The game began.
[The Star Cultivators for this match are: Realm Master Lu Ze, Mo Ran, Dusk]
"Holy shit... what's going on? Why is the matchmaking bracket so high this round???"
Zhong Yi was stunned when he saw the list of Star Cultivators.
His assets put him in the second tier, while Li Moran and that Rogue Cultivator named Dusk were firmly above even the first tier!
"Oh no, why am I teamed up with Old Zhong? Looks like my luck's rotten today!"
Zhou Yue covered his eyes, feigning distress.
"You fucking..."
Zhong Yi ground his teeth in fury.
"Forget about us for now. Junior Brother Lu is in this match too... watch out, or he'll pedicure you to death!"
"Were you two talking about me, Senior Brothers?"
Lu Ze suddenly spoke from behind them, grinning.
Zhong Yi and Zhou Yue turned around together, only then noticing the ID above Luna's head: [Realm Master Lu Ze].
"Holy shit!??"
"Junior Brother Lu???"
The three spawned at the Ascension Platform, chatting as they ran.
Zhong Yi had roughly fifty million in assets, all painstakingly earned through knife runs.
He had no ambitions of climbing higher in the rankings.
He simply wanted to qualify for the second stage and prove that knife running was still viable, even in high-pressure matches.
He had originally figured fifty million would be enough to qualify for the second stage, which was why he had spent four straight days commentating.
But as all sorts of First Sage tactics ran rampant, the asset threshold for qualification had risen beyond his expectations. It would probably take fifty-five million to safely qualify.
To ensure he advanced, he had no choice but to give up commentating today and try to push past the qualification threshold.
He hadn't expected that,