Seeing that all the lots had been drawn, everyone had no choice but to proceed with the matches according to the lots they had drawn. As the others began their battles, Su Hao chose not to leave the competition grounds.
Instead, he watched from the side as the ten contestants fought on the competition stage. By the end of the morning, the winners had been selected from among the ten.
After a brief rest at noon, the five victors and Su Hao returned to the competition grounds that afternoon. Those who had lost did not leave either; instead, they sat in the audience seating to watch Su Hao's performance. They hoped Su Hao would win, proving that he had surpassed them in the rankings through more than mere luck. Yet they also hoped he would be the first to be eliminated, so they could console themselves that they were not inferior to Su Hao—he was simply a little luckier than them.
With such complicated feelings, all five who had lost their matches came to the audience seating to watch the afternoon's competition. Among them were contestants defeated by Su Hao, as well as spectators who had come after hearing of Su Hao's reputation.
Thus, under everyone's watchful eyes, Su Hao and the others began their matches through the Big Screen's random draw.
Before long, the machine had randomly assigned the matches among the six contestants, and Su Hao's match was scheduled as the second one.
Su Hao's opponent was Liu Shaobai, who possessed the Sharp Rain Swallow Martial Soul and was said to have extreme speed. Upon seeing that his opponent was Liu Shaobai, Su Hao raised his head and looked toward the other five.
The five of them more or less recognized their own opponents as well, so the