Upon returning to the villa, Li Yuan headed to the underground Martial Arts Room, and as all the lights came on,
a myriad of light rays converged, forming a holographic projection.
“Global Martial Arts University Tournament 2044 (Virtual Combat) Schedule and Rules,” Li Yuan read aloud while opening the document.
Instantly, the projection displayed an abundance of text:
“Since the inaugural Virtual Combat of the Global Martial Arts Tournament in 2009, we have upheld fairness and impartiality…” Li Yuan swiftly skipped over the first thousand words of superfluous text.
His gaze settled on the most critical parts: the schedule and rules.
“In Virtual Combat, all competitors have the same physical quality, and the strength of their weapons is uniform. Competitors can choose any weapon… What will be tested are their combat awareness, experience, and skill.”
“The Virtual Combat will take place on the Starry Skies Fighting Network. A special ‘Global Martial Arts University Tournament Space’ will be opened, where any student from Martial Arts Universities around the world can observe.”
“Registration deadline: 8:00 AM on February 7th, Blue Star time.”
“Registration conditions: …”
“The whole Virtual Combat will be divided into four major stages: preliminaries, free-for-all, elimination rounds, and finals.”
“The preliminaries will commence globally at 8:00 PM on February 8th, with only individual scores made public, not the specific combat process. Competitors with a score exceeding 4,000 points will qualify for the free-for-all stage.”
“The free-for-all stage will be public. Students from all Martial Arts Universities can randomly select competitors to watch, and depending on the number of participants who pass the preliminaries, they will be evenly distributed into ten ‘Stellar Battlefields.’ The competitor with the highest score in each battlefield will proceed directly to the finals.”
“In each Stellar Battlefield, those ranked 2nd to 100th, a total of 990 people, will enter the elimination round.”
“The elimination round will involve 990 people through group round-robin tournaments, resurrection matches, and life-and-death battles… Ultimately, the other ten places in the top twenty for the final stage will be decided.”
“The finals will feature the strongest twenty competitors, representing the highest level of skill among the young generation of Blue Star, engaging in peak battles, sequentially deciding the top ten! Top five! And first place!”
“Attachment: ‘Detailed Rules of the Stellar Battlefield,’ ‘Detailed Rules of the Elimination Round,’ ‘Detailed Rules of the Final Round.'”
…
Having quickly finished reading the entire document, Li Yuan realized that the rules were quite complex, given that it was an important global martial arts event.
However, Li Yuan felt quite calm.
“These rules are very similar to the ten-schools freshmen competition,” Li Yuan thought to himself. “No need to fuss over it too much; just battle my way through.”
“Preliminaries with 4,000 points? Just pass them.”
“But the Stellar Battlefield, as long as I can take first place there, can I directly enter the top twenty?” A thought crossed Li Yuan’s mind.
The elimination round, having to select ten people out of 990, was bound to be extremely fierce.
And quite prolonged.
“It would waste too much of my time. If these people were all Fifth Stage experts, their battles would indeed be considered tempering. But most will only have Fourth Level skills, making fighting them less beneficial than dedicated cultivation,” Li Yuan thought to himself.
For the current Li Yuan, clashing with those of the Fourth Level skills was simply a waste of time.
In an instant, Li Yuan had a goal in mind—aiming to seize first place in the ‘Stellar Battlefield’ during the free-for-all.
However.
Li Yuan glanced at the ‘Stellar Battlefield Rules’ and realized it wasn’t merely a battle among participants. In addition to other contenders, a plethora of Star Realm Creatures would randomly appear, some of which could be very strong.
Therefore, in such large-scale chaos, theoretically, it relied somewhat on luck.
For example, avoid suddenly being besieged by a multitude of virtual Star Realm Creatures.
For example, avoid encountering Fifth Stage experts.
“Luck?”
“As long as I am the strongest, I can sweep through any opponent that comes my way,” Li Yuan told himself. “As long as my luck isn’t too terrible, preventing others from encountering me, that’s enough.”
Other competitors would hope for good luck to break into the top one thousand and advance to the elimination round.
After all, being among the global top one thousand would yield a generous cash reward—ten million Blue Star Coins.
But Li Yuan didn’t care about that.
Ten million Blue Star Coins? With his current wealth, he didn’t care much about that sum. What he yearned for was to duel against true powerhouses.
To clash with Blue Star’s top-tier talents of his generation.
“Since the higher-ups have acknowledged me and granted me a Second Class Martial God Inheritance slot,” Li Yuan mused, “I need to work hard to strive for a rank among the global top three, or even first.”
“Besides, the rewards for the top three are quite substantial,” Li Yuan noted, glancing at the rewards for the final stage.
Those who make it into the top twenty of the finals will be awarded one hundred million Blue Star Coins.
