Chapter 51: Fifteen Competitors
The Capital Star, O'Brian's Temple ultimately did not fight back. It seemed they were unwilling to engage in a fierce battle with the three from Chloe Star's Mystic God Temple prematurely.
At this moment, everyone could tell that the three from Chloe Star's Mystic God Temple possessed top-tier combat power. If O'Brian's Temple were to respond, they might need to deploy the top two to have absolute confidence. Otherwise, even if the third-ranked Pugins stepped forward, he might not be able to secure a stable victory against any of the three.
By now, people couldn't clearly determine who among the three was stronger or weaker.
Augustus, manipulating the Gravity Domain, had a terrifying control over gravity. Once one got close to him, if their surrounding area's gravity was controlled by him, they would fall into an extremely passive situation. If their strength wasn't sufficient, breaking through the Gravity Domain to defeat Augustus would be highly difficult.
Zero, from appearances, seemed the weakest among the three, merely wielding a sword. However, her sword offense was extremely domineering, and she was also proficient in spiritual power attacks. Her two previous battles both likely relied on spiritual power attacks to win, but without facing her personally, one would never know the actual extent of her strength.
Xu Mo excelled in the Heaven's Net. His attack power was formidable, and both his movement and sword techniques were exceptionally strong, making him very versatile.
Each individual, placed in the Mystic God Temples, represented the pinnacle of combat power. They were either the first or second in ranking, but determining who was stronger would only be possible through combat.
Since O'Brian's Temple did not continue, others had to step up to continue the challenge. In the ensuing battles, everyone became more cautious. The remaining twenty or so were all geniuses among geniuses, with the Mystic God Temple's cultivators already being one in a billion transcendents. Those present were the top-tier.
Each explosive battle was heart-stopping, particularly when facing evenly matched opponents, leading to even more intense and captivating combat. Those spectators without the qualification to participate watched with their blood boiling.
Soon, after several rounds, only twenty remained in the Ten Temple Alliance.
No one dared to touch the three from Chloe Star's Mystic God Temple, and the remaining four top figures from O'Brian's Temple were also unchallenged. With Chloe Star having previously targeted and taken down three of their members, anyone daring to provoke O'Brian's Temple again feared genuinely inciting their wrath.
Of course, if it came to the end of the battle, they would have no choice but to act. As the numbers dwindled, the other eight Mystic God Temples had a total of only thirteen remaining, none leaving three behind. Among them, two individuals from five Mystic God Temples, and one from each of the other three.
In this situation, each combatant acted with even more caution, even pausing for contemplation before anyone stepped forward.
At this moment, the battlefield was very quiet, with the remaining twenty difficult to provoke, none having decided on their target.
Though there was no ranking in this competition, many still aspired to be among the last. As numbers dwindled, attention increased. Those who shone brightly early on might later be forgotten.
To become a true disciple of a Mystic God Temple, it's best to be among the last ten, increasing the likelihood.
The battlefield remained quiet, and no one urged them, allowing for free expression. This event was, after all, a challenge without rules.
At this time, the second-ranked transcendent from Alpha Star's Mystic God Temple challenged the fourth-ranked member of O'Brian Star's Mystic God Temple, ultimately losing.
This battle demonstrated that even ranked fourth in Capital Star's Mystic God Temple, one retained a top-two status on other planetary Mystic God Temples.
Thus, another participant was eliminated.
Subsequently, the second-ranked transcendent from Kansas Star challenged Zero and was defeated, knocked out.
Zero, seemingly easy to provoke, proved otherwise in combat, winning against opponents each time.
Clearly, some second-ranked individuals seemed preferable to send one or two from either Capital Star or Chloe Star's Mystic God Temples, alas, it was not achieved.
Next, the second-ranked transcendent from Gamma Star challenged Augustus, only to be defeated once again.
The second-ranked from the three planetary Mystic God Temples lost all three battles.
Hence, the second-ranked individuals from the two Mystic God Temples that retained two transcendents challenged each other, resulting in one more elimination.
The victor chose Xu Mo as the opponent, ending in the same outcome, defeat.
Each of Xu Mo and his team faced a challenge, clearly showing that transcendents from various Mystic God Temples subconsciously believed them less dangerous than the top three from Capital Star's Mystic God Temple.
Thus, they were challenged, but the top three from Capital Star's Mystic God Temple were not.
However, in the end, Xu Mo and his team won all three matches.
Thus, only fifteen names remained illuminated on the battlefield, with fourteen matches to go before the Ten Temple Alliance concluded.
Yet these last fourteen matches promised to be the most intense confrontations.
Fifteen individuals: four from Capital Star's O'Brian's Temple, three from Chloe Star's Mystic God Temple, and one each from the other eight planetary Mystic God Temples, all top-ranked transcendents.
For a moment, the challenges stalled once more.
The transcendents' states of mind from various Mystic God Temples fluctuated. Before the Ten Temple Alliance, who could have anticipated such an ending?
Among the final fifteen, Chloe Star, who had underperformed in the previous round, was second only to Capital Star's Mystic God Temple this time, even momentarily overshadowing them and capturing everyone's attention.
Undoubtedly, apart from Capital Star's Mystic God Temple, Chloe Star's Mystic God Temple boasted the highest quality this time.
Even they didn't expect such a situation. Who dared to believe that Xu Mo, Zero, and Augustus would make it this far?
