Chapter 62: Colossus Prodigies Converge, Lining Up for the Golden Rune!

“Every arena has protective formations laid down by Monarch level powerers. Fight without restraint! Explode with your full power! Worry not about damaging the stage!”

“What’s more, the current Roaming Dragon Ranking Battle sets no limit on the number of combatants on each arena! This Era of Great Contention calls for the spirit of great struggle!”

“Only truly monstrous prodigies capable of suppressing their peers, sweeping aside all opposition with invincible might, will gain the right to enter the Azure Heaven Secret Realm, to contend against the Heaven’s Prides from the entire Azure Heaven Dao Province!”

After arrays of shimmering formations enclosed numerous suspended arenas mid-air, the Saint Lord of Tiandao spoke once more.

As the Saint Lord’s words fell, the crowd erupted into tumult!

No limit on participants per arena? That meant chaotic free-for-alls where only the strongest prevail! Far crueler and more bloody than one-on-one duels!

The sheer brutality of the rule left even bystanders with pounding hearts, not to mention the grim-faced contestants.

However, those prodigies brimming with confidence in their own power naturally felt no desire to retreat.

On the contrary! Their hearts surged with even fiercer passion and eagerness. Each one believed they were the peerless sovereign destined to suppress their generation!

“Very well! Since the rules are clear, let it begin!”

With that, the Saint Lord of Tiandao swept his hand. Protective formations instantly activated over every single one of the hundred arenas.

He himself then soared into the sky, standing proudly alongside those terrifying aura-bearing Star River Realm Monarchs, gazing down upon the countless stages below.

BOOM!

The moment the Saint Lord declared the Roaming Dragon Ranking Battle open, the scene exploded with frenzied energy.

Heaven’s Prides who had long been eager and ready instantly unleashed their soaring auras. They charged onto the stages, determined to seize their place and crush all challengers!

“Among a hundred arenas, there must be a domain for me, Zhang Yuanliang! Thirty years of martial training culminate today! I shall defeat all challengers!”

As this voice rang out, a figure wielding a long sword flew straight onto an arena radiating a copper glow. He stood tall, sword in hand, his proud gaze sweeping the surroundings.

“Hmph! Who the hell are you, Zhang Yuanliang? How dare you occupy an arena? This Heavenly Cinnamus Talisman belongs to me, Yu Lin!”

“Hah! Who am I? I’m your father!”

“Insolence! How dare you insult me! The cost of my fury is beyond your capacity to bear! DIE!”

BOOM… BOOM… BOOM!!

Martial Arts Techniques exploded across the arena. Violent waves of residual energy rippled outwards but were instantly absorbed and blocked by the arena’s protective barrier.

Any contender bold enough to enter the Roaming Dragon Ranking Battle was a Top-tier Prodigy, the elite of the elite from various domains and powers within the Youlong Domain.

While perhaps not as monstrous as the likes of Xiao Yuanjing or the Heavenly Blade Saint Son, amongst their same-generation peers in Youlong Domain, their talent was outstanding, their strength formidable!

Such prodigies were naturally arrogant. How could any among them truly believe themselves inferior?

So it began! As prodigies ascended onto stage after stage, staggering battles suddenly erupted.

“What intense fights! Truly worthy of the Roaming Dragon Ranking Battle, gathering all the Heaven’s Prides of Youlong Domain! It’s thrilling to watch!”

“Heavens! Senior Martial Brother Chen Jianming was already defeated!? So fast! Yet he’s our sect’s Core Disciple, Peerless Prodigy blessed with the Ice River Spirit Body!”

“The Ice River Spirit Body? Mere trifling matter! The one from our Holy Land, Senior Martial Brother Ju Zhengqing, possesses dual innate talents – the Soil and Timber Spirit Body and Frost Drake bone structure! His cultivation reached the eighth level of the Palace of Dao Realm! And even he was knocked off within fifteen minutes!”

Ninety arenas hosted thousands of Heaven’s Prides simultaneously! Every single stage resembled a brutal, chaotic battlefield.

Spectators watching the intense, fierce clashes unfolding on the arenas talked excitedly.

They witnessed prodigies usually held aloft on pedestals, leaders within their own forces, now fighting fiercely on the stage.

On the arena, they seemed little different than ordinary bystanders forced into battle. Injured when struck, defeated when overpowered. Gone was their usual haughty aloofness, replaced only by disheveled desperation.

As time passed, a few powerful Heaven’s Prides began to dominate certain copper arenas, sweeping aside opponents as formidable bulwarks.

Naturally, these victors turned their ambitious gazes towards the nine Silver Rune Arenas!

Ambition is human nature, after all. A Silver Heavenly Cinnamus Talisman meant a higher level of Sacred Spring Baptism within the Azure Heaven Secret Realm, offering far greater enhancement to both understanding and innate potential.

However, when they looked that way, they saw dozens of figures already gathered around those nine silver stages.

Each radiating a vast, terrifying aura. And behind each one manifested the magnificent illusion of a grotto-heaven!

“Decades of Grotto-Heaven Realms prodigies revealed in this single Ranking Battle!? Have all the Great Powers gone mad!?”

The sight of dozens of Colossus prodigies with these grotto-heaven phantoms elicited cries of utter shock from the spectating masses.

Achieving the Grotto-Heaven Realm at such a young age required staggering resources poured in by their backing powers!

Just like how the True Martial Saint Lord offered the Holy Blood to Qin Xuan, these major powers had dug deep into their treasured heritage to cultivate the monstrous prodigies they believed could dominate an entire generation!

“In this Era of Great Contention, failure to advance means being left behind! If the Great Powers didn’t commit their true heritage, that would be the true madness!”

“Indisputably! Moreover, heritage is one thing, the exceptional talent and innate potential of these prodigies themselves cannot be overlooked!”

“I daresay this generation’s Roaming Dragon Ranking Battle surpasses all others over the past century in sheer quality!”

Contemplating the terrifying grotto-heaven phantoms dominating the copper arenas, the prodigies who had aspired to advance were shaken.

They hesitated. Apprehension seized their hearts.

After all, including the Golden Rune Arena, there were only ten Gold and Silver Arenas available!

The number of Grotto-Heaven Realm Colossus prodigies exceeded dozens! The arenas weren’t enough. Sooner or later, they would target the copper arenas!

Seeing this, the copper arena holders could only pray internally that it wouldn’t be their spot targeted!

ROAR… BOOM!!

The atmosphere around the Silver Arenas grew ever more intense, like troops awaiting the battle signal.

Then, the Colossus prodigies acted!

The battle for the Gold and Silver Arenas had commenced!

Yet, surprisingly, the dozens of Grotto-Heaven Realm Colossus prodigies…

None rushed to claim a Silver Rune Arena!

They all possessed the same keenly defined goal. With enormous auras bursting forth, they shot across the sky like dozens of meteors piercing the sun!

Straight towards the Golden Rune Arenas!