Free Web NovelChapter 343: Chapter 343
A group of people immediately scrambled over each other to rush up. In the end, it was the closest female disciple who claimed the ring.
This time, the others did not feel indignant or regretful.
Instead, they unanimously followed in Alex’s footsteps, their faces full of excitement and anticipation.
They finally realized it.
This big shot was completely different from them, he disdained the points gained from holding a ring, and he only wanted to quickly max out his points through combat and advance to the next round.
Since that was the case, all they had to do was trail behind the big shot and snatch up the empty rings he left behind.
Would that not mean they also had a chance to advance?
For a time, the entire preliminary ring area became incredibly bizarre due to Alex’s entry.
Thousands of disciples stopped paying attention to finding a soft persimmon to squeeze. Instead, they all transformed into Alex’s fanboy and fangirl cheerleading squad, wherever Alex went, they followed.
After Alex casually struck out and effortlessly defeated a defending disciple, they would erupt in joyous, heaven-shaking cheers.
Then, like starving tigers pouncing on their prey, they would rush up to fight over the empty ring Alex left behind.
Under Alex’s ruthless and domineering strikes, ten lucky disciples got their wish and occupied a precious ring. The remaining people were full of envy and jealousy, wanting to continue clinging to his coattails. ƒrēewebnovel.com
Unfortunately, Alex’s points had already reached five thousand, and he directly advanced to the secondary rings.
The rules of the secondary rings were the same as the primary rings, it was also a points-based promotion system. It was just that there were far fewer rings in this area, with only a scant two hundred spots available.
Moreover, the defending disciples had an average cultivation in the Foundation Establishment Realm or Core Formation Realm.
They were a bit stronger than the group of Qi Gathering Realm small fry from earlier.
Alex let out a yawn and casually chose a ring to walk into, standing opposite him was a girl with blue hair.
She sat cross-legged on the ground with her eyes closed, radiating an aura of absolute pretension, even though Alex had already stepped in, she still did not open her eyes, stating faintly. "Seeing that your aura is so scorching, you must be a fire cultivator, right?"
"Correct." Alex nodded with interest.
"I am Grace, an inner sect disciple. I am a water cultivator, which exactly counters you, so you are no match for me. You should hurry and challenge a different ring before you waste your hard-earned chance."
Alex stroked his chin, a smile hooking the corners of his mouth. This little girl did not look very old, but she sure knew how to act cool.
"Thanks for the reminder, but I am a rather stubborn person who likes to challenge difficult things the most. So get ready to take my move."
"Fire Cloud Tribulation!"
Alex brought his fingers together and exhaled a ball of flames. Grace sneered coldly, still not opening her eyes, she waved her hand and chanted.
"Wall of Water!"
Two streaks of blue light flowed from her hands, converging into a shield of flowing water that blocked her front.
However, the next second, feeling the surrounding temperature still rising to a scorching degree, Grace finally opened her eyes in suspicion.
When her eyes were closed, she maintained an air of mystery, looking exactly like an unfathomable expert. But the instant she opened them, her facade completely shattered.
The sky-burning sea of fire before her was crashing down like a prehistoric beast, completely packing the entire ring’s space with absolutely nowhere to dodge. Compared to this massive sea of fire, her Wall of Water was as hopelessly fragile as an ant trying to stop a charging chariot.
Half a minute later, Alex watched his points increase by a thousand, then turned and walked out.
Leaving behind Grace, who was covered in scorch marks and paralyzed on a stretcher, her face full of existential doubt.
She had previously believed that mutual restriction between elements was an eternal, unchanging truth.
But today, Alex had ruthlessly taught her a lesson. In the face of an overwhelming disparity in absolute power, elemental advantage was so utterly insignificant it could be ignored.
The cultivators in the secondary rings were a bit stronger than those in the primary rings. Therefore, every victory accumulated a thousand points. This allowed Alex’s point-gathering speed to double.
Taking only the time it takes an incense stick to burn, he casually defeated fifteen people, gathered twenty thousand points, and smoothly advanced to the intermediate rings.
The number of spots in the intermediate rings was halved again, leaving only one hundred.
The strength level was also higher, generally hovering around the Core Formation and Nascent Soul Realms.
But as he kept fighting, Alex gloomily realized that the cultivation and actual combat strength of these people did not match up at all.
As disciples of the Divine Blade Sect, their cultivation was fundamentally centered around the sword, with elements merely serving as a supplement.
Yet in this Elemental Trial, they were restricted to using only elemental cultivation methods to fight.
This resulted in these people being completely unable to unleash their true abilities, even a Nascent Soul Realm sword cultivator, when manipulating elements they were not adept at, basically only retained the combat output of a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator.
Alex fought without an ounce of motivation, feeling as if he were just mechanically grinding a dungeon, going through the motions one ring after another, unable to stop yawning repeatedly.
In every single ring, he would just use a direct Fire Cloud Tribulation. freewebnøvel.coɱ
One breath of fire, and the battle would immediately end. Not a single person could force him to use a second move.
The secondary rings were like this, the intermediate rings were like this, and the high rings were exactly the same.
Repeatedly using the exact same cultivation method over and over made Alex drowsy and unable to muster the slightest bit of energy.
Because he was in a completely zoned-out state, he did not even notice something, ever since he entered the intermediate rings, several pairs of eyes had been dead-set on him.
