"Bullshit. Most of them are just there to make up the numbers. Forget the later stages—even this first trial will eliminate plenty of people outright. One round and they're out. They won't even get to participate afterward," Fengting Shengwu said with a chuckle.
After saying that, he added with an utterly disgusting expression, "These rules have favored Kanglong Chen Palace since ancient times. They're an institution that sends twenty people into battle. Don't be fooled by their small numbers—every single one is a Yu Seed. Their average level is the highest. That Feng Buqing you defeated last time was only in their lower ranks. With a team like that, competing by total scores of the top twenty, who could possibly compare with them?"
"Normal. Rules exist because they benefit the strong and those with vested interests," Li Tianming said casually.
"You brat, you've got awareness! You don't seem like some country bumpkin from a tiny backwater at all!" Fengting Shengwu praised.
Li Tianming could only say that his compliment was not particularly polite!
Still, with Fengting Shengwu laying out the general framework of this Tai Yu Divine Treasury Assembly for him, Li Tianming more or less understood it.
To put it bluntly, participating institutions would draw their swords against one another and fight for face and honor.
Although first place had already been decided, every official institution in Primordial Chaos Prefecture had status and prestige. Especially the Primordial Chaos Military Manor—with over a hundred million Four Symbols Primordial Chaos soldiers behind it, surely it could not let so many civilian official institutions climb over its head?
Not to mention those border cities outside Primordial Chaos Prefecture. Their resources and inheritances could not compare to those here, and they had even more trouble retaining talent. If they performed worse, they would