Chương 276: Top fifty

The night passed and the darkness gave way to the rising sun. The hundred division battle formation was already surrounded by thousands of people even before the sun rose. Some people actually spent the night here so as to get the best spots to watch the fights. The geniuses arrived later on and the envoys appeared on their stand as well. The icy woman looked a bit gloomy as she sat down on her seat.

She cast her cold gaze on Long Feng's figure below with flickering icy glints in her pupils, then she moved her gaze to Li Yue'er and sighed softly. The competition began immediately the same man as yesterday floated above the Hundred Divisions Battle Formation.

"Today, the top hundred will fight on the fifth level. There are four battle stages. You will all be divided into four groups of twenty each. The top ten from each group will proceed as the top forty. And to keep the fairness, the nine overlord geniuses are automatically granted a spot in the top fifty, which makes forty nine. Tis leaves one person out. So one of the four groups will have twenty one instead of twenty geniuses to compete and the top eleven will be chosen Instead.

But the final person will be liable to challenges from others." Said the man. There was hardly a flaw in this format. The nine overlord geniuses being automatically granted a pass was something the others couldn't have asked for more. Anyone who faced those nine would certainly be defeated; there was no doubt about it. So it was better that way. The weaker geniuses could fight without much fear of running into those monstrous overlords and getting their asses kicked.

Only the top ten from three stages and the top eleven from the final stage would be chosen to proceed and complete the top fifty. This method was almost flawless. The nine overlord geniuses also had no issues with sitting this round out. It was actually a waste of time and effort for them to be called into the stage to face these weaklings. Long Feng got an empty space and sat down, fixing his gaze on Li Yue'er. He was quite shocked by her progress with half of the profound mist dew.

He had expected her to rise a level or two, but she had risen by three levels! From rank five spirit realm to rank eight spirit realm! He didn't expect that. She of all people should know that making too many breakthroughs consecutively would leave hidden flaws in the foundation. That wasn't a wise decision. But he didn't believe that she would do things rashly. Li Yue'er was much more level headed than he was, so she must have a good reason for doing this.

The geniuses were divided according to the rules and the battles began. But it was much less exciting since no overlord level genius was fighting. Nevertheless, the spectators couldn't deny that it was even fiercer than normal. From peak spirit realm warriors to rank one and two Imperial realm geniuses, they all fought fiercely. Each time a person's token glowed, they would leap into one of the empty stages and fight their opponent.

Although there was still the unfairness that occured when a peak spirit realm warrior was occasionally set to face an Imperial master, it couldn't be helped as the selection was completely random. Several geniuses shone now that the nine overlords weren't suppressing them. Normally, the halo of the nine overlords were too bright, completely overshadowing any other genius. The tale has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation. But now, they could shine as well.

A rank one Imperial realm genius from the Desolate Continent fought against and defeated a rank two Imperial from the Wolf Alliance Overlord Continent. This caused some surprise as combat power in the Imperial realm was a feat that was rare even in the Mainland. Take Huang Fang Hao for example. In the spirit realm, he could cross over six levels at the beginning, but as he progressed, that became smaller.

At the Imperial realm, he could originally cross over two levels, but now, it would be hard for him to defeat a rank seven Imperial. He could only fight to a standstill. It was the same for all other geniuses. They had great combat power at the spirit realm, but it all vanished when they reached the Imperial realm. Another genius, a peak spirit realm warrior from a famous high ranked continent actually fought a rank one Imperial from the Mei Clan Overlord Continent to a draw!

But all of those paled in comparison to one person… Li Yue'er. Her first fight wasn't attention grabbing. It was a peak spirit realm warrior, but what drew curious gazes was how easily she defeated him. A single move was all she used to freeze him up to his neck, leaving him terrified. Compared to yesterday when she had to struggle against a peak spirit realm warrior and barely scrape a win, she was like a different person. And her sudden increase in cultivation left them all shocked.

From rank five to rank eight spirit realm in one night? Was that even logical? What had she taken? Many people subconsciously turned to Long Feng and sighed when they noticed that his cultivation hadn't changed. Otherwise if this monster also got a sudden boost in strength, then heaven knew what would happen. The envoys were also surprised. They all questioned how Li Yue'er could have raised her cultivation by three levels overnight.

