The final martial examination would last a total of twelve days. This was far longer than the other martial examinations, but considering the numbers—ten thousand people, thirty matches per person—twelve days was actually not long at all.
After each match ended, the two participants would swiftly leave the arena, and the two who had long been waiting at the edge would promptly take their places. Then, the computation device would automatically select members with similar rankings and suitable conditions for martial examinations, having them wait by the arena.
Under this efficient system, the martial examination progressed at breakneck speed. In Wang Qi's words, the progress bar might look long, but it actually moved pretty fast.
Countless eyes watched the martial examination unfold like a revolving lantern, most of them belonging to disciples taking part in this examination. They all kept an eye on disciples from other immortal academies who ranked close to them. They desperately analyzed information on these potential opponents, hoping to devise reasonable tactics and gain greater advantages in actual combat.
Others watching the martial examination were the heads of the major sects qualified to recruit students from the immortal academies.
The disciples who could enter the immortal academies were basically geniuses handpicked from across all of Divine Province, talents of one in a hundred. Such geniuses generally paid no heed to invitations from ordinary sects. The only ones capable of attracting them were usually the Five Excellences of the Immortal Alliance and the first-rate sects beneath them.
As time went by, small sects stopped coming to the immortal academies. They only recruited seekers of immortality who could not enter the academies from examination venues at their regional branches. Of course, it was not impossible for those at the bottom of the academy rankings to enter second-rate sects