"The competition begins. Disciples matched with numbers 1 to 10 will go to the arena to compete!" The inner sect elder's voice resounded loudly in every corner of the competition venue.
Hearing the voice of the inner sect elder who presided over the competition, all the inner sect disciples, including Li Ran, came to the competition field one after another.
The arena is divided into ten areas, and above each area there is a number emitting white light. It is unknown what means are used to allow any cultivator to see the exact number from any position and any angle.
Li Ran came to his No. 1 venue, looked at his opponent, and then looked around the venue. He found that the venue was very small, probably the size of a university dormitory. In such a small place, it was difficult to even move, let alone fight.
But Li Ran didn't think much about it. There were formations on Blue Star that could expand the space, not to mention a super power like Jinlong Mountain.
"This arena is not very big. Isn't it a bit excessive to divide it into 10 areas?" An outer disciple who had just joined the sect asked curiously.
"You don't know this? You must be a new disciple. Later, each competition venue will be expanded using space formations, which will be large enough for earthly immortals to struggle in!" said an inner disciple with a smile.
Hearing an inner sect disciple addressing him, the newly joined outer sect disciple quickly responded, "Brother, may I ask why we don't make the venue bigger? Our Jinlong Mountain Tiansha Sect branch shouldn't be short of space, right?"
The inner sect disciple said rather embarrassedly, "Well, I don't know either. I guess the sect has its own considerations!"
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Tian Hao looked at Li Ran who looked "at a loss" in front of him, and felt very happy. He was afraid that he would draw a fellow disciple with the same level of cultivation as himself, at the peak of the Earthly Immortal realm. In that case, even if he could defeat him, it would take a lot of energy. After all, his aptitude was not bad in the Tiansha Sect, but it was not too good either.
None of the cultivators who can enter the sect directly under the Golden Dragon Mountain are simple. Even some of them who seem to have poor qualifications may have some encounters that lead to a great increase in strength. Therefore, Tian Hao really does not want to meet a fellow disciple with the same cultivation level as him right from the start.
Fortunately, not only did this not happen, but I drew a fellow disciple who was in the middle stage of Earth Immortal. This was really a very lucky thing.
Outside the competition arena, several inner disciples who knew Tian Hao were talking to each other with smiles on their faces.
"Tian Hao is so lucky! He actually drew a person who is in the middle stage of Earthly Immortal. Isn't it easy for him to advance to the next round?"
"I'm incredibly lucky to have drawn a mid-stage Earthly Immortal disciple. This is incredibly rare..."
"Speaking of which, with a mere mid-stage Earthly Immortal cultivation, you dare to participate in the Inner Sect Competition. Are you stubborn or careless? Aren't you just asking for trouble?"
"Maybe he wants to find a master to fight with and hone himself..."
"This isn't the right way to hone yourself. It'll only lower your confidence. I think this guy is completely clueless. It looks like this is his first time in a competition arena, and he's looking around!"
"Ha ha……"
Tian Hao's old acquaintances all burst into laughter. They all lamented Tian Hao's good luck and felt that Li Ran was completely overestimating his own abilities. He was only in the middle stage of Earth Immortal and dared to participate in the inner sect competition. He was completely asking for trouble.
It's not just Tian Hao's acquaintances. Since Venue No. 1 is located in the center of the inner gate arena and other venues are surrounding Venue No. 1, Li Ran's position is very prominent.
At this time, almost all the audience saw Li Ran, a disciple with the cultivation level of mid-stage Earth Immortal, who came to participate in the inner sect competition.
"Hey, there's actually a person in the middle stage of Earth Immortal in Site 1. Interesting!"
"Isn't this just asking for trouble? I know he must be thinking that since there's no price to pay for participating in the inner sect competition, he's here to gain experience and hone himself. But this kind of training will be very cruel. I don't think he can even make it through the first round!"
"Your courage is commendable. This inner sect competition can serve as an excellent training, but we must also consider the actual situation. This fellow disciple is only in the middle stage of Earthly Immortal, while the opponent is at the peak of Earthly Immortal. Do you really think you can challenge the opponent of higher level in our Jinlong Mountain inner sect?"
"That's right, this guy must be crazy. Even if he is a genius with purple talent, he wouldn't dare to say that he can surpass his level and defeat his fellow disciples in the sect..."
Almost everyone outside the venue who paid attention to Li Ran, either with a kind tone or a contemptuous tone, but without exception, was very pessimistic about what Li Ran was doing. They felt that he was asking for trouble, that it did not serve any purpose of tempering him, and that it was completely a blow to his self-confidence.
However, they had no idea that Li Ran's purpose in participating in the inner sect competition was not just to hone himself.
The competition was about to begin. The elder who presided over the inner sect competition signaled the formation master to deploy the formation. The space of the 10 venues was expanded dozens of times than before, but it had no effect on the outside world and it was still the same large place.
"Wow, this is amazing! Such a small space can actually expand so much. How on earth did they do that?"
"You're new here, right? This is just a formation, nothing to be amazed at..."
"It's really amazing. It looks like nothing has changed on the outside, but the inside has expanded so much..."
Some new outer disciples or menial disciples were amazed at the changes in the 10 arenas of the martial arts competition, while some old people said that this was just normal operation and there was nothing to be amazed at.
Although Li Ran had just started, he could set up this kind of formation by himself. He had seen it before in the Blue Star Federation, so he was not surprised. However, it was indeed surprising for the new disciples with ordinary backgrounds.
Ye Qian had been waiting here for a long time and watching Li Ran's first match. She looked at Li Ran, and then at Tian Hao who was opposite Li Ran. There was a hint of worry in her eyes, but it quickly disappeared.
He knew some of Li Ran's background. Although he looked like a mid-stage Earth Immortal, his real combat power was certainly no less than that of the average peak Earth Immortal cultivator in the sect. After all, he had killed a Heavenly Immortal cultivator from the Xingluo Palace. Although he mainly relied on sneak attacks with the Purple Extreme Demonic Flame, it was enough to show his strength.
As an inner sect disciple, Li Jia naturally would not miss the inner sect competition. Although she was only in the early stage of Earth Immortal and did not participate in the competition, she still benefited a lot from watching.
Beside Li Jia were Wang Chen and Li Zirui, who had also done missions with Li Ran. They were both new inner sect disciples, and since it was their first time doing an inner sect mission, they felt pretty good about each other and gradually became familiar with each other.
This time, the three of them happened to bump into each other while watching the inner sect competition, so they found a place to watch together.
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