The battle tower has a war ranking pagoda .In here the Disciples were allowed to fight Battle puppets created with the battle experience of ever disciple who ever fought in this tower ,in each realm of cultivation.
The tower recreates them exactly how they were at that point in time ,from their physiques , battle strength,skills practiced and characters.This included genius ever born inside the clan since ancient times.This was one on the ancient weapons.
After the battle all the disciples were all teleported to the exchange hall.
" What are those geezers upto " Xiao Li muttered .If one looked at her you could not guess she was a girl .
She tied her hair around her neck .her sleeves were rolled up .She was a brute.
" Who cares as long as I leave this hell hole .it doesn't matter" Xiao long muttered this place has traumatized him.
They didn't have to wait for long as Elder Ma arrived.
" You have two hours to prepare yourself to participate in the war rankings" he announced before they could process he dropped another bombshell." Any one who can enter the top 10000 will be rewarded an Earth Qi refining technique,top 1000 will be rewarded a sky Qi refining technique,the top 500 a heaven grade Qi technique,the top 100 a saint grade Qi technique and the top 10 if any a top grade saint technique and time to practice in the Qi pool." he added .
The area fell completely silent as the disciples processed the news.
Many hoped to able to enter the top 10000 . You may think this is easy but this ranking consisted of Xiao clan cultivators since several eras ago .An era is a million years long so imagine how many geniuses the clan produced in seval eras .In a millenium more that ten saint physique are born , going with this it means they are more than 10000 saint physique in an era .And in each era they is a era suppressor born .
An era suppressor is a cultivator with the strength to dominate his rivals and can defeat other top geniuses with one or more cultivation realms high.
An example is a Qi refining realm cultivator defeating or exchanging moves with a Soul transformation realm cultivator.
So you can imagine the strength the holders of the war rankings had.
Calming down the disciples begun to regulate their body to reach their top fighting shape.
Exchanging the blood crystals for healing pills Xiao long began healing his body while removing any hidden injuries.A gong rang reminding them the two hours were over.
A small pagoda appeared in the sky enlarging itself to a few stories high .The door opened as a flight of stairs materialized down to where they were.
" You must first walk up the stairs to prove you are worthy to enter the pagoda" elder Ma announced.
The last time the pagoda opened was during his time that was almost 300 years ago and apart from the now clans high echelon no one else was able to enter the pagoda .
To make things worse the geniuses of that time Xiao Yang ,Xiao Xuan,Xiao Peng,Xiao Mei and Xiao Cung none of them made it to the top 500 .
As he looked at the brats he hoped one of the to suprise them and leave his name at the top 500.
The little brats who didn't know their own limitations stepped on the stairs taking the first step they were hit with a gravitational force making some kneel down ,others trembled,sweated while a few remained calm .The Xiao trio felt nothing this was the benefit of a saint physique, while the others were struggling to get used to this force the trio were already at their 20th step .There were 99 steps .
After getting used to the gravity the disciples began to climb up .The trio took Three hours to reach the doorway and without waiting for the others they entered.
" I hope they can accure higher ranking" Xiao Xuan muttered.
After passing through a film of barrier,they were separated .Xiao long found himself on a round platform.
" Welcome to the war platform " a soft voice announced as a beautiful lady appeared.
Xiao long bowed and saluted her .
" I am the tower spirit and I am incharge of the war rankings,If you want to participate first leave your name on the tablet before you " she instructed.A tablet appeared infront of Xiao long he wrote his name on it.
" Next I will introduce you to the war rankings .They are several types of competitions in this trial,namely battle competition, Comprehension competition , formation carving,pill refining,beast taming and weapon forging.You must choose two from the listed categories " she added.
Xiao long looked at his choices and directly choose battle and comprehension competition.
Since young his father advised him to learn atleast one profession but he refused.If beast taming didn't require one to first enter the Soul transformation realm he could have tried it .Xiao li learned Weapon forging While Xiao Wei ventured into Pill refining .There was a time Xiao long liked Formation carving that was when he loved drawing,but the passion burnt out .
The tower spirit provided him with a list of his opponents,the top 10 names were blurred making them impossible to read.The others were clear .Looking for his father's name Xiao long almost laughed his head off the old geezer was ranked 785 the other old geezers were somewhere there in the 800 places other even not making it to the top 5000.
Xiao long learned not to underestimate his opponents choose the last one in the ranking deciding to test the waters.
The battle was a swift one as Xiao long wiped the floor with his opponent.Next he challenged ranker 8000 he thought the battle would be another swift one but he was wrong as the battle took half an hour and Although he won he had a few broken ribs .
The real reward after winning a match was one absorbed his opponents battle experience.( His views about battle and his use of technique) .
While he recuperated he began to digest his opponents battle experience .He firstly discovered that he didn't use his battle skill well in battle .Secondly he gave his opponents more time to recover from his attacks.
He almost cursed himself since when has he ever been foolish enough to ruin his momentum in battle by giving his opponent time to recover.
He discovered a flaw in his mind. Since he reached the completion of body tempering all he has been thinking was about reaching the next realm forgetting about tempering his foundation.Discovering this he came up with a plan he will challenge every 100th opponent in the ranking .After deciding this he felt his mind sublimate,and the challenges began.