Only My Way

The human body has many limitations.

Take blood energy and true energy for example.

Their upper limits in quantity and quality are often linked to the cultivator's basic physical fitness, bloodline, or constitution.

When a cultivator successfully reaches the upper limit of the current stage in these two aspects,

unless their strength breaks through,

otherwise, the increase in blood energy and true energy will inevitably enter a stagnant period.

Using one's own true energy as a foundation to influence the outside world's great source, thereby mobilizing the outside world's heaven and earth spiritual energy for one's own use, is, for the [Source Gathering Realm], a special method to increase one's own true energy through ingenious means. It enables them, whose physical fitness, blood energy, and true energy are already more powerful than those in the [Qi Nourishing Realm], to completely overwhelm the [Qi Nourishing Realm]!

However, even though all [Source Gathering Realms] can mobilize the nearby heaven and earth spiritual energy,

based on the differences in their respective strengths and talents,

there will definitely be great differences in the actual range they can influence and the actual ability to manipulate the outside world's heaven and earth spiritual energy!

Generally speaking,

the more powerful [Source Gathering Realms] can often interfere with the weaker ones' control over the heaven and earth spiritual energy.

For example, after a cultivator enters the second stage of the [Source Gathering Realm]—the [Spirit Disturbance Stage]—they can restrain the weaker ones' control over the outside world's heaven and earth spiritual energy, just like cutting off their arm, causing their combat power to be severely damaged before the battle even begins!

In essence,

this is completely the principle of the strong eating the weak among those of the same origin.

Because they share the same roots and origin,

the stronger ones, located at the higher levels of the food chain, can naturally easily suppress the weaker ones at the lower levels of the food chain.

However, now, facing Ling Wuyuan, many people in the [Source Gathering Realm] who can only be considered of average strength immediately sensed that omnipresent sense of suppression and interference, as if some super-large anomalous object was slowly approaching…

At this moment,

just approaching Ling Wuyuan was enough.

They could very clearly feel that their influence on the outside world's heaven and earth spiritual energy had been severely weakened!

This made them greatly shocked!

It must be understood that from beginning to end, Ling Wuyuan didn't even bother to target them; he simply walked past them, yet he had already brought them such a strong feeling.

They couldn't imagine

how much of their strength they could use once the two sides really started fighting…

For those [Qi Nourishing Realm] cultivators who were even weaker,

the matter was even more of an unspeakable sense of powerlessness.

As guys who could sense the outside world's heaven and earth spiritual energy, but couldn't use those powers and only had some observation ability over things,

facing the spiritual energy vortex stirred up by Ling Wuyuan,

they had a very involuntary feeling.

It was like those fish living in the water suddenly encountering some kind of vortex that was swallowing the rolling water flow!!

This was a kind of unspeakable sense of powerlessness…

A sense of powerlessness where they couldn't find any way to resist…

For a time,

many people were horrified.

Looking at Ling Wuyuan, who was slowly walking past them,

many people couldn't even raise the idea of trying to challenge him.

They could very clearly perceive that they had absolutely no chance of winning.

The matter was like a tiny mantis trying to block a car, trying to wave its arms at the wheels.

Also at this moment,

many contestants immediately realized what a gap was.

They, who were originally incomparably proud and arrogant, trying to become famous in this Imperial Competition,

immediately felt the unevenness of life.

They realized that their talent, which they were so proud of, was not worth mentioning at all.

At most, it could barely be considered something in those small places…

However,

among the many contestants,

there were still some guys who were not afraid of Ling Wuyuan.

Instead, they felt excitement and fanaticism!

Their strengths, although strong and weak, had the same characteristics.

That was the fanaticism for power, as well as the same full of heroic feelings!

That was a quality completely different from those weaklings who would immediately become dejected after being hit!

That kind of quality belonging to the brave.

Although invisible and intangible,

it was definitely indispensable for true powerhouses!!

Among them,

Guan Xiangfei was a very good guy.

Ling Wuyuan could feel that the other party had also suffered some negative effects from him.

But unlike those guys who instantly felt discouraged about things,

Guan Xiangfei instantly raised even higher fighting spirit!

It was as if it were some kind of raging fire that could burn no matter what twists and turns it went through.

I have to say.

Feeling the other party's will like this,

Ling Wuyuan also recognized him a bit more.

Excellent people are always worth taking a few more glances at, aren't they?

Thinking of this.

Ling Wuyuan couldn't help but take a few more glances at some guys.

He could feel that those guys were also not weak.

Even much stronger than Guan Xiangfei.

Feeling his gaze, several people immediately felt their teeth itch.

Someone criticized unhappily:

"He's really arrogant… A little bit of ability and he doesn't know the immensity of heaven and earth…"

Someone also muttered interestingly:

"Is that handsome guy Ling Wuyuan who has recently risen to fame in the [White Mist Country]?"

There were also people who didn't care and made eye contact with Ling Wuyuan from a distance.

There wasn't much emotion in each other's eyes.

—

About two hours later.

When the huge metal gong was heavily struck,

the gate of the arena slowly closed.

At this moment.

In the most central viewing room on the tenth floor.

The isolation barrier was dispelled.

A figure wearing a dragon robe walked to the edge and announced to all the spectators and contestants on the scene from a condescending angle and attitude:

"This lord will now announce the rules of the first round of the competition!"

That was an incomparably majestic tone and expression.

But saying that here.

After a slight pause in his words.

Just when everyone was curious about what the rules were.

He laughed directly and said:

"The rules of the preliminary round are that there are no rules!"

"Next, all the contestants will follow the ancient secret realm passage to a fragment of a broken secret realm and engage in a great melee within it!"

"Until only fifty of the one thousand three hundred and thirty-five contestants on the scene remain!!"

"First of all, during the competition, any contestant who is on the verge of death due to external forces will automatically be moved out of it through the ancient formation barrier inside the secret realm fragment!!"

"Secondly, each contestant can also actively withdraw from the secret realm through the token distributed at registration…"

"So, there is no need to worry about any casualties. You only need to fight to your heart's content!!"

After speaking.

Under his control, a light blue light gate about five meters high and about six meters wide slowly rose from the ground in full view!