three.

Central State has five.

Lower State has seven.

Excluding Upper State teams.

Excluding Central State teams.

Just among the seven Lower States’ 56 teams, perhaps less than 10 can truly fight, the rest are substandard.

But these teams will also attempt the challenge, participate in the drawing, and have a chance to be selected.

"Theoretically."

"The first batch of Arena Masters, with good luck, can draw weak Lower State teams every two hours, and defending for forty-nine days is not impossible!"

It’s too dreamy to have all weak challengers, hard to wish for.

But even if occasionally drawing a strong team, there’s no need to panic——

"When encountering strong teams, as long as they can endure for two hours without being driven off the arena, they count as having successfully defended."

"Wang Zhengyi has the ’Mirage Pearl’, once facing strong teams, he can summon fog and play hide and seek on the arena, dragging it out for two hours, this counts as a successful defense."

"Defend!"

"Consecutive wins!"

"High hopes!"

Ni Mengtong’s excitement grew increasingly intense.

Yan Chuan securing a spot for the team as the first batch of Arena Masters was an immensely positive move, setting a good precedent.

Actually, the benefit of being the first batch of Arena Masters is known not only to Ni Mengtong but to others and other contestants too, which is why they fought fiercely to get ahead, and also why Feng Nandi was so resentful that he spat blood.

Compete!

The first batch of Arena Masters!

This is too important!

Even if after a series of battles, they become exhausted later and can’t even defeat ordinary teams, at least for the first three to five days they can hope to hold out. In that way, they can secure a basic ’Arena Master Award’, ’Consecutive Wins Award’, and ’Victory Award’, and more importantly, while defending they’ve fought many matches without using up their challenge opportunities.

In the later stage, having more challenge opportunities is also a substantial advantage.

In summary.

There are many benefits.

Therefore, after Wang Zhengyi climbed to the top and saw Yan Chuan standing proudly on the "Hai Character" Arena, he was overwhelmed with joy——

Satisfying!

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"Twelve Arena Masters in place, draw lots in two hours."

In a blink, two hours passed.

The number of climbers increased.

By the time of the draw, a total of 166 people had topped, every one of them an expert in Qinggong.

By this time, those who hadn’t topped were either not attempting the Precipice from the start, stuck midway up the Precipice unable to advance or retreat, or already fallen.

"166 people."

"Belonging to 66 teams."

"Apart from the 12 defending teams, there are 54 teams."

"If 54 teams are evenly distributed across 12 arenas, each arena has on average four to five teams."

Wang Zhengyi stood on the ’Hai Character’ Arena, alongside Yan Chuan, constantly scanning information on the field. As the ’Cang Mountain Sword Discussion’ was about to begin, the battle to defend and challenge was about to unfold. Wang Zhengyi felt a bit nervous, but more so excited: "I wonder how many teams will choose the ’Hai Character’ Arena."

Yan Chuan looked over the other eleven arenas——

Zi Character, Gai Songlin ascended first, along with "Chufeng" Ninth Stone Mingzhu, "Hidden Dragon" Forty-second Zhuo Teng, a total of three Second List talents, overall strength quite formidable.

Chou Character, led by "Hidden Dragon" Fourth Luo Qi, also had two Second List talents by side.

Yin Character, led by "Hidden Dragon" Eighth ’Magic Child’ Tan Dou, all four Yanjing Academy Second List talents successfully topped, making it the strongest among the twelve arenas.

Mao Character, led by "Chufeng" Mo Youjing Bao, coming from an unsanctioned academy, currently without team mates topping.

Chen Character and Si Character arenas occupied by out-of-list talents Peng Fannian and Hu Fenglan respectively, both from miscellaneous academies outside the Ten Great Academies, previously not well-known, only showing their mettle in climbing the Precipice, but as lone trees, each only has one person topping, temporarily defended by one.

Expectedly, Mao, Chen, Si these three arenas will be popular picks in the first hour, quickly changing hands.

Further on——

Wu Character, Ying Jifeng, from the Ju Ye Academy, one of the Ten Great Academies!

Wei Character, Ying He, from the Thunder Marsh Academy, one of the Ten Great Academies!

Shen Character, Lu Yuru, from the Zhaoxin Academy, one of the Ten Great Academies!

You Character, Situ Fei, from the Immortal Origin Academy, one of the Ten Great Academies!

Xu Character, Ding Xiang, from the Chuqiu Academy, one of the Ten Great Academies!

The above five arenas are occupied by those from the Ten Great Academies, ranging from two to four people topping for defense.

Not easy to provoke.

In comparison, the Hai Character Arena where Yan Chuan and Wang Zhengyi stood, if ranked among the first batch of Arena Masters, theoretically should only come after Mao, Chen, Si as the fourth most popular.

However——

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