Soul Land V: Rebirth of Tang San-Chapter 1062 - 1060: The Final Six

However, the female contestants did not disappoint, and in the later competitions, Pretty Girl showcased her formidable strength. Other female contestants exhausted all kinds of methods but still could not withstand the sharpness of the Asura God’s Sword, to the extent that two female contestants even chose to surrender directly to avoid injury. With a record of eight victories, Pretty Girl obtained the highest score among all the female contestants in the round-robin and entered the final battle.

Among the male contestants, the competition was as fierce as Tang San had anticipated, particularly in the battle between Jin Anguo and Ning Chenen. This fight was earth-shatteringly intense, even involving the use of the Blue Gold Fruit. In the end, Ning Chenen narrowly secured victory by leveraging his powerful defensive power, barely defeating Jin Anguo. Whether this will affect the relationship between the Golden Mammoth and the Behemoth giant beast, that’s hard to say.

Fortunately, on the female contestants’ side, Lan Moqian also advanced smoothly.

Eventually, the three female contestants who advanced were Pretty Girl, Jiang Chenchou, and Lan Moqian. Pretty Girl had the most victories, followed by Jiang Chenchou, then Lan Moqian in third place. In the collision between Jiang Chenchou and Lan Moqian, Lan Moqian’s two divine tools failed to break through the defense of the Immortal Golden Body, and she finally succumbed to defeat. This demonstrates the decisive role of the Immortal Golden Body divine tool in the competition.

On the male contestants’ side, naturally, Jin Miaolin, Xu Anyu, and Ning Chenen entered the final battle.

After the round-robin matches ended, there were three days of rest. After three days, the final battle of the Emperor Contending Tournament would commence. Who would emerge as the victor of the Emperor Contending Tournament, the top contender for the martial arts matchmaking event, would be determined by the double-elimination tournament of the final battle.

According to the double-elimination tournament rules, the first-place male contestant will face the third-place female contestant, the first-place female contestant will face the third-place male contestant, and the second-place contestants will face each other as well.

The three winners will enter the winners’ bracket, and the three losers will enter the losers’ bracket.

Then, following the order of points from the round-robin, the two out of the three winning contestants with the fewer points will compete first in the winners’ bracket. The loser enters the losers’ bracket. The winner will then compete with another contestant.

The same goes for the losers’ bracket. Those with fewer points fight first, but the loser is directly eliminated, and the victor continues to face the other contestant in the losers’ bracket. After another victory, they may challenge the one who fell from the winners’ bracket.

At times like these, the benefits of higher points from the round-robin become extremely important.

For example, Pretty Girl, as the contestant with the highest total score from the round-robin, actually only needs one victory, which means if she defeats Ning Chenen, she will be guaranteed to be at least among the top three in the Emperor Contending Tournament.

All other contestants need at least two victories to ensure a top-three finish.

This is also why many spectators questioned why Tang San didn’t continue to fight in the round-robin, striving for first place in total points. With his two victories worth bonus points, a complete victory was definitely possible for him.

Of course, many people also believe that what he did was correct, to hide his abilities as much as possible and utilize them in the final stages. With Tang San’s points, as long as he wins one match in the finals, he is very likely to advance smoothly into the winners’ bracket and thus is quite likely to vie for the top three spots. At least he has two opportunities to fail.

As the finals are approaching, the atmosphere in the Ancestral Court is starting to tense up, and both the Monster Clan and the Spirit Clan who set up and participated in the betting are almost slapping their thighs in regret.

Because they’ve all realized that if anyone had placed a heavy bet on Jin Miaolin, the dark horse, at the start of the betting, and if Jin Miaolin ultimately wins a spot in the Emperor Contending Tournament, then they would really strike it rich! And at that time, there were indeed large bets placed on Jin Miaolin. Now, looking back, it’s very likely an act orchestrated by the Blue Golden Tree Clan!

When Jin Miaolin first started to emerge in the Ancestral Court, at the super auction, countless bidders thought he was a fool with too much money. But now? All the former contempt has turned into praise. Everything has changed.

Tang San naturally wouldn’t ponder these issues; he was actually very busy during these three days, tirelessly preparing for what was to come. Combined with the three days without competition, he had a total of six days to prepare.

During these six days, even the elders of the Blue Golden Tree Clan had not seen him. He had always kept himself locked in his room without appearing, claiming that he was in closed-door training. This inevitably led to the reality that other powerful individuals from various clans who wanted to establish connections were turned away. After all, what could be more important than the battle for the title of Emperor? It is a fight for the throne of the emperor!

As for what Tang San was actually doing, only he himself knew.

The six contestants who had reached the final phase were doubtlessly gearing up for the contest. With a double elimination system in place, the first battle was crucial. The same was true even for Pretty Girl. Losing one match would make it incredibly difficult to become the ultimate champion. One would need more victories. However, winning the first match could likely mean becoming the champion after just three matches.

Therefore, winning the first match would inevitably bring more opportunities. And what was different this time from the knockout and round-robin stages was that everyone already clearly knew who their opponent would be.

In the first round of the finals, Tang San was to face Lan Moqian, Pretty Girl would face Ning Chenen. Xu Anyu would face Jiang Chenchou.

This was equivalent to Tang San and Pretty Girl going up against the married couple Lan Moqian and Ning Chenen.

Tang San would face Lan Moqian who possessed two divine Heavy Swords, while Pretty Girl would take on Ning Chenen, who could be said to have the top defense in this year’s competition. Even if he lacked an Immortal Golden Body, his collision with Jin Anguo showed that his defensive power might well be on par with Jiang Chenchou who possesses the Immortal Golden Body.

Entering the finals also meant there was a very high chance to win the ultimate title of Emperor. Under such circumstances, it was certain that every race would give it their all.

While Tang San was in closed-door training, inside Pretty Girl’s heart there was no peace.

Because Tang San had disappeared.

She clenched her teeth, overcoming powerful enemies in the round-robin matches. The Asura God’s Sword played a pivotal role; without this super divine weapon, she could never have beaten so many formidable opponents.

But after she had obtained the highest score and entered the finals, she found that Tang San still showed no signs of appearing.

Among the male contestants, only Jin Miaolin, Xu Anyu, and Ning Chenen had qualified.

None of them seemed likely to be Tang San. Jin Miaolin was a successor of the Tree Ancestor, now the most popular figure in the Ancestral Court, in charge of the Blue Golden Tree Clan, and also the Jianmu City Lord. His way of fighting was very peculiar. He also always leered at her.

Xu Anyu was even less likely, being of the Dragon Clan and the Light Dragon King. Despite his youthful appearance, he was already over a hundred years old and recognized as one of the leaders of the Dragon Clan.

Ning Chenen and Lan Moqian were even married. Although his powerful defense made Pretty Girl suspicious, the moment she saw Ning Chenen holding Lan Moqian, she was sure that it could not possibly be him.

So, where was Tang San? He had clearly promised to marry her legitimately after the martial arts competition. However, he had not appeared at all.

She had confidence in Tang San’s abilities. Before the competition began, she was more worried about Tang San exposing his identity, thus attracting the Emperor’s assault. Yet, now that the competition was underway and Tang San had not even made an appearance, Pretty Girl was even more anxious. What exactly was he doing? Why was there not a single trace of him?

She even tried to use the Intention of Asura Divine Sword to contact him secretly because she couldn’t bear it, but this time it failed. Tang San gave no response at all, as if he had completely disappeared.