As time slipped quietly by, the third day arrived in the blink of an eye, and cheers still rang out across the tournament square.
Ying Ming Hao, Yang Fanyuan, and the other experts now had no time to spare for anything else. They all abandoned their usual leisurely manner of watching the show from the sidelines.
As it turned out, many disciples who knew they had no hope of making the top hundred had fearlessly challenged these powerhouses!
However, these challengers were not trying to seize their platforms. Their motives varied: some wanted to discover just how wide the gulf between themselves and the top Heavenly Prodigies truly was, while others simply wanted to show off their skills and cut a fine figure before the crowd.
Even knowing their chances of victory were slim, and that they might be defeated in a single move the moment they stepped onto the platform, these brave challengers pressed ahead without hesitation.
After all, experiencing such a fierce battle firsthand and later boasting that they had "fought a certain expert one-on-one" would be an unparalleled honor.
There was no shame in losing to one of the top ten. On the contrary, it was something to take pride in.
Over those two days, the figures on the tournament platforms changed as frequently as images in a revolving lantern. The platforms ranked below fiftieth were especially lively, with an endless stream of challengers, some of whom fought over a hundred grueling battles in succession.
Although they received a brief chance to catch their breath after every fight, many contestants ultimately could not withstand the waves of challengers surging toward them like a human tide and were defeated.
Still, they did not lose heart. Instead, they raced against the clock to recover, waiting for another chance