Chapter 744: Chapter 556: Fighting
These days are filled daily with battles and escapes, even sleep comes with fear. Chen Junhao feels a bit exhausted, but instead of resting, he chats with his teammates to understand the incidents that have happened in the base lately.
As they chat, a noisy uproar arises from afar, with people continuously rushing forward, seemingly to watch some excitement. The distance and crowd block the view, making it unclear what is happening specifically.
"What’s happening over there?"
Chen Junhao asks with some curiosity.
Five to six hundred meters away, people continually gather together, mostly foreigners, seemingly in a fight!
What piques their curiosity is undoubtedly the fight.
"It seems like they are fighting. Quite a few people have been eliminated these days," Sha Yuda says.
"Eliminated?"
Chen Junhao frowns, looking slightly confused.
Fighting needs no explanation.
Where there are people, there are conflicts.
Especially true for cultivators.
Top experts from various countries beneath the kings gather together. In the absence of external threats, facing the chance for King Becoming, the seemingly harmonious and peaceful atmosphere certainly hides undercurrents.
After all, this is an elimination match.
Only those who remain can become kings and obtain rare resources.
The fewer people, the greater the hope.
As for the reasons for the fights, they need no explanation.
It can arise from a displeased look or an annoying gait, not to mention those with existing grievances.
But the King Becoming plan hasn’t officially started yet, so why are people being eliminated?
"What do you mean? Speak clearly," Zhao Zhou also asks, his tone a bit displeased.
He hates it when people speak halfway.
Under the gaze of two people, Sha Yuda doesn’t dare delay and quickly explains:
"It’s just two groups fighting; those who die or are severely injured are eliminated. These days, already 21 people have been eliminated."
"Isn’t there any official intervention?" Chen Junhao asks.
The slots for King Becoming plan recruits have no upper limit; they are earned through Contribution Points.
No direct correlation to a nation’s strength.
The more resources provided, the greater the contribution; hence, more slots gain.
The contribution here differs, possibly being manpower, a cultivation technique, or even an evolution path.
A major nation has at least forty slots; medium nations have around ten, while small nations have only a handful, some even pitifully one.
For small nations, earning a slot might involve the effort of the entire nation.
For small nations, it’s not merely a chance for King Becoming but rather the future hope of a nation.
It’s the hope for the survival of millions.
Many small nations don’t even have the presence of kings.
The meaning of kings for small countries and major nations is a completely different concept.
For some small nations, investing massive resources to get a slot, only to be easily eliminated, is simply unacceptable.
For participants from small nations, competing through layers of selection, struggling to get a slot, risking their lives, entering the Land of Fallen Gods, being eliminated like this is simply too cruel.
For participants from large nations, given their numbers with helpers, eliminating participants from small and medium nations is ridiculously easy.
This is obviously an unequal match.
"If the officials intervene, who would dare act! It’s because of official indulgence that so many people get eliminated. After all, the King Becoming plan is fundamentally an elimination match! There’s no significant difference between eliminating now and later.
Of course, participants from large nations can only target those from other large nations, participants from small nations can only target those from other small nations. Large nations targeting small ones are not allowed; conflicts in recent days have occurred between enemy countries or those with personal grudges, leading to premature fights," Sha Yuda smiles and says: "Actually, they’re all small-scale confrontations. In ten battles, seven are one-on-one fights, three are around seven-person group battles. The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. No one dares large-scale battles, no one wants others to benefit."
"The more eliminated, the better."
Chen Junhao laughs and says.
Eliminating one more means one less competitor, which clearly benefits them.
"Has our country clashed with others?"
Xie Yixiao asks.
"Of course, but with some restraint."
Sha Yuda gives Xie Yixiao a glance; compared to Chen Junhao and Zhao Zhou, he acts colder toward helper Xie Yixiao, but gives face:
"In the past two days, five battles occurred, with Japan thrice; we eliminated three of theirs, and they eliminated five of ours. We clashed once with the United States, each side had one person eliminated, and another was an internal conflict, eliminating one."
"Who fought internally? It’s all our people, shouldn’t we unite against outsiders at this stage?"
Zhao Zhou curiously asks.
"Fu Wenlin and Xu Rongguang; Fu Wenlin was beaten down without retaliation, heavily injured. Given it’s an elimination match, unless they’re teammates or allies, they’re all competitors, so-called solidarity doesn’t exist."
Sha Yuda looks toward Xu Rongguang’s direction.
Xu Rongguang is nearby, with two helpers behind him, having minimal interaction with other participants.
"How could Fu Wenlin dare to engage?"
Zhao Zhou is surprised.
After all, Xu Rongguang refined the Earth Chart Golden Crow, already condensed the Life Soul’s prototype; his strength has reached Half-Step Spirit King, ready to step into the King Realm anytime.
Normally, even a Martial King is unmatched to him.
Provoking him is unwise!
Back in Xu Rongguang’s battle with Bu Yuanlong, Zhao Zhou watched throughout. Although Bu Yuanlong won in the end, it’s evident Xu Rongguang held back, not displaying full strength.
In Hua Country’s recruits, there are nine figures deemed unprovokable; Xu Rongguang is among them.
Such fierce character, even Zhao Zhou doesn’t want to provoke easily.
"That’s unknown."
Sha Yuda shakes his head, showing unawareness.
It’s human nature to be entertained.
Despite some curiosity, Chen Junhao’s group doesn’t join the excitement.
Invisible borders exist between countries, to avoid conflicts; crossing others’ lines easily is inadvisable.
Some conflicts arise just from bored participants wandering around.
The battle lasted five to six minutes before ending. When therapists entered the battlefield, the situation quickly spread.
This time the battle involved Japan and West Korea.
The reason for the fight remained unknown, but these two have been enemy nations, mutually hostile for a long time, so a fight was quite normal.
There were three battles before this one.
Sometimes clashes even occur during meals.
In this battle, a five-person team fight was conducted.
Japan secured victory, losing one dead and one severely injured. West Korea lost two dead and one severely injured.
The dead are self-explanatory, covered with white cloth and carried out, nothing visible.
The severely injured look miserable; one with disfigured features, the other’s arm twisted like a braid. Even with advanced therapy, recovery seems unlikely anytime soon.
Hence, this conflict prematurely eliminated five.
Despite the battle’s end, the atmosphere remains tinged with tension.
People from both nations gather, glaring at each other maliciously, some even verbally sparring, poised to fight if not for apprehension.
