Once the fifty referees were in position, battles had already begun on many platforms.
Everyone’s attention turned to the various battle platforms.
“First team, step up!” On Platform No. 10, the referee elder’s voice rang out.
Three spiritual controllers appeared. Two were old men nearing fifty. One wore black robes, the other white robes. The third was a middle-aged man in his forties.
After showing their bamboo slips, the three leaped onto the platform. They stood in three different directions, each separated by over a hundred zhang.
None of them spoke aloud, but it seemed they were communicating through divine sense.
“First match, begin!”
With the referee’s command, the three spiritual controllers suddenly acted.
“Chi! Chi!”
In front of the black-robed old man and the white-robed old man, spiritual forms condensed. The black-robed old man summoned a massive sword spiritual form. The white-robed old man summoned a long spear spiritual form.
“Chi!”
The white-robed old man’s spear, originally only two to three parts materialised, suddenly gained another one or two parts of solidity in an instant. It became even more powerful and shot straight towards the black-robed old man.
“You, you said we would join forces!” The black-robed old man angrily shouted at the middle-aged man.
Clearly, the two had fused their spiritual power into one spiritual form. They intended to deal with him first.
“Heh heh, didn’t you also say you would join me to kick him out first? Yet you attacked me anyway. Who would believe you?” The white-robed old man opposite laughed.
As they spoke, the sword and spear spiritual forms collided. The black-robed old man’s spiritual form shattered instantly. The long spear spiritual form, though somewhat faded, continued surging with rolling fluctuations towards the black-robed old man.
The black-robed old man reacted quickly with his defence. After launching his spiritual form, he had almost immediately abandoned control of it. He summoned a spiritual power barrier to envelop himself.
Boom!
With a thunderous roar, the black-robed old man’s defensive barrier was still shattered. His entire body was pushed back to the edge of the platform. A trickle of blood already seeped from the corner of his mouth.
There was some gap in their strengths, but all three were seventh-grade mid-level spiritual controllers. A two-against-one attack carried far too much power.
Nevertheless, the black-robed old man was extremely formidable. He quickly controlled his body to dart sideways.
At that moment, the two opponents fused their spiritual forms again and attacked the black-robed old man once more.
However, the black-robed old man was fast enough. Their attacks missed and struck the array barrier at the platform’s edge, erupting in rolling bursts of intense sound.
Meanwhile, two massive sword spiritual forms condensed in front of the black-robed old man. One charged towards the white-robed old man, the other towards the middle-aged man.
The white-robed old man and the middle-aged man both summoned spiritual forms to clash against them.
On the white-robed old man’s side, his massive sword spiritual form was easily shattered with almost no resistance. It continued surging forward.
Clearly, this sword spiritual form had not been infused with much power.
Most of the energy and spiritual power had undoubtedly been concentrated on the middle-aged man’s spiritual form sword.
After all, the total spiritual power was fixed.
Splitting it evenly into two would naturally weaken each one considerably. Attacking both opponents separately would bring no advantage. He could only feint with one and concentrate all his power in the other.
To break out of this two-against-one situation, he needed to eliminate the weaker one first. Only then could he face the remaining opponent with full strength.
Bang!
On the other side, the middle-aged man’s spiritual form indeed collapsed. The black-robed old man’s sword spiritual form did not fully dissipate. It carried rolling spiritual power fluctuations and smashed into the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man spat out a mouthful of blood. His entire body flew backwards a distance.
Clearly, there was a gap between the middle-aged man and the black-robed old man’s strength.
At that moment, the white-robed old man’s attack grazed past the black-robed old man and struck the array barrier, erupting in rolling fluctuations that even shook the black-robed old man back for a while.
However, the black-robed old man endured the shockwave hitting his back. Gritting through the pain, he summoned two more massive sword spiritual forms. One attacked the white-robed old man, the other the middle-aged man.
“Again!”
The white-robed old man snorted coldly. He also summoned two long spear spiritual forms. One met the sword spiritual form charging towards him. The other intercepted the sword spiritual form heading for the middle-aged man.
Most of his power was concentrated on the spear blocking the attack towards the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man was relatively weaker. If the black-robed old man kept attacking him continuously, he might be the first to fall.
At that point, dealing with the black-robed old man alone would become much harder for him.
Now, he and the middle-aged man joined forces to protect the weaker one.
Once they adjusted and kicked the black-robed old man out, dealing with the middle-aged man would be easy.
“Boom boom boom!”
However, at that moment, the long spear spiritual form infused with most of the white-robed old man’s power directly shattered the opponent’s spiritual form. With little resistance, it continued charging towards the black-robed old man.
The middle-aged man’s spiritual form followed closely behind the spear spiritual form and attacked the black-robed old man as well.
Meanwhile, in front of the white-robed old man, the black-robed old man’s massive sword spiritual form easily smashed through the spear spiritual form that had not been infused with much power. It struck the white-robed old man.
The white-robed old man spat out a mouthful of blood. His entire body retreated backwards.
The black-robed old man fared no better. This time the distance was too close. He could not dodge in time. The spear spiritual form struck him slightly on the side, instantly erupting with powerful air waves and fluctuations.
Immediately after, the middle-aged man’s spiritual form adjusted its direction slightly and slammed fully into him. A large spray of blood burst from the black-robed old man’s mouth. His entire body was sent flying far backwards.
In the end, he forcibly stopped himself at the edge of the platform without being knocked off.
This exchange left the black-robed old man injured but also managed to wound the white-robed old man in return.
At that moment, both men immediately swallowed pills. The black-robed old man darted out from the side again, charging towards the centre of the platform.
The middle-aged man and the white-robed old man drew closer together and joined forces once more. Their spiritual forms fused again. This time, the white-robed old man summoned his main spirit.
That main spirit was also a long spear, but much larger and with an extra part of materialisation. It surged forward fiercely.
The black-robed old man focused all his effort on controlling his body. His speed exploded as he dodged aside.
However, the long spear spiritual form did not crash into the array barrier at the edge. It was still under control and curved around in an arc, charging towards the black-robed old man’s back.
In desperation, the black-robed old man could only summon a spiritual power barrier to cover his back for defence.
“Boom!” With an explosive sound, the black-robed old man spat out another mouthful of blood. His entire body was sent flying forward.
This time, his injuries were serious. His aura clearly weakened.
Immediately after, the fused spiritual form of the middle-aged man and the white-robed old man appeared again. It attacked the black-robed old man who had been sent flying forward.
