Chapter 716: Victory by a large Margin (I)
Chapter 716: Victory by a large Margin (I)
Because of the previous individual competition, the spiritual energy levels were understood to some extent from the mutual encounters. So this spiritual energy stage did not hold too much suspense.
As the champions of the individual competition, Bright Glimmer of Hope’s Demon Hunt Squad would be the last one to appear. This was one of the benefits they had gained.
Like the individual competition, the spiritual energy contest did not allow the use of any equipment or boosting pills: everyone was to rely on their individual strength.
A total of twenty-one individuals already formed a circle around the crystal pillar. As the chief referee, Chen Zidian was standing the closest to the crystal pillar’s side. Everyone would need to go through his inspection first, so cheating was completely impossible as long as the one on watch was him.
Chen Zidian indicated to the Warrior Temple’s head Qiu Yonghao, “Based on the ranking of the first round, the spiritual energy measuring will be taking place in the reverse order of the first competition’s ranking. The Warrior Temple shall go first.”
Qiu Yonghao nodded and stepped forward to get measured alongside two powerhouses of the Warrior Temple.
In terms of overall strength, the Warrior Temple was the weakest of the six Temples. But they had the greatest population amongst the Six Great Temple, after all, the standards for becoming a warrior were pretty low.
Qiu Yonghao was the first to step forward, lifting his right hand and placing it on the crystal pillar. Immediately, the transparent crystal changed into another color.
A red color rose from the bottom of the crystal pillar, slowly going up to reach a height of about thirty-three meters, at around a tenth of the pillar. Then it turned orange in color, and kept rising up to gain another thirty-three meters and turned yellow.
The colors within the crystal pillar started to slow down as they ascended, and Qiu Yonghao’s look became extremely heavy, his forehead dripping with sweat.
From the distinction of colors, red corresponded to a hundred thousand spiritual energy, orange to another hundred thousand spiritual energy. The fact that he had reached the yellow area signified that Qiu Yonghao’s spiritual energy had already surpassed 200,000. His age having already crossed a hundred years old, he could only rely on his own strength for this trial.
Finally, the color within the crystal pillar stopped rising after a bit over a half of the yellow area, then Qiu Yonghao’s bar stopped going up.
Letting out a light sigh, Qiu Yonghao finally relaxed as an immense golden number arose, floating atop the crystal pillar.
271,364.
This was Qiu Yonghao’s total spiritual energy.
The other two powerhouses of the Warrior Temple came next. Their cultivation levels were still quite a bit behind Qiu Yonghao, and they were not yet domain wielding powerhouses. The two of them were about the two hundred thousand mark.
Finally, with the addition of the age bonuses, the Warrior Temple reached a total of 694,160 points.
These results were a bit underwhelming.
After the Warrior Temple came the Assassin Temple. Their situation being a bit better off, their spiritual energy totals reached 783,200, which could be considered not bad.
The Spiritual Temple having obtained a total of fifty-eight points was a bit below the sixty or so of the Priest Temple, making them the third party to go.
Thanks to the strong display of their head Chen Hongyu, they had a final spiritual energy total reaching 832,241, far above the previous two Temples.
The Priest Temple was truly a bit lucky in their first stage of the trials, and did not hold much of a dominance in this second stage. In the end, their spiritual energy total barely reached above 800,000, but was quite below the Spiritual Temple.
So far, four Temples’ rankings were settled. Now only the Mage Temple, Knight Temple, and Demon Hunt Squad Bright Glimmer of Hope had yet to go.
All knew that the true chance of achieving victory had come. No one was optimistic about Bright Glimmer of Hope in the spiritual energy count rankings. Although they had the advantage of their age, there was no way their total strength would add up to 900,000 or more, so the only question left was who of the Mage Temple or the Knight Temple would be placed above the other.
The Mage Temple had Li Zhengzhi, Mo Wo, and that mage with the greatest defense who controlled an earth elemental domain.
The darkness mage, Mo Wu, and the earth mage were both close to 300,000. Add to this that they were below a hundred years old of age, and they gained some bonuses, the Mage Temple already reached close to 610,000 after the two of them passed.
Li Zhengzhi was the last one to set out. Within the crystal pillar rose several colors. Red, orange, yellow, green, and it finally entered a blue area. Although a lot of people had guesses about Li Zhengzhi’s cultivation level, they still could not help but cry out in alarm. This meant that his internal spiritual energy was already above 400,000.
Finally, the pillar stopped in the blue area. Li Zhengzhi’s spiritual energy was over 420,000, and adding to that the scores of the other two mages, the Mage Temple had surpassed a million, reaching 1,007,423.
Could the Knight Temple surpass the Mage Temple? The Knight Temple very rapidly gave them a strong response.
The Knight Temple’s three did not include the Divine Knight, Long Tianyu, but were under Yang Haoyu’s lead, with that Ultimate Shield of the Knight Temple, and the one who made it to the top six.
