Chapter 25: The Great Competition of Mount Tianyun Begins

  The second day Qin Lang arrived at Gū Yún City, the highly anticipated Gū Yún Prefecture Grand Competition finally began.

  Early in the morning, Murong Fang was accompanied by ten participating team members to the central square of Gū Yún City.

  At this time, the Central Square was already overcrowded, with countless people from all sides and ordinary people squeezing the entire Central Square to be airtight. In the center of the Central Square, there is a huge circular platform, on which four giant mirrors are erected, each facing east, west, south, and north, head-to-tail connected, forming a square shape on the round platform.

  Around the platform, high flags were erected one by one. The names of cities were written on the flags. Apparently, this was a gathering place prepared for each city team.

  Following the indication, Qin Huai and his party found their way under the flag belonging to Luoyang City, standing quietly here.

  Qin Lang stood beside Murong Fang and asked in a low voice: "Murong Commander, what is the method and rules of this competition?"

  "I don't know either!" Murong Fang replied casually.

  "Ah?" Qin Lang seemed to disbelieve his own ears, "You don't even know the rules of this competition?"

  "Hehe, it's not just me, none of the participants know. Because every time there's a big competition, the rules are always different."

  "Oh?"

  "The method and rules of each Grand Duel are different. Only when the Grand Duel begins will the Lord of Kokuryuu announce them."

  Under the flags of other cities, people also gathered in a steady stream. Soon, under each flag, there were teams standing in formation. All participating team members had arrived.

  Although Qin Lang had been mixed up in the rivers and lakes for many years with a thick-skinned mentality, at this moment, he was also somewhat nervous. In his heart, there were also some worries. After all, he had never seen such a big scene, let alone representing a city to participate in the competition. Moreover, in the true sense, he hadn't experienced many battles, although he had practiced Ren Huang Fist in the Lin family, but hadn't applied it to actual combat, and Qin Lang himself didn't know his own strength either.

  Just a few weeks ago, he was still a down-and-out young man struggling to make ends meet, who would have thought that with the passage of time, he is now standing here as the focus of attention from all.

  "This is fate!" Qin Guang looked at the crowd around him, secretly thinking to himself and also making up his mind: "I'll give it my all, this is an opportunity given to me by heaven."

  In an instant, on the round platform, a middle-aged man wearing red armor and a huge cloak with red inside and black outside stood on the platform, facing the crowd around him. The man stretched out his hands and pressed down slightly.

  The whole Central Square suddenly fell silent, and people waited quietly for the man's speech that was about to begin.

  A middle-aged man looked around, and from his body, an unnatural aura flowed out, as if a general who had fought on the battlefield was about to inspect his troops.

  "Gentlemen!" A loud, majestic voice rang out: "I, Mo Gu Yun, am fortunate to have witnessed the launch of the county's grand competition once again. Every time, many outstanding young talents emerge here. Each participant is a future star of hope for my Mo Gu Yun County."

  "Is that Gu Yun?" Qin Lang's eyes gradually lit up, and his face was filled with even more radiance. In his heart, he exclaimed: "So this is the young mistress of Gu Yun County? Indeed, she has a heroic aura!"

  Mo Gu Yun continued: "This year's competition is slightly different from previous years, because the venue for this competition is not within Mo Gu City."

  Upon hearing Mo Gu Yun's words, the crowd in the square also began to whisper and discuss among themselves. They all felt that this time's competition had changed a bit too much and were filled with doubts. Where exactly was the competition being held? It wasn't in Gu Yun City, so where was it?

  Mo Gu Yun did not stop the crowd's whispers, and continued to speak to himself, while the crowd also stopped discussing and listened seriously to Mo Gu Yun's words.

  "Everyone knows that a hundred miles outside the city of Gu Yun, there is a massive mountain range called the Qing Tian Mountain Range. This mountain range spans across three counties and finally extends into my county of Gu Yun. In this mountain range, all sorts of ferocious beasts live, with varying levels of strength, some even possessing intelligence rivaling that of humans. Some of these beasts occasionally burst out of the mountains, threatening the safety of nearby villages. At certain times each year, a beast tide forms, where groups of ferocious beasts attack human villages. One of the duties of my Gu Yun County's Heavenly Army is to repel this beast tide and protect the safety of our citizens."

  "This time, the venue for the Gobi County's Great Bi Competition is precisely this Mount Tianying!"

  Mo Gu Yun's words shocked everyone, and he actually set the venue of the competition inside the Tian Shan mountain range where all kinds of demons lived. The crowd was even more in an uproar, competing in the Tian Shan mountain range, what were they competing for? Was it a competition to hunt down demons?

  At this thought, everyone in the entire Central Square took a cold breath.

  This match is not simple at all!

  After the murmurs of the crowd subsided, Mo Gu Yun continued to say: "I suppose everyone has already guessed it, no mistake, this time the competition is to hunt and kill demonic beasts. Each city will form a team of ten members, entering the Tian Tian Mountain Range, where I will arrange for a deeply cultivated Heavenly Army commander to accompany each team. However, the commander will only intervene when you face a life-or-death crisis; otherwise, they will not lend a hand under any circumstances. The task of hunting and killing demonic beasts still falls on the team members themselves. If the commander intervenes, it means you have failed and lost your qualification to continue participating in the competition. This accompanying commander will carry an Image Mirror, recording each team's real-time battle situation, every detail will be displayed on these large screens behind me, and will also be recorded. Therefore, the entire competition process is absolutely fair, with no opportunity for cheating. Every time you hunt and kill a demonic beast, you must collect its Beast Crystal, which will serve as the standard for evaluating your performance in the competition."

  "Before entering the Tian Shan mountains, each team member must hand over their personal storage bag to the organizing committee for safekeeping. The organizing committee will uniformly distribute storage bags for storing weapons, living supplies and beast crystals obtained during the competition."

  "Of course, the Kyokai mountain range is enormous, and deep within it, there are even some extremely ferocious demonic beasts that not even I can handle. The team leaders will remind the participating teams of where the boundaries are that they cannot cross in this competition. Within those boundaries, the participants are relatively safe."

  "We have set up a transmission array outside the Kunlun Mountains. Later, all participating teams will be transmitted over."

  "The competition period is one month, and after one month, all participating teams must leave the Kunlun Mountains through the transmission array back to Gyun City. At that time, we will count the number of beast crystals obtained by each team and their level, convert them into scores according to the standard, and then comprehensively evaluate the performance of each team in the competition to determine the ranking."

  "Any other questions?"

  After a moment of silence, the contestants from the eighteen city-states shouted in unison.

  "No!"

  "Alright, each team, set off!"

  "Let's go!"

  As soon as the words were spoken, the entire square erupted in thunderous cheers once again. Everyone knew that this time's competition was going to be a truly spectacular show.