The martial arts associations had gathered. From the Federation's thirty-six provinces and eleven overseas islands, nearly everyone with sufficient strength had come.
The mass of people stretched out dark and dense, with no end in sight. There were probably more than ten thousand participants this time.
With the thirty-six provinces and eleven overseas islands divided up, aside from some small provinces and small cities, however many cities remained was however many martial arts associations there were.
And in some major provinces, a single city had more than one martial arts association.
At this rate, it would be hard to finish the matches without spending quite some time.
More than ten thousand people had gathered, yet not a single sound was heard. Everyone remained quiet.
An Shanhe rose into the air, his expression indifferent. "This tournament will be divided into three regions: ordinary provinces, major provinces, and overseas islands.
"Each region will select thirty martial arts associations to compete for ten slots."
"The ordinary province competition area is ten li to the left. The overseas island area is ten li to the right. This is the major province area."
"Everyone, proceed to your respective areas according to the city where your martial arts association is located."
Jiang Changkong paused slightly. "What about small provinces?"
An Shanhe glared at him. "Small provinces go to the ordinary province area."
Jiang Changkong was the only one from a small province. How could the other small provinces have had any chance to get involved in this?
The many martial arts associations split apart and headed for their respective areas.
Jiang Changkong also headed ten li to the left. There were soldiers and observing martial artists here as well, along with equipment monitoring the area.
Nan Tianpang and Yao Meng were also among the crowd.
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