Nobody knew who made the first move, but before they knew it, a fight had already broken out in the middle of the platform.

Weapons clashed repeatedly, sending out the thunderous collision sound of metal against metal.

And then another fight broke out elsewhere on the platform.

And another..

Before long, there were already numerous fights that had broken out among the particpants.

Among these people who were fighting, many of them thought that they could take out one of their unsuspecting competitors by sneaking an attack. But it turned out that everyone else had been well on their guards despite their inaction.

That was only natural as well.

For most of the participants, it was likely that the Scarlet Moon Heroes Meet was going to be the most important event of their lives.

How would they ever let down their guards just because they were going through a mysterious new experience?

Except for a few lucky ones, most of the sneak attacks failed. And upon the targets' retaliations, countless fights immediately broke out across the platform.

Thankfully, the main platform was much larger than the ones on which the qualifiers had taken place.

Otherwise, with this many fights going on at the same time, there would hardly be any space left for the remaining ones to even stand!

Lu Tianzi took a defensive posture and scanned his eyes across the crowd. If possible, he wanted to quickly group up with those from Bluenight City.

But first, he had to find them!

Damn it, it's impossible..

Lu Tianzi frowned after a while.

It was difficult enough with everyone's appearances being exactly the same. Now that there were numerous sword lights and weapons flying everywhere across the platform, it was far too difficult to identify his comrades!

At this moment, a thunderous clap resounded not far away from him.

Bang-!

One of the participants domineeringly slammed the pole end of his halberd onto the stage before sending his voice out for all to hear. "Beiqian Ming of the Flying Dragon Hall is here! Those who want to survive longer, don't you dare come near me! For those who still dare to approach, I will make sure to take you down without exceptions!"

Everyone's eyes turned green in jealousy.

Of course they had thought of announcing their names to identify themselves as well, but who would bother leaving them alone just because of their identities?

Only someone like Beiqian Ming of the Four Stars had the right to say such a thing.

"Senior apprentice, I am here to aid you!" another participant rushed towards him excitedly.

From the sound of it, the newcomer seemed to be a junior apprentice of his.

"I said.. without exceptions!" Beiqian Ming yelled while winding his halberd back behind him.

"Eh? Senior apprentice?" the newcomer slowed his steps hesitantly after sensing the malice in Beiqian Ming's voice.

But it was too late by then.

He had already entered well into the attack range of the member of the Four Stars.

Roar-!

The mighty roar of a dragon reverberated through the air as Beiqian Ming swept his halberd out mercilessly.

"Senior apprentice! It's me!" the newcomer hurriedly drew his weapon to block, but such a defence was far too lacking in the face of his formidable opponent.

Bang-!

The newcomer's guard was completely blown away by the halberd, and yet the halberd continued unhindered until it finally struck him directly on the chest.

Pu-!

The newcomer spat out a mouthful of blood as the strike sent him straight to the floor, causing the floor to crack like a spiderweb around him!

Immediately after, the newcomer's body dissipated into beams of light, disappearing from the platform. With that, his journey at the Scarlet Moon Heroes Meet had also come to an end.

The spectators took in this sight and sighed in pity.

This newcomer had thought that he would be able to seek the protection of Beiqian Ming, but this little hope of his actually ended up causing his downfall instead.

No one knew each other's identities in this battle royal, so how would Beiqian Ming know if the newcomer was truly a junior apprentice of his?

If he allowed the newcomer to get near, only to end up being backstabbed in the process, then it would truly be a tragedy!

With this eliminated guy setting an example for others, none of his allies dared to approach him anymore.

As for those who were not his allies to begin with, they were even more reluctant to do so!

The battle royal had only just begun. Only an idiot would ask for trouble by immediately challenging one of the strongest participants in the fight!

As for Beiqian Ming himself being an imposter, no one even gave that possibility a second thought.

If that was true, the real Beiqian Ming would have challenged him long ago. How would he allow some imposter to use his name to hoodwink others so openly?

"Beihua Wanlei of the Lightning Crow Sect is here! Those who wish to come, do so at your own peril!"

"Beimu Fei of the Beimu Clan! If you don't wish to get eliminated, stay out of my way!"

"If anyone wish to challenge me, I, Mosha, will be right here to take you on anytime!"

Taking the lead of Beiqian Ming, three other participants identified themselves in quick succession.

All of them were naturally members of the Four Stars!

With that, no one dared to even go near these four people.

They were like peerless generals that watched on from the backlines while their soldiers were fighting with their lives on the line!

Atop the chaotic fighting platform, the four of them were simply untouchable existences whose prestige no one dared to sully!

This development had in truth strayed from the idea that the Scarlet Moon Overlord had in mind.

What he pictured was a scene of non stop action as every single participant battled it out as if their lives were on the line. He wanted to simulate a battlefield, where enemy attacks could come anytime, and from any angