The Second Round of the Semifinals

In truth, among the two hundred who ultimately reached the semifinals,

apart from the scant dozen or two at the very top,

most of the others were not far apart in strength.

The limits of the Peak Ninth Level of Out-of-Body Realm were fixed.

They all stood at the summit, with little distance between them,

so settling a match naturally took some effort.

Moreover,

even setting aside those whose strength and methods were nearly identical,

when two sides were evenly matched, a fight could drag on until both had exhausted their spiritual power before a winner emerged. The time that took was simply immense.

Even if one side's top-tier second-rank spell countered the other's,

the disadvantaged fighter could still hold out for a long time through combat experience and cultivation at the Peak Ninth Level of Out-of-Body Realm!

Thus,

it was perfectly normal for one round of the semifinals to last seven days.

Come to think of it,

even during the elimination rounds inside the Supreme Clarity Jade Exquisite Pagoda, Sect Leader Xuanfeng True Person had paired the strong against the weak to speed things up, yet they had still taken more than ten days.

"At last, it's over!"

"What a pity. If Deng Yingzhi, Zhu Xingyun, and the others hadn't been ambushed and killed, this round wouldn't have dragged on for seven days."

High in the sky,

Xuanfeng True Person, sect leader of the Immortal Sect, watched the scene and sighed.

It was not that he objected to how long the semifinals had taken.

Seven days was nothing

to someone like him—merely a few breaths, a few blinks.

The reason for his regret

was chiefly

the performance of the many Immortal Sect disciples in this round. He could not help but sigh over it.

That was especially true when