Chapter 385: Tournament - 385
3 more days passed before the first round finally concluded. The 10,000 participants were reduced to 5,000. The same format occurred once again.
Lu Wei's number was 4593. Once his time came, his opponent admitted defeat again. The second round lasted a week.
The third round followed the same format, but with 2,500 people. Lu Wei's opponent immediately gave up.
1,250 people remained.
"The final elimination round will soon begin." The host said as tokens flew into the air. Lu Wei received token number 600.
As he stepped onto the stage, his opponent did not give up this time.
"You must be from the blue flower sect. I am a core formation cultivator from the lower sky sect. Let's fight." The opponent said before charging out.
Clouds wrapped around Lu Wei's opponent, and Lu Wei punched out with a fist. Light shone and a fist made of light Qi shot out, piercing through the clouds and knocking his opponent off of the stage.
Lu Wei had a light Qi affinity, as well as a metal Qi affinity and a water affinity.
As the final elimination round concluded, there were 625 participants left. Tokens flew up again, but the numbers on them ranged from 1 - 25.
The ground shook and 25 square arena's came from underground, while the original arena went underground.
Lu Wei had gotten the number 1 and went to the arena with a 1 inscribed on it. In his arena were 24 other people, and one of them was in the nascent soul realm.
It was clear that the other nascent soul realm cultivator was a physical fighter by the way his muscles moved around even as he stood still. He eyed Lu Wei as if he was going to demolish him in the next second.
Lu Wei felt a little intimidated, but he did not show it. He put his hands into one of his pockets and prepared to create the dice. He did not want anyone to see it, but he felt he would need to use it to win.
Unfortunately, he could not control what number the dice landed on. It would be a matter of luck.
This round was a free for all round within the 25 arenas. The last person standing in each arena would move on.
As the bell rang, signaling the start of the round, the other nascent soul realm cultivator turned his gaze away from Lu Wei and looked at the other cultivators.
"We will fight after I clean up the trash." He said as he moved so fast that the other competitors could not even react.
Only a single core formation cultivator managed to take a single strike, but the second one knocked him out.
In less than a minute, Lu Wei and the other nascent soul realm cultivator were the only ones in the arena.
Lu Wei nervously gulped as he looked at the opponent. Even he had barely been able to see the man when he moved earlier.
After briefly staring at Lu Wei, the man's figure blurred as it shot towards Lu Wei.
Without hesitation, Lu Wei rolled the dice in his pocket while moving away. The dice rolled, but the physical fighter did not waste time.
Lu Wei only stalled for 2 seconds before the fist was in front of his face. Suddenly, a clear barrier appeared over his body.
When the man's fist hit the barrier, it instantly broke. Lu Wei watched in surprise as the man's bones became clearly visible.
Despite being a physical fighter, the man was still considered young. His body shook as he suffered the pain of the injury and crouched down.
"To think it could be used like this." The old man laughed hysterically.
Even Zhou Fan chuckled a little. A lot of things could be said about Lu Wei but none could deny that he was naturally funny.
Lu Wei quickly attacked his opponent and kicked him off of the stage.
Lu Wei's win was definitely the weirdest and least understandable win, but he won in the end. He was the only nascent soul realm cultivator that had encountered another nascent soul realm cultivator.
Before long, 25 people stood on the ground.
"Before the next round starts, I would like everyone here to admire these 25 youths. On this side of the world, they are the greatest of their age." The host said as people cheered.
"Now, the next round. Everyone come onto the stage and pick a slip." He said as he pulled a box out from his spatial ring.
All of the remaining contestants did as he said. Lu Wei received a red slip.
"12 colors on 24 slips have been drawn. Whoever got the white slip gets a free pass to the final round." The host said. "Remember, luck is a part of your strength as well."
A nascent soul realm cultivator stepped off to the side and stood. He had gotten the white slip.
Lu Wei's opponent was a core formation realm cultivator. Although there was a slight struggle, he had won without using his dice.
13 cultivators were left, an uneven number.
10 tokens numbered 1 - 10 flew into the air and landed in 10 of the 13 participants' hands. Lu Wei did not receive one.
"Those who got the tokens, as of now, are the top ten. Any of the other 3 can freely challenge the top 10 to receive that spot. In addition, anyone who participated in the competition but got eliminated can come down and fight for a place." The host explained.
The old man shook his head. "Just moments ago, he was talking about luck being a part of cultivation. Now look at him."
Lu Wei looked at his opponents, but decided to wait until he was clear of their strength before challenging them. 10 cultivators who had participated earlier came down. One of them, Lu Wei's defeated opponent, managed to grab the number 7 spot. Of the 3 that did not receive a token, one of them took the 5th spot.
