Listening to everyone's discussion, Jian Chen also curiously stared at the huge statue in front of him.
Suddenly, an old man wearing a blue robe descended from the sky. The old man was very ordinary, and there was nothing unique about him that could attract people. But when the old man first appeared, the energy of heaven and earth that filled the world suddenly fell into the air.
In the still state, an indescribable pressure permeated the world, making everyone present feel a dull feeling in their hearts.
As soon as the old man appeared, the people around him who were talking about each other fell silent at the same time.
The old man was suspended between heaven and earth, standing proudly above the heads of many sky saint masters below, looking down at everyone, and said in an old and plain voice: "Now I announce that the mercenary competition held once every fifty years has officially begun.
Stay where you are and the others will retreat immediately."
As soon as the old man finished speaking, the crowd below suddenly became commotion, and the elderly people and those who did not plan to participate in the competition retreated back.
"Jian Chen, take care of yourself!" Ming Dong said to Jian Chen solemnly, and then retreated with the flow of people.
As they left, the number of people staying where they were was greatly reduced. Despite this, there were still tens of thousands of people.
Seeing that the crowd below had gradually stabilized, the old man suspended in the air continued to speak: "The Mercenary Competition only allows people under the age of fifty to participate. Once people over the age of fifty enter the competition, they will be punished.
The ruthless bombardment of the world's forces will instantly turn everything into ashes. Those who are over fifty years old should withdraw immediately. This is your last chance."
Afterwards, several hundred people among the tens of thousands of people retreated slowly, with expressions of reluctance on their faces.
After seeing that no one was retreating, the old man waved his sleeves, and countless densely packed black tokens surged out from his sleeves. They were wrapped by an invisible force and fell accurately in front of the tens of thousands of contestants below.
Jian Chen reached out and took the black token floating in front of him. The token was the size of a palm and made of an unknown material. It was very hard and difficult to be damaged by external force, and there was also a mysterious power flowing inside.
The old man looked down at the people below and said in a calm tone: "This is the entry order. The first step of the knockout competition will be held in an independent world. After entering the world gate, you will be teleported to any place immediately. The period of the knockout competition is one year.
, in this year, the top 500 people who collect the arrows will be shortlisted, and the rest will be eliminated." After saying that, the old man raised his hands to the sky and said respectfully: "Please open the gate."
The world suddenly fell into a strange silence. More than 100,000 people gathered together. Surprisingly, no one made a sound, only the faint sound of breathing.
Suddenly, a strong energy fluctuation came from the sky, which attracted everyone immediately. Everyone looked up and saw that the energy in the sky was fluctuating extremely unstable, and the entire space was being violently distorted.
The scene lasted for about two breaths. A bit of colorful light suddenly appeared and spread rapidly around it. It soon expanded into a huge colorful hole with a diameter of a hundred meters, and there was chaos inside.
, nothing can be seen clearly.
The pitch-black token in everyone's hands suddenly emitted a faint black light, and then everyone was wrapped in an invisible energy and slowly rose into the sky, flying towards the colorful cave.
"ah!"
Suddenly, a miserable scream was heard, and a middle-aged man who had just approached the edge of the huge cave was seen. His entire body was melting rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. In just one breath, he completely disappeared between heaven and earth.
Leave nothing behind.
"Once a person over fifty years old passes through the enchantment gate, he will be ruthlessly strangled by the power of the enchantment and completely dissipated between heaven and earth. There is no need to panic. As long as he is under fifty years old, he can pass through this gate safely.
." The old man suspended in the sky said expressionlessly.
These words immediately caused a look of panic on many people's faces. Someone immediately struggled in mid-air and shouted: "I want to go out, I want to go out, I give up participating in the competition..." Unfortunately, they were blocked by an invisible force.
They were wrapped up and slowly carried up into the sky. No matter how hard they struggled, they could not break free from the shackles of this force.
"I gave you a chance before, but now it's too late." The old man stared at those people with cold eyes and said coldly.
"ah!"
Another miserable scream came, the sound was full of endless pain. In front of everyone, a middle-aged man was refined by the power of the barrier to life. There was no residue left, and it completely dissipated.
Between heaven and earth.
"Please, let us out..."
"Let's go out, let's give up the game..."
Some people over fifty years old who wanted to fish in troubled waters began to beg for mercy.
