In the main stage of the World's No. 1 Martial Arts Tournament, the format is as follows.
In the top 64 stage, there are two games every morning and afternoon, held simultaneously in the left and right arenas. In this way, there are four games every day, and a total of eight days can be played.
After the end of this stage, the top 32 games will be followed immediately. There will still be two games in the morning and afternoon every day, but the second game will start two hours after the first game - under normal circumstances, two hours Even though one game has not been finished in the time, the two games can be staggered in time, so that the audience can watch all four games without having to worry about one thing and the other.
The top 32 stage lasts for four days. After four days, everyone draws lots to determine the grouping of the top 16, and then takes a day off.
The top 16 games are held in the morning and afternoon. Because of the double elimination, it takes six days to eliminate four people, leaving eight people in the winner group and four people in the loser group to enter the next round. Or the top twelve.
The top 12 stage still has one game each in the morning and afternoon. It will take two days to select four people from the top eight to enter the winner group, and then the eight people in the loser group will compete for the remaining four places, which also takes two days.
The quarter-finals stage will still have one game in the morning and one in the afternoon, one day for the winners group and two days for the losers group - in fact, the third day only needs to be played for half a day.
In the next stage, the losers are in a group of three and the winners are in a group of two. But it doesn't matter, the person who lost in the winner's bracket happens to come to the loser's bracket, and it's still an even number.
At this stage, there will be one game every day, with the winner's bracket on the first day and the loser's bracket on the second and third days.
Next is the loser's game to determine the third place. The winner will get the chance to compete with the last person in the winner group for the championship. Of course, because he is in the loser's bracket and the opponent is in the winner's bracket, if he wins, he will have to fight again to really decide the outcome.
This competition system is a bit complicated, but in general it is fair. Players who can enter the top 16 will have to lose twice before they really lose their chance. Everyone is equal.
As for the issue of physical strength, with the blessing of the gods, there will be no physical exhaustion due to continuous games. Just in terms of mental wear and tear, not even the gods can do anything about it.
… The factor of luck cannot be ruled out after all.
The fierce competition is still going on. Every day, many masters qualify, and many masters fail.
Those two huge arenas have not only attracted the attention of powerful people from all over the main plane, but have even attracted the attention of many otherworldly great beings.
"You can feel it. The two priesthoods of 'competition' and 'competition' are being nurtured there."
In the "Temple of Heroes" where there were sounds of fighting and fighting everywhere, the God of War looked at the figure who was talking with a gloomy face.
"Of course I feel it, but what does this have to do with you?" He said coldly, "Don't tell me that you are not only interested in 'murder' and 'assassination', but you also plan to expand your priesthood and seek more The priesthood of the battle direction?"
A strange smile appeared on the weird face of the God of Conspiracy with only eyes and mouth, as if three horizontal crescents were painted on a white mask: "We are all immortal beings. What's the point of covering it up like this?"
The God of Battle's face became even more gloomy: "What exactly do you want to say?"
"For a long time, as the subordinate god of the Lord of War, the priesthood of 'battle' or 'small-scale battle' has always been exclusive to you. But you see, you were completely excluded from that great competition that shook the world. Instead, let the guy who just has the guardian priesthood of 'Warrior' be the host... Don't you think there is a trick behind this?"
The God of Battle was silent. In fact, he had long been dissatisfied and even full of vigilance.
In terms of "combat", "competition" is a very important part. Although "competition" is relatively light, for him who only has moderate divine power, any loss must be avoided as much as possible.
The loss of priesthood is different from the loss of divine power and divinity. The latter two can be slowly recovered by relying on time, but the former cannot be recovered. If it is lost, it is lost.
And losing the priesthood is a very serious blow to the gods. From ancient times to the present, countless gods have been weakened or even fallen directly due to this reason.
Therefore, once the issue of priesthood is involved, extremely fierce battles will often occur between the gods, and many times they will even last to the death.
After all, for gods with weak or even weak divine power, losing key priesthoods means death. Since they all fall, of course they would rather fight to the death, even if they die in a vigorous battle, than die in a cowardly manner.
As a member of the war god system, the God of War is certainly not a coward. If necessary, He wouldn't mind drawing a sword and fighting to the death!
But... He actually hesitated.
A medium-level divine power like him is neither above nor below, and is in a somewhat awkward position.
Gaining some priesthoods will not help him break through and advance; but losing some priesthoods will not cause him to weaken or downgrade.
If it was just a "competition" for the priesthood, he wouldn't have to hesitate like this and simply put up with it.
