Chapter 457: Literary Competition
Holy Land, East 8.
Within the Northern Court defense perimeter, there were five similar light pillars of entrance and exit. The Hunters of the Ancestral Dragon Legion mainly were concentrated by the light pillar closest to the downtown.
At this moment, the outline of a fortress was built around both the Holy Land space and the outside light pillar, and countless steel and building materials were transported from within the base city, fixed and welded by the earth and gold elemental user.
Several other entrances were similar, with legions of thousands of people stationed near each one.
Meng Jingran's fifth game against the opponent took a few seconds to defeat. After being transported back, the first thing he did, he looked up to observe the situation above - most of the time, it was either the strong ones crushing the ordinary Hunter or, it was a fierce duel between the tenth and eleventh levels, which meant very little to him.
At this moment, however, Meng Jingran's eyes glowed as he looked towards one of the battlefields.
'Tang Yu, versus a Transcendent?'
Baili Ba, a strong and powerful warrior who wore silver armor and long brown hair, also saw the battle and came forward.
"Huh, this speed, it doesn't look good! Could it be--"
After a few dozen seconds of trial and error, at precisely this moment, there was a sudden outbreak exactly this moment. In just a few seconds, the stalemate in the battle was broken, and the transcendent warrior was forced to admit defeat and quit.
"This ..." Baili Ba could not see what exactly happened.
With speed, strength, and even reflexes, Tang Yu should be in the worst category among the transcendent mortals.
However, against the Transcendent, whose strength was similar to his, Tang Yu managed to snatch a win, impossible!
Meng Jingran was even more sure of his suspicion.
"Worthy of being able to create a huge foundation from nothing, this Tang Yu." Meng Jingran stroked his beard and said, "It's not that he is weak in strength and speed, but he has suppressed his strength as a way to seek a breakthrough."
"But the reaction power is also obviously slow a cut, right! Often that Transcendent did two moves before he reacted and then acted."
When Baili Ba finished speaking, he noticed Meng Jingran glancing at him, with that look, as if he was looking at an ignorant fool.
"Is it really possible that he managed to dodge every attack with his slow reaction? Haven't you noticed that every time Tang Yu dodges? It looks so close, but it just shows that he is confident - even if it's only a millimeter away, he can avoid it with ease?"
"Isn't that, isn't that because he has a special battle technique?"
"Special battle techniques aren't special anymore, but his technique, however, is mesmerizing. Look at that elegant movement, as fluid like a water, calm and relaxed expression, not only every attack, every dodge are calculated, furthermore, his movements are so efficient that he managed to save every bit of energy for fueling his ultimate instantaneous step, it can be said that Tang Yu even after suppressing his strength still won without having to unleash his full potential!"
"It is because of his high adaptability, and he was able to accomplish so many seemingly impossible moves."
"This is the martial path. You guys need to study and learn more."
In the last sentence, Meng Jingran was saying to the members of the Ancestral Dragon Legion.
Hundreds of thousands of Ancestral Dragon Hunters, all of whom could be considered his students, were standing aside at this moment, and those Senior Hunter who had finished the battle nodded their heads in a very instructive manner.
-- They might not have watched that battle and their eyes might not be able to capture the movements of both sides, but... what Patriarch Meng said, that certainly makes sense!
"I've heard about Tree Shade's Director Tang. His strength is unparalleled. Today I saw it, and it's really extraordinary."
...
While the martial arts battles in the advanced division were going on, most of the hunters, instead, were reduced to jobless civilians because they had nothing to do.
In other words…
The advanced division's battle was so quick and full of an explosion that normal people wouldn't be able to see exactly what happened.
However, although they couldn't see the battle that was happening, they could see the combatant entering the stage and which one was the winner.
The battle was now between an old man with weird clothing and the Hunter wearing a giant tree pattern on his combat suit.
The old man Chi was sitting on his knees, his injuries had been healed, and he was still holding an open "Tree Shade... brochure" in his hand.
Compared to the previous Tree Shade's near domination of the entire tournament, Tree Shade's win rate seems to be only 50-50, and there were no particularly strong experts.
But that was because Tang Yu, Elaine, and the other executives of Tree Shade didn't wear regular combat suits with tree patterns on them. Instead, they used their own custom-made armor made by Kevin.
The leader of the next force nodded approvingly, "Good point, Tree Shade's strength is only reflected in its middle strength."
He suddenly froze.
If the Ninth Awakened were only considered a middle strength, then what was his own miserable defeat at the hands of the Tree Shade ordinary hunter? At least he could be ranked in the top five in the whole region!
The Chief of Chi said, "No matter what, Tree Shade is still much stronger than us. It's just our fifth era people cultivation time is still short, far from being able to compare with those old guys in the fourth era."
No one has forgotten that the martial duel was only a prelude to deciding on the entry quota.
...
The mysterious power replenished all the consumption of Tang Yu's power.
Source power, physical strength, and spiritual power - only his mind felt fatigued, and he was mentally tired.
Especially when it comes to integrating the "Realm of Intent" control into the battle, every step of the way, there can't be the slightest mistake, and once again, Tang Yu doesn't even dare to guarantee that he can do it so perfectly.
Time passed, thousands of meters high in the sky of the battlespace, and fewer and fewer people stood there.
Finally, all the space disappeared, the five rounds of battles ended, and based on the number of wins and losses, the two thousand access spots were quickly locked.
Tang Yu raised his hand, and at the back of his hand, golden lines unfolded little by little, like an invisible brush was painting, gradually forming a special and mysterious pattern.
"A symbol of the entry quota."
However, the true location of the Holy Land still had not surfaced, and Tang Yu estimated that he would have to wait until the qualification selection was over.
Meanwhile, the golden light bathed the area.
