Wanyao Youyun

Chapter 120 What is Destiny?

The next day, the entire Desert City seemed to be boiling with excitement. All people, whether cultivators or ordinary people, gathered around the fighting arena. Some watched the excitement, some set up stalls to make a living, and each casino also offered various handicaps to add to the fun of watching the game and also to take the opportunity to make a fortune.

The 64-person list and detailed information have been announced by the organizer, and a temporary ranking has been made based on the order of yesterday's advancement and the original potential ranking.

The first place is still the seventh prince of Shangming Empire, Hao Wuliang. The second place is Dan Miaoman, the ninth princess of Danxue Kingdom, who is also recognized as one of the four most beautiful young girls. The third place is Yelu Hongxing from Prince Hong's Mansion, the most powerful force in Kongtong, and he is a cousin of the murdered fifth prince.

The top 20 are all children of royal families or powerful forces in various countries. On the one hand, the reason why powerful forces can become powerful is that their family talents and martial arts heritage are stronger than others. On the other hand, the training resources they can provide are not what ordinary forces can imagine.

If people from small forces and some ordinary families want to make a difference, they must take one step at a time and seize every opportunity. Only after decades or even generations of hard work can they have a chance to enter the upper class, and they cannot make any mistakes along the way.

Many people have average strength, but actively participate in the ceremony, and they are willing to fight for it in order to be noticed by the big forces and have the opportunity to change their fate. Even though they may be cannon fodder even if they are noticed by the big forces, they have no choice. If there are no opportunities like the Demon Sealing Ceremony, it will be even more difficult for them to escape the fate of being oppressed by the upper class!

The organization Yan Zi Lou belongs to has mostly street children like Feng Huan. Their natural talents are hard to compare with other forces, and their resources are even worse. Therefore, there have been no geniuses in all these years. Most of them are assassins, secret hunters and the like. This is also the reason why the organization is so protective of Feng Huan. It is not easy to produce such a genius.

Feng Huan's ranking was not high. His cultivation was only at the sixth level of Tongliu Realm, while the others were at least at the seventh level. The top few were at the peak of Tongliu Realm and had begun to condense their spiritual consciousness. Therefore, Feng Huan was ranked in the top 40 because of his performance yesterday, otherwise he would definitely be ranked at the bottom.

"Here he comes, is that Lord Tianming? He is indeed extraordinary, and cannot be compared to mere mortals like us!"

"Needless to say, you and I are nothing in front of Lord Destiny!"

A tall young man with an indifferent expression came to the central podium, surrounded by all the family heads, and sat down directly in the middle without any intention of humility.

"Dear fellow Taoists, distinguished young geniuses, this is the Lord Tianming who is hosting this grand ceremony. Now I declare the second round of the finals officially open. First, please allow Lord Tianming to give a speech."

After the head of the Lu family finished speaking, he bent down and made a gesture of invitation.

But the Lord of Destiny had no intention of getting up. Instead, he said slowly, "Your Fengmo Continent lacks pure energy, is vast and sparsely populated, and has few talented people. In the past, it has never produced any decent figures. I was reluctant to come to your broken place, but Destiny has revealed that this Fengmo Continent ceremony will become a turning point for my Longxing Continent and will likely determine the fate of the entire continent. That's why I came here. I don't know if I made a mistake."

When everyone heard this, their faces suddenly turned dark, and the people on the podium were extremely embarrassed.

"Do you know what destiny is? In fact, no one can explain it clearly, but it is everywhere. Why are some people born with extraordinary talents, while others cannot even practice? Why are some people born into wealthy families, with wealth and honor at their fingertips, while others are born into humble families, poor and destitute? Why are some people born as humans, some as animals, some as men, and some as women? And so on, can anyone explain all this clearly?"

Lord Tianming didn't pay attention to their expressions and continued talking.

"We call all of this destiny. What destiny shows and what destiny has given cannot be changed by human power. Of course, destiny only determines our origin and foundation, and does not cut off our path forward. All we can do is try our best to do what we can within the rules of destiny."

"For example, if you participate in this kind of ceremony, you will have the opportunity to rewrite your destiny, leave this land that will eventually be abandoned, and go to a wider space. Ask yourself, why do you want to live in such a backward place!"

“So, young men, work hard!”

The words of Lord Tianming were harsh, but they also aroused the ambitions of many young geniuses. However, the elders were more silent and sighed!

“Is it really that easy?!”

"Please ask the top 32 people to come on stage. Each fighting stage has a number. Choose the fighting stage with the same number according to your ranking." The head of the Lu family took over at the right time and announced the next rules. "In this round of fighting, opponents will be selected according to ranking. The first place will face the 64th place, the second place will face the 63rd place, and so on. If the latter ranks against the former, the former will take the former ranking."

"Others, find your opponents and go on stage to fight."

No one hesitated, and they all went on stage to choose their opponents. Feng Huan was currently ranked 46th, and his opponent was ranked 19th, a powerful young man from the Daping Kingdom.

After he got on stage, the other party saw that Feng Huan was a stranger and said with disdain, "Go down by yourself, otherwise you will make a fool of yourself after I take action."

Feng Huan originally wanted to be polite, but since the other party didn't care, he didn't need to be polite.

"Sword splitting style!"

A huge ice-attributed sword energy whizzed over, and the opponent tried to resist hastily, but was chopped and flew backwards.

"So fierce!"

Before he could react, Feng Huan's second sword had already arrived in front of him, and this time he had no power to resist at all.

"puff!"

A mouthful of blood spurted out, and the man was knocked out of the fighting arena.

"Number 19 wins!" the referee announced loudly.

"What's going on? A dark horse has emerged. He defeated an opponent who was ranked much higher than him in just two moves."

"A dark horse also appeared over there, and it also defeated the top-ranked opponents. And they are not from any big power."

"It seems that this year's ceremony is indeed different. There weren't so many dark horses in previous years."

"Didn't you hear what Lord Tianming said? This grand ceremony is likely to determine the fate of the entire Longxing Continent. It would be abnormal if there were no variables."

The competition continued, and people were constantly knocked off the fighting stage. Most of the top-ranked players won. The most intense duel took place in the area ranked around 30, where the rankings were relatively close.

"The first round of competition is over, and the top 32 will continue to choose opponents to fight according to the previous rules. The 32 who were defeated will be ranked according to their performance. Of course, after all the competitions are over and the rankings are determined, you will have another chance to challenge the ranking. You can challenge any opponent with a higher ranking, and if you succeed, you can replace his ranking."