The golden robed man who sat on the three highest seats glanced at the icy woman sitting by his side. He was aware that she had been missing each night for a few days now, and he didn't really need to think much to realize that the sudden increase in the strength of this girl that cultivated the ice Dao was connected to this woman. It wasn't some mystery that was hard to crack.

"You are investing quite a lot in her. Does your Frozen Empress Valley see something special about her?" He asked softly. The woman completely ignored him without so much as a glance at him, and he wasn't offended. The ladies of the Frozen Empress Valley were all cold like this; it wasn't a new thing to him or anyone in the mainland at that. Li Yue'er's second fight was the one that truly ignited the spectators.

She faced a rank two Imperial realm genius from the Nine Knights Overlord Continent, and they fought a fierce battle instead of her getting defeated as the people expected. In the end, the fight ended as a draw, leaving everyone astonished. A rank eight spirit realm warrior fight a rank two Imperial to a standstill? If they didn't already have Long Feng who defied logic and overturned their heads, they would've taken Li Yue'er's feat to be an impossible one, a record.

But they were quite numb to this already after Long Feng. After all, Li Yue'er's feat still didn't come close to Long Feng's defeating a rank three Imperial with a rank one spirit realm cultivation. But she was automatically ranked as one of the few strongest geniuses beneath the overlords. The Yihua clan's Great Elder nearly burst into tears at this moment. It was completely unbelievable. He almost didn't dare to believe that all of these was real and not a dream.

That the Yihua clan would one day have an overlord and a top fifty ranked figure rising from their Insignificant land? There was already no doubt that with the continent rewards that the Yihua continent would gain from having two geniuses in the top fifty, and one of them and overlord, it would merely be a matter of time for them to become a famed high ranked continent! The Misty Mountain's Master had a complicated expression on his face.

At this moment, he realized that Long Feng and Li Yue'er were far more monstrous than he imagined. The force behind the Misty Mountain was a four star sect. It wasn't anything compared to the Frozen Empress Valley that Li Yue'er had already joined; the Frozen Empress Valley could send a casual elder to wipe out the Misty Mountain's backing without even knowing they did. And Long Feng would certainly join a force that was at least three star with his talent.

The Misty Mountain Master's plans to introduce Long Feng to the main sect as an outer Disciple, though kind, was now an utter joke even to him. Gongsun Hao, Lan yanyue, Ming Dao, Li Hu and the other Yihua continent's youths were completely astounded. Their minds were absolutely blank as they watched Long Feng and Li Yue'er's incredible feats. A single question filled their minds; How? How did those two become so strong all of a sudden?

Back then, Long Feng could not even compete against Li Hu and Ming Dao, not to mention Gongsun Hao! And that was just three months ago. And Li Yue'er back then was merely a rank one spirit realm warrior. How did they rise so much? And why was it them? They were all from the Yihua continent. So why was it just those two? Why not all of them? It just didn't seem fair to them. Was this the fairness of the heavens? If so, then the heavens was truly unfair.

The tragic this was that if they had any idea what fate had in store for those two, then they would have been grateful that they lived their calm and peaceful lives in the Yihua continent without stepping further.

"You all shouldn't think too much about it. Some people are just made to achieve greatness. And we don't know what they paid, or what they will pay for this greatness. Sometimes, just sometimes… weakness and ignorance are a luxury." The Misty Mountain's Master saw through the youth's thoughts and he comforted with a faint smile. Indeed, some people were destined for greatness. But what kind of greatness? And at what cost?

The battles went on without pause, taking nearly half of the day before the top fifty were decided. The nine overlords all had one spots automatically, and the remaining forty one spots were filled by the remaining geniuses. In truth, the top fifty was almost completely dominated by the seven Overlord Continent's geniuses as always. Among the overlords, only Long Feng was the variable among them. And among the remaining forty one geniuses, barely ten of them were from the high ranked continents.

The rest were the geniuses of the Seven Overlord Continents. Li Yue'er was the only person from the low ranked and mid ranked continents. It could be seen just how overbearing the Seven Overlord Continents were. It was no surprise that they completely suppressed all other continents. The rewards of the top fifty was almost completely monopolized by them. They would only get stronger as time went from the resources of the other continents. After all, the rewards were gathered by all the continents together.

In short, the Overlord continents were feeding off the other continents who were unable to go against them. The top fifty were decided. The next battle was to determine the top ten geniuses!