Chapter 2801: The Apex War Begins!
Gravitational distortion formed an ultra-powerful magnetic field, binding the endless black-gray embers and dust…
Like a pair of butterfly wings, gently fluttering, wherever the wings swept, space collapsed, everything turned into nothingness!
But after the butterfly passed, everything returned to normal…
Look again, even the butterfly had vanished!
Such a bizarre scene was happening right before Jiangnan and the others' eyes!
The Star Devourers had already penetrated deep into the old divine burial ground, with embers and dust floating everywhere!
Jiangnan said impatiently: (◦`~´◦) "How long have we been walking? Haven't we arrived yet? Fighting, where can't we fight? Why go so deep?"
"Is the Bose race holding some kind of sneaky plan again?"
At this mention, the eyes of the Star Devourers all turned meaningful!
Qian Li glared: (งᵒ̌益ᵒ̌)ง "No! If you haven't participated, don't talk nonsense. Every Apex War is fought at the Final Burial Ground!"
"We need to use the Great Wilderness Astrolabe. We're not scheming anything!"
Jiangnan curled his lip: (￢̫￢〃) "I was just saying. Why get so worked up? If you're upright, you're not afraid of crooked shadows, right?"
"But the Final Burial Ground?"
Yang Jian explained: "Remember how the Old Divine Burial Ground erupted once during the Eternal Era? A lot of people died, almost ending the entire era!"
"And the Final Burial Ground was the location where the powerful beings of the Eternal Era suppressed the Old Divine Burial Ground!"
"They left the Great Wilderness Astrolabe there!"
Black God snorted: "Call it suppression, but it had nothing to do with actual suppression. That batch of people back then didn't really accomplish anything."
"They just had good timing. The retreat of the Old Divine Burial Ground wasn't because of suppression either~"
Jiangnan's eyes sparkled: (*ﾟﾛﾟ) "Oh? You know about that too? Then what was it?"
Black God shook his head, glanced at Qing Er, his gaze somewhat emotional.
"Because in this world, there are always some big fools who exist…"
Qing Er: (°ー°ོ) ???
Even though I'm slow-witted, is he insulting me?
Qian Li said bluntly:
"This is the place!"
The embers and dust here were extremely dense, and this was indeed the so-called Final Burial Ground.
In the center was an extremely massive circular disk of light and shadow, which seemed to be engraved with a panoramic star map, flickering with dim starlight!
Countless complex emblems appeared on it!
Clearly, the Great Wilderness Astrolabe was engraved not with the current starry sky, but with the ancient starry sky!
It wasn't hard to imagine that the Great Wilderness Astrolabe's original form must have been extremely magnificent, but now the physical form had long decayed into dust, leaving only light and shadow!
Even the light and shadow of the astrolabe were eroded by chaos, flickering disorderly!
Jiangnan swallowed his saliva:
٩(¥﹃¥๑٩) "Looks valuable, doesn't it?"
Youming's mouth twitched. Wasn't this guy crazy?
He was even eyeing light and shadow that didn't have a physical form?
Qian Li said calmly: "Everyone understands the rules, right? To ensure the Apex War proceeds smoothly, Tianli, go read the rules once more."
Due to the extremely harsh environment of the Divine Burial Old Land, they wouldn't make a big show of holding ceremonies or opening rituals.
A bunch of Star Devourer big shots, so Tianli naturally became the errand runner!
Tianli flew directly to the Great Wilderness Astrolabe and released a Judgment City!
Under the protection of the astrolabe's starlight, the Judgment City didn't collapse, and light and shadow burst forth from within!
It displayed the accumulated rankings of each clan after the second round.
Tianli cleared his throat, his expression somewhat unnatural:
(￢﹏￢٥) "The rules for the third round, the Apex War, are very simple!"
"Only races with Star Devourer-level powerhouses can qualify to participate in the third round. This Apex War involves a total of 32 participating races!"
"Star Devourers from each race don't fight one-on-one. Instead, they adopt a team battle mode. Star Devourers from each race form teams to fight, participating as delegate groups!"
"It's important to note that only Star Devourers of the race itself can participate. Support from other races is not allowed! In principle, there's no limit on the combat rank!"
"Non-Star Devourers can also participate, if they're not afraid of death!"
As soon as these rules were announced, Jiangnan was stunned. He had thought that the Bose race would definitely try to prevent him and Jiang Fan from participating.
But they didn't impose any restrictions!
This was quite interesting. Did the Bose race think that he and Jiang Fan weren't a threat? Or couldn't they restrict them? Or did they think that at this point, it didn't matter anymore?
In fact, the rules had always been like this in previous rounds!
Non-Star Devourers could also participate, as long as you weren't afraid of death!
Under normal circumstances, no one dared to go up and risk their lives!
As long as you weren't a Star Devourer, once you entered the Star Devourer battlefield, a Star Devourer-level big shot could slap you down and kill you in droves!
And someone like Jiangnan or Jiang Fan, who could cross the rank gap, how many could appear in an era?
Besides, the Sacred Law Council wasn't the only authority. Some members of the Carbon Alliance could influence the Council's decisions!
Jiangnan smacked his lips: (๑•ั็✔•็ั๑) "Saves us the trouble. I thought they wouldn't let the Star Breakers participate. If that were the case, I'd just have to break through to Star Devourer on the spot and butt in!"
