That idiot from the Sword Sect turned out to be a lucky charm.

After the 24 winners in the winning group had decided their match, Lin Zhifeng, who had a bye, went up to draw lots with the other 12 people.

Unsurprisingly, he once again received a bye in a spectacular fashion.

People from other sects have finally taken notice of him this time. Before, they thought he had just gotten lucky and sighed but didn't think much of it; now that it's him again, they can't help but feel envious and jealous.

Why were the Sword Sect disciples so unsurprised, and even secretly pleased?

It's true that perspectives matter. Standing in the shoes of your accomplices and then looking at other victims makes all the difference in how you feel!

Although Lin Zhifeng made it into the top ten through a lucky draw, there is still a round-robin tournament to determine the final rankings. This is when real strength will be needed, and his luck will be of little use.

Lin Zhifeng was repeatedly taught a lesson by the top disciples of various sects, and lost quickly, eventually stabilizing his ranking at thirtieth.

Lin Zhifeng honed his on-the-spot reaction skills in his duels with various masters. However, he knew that many people would challenge him in the future, so he needed to conserve his energy for now.

Therefore, whenever he encountered a stronger opponent than himself, he would exchange a few dozen blows with the opponent, understand the fighting style, and then quickly admit defeat before getting injured.

Therefore, when the final rankings were determined and he was ready to accept challenges from other unranked players, he was basically unharmed and full of energy.

After the ranking battle for the top 100 ended, not only did the Sword Sect disciples occupy the top three spots, but five out of the top ten were also from the Sword Sect.

The saying "a sword cultivator is invincible among those of the same level" is no joke.

However, this only applies to powerful sword cultivators like those from the Sword Sect; it doesn't apply to the organizer, the Heavenly Sword Sect.

Many disciples from the Sword Sect made it into the top 100 this time. They were quite polite and courteous to the contestants from other sects, and they only fought to a draw.

However, if they encounter disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect, it's a completely different story. They simply vent all the pent-up frustration they suffered at their hands.

In the end, only one disciple from the Heavenly Sword Sect made it into the top fifty: ranking thirty-first, below Lin Zhifeng.

Everyone in the Sword Sect was very satisfied with the result. I love it when the host country gets humiliated!

In the following challenge, Lin Zhifeng became an even busier challenger than the bottom ten.

The reason is simple: everyone outside the top 100 in the finals saw that he was drawn into the top ten directly after receiving several byes. In the subsequent round-robin matches to determine the rankings, he was easily defeated by the other top 30 players. The higher-ranked players even seemed to defeat him effortlessly.

Therefore, in the eyes of these players who are ranked outside the top 100 in the final round, Lin Zhifeng is the weakest one on the leaderboard.

Even most of the bottom fifty contestants on the leaderboard thought the same way. If they weren't already on the leaderboard and the competition rules didn't allow it, they would also want to challenge Lin Zhifeng and improve their rankings.

Therefore, as soon as the challenge began, Lin Zhifeng became busy, just as he had predicted, in a non-stop battle of attrition.

Lin Zhifeng initially maintained a friendly heart, and when fighting against disciples other than those from the Heavenly Sword Sect, he showed mercy and did not intentionally hurt anyone.

To everyone's surprise, a steady stream of people came to challenge him, seemingly thinking he was an easy target.

Lin Zhifeng felt slighted and was furious. Even if I'm an easy target, aren't you all easy targets too? You're even easier targets!

Lin Zhifeng then showed no mercy, unleashing both swords simultaneously. First, he used an ice-based ultimate move to freeze his opponent, followed by a fire-based ultimate move that scorched him to a crisp, and then he mercilessly kicked his opponent off the stage.

After repeating this process several times, the others came to terms with reality: while this person was a bit lucky, their skills were by no means lacking. So everyone turned their attention to challenging the bottom ten.

So Lin Zhifeng had some free time.

Once the final challenge ends, two people on the leaderboard will be knocked off the stage, and the rankings will be fixed.

Lin Zhifeng managed to retain his 30th place and received a reward of 15 luck points from the system. He was thrilled!

The organizers then announced that a competition for Nascent Soul stage cultivators would be held three days later. They even released supplementary clauses to the competition rules, making no attempt to conceal their targeting of the Sword Sect.

Lin Zhifeng thought to himself, "While we Nascent Soul cultivators have a few outstanding elite disciples, we're not significantly ahead of other sects. The Deity Transformation stage is a different story. Our Ding Mo is far ahead of the competition; you can all just wait to fight for second place!"

Faced with absolute power, all rules and strategies are utterly useless.

The disciples of the Sword Sect, having won the Nascent Soul stage, were all excitedly anticipating the arrival of the Divine Transformation stage competition.

Three days later, the competition for Nascent Soul stage cultivators was held as scheduled.

Breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage is not as easy as breaking through to the Spirit Transformation stage. Therefore, apart from a few large sects like the Sword Sect, which can send a hundred Nascent Soul stage contestants to participate, other small sects may only send a few contestants.

There are only a few thousand contestants at the Nascent Soul stage, so the preliminary selection did not adopt a free-for-all format.

The system still used a lottery to determine the winners, and then the matches were one-on-one.

The organizers upgraded the arena's protective measures, with a thick protective barrier intercepting the formidable attacks of Nascent Soul stage fighters. This provided a great opportunity for disciples to observe and learn, while also protecting those with lower cultivation levels from the residual effects of the battles.

It seems that the Heavenly Sword Sect did plan this inter-sect competition well; their previous dirty tricks were only aimed at the Heavenly Sword Sect.

Lin Zhifeng's gossip-loving heart was instantly ignited: How exactly did the Sword Sect offend the Heavenly Sword Sect? Why were they targeting the people of the Sword Sect like this?

During a break in the competition, Lin Zhifeng approached the team leader, the Second Elder, and quietly asked him his question.

Upon hearing this, the Second Elder gave Lin Zhifeng a meaningful look, pursed his lips, and ultimately said nothing.