For instance, from Beimang Academy there's Wei Qiyou, Bai Fusi, and Zuo Mulin.
Then there's Huang Huanqing and Zhan Youqing from Martial Arts Academy.
There are also two other contestants, one from an unknown academy and another from the military.
However, both possess strength representative of the late-stage powerhouses of Great Liang.
Judging purely by strength, Mu Qianshan would indeed be the weakest among them.
"You've passed this stage, but what about the next two?"
"The seventh stage is over, and the rewards for the seventh stage have now been distributed."
As Jiang Yuan spoke, the mechanical voice echoed throughout the hall.
The rewards for the seventh stage were distributed.
Two Purple Quality heavenly treasures, ten Purple Quality Skill Cards, one Purple Quality Star Power Light Ball, and one blue quality method for making Skill Cards.
However, Jiang Yuan didn't even look at them before stashing them directly in his backpack card.
For him, these rewards were only a slight bonus at best.
The real bounty would come after the culmination of the Time-Space Gate Temple, with the harvesting of the All Clans.
Compared to Jiang Yuan, Mu Qianshan was a lot more excited to see these rewards.
After all, to him, these rewards were pretty fantastic.
"I didn't expect to be able to defeat my opponent either."
Although excited, Mu Qianshan, much like Jiang Yuan, also put away all the rewards into his backpack card before helplessly shrugging at Jiang Yuan and saying,
"Who was your opponent?"
Now Jiang Yuan had become curious as well, since it seemed from Mu Qianshan's tone that his opponent was somewhat weak.
"The girl from the Demon Race."
Jiang Yuan gestured towards the direction of the Demon Race, smiling as he spoke.
Jiang Yuan also looked over and understood immediately who Mu Qianshan's recent opponent had been after seeing the few remaining members of the Demon Race.
"If I remember correctly, her name was Diwu Jiao, right?"
"Should be."
Mu Qianshan laughed a bit: "I originally planned to show my full strength and die standing, but it turned out that the opponent was too weak and got easily wiped out by me."
Talking about this, excitement flashed in Mu Qianshan's eyes.
He suddenly found battle to be quite interesting.
Ah, especially seeing the surprised look on Jiang Yuan's face.
"Alright then."
Jiang Yuan was somewhat helpless, how should he respond?
Certainly, he couldn't suggest that even if the opponent was weak, Mu Qianshan should have found a way to get himself eliminated.
"Let's see what the next stage is all about."
That was all Jiang Yuan could say in the end.
The Demon Race was unaware of whom Diwu Jiao had faced and been eliminated by, so at the moment they all remained unperturbed.
After all, being eliminated in this stage didn't mean death, so they weren't worried about Diwu Jiao.
"The nature of the eighth stage is also unknown. The Nine Sounds Time-Space Gate Temple appears too infrequently, but inevitably, each stage is harder than the last, and more people are eliminated—it's certain."
Having surveyed the area, Wenren Fangyan whispered to his fellow Demon Race members.
His sister, Wenren Fangmeng, had also been eliminated.
But like Diwu Meng, they were both eliminated in the seventh stage and were not in any mortal danger.
"Let's see if the next stage elimination involves death. If so, that would be troubling. Everyone, bring out all your trump cards and try your best to survive this stage."
Wenren Fangyan spoke with a serious expression.
"Of course, if the next stage's elimination method remains non-lethal, then if possible, try to get eliminated."
"Based on the nature of the previous stages, the final stage's elimination method will definitely involve death!"
"And doubtlessly, the ninth stage of the Nine Sounds Time-Space Gate Temple will be the most difficult, and the most dangerous one."
"We've already obtained plenty, let's not covet any more rewards."
After speaking, Wenren Fangyan scanned the circle once more, his gaze sweeping across the faces of the Demon Race members.
"Did everyone understand?"
"Understood!"
Including Wusun Cheng, all members of the Demon Race nodded vigorously.
