The second stage ended, with six teams advancing.
Interest in the tournament grew by the day. On the day of the final, the Heavenly Dao live stream had already exceeded 300,000 viewers before the matches even began.
Unlike the first two stages, all six teams would compete on the same battlefield.
As a result, all the spectators appeared in the same viewing venue.
The arena was enormous now, a bustling sea of heads stretching in every direction. It was a spectacular sight.
In a corner of the rogue cultivators' Spectator Area.
"The match's about to start. Aren't you going to place a bet, brother?"
"What bet?"
"You haven't heard, fellow cultivator? A new illusion realm opened a few days ago, specifically for betting! I bet on the Spirit Cloud Sect taking first the other day and made quite a few spirit stones!"
"On the Spirit Cloud Sect taking first? Who would bet on any other team... Can you even make anything off that?"
"There are always fools in this world... A little profit is still profit. Don't turn your nose up at it, fellow cultivator!"
"Fair enough... What's this illusion realm called? I'll place a bet too!"
Wearing masks, Blood Crow and Rakshasa looked at each other in bewilderment.
"Did you plant that shill?"
"No..."
The two exchanged looks.
They had planned to arrive early and spread word of the casino illusion realm to the other spectators.
Who would have thought someone else would already be doing it...
And more than one person, at that?
"How strange... Have people in the cultivation world suddenly become this generous?"
Rakshasa rubbed his chin, unable to keep from muttering to himself.
Instead of quietly making a fortune, these people were inviting others to bet alongside them?
Rakshasa and Blood Crow had an