"The Elimination Round lasts six months. The fighting is fiercest early on, but anyone who holds out until the end will be a genius among geniuses, with strength to match."
Inside the Myriad Phenomena Grand Hall, the Sea Ancestor watched Qin Hao's Virtual Projection. Qin Hao sat cross-legged, seemingly comprehending something. "Likewise, those who survive into the later stages of the Elimination Round won't rank low, and they'll have more points."
"If Qin Hao focuses on Cultivation early on and makes his move later, that could work too."
The leaders of the various factions nodded. They could all see Qin Hao's plan, and it was, in fact, the approach that suited him best.
"Qin Hao was only sixteen or seventeen when he joined the Myriad Phenomena Hall. He spent just over three years on Cultivation there, then another three traveling the True Martial Continent. He's been cultivating for less than seven years in all. That's far too short."
An elder of the Cliffless Sect shook his head and sighed. "Zhuge Hong, Chen Jianqing, and the others have spent far longer on Cultivation than Qin Hao. Many geniuses in the Azure Flame Grand Tournament have even deliberately held their cultivation at the Ninth Layer of Saint Martial Realm. Compared with them, Qin Hao's Cultivation time has been far, far too short."
That was Qin Hao's greatest weakness.
His Cultivation time was short!
Yet it was also his greatest strength.
He had achieved so much in so little time. None of them dared imagine what heights he might reach if given more.
"The Elimination Round lasts six months. Qin Hao can train hard for at least five of them, then use the final month to climb the rankings."
"Exactly. Those five months are just what he needs to make up for his