As Kongwu True Person's words fell, the entire void sank into deathly silence.
Then came an uproar that shot into the heavens!
"What kind of joke is this?! Out of ten thousand people, only a hundred are chosen? What kind of sect competition is that?!"
"They've gone mad! Have the Ten Great Sacred Lands all gone mad? We came here to fight for opportunities, not to throw our lives away!"
"This is a conspiracy! They want us to slaughter one another!"
Countless divine senses brimming with fury, fear, and disbelief tangled and collided in the void. The disciples of many first-rate sects turned pale, and some had already begun to lose their nerve.
Their sects had exhausted all their resources just to scrape together a few dozen slots. They had come to Heavenly Void Land hoping to try their luck and gain a few benefits.
But now that these rules had been announced, their meager numbers would likely not even make a splash before those Sacred Land prodigies tore them apart as prey!
Yet aboard the warships of the Ten Great Sacred Lands, there was an eerie calm.
After their brief shock, the truly supreme prodigies wore entirely different expressions.
On Dao Sect's Purple Dawn Vessel, the leading young man's furrowed brow relaxed, and a cold curve lifted at the corner of his lips.
On Great Thunder Sound Temple's Golden Vessel of Deliverance, Monk Fayan pressed his palms together and murmured, "To kill is to protect life; to sever karma is not to sever people."
From within the Nine Provinces Divine Dynasty's Black-Gold Dragon Boat came Xuanyuan Hong's wild laughter.
"Ha ha ha ha! Good! Good! Good! Now this is interesting! What's the fun in dragging out some sparring match? This is the only way to make it truly satisfying!"