The transcendent barrier, which was as thick as a mountain, was being weakened layer by layer, right up to the final step.
Unfortunately, he's yet to be able to break through to Transcendence.
Tang Yu had some regrets, but it was to be expected. He turned his head to look around. Kong had already broken through to become a transcendent mortal, while Hui Ren, who was previously close to transcendent mortal, just happened to be one step short of the door.
But he saw him collapse his face in great disappointment.
"No breakthrough?"
"No, there is no way for me to cross the transcendent bottleneck. You need to be destined to break through the bottleneck to achieve that."
Tang Yu nodded.
Foundation realm, body-shaping realm breakthrough, after all, was only a small bottleneck, while the transcendent was a huge leap in the level of life.
It was a huge difference between a carp leaping up a waterfall and leaping up to the Dragon Gate!
Qualifications, luck, destiny!
....
The martial battle is over.
Only a few hours have passed since the start of the Holy Land qualification selection.
The hunters have not yet finished eating their own dry food, and those who have failed miserably have not left.
The real battle has yet to come.
Although it was unclear how the competition would be since it does not involve battle, they...there is always hope, right?
There is always a dream. Everyone is longing as such.
Once again, the mechanical and dull voice rang through everyone's mind.
"Please choose three of the sub-categories of "Runes, Magic, Potions ..." as your own item for the duel, and allocate places according to the number of people who choose each item.
"00:09:59"
Tang Yu's eyes swept over dozens of sub-categories.
It is possible not to choose and be considered an abstention, but ... even if he already had access slots, Tang Yu felt that this thing was more than enough to relieve his boredom.
After contemplating for several minutes.
"Choose "Runes" "Potions"..."
Runic literature, with Kevin's teaching and several related books of runes purchased from the market, today, Tang Yu was considered to have officially crossed over into the mid-level runesmith.
He was no longer a budding runesmith.
Even Kevin once said it took him three years to go from a beginner to an intermediate runesmith.
And in the pharmacy department, his talent was also on the higher side. He was already conducting his own research and had reached an intermediate level.
So, as a pharmacist familiar with rare materials and concocting new substances, the "potions" category is a must.
The remaining one, the eyes wandered in the "magic, cultivation, forging, command, formation ..." and other items.
Suddenly his eyes lit up and landed on one of the sub-categories, "It's you."
He selected "Appraisal".
...
The literary battle was divided into two parts. One was the initial audition - weeding out most of the hunters who make up the numbers.
The second part was a one-on-one competition, just like a martial arts fight, where the winner advances and the loser is eliminated.
"Runes" was the first of the sub-categories, and soon the auditions began.
The familiar power of teleportation descended once again, and Tang Yu was once again thousands of meters high in the sky, and this time, there was Hunter every few meters around him, as far as the eye could see.
The only thing was that there was a mysterious power blocking, he could not see clearly the appearance of each Hunter, and even his perception could only spread out two or three meters.
And in front of Tang Yu, there appeared a table one meter by two meters in size. Behind him, there was a chair that could be pulled over to sit.
All kinds of familiar scenes, reminding him of the time, the fear of examination.
"This fucking ..."
Tang Yu opened his "Eye of Insight" and saw the essence behind it through the phenomenon, "Surprisingly, it's an illusion, but it has interfered with reality."
He sat on the chair, "It seems real, yet I can't destroy it."
He was about to study it in detail when the voice in his head appeared again.
["Runes" classification began.]
A huge, fire-red complex pattern appeared...
"Copy this rune, those who succeed, pass; those who fail, eliminated."
Tang Yu looked up and quickly judged that this was a primary rune… It was a fairly simple kind.
The "Scorch" rune of the fire system.
Inscribed on a weapon, when attacking, it can come with a scorching effect, but ... his eyes widened, and he gazed at it.
"This "scorching" rune and the one that Kevin mastered is not the same, the subtlety of some strokes of the corners are different, the bifurcation point is the same ... wait, surprisingly, there is less energy node!"
The fewer the energy nodes, the more quickly the rune starts and the more stable it is.
In the case of "Scorch", its effect is similar, but compared to what Kevin had designed, the "Scorch" rune from this Holy Land is more advanced, probably because the saints are the ones who made it!
This was the right trip!
"This place truly is a Holy Land. I need to absorb as much knowledge as I can... especially high-end knowledge."
He tried to copy the rune to the table. Tang Yu lifts the rune pen beside him. The weight and feel of this rune pen were similar to the one he used in the territory.
With this in mind, no need to take a second look!
The first thing you need to do is to look at the table and inscribe the same "Scorch" rune on it. But somehow, Tang Yu's mind drifted to his long-time desire when it comes to ancient relics.
...He always wanted to write "Tang Yu was here" and destroy cultural relics.
What a jerk.
...
Tang Yu spent a minute, and the rune inscription was successfully transported back to the ground. He had finished his task when other Hunter were still scratching their head in confusion.
There were not many people who chose the classification of "runes".
Most of them were running for the name of rune equipment, hoping to pass the Holy Land using their experience in using the rune equipment.
After the "Scorch" rune appeared, they got excited.
"So this is the rune!"
"It's so beautiful and subtle that it makes me dizzy to look at it."
"+1 dizzy from looking at it."
"+2 dizzy from looking at it."
"Dizzy +(n+1)."
When the allocated time for the test had run out, countless hunters were passed back to the original place together. Only after an exchange did they realize that understanding runes and copying them was totally different from using the already finished rune!
Many of them failed in their attempts to copy the runes, and in their anger, they simply carved out the words "I feel dizzy after reading it" on the table.
There were awakened people in Tree Shade who did this.
Tang Yu thought that if these words were collected and made into a pop-up screen, the good Holy Land election would probably turn into a trolling conference.
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