In the second year of the Taiping calendar, on the first day of the first month, it was the Empire's anniversary.
After a full half-year of intense preparations and a three-month-long fierce competition, the Pan-Douluo Star All-Soul Master Grand Competition / Celestial Empire's inaugural Martial Examination Grand Test was about to determine its champion today.
The imperial capital, Chang'an City, was packed with people, shoulder to shoulder. Especially closer to the South District where the martial examination venue was located, the streets became more and more congested, with even the rooftops filled with people.
To maintain order, the capital garrison had tripled its manpower. Now, more than two thousand Spirit Masters and a massive army of ten thousand were scattered everywhere on alert.
Yet, they still couldn't stop the enthusiasm of the people who wanted to catch a glimpse of their idol's divine face.
Since the giant screens began to be installed in all large and medium-sized cities, Nangong Lingyun had launched a series of publicity plans.
These were mainly divided into three parts: first, his own deeds, philosophy, and achievements; second, the Empire's various policies, laws, and regulations; and third, this Soul Master Grand Competition.
The effect couldn't be described as just remarkable; it had to be a dimensional strike, unstoppable, leaving no grass growing.
The entertainment methods in this era of Douluo were too, too scarce, almost like a primitive society. Even the newspaper was first created by Nangong Lingyun, and books and novels were also very scarce, not to mention anything else.
Once this kind of ultra-high-definition giant screen and various wonderful videos appeared, they immediately caused boundless sensation, making everyone who saw them feel mesmerized, their little hearts instantly captivated.
A massive amount of faith power gathered.
Even though the vast majority of it was stored up waiting to condense a godhood, the remaining small portion still further enhanced the three great Spirits, especially the Beast Taming Space.
In a short period of less than nine months, his spirit power had also soared madly by more than twenty levels, now reaching ninety-eight.
It was too damn brutal.
A certain Poseidon, who wished to remain anonymous, recalled how he had once spent a thousand consecutive years without sleep, going door-to-door throughout the entire ocean to deliver warmth before breaking through to the hundredth level.
Suddenly, he felt like he was a fool and cried himself to death in the toilet.
Nangong Lingyun's eighth Beast Control finally chose the Emperor Ruirui Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and the ninth was a summoning role, the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python Queen Medusa from the Doupo World.
The two were one Yang and one Yin.
As for the Silver Dragon King's main body, after much deliberation, it was reserved for the tenth spirit ring.
The Barren Ancient Holy Body's eighth Spirit Ability was Qimen Dunjia Yang, and the ninth Spirit Ability was Universe Creation Yang. The Chaos Holy Spirit was the same, but Yin, with a strength of three million years.
The other two key points of the publicity were:
The Empire's policies need not be repeated, and the Soul Master Grand Competition was also in full swing.
Almost every contestant who broke into the finals gained a large number of fans and became a... popular idol.
According to Nangong Lingyun's design,
The Celestial Empire Soul Master Grand Competition's competition system was divided into three parts: first, the regional preliminary qualifying round; second, the group round-robin Points Race; and third, the elimination ranking Race.
The competition events included the Peak Match, without any restrictions; the Genius Match, requiring individual participation and an age under twenty-two; and the Team Match, with a maximum of seven people and an age under twenty-five.
Among them, the Peak Match did not have the first two stages. All people could directly sign up for the finals.
Currently, there were a total of seven contestants, all of whom were Limit Douluo: Bibi Dong, Qian Daoliu, Angel Yan, Poseidon, Tang Chen, Xu Tianling, the Supreme Emperor of the Sun Moon Empire, and Dragon Wuhang, the High Priest of the Destruction God King.
And there were sixteen teams entering the ranking team competition, and thirty-two individuals in the genius competition.
Among all the people, Gu Yuena, Qian Renxue, Bibi Dong, and Angel Yan currently had the highest popularity.
The four of them were also the contestants in today's final.
At 9:50 in the morning, as the competition was about to begin,
A deafening roar suddenly came from the giant martial arts arena in the south of the city.
Nangong Lingyun held a purple-gold scepter, wore a Tongtian crown, and wore a set of brilliant silver armor specially designed and built for might and handsomeness.
Angel Yan and Yuan Tiangang, two elders, followed on his left and right sides respectively, slowly stepping into the center of the stage from the entrance.
The moment he appeared, the stands below immediately boiled, and countless people stood up and applauded, shouting loudly,
"Long live Your Majesty!"
"Heavenly Blade Douluo is invincible!"
...
Those who could appear in the final competition were either rich or noble.
However, when these people chased after stars, their madness was even worse than many ignorant commoners.
From Nangong Lingyun's opening speech to a group of finalists, to all the other members who entered the third round,
The situation was once extremely chaotic. Some people were even so excited that they fainted and were carried away. The opening process, which was expected to take ten minutes, took a full half an hour, and the schedule was therefore forced to be postponed.
In the end, Nangong Lingyun opened his spiritual Domain and applied a calming effect, and the scene was completely quiet and calm.
The first game of the final was the genius game.
After the opening process ended, Gu Na'er and Qian Renxue each jumped up and landed on the left and right sides of the arena.
Qian Renxue was wearing a golden palace dress,
Woven from some extremely precious gold thread, the style was simple and unadorned, without too many patterns, but it gave people a sense of extreme nobility and elegance.
The golden, soft, and smooth long hair set off the snow-white and delicate skin. From the facial features to the figure, to the temperament and posture, everything was perfect to the point of being almost impeccable.
The moment she landed, a ray of golden light lit up directly from the forehead and quickly spread all over her body.
Making the whole person completely illuminated in gold, looking sacred and glorious.
Then, three pairs of Angel wings slowly opened, extending to the sky on the left and right sides.
Surrounded by raging golden flames, the ends only vibrated gently, pulling her whole person as if she had broken away from the control of gravity,
Slowly floating up, stagnating at a position about a foot above the ground.
Following closely behind the Spirit, six black and two red eight-ringed Spirit rings with super-limited configurations were placed at the same level as the knees, slowly rotating and rhythmically.
Three Soul Spirits, the Sun Bird, the Holy Heavenly Winged Horse, and the hundred-thousand-year Light Goddess Butterfly, also appeared one after another, staying by her side, their eyes filled with excitement and pride.
Well, the Master is a popular idol, and they are also proud of it.
Gu Yuena was dressed in a silver robe and wore a silver crown.
The equally silver, soft, and smooth long hair emitted a faint fluorescent light, and the hair quality was as smooth as silver crystal.
The high-brightness snow-white skin, comparable to the purest milk, shone brightly under the illumination of the arena lights, and could compete with Qian Renxue, who emitted golden light.
Even in the face of the full ten thousand live audience, and countless off-site viewers waiting in front of the giant screen,
That beautiful face was still calm, without the slightest fluctuation, only a hint of fighting spirit flickered in the clear and pure purple eyes.
She gently stretched out her hand and summoned a silver spear surrounded by nine-colored light, and eight bright red Spirit rings unfolded one by one, but unlike the others in Kaiyuan Academy, she did not have even one Soul Spirit.
It's no wonder that the two of them are so sought after.
While the appearance, figure, and temperament are all-round heaven-defying, the strength can be described as unimaginable. Not to mention the so-called geniuses, many old powerhouses have long been left far behind.