Senior Cutie looked at the hopeless face of Zhao Luo and understood that Zhao Luo was hoping for someone to join.
"Ah, Don't worry. I think one of the ten elders may come to spectate since it's the second time Mo Suo is participating in this tournament."
Senior Cutie told Zhao Luo causing the hope of seeing some old faces, to rise again in his mind.
"As for how the tournament will go, there are three parts."
"The first part belongs to the top 100 ranked outer disciples. [The lower rankers challenge the high ranking disciples to take their ranks.]
Each disciple gets 3 chances while the high-ranking disciple who defends his rank will get points (if he wins). The chances will stay at three if the challenger wins but if he loses then it will drop to 2. You already know what these points can be exchanged for."
Senior Cutie took a breath after explaining to Zhao Luo about the first part of the tournament.
Zhao Luo wasn't the only one benefitting from this knowledge.
In this room only, Big Bean and Senior Cutie had participated in the previous tournament.
Si Chen and Feng Ma hadn't.
Before the last tournament had started Si Chen had just advanced to outer disciple while for Feng Ma, he hadn't even attended it.
Thus Zhao Luo, Feng Ma, and Si Chen all listened closely to Senior Cutie's explanation.
"The second part of the tournament is for the other 900 ranked outer disciples, who will get 5 chances to challenge anyone they want just that the one being challenged should be of higher ranking than them. Again the chances to challenge only drop when the challenging disciple loses otherwise they can keep on challenging till they have lost 5 times, that is, running out of chances."
Senior Cutie explained the second part of the tournament which was based on more changes and battles between the outer disciples.
"The third part is the most important part of the tournament. [The Open Battle & Unlimited Combat]. The Open battles are where all the participating outer disciples who come after the top thousand disciples that is all the unranked participants will be in 'Battle Royale' and only when 100 disciples are left, will the tournament 'Open Battle' end. Then these 100 disciples will go on to fight in the Unlimited Combat, which is the most entertaining portion of this tournament. The unlimited combat is a 1v1 exchange between the winners of the open battle and the top 1000 disciples. It's a showcase of the strength of these new 100 disciples just to announce that the strength of the Xin Sect is ever-growing. The new disciples will get unlimited chances that is they can stop whenever they want and fight as much as they want. The third part of the tournament is solely for them."
"That will be everything you need to know."
Senior Cutie ended his explanation with the last part of the tournament.
Zhao Luo's eyes had an unexplainable shine as he absorbed all the information of the upcoming tournament.
"Ba-dump."
"Ba-dump."
"Ba-dump."
Zhao Luo could hear the beating of his excited heart.
'I can't wait.'
Zhao Luo tightened his fist and thought in his mind.
"Since I have already told you everything, we will leave. You should rest for a few days. I can return two days before the tournament starts, so we can train together..."
Senior Cutie told Zhao Luo.
Listening to this Si Chen, Feng Ma, and Big Bean also got up from their places.
"No, Senior. Can you visit me on the day of the Tournament?"
Zhao Luo rejected Senior Cutie's offer to train together for the ranking tournament.
"On the day of the tournament? Are you sure?"
Senior Cutie was baffled.
"Do you still have some other cards that you are hiding from us? We are brothers, right? You can tell us."
Senior Cutie told Zhao Luo as he got closer to him while questioning him.
Even Feng Ma and Big Bean were a little shocked.
Zhao Luo declining to train with Senior Cutie showed only one thing.
[He was already capable enough that two days of training won't change anything.]
'So he was holding back while fighting me and even Big Bean.'
Feng Ma thought as he brought his wine flask closer to his mouth while his eyes were filled with motivation.
But they didn't know that their assumptions couldn't be any wrong and they were just misunderstanding Zhao Luo's nature.
"It's not like that. I would like to rest for this week and fight as much as I can in the tournament. There is nothing else."
Zhao Luo told them with an honest face.
'I can't tell them about the dark space.'
Zhao Luo thought while thinking about the World in his mind.
Even if he told them about the dark space, who would believe such a thing. That Zhao Luo can fight with nine shadows of his, which were somewhat indestructible apparitions and basically, each one being half as strong as him.
The others nodded, believing what Zhao Luo had said.
"Okay, I will return on the day of the tournament."
Senior Cutie agreed according to Zhao Luo's wishes.
After a while, the four left the room, leaving Zhao Luo alone in the room.
Sitting on the bed, Zhao Luo went over what Senior Cutie had told him.
'The rules.'
'The ancient battle.'
'The parts of the tournament. The third one is where I will be able to start.'
Zhao Luo understood everything quite well and knew that this will be his chance to show his strength to everyone.
Unlike others, who hid their abilities, Zhao Luo didn't have time for that.
"The more I show my strength, the stronger will be the ones coming after me."
Zhao Luo mumbled.
This was his idea to filter out the weaker disciples with the stronger ones.
Thinking of this, Zhao Luo brought out the techniques and weapons he had in his storage space.
"Let's begin my preparation."
Zhao Luo said while looking at the things he could use in the tournament.
