My Master Knows It All

In front of the ruins, platforms rose in the square.

Cao Zhen had participated in arena battles in this world before. The arenas here were square-shaped, just like those in his previous world.

However, the platforms before his eyes were hexagonal.

Cao Zhen was still with the disciples of the Indistinct Sect, and soon, the voice of the Vice Sect Hierarch rang out.

"You all know the rules, don’t you? If you’ve slain over a hundred monsters, you may naturally leap onto the platform; but if not, don’t even try—you’re not going to make it onto the platform."

Cao Zhen had also participated in many competitions, where everyone would draw lots before the arena battles to decide who would fight whom.

But now, there were no lots drawn at all.

Anyone who wanted to fight would simply jump onto the platform, then everyone would watch and choose their opponent.

For example, if you see a cultivator on the platform and think they’re not strong, you just go up and fight them.

Usually, it’s cultivators from the Skyeye Clan fighting against the Beastman Clan.

Rarely does internal conflict occur, unless it’s at the end with no more Beastman Clan cultivators or Skyeye Clan cultivators available.

As for cultivators from other clans?

This world does indeed have cultivators from other clans, but why would the Skyeye Clan and Beastman Clan let other clans vie for such a top-tier inheritance?

Only these two clans send cultivators to compete.

Regarding those in the True Immortal Realm and Golden Immortal Realm, both clans know who’s strong and who’s not.

But cultivators in the Core Formation Stage are not familiar with each other, let alone know who’s strong or weak; they can only rely on intuition.

If confident enough, just leap onto the platform.

Not far from Cao Zhen, Zhang Zhaodong, whom he had once seen, was clearly full of self-confidence. He didn’t even think and directly jumped onto a platform.

There were also many from the Skyeye Clan who were similarly confident, all jumping onto the platforms, waiting for Beastman Clan cultivators to challenge them.

Similarly, many Beastman Clan cultivators jumped onto the platforms themselves, awaiting challengers from the Skyeye Clan.

Cao Zhen noticed that of the eighty-four platforms, each clan occupied precisely half.

He did not hurry to jump onto a platform but watched from below.

Soon, battles began on the platforms.

Though no one knew the opponent’s strength, cultivators brave enough to jump onto the platform and await challenges were generally not weak.

And those daring to challenge them were not weak either.

Under Cao Zhen’s observation, he noticed that none fighting on the platforms were truly weak; even Zhang Zhaodong, who could clear the ninth level of the Core Formation Stage’s Sky-reaching Gate, certainly had immense strength for his cultivation realm. Although he had the upper hand in his battle, he did not completely dominate his opponent.

On the whole, the sixty-four platforms seemed evenly divided between the Skyeye Clan and the Beastman Clan.

The cultivators not fighting were busy watching those in battle, especially observing the opponent’s clan to note those appearing to have the upper hand temporarily.

If they succeeded in entering the second round, they’d likely face an opponent from the alien race; they had to observe the battles closely to gauge the opponent’s strength and select a relatively weaker opponent.

Theoretically, facing anyone should be the same, for only one cultivator can enter the Land of Inheritance by defeating all opponents faced in battle.

But encountering weaker foes could conserve strength and keep hidden strategies unexposed.

However, if they faced equally matched opponents early, revealing their cards would become extremely passive, hence the observation of opponents.

Maybe they could even discern the battle style of their possible next-round opponents, or uncover their hidden cards.

Cao Zhen further noted, unlike his previous arena battles, a platform’s battle ending didn’t mean the next person could immediately jump up.

Both Skyeye and Beastman Clans waited until the final platform’s match concluded.

As the battle on the final platform ended with the victory of a Skyeye Clan cultivator, the Skyeye Clan slightly gained an advantage in the first group clash.

Of the sixty-four platforms, thirty-three Skyeye Clan members won, while only thirty-one Beastman Clan cultivators emerged victorious.

Moreover, in typical arena matches, referees would intervene to save a cultivator if they were about to be slain by an opponent.

But there were no referees in these battles.

And the fighting sides were not from the same clan.

Though the two clans generally developed peacefully together, battles could result in one clan’s cultivator being slain by the other’s.

Cao Zhen wasn’t in a hurry to jump atop the platform; he waited a while longer, only as the fourth group approached did he directly challenge an opponent from the Beastman Clan’s platform.

He chose this Beastman Clan opponent on a whim, without any particular reason.

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