The old man suspended in mid-air frowned slightly, with a look of impatience on his face. As he waved his hand, an invisible force emerged, and actually helped those people fly towards the colorful cave at a faster speed.
"ah…."
As desolate screams were heard, dozens of people over fifty years old were directly transformed into ashes by the power of the barrier. Everyone watching this scene was frightened, and the elderly people who had withdrawn earlier were
I was secretly glad.
Subsequently, tens of thousands of contestants were also carried by invisible forces into the colorful cave and disappeared.
"Let me in, let me in, I want to participate in the competition." A voice suddenly came, and Ming Dong suddenly rushed out of the crowd and ran quickly to the colorful cave, with a pleading look on his face suspended in the air.
The old man said loudly.
The eyes of everyone in the field immediately focused on Ming Dong. Everyone looked at Ming Dong like an idiot. The time for issuing arrows for participation has ended. Now all participants are preparing to enter an independent space for the knockout round.
How could the strong man suspended in the air issue command arrows again just because of him?
Jian Chen, who had not yet entered the colorful giant cave, also discovered Ming Dong's anomaly. He stared at Ming Dong with a strange expression, his face full of confusion, and he couldn't understand why Ming Dong suddenly wanted to
Participated in this competition.
The old man suspended in the air frowned slightly, and glanced impatiently at Ming Dong, who was shouting below. Just when he was about to wave him away, his expression suddenly changed, and then he waved and shot a black arrow that fell into Ming Dong.
In his hand, he said softly: "Go in."
In just a short moment, the old man's attitude towards Ming Dong immediately became friendly, and his tone of voice was no longer as cold as before, but very gentle.
The old man's attitude towards Ming Dong made the strong men around him who knew the old man's details all open their mouths with disbelief on their faces.
"It seems that this young man's background is not simple." Someone whispered to himself.
Jian Chen also looked at Ming Dong with a surprised look on his face, who was slowly rising up from below wrapped in a mysterious force. His heart was full of doubts, and he couldn't figure out what Ming Dong was doing. There was also a hint of worry on his face.
The old man made it clear before that after entering the realm gate, he would be randomly transported to any place. It is indeed very dangerous for Mingdong to stay there alone with the strength of a junior great saint master. However, in the current situation, the sword
Chen was powerless to stop it.
After Jian Chen was sent into the huge colorful cave by the black arrow in his hand, he was randomly teleported into a jungle. The surrounding area was very quiet and there were dense trees everywhere.
Suddenly, the space around Jian Chen fluctuated slightly, and a figure suddenly appeared next to him.
When he saw this figure clearly, Jian Chen's face suddenly showed joy, and he said in surprise: "Ming Dong, it's you, that's great, you were teleported to me." This person who was suddenly teleported to Jian Chen's side
The figure was relieved to be Ming Dong.
Mingdong was startled by the sudden sound and shadow, and reflexively used his holy weapon. However, when he heard the familiar voice, his face was full of excitement. He immediately took back his holy weapon and said happily: "Jian Chen
, I actually teleported here with you, this is really great, the two of us will be able to stabilize our pace here together."
"By the way, Mingdong, you didn't want to participate in the competition. Why did you suddenly change your mind at the last moment? And that mysterious and powerful old man, he actually made an exception and allowed you to join in the middle." Jian Chen looked confused.
Hearing this, Ming Dong showed a trace of confusion on his face and said: "I don't know why I suddenly changed my focus on participating in the knockout round. Just now I felt something calling me here, and the feeling of calling became stronger and stronger. Finally, it seemed that I could
It controlled my will, I couldn’t control myself anymore, and then I came in in a daze.”
"What, you said there is something calling you here? Can you still feel it now?" Jian Chen looked surprised, what Ming Dong encountered was quite strange.
Ming Dong closed his eyes and felt it carefully, then nodded and said: "I can still feel it, but the power of the summons has become much weaker."
Jian Chen frowned and thought for a while, then said: "Then can you feel the direction where the summons comes from."
"In the East!" Mingdong stretched out his hand and pointed forward.
Jian Chen glanced at the direction Ming Dong was pointing, pondered for a while, and said, "Let's go over there and see what is calling you." Immediately, Jian Chen and Ming Dong headed toward the east together.
