Quintina was exasperated. She had acknowledged James’ strength and only wished to join forces with him.
After forming a team with him, favonovel.com only needed to find another disciple of the Welkin Academy to form a team of three. That way, they should be able to get into the top three. Yet, James was being unappreciative.
James looked at Quintina and said, “Don’t misunderstand. I’m not looking down on you. I have a team of my own already. Besides, numbers don’t matter here. The more members have in your team, the more monsters you’ll have to slaughter.”
Hearing this, Quintina took a deep breath and looked favonovel.com in the eye, asking, “Who are your teammates? Are there other more suitable candidates than me in the Welkin Academy?”
James smiled and said, “They aren’t disciples of the academy.”
“You…” Hearing that, Quintina was seriously pissed.
“Alright now…” James waved slightly and said, “Since you insist, I’ll grudgingly accept you into our team. Together, we’ll aim for the top ten.”
“Who needs your help anyway?” Quintina spat and turned to leave.
Soon, Yoan appeared.
“What the hell were you thinking?” He asked.
James froze and asked, “What do you mean?”
Yoan said, “The Grand Tournament, of course! We’re allowed to form teams and annihilate the monsters together. The Divinity Sect and every sect out there must have already formed their teams. The Welkin Academy isn’t weak as well. If you join forces with Quintina and the others, getting into the top ten should be a piece of cake.”
Hearing this, James said, “I already have a team…”
“Huh?”
Yoan asked, “I thought you came from Earth. Do you have friends in the Ancient Realm?” James smiled and said nothing.
Seeing this, Yoan did not press the issue. “In any case, get into the top ten and make me and the academy proud!”
“Of course. I’ll surely enter the top ten.” James was full of confidence.
Yoan did not linger for long and turned to leave.
James continued regulating his body condition.
***
Soon, a day passed.
The next day, participants of the Grand Tournament gathered outside the Divinity Sect’s main hall. There were approximately 100,000 of them. Of course, most of them were at the Immortal Ascension’s Fourth or Fifth Stair.
The Divine Holy Emperor stood by the door of the hall and looked at the crowd, saying, ” Everyone, the venue of this year’s Grand Tournament is on Mount Walvern…”
He began describing the rules of this tournament. “You’ll be given a time limit of one month. Within the time limit, you’re allowed to annihilate as many monsters as you please. The more demon elixirs you obtain and the higher the quality of the elixirs, the higher your ranking will be. Is that understood?”
“Yes!” The participants spoke in unison.
“Good…” The Divine Holy Emperor looked at them and said, “Everyone, let’s create a void together.”
Hearing this, many powerful cultivators stepped forward and summoned great strength, forcibly opening the void and creating a passage.
“Remember, the time limit is one month. A month later, the passage will reopen for you to return.”
Hearing that, many began pouring into the passage, disappearing from the Divinity Sect’s main hall without a trace.
James, who had managed to find Henry and Delainey, also entered the passage upon arriving outside the main hall. Together, they entered the void passage and appeared in an unknown place.
They were on an empty plot of land, and before them were undulating mountains. The sky was blotted out by grey clouds.
