"Chu Liang of the Mount Shu Sect has defeated Yun Chaoxian of the Great Astral Sect!"1

When this announcement rang out, the people in Corridor City displayed expressions of surprise. They were shocked to hear that Chu Liang had defeated Yun Chaoxian, but it had not been entirely unexpected. They had known that Chu Liang was likely to be overwhelmingly strong, but it was his methods that always caught them off guard.0

Chu Liang had achieved three victories in a row, each in a remarkably short time… In fact, Chu Liang’s first two opponents had not even managed to withstand a single strike from him.0

Yun Chaoxian had only managed to withstand two strikes. If his halberd were as firm as he was in speech, perhaps he might have lasted a bit longer.1

This meant that Chu Liang was, without a doubt, the first to make it into the top five, granting him the first bye.0

The whole purpose of Corridor City’s mechanism was to accelerate the pace of the competition while minimizing luck as a factor. The first three rounds of the Battle at the Imperial City were different from the final round.0

In the first three rounds,...0