People are in reality, transcending the other side

Chapter 468 The Great Sage Blocks the Way (Seventh Update! 12800 Monthly Tickets Added! Requesting Monthly Tickets!)

Meanwhile, inside the stadium, on the huge screen, a large number of names were spinning wildly, and finally ten names suddenly froze!
These ten people may seem random, but in reality, the truly talented individuals are definitely the ones the organizers kept until the end for the sake of the show's entertainment value.

Li Qi didn't even need to think to know that he was definitely in the last batch.

However, the organizers didn't go too far, so Zhao Canghai, who had broken through to the first level, was also selected in the first round.

Soon, the ten people entered the metal cabin, and then the large screen was divided into ten areas, displaying everything in the virtual world.

As the screen refreshed, a majestic mountain appeared before everyone's eyes. Then, the perspective shifted to the contestants, whose appearances were virtually indistinguishable from their real-life counterparts, like a movie filmed on location.

At this moment, the ten people appeared on a huge platform about 100 meters in diameter on the mountaintop. The platform was surrounded by thick white mist, and from the audience's perspective, a 60-second countdown appeared on the screen.

The mountains are the same, but the ten people are all alone.

After that, the ten contestants began to adapt to this illusory body, whether by stepping, wielding a knife, or swinging a sword.

"It seems the rumors are true. This virtual world is mainly for honing combat awareness, so everyone's physical data is set the same. Strength, speed, and explosive power are all fixed. But if your will is strong enough, you can transcend the data and enter a true explosive state!"

Upon seeing this scene, Li Qi immediately had this thought in his mind.

And it wasn't just him; anyone in the stadium watching the live stream, anyone with a discerning eye, noticed this.

Indeed, at first glance, such a setting seems unfair to those born with superhuman strength. However, on the one hand, there is no such thing as absolute fairness in this world. On the other hand, truly powerful individuals who can achieve first place are naturally well-rounded and have no weaknesses.

This setup might cause someone who could have made it into the top 100 to fall to 101, but it would never allow someone who could have made it into the top 10 to fall to 11th.

This competition involves an entire province and over a billion people. To make it into the top ten, each one must have undergone countless trials and tribulations!

There is no possibility of any shortcomings in skills.

Besides, the purpose of holding the semi-finals in this way was to promote the virtual pods, not to highlight the power of innate superhuman strength.

With the same physical attributes, but playing a more impressive style of play, this is undoubtedly an inspiration to many ordinary people.

Soon, the countdown ended simultaneously on all ten split screens, and a figure emerged from the mist at the edge of the platform.

Clad in white with a long sword, exuding elegance, yet no one recognized who this person was. Clearly, the data used in this first challenge was not from a famous figure.

That's normal, though. The first few levels here won't be particularly difficult; the real challenge comes in the last few levels.

Otherwise, if we put the data of some powerful figures at the top, it would be no different from putting the Demon King at the entrance of the beginner village.

How could anyone become a renowned figure in martial arts in this world be weak?! Their data entities would easily defeat most of the competitors. In the end, it wouldn't be about how well the competitors pass the level, but how many moves they could withstand from the NPCs in the first level.

Then there would be absolutely no entertainment value.

The white-clad swordsman appeared, first taking a sip of wine from the gourd at his waist, and then slashing at the contestants in the arena. His sword was as cold and sharp as the moon, and his steps were as ethereal as a sword.

Many people recognized it at a glance as the renowned Moon Gazing Drunken Immortal Sword, a sword technique created by the Drunken Sword Immortal more than a hundred years ago.

Although this is only the first level, it is still quite challenging. The white-robed swordsman's swordsmanship is definitely at a perfect level.

Time passed quickly, and in less than twenty minutes, the first round was over. Of the ten people, only Zhao Canghai, a master who had broken through the first level, passed the fifth level. Of the remaining nine people, eight only passed the third level, and only one passed the fourth level, almost to the point of mutual destruction.

Because the battle is real-life, yet takes place in a virtual world, it's a life-or-death struggle aimed directly at vital points. It's certainly exciting, but it lacks a certain spiritual quality and is somewhat missing a certain meaning.

As expected, the first five levels were filled with fictional characters, but starting from the sixth level, they began to use data from real-world experts.

The master of the sixth level was a famous figure from a hundred years ago, known as the Heavenly King of Lieshan. He was a great warlord who was later besieged and killed. He was skilled with a knife, and his two killing moves, the Fierce Blade that cuts through the sky and the Mountain Blade that splits the earth, were unparalleled in the world.

Zhao Canghai was killed by Lie Dao Zhan Tian after exchanging only five moves with him.

However, this data is definitely not the original. It's unknown whether it was provided by a master who fought against Lieshan Tianwang back then, or whether a master practiced the other's martial arts and replicated it.

Li Qi suspected that the former was more likely, and that the data and information of this person might have been left behind by the saint back then.

Since the saint had foreseen this and left behind some of his own data, given the other party's magnanimity, he would certainly not be stingy and would leave behind data on some experts that he had seen or deduced.

Let alone a saint, Li Qi himself can now deduce some data about the creator of a martial art he is researching. This makes him even more of a saint.

Time flew by. The morning competition lasted three hours, and the afternoon competition also lasted three hours. After six hours, fifteen matches had been held, involving one hundred and fifty players in this virtual world battle.

Among them, Feng Chengli passed the sixth level, while Jiang Xinyuan of the Martial Arts Zen Sect was even more powerful. Although both were at the second level of breaking through limits, he passed the seventh level but was defeated by Wuji Dasheng at the eighth level.

This Great Sage was once the head of the Immortal Ascension Sect, the leader of the righteous path, a figure akin to the leader of the martial arts alliance, and also the master of a god.

Of course, few people know the true nature of God nowadays; others only know of his past prominence and glory.

The appearance of this character undoubtedly caused a huge uproar. Even if it was just the data body of the Great Sage in his youth, it was still extraordinary.

This makes people even more curious. If the eighth level has such a character, who will it be in the ninth level?!
The tenth level is Saint, without a doubt. Who can be ranked above and below the Saint of Great Enlightenment?

Many people speculate that it might be the invincible Great Sage Luo Ji!
(End of this chapter)