Chapter 411: First Round
"Huh? What is this place?" Khal asked calmly and once he regained his vision he quickly looked around.
At the moment, he was standing in the middle of a vast desert with nothing around him but sand and a massive crimson sun above his head that filled the surroundings with scorching hotness!
"Is this a deserted planet or am I simply in a separate space somewhere inside the Second Realm?" Khal mumbled as he tried to figure out his current location.
Whoosh!
Just as Khal was pondering whether he should look around or simply wait patiently, a gentle breeze, similar in strength to the one that hit his face before getting teleported here blew from his side, and a creature appeared about a hundred meters away from him.
The creature, however, looked nothing that Khal has seen before. It had two pairs of tentacle-like arms without any fingers at their ends while its face looked similar to that of a squid. Even its legs were shaped as tentacles which allowed it to move just like him or any other creature without any hindrance!
As Khal stared calmly at the creature which did the same to him, the unfamiliar and rather robotic voice appeared once again as it began to speak;
"Rules are simple. Fight until the very end or give up. The winner gets to move to the next round while the loser gets eliminated. Anyone that attacks or kills after the other party acknowledges its loss will be eliminated right away and will be severely punished!"
’The rules are the same that Logan has mentioned.’ Khal nodded, showing not the slightest of surprise at all.
"There will be no time limit and the environment which you will fight will differ every round. Furthermore, only 5 minutes break is allowed between each round."
’Oh? That’s new.’ Khal thought with a slight surprise.
[Interesting. It seems this tournament not only will be about strength and skills, but also stamina too.]
’Yeah. Considering the vast number of beings that must have joined, I am pretty sure this will become rather challenging in the long run.’
[Maybe for others, yes, but for you? With your ridiculous amount of essence and with your literally perfect Essence Core I bet you would be able to fight for several days straight without resting!]
Khal just shrugged at Nova’s statement and decided to focus his attention on the creature in front of him.
However, to his greatest surprise, just as he was ready to summon his weapon into his hand and start fighting, the creature collapsed onto the ground as if it suddenly got a heart attack, and raised its hand.
"I... Ugg... Give... Up..."
"Understood. First Round winner, Khal Nevio."
"Eh?" Khal’s eyes widened when he heard that he has all of a sudden won, and even before he had the chance to ask for a reason, he was teleported into a completely white and empty space.
"You now will be given 5 minutes rest before the start of the second round."
"Huh? But... Why did the other creature give up? I didn’t even have the chance to use a skill!" Khal asked with a frown.
"The reason was his weakness against heat. His race is extremely sensitive to high-temperature environments thus was forced to give up before getting killed by dehydration."
"But..." Khal was ready to say something, but soon he just sighed and shook his head, "Poor guy... Luck was not on his side."
Time passed quickly and in silence with Khal casually resting on the ground while humming a quiet melody. And even before he noticed it, 5 minutes have passed by already!
"Now you will be teleported to the next round." the robotic voice sounded once again and just like the previous two times, Khal was engulfed in golden light before getting teleported away.
Whoosh!
"A mountain peak this time?" Khal mumbled as he watched that he was at the very top of a massive mountain while all around him, a little lower than 5 meters below his feet white clouds floated everywhere, hiding the scenery at the bottom completely!
"Because others have yet to finish their first round, you will have to wait. In the meantime, you are prohibited from moving, cultivating, or using any skill or ability! If you do, you will be eliminated right away!"
"Sigh... So harsh..." Khal mumbled, but as he knew he had no other option but to obey, he closed his eyes and relaxed.
Once again, time began to flow in silence, and quickly half an hour have passed.
Whoosh!
"Finally..." Khal let out a sigh of relief and opened his eyes.
Silver hair that almost reached the waist, silver eyes that shone like moons, flawless skin that was as white as snow, a slightly long and pointy, and a petite body in a quite revealing armor which give both charm and a threatening look to the one who was wearing it.
"A Silver Elf?" Khal quickly recognized the distinct features that only the members of the Silver Elves had and summoned his Devil Fangs into his hand.
"A human?" the Silver Elf, whose name was Wispa and was currently at the bottom of the Fifth Cultivation Stage, showed a confused look as she didn’t quite understand how a human was able to advance to the second round.
She understood clearly that all humans were weak and even those that were able to break through the barrier at the peak of the Fourth Cultivation Stage and reach the Fifth Cultivation Stage were weak enough to fall under the hands of the weakest Limit Breaker.
Thus, when she saw how a human was her opponent this time, she felt both delight and confusion.
"Well, at least I can move onto the third round quicker than expected." Wispa showed a smile, but just as she was ready to move and use one of her abilities to kill her enemy, suddenly crimson flames enveloped her from all directions in the shape of a lotus.
"Huh?"
BOOOM!