But... the priesthood of "competition"...
The tall god, who was always in armor and ready for battle, sat on the throne he had built with trophies and weapons, lost in thought.
The God of Conspiracy smiled, and his figure slowly faded away, disappearing without a trace.
He knew that his persuasion had had an effect.
Perhaps the original God of Warriors would endure this tone. After all, if he wanted to fight for it, he would have to face not only the Iron Lion, but also the entire Savage God System, and even the Mask of the Void, which had an undetermined priesthood but was powerful. Be an enemy.
In this case, even if he is very good at fighting, even if there are several gods in the war god system who are equally capable of fighting, there is no way to say that he will definitely win.
Of course, they can ask the God King and the Lord of War to take action, but there is also a God of Justice on the side of the Iron Lion. Faced with the lunatic who once put on the Wheel of Order and challenged the great God Lord, even the most courageous Lord of War among the gods did not dare to say that he would definitely win.
Even if they win such a battle, the war god system will probably suffer a lot of damage. If you lose, I'm afraid it will be even more devastating!
Therefore, even though the God of Warriors hesitated again and again, he would still give up.
But after the God of Conspiracy persuaded him, the situation was different.
If reality were a game, when the God of Conspiracy persuaded him just now, such a system prompt would definitely appear:
[The God of Conspiracy launched a persuasion against the God of Warriors. This inducement is a bluffing negotiation.]
[The God of Warriors failed the will test and succeeded in bluffing.]
[The God of Conspiracy has completed the persuasion, and the God of Warriors will accept the mission "Competing for the Priesthood".]
After a while, the God of Warriors finally made up his mind and went to the center of the "Broken Halberd Wasteland" of the war god's kingdom to meet with the god king of the war god, the great god of war.
Close to the void above the Ash Forest on the main plane, in the kingdom of God that was already bordering the chaotic world, Morani's body suddenly felt a little uneasy, but it was fleeting.
His intuition told him that something bad seemed to have happened, but it didn't seem serious.
"Did one of my priests encounter danger? Or did a certain group of my believers encounter misfortune?" He cast his eyes doubtfully on the human world and patrolled around.
Sure enough, He soon discovered that one of his priests had been assassinated and the murderer was on the run.
For those gods with many believers, the life and death of a mere priest is not worth mentioning. But Morani doesn't have that many believers. The priests under his command, especially the middle-level priests and above, can be counted on the fingers of both hands.
The death of such a priest is a big loss to Him!
Morani's face was as deep as water and he sent down the oracle.
A cleric who was closest to the priest hurried over and tried to use the "resurrection technique" to resurrect the dead priest.
Although Morani himself can lower his clone and use the resurrection technique, in that case, more divine power will be consumed than this. After all, for Him who has not even reached the medium level of divine power, there are only so many clones that can be created. Now they are all performing their own duties, and there is no way to tell them apart.
If you want to lower a clone for resurrection, you must temporarily create a clone that can carry this level of divine power. That exceeds his ability and will consume several times the energy.
The cleric who received the oracle set off in a hurry. Because the oracle pointed the direction, he used teleportation and arrived in just a moment.
Next, comes resurrection.
In this world, theoretically every god can use resurrection. But in fact, except for gods with healing or life domain powers, most gods are extremely reluctant to use resurrection.
Because the priesthood of "life" is still vacant, and no god has obtained it. This means that if you want to bring the dead back to life, you cannot simply negotiate with the God of Life or trade divine power, but you must rely on the gods to use their own divine power to convert it into the divine power of life.
Of course, gods with the life domain are not a problem. Divine power in the healing domain can also be converted into life divine power at a relatively low cost. However, if you want to convert other divine powers into life divine power, it is good to exchange ten for one. Priests and fields such as the God of Conspiracy, the God of Death, and the God of Destruction are almost all evil and destructive guys. Their divine power often needs to be exchanged for one hundred to convert it into the divine power of life!
Of course Morani does not have divine power in the life or healing fields, but he does have divine power in the guardianship field, which can be converted into life divine power at a cost of about twenty to one, which is not a particular loss after all.
After consuming a lot of divine power, the resurrection was completed. Although the resurrected priest was very weak and needed some training, he finally escaped.
Morani sighed a little tiredly and turned to look at the arena of the world's best martial arts tournament.
Now, only the wonderful game can make him feel better.
"Fortunately, since organizing this world's best martial arts tournament with Oscar, my income from divine power has increased greatly. Otherwise, this expense would really make me feel pain!"
He murmured to himself, completely unaware that a conspiracy against him had been completed...