701 RULES OF THIS PRELIMINARIES 1

City Lord Alger looked at everyone as his sight sweep through the crowd. But it stopped when it reached one person. He looked at that person for around ten seconds and then resumed to sweep through others.

Jimmy found it strange as City Lord's eye stopped at him for around ten seconds. It started to make him believe his earlier suspicion.

To be honest, right from the moment when he heard about the competition, he started to feel something was off. Why exactly the competition is being conducted so early breaking it's usual time period of hundred years? It was as if this competition is being conducted in order to test his abilities.

And the rules have been changed. The new rule states that it became mandatory for all the cultivators to participate in the tournament. Why would the Emperor force all the cultivators to participate in the tournament? This doesn't make sense at all. Jimmy assumed that, it was because the mastermind behind all this wants him to participate in this tournament at all cost.

Thirdly, till the last time, the barbarians were not allowed to participate in the competition. But suddenly, the Emperor wanted everyone including the barbarians to participate in the tournament. It was as if the mastermind wanted him to display board the combat and lifestyle skills. Even though the chances for this scenario is very thin, it is not entirely impossible.

Jimmy knew that at one point of time, he has to fight for Lord void and face his enemy. However this enemy is, he is not any less powerful than the ancient Void! And Jimmy is well aware that common sense is not applicable for these kind of ancient freaks. Unless they reach their level of power, he will never understand till what extent their power has reached.

Jimmy knew that the vVoid didn't give him the power of Void just because he liked him. There is no free lunch in this world. Every cause has a reason. Even Jimmy receiving the power of Void has a major reason behind it. It's just that, Jimmy doesn't know what exactly he is supposed to do when he get's strong enough to face the enemy of Lord void.

So Jimmy assumed that, whoever this supreme power that is executing everything from behind the scene is, that Supreme existence wants him to display his power to full extent. It was so that he could get a general idea of Jimmy's power so far.

Even though this assumption sounds crazy, Jimmy already knew that his future enemy defies all human common sense.

And now the city Lord is looking at him with weird expression made Jimmy believe in his assumption more firmly. If the city Lord knew something about this mastermind, then it explains why Jovan who was very strict with them at the beginning was acting so friendly with them. It was a known fact that Jovan is City Lord's favourite lackey. So it was an obvious fact that Jovan also knew something about this.

City Lord swiped his gazes through everyone and then said, "Please relax! Everyone, you should know that this competition seems a little weird. But even with my status as a City Lord, I don't know why His Majesty so suddenly has decided to conduct the National Cultivators Tournament? I truly don't know anything."

City Lord Alger continued, "But I hope that none of you would think about this useless question. I hope that everyone will participate in this tournament with peace of mind by getting rid of all the unnecessary things from your minds."

City Lord Alger continued, "So I wish all of you good luck with the preliminaries. Before we start the preliminaries, I would like to tell you something. The true reason behind this preliminaries is to elimination! We recorded a total sum of twenty five thousand teams formed in our city! And we can't take everyone to the Eagle Province. So, we eliminate the weak team and send only the best to the Eagle Province for the competition which further continues. So, who is going to be the winner and and will participate in the competition that will take place in the Eagle Province and who is going to be the loser and stay in the City will all depends on your own abilities. So, I will now explain the rules of the preliminaries. Be attentive."

City Lord Alger continued, "The first rule is that killing among the cultivators is strictly prohibited. All the elders including myself will watch and govern the competition. So keep control over yourselves and participate in the competition. Second rule is that intentionally crippling someone else is also prohibited. If a cultivator cripples another cultivator, then get ready for the consequences!"

A heavy discussion started among the all the cultivators who were participating in the tournament. Because these two rules existed in every term's competition. There is nothing new about the rules. But what stunned everyone is that the judge of the preliminaries. In all the previous competitions, the one who would act as a judge was an elder from the Solar Palace. And it never came as a surprise at all.

But this year do many strange things have happened with the tournament. This year the tournament started seventy years ahead of time. The barbarians who were neglected every time were granted permission to participate in the tournament this year. And now the schedule out himself is acting as an host of the preliminaries?

What exactly is happening here? They don't have any idea. But one thing is very clear to each and every participant. And that is, this year the tournament is going to be conducted under strict observation. Cheating and other stuff will not be excused under any conditions.

City Lord Alger continued, "Well, that's it with the rules of the competition. Now let me explain how exactly you all have to fight for the spot in the competition in the Eagle Province. But before that, I would like to take all of you to the spit where preliminaries will take place. So, everyone, please come aboard on the mounts that were brought here along with me. These mounts will take you straight towards the battlefield!"