As the three knights stood, Li Zhengzhi’s complexion immediately became a far more unsightly sight to behold.
The Ultimate Shield was the first to go up, his spiritual energy set just above 320,600.
The knight who made it to the top six was the second one to go, his spiritual energy fixed beyond 332,800.
Finally came Yang Haoyu’s turn. He calmly approached the crystal pillar, lifting his right hand to touch it lightly.
A shocking scene surfaced. The pillar’s colors surged out at once: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, then finally entered a turquoise area.
Number one of the Temple Alliance. That was absolutely not just a simple name. Yang Haoyu protected the Knight Temple’s honor with his strength, his internal spiritual energy reaching past 568,000 to exceed Li Zhengzhi’s 420,000 by a large margin.
In the end, the Knight Temple surpassed the Mage Temple’s total points by 120,000. After this stage, the two Temples’ rankings was bound to change.
Bright Glimmer of Hope was the last one to go. Chen Ying’er whose internal spiritual energy reached 170,000 was the first one to go.
Cai’er, whose internal spiritual energy reached 190,000 was the next one to go.
At this point, a lot of people were secretly sighing inwardly. This Demon Hunt Squad Bright Glimmer of Hope was, after all, still young. They truly couldn’t establish any dominance in this spiritual energy contest.
Finally came Long Haochen’s turn. He was the only bright spot Bright Glimmer of Hope had, thanks to the Heart of Eternity. His internal spiritual energy broke through 300,000, before finishing above 310,000.
Thanks to these few days’ matches and comprehensions, Long Haochen’s cultivation had progressed to some extent. If the Heart of Eternity’s extra 90,000 was not counted, his internal spiritual energy would be reaching about 220,000.
In the end, the results of the three totalled over 570,000.
This time, the superiority of the age bonus became the spotlight. Long Haochen was twenty five years old, Cai’er twenty four and Chen Ying’er twenty eight. This added over 233,000 to their spiritual energy total. This gave them a final amount of over 800,000.
Funnily enough, maybe due to an affinity with the god of luck, although their total of spiritual energy was below the Spiritual Temple, it still surpassed the Priest Temple, and by just thirteen points no less.
Finally, the Knight Temple was the uncontroversial number one in the contest of the highest spiritual energy, followed by the Mage Temple, the Spiritual Temple, Bright Glimmer of Hope, the Priest Temple, Assassin Temple, and Warrior Temple.
After this stage terminated, a variation happened to the rankings. On the basis of the rules, the number one gained two hundred points, the number two gained a hundred and fifty, the number three gained a hundred and twenty, the number four gained ninety, the number five gained sixty, and the last one had none.
Because of the addition of Bright Glimmer of Hope, the six sides became seven, and thus the number six would gain thirty points, and the last one none.
So, the ranking was as follows: Bright Glimmer of Hope 442, Knight Temple 280, Mage Temple 255, Spiritual Temple 178, Priest Temple 120, Assassin Temple 64.
Although Bright Glimmer of Hope was only number four of this stage, because of their overwhelming advantage from the first stage, they still had a large lead. While the Knight Temple overtook the Mage Temple, the Warrior Temple remained the most miserable.
Although the previous two rounds of competition were quite frantic, the true rankings would only be determined on tomorrow’s meeting. That’s because the third round of competition, domain contest, was the most valuable one in terms of points. Based on the rules, the number one would earn over five hundred points. And furthermore, now that this was not a six-sided contest due to the addition of the seventh party Bright Glimmer of Hope, those numbers would very possibly end up higher to some extent.
These matches would very possibly include some turns of events, after all, Long Haochen’s group only had approximately a 150% advantage compared to the Knight Temple
So at the end of today’s competition, Long Haochen’s hurriedly brought his comrades back to the Alliance’s headquarters.
“Lin Xin hasn’t returned yet?” Long Haochen asked Sima Xian.
Sima Xian shook his head, “Not yet. He told me last evening that he would look for his grandfather to study magic, and has not given any news since then.”
Long Haochen nodded lightly, faintly able to guess what Lin Xin was wanting to study. Because there was no need for him in the second and third stages, Lin Xin’s absence had no influence on the flow of the competition.
“Captain, let me go up tomorrow.” Wang Yuanyuan proposed determinedly.
Chen Ying’er immediately asked anxiously, “Yuanyuan, you can’t be planning to fight over it with me!? This third stage permits the use of equipment, so with my Spiritual Saint Robe, I will definitely not suffer a loss.”
In the third domain competition, each party was to send three people, all of whom must be domain wielding powerhouses. Bright Glimmer of Hope had four of these, amongst whom Long Haochen and Cai’er would certainly be sent. So, the third seat was naturally to be picked amongst Wang Yuanyuan and Chen Ying’er.