The experts with supernatural powers, meanwhile, would compete in the arena.
Six rings had been marked out in the center of the grounds, with matches taking place in all six simultaneously.
Whenever a ring was empty, anyone could step up to defend it.
Whenever someone was defending a ring, anyone could challenge them.
Whether defending or challenging, a winner would receive a red bean as a marker, while a loser would receive a black bean. A draw earned neither.
Anyone who accumulated three red beans would qualify for the guardian corps.
Anyone who accumulated three black beans would be eliminated and disqualified.
Everyone could choose their own opponents. Life and death were of no concern; each participant bore responsibility for their own injuries or death.
Chapter 306: Traveling by Night
After the start was announced, Cui Jiuyang stood in the crowd and hesitated for a moment.
It was only a guardian corps, and the person who had come was merely an Incense Master.
He assessed Incense Master Wei's cultivation. With his own strength now at the Five Extremes Peak, the man presumably would not be able to discern his true background.
By then, defenders had already taken their places in all six rings.
Some stood bare-chested, their arms exposed and muscles bulging, clearly tough opponents who relied on brute strength.
Others held talismans and peachwood swords, faint traces of alchemical fire emanating from them. These were proper cultivators...
The rings brought together people of every stripe, gathered from all corners of the land.
Cui Jiuyang casually looked around and chose the ring closest to him.
A snake charmer stood in it. He was young, but his appearance was certainly striking.
The two ends of his mustache curved and curled above his lips like little black chrysanthemums. His eyes were wide