The eeriness of the atmosphere in the square had reached a certain limit.
When the first batch of eliminated students appeared, no one thought much of it, only marveling that the elimination rate was far lower than expected.
Although the base number is over 200,000, even those who are not familiar with the core rules can guess that the Nine Heavens Token in the first heaven world is definitely not enough to allow everyone to enter the second heaven world.
According to the default rules of a general competition, the elimination rate in the first level of the Heavenly Realm should be at least 50%.
But two hours have passed in the blink of an eye. After the brief incident of being teleported to the forbidden area before sinking, only a little over a thousand students have been eliminated so far!
This is definitely not a normal number.
Before the reason can be found, many people speculate that it is probably because the Nine Heavens World is too vast, so the elimination rate naturally becomes slower.
Buzz!
With another flash of light, several disheveled young martial artists fell onto the plaza, and everyone instinctively looked up.
"They are students of Jiangzhong Military Academy..."
"Huh, if I remember correctly, this is the seventh or eighth time that Jiangzhong Military Academy's students have appeared, tsk tsk."
"Given the strength Jiang Zhongjun displayed in the Nine Heavens Cup, this doesn't seem like it should be!"
The powerful figures from the Mountain and Sea Realm on the high platform chatted casually, all of them somewhat surprised.
With the mental strength of those who are powerful in the mountains and seas, even though the data of more than 200,000 people is flashing on the big screen, as long as they are willing to search, they can instantly draw up an elimination list in their minds.
However, those who pay close attention will find that among the 1,266 people who have been eliminated, 38 are martial artists from Jiangzhong Military Academy.
At first glance, it may not seem like much, but in reality, it's an extremely high elimination rate.
Nearly one-fortieth.
It's worth noting that nearly 700 universities participated in this battle for the Nine Heavens!
Jiangzhong Military is not only not at the bottom, but can even be said to be among the top.
On the Nine Heavens Ranking alone, it's unique that Shen Qian and Qu Bai made it into the top ten together.
Whoosh!
A figure flashed on the high platform, and Ning Zhiyuan and Cheng Qingqing, with solemn expressions, landed in the square together, appearing in front of the three military students who were obviously seriously injured.
"Professor Cheng, Professor Ning..."
The two men and one woman, who were having a heated discussion, quickly bowed.
"Jiaqi, what happened?"
Ning Zhiyuan stepped in to stop the bleeding and heal the wounds of the three, while Cheng Qingqing looked directly at the girl among the three and asked.
"Professor Cheng, we've been ambushed. There are over a dozen people from Batian Military Martial Arts School, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Martial Arts School, and several other martial arts high schools, including one peak-level martial arts expert... We are no match for them and have no choice but to give up."
A listless Li Jiaqi offered an explanation, filled with both helplessness and shame.
It's happening again...
Ning Zhiyuan and Cheng Qingqing exchanged a glance, both seeing the gloom in each other's eyes.
They're not stupid. Once or twice, it can be attributed to the bad luck of those students who were eliminated, who just happened to become the target of the attack in a certain specific situation.
With so many universities vying for dominance, this situation was inevitable.
But three, four, seven, eight... except for a very few students who were killed one-on-one, the others were either surrounded or ambushed, or they were surrounded and killed when they entered the second heaven gate.
All of this indicates that some universities in the Nine Heavens World have already formed an alliance, and their target is Jiangzhong Military.
After the staff took the three of them down to receive treatment, Cheng Qingqing and Ning Zhiyuan returned to the high platform side by side.
"Actually, this was somewhat expected," Ning Zhiyuan sighed.
"Yeah, I just didn't expect the situation to be this bad. I feel like at least ten universities have joined forces." Cheng Qingqing shrugged.
Fortunately, so far, the main force of Jiangzhong Military Force has not encountered any problems, so the two men are not too depressed.
But this stability was broken just two minutes later.
The space in the square began to fluctuate again, and many powerful cultivators from the Mountain and Sea Realms who had been resting with their eyes closed opened them in surprise.
Clearly, more students are about to be eliminated.
The frequency was normal; what truly attracted the attention of the many powerful figures on the platform was the unprecedentedly violent fluctuation.
This only shows that a very large number of people were eliminated in this wave.
"Could it be that this low attrition rate is finally going to normal?"
Someone laughed, prompting many others to nod in agreement.
Perhaps the course of the Nine Heavens War is finally getting back on track.
Buzz buzz buzz!
After a buzzing sound came from the space, fifty or sixty people appeared on the square in an instant, as if dumplings were being dropped into a pot.
Before anyone could react, the square was instantly thrown into chaos.
"Professor Cheng, please save Da Kan!"
First, an extremely anxious shout rang out, followed by several angry voices that suddenly resounded across the square, accompanied by an explosion of energy.
"Sima Xing! Tan Kaifei!"
"I will make you pay with your lives!"
The next second, the world suddenly fell silent.
Wu Wei, who appeared above the square at some unknown time, simply stretched out his hand and pressed down, and the dozens of figures on the square seemed to freeze.
Only then did everyone see the chaotic scene clearly, and they were all speechless with astonishment.
Of the dozens of people who appeared, more than half were martial artists from the Jiangzhong Military Force.
Most of them were covered in blood and pale-faced. Supported by two young martial artists, one of them had his eyes closed and his breath was extremely weak. As his body convulsed, blood clots occasionally spilled from the corner of his mouth.
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