BXBX NOVEL Chapter 501: The race continues
Everyone had been diligently cultivating recently, so the rare opportunity to relax made them all full of emotion and anticipation.
"Don\'t get too excited yet. When we watch the matches later, you need to maintain a normal state of mind and not compare your abilities with those of the competitors," Tang San said while handing out the tickets, throwing a damper on his companions\' enthusiasm.
"Is it really that exaggerated? It looks like they\'re in for a shock!" Du Bai, who couldn\'t go watch, said somewhat schadenfreudically.
"Being shocked is still better than some people who don\'t even have the qualifications to watch," Gu Li retorted.
"Hmph!" Du Bai snorted coldly, actually feeling quite depressed. He wanted to watch the competition too! But he understood that the Heavenly Fox Transformation was just too sensitive.
Tang San patted Du Bai on the shoulder and said, "Don\'t think too much about it. After we get back from this, I\'ll make you a gift."
"A gift? What is it?" Du Bai was well aware that anything produced by Tang San was bound to be high-quality. It must be something great!
Tang San smiled and said, "You\'ll know when the time comes. I believe you\'ll be very satisfied. However, you still need to work hard to improve your physical condition, otherwise, you might not even be able to use it when the time comes."
"Don\'t worry about that, ever since my Spiritual Power reached the Ninth Stage, I\'ve found that it\'s beginning to nourish my body. Especially here in the Ancestral Court, where the spirituality of heaven and earth is so rich, it\'s constantly nurturing my body and improving my physical condition. I\'m also paying attention to my practice," Du Bai responded.
"That\'s good. Continue your cultivation on the Heavenly Fox Holy Mountain, we\'re heading out," Tang San concluded, the last remark naturally directed at his teacher and the other companions.
Zhang Haoxuan also wore a mask and a cloak today, mainly because, much like Tang San, he wanted to hide his identity so that the Spirit Rhinoceros Commerce wouldn\'t realize that this Array Master was also going to watch the match.
They rented a horse carriage from the White Tiger Grand Hotel and went straight for the Ancestral Court Grand Plaza.
The number of guests at the White Tiger Hotel didn\'t decrease even as a large number of contestants were eliminated. Many of the eliminated contestants still stayed to continue watching the upcoming matches, naturally curious to see who would advance and what kind of a powerhouse the ultimate champion would be.
After two rounds of competition, the number of contestants in the Ancestral Court Elite Tournament\'s individual matches had decreased from over three hundred to roughly ninety.
There were three more rounds of competition, and the winners of each group would be determined. Furthermore, some contestants with good luck might even advance from their group after only two rounds of matches.
Tang San\'s group had an odd number of people, meaning that after this match, there would be a draw next round. Whomever drew a bye would get to rest for a match and then face off against the previous round\'s winner in the fifth round.
The situation was the same in the other groups.
Based on his own luck before the personal matches, Tang San didn\'t think he\'d be able to advance in just two rounds. Moreover, the opponents he\'d face later on were likely not going to be weak.
He just hoped not to encounter another abnormally powerful creature like the Fierce Sunflower Essence Clan he faced before, for if it hadn\'t been for the existence of the Yin and Yang Qi, he might have truly needed to unleash all his power to have a chance at victory.
Friends and teachers had all gone up to the spectator stands to watch the battle, while Tang San himself went to the waiting area to meet up with Big Cat and Pretty Girl.
Big Cat looked somewhat hunched and pale, as if it had overexerted itself. To the other competitors, it naturally looked like it had not yet recovered from the serious injuries sustained in the previous match.
Tang San gave it an inquiring look and whispered, "Little Cat must be watching today."
Big Cat winked at him. Tang San immediately understood.
Pretty Girl said, "Brother, I\'ve done some digging for you. In your third group, the opponents you may face later... There are two strong ones, both with First Level Bloodline, and the other two relatively weaker. Including you, there are still five competitors left."
Tang San twitched the corners of his mouth and said, "My luck is usually not that great. I won\'t run into those two strong ones in the next two matches, will I? If it\'s three matches, then I suppose it\'s inevitable that I\'ll encounter them."
Pretty Girl looked at his resentful eyes and couldn\'t help but let out a "pfft" as she laughed. Her smile, which held a touch of trying not to laugh, abruptly made her usually cold face look as if the spring breeze had melted the snow and revived everything. Tang San couldn\'t help but be somewhat stunned by it.
"You have to do your best, oh. We all must strive to enter the top sixteen," Pretty Girl said softly.
Looking into her encouraging eyes, Tang San suddenly felt a surge of fighting spirit, "I will definitely make it into the top sixteen. For your sake, I\'ll clear the obstacles."
Now it was Big Cat\'s turn to feel aggrieved, "Do those obstacles include me as well?"
Tang San turned to look at it and couldn\'t help but laugh, "Of course not. In the individual competition, if both of us make it into the top sixteen, no matter which of you two I face, I will admit defeat. If the two of you run into each other, then it\'s up to your own abilities. We\'ll see who is stronger."
Big Cat blinked its eyes, "That nice to me?"
Tang San smiled and said, "Who told me not to join you in the doubles? Consider it compensation. However, it would be best not to run into you two too soon during the matches, so I can help clear some obstacles for you both. If we manage to face each other in the semi-finals, that would be perfect."
Big Cat gave a wry smile and said, "Given your current luck, that seems rather unlikely!"
Tang San gave it a meaningful glance and replied, "That\'s not necessarily the case."
His luck in the competition had been poor so far, especially in the individual matches, because he hadn\'t used the Heavenly Fox Transformation again to boost his luck.
Participating in a competition of this level, showing too much good luck on the field would definitely draw attention. As he had been facing strong opponents due to bad luck in the previous matches, no one would consider that he had been favored by luck. Thus, Tang San actually felt quite good about constantly encountering strong opponents in the individual competition. Wait until the finals circle to bestow good luck upon himself a couple of times, and then he might be able to avoid facing Pretty Girl and Big Cat before the semi-finals, while also bestowing luck upon them. Saying that they would face each other in the semi-finals, he was indeed quite confident about that.
Regarding the fact that he hadn\'t partnered with Big Cat in the doubles, Tang San did indeed feel guilty. If he really faced Big Cat in the competition, he would certainly admit defeat. Of course, if Big Cat later faced Pretty Girl, he would definitely glare fiercely at it, not allowing it to harm Pretty Girl in any way.
The third round of elimination matches had already begun, and by this round, the fights had become even more fierce, or even brutal.
After the previous two rounds of elimination, it wasn\'t just Big Cat that had been injured; winning against opponents and coming out unscathed was not an easy feat. Hence, in today\'s matches, many competitors were competing with injuries, and they weren\'t at their full strength when facing their opponents.
But this was also one of the tests of the Ancestral Court Elite Tournament, where you not only had to be powerful but also enduring. In such a dense competition schedule, to advance continuously, it required not just astonishing strength but also very strong comprehensive abilities in all aspects.