BookMe Chapter 498: That is Chu Xinghe, who is as free-spirited as a Pegasus!
Chapter 498: That is Chu Xinghe, who is as free-spirited as a Pegasus!
The disciples of the Earth and Wood Division of the Grand Sky Sect demonstrated to the entire Blazing Sun Continent what is known as the "Grand Sky Speed."It's not like other regions aren't developing as well.
A few years ago, Martial Emperor City was built, and although its scale couldn't compare to Spirit Beast City, it was still impressive that it was constructed in less than three months.
However, this time, the Spirit Beast City built by the Grand Sky Sect far surpassed Martial Emperor City in both scale and grandeur by countless times.
Initially, everyone thought that the Blazing Sun Star Spirit Beast Grand Prix would take place next year, even if it was expedited.
After all, there wasn't much time left before the end of the year. Even if the Grand Sky Sect worked overtime, it seemed impossible to complete Spirit Beast City and host the event before the year's end.
But the facts proved that it was only a matter of whether the Grand Sky Sect wanted to do it, not whether they could.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, Spirit Beast City seemed to rise from the ground, taking less than a month from start to finish.
All parties interested in Spirit Beast City were truly astonished by the speed of the Grand Sky Sect.
However, the disciples of the Earth and Wood Division of the Grand Sky Sect didn't find it surprising at all.
Is this even a big deal?
Do you know that we, the disciples of the Earth and Wood Division, have been working non-stop for the past two years?
It's been tough for us... various constructions and projects have been ongoing without a single second of rest, and we haven't had a day off.
But there's no choice... because we are disciples of the Grand Sky Sect.
The sect's development is so rapid that we can't stop even if we wanted to.
In other sects, disciples of the Earth and Wood Division find it hard to cultivate, but look at us, with the help of Senior Brother Xinghe, we've been advancing by leaps and bounds!
With the completion of Spirit Beast City, people from all over quickly flocked to the city, whether to participate in the Spirit Beast Grand Prix or to capture spirit beasts on Spirit Beast Island. The appearance of Spirit Beast City made things much more convenient for everyone.
As Spirit Beast City was fully completed, the Grand Sky Sect also announced the specific rules for the Blazing Sun Star Spirit Beast Grand Prix.
The rules are simple and straightforward.
Due to the overwhelming number of registered teams, a group competition format is adopted.
The entire grand prix is divided into ten groups, based on the Top Ten Sects.
All registered teams will be randomly assigned to different groups, and then randomly drawn for matches.
The ten sect teams in each group will not participate in the early rounds.
Only when the number of eliminated teams in each group is reduced to nineteen will the representative teams of the Top Ten Sects enter the final round of selection.
After this round of selection, each group will eliminate ten more teams, leaving ten teams per group, totaling the top hundred teams.
The top hundred teams will continue to draw lots for selection, ultimately determining all the rankings.
The rules posted by the Grand Sky Sect were met with no objections from any party.
After all, the Top Ten Sects almost represent the ten strongest forces in the world, and not having them participate in the early rounds gives others more opportunities.
Otherwise, if other sects form a decent team and end up drawing Martial Emperor City in the first round, wouldn't that be frustrating?
So not letting the ten sects participate early is not to protect them, but to protect the other forces and rogue teams, giving them a better chance.
Naturally, no one had any objections to these rules.
Only Chu Xinghe, one of the rule makers, was somewhat dissatisfied.
According to Chu Xinghe's idea, why not have a big brawl?
Chu Xinghe didn't care about the strength of other sects.
Because while others are fighting for rankings, Chu Xinghe's main goal in leading the team is to be eliminated.
If the Grand Sky Sect were eliminated in the first battle, wouldn't that be explosive?
If that really happened, wouldn't everyone laugh at the Grand Sky Sect?
That would truly be a loss of both fame and fortune.
But the problem was that when Chu Xinghe proposed this idea, the elders immediately said, "Xinghe, we know you want to quickly showcase the strength of our Grand Sky Sect, but having the ten sects participate directly would be somewhat bullying."
So, in the end, Chu Xinghe had to reluctantly accept the rules jointly formulated by the elders.
As the rules became familiar to everyone, the preliminary rounds of the first Blazing Sun Star Spirit Beast Grand Prix officially began.
The Sect Master of the Grand Sky Sect, the only Martial God in the world today, and the number one artist, Gu Mingchao, personally presided over the opening ceremony. At the same time, the Great Elders of the Top Ten Sects served as judges for this grand prix, emphasizing fairness, justice, and openness.
Amidst the attention of the masses, the preliminary rounds of the Blazing Sun Star Spirit Beast Grand Prix began.
The teams participating in the preliminary rounds were mostly composed of forces from all over the world or rogue teams.
The teams from various forces were decent, although not as strong as the Top Ten Sects, some teams from major forces were still formidable.
