Chapter 289: Cruel Top 16; Thousand Swords Break Mountains and Rivers

The elimination round where the top sixteen would emerge from the thirty-two candidates was far more intense than the elimination round of the top thirty-two that advanced from sixty-four candidates.

At the end of today's competition, everyone who was already surprised saw the following fight queue suddenly found that the recruits left in the top sixteen were incredibly dazzling. Many of these participants, if placed in any of the previous Martial Tournaments, would be steady champion candidates. 

However, it was unclear if this year's recruit tournament was just overly monstrous, or if the level of importance placed by each state's military region was higher than before. Besides Qin Fen, who stood alone at the peak, the strengths of everyone else were shockingly close.