It was an enormous Spatial Vortex!
At that very moment, this Spatial Vortex stood right in the middle of the Beast Tamer Association's courtyard.
It spanned a full several dozen meters in diameter.
Before this enormous Spatial Vortex, the contestants who had been milling noisily outside the gates now stood in perfectly orderly lines, ready to enter at any moment.
However, all these contestants, arranged in rows of a hundred-at least those standing at the very front-were staring fixedly at the figure ahead of them.
They were not even properly listening to the Beast Tamer Association's Vice President as he repeated the competition rules and various precautions one last time. Every one of them stared at that figure as though he had murdered their fathers.
Su Ping ignored them. Instead, he listened quite attentively as the Vice President surnamed Xu, standing atop a snow-white crane in the vast courtyard, spoke:
"In short, that is how it works. Through your student wristbands, you can open the map of the Mystic Realm.
"The map shows the distribution of resources and ferocious beasts in each region, along with the number of credits earned by defeating or killing those beasts and gathering the corresponding resources!
"You may also take the resources you find out of the Mystic Realm and keep them yourselves.
"But remember, the credits you earn for defeating and eliminating each competing student are fixed.
"Even if the resources previously collected by a defeated student are plundered by another contestant, they will not count toward the subsequent victor's credits!
"This Provincial Assessment tests genuinely elite, gifted Beast Tamers. Moreover, aside from the television broadcast, the first-person feeds linked to everyone's wristbands will also be livestreamed nationwide!
"So do not try any clever tricks! Remember, Mechanical Weapons are prohibited. Of course, structures assembled