On the other hand, the rogue teams were somewhat absurd.
There was no choice... the grand prix organized by the Grand Sky Sect was absurdly generous. Just by participating, one could receive a batch of Crystals of Xinghe for free.
So, anyone with a spirit beast chose to participate.
Even if they couldn't make it past the first round, just by participating, they could receive something. Isn't that tempting?
Because of this, the preliminary rounds featured all sorts of bizarre spirit beasts.
For example, in one team, four out of five people had support-type spirit beasts that weren't good at fighting, and the remaining one had poor combat skills.
Logically, such a team would be easily defeated, but guess what... the opposing team also had five support-type spirit beasts...
And that's not even the most absurd part. The more absurd part was when five support-type spirit beasts faced another team with no spirit beasts...
What? You say you can participate without a spirit beast?
There's no rule in the Grand Sky Sect's regulations that says you can't participate without a spirit beast.
So, even though we five don't have spirit beasts, we surrendered and took the Crystals of Xinghe. Is there a problem with that?
And that's not even the most absurd part. The most absurd part was when five people without spirit beasts faced another five people without spirit beasts...
Then, in the Spirit Beast Grand Prix, two teams went up, and neither had a spirit beast. Ten people stood there confused, and the judges didn't know which side to declare the winner...
In the end, because neither team had a spirit beast, it ended in a draw.
What? You say just eliminate all ten of them?
That sounds reasonable, but the Grand Sky Sect wouldn't agree.
If not having a spirit beast meant elimination, what about our Xinghe?
Initially, the Grand Sky Sect didn't require a spirit beast to participate, mainly because of Xinghe.
Everyone was confused seeing people without spirit beasts getting resources...
Especially those who also didn't have spirit beasts, they were crying in frustration.
It turns out being shameless is unbeatable. We were wrong... If we had known we could register without a spirit beast and still get resources, would we be here as spectators?
Although the absurdity continued, there were still outstanding rogue teams.
For example, a rogue team called Soul Eaters, where all five members had rare spirit beasts, the Soul Devouring Serpents. They almost swept through the preliminary rounds, and their leader Zhu Peng never even had to make a move.
No team could force Zhu Peng to act.
There were quite a few teams like the Soul Eaters, so after the initial absurd matches, things became relatively normal.
After ten days of preliminary rounds, each of the ten groups had twenty teams, and the real knockout rounds were about to begin.
Chu Xinghe, along with Ouyang Ming and others, was in the Grand Sky Pavilion of Spirit Beast City, observing the other nineteen teams in the Grand Sky Sect group.
These nineteen teams were mostly from major forces, and their strength was solid.
Only two rogue teams made it to the Grand Sky Sect group's knockout rounds, either due to luck or genuine strength.
The knockout rounds also used a draw system to determine matchups, and the draw was completely random. Seeing the matchups, Chu Xinghe was so excited that tears almost fell.
Among all the teams in the Grand Sky Sect group, the team from the Flowing Cloud Sect was the strongest.
The Young Sect Master of the Flowing Cloud Sect, Ye Sui Feng, personally led the team, and his spirit beast was a Thunder Earth Dragon.
Though called a dragon, it only had a trace of dragon blood and wasn't a true dragon, but its strength was still terrifying.
Throughout the preliminary rounds, Ye Sui Feng hardly had to act, except in the final match against the Qianhe Sect. The Qianhe Sect's strength was also impressive, and their leader almost single-handedly defeated all of Ye Sui Feng's teammates.
But just when everyone thought the Qianhe Sect had won, Ye Sui Feng made his move, defeating all of Qianhe Sect's dreams with his Thunder Earth Dragon.
Ye Sui Feng and his Thunder Earth Dragon became famous after that battle.
They were considered the strongest team in the Grand Sky Sect group.
But before Ye Sui Feng could celebrate his advancement, the draw results for the knockout rounds were announced.
When he saw that his opponent was the Grand Sky Sect, Ye Sui Feng almost fainted.
Ye Sui Feng could only lament what misfortune had befallen him!
Drawing the Grand Sky Sect's team and facing Chu Xinghe directly? Is there any way to survive this?
The worst part was that Ye Sui Feng himself drew this lot.
To ensure fairness, the Grand Sky Sect didn't interfere with the draw process, and representatives from each team drew lots.
Ye Sui Feng was one of the representatives, and when he excitedly drew the Grand Sky Sect, he almost collapsed on stage.
In the entire Grand Sky Sect group, there were countless strong teams, but no matter who he faced, Ye Sui Feng felt he had a fighting chance, maybe even an easy victory, except against the Grand Sky Sect...
What?
You say Chu Xinghe supposedly doesn't even have a spirit beast?
Do you know what it means to have a reputation that precedes you?
That's the legendary Chu Xinghe! Even without a spirit beast, I, Ye Sui Feng, don't think I can win...