The Tale of the Void Emperor
chapter-306

After flying for a while in the direction of Hemidal Field, They saw a giant stadium in the land filled with yellow and cyan-colored grass and small plants. There weren't many trees but had small hills and mountains in other directions.

The stadium was thirty meters tall and fifty meters radius of size. There were many floors of the stadium for the spectators.

When Athan and others arrived at the stadium, There were already many people gathered.

The participants had a different place to move into while the spectators climbed the stadium to the watch competition.

" Good Luck, You three. Do your best and go as far as you can. Don't give up just because of a slight difficult and always push yourself to go higher. "

Drizzly and Roseli wished Athan, Celesti, and Shish good luck and encouraged them before climbing the stadium's upper floors.

Athan and others walked towards another path that was specifically for the participants.

There was a big sign to that path, and a loud voice also constantly reverberated.

" All Participants! Move this way. "

After walking shortly, Athan, Celesti, and Shish realized that they were going underground.

In the end, They arrived at a vast underground hall that was filled with participants, and more participants were also coming each second. This underground hall was even bigger than the stadium and was filled with magic properties as if it was controlled by someone or a group of people.

It didn't take long for an hour to pass as the loud voice finally reverberated and commenced the start of the tournament.

" The total number of participants reached one hundred and thirty-four thousand. All participants are divided into five batches, from First batch to Fifth batch. "

All participants were divided into five groups, and Athan, Celesti, and Shish were in the second batch.

" The first round is Demon Wind. Each batch will go up and try to hold out for ten minutes admist the terrifying Demon wind. Those who fail will have to say good bye to the further competetion. "

After a minute, The whole stadium trembled, and the first batch of the participant surfaced on the ground from underground magically. It was like the soil beneath their feet moved and appeared in the competition ground as the spectators cheered because the tournament commenced.

The competition ground was separated by a barrier so that the spectators won't be affected by the Demon Wind that started to seep into the competition ground once the competition commenced.

The first batch surfaced on the ground, and without even preparation time for them, The demon wind intensified as the participants protected themselves by using either raw energy or order techniques.

After five minutes, A loud voice reverberated, " All order techniques will be nullified along with any type of essence energy. Endure the demon with your body and survive for the next five minutes. "

Until now, most people survived, except some really new Tier-1 order base people in the first and second stages with their body strength also being in the Dark realm.

But now, People couldn't protect them with their techniques or essence energy anymore and had to face the Demon wind that was sharp and whirling speedily while injuring them with their bodies.

People started to fall and give up. Those who gave up got absorbed in the ground magically and appeared underground. They were disqualified.

After five minutes, more than ninety percent of people were disqualified in the first batch after ten minutes.

The remaining people were moved to another side in the underground and started to heal themselves.

One after one another, the batches started to surface and faced the terrifying demon wind.

After forty minutes, all batches were done with this round, and surprisingly, Only three thousand two hundred and forty-six participants remained.

This was their way of shaving off really weak people.

The later five minutes were especially important as they were forced to endure with their body.

The demon wind naturally had the effects of rapidly wearing down the defenses, and those who were in the early stage of Tier-1 order base were already eliminated in the first five minutes.

And those who had low body strength were eliminated in the last five minutes.

Athan had a low Tier-1 base as he was only in the third stage, but he could easily endure this Demon wind for hours even if he just used his body.

Everyone got an hour's break before the second round started.

All participants were gathered in the middle of the stadium.

" The second round is free for all battle. The stadium will slowly shrink after five minutes passed in the free for all battle, and the last five hundred standing participants will move to the following 1 Vs. 1 round. The round will start in a minute."

Athan, Celesti, and Shish were still together, so Shish said, " Brother Athan, Let's work together and survive this round. Even though we can win this individually, Let's not waste more energy. Many people who are in group of two or three like us will also do that. "

Athan raised his eyes and asked, " So something like that is really allowed? "

Celesti nodded, but her expression turned grave, " But some people might form a temporary large group seeing us aiding each other and try to take us out so..."

Athan nodded and said after thinking for a bit, " Just move carefully and focus on defense instead of attacking others. As long as You don't provoke a large group, You should fine. "

" Us? What about you, Athan? " Celesti caught the word and asked with doubt.

Athan nodded with a faint smile and with a hidden sheen glimmering in his eyes, " Yep. I will move independently. You two are already strong enough to survive in this free for all with your strength at the ninth stage of Tier-1 order base and Red realm 3rd-step body strength. "

Shish nodded slowly as if he was thinking something. He opened his mouth but hesitated to speak.

He admired Athan for his conduct and his fearless and indifferent demeanor in the face of pain. But he felt that with Athan's strength at the third stage of Tier-1 order base, he might not survive in this round.

Just when he resolved to say something to Athan so that he would move together with them, Celesti elbowed him before she smiled at Athan and nodded, " Alright, Athan. Good luck and I hope you survive in this round. "

Athan smiled faintly and nodded before he distanced himself from them.

The loud voice reverberated once again, which finally commenced the start of the second round.

" FIGHT...ON!!! "