At this point, Lu Wei was the only nascent soul realm cultivator without a top 10 token.
Chapter 386: Loss - 386
Lu Wei looked at the core formation cultivator in the number 10 spot. He was the last remaining core formation cultivators.
Since he was not too confident in beating the nascent soul realm cultivators, he decided to challenge a core formation cultivator.
Although he was only in spot number 10, there would be one more round after this one.
The core formation cultivator walked onto a stage when Lu Wei officially challenged him. At the start of the fight, he shot forward and let loose a volley of fire arrows. Lu Wei created a screen of water that blocked them, before attacking the cultivator with a water whip.
The core formation cultivator managed to dodge, but Lu Wei turned the water that had splashed onto the ground below the cultivator into ice, causing him to temporarily lose his balance.
Taking advantage of that, Lu Wei hit him with a water bullet, sending him flying out of the stage.
As Lu Wei took the number 10 spot, he was not challenged again. Soon, the round ended, and the final round began.
"This signifies the start of the final round. The cultivator in spot 1 will challenge the cultivator in spot 3. The cultivator in spot 2 will challenge the cultivator in spot 4. Spot 5 will fight spot 7, spot 6 will fight spot 8, and spot 9 and 10 will fight." The host said.
The ground below turned flat, before a single, larger stage appeared.
The nascent soul realm cultivators in spot 1 and 3 walked up to the stage.
The battles continued on, with spot 1, 2, 7, and 6 winning their battles. The final fight was between Lu Wei and a nascent soul realm cultivator from the platinum fist sect.
Lu Wei was not very confident. As soon as the battle started, his opponent jumped up and punched towards him. A platinum fist formed and shot like a bullet towards Lu Wei.
Lu Wei barely managed to dodge, only to see 3 more fists coming towards him. He put his hand in his pocket and rolled his dice as he managed to dodge the first two fists. The 3rd one hit his left shoulder and cracked the bone there.
Lu Wei clenched his teeth as the dice finally landed on a 2. At the same time, 5 fists were sent hurling towards him.
Lu Wei took a step and his figure blurred. Although only his strength had increased by 2 times, he was faster as a result.
He easily dodged the platinum fists and punched at his opponent. His opponent punched back at Lu Wei, his fist coated with platinum Qi.
It was at this time that Lu Wei regretted not focusing on more body cultivation. Although he was twice as strong as usual, his was forced to take 3 steps back.
His opponent did not let up, stepping forward and punching at Lu Wei. Although Lu Wei could roll his dice 3 times a day, each attempt took half of his Qi.
As he had been fighting and spent half of his Qi rolling his dice, he had less than half of his Qi remaining.
After barely surviving for 2 more minutes, Lu Wei was eliminated from the tournament. His only fault was perhaps not training in the right thing. It could also be blamed on his sect.
He had barely used the blue flower sects techniques the entire fight since they were lacking so much. The dead sect master had been the first soul formation cultivator in the sect's history, and she was not alive long enough to create any good techniques.
Lu Wei sullenly went and sat with his father and Zhou Fan.
"There's no need to be down. It was a good result for you to get within the top 10." The old man comforted.
"I know. I just feel that I could do better." Lu Wei said.
"You will do better in the future." The old man said before whispering into Lu Wei's ear.
"The blue flower sect cannot help you. You must seek a greater sect. Any sect should be absolutely willing to let you join them." The old man whispered.
"But could I really abandon the blue flower sect like that?" Lu Wei whispered back.
"Don't think of it like that. When you reach greater heights, you can repay them in any way. With your potential, I'm sure it won't be difficult." The old man whispered.
Zhou Fan agreed. It would benefit both Lu Wei and the blue flower sect for Lu Wei to join another sect.
If Lu Wei were to stay, he may end up resenting the blue flower sect for limiting him, but if he joined a greater sect, he would be grateful to them for helping him start his journey.
How the blue flower sect felt was another thing, but it was not something to be concerned with.
They watched the rest of the tournament, and to nobody's surprise, a cultivator from the earth mountain sect won.
The next day, Lu Wei returned with the old man and Zhou Fan to the library.
After a week, he once again returned to the blue flower sect. He had decided to wait until entering the soul formation realm to leave the blue flower sect. With his potential, it would not be very long before he did so.
Once he surpassed both the soul formation realm and the void traversing realm, he would very likely join the cosmic sect.
Zhou Fan wondered what his reaction would be when he saw the statue of the origin god. That would be an interesting day, though it was far in the future.
The peaceful and mundane life returned to the library, and before he even realized it, 10 more years had passed. At this point, even if Zhou Fan did not sense the old man's cultivation, he would know that he was a cultivator.
The old man's suspicions were also confirmed as Zhou Fan did not age.
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