As time passed, fewer and fewer contestants remained in the No-Level Tournament.
Apart from a handful who had slipped through the net, the other low-level civilization contestants had been all but eliminated.
Meanwhile, the battle between the Golden Crow Race contestant and Hai Bo Long Wu of the Dragon Race had reached a fever pitch.
Both were level 47, the highest level in the tournament aside from Yak. They had fought from the Northern Hemisphere to the Southern Hemisphere, finally reaching a stretch of land in Antarctica, where their fiercest clash began. It was the biggest battle on Acid Rain Star.
The weak kept their distance. Only the strong dared to watch.
Most of the spectators merely offered commentary, but a few who seemed to have just arrived took sides. They used powerful energy fluctuations to interfere with Hai Bo Long Wu.
The Dragon Race undoubtedly had more friends, but the Golden Crow Race had better-connected ones.
The Civilization of Light's reputation in the Star Alliance was mixed. Lower civilizations particularly hated the Golden Crow Race, while most higher civilizations got along well with them.
That was because they often did everyone else's dirty work and said what others did not want to say.
At the Execution Assembly, the Lord of the Golden Crow represented the interests of several factions. Otherwise, given the temperament of those Birdmen, how could the Golden Crow Race have remained so secure in the Milky Way, let alone prospered?
The Dragon Race had a wide circle of friends, but much of it was for show. The Golden Crow Race had enemies everywhere, yet they maintained deep ties with most Faction Lords. How else could they have kept the Dragon Race from importing Antimatter on a large scale? No civilization was foolish. Every race had its