บท 49: Beginning of the All-Sect Tournament
The day of the All-Sect Tournament arrived.
The Green Valley Sect team listened to her in the Sect Leader's room. She explained the tournament rules, the day their match takes place, and extra things for their safety.
"The tournament rules are simple: Don't cheat in any way, all magical items are prohibited, stop fighting once one person surrenders or their barrier breaks, and the sect that can defeat all 10 members of the opposing sects wins."
All disciples in the tournament had a Sky Grade artifact attached to their clothing, this artifact will activate a barrier to protect them from fatal wounds, however, the barrier would break once it suffered enough damage or a fatal spot was hit. This would cause the end of the match.
"There are a total of 128 Sects participating in this tournament; the first round will have 64 matches alone, there will be 8 matches a day, and making the first round last 8 days before the 2nd round starts."
"Our first match will be on the first day; it'll also be the first match of the tournament, and with our rivals, Mountain Sky Sect."
Some of them in the group were nervous for different reasons, some had performance anxiety, and others were nervous that they could be the first Sect sent home in the tournament.
The ones confident they'll make it to the second round were Lena, Mila, Juniper, and Adonis. This is due to all of their high talents or special powers. Adonis had both, so he was confident that as long as they do not have a cultivator in Ascent Stage, he could breeze through their entire team alone.
"Right now, I want you all to focus on this fight and worry about future fights later. Calm yourselves down and give it your all."
After the encouraging words of the Sect Leader, the team left the room and were making their way to the Arena. However, the Sect Leader had a few words with Adonis in private.
"Adonis, to let you know, I will not be sending you out during this match."
Adonis felt shocked, confused, and let down all at the same time when he heard this, he was looking forward to seeing how strong he was compared to other cultivators.
"The reason I'm doing this is because I want to make you our trump card."
This caught Adonis's attention and he asked questioningly, "I'm the trump card?"
"Obviously, I plan to save you for when we are in a dire situation or we make it to the quarter-finals."
"Why the quarter-finals?"
"Because that's when we'd have to face the larger sects, like the 5 Grand Sects." The Sect Leader said with seriousness in her voice.
The 5 Grand Sects were the most powerful Sects in the world, all of the cultivators that created them were in God-Stage. All of them believed in something different and what was the most correct way to cultivate and rise higher. This caused 'types' of sects to be made, the heaven's way, the balanced way, and the diabolic way.
The Heaven's Way- Sects that believe in good and righteousness, that cultivate by going down the path of being good and moral.
The Balanced Way- Sects that believe in their own beliefs that aren't good or bad, they cultivate by doing something that finds a balance between moral and immoral or they do neither.
The Diabolic Way- Sects that believe in the evil and immoral, cultivate by doing things that would bring harm to themselves or others to be stronger.
The 5 Grand Sects have two Sects that believe in The Heaven's Way, two sects that believe in The Diabolic Way, and one sect that believes in The Balanced Way.
The 5 Grand Sects:
Templar Sect- This Sect believes that being righteous and helping the innocent is the way to help make a better world and life.
Holy Light Sect- They believe in the light and heaven, they are devoted to the gods above and that this is the only way to enter heaven.
Yin Yang Sect- This Sect believes that pleasure is the way to true nirvana, they have sex to raise their cultivation and are the wealthiest Sect due to them selling their services and having multiple businesses across the world.
Demon Cult Sect- They believe that the underworld will one day rule over all and that the only way to have peace is to worship and follow them, they make contracts with demons and use their power to become stronger.
Oblivion Sect- This Sect believes that the abyss is the one true power in the universe, by giving their bodies and mind to the abyss they'll be able to become one with it, gaining true omnipotence.
All of these Sect's Core Disciples are in the Ascent Stage and very few sects could ever be a match for them. The Sect Leader knows this and the only person she can truly rely on to defeat such disciples is Adonis, despite being in the Refinement Stage he has shown feats that match those of a person in the Ascent Stage.
Adonis thought about it and knew exactly what the Sect Leader was thinking when she decided to make him their trump card.
The team made their way to the Arena, which was called Glory's Home. It is a beautiful Colosseum that can fit over 100,000 people in it, it was also fitted with all of the latest magic technology to make it even more efficient.
(For comparison, the Arena is the size of the world's largest Stadium)
The team marveled at the sight of it and prepared to enter it along with every other Sect that entered the tournament.
All of the Sects stood in the center of the Arena as they look up and saw the 1st Princess of the Imperial Family, Elizabeth Stallard.
She had long smooth purple hair, her skin was milky white, and she wore a long black and purple dress that complimented her figure and beautiful face. Many considered her the peak of beauty, and many people were entranced by her.
"On behalf of my family, I welcome all sects that are here to compete in the All-Sect Tournament. I wish you all the best of luck."
After some short words from the 1st Princess, the Sects that weren't competing today started to leave, the first ones were from the 5 Grand Sects as the rest of the Sects made way for them.
As the 5 Grand Sects teams passed by, many disciples and people marveled at them and their strength. They were the object of envy and admiration, however, it was a bit different for one person. Adonis looked on at the Templar Sect and saw a familiar face.
A person with fiery red hair like him, orange eyes to match, an arrogant look on his handsome face, and wearing the elegant suit that all of the other Templars wore.
His older brother, Byron Lock.
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