"Three inches?" Huang Xiao was somewhat surprised, but when he thought of the Longevity Pill Manual appearing in this Ranking Contest, he quickly regained his composure.
He did not particularly mind, but the experts who had gathered around to take part in the Ranking Contest began cursing.
The requirement had jumped from half an inch to three inches, an increase of two and a half inches. Such a drastic increase simply left the vast majority of half-step Martial Realm experts with no chance.
Huang Xiao estimated that only upper-grade half-step Martial Realm experts, or a handful of exceptionally formidable middle-grade ones, had any chance of leaving a three-inch mark. The rest had no hope.
This would essentially eliminate at least seventy or eighty percent of the half-step Martial Realm experts here.
"Silence. These are the rules for this round of the Dragon Rankings. Anyone who keeps making trouble had better think carefully about the consequences," the old man from the Alliance Guards said coldly. "If you lack the strength, you should not be making a scene here. You should go back and train diligently, striving to meet the requirements next time. Since this rule has been set, there is absolutely no possibility of changing it. Begin..."
After making the announcement, the old man stepped straight down from the arena.
The half-step Martial Realm experts who had been seething with indignation no longer dared to make a fuss. Quite a few Alliance Guards experts nearby were already itching to act, and they knew these guards certainly would not mind making examples of a few people.
With the rule settled, they knew there would be no further changes.
However dissatisfied those experts of insufficient strength felt, there was nothing they could do.
To think that they had prepared for ten years, or