After the day of the preliminary matches, there were two days given as rest days before the finals were held.
While they were called the finals, these matches would be held over the span of a week.
After all, even if they had held preliminaries to whittle the number of contestants down, there were still too many people who had signed up for this tournament in the end. So they had no choice but to hold the matches for the finals over several days.
Mo Ze Chen actually wasn't even scheduled to fight until the second day, so he was given three days to rest instead.
After all, they reserved the matches that everyone wanted to see for the first day to build hype for the tournament and Mo Ze Chen was left for the second day, the day with the matches that fewer people wanted to see. The second day was really a day of rest for the audience after the hype of the first day.
But Mo Ze Chen didn't mind since he wanted to be underestimated.
Though it had to be said, the way the tournament was scheduled really was something.
Preliminaries that were held in a single day for hundreds of thousands of contestants and bringing them down to two hundred people in just a single day…That was a very harsh passing criteria.
Mo Ze Chen should have been admired by many just for getting in the top two hundred, but he was overshadowed by the people that were much more popular than him.
As for how the finals were arranged, they were divided into eight blocks of twenty four each. However, since two hundred didn't divide equally by twenty four, there were byes that were added to each round.
It was no surprise that the byes all went to contestants that were from the twelve great factions.
The only unlucky thing for Mo Ze Chen was that he was put in a bracket where he would have to fight an extra match since he was matched with someone that received a bye. It was clear that they were trying to use him as cannon fodder to make the path easier for the person who received the bye.
After all, his first opponent was also in the High Embryo Soul Realm and the one who received a bye was in the Peak Embryo Soul Realm.
Mo Ze Chen himself didn't mind it that much, but Angela clearly minded.
When her Xiao Bai was looked down on like this, she was filled with anger.
Of course, the way she vented that anger was by "training" Mo Ze Chen, so he showed up in a sorry state for his match that day.
The black eye and the bruises on his face made it look like he had been jumped on the way to the stadium.
His opponent couldn't help asking, "Are you alright?"
Mo Ze Chen just said with an ugly smile, "I'm fine."
His opponent didn't say anything else after that since they were about to fight after this.
For the first fight, Mo Ze Chen didn't bring out Xiao Bai since there was no need for him to do so.
The opponent was powerful, but Mo Ze Chen's physique had developed even further with Angela's training. The beating…The training over the past few days had paid off.
But then it was time for him to face the contestant that received the bye.
Ying Jun was one of the two from the younger generation that the Ying Family had the most hope for, which was why they did what they could to get him this bye. Of course the other reason was that there was no one else special in his bracket, so there was no competition for this bye.
When Ying Jun saw Mo Ze Chen, his first thought was that this would be an easy fight. While he was a bit surprised by the techniques that Mo Ze Chen used, he still didn't worry about it because he was confident in his own power.
After Mo Ze Chen finished his first match, he was given some time to rest, but it wasn't much time at all.
After all this was also part of the advantage of getting a bye.
The person receiving the bye would be well rested and the person who didn't receive the bye would be tired from having already fought a match. Even if he was given time to rest before the fight, it was only around an hour which wasn't enough time for him to recover that much.
So the person receiving the bye would be clearly at an advantage.
It didn't take long before it was time for Mo Ze Chen to fight again.
When they came out of the rest room and entered the stage, it was clear who was the more favoured person just based on the audience's reaction.
This helped to fuel Ying Jun's arrogance even more since he already believed that he would win.
So to help show himself off more, he started thinking about things that he could do to show his magnanimity towards Mo Ze Chen.
After they were both brought out onto the stage, Ying Jun looked at Mo Ze Chen and cupped his hands to say, "This friend, my name is Ying Jun. That is the name of the person who will defeat you."
Mo Ze Chen slightly knitted his brows, but he didn't lose his temper. Instead, he said in a humble voice, "Brother Ying, this one's name is Mo Ze Chen. I hope that we will have a good match."
Ying Jun revealed a smile and said, "Of course, of course, brother Mo."
Then after a pause, Ying Jun continued with a smile while deliberately raising his voice, "Brother Mo, since there is a disparity between the two of us in terms of cultivation levels, how about I give you a handicap? I will stand here and take one of your attacks, what do you say?"
Mo Ze Chen revealed a surprised look as he said, "Brother Ying, are you sure about that?"
Ying Jun gave a laugh and waved his hand as he continued in that loud voice, "Of course, it's not a problem at all. This is the least that I can do for you, brother Mo."
Mo Ze Chen just revealed a smile and said with cupped hands, "Then I have to thank brother Ying for your generosity."
The referee didn't stop this conversation between the two of them, rather he even let the camera crew get a bit closer just so they could capture the conversation more clearly, broadcasting it to everyone in the stadium.
With how people were looking at Ying Jun, it was clear that he had moved the crowd with his offer, which was his goal in the first place.
He had no fear in taking a single hit from Mo Ze Chen because he had seen what Mo Ze Chen's specialty was. Mo Ze Chen's attack wasn't that special, the only special thing about him was his ability to reflect attacks. So even if he did give him this first attack, it wouldn't pose any threat to him.
Seeing that their conversation was over, the referee stepped up and had them both go to their corners before announcing the start of the fight.
Neither side did anything at first as Mo Ze Chen just slowly walked to the very center of the arena.
Everyone knew that Ying Jun was allowing Mo Ze Chen to attack him first, so their eyes were all on Mo Ze Chen while waiting for him to do anything. However, he didn't do a thing as he just stood there in the center.
Ying Jun narrowed his eyes as he looked at Mo Ze Chen, but he still asked, "Brother Mo, are you not going to make your move?"
Mo Ze Chen just looked at him with a smile and said, "Brother Ying, please give me a minute, I'm just getting ready to make my move."
Ying Jun had a visible look of doubt, but he didn't say anything else. He chose to just wait and see what Mo Ze Chen would do.
After arriving right at the center of the arena, Mo Ze Chen stood there for a few seconds before suddenly calling out Xiao Bai.
Lin Fan had put Xiao Bai under Mo Ze Chen with a temporary contract, so Mo Ze Chen was able to put Xiao Bai in his pet storage space just like he would with a normal pet.
However, the response to when Xiao Bai appeared was quite small after all, Xiao Bai was quite small himself.
Even though he had broken through to the Embryo Soul Realm, he still had the same form of a small tiger like before since he still hadn't grown up yet.
There were many people in the crowd that were quite taken by Xiao Bai's cute appearance and there were also quite a few girls that were defenseless against this cute little tiger.
When Ying Jun saw this small tiger appear, the first thought that he had was disdain before he felt a bit of anger.
After all that buildup, Mo Ze Chen had brought out this small tiger?
Was he looking down on him?
But before he could say anything, Xiao Bai had already made his move.
Xiao Bai looked up and gathered a small ball of water above him.
This small ball of water didn't seem that powerful, but Ying Jun could feel the aura that it released. This definitely wasn't just a normal ball of water.
But once again, because he looked down on this little tiger, before he could react, the ball of water suddenly exploded.
After the ball of water exploded, it released waves of water all around it that swept across the entire stage.
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