All three stood level with the firsts of other Mystic God Temples, positioned on the same starting line.
Elder Cleo was inwardly ecstatic, occasionally glancing at the elder from Willton's Divine Temple across from him. Each time the elder saw Cleo's somewhat amused expression, his eye twitched. This scoundrel, how many times had he glanced over? Struck by luck, why the showoff?
From here, their luck might run out. The rest were all first-ranked individuals. Perhaps in one round, all three of them would be eliminated.
Indeed, if Chloe Star's Mystic God Temple hadn't included Xu Mo and Zero, its position would be on par with the other Mystic God Temples, featuring only Augustus.
These two were indeed drop-ins, and Cleo felt fortunate.
However, not everyone felt as good, take Gisman, for instance, who found sitting here today particularly uncomfortable, repeatedly hoping for Xu Mo's defeat, only to be disappointed each time.
But, should the time be soon?
In contrast to him, Erin Uranos felt extremely unsettled inside, unexpectedly Xu Mo and Zero were both so strong.
Do they have a chance to become Mystic God Temple's true disciples?
No wonder her father had always reminded her to maintain relations with them, only even her father didn't expect Xu Mo's potential to be realized this quickly.
How would Tis Palace view the events happening in the Ten Temple Alliance?
Erin Uranos also didn't know why she thought of Tis Palace, just felt that the incident at that time was utterly absurd.
The battlefield fell into silence once more.
Fifteen people, the number one from the Eight Great Divine Temples, top four from Capital Star, three from Chloe Star, who will step forward? And challenge whom?
"It's your turn." At this moment, a voice broke the silence, from the side of Willton's Divine Temple, the last remaining person there, looking over at Xu Mo and the others as he spoke.
Each of the other Eight Great Divine Temples had one person left, three from Chloe Star's Temple, which evidently wasn't quite appropriate.
They should proactively step out and then face defeat.
Xu Mo looked at the other side, revealing a touch of surprise, among the four from Capital Star's Temple, he dared not utter a word, let them make a move?
Thinking of this, Xu Mo smiled and said, "The three of us, you can choose."
Dissatisfied with the number of people they had left?
Of course, there was no problem, but what to choose?
Pick any, it would be fine.
This prompted the other side to frown, choosing whom was truly unknown, moreover, he didn't want to make a move now; to be cautious, he aimed to endure five more, to become one of the last ten Transcendents, then go out to battle again.
But now, it depends on who will last.
Seeing no response from the other side, Xu Mo coldly glanced at them before shifting his gaze.
Finally, one person stepped forward.
The fourth-ranked from Capital Star O'Brian's Temple, Qimo.
In the previous battle, he already demonstrated immensely powerful combat prowess.
Since no one stepped out, he chose to come out.
Qimo cast his eyes towards Chloe Star's Temple, and said, "Augustus."
Qimo, Capital Star's Temple ranked fourth.
Augustus, Chloe Star's Temple ranked third.
Indeed, one of them should step out.
Qimo believed that if he couldn't defeat Augustus, staying behind would be pointless; if he defeated Augustus, then for the next four battles he wouldn't participate, and all four of them would most likely make it into the top ten.
Augustus also stepped forward, entering the battlefield.
He also understood, this battle carried significant meaning; if the opponent won, it meant that Chloe Star's Temple was still far inferior to Capital Star's Temple, if he won, then the number of people on paper for the two Great Temples would be even.
A loud explosive sound echoed, only to see Qimo's body swelling up, his clothes seemingly about to burst, but in the virtual world, he chose protective clothing, possessing elasticity, yet still able to see the bulging muscles all over his body, enlarging by a full circle, his skin turning bronze, exuding an extremely violent sensation.
Could his super strength and power possibly suppress Augustus' Gravity Domain?
"Boom..." The wild energy aura burst forth violently from Qimo, his head swelling up, even growing two protrusions like antennae, extremely hard, clearly belonging to a special human race, possessing unique bloodlines, much like Erin Uranos' Angel's Wings.
With Qimo's breathing, a rolling roar emanated, akin to thunder, as Thunder Power enveloped him, overwhelmingly domineering.
"Boom."
With a loud explosion, Qimo rushed straight at Augustus, creating trails of afterimages in the air, that explosive power was heart-stopping.
While possessing extremely violent power, Qimo was also adept at speed; as he galloped, he bathed in lightning, shaking the space.
"Formidable." The crowd shuddered, as Qimo charged into Augustus' Gravity Domain, with a strong reverse gravity pressing upon him, yet it seemingly didn't affect his speed, turning his body into a lightning phantom, continuing to rush angrily forward, directly charging at Augustus, weaponless, his body itself was a weapon, excelling in close-quarters combat.
"Boom." Augustus also advanced, the Meteor Body Technique exploding, unleashing a violent punch forward, directly clashing with Qimo, he too wanted to test how formidable Qimo's strength was.
With the clash of this strike, centered around the two bodies, an astonishing energy storm formed, a thundering dull sound spread, only to see Qimo's steps retreat a step, that wild momentum finally halted.
However, Augustus' body was blasted away, retreating quite a distance.
"This power..."
Xu Mo glanced at the battlefield, Qimo, possessing absolutely formidable power, the fourth from Capital Star's Temple, indeed already approaching the level of number one from other planets' Temples.
However, Augustus was actually able to withstand Qimo, even though he was forced back, his power was also extremely fearsome.