Breaking into the top ten will yield a reward of five hundred million Blue Star Coins.
The top three will be awarded Heavenly Materials Treasures valued at approximately two billion Blue Star Coins!
“Two billion Blue Star Coins? My entire fortune now is barely less than 1.5 billion Blue Star Coins,” Li Yuan thought to himself.
The reward was indeed substantial.
But Li Yuan quickly realized that most of those who could make it into the top three of the finals were likely Prime Warriors aspiring to become Flying Heaven Warriors, with immense consumption of various cultivation resources… It was no surprise, then, that the rewards were so generous.
He closed the document.
“Continue cultivating,” Li Yuan calmed his mind, continuing to silently practice his Spear Technique.
… Some classmates came in the afternoon; Li Yuan advised each on their practice and saw them off.
He continued with his cultivation.
At eight o’clock in the evening, Li Yuan entered the virtual network capsule.
Logged into the Starry Skies Fighting Network.
“Sign up for the Global University Martial Arts Tournament (Virtual Battle),” Li Yuan applied immediately.
The application was quickly approved.
After waiting for two minutes, Li Yuan glanced again and found that the number of registrants had exceeded two million and was still rising.
“So many people.”
“Makes sense, just in our Xia Country, each session of Martial Arts University students is close to 300,000,” Li Yuan thought to himself. “Adding up from freshman to junior year, that’s over 800,000.”
“Looking at the whole world.”
“Hmm, there would be three to four million eligible students from Martial Arts University alone.”
“Plus, some people from society and some students from regular universities,” Li Yuan thought. “All together, it’s not a small number.”
Although the competition is named ‘Global University Martial Arts Tournament’, it’s not limited to students from Martial Arts University.
Anyone under the age of 21 is eligible to register, but students not from Martial Arts University are not allowed to watch the battles.
Therefore, this would lead to an astonishing rise in the number of participants in the preliminaries.
…
“Virtual battles signify skill level,”
“And in Martial Arts Cultivation, skill is the most important; only when the skill is strong enough can one become a Prime Warrior, a Flying Heaven Warrior.”
“Strive hard to push through.”
“This year, we in Europa must try to ensure that there are over 30% of us among the top 1000,”
…
“We must watch carefully.”
“Those who stand out in the virtual battles are the future powerhouses of the Blue Star within the Seven Stars human civilization.”
“Blue Star, having given birth to the unbeatable Dongfang Ji, is extremely mysterious and special.”
“Dongfang Ji alone could slaughter countless peak powerhouses; without him, the Seven Stars human civilization might have been wiped out long ago, let alone continue to this day.”
“Our people have infiltrated Martial Arts University; let them observe the rankings closely, watch the battles meticulously, identify and record these future powerhouses’ information, and analyze it,”
“As soon as we confirm the identities of certain super-geniuses, we will try to ascertain their whereabouts and carry out assassinations!”
“Like the geniuses who could break into the top three, eliminating one would be like eliminating a future Flying Heaven Warrior or even someone surpassing that.”
In secret, many spies from alien races lurking on Blue Star were paying close attention to this competition.
Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles.
Especially those alien civilizations hostile to the Seven Stars human civilization, like the Tianliang Civilization and the Cloud Beast Civilization, were extremely interested in such competitions.
…
“Our Sakura Country did not have a single contender in the top twenty last year; this year, we must strive to have one,”
…
Starry Sky University, inside a villa.
The underground Martial Arts Room.
“Last year’s first place in the virtual battle was Xia Country’s number one; this year, our United States must fight to take first place,” a white Western-dressed man said seriously, “Harmon.”
“You are the top of the junior class at Starry Sky University. This year, the hope of our United States rests on your shoulders,” the Western man continued.
“Senior Sangbu, I understand,” replied the young white man named Harmon, burly and stout, resembling a tower, wearing immensely heavy armor.
“Last year, in the battle from the top twenty to the top ten, I lost to Xia Country’s Yin Man.”
“This year, she remains my biggest competitor.”
“I, will definitely defeat her,” the burly young Westerner said slowly, “and take the first place.”
“And claim the Martial God Inheritance spot.”
The video projection was turned off.
“Huh!”
The burly white young man took out his combat saber and continued his training; his sword technique was incredibly swift and ferocious.
…
Days passed by, and in the blink of an eye, it was February 7th.
The registration for the tournament had ended, with over six million people signed up.
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Li Yuan had been consistently cultivating, with his Spear Technique and movement techniques steadily improving.
The afternoon of February 7th.
“Hmm?” Li Yuan, who was practicing spear in the underground Martial Arts Room,
suddenly received a message.
“Your bank account… has received a transfer of 50,000 Blue Star Coins from Li Tianyou.”