A vast plaza occupied the entire summit of the Third Peak, and a Tournament Stage stood in its center.
An invisible net surrounded the Tournament Stage, evidently to keep anyone from being knocked off the stage and falling down the mountain during an intense fight.
Behind the Tournament Stage stood rows of stone seats. The Peak Masters of all five peaks were there, along with numerous elders.
As time passed, more and more disciples arrived, crowding the summit with people and constant chatter.
At that moment, the East and West Shores had each formed a clearly defined group.
The East Shore disciples stood to the east of the Tournament Stage, while the West Shore disciples stood to its west.
A single glance was enough to tell which side was stronger.
Most of the East Shore disciples were small and slender, while most of those from the West Shore were burly. In terms of presence, the East Shore was clearly outmatched.
Even more startling was that almost every West Shore disciple had tamed a Demon Beast. As the two sides faced off, they all released their Demon Beasts, giving the West Shore an overwhelming advantage in overall presence.
Every West Shore disciple looked at the East Shore with contempt, as though they instinctively considered everyone there a weakling.
"The East Shore is bound to lose this time. Maybe a few of them will make the top ten, but only a few."
"Who? Murong Tianyi, Zhao Wuji, or Fang Yiqian?"
"I heard a Heavenly Prodigy named Jun Wangchen appeared on the East Shore. He ranked first on all nine steles and took first place in the preliminaries three days ago."
"Tch, so what? We have Senior Brother Duan Shuiliu at the front, Senior Brother Zhou Yuan at the back, Senior Brother Xiang