On this day, the largest square of the Sword Immortal Sect was filled with flickering shadows as countless cultivators all gathered here.
Each of them had excitement on their faces as they gazed at a huge stone monument that had appeared in front of them overnight.
“The Sword Ranking Stone Tablet, also known as the Sword Tablet! It is said that this is something that was erected by the founding ancestor of the Sword Immortal Sect back then!”
“That’s right, I’ve heard of it too, it’s said that it was meant to motivate cultivators!”
“It’s really imposing! If my name could be slapped on the first place, I would be willing to die immediately!”
“If you’re willing, no one else is!”
A crowd of people stood under the sword monument watching with their hearts pounding.
At this moment, almost all the people of the Sword Immortal Sect had gathered here.
For today was the day of the Sword Immortal Sect’s clan competition.
“Silence!”
Suddenly an old man’s voice rang out, following which everyone’s eyes looked over.
The old man who spoke was no other than the elder who had brought Lin Ran into the Sword Immortal Sect in the first place, Leng Chen!
“Next, I will tell you the rules of the competition, and if you don’t listen carefully, I won’t say it again!”
Elder Leng Chen swept his stern gaze across the crowd, and immediately the chatter from below came to an abrupt halt.
Everyone looked at Elder Leng Chen, not daring to say a single word of nonsense.
“Very good!”
Elder Leng Chen nodded his head in satisfaction before speaking.
“The Clan Competition is divided into two stages!”
“Stage one, ranking!”
“All of you will be grouped according to the time you entered my Sword Immortal Sect, and those who enter in the same batch will be in one group!”
“The ranking will be done within each group first!”
“There are four generations of disciples left in the Sword Immortal Sect, but only three generations will participate in the Grand Competition!”
“That means it will be divided into three groups and the competition will be held!”
Speaking here, Elder Leng Chen swept his gaze over the crowd and suddenly actually smiled.
“But don’t think that you will have fewer opponents, this is only the first stage!”
“After the three groups of competitions, the top ten from each group will be able to participate in the final showdown, the ranking battle!”
“Thirty people, randomly a*signed to fight two by two, there will be free tickets when there are not enough people, whoever draws one will be able to directly enter the next round!”
“No matter who you fight, you will only have one chance, and if you lose, you are eliminated!”
“So, do you all understand?”
“Yes, I understand!”
The crowd was busy echoing the words.
To the side, the Buji Swordsman came over and whispered.
“It’s not bad to mess up like this, otherwise there are many of us freshmen who are inferior in strength, so this way we can also avoid directly fighting those old students of theirs!”
“Hmm! Strength if you can’t even rank in the top ten in each group, I’m afraid you won’t have a chance to compete for a higher ranking!”
Lin Ran nodded his head and said.
The Sword Immortal Sect was afraid that they were doing this to protect the confidence of the new students, otherwise if they were abused too badly by the older students, it would also affect the firmness of the dao.
“Alright, everyone prepare for ten minutes, in ten minutes the first stage of the sect competition, officially begins!”
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“Brother Deceased, should we join forces later?”
Buji Swordsman came over and asked.
“Let’s wait and see what happens, the exact rules of the first stage of selection are not known yet!”
Lin Ran said.
He only knew that it was the same group of people entering the Sword Immortal Sect in one grouping.
But he still knew nothing about exactly how it was going to be compared.
“And you’re now the alliance’s alliance leader, don’t you need to think about the other members?”
Lin Ran asked with a smile.
“There’s nothing to think about, it was made very clear when I joined them!”
“We all got together just to prevent bullying from the older students! We still have to rely on ourselves in matters of cultivation!”
“You do think thoroughly!”
Lin Ran laughed.
As the two of them spoke, three huge high platforms actually rose out of thin air in front of the sword monument.
The high platforms were densely packed with futons!
Seeing this scene, the crowd couldn’t help but be stunned, was this a way for everyone to meditate and rest on them?
“Now I will talk about the rules of the first stage of the competition!”
Elder Leng Chen suddenly spoke.
“Later on, those without a group need to enter on top of the corresponding stone platform, each with a futon!”
“This futon contains a small space inside! There are very powerful illusions inside!”
“All you have to do is to kill as many illusionary demons as possible, and whoever lasts the longest will be the ultimate winner!”
“Do you all understand?”
“Understood!”
The crowd responded.
“Good! You all have five minutes left!”
Elder Leng Chen said, and then whirled around without any more nonsense.
The time was getting closer and closer, and the hearts of the crowd couldn’t help but lift up.
But just as Lin Ran was also starting to prepare, a figure suddenly arrived in front of him.
The other person was a young man about the same age as himself, and Lin Ran knew him.
This person was also a new student in their batch, and the reason he knew him was because there were only two or three new students in their batch who hadn’t joined the Alliance!
And among them was this man.
“What’s wrong with you, Heavenly Ruin?”
Buji Swordsman opened his mouth and asked.
However, Heaven’s Ruin was silent, the only thing that escaped his face was a sneer-like smile.
“An old friend!”
Suddenly a voice rang out from the side, and the crowd looked to find that the person coming was Bai Chang!
Next to Bai Chang was another man, suddenly it was none other than White Wolf!
“Something’s wrong?”
Lin Ran frowned a few times as he looked at the other person.
“Nothing much, just here to remind you not to lose in the first stage, if that happens, it’ll be a waste of my time!”
“So?”
Lin Ran asked rhetorically.
“So you better make it to the final, I’ll be waiting for you in the final!”
“I’ll do the same with you for your feud with Bai Qu and Liu Dao and the others!”
“Of course, if you can’t even break through the first stage, then consider me, Bai Chang, to be overestimating you!”
Bai Chang sneered.
“Also to introduce to you, Heavenly Ruin is also one of my men! I hope you don’t lose too badly in this first stage!”
“Kid, this first stage, I will definitely win against you!”
Tian Ru said coldly, with disdain in his eyes.
“Is that so? Then I’ll wait!”
Lin Ran smiled lightly, not getting angry either.
“Haha! Interesting, I hope you can do what you say!”
Bai Chang laughed coldly, and then turned around and left the place.
Tian Ru, on the other hand, did not move, his gaze burning as if he wanted to see through all of Lin Ran’s thoughts.
“You’re sick, aren’t you, your boss has already left, what are you still doing here?”
Buji Swordsman said with some anger.
“Forget it, when the master is gone, a dog is still a dog, since you’ve been someone’s lapdog, you mustn’t behave well?”
Lin Ran laughed.
“Hmph! Sharp teeth, I hope you’ll still be arrogant later!”
Tian Ru coldly snorted.
And just as the crowd was talking, it was Elder Leng Chen’s voice that had come from ahead.
“Everyone, get on the high platform! The first stage of selection is about to begin!”
“Let’s go!”
Lin Ran smiled lightly and? With a beckoning call he instantly leapt onto the high platform.
The other people around them also got onto the high platform one after another, and instantly the atmosphere around them became tense.
It was clear in everyone’s mind that the opportunity to rise to the top and make a name for themselves in this East Flag City had arrived.
Whether they could seize it or not would all depend on their own abilities!
