Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor
Chapter 565 - 556: Competition Rules

Chapter 565: Chapter 556: Competition Rules

The next day, as the sun gradually rose, as the gentle sunshine spilled onto the earth, and into the Tianlan Imperial City, illuminating the Ten Thousand Treasures Merchant Building of the Tianlan Imperial City, it shone through the doors and windows of the building, casting light into a tastefully decorated chamber, and on the face of a young man sitting cross-legged on the bed.

In the warmth of the sunlight, just as it began to shine on that refined face, gleaming brightly at this moment, Shi Feng, with his eyes slightly closed, slowly opened them, and then a thin stream of murky air was slowly exhaled from his mouth.

"Dawn has broken!" Looking up through the window at the sky outside, Shi Feng mumbled to himself.

Just then, the door sounded three light knocks: "Knock! Knock! Knock!"

Following closely, the knocking sound echoed again: "Knock! Knock! Knock!"

Shi Feng got up from the bed and walked towards the door. The moment Shi Feng opened the door, in front of him, a splash of golden light dazzled!

The visitor was naturally Shi Jinsuai, and at this moment, Shi Jinsuai was dressed in a shining suit of golden Battle Armor that emitted a blinding golden glow.

Dressed like that, it was as if he wanted to make sure others knew he was filthy rich!

Upon seeing Shi Feng after opening the door, a confident and arrogant smile appeared on Shi Jinsuai’s face. He said to Shi Feng, "Brother Shi, what do you think of my Golden Battle Armor?"

"Hmm! Very nice! It really highlights your status," Shi Feng nodded indifferently, commenting.

"Of course!" Shi Jinsuai’s arrogance intensified after hearing Shi Feng’s remarks, then he continued, "I have ordered breakfast to be prepared. You can freshen up, and after we have breakfast, we will go to the arena!"

"Hmm!" Shi Feng nodded in agreement.

After freshening up, Shi Feng and Shi Jinsuai finished a lavish breakfast in the dining room together, then the two of them set out.

The moment they stepped out of the Ten Thousand Treasures Merchant Building, on the road to the center of Tianlan Imperial City, toward the direction of the arena, the place was already densely packed with people, jamming together, slowly making their way towards the arena.

The roads were crowded today!

Today was the day of the martial competition for the hand of Princess Linglong, the number one beauty of the Eastern Domain; it was an arena battle day where geniuses and strong fighters gathered, a spectacular event that occurred only once in a century. Not only were the Martial Artists participating in the competition innumerable, but so were those who came to watch the great battle.

"Let’s go!" Looking at the thick crowd before him, Shi Feng’s figure moved, breaking through space to reach the Void, and immediately after, Shi Jinsuai also broke through space, and together they burst towards the direction of the arena.

In the center of Tianlan Imperial City, a hundred stages were now fully constructed, each radiating mysterious and powerful invisible forces. These were the Prohibitions set up by the Tianlan Empire to prevent the Martial Artists’ powers from spilling out of the arena and injuring the surrounding spectators during the competition.

At this moment, the area around these hundred stages was also completely surrounded by people.

In the sky, dense figures appeared, continually descending towards this area.

Although Tianlan Imperial City had a regulation against breaking through space, today was a day of national celebration for the Tianlan Empire, and so they turned a blind eye.

Shi Feng and Shi Jinsuai both descended from the sky and squeezed into the crowd surrounding the arena.

"So many people! I heard that the number of Martial Artists signing up for the competition has already increased to fifteen thousand, and the number of spectators is even more unknowable. Anyway, this area for these days will be swarming with people." Once they landed, Shi Jinsuai spoke to Shi Feng beside him.

Shi Feng scanned the dense crowd. After arriving here, he immediately sensed several powerful auras coming from not too far away.

In this martial arts tournament, the pressure to struggle for the first place would really be enormous.

Not long after, a majestic voice, like a great bell, suddenly rang out from the void. "Everyone silence for this prince!" As the voice echoed throughout Tianlan Imperial City, immediate silence ensued.

A golden figure appeared hovering in the void, an old man wearing a golden dragon robe with white hair draped over his shoulders and a majestic face proudly stood in the void, exuding a power that made hearts tremble!

The crowd, initially noisy, quieted down upon seeing the golden figure in the void.

"Martial Saint powerhouse!" Shi Feng looked up upon hearing the voice and saw the old man, murmuring softly.

"This man is Prince Guang, the blood brother of the former Emperor of the Tianlan Empire and the Imperial Uncle of the current Emperor Lan Yuan! He is ranked third among the Tianlan Empire’s Top Ten Powerhouses!" Shi Jinsuai, standing beside him, quietly explained to Shi Feng before adding, "I didn’t expect the martial arts competition this time would be personally presided over by Prince Guang, but it makes sense. Currently, Tianlan Imperial City is a mix of dragons and snakes, especially some unruly characters. Only Prince Guang himself could suppress this situation."

After the appearance of Prince Guang, the noise of the crowd, as before, indeed did not arise again.

Numerous gazes were now cast upon the golden figure above.

At this moment, Prince Guang, who stood proudly in the void and looked down below, spoke once more, his voice authoritative, booming like a great bell: "This time, the martial arts competition to select a suitor for my grandniece, Princess Linglong, will be personally presided over by me, her elder.

Below, I will simply explain some rules. Due to the large number of registrants, reaching over fifteen thousand, our Tianlan Empire has prepared a hundred martial arts platforms to conduct the fights simultaneously.

The participants will be almost randomly assigned their platform and sequence numbers by lottery.

The platform numbers will run from 1 to 100, as will the sequence numbers. If you draw platform 1, sequence number 1, you will fight against platform 1, sequence number 2, and 3 will fight against 4, and so on. Do you have any questions?"

"Prince Guang!" At this moment, right after Prince Guang finished speaking, a Martial Artist who seemed puzzled after hearing him called out with a fist salute.

"Speak!" Prince Guang pointed at the Martial Artist and said.

That Martial Artist said, "Didn’t you just mention there were fifteen thousand Martial Artists signed up? But you also mentioned the lottery system, with platform numbers from 1 to 100, and sequence numbers from 1 to 100. In that case, with a hundred platforms, each with a hundred numbers, this seems to amount to just ten thousand participants."

"You are correct!" Prince Guang nodded his head upon hearing the Martial Artist’s question and said in a deep voice, "It’s indeed ten thousand! I have only prepared ten thousand Jade Scrolls.

As I said, it is almost done through a lottery, not by drawing one by one. Half an incense stick of time from now, I will command someone to scatter ten thousand Jade Scrolls from the sky, and you will scramble for them! The waste that fails to secure a Jade Scroll will not be qualified to participate in the competition and will be directly eliminated!"