The Star Devourers all shivered!
Alright, you'd better not break through to Star Devourer!
We think your current state is just fine!
Yang Jian's gaze flickered. But speaking of which, this team battle mode was actually fair. Because in real situations, the Star Devourers of a race naturally had to be counted together!
Fighting one-on-one wouldn't work!
However, this rule was a bit cruel for races that only had one Star Devourer.
Tianli coughed twice and continued:
(･ˇกˇ･‧̣̥̇) "The Apex War adopts a promotion elimination challenge tournament system. Simply put, it's 32 into 16! 16 into 8! 8 into 4! 4 into 2! 2 into 1!"
"A total of five rounds to determine the race with the strongest peak combat power. For these five rounds, each victory will earn 1.5 million, 2 million, 2.5 million, 3 million, and 10 million points respectively!"
"As the Apex War rounds progress, the points earned for victories also increase step by step!"
"If you win all the way through the entire event, you can earn a total of 19 million points in rewards!"
"The winner takes points! The loser doesn't get any and loses the qualification to advance! Is that clear?"
Jiangnan's mouth twitched. Earn points for each win?
(｡･ˇ_ˇ･) "Wait! That's not quite fair, is it? For example, if humans face off against silicon-based beings and eliminate them, wouldn't the silicon-based beings be screwed? They couldn't continue fighting?"
Silicon Lord: ???
If you can't give examples, just don't!
What do you mean by eliminating us? Who do you think you are?
Tianli's forehead was covered in cold sweat:
(•́ω•̀٥) "Good heavens, you haven't read the rules at all, have you?"
Jiangnan: (ꐦ°᷄д°᷅) "Huh?"
"If I had read them, what would I need you for?"
Tianli shivered:
(•́﹏•̀٥) "W-well, it's like this. The reason the competition system is called the promotion elimination challenge is because there's a reason."
"For each round, the losing races are indeed eliminated, but correspondingly, they receive one challenge right!"
"If they think their luck was bad and they're not convinced, they can use the challenge right to arbitrarily choose any race that advanced in that round to challenge!"
"But they must put up the same points reward as the round as a bet!"
"For example, in the first round of 32 into 16! The silicon-based race fights against humans. The silicon-based race gets eliminated, humans receive 1.5 million points. The silicon-based race gets no points reward but receives the challenge right!"
"The silicon-based race isn't convinced! So they take out 1.5 million points of their own as a bet and arbitrarily choose any race among the 16 advancing races to challenge!"
"If the silicon-based race wins the challenge, they get the qualification to advance, recover their bet points, but don't get the promotion points reward. The race that was challenged down loses its qualification to advance, doesn't get a challenge right, but can keep the promotion points reward it got before!"
"If the silicon-based race loses the challenge, then the 1.5 million points they put up as a bet are transferred to the challenged race as compensation. Then the silicon-based race is completely eliminated!"
"Also, for each round, each advancing race can only accept one challenge. The second time, they can't accept anymore!"
Jiangnan: (͡°͜ʖ͡°)✧ "Hmm~ I like the example you gave. Thumbs up for you!"
Silicon Lord: [┐இ益இ┌]~%?…;#!!!
This way, it was relatively much fairer!
If you were unlucky and ran into a strong race, losing didn't mean you were gone from the start. You still had the challenge qualification!
Whether to challenge or not depended on yourself because challenging also required a cost!
If you challenged and lost, not only would you not get points rewards, you might even lose a bet!
And as the promotion rounds progressed, the cost of challenging also increased. At this point, weighing pros and cons became very important!
Tianli continued: "The way to earn points isn't limited to the promotion points reward. Income from being challenged is also a source of points!"
"And one more important thing. For races coming to participate in the competition, based on the total number of Star Devourers in their race, they will receive an additional points boost before the Apex War officially begins!"
"One Star Devourer adds 1 million points. The more Star Devourers, the more the points boost!"
Qian Li said calmly: (˶‾᷄⁻‾᷅˵) "Everyone? Show your hands?"
"The Bose race! Eight Star Devourers participating in battle!"
The next moment, on the points leaderboard, the Bose race's points skyrocketed by 8 million!
They went from 18.42 million points to 26.42 million points!
Firmly in first place!
Silicon Lord squinted his eyes, no longer hiding.
The next moment, 12 giant divine soldiers appeared, with various types complete, even able to coordinate!
Notably, there wasn't even an ancestral giant divine soldier among them!
The silicon-based race's total points skyrocketed by 12 million points, directly reaching 28.19 million points!
Overtaking the Bose race by nearly 2 million points, firmly in first place!
Qian Li squinted. They just had to suppress us by one point and annoy me, right?
12? Very good!
Let's see how many you can take back!
Noah raised his hand:
(￢↼￢)ﾂ "Dark Cosmos Entity! Seven Star Devourers participating in battle!"
The Dark Cosmos Entity also skyrocketed by 7 million points, making races with only one Star Devourer die of envy!
But at this moment, Jiangnan and Yang Jian's expressions became extremely sinister!
(๑՞̫՞)(◞ิ⥎◟ิ‵)
Hehe~ No need to fight!
Doesn't this just mean we've already won?