"Alright, today’s Overleaping Rankings tournant ends here, and it continues tomorrow."
As the ten chess pieces each bore a player again, Donovan Tasker said tily, "Tomorrow, you ten will be the reigning champions, waiting for others to challenge you. Dismissed."
Just as Donovan Tasker’s voice faded, his staff gave another tremble.
At the sa ti, Castiel Mullins, who stood beside him, also took out that giant hamr and smashed it into the void.
Boom! Boom!
Two loud bangs echoed once more, and before Wyatt Barnes and the others could react, they discovered everything in front of them had changed.
The ten gigantic chess pieces vanished, and the Jewel Chessboard disappeared as well; they were back in Jewel Valley.
"What a magical illusion formation!"
Many witnessing the Jewel Chessboard for the first ti couldn’t help but exclaim in amazent.
"Today’s ten reigning champions include three at the peak of the Little Saint Realm and seven at the late stage of the Little Saint Realm... Tomorrow, there might be a Middle Saint Realm champion. At this rate, the list of those ranked on the Overleaping Rankings should be determined by the day after tomorrow, or the day after that at the latest."
So people focused on this point.
"It seems that Peace Adams, the Junior House Master of the Sky-scraping Mansion, hasn’t co yet."
So noticed that Peace Adams, the Junior House Master of the Sky-scraping Mansion, had yet to arrive.
"Humph! If he doesn’t show up before the final day, he’ll surely miss this year’s Overleaping Rankings tournant."
"Seems like he doesn’t place much value on the Overleaping Rankings."
"Not necessarily... Maybe he’s just making a grand entrance by appearing on the last day?"
"Possible."
...
Unconsciously, many brought up Peace Adams, the Junior House Master of the Sky-scraping Mansion again, and so expressed dissatisfaction with him.
The Overleaping Rankings, within the domain of the Sky-scraping Mansion, is undoubtedly a very sacred list.
In their eyes, Peace Adams’s actions were seen as desecrating the Overleaping Rankings.
If they had enough authority, they would certainly revoke Peace Adams’s qualification to participate in the Overleaping Rankings tournant.
"Peace Adams hasn’t shown up yet."
Wyatt Barnes, holding the Splendid Fairy Sword, quietly found a corner in Jewel Valley and leaned against the mountain wall with narrowed eyes, looking composed.
By this ti, Wyatt noticed that people from the three major fourth-rate forces had also returned to a picturesque corner of Jewel Valley to rest.
The people from the three fifth-rate forces within the Sky-scraping Mansion’s domain also followed to rest.
"Today, a few people who showed up are from these three fifth-rate forces... As for the Sky-scraping Mansion, no one has appeared yet."
Through today’s observation, Wyatt Barnes realized this too.
As for Monk Flower, Silent Void, and GullyAshton Chapman, they hadn’t appeared at all; otherwise, they would definitely be among the ten reigning champions now.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, Wyatt Barnes sensed a gaze resting upon him.
Initially, he thought it was Monk Flower’s gaze, as Monk Flower had previously approached him for a conversation, though he hadn’t engaged further afterward.
However, when Wyatt looked towards the source of the gaze, he realized it wasn’t Monk Flower’s but Silent Void’s.
"What is he doing?"
Wyatt Barnes wondered internally, convinced that he didn’t possess anything particularly captivating; if there was anything, it would just be his solitude.
In Jewel Valley, besides GullyAshton Chapman, Wyatt was the only one wandering alone.
Everyone else moved in groups of at least three to five.
This made Wyatt Barnes and GullyAshton Chapman stand out significantly.
"Seems like he just noticed I’m alone and took an extra glance."
Seeing Silent Void quickly look away, Wyatt thought to himself.
After a while, Wyatt noticed GullyAshton Chapman’s gaze directed at him as well. Having had the previous experience, he remained quite calm this ti.
GullyAshton Chapman’s gaze didn’t linger on him for long.
"Perhaps, Monk Flower reached out to previously because I was alone... Back then, GullyAshton Chapman hadn’t arrived yet, making the only one wandering solo in Jewel Valley."
Wyatt thought.
However, Wyatt had guessed the beginning correctly but missed the latter part.
Monk Flower reached out partly due to his intuition... Of course, Monk Flower eventually felt his intuition was wrong, so he didn’t engage further.
In Monk Flower’s view, Wyatt was just a Loose Cultivator wanting to make a na for himself through the Overleaping Rankings tournant.
One night’s ti felt exceptionally brief to those present.
When the sky lit up with the first light, everyone’s eyes opened.
As dawn spread over the lands, the two hosts from Tengyue House and Surge Hayden House, Donovan Tasker and Castiel Mullins, once again jointly activated the ’Jewel Chessboard.’
Without any warning, the group present found themselves entering the Jewel Chessboard.
Ten massive chess pieces, five black and five white, still hovered in the air.
Wyatt Barnes casually found a white piece to stand on, stationed at the edge, holding the Splendid Fairy Sword quietly, observing the broad field in the center of the piece.
Monts later, the ten champions who erged last evening appeared one by one.
Following that, challengers stepped up one after another, either getting defeated, achieving victory, being killed, or killing the opponent.
In general, the scene was grand, bloody.
Not long after, the ten champions changed multiple tis, finally becoming ten peak Little Saint Realm powerhouses.
This resulted in a temporary lull.
"I’ll go!"
With a low shout, a burly young man walked out from the group of Sky-scraping Mansion people.
With a tiger’s back and a bear’s waist, each of his steps stirred a breeze, invisibly imposing a formidable pressure like a gorilla walking out of a forest.
In front of this gorilla, the champion he was challenging appeared extrely weak.
"People from the Sky-scraping Mansion are entering the arena!"
"I know him... He’s the grandson of the Second Elder of the Sky-scraping Mansion, nad ’Dane Adams,’ a peak Little Saint Realm martial artist! It’s said that since the Junior House Master of the Sky-scraping Mansion, Peace Adams, broke through to the Middle Saint Realm, he’s recognized as the number one under the Middle Saint Realm within the Sky-scraping Mansion!"
"Hearing you say this, I rember now; I’ve heard of him too."
...
As Dane Adams entered the scene, most people’s attention shifted onto him.
Simultaneously, many murmured to each other, revealing his identity.
"The grandson of the Second Elder of the Sky-scraping Mansion?"
Wyatt Barnes raised an eyebrow, his gaze fixed on Dane Adams, looking forward to the strength of this grandson of the Second Elder of the Sky-scraping Mansion, "Being recognized as the best below the Middle Saint Realm in the Sky-scraping Mansion, Dane Adams must be quite formidable."
anwhile, the other nine champions on the respective chess pieces made their appearances one by one, but no one else stepped up to challenge.
Including the nine champions, everyone’s attention fell on Dane Adams, as he was the first representative of the Sky-scraping Mansion in this year’s Overleaping Rankings tournant.
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