The day before the Earth-Grade Sword Discussion.
Void Mountain's small grove.
Beneath towering ancient trees, Mo Hua sat in a circle with Void Mountain's Earth-Grade Sword Discussion disciples, making preparations for the battle ahead.
The elimination rate in Xuan-Grade Matches generally hovered around ninety percent.
The Four Great Sects had a slightly lower elimination rate.
Because Void Gate had so many people, its elimination rate was actually a little higher than that of the Eight Great Sects.
There were not that many teams that could truly advance, only about as many as in an ordinary one of the eight great sects.
Up to this point in the Sword Discussion Assembly, Void Gate's advantage had been its numbers.
The lower-ranking disciples, benefiting from the preliminary form of the Heavenly Pride Dao Soldiers that Mo Hua had created through Array Techniques, Spirit Artifacts, and tactical coordination, could wield greater combat power.
But once they reached higher-level battles, especially the Profound-Grade and even Earth-Grade Sword Discussions, that advantage would gradually weaken.
And the number of top-tier genius disciples in Void Gate could not compare to powerful sects among the Eight Great Sects, such as Vajra Sect, Xiaoyao Sect, and Lingxiao Sect.
Much less the Four Great Sects.
Thus, Mo Hua was already very satisfied with the current elimination rate.
By his original estimate, it should have been much worse.
And Void Gate was still ranked third.
That ranking was already very high, and it had likewise exceeded Mo Hua's expectations somewhat.
The reasons behind it were rather complicated.
On one hand, naturally, it was because his team with Linghu Xiao had kept winning all the way, securing quite a few victory points and establishing a considerable advantage.
On the other hand, they had Duanjin Gate to thank.
Duanjin Gate's core inheritance had leaked