Lin Qingying did not wait for Li Hao and Lin Shan Hai. She headed to the Sacred Land first.
She was going there as a disciple to assemble and compete.
Li Hao and Lin Shan Hai, meanwhile, took their time setting out after getting ready.
Halfway through their flight, they encountered Zhao Yingzhen, Shi Huajin, and several others, all lavishly dressed. They were also traveling together to watch the battles. Though they were alchemists, no one wanted to miss such a lively grand occasion, held only once every hundred years.
"Old Lin, the competition in this Sword God Battle will be fierce. Is Qingying confident she can make the top five?"
After greeting them, Zhao Yingzhen asked with a smile.
Lin Shan Hai shook his head. "Who can say for certain? The other Saint Children and Saint Daughters are no pushovers either. There are over a dozen of them alone. Even making the top ten will be a bloody struggle!"
The Sword Ancestor Sacred Land had an enormous number of disciples: a million Outer Sect Disciples and over ten thousand Inner Sect Disciples, all carefully selected Heavenly Prodigies.
The Azure Wave Realm was vast and boundless, home to numerous dynasties and countless trillions of people. Besides the Three Great Sacred Lands, there were many other first-rate powers.
Even an Outer Sect Disciple accepted into a Sacred Land had a chance of entering the inner ranks of those first-rate powers. As for the Inner Sect Disciples, they were all Heavenly Prodigies among their peers, with aptitude starting at the ninth-grade battle body level.
The outstanding ones possessed either astonishing comprehension or even more exceptional talent. A small number even had special constitutions.
Back in their native dynasties, they were supreme geniuses whose names resounded far and wide. Yet once gathered in