This is an independent world, and the location where Jian Chen and Ming Dong are located is a primitive mountain range. The environment here is very harsh, and there are poisonous mosquitoes and poisonous insects everywhere.
Suddenly, Ming Dong, who was walking behind Jian Chen, dwarfed his entire body and quickly sank toward the ground. He actually stepped on a swamp that was difficult to detect with the naked eye.
Ming Dong slapped the swamp with both hands and tried to fly out with his own strength. However, the next moment, Ming Dong's expression suddenly changed and he shouted: "My legs are bitten by something, Jian Chen help me."
Jian Chen was startled, and immediately turned around and grabbed Ming Dong's shoulder. His arm suddenly exerted force, and he directly threw Ming Dong from the swamp into the air. At the same time, he was thrown out of the swamp, and a poisonous snake as thick as a bucket was thrown out. His whole body was covered with mud.
A pair of huge mouths were biting Ming Dong's legs tightly.
A sharp light flashed in Jian Chen's eyes, and the Light Wind Sword appeared instantly. As the shadow of the sword flickered, the venomous snake as thick as a bucket was cut into countless pieces, and bright red blood mixed with foul-smelling mud splashed everywhere in the air.
Jian Chen used gentle force to catch Ming Dong who fell from the air. Although the body of the poisonous snake was cut off by him, the snake's head still bit Ming Dong's legs tightly, causing Ming Dong to crack his teeth in pain.
Jian Chen waved his arm and saw a silvery white light flashing away. The head of the snake that bit Ming Dong suddenly split in half from the middle, and Ming Dong's legs had been bitten, dripping with blood, and toxins entered the body.
The skin around his wound was all black and blue, and it was rapidly expanding to the surrounding areas.
Ming Dong immediately took out a small white bottle from his space belt, poured some white powder from it and sprinkled it on the wound, murmuring: "Fortunately, I have an antidote in Valorance City. This kind of antidote is
The medicine is very famous in Tianyuan Continent and can cure hundreds of poisons. The only drawback is that the price is too high."
Jian Chen looked at the wound on Ming Dong's leg and said, "Can you still continue to walk?"
After applying the antidote, Mingdong stood up, stretched his legs, and said with a smile: "Fortunately, the wound is not deep and the problem is not serious. We can continue to move forward."
"Be careful. Let's keep moving forward. We don't know how big this world is. So many people were teleported in and we didn't even see any of them." Jian Chen said.
"Wait a minute!" Ming Dong came to the broken body of the poisonous snake, sacrificed and unfolded a section of the body, took out a magic core from it, and said with a smile: "You can't just throw this thing away, it's such a waste.
.”
Jian Chen smiled helplessly, this venomous snake had a third-level strength, and now a third-level magic core really couldn't penetrate his eyes.
After experiencing this incident, the two of them were more cautious on the next journey. Even so, the undetectable provocations hidden on the ground still caused the two of them to suffer a little. Some of the ground looked like it was obviously induced soil.
, but when you step on it, it suddenly turns into a swamp, or like quicksand in the desert, dragging the person's body to sink downwards. Even Jian Chen has suffered several losses, but there are always
It passed without any danger.
In this primitive mountain range, there are also magical beasts that appear from time to time. They are all third- and fourth-order magical beasts, and almost all of them are highly poisonous species.
After Jian Chen and the two walked cautiously in the forest for half a day, Jian Chen suddenly stopped, his ears trembling slightly, catching the movement around him.
After a while, a smile appeared on Jian Chen's face, and he said: "After walking for more than half a day, I finally met a living person. This world is really big. Tens of thousands of people have been teleported in. It took so long to meet a living person."
.”
"Jian Chen, is there anyone around here?" Ming Dong heard the meaning of Jian Chen's words and asked, not knowing whether he was happy or worried.
Jian Chen nodded and said: "Yes, there is one, not far ahead, and the sound seems to be coming towards our direction."
"I just don't know how strong he is. If he is an Earth Saint Master, then we will be in trouble." Ming Dong's face became a little solemn.
Jian Chen patted Ming Dong's shoulder and said nonchalantly: "Let you go. There are not many people who can reach the level of Earth Saint Master before the age of fifty. How can it be so easy to meet them? Let's go and see
Once we see who that person is in front of us, maybe we can still get a competition arrow."