83: Selection End

Every three years, fewer than twenty of The Watchers from the entire Blue Planet truly enter the Special Training Camp.

This is because training resources are limited; of these twenty, perhaps only a single-digit number will successfully grow to maturity, but without exception, they are all sufficient to become the most important strength of The Watchers.

Wei Guangming himself was a student of the first batch of the Special Training Camp established after the global mutation, and he is the only existence from the Special Training Camp to step into the Demigod Realm in over a decade.

Shifting focus to the arena, Gu Qianjun knew he couldn't drag it out any longer because, in terms of defense alone, he was definitely no match for Chen Fei.

"Vacuum · Zero!"

Gu Qianjun's hands continuously made tearing motions, and suddenly, with him as the center, divine power erupted violently, forming a perfect spherical Domain.

Everything within the Domain completely disintegrated and vanished, as if the Universe had returned to zero.

"Dust · Annihilation!"

Meanwhile, Chen Fei's attack was also ready; the dust storm formed around him suddenly expanded outward, and all the dust began to vibrate at a high frequency.

This vibration acted directly on the deep structure, enough to cause many substances to completely disintegrate.

The two terrifying forces collided; it looked peaceful on the surface, but the space within the entire arena was distorted.

The powers of the two constantly collided and melted away.

Both men at the center were gritting their teeth and enduring.

When the energy storm subsided, a massive hemispherical crater with a diameter of a hundred meters appeared in the center of the huge arena.

At the two ends of the crater floor, Chen Fei was kneeling on one knee, his scar-covered body trembling continuously, his aura in disarray as he gritted his teeth, trying to stand up.

Opposite him, blood seeped from the corner of Gu Qianjun's mouth, his clothes were nearly in tatters, and his hair was messy, but his overall state appeared much better than Chen Fei's.

Now, looking at Chen Fei not far away, Gu Qianjun waved a hand, and a Vacuum Blade condensed, pointing directly at Chen Fei: "Now, do you still want to continue?"

"I... I concede!"

Chen Fei had a complex expression; in the end, Gu Qianjun was still superior, and he wasn't sure if it was an illusion, but Chen Fei felt that Gu Qianjun seemed to be trying hard to suppress himself.

Could it be that this guy was still hiding something? Or had he already broken through to the Late Control Stage?

"In this match, the winner is Gu Qianjun."

Many in the audience couldn't help but applaud, and some powerful Awakened Ones nodded from time to time, their expressions full of pleasant surprise.

After all, the strength shown by the two was already not much worse than the three previously selected internally by Dawn City.

With this, all twenty matches of the first round of the double-elimination format were over, and Zhou Xing and the others successfully entered the top twenty.

Next, they would continue to fight to select the top ten in the winners' bracket and the ten in the losers' bracket.

The ten losers from the winners' bracket would then face off against the ten winners from the losers' bracket to select the final top ten.

In general, as long as one kept winning, they could reach the end, but losing two matches in a row would mean completely losing the chance to get into the top three.

Afterward, everyone would have three matches; after today's competition, everyone would be given a day for treatment and recovery.

After returning to the Listening to Snow Pavilion, Bei Chen hurried over after his meeting ended.

This time, five people from Star City had essentially entered the top twenty, which was a huge leap for Bei Chen and even the entire Star City.

Thinking of the expressions on Long Haotian and the others before they left earlier, Bei Chen couldn't help but feel secretly smug.

"Not bad, that the five of you could enter the second round and even rank among the top twenty exceeded my expectations. Once we return, the strongholds you all belong to will receive resource preference from Star City, and I will personally reward you greatly.

Furthermore, even if you can't get a spot in the end, you can all try your best to aim for Dawn City's independent Special Training Camps; you'll have good growth there as well."

Bei Chen looked at Zhou Xing and the others with a face full of relief and satisfaction.

Of course, if it weren't for Zhou Xing, perhaps the other four would have been eliminated in the first round.

The few of them nodded heavily at what Bei Chen said; they knew very well that their strength wasn't enough to compete for the final spots, but in any match, they just needed to perform to their best.

Since they couldn't get into The Watchers' Special Training Camp, they would settle for the next best thing, which was the goal they had set before.

Afterward, the elimination matches continued.

After a continuous week of selection, the entire tournament format had entered its final stage.

And Zhou Xing only needed to win one more match to secure a spot and the championship.

As for Zhou Xing's next opponent, it was Gu Qianjun.

After fighting Chen Fei in the first round, Gu Qianjun started a winning streak, even eliminating Lu Yuan.

All of this was because Gu Qianjun's true strength had actually reached the staggering Late Control Stage.

This also exceeded everyone's expectations.

And those who climbed up from the losers' bracket were Lu Yuan and Jin Yan.

Both had lost to Zhou Xing in the winners' bracket—more precisely, they lost to Zhou Xing's "god of healing" ability.

Every time Zhou Xing seemed to be seriously injured, he could fully recover quickly by relying on his healing ability.

As long as his energy couldn't be completely exhausted, Zhou Xing wouldn't show any signs of fatigue and could remain unscathed at any time and place.

This also meant that Zhou Xing only needed to show three abilities for now, but only Bei Chen and Qin Yue knew that Zhou Xing had other powerful abilities he hadn't displayed yet.

The final three spots would be chosen from among Zhou Xing, Gu Qianjun, Jin Yan, and Lu Yuan.

And the final few matches would officially begin after a day's rest.

At this time, in the place where Bei Chen and the others had placed their bets, the Chiefs of many major cities or leaders at the Celestial Phenomenon Realm level were gathered together.

The atmosphere in the hall seemed a bit heavy right now.

Precious treasures and resources brought out by Long Haotian and the others were piled on the long table in front of them, and their fingers were trembling.

Those were their own very precious collections, which they had intended to keep to exchange for what they needed, but now they had all gone to Bei Chen's benefit.

"Bei Chen... you had this all calculated from the start, didn't you?" Long Haotian squeezed these words through his teeth, his expression unsightly. "That Zhou Xing's true strength was already no less than Jin Yan and the others, and combined with the god of healing ability, he's practically invincible."

"Yeah, Big Brother Bei Chen, this is a bit unfair of you. You completely dug a pit for us." Li Qing, the City Lord of Luo City, also brought out a treasure with a pained expression and placed it on the long table.

Hearing what Long Haotian said, she also chimed in.

Many other Chiefs who had placed bets nodded.

Bei Chen leaned back in his chair leisurely, an unstoppable smile on his face. "Oh? Is that so? Didn't you guys also team up to trick me three years ago? Even our Star City contestants were deliberately targeted by your factions.

"Now you think I'm being unfair? Moreover, regarding Zhou Xing's healing ability, I can swear a Soul oath that even I wasn't aware of it.

"To be honest, with his Dual Ice and Fire Elements combined with his Control Mid-Stage strength, I felt he definitely had a chance to break into the top ten or even get into the top three.

"The results are obvious; even without using the healing ability, you've seen Zhou Xing's strength, haven't you?"

Bei Chen looked at the few Chiefs who were still hesitating. "Don't think about stalling. Three years ago, I was completely cleaned out by you guys and even owed favors. Now, I'm just having you return what you took from me. I'm being very fair.

"If I really wanted to be ruthless with my tricks, I could have easily made the stakes many times higher, and your losses would be even greater, wouldn't they?"

Hearing what Bei Chen said, the few people no longer hesitated and took out treasures they had cherished for a long time, placing them on the long table.

The other Chiefs looked at Bei Chen's gains, and each one was incredibly envious, but most of them were gloating over Long Haotian and the others' misfortune.