The Competition Begins!

At last, the day the arena matches began had arrived.

Just as the Holy Land had anticipated, an even larger tide of people flooded in on the second day.

If preparations had not been made in advance, this arena tournament might have collapsed before it even began, with the crowds crushing the venue beyond capacity.

By Fallen Star Lake, more than ten thousand arenas had already been erected.

The arenas elsewhere were spread across vast, sparsely populated areas, with few spectators. Only well-known expert Martial Artists attracted any real attention.

But none of those arenas could compare to Lin Zhen's.

The areas closer to the arena had even been driven up to astonishing prices. Quite a few people who had arrived early to claim spots had made a tidy profit.

The matches were scheduled to begin at nine in the morning. It was already eight-thirty.

The contestants had all taken their places, ready to make their names in this grand event watched by countless people.

"Look! The people from Fallen Star Lake are here. It's starting!"

On the distant lake surface, water churned and white waves shot into the sky, as though something enormous were rising from beneath the water.

"Wow! It's Fallen Star Lake's Holy Whale!"

The crowd turned to look. Beneath the splashing water, it was as if a small island were rising from the lake, sending waves rolling in every direction as more and more of it emerged above the surface.

It was a colossal whale a thousand meters long, its shimmering blue skin resembling an enormous sapphire.

Once the whale surfaced, carriages filled the sky. Dragon carriages and Phoenix Carriages descended one after another onto its back.

A group of Holy Land disciples in white arranged tables, chairs, and food on the whale's back. They