Just as mentioned before, all ten opponents were randomly assigned. Unless someone's luck was absurdly heaven-defying and they drew weak opponents all ten times.
But that was unlikely. Anyone who had made it this far would not have terrible luck. There could not possibly be some ridiculously lucky player who was more outrageous than a cheater. Over ten random matchups, they would inevitably encounter opponents stronger than themselves.
Luck could only help someone encounter weaker opponents as often as possible, but it could never prevent them from facing stronger ones. At that point, absolute strength was required.
The best-case scenario was great strength combined with luck. It was impossible to clear the trials through luck alone.
Zhuo Jing was the sort of contestant with exceptionally good luck. Although she could not compare to those absurdly fortunate Children of Destiny, the strongest opponent she had faced so far was only Seventh Order. She had yet to encounter an Eighth Order contestant.
With the time talent she had copied from him, even as a newly advanced Sixth Order, she could defeat Seventh Order contestants across an entire major rank. There was no need to mention opponents of the same rank—she had no rivals at all. Time talent was simply too overpowered. Lin Xiao had encountered so many powerful opponents, yet he had seen very few who could pose any threat to him.
As time passed and battle after battle was fought against evolvers of other races, more and more evolvers died. The number of human evolvers on the ancient platform dwindled. By the time Lin Xiao reached the eighth round, fewer than fifty people remained on the platform.
At this point, every surviving evolver was at least Seventh Order. He also saw the two Eighth Order evolvers who had rarely shown themselves