NABC Chapter 217: The Final Battle Begins
Chapter 217: The Final Battle Begins
The standard for a full meal is quite strict, and it is arranged entirely based on the daily supplies of the villagers in the official hunting team.
Moreover, in order to ensure that the team members had sufficient soul power to fight bravely in the afternoon's final, Wu Heyi, as the backbone of the team, went to great lengths to personally capture a thousand-year-old grass soul beast and bring it back.
It should be noted that this grass-type spirit beast is among the most docile and peaceful of all spirit beasts.
Because of these characteristics, the spirit rings they produce are naturally extremely gentle.
Even after the soul beast was hunted down, the slight side effects of the soul ring were negligible and insignificant to any soul master in the team!
However, it must be said that although the thousand-year soul ring is directly swallowed into the body through the "eating ring" method, it can be considered one of the fastest and quickest ways to increase soul power besides the support-type soul master casting recovery-type soul skills, and it also helps to increase one's own cultivation to a certain extent.
However, its drawbacks are equally undeniable—if one consumes a large number of thousand-year soul rings and fails to engage in targeted training or undergo the tempering and refinement of cultivation in a timely manner, then one's own soul power will become abnormally unstable.
Even if you manage to break through and advance in rank by sheer luck, your actual strength will still be far inferior to other people of the same level!
Therefore, Wuhe's side meticulously planned and organized this extraordinary competition.
After three days of intense competition, each participant treated every battle as if it were their last, and the tension was as thrilling as a life-or-death struggle.
In just half a month, everyone used the powerful force of the Food Ring to forcibly improve their cultivation, but this forced growth did not become a mere illusion.
On the contrary, they were thoroughly honed and refined in such high-intensity competitions, making their strength even more solid and stable.
As night quietly fell and a faint sunset appeared on the horizon, bonfires were already burning brightly around the final arena.
The leaping flames illuminated the resolute faces of the ten contestants, each eager and ready to compete, striding confidently into the smoke-filled arena from ten completely different directions.
At this moment, Wu Heyi stood firmly in the most central position of the entire arena, bearing a heavy responsibility as he was about to serve as the sole and crucial referee in this final.
He sharply scanned everyone present and found that they all looked calm, composed, and confident.
Clearly, after the previous fierce battles, everyone's soul skills must have recovered to their peak condition.
Immediately afterwards, Wu Heyi spoke with a serious expression: "Everyone, please listen carefully to the rules of this final competition."
Firstly, the final ranking order will be determined according to the order in which each person was eliminated.
Secondly, this final round will not impose any restrictions on your team formation methods or the methods you use;
Third, if a contestant unfortunately dies during the competition, that contestant will be placed last and will no longer be considered in the ranking.
Fourth, only the top three finishers will be eligible for official villager status. We hope everyone will give it their all and perform at their best!
The ten figures on the field were eager to try their skills, their eyes shining with excitement and anticipation, as if they were about to pounce on their opponents like tigers descending from the mountain at any moment.
Standing on the sidelines, Wu Heyi watched all this calmly, a faint smile playing on his lips, and said softly:
"I don't recommend that you go all out. Just stop when you've got enough, because there will be other opportunities in the future!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Heyi flashed across the field. Everyone only saw a blur before their eyes, and when they looked again, he had already crossed the entire arena with ease, like a ghost, and landed steadily on the seat set up for the village chief outside the arena.
Almost at the same instant, Ah-Dai's loud voice suddenly rang out:
"Attention everyone! Take your positions and prepare to reveal your martial spirits. The competition begins!"
At Ah-Dai's command, the ten people on the field quickly sprang into action.
In an instant, dazzling lights of various colors appeared, and ten different martial spirits were revealed one by one.
These martial spirits come in various forms, some are fierce and domineering, and some are agile and graceful. However, without exception, the aura they exude indicates that their masters are all Great Soul Masters between level 20 and 30.
Upon closer inspection, it can be seen that all ten people have hundred-year-old soul rings. However, despite this, there are still some subtle differences between them.
The most noticeable difference was that everyone's cultivation level was different, with the two burly, strong men being the most powerful.
Both of them were at around level 28 in terms of cultivation. Although they were still some distance from level 30, they were still powerful enough to stand out from the crowd.
However, in terms of the number of victories, they were not outstanding. They barely made it into the top ten, and only had one more victory than the boy with the whip knife.
However, the martial spirits they possessed were utterly ordinary.
One of them possessed a majestic tiger-headed saber, gleaming with a cold, sharp light.
The other person's martial spirit is a domineering bull, with bulging muscles all over its body, exuding a powerful force.
The former is the main attacker, and the latter is the main defender. If the two can cooperate tacitly and complement each other, then without a doubt, they will become the most powerful force on this field, and no one can compete with them!
However, things didn't go as planned. This pair, who should have been invincible, were both the type of battle maniacs who were simple-minded and had great strength but extremely simple minds.
As soon as the match began, the two charged straight at each other like wild horses, instantly engaging in a life-or-death struggle.
To use Ah Dai's arrogant and domineering words: "Hmph, weaker than me? You dare to dream of being my opponent? That's just wishful thinking!"
Meanwhile, the others also selected their opponents and began a fierce competition.
Only the young man wielding the whip knife stood out. He first feigned weakness to lull his opponent into a false sense of security, and then began to move swiftly across the battlefield.
On the surface, the entire battle appeared to be chaotic, but in reality, the whip-wielding youth had not used his full strength at all; he was merely dodging and maneuvering.
However, for Wu Heyi, who had experienced countless battles, such a melee between martial artists of level twenty-something was as boring as watching children play.
Perhaps it was because everyone present gave their all from the very beginning that, after just fifteen minutes, one after another, people couldn't hold on and were eliminated.
And so, without anyone noticing, the once bustling place was now left with only the domineering bull, the girl with the Thunder Spirit Body, and the whip-wielding boy who had been conserving his strength.