Murong Yuyao's lecture was brief, ending in the time it took an incense stick to burn, yet every word carried profound meaning and offered much to learn!
After the lecture ended, the arena duels that most interested the cultivators present began.
Zhang Yu, sect master of the Ice Snow Sword Sect, raised both hands. Two palm-sized square magical treasures flew out of thin air and swelled in the wind, soon becoming two enormous arenas of different sizes, suspended in midair.
Even the smaller arena spanned fifty li, while the larger one stretched three hundred li across.
Clearly, the Ice Snow Sword Sect had specially refined these two floating arenas to facilitate duels between high-level cultivators.
Liu Changxu had not expected the Ice Snow Sword Sect to refine arena magical treasures specifically for its disciples to duel in.
Judging by their grades, even the smaller arena was fourth-tier low-grade, while the larger one had actually reached fifth-tier low-grade.
Clearly, the smaller arena was intended for Golden Core stage cultivators, while the larger one was reserved for Nascent Soul cultivators.
After deploying the two arenas, Zhang Yu loudly announced the official start of the Arena Tournament. He also read out the rules and the rewards for the winners.
Unlike ordinary arena duels, this tournament was held among cultivators from the various major sects attending the Spirit Transformation Ceremony. Each sect could send at most five Golden Core cultivators and five Nascent Soul cultivators.
Rankings would be determined by the results of one-on-one duels, with generous rewards for the top ten.
For many cultivators, participating in this tournament thus offered a chance not only to make their names known far and wide, but also to obtain valuable high-level spirit treasures.
Since the results of the arena duels directly affected their sects' reputations, the