Although nominally the leader was Wusun Cheng, there was an unwritten rule within the Demon Race.
If the team included a member of the Wenren family, then all decisions would defer to the Wenren player.
For no other reason than that the Wenren family was rare within the Demon Race, possessing brains and notable intelligence.
Their combat power might be negligible within the Demon Race, but their intellect was indeed very sharp.
Moreover, members of the Wenren family were naturally calm and rarely acted rashly.
And this one above, is something not even the Demon Race could avoid.
So, the Wenren clan members are needed to act as reins to hold them back.
After receiving affirmative responses from everyone, Wenren Fangyan nodded and then quieted down, waiting for the mechanical voice to resound.
Aside from the Demon Race, people from some other races issued similar instructions.
If the contestants eliminated in the next round won't die, it would be best for everyone to be eliminated as much as possible.
Every genius is the most dazzling treasure of their respective races.
Even if un-grown geniuses aren't considered geniuses, their potential must still be acknowledged.
This goes for the people of the Human Clan as well.
The oldest person from the military informed everyone.
If we're speaking of combat power, Jiang Yuan is undoubtedly the leader of the Human Clan.
However, Jiang Yuan is after all from the Academy.
And the people from the four top Academies, due to the Joint Examination, have never gotten along well.
The military person must also be wary of this issue, which is why he took the initiative to undertake this task and inform everyone about it.
"Understood."
Soon, the great hall fell silent, all awaiting the mechanical voice to speak again.
Want to know what the next elimination method will be?
At this moment, the reward is no longer important.
After all, you also need to be able to obtain it to matter.
And after obtaining it, you need to be alive to use it.
After about another five minutes of silence in the hall, the mechanical voice finally sounded again.
"Round Eight, Arena Battle!"
"In this round, everyone may fight freely without any rules. Defeat all those before you, and the last five standing will advance."
"Those who die in the arena will be eliminated!"
As the mechanical voice ended, everyone heaved a sigh of relief.
Based on what the mechanical voice said, being eliminated should mean not dying.
That's the best outcome.
As for the remaining five spots?
"We can fight with all our might!"
Wenren Fangyan's eyes flashed with a golden light, as he softly spoke to the Demon Race members.
There are only five spots left, no way all five will be eliminated in the last round.
And in the Nine Sounds Time-Space Gate Hall, the reward for the ninth round is undoubtedly the best.
Why wouldn't they fight for it?
Not just the Demon Race, people from all the other races also reached the same conclusion.
It's worth fighting over these five spots.
It doesn't matter if you die – you're just eliminated anyway.
If you won't die, then there's no worry!
Once you get through the ninth round, that reward!
Everyone dared not imagine, but one thing is certain – the reward would definitely surpass their current strength.
Perhaps there would be Red Quality rewards.
All races made their decisions in an instant, and the mechanical voice of the great hall resounded once again.
"The winners of Round Eight will receive one Red Quality treasure, one Red Quality Skill Card, five Purple Quality Equipment Cards, fifteen Purple Quality Skill Cards, and one Purple Quality Skill Card Template!"
As the mechanical voice ended, the crowd cheered once again.
With even a Red Quality treasure appearing in the reward for Round Eight, who could even think of what will be in the ninth round?
However, the cheering did not last long. Soon everyone's sight blurred, and when it cleared, they had already arrived at an arena.
A very large arena, but with over a hundred people entering, there was not much open space left.
The battle had yet to start, yet instinctively, people from each race began to group together.
Grouping according to race.
At this moment, among all the races, there are no allies of interest, only enemies!
Even the Demon Clan, with the fewest members, now had six people, fully capable of monopolizing the reward for Round Eight and reaching the ninth round.
Of course, the Dragon Clan was still divided into two factions.
The hatred between the Eastern and Western Dragon Clans is irremovable by any interest.
Moreover, each side of the Dragon Clan now also had seven or eight members.