The Spirit City Martial Arts Competition, which was held once every fifty years, started again. Just like the previous years, it was held in a huge square near the Spirit City Mansion. The square was much larger than the Spirit Square in the Netherworld Army's training camp. It was called the Spirit Martial Arts Field.
The competition hadn't officially started yet, but there was already a sea of people there.
There were tens of millions of people in the main city of Specters. Those who were qualified to watch the show had to be at least in the fifth level of the Heaven realm or above, or had some internal connections. Even so, there was still a sea of people there. Looking down from above, it was densely packed with black heads.
This was an event organized by the City Lord's Mansion and had nothing to do with the Netherworld Army. Therefore, the ones maintaining order were the guards of the Specter Main City. There were a lot of guards in the Specter Main City, numbering in the hundreds of thousands, only slightly less than the Netherworld Army.
The guards weren't as strong as the Netherworld Army, but they were strong enough to maintain order.
This year's Martial Arts Competition was a little special, so there were a lot of people here. Now, everyone was talking about the beautiful City Lord of the Ghost Main City accepting a disciple.
It was a grand occasion for the Spirit City and all the other cities under its jurisdiction. Ye Xuan was the strongest expert of the Ye Clan, one of the top families in the Nether Hell Mansion. Becoming her disciple was like reaching the heavens in a single step.
More importantly, Ye Xuan was not only strong, she was also beautiful. She was a goddess in many people's hearts. Becoming her disciple and receiving her teachings was a great pleasure.
At least in the Ghost City, as long as the young disciples were not over fifty years old and had reached the seventh Tian Qi layer, they would all participate in such a grand event. There were also quite a few people in the Netherworld Army who had signed up. The number of people that had signed up had reached an astonishing twenty thousand. It was not easy to choose a champion from twenty thousand people.
It was estimated that this Martial Arts Competition would last for half a month before it was completely over.
The competition was simple. It was two against one. Every person would fight a battle every day. If they were injured, the Spirit City Mansion would provide them with medicine.
Based on a rough estimate, it would take around twenty days for the champion to be decided. The first day would have the largest number of people. There would be over ten thousand battles, and the number would decrease every day.
As long as they fought at the same time and the city guards maintained order, it was still possible to carry out more than ten thousand battles in a day.
For the competition, the Spirit City Mansion had mobilized its entire army. There were over a hundred God Martial Arts cultivators in charge. There wouldn't be any accidents.
At this time, there were already more than a dozen warriors in the God Martial Arts Realm patrolling in the sky above the Specter Martial Arts Field. The Specter Martial Arts Field covered an area of 100,000 acres, with hundreds of large and small arenas. The sizes of the arenas were different, and the standards of the battles were also different.
On the first day, there were a total of 100 arenas, and each arena had to experience more than 100 battles. A total of 24 hours was actually more than enough.
At this time, it was early in the morning. The venue of the Martial Arts Competition had been prepared. Everything was carried out in an orderly manner.
The spectators who didn't participate in the battle were stopped by the city guards within a certain range to prevent them from making trouble. Outside this range, they could clearly see each battle. After all, everyone present was a warrior in the fifth level of the Heaven Martial Arts Realm or above, and their eyesight was beyond that of ordinary people.
In fact, there was a lot of suspense in this competition. There were warriors from the Spirit City Mansion, geniuses from the big families in the Spirit City, and warriors from all over the world. No one knew who would be the champion.
However, three days ago, there was a piece of news.
In the Netherworld Army, Marshal Su Mo's cousin, the talented young martial artist Su Xue, was also participating in this martial arts competition.
Reaching the God Martial Arts Realm before the age of fifty was already a mythical existence. Therefore, among the warriors in the competition, Su Xue was the only one in the God Martial Arts Realm. After the news about her spread out, almost everyone believed that the champion this time would definitely be her.
Many of the contestants complained.
Su Xue was a disciple of one of the top ranked clans, and she had a good relationship with Su Mo, but now she was trying to steal Ye Xuan's disciple spot. It was a bit too much, but they could only swallow it. Even Ye Xuan had agreed, so they could only rely on their own strength.
After knowing that Su Xue would participate in the Martial Arts Competition, more than 3,000 people directly withdrew because they knew that they would not be able to win the championship, so they might as well not take the risk. As for more people, they came for the battles. Such battles, under the watchful eyes of the public, could also hone their courage.
There were still two hours before the start of the Martial Arts Competition. The main figures had already arrived, and the audience outside the arena were all talking about it. For a time, it seemed that there were countless flies flying in the Ghost Martial Arts Field.
"Su Xue is here. What are we going to do?"
"She's a cultivator in the God Martial Arts Realm. She's shameless."
"I can't accept it. Even the geniuses of the Gongsun Clan and the Fu Clan couldn't reach the God Martial Arts Realm before the age of fifty. Who can compete with Su Xue?"
"Everyone, save it. Others are stronger than us. Naturally, they have the right to do whatever they want. We are just minor characters. Fighting a few rounds in this Specter Martial Arena is already our glory. As for the champion, there are more than 20,000 cultivators here. Who can guarantee that they can walk to the end?"
"You're right. But there's no suspense. I'm speechless."
"If someone can defeat Su Xue, it'll be interesting."
"Are you kidding me? You've broken through to the Godly Martial Arts Layer. You're a hundred times stronger than a cultivator of the ninth Tian Qi layer. Who could possibly defeat Su Xue? Unless he's broken through to the Godly Martial Arts Layer. But, in the Specter City, only Ye Xuan's brother can defeat Su Xue."
"You're right."
"Don't worry. It's only the first battle. It'll be a long time. There are at least fifteen thousand people in the seventh layer of the Heaven Martial Arts Realm. We're in the eighth layer. Don't worry."
"At least we'll be able to last a few days."
"Since we're here, the champion isn't important. Our only goal is to train ourselves and win glory. Brothers, let's see who can last the longest on the fighting stage. Who'll be the real hero?"
Similar discussions and clamors could be heard from every corner of the Specter Combat Field.
Everyone who signed up received a purple jade card. That jade card was empty, there was nothing on it. But that day, all the participants had to use that jade card. Long Chen and Su Xue also received purple jade cards.
Those who didn't have purple jade cards stood outside the arena.
Those who had purple jade cards were arranged by the guards into a hundred square formations. Because there were too many people, ten times more than the previous years, they had no choice but to use a unified management system.
In the Nether Martial Field, some of the big families and forces that were invited had their own seats. For example, the Nether Army was one of the big forces. There were also some big families like the Gongsun Family and the Fu Family in the Nether Martial Field. People from the City Lord Palace sat together with Ye Xuan in the highest seats of the field.
At that moment, the Underworld Army hadn't arrived yet. Most of the other people had arrived.
"Chen Liu, go get Ye Xuan and Long Chen. Get them two seats next to me."
Said Ye Xuan, smiling. Then she waved at a cultivator of the God Martial Arts Realm in the distance.
The God Martial Arts Realm warrior was maintaining order. Hearing Ye Xuan's call, he hurried over. After listening to the order, he went to the place where Ye Xuan lived.
After returning to the Specter City, he went through layers of halls, corridors and gardens. The warrior called Chen Liu, who was at the first level of the God Martial Arts Realm, came to the place where Ye Xuan lived.
He was a guest that Ye Xuan had recruited recently. In his hometown, the Specter City, he had a legendary reputation. This year, he was just over two hundred years old. It was not easy to reach the God Martial Arts Realm before two hundred years old. In terms of potential, Chen Liu was considered one of the better ones among all the God Martial Arts Realm warriors under Ye Xuan's command.
Ye Xuan reached the God Martial Arts Realm at the age of twenty-nine. Chen Liu was impressed. But he thought that it was normal for a big clan to have rich resources.
As for Long Chen.
These days, Chen Liu had seen Long Chen a few times. He was just a kid at the seventh level of the Sky Martial Arts Realm. He had a good relationship with Ye Xuan. Chen Liu did not understand why Ye Xuan valued Long Chen so much.
To be honest, Chen Liu was very jealous of the title of the Specter City's disciple. Unfortunately, he was already over fifty years old, so he could only sigh.
Soon, Chen Liu arrived at Ye Xuan's place. At this moment, Long Chen and Ye Xuan were about to leave. A God Martial Arts Realm warrior suddenly appeared, bowed and said: "Young master, I have the Specter City's order. I am here to take you to the Specter Martial Arts Field."
Ye Xuan said: "My sister is too much. I know the location of the Specter Martial Arts Field, but she still asked you to come and pick me up. Let's go. Brother Chen, we are going to see your performance today."
In the Specter City, Ye Xuan did not spread the news about her brother's assassination. Only some warriors above the second level of the God Martial Arts Realm knew about it. Chen Liu had not entered the core of Ye Xuan's group yet, so he did not know about it. Of course, he did not know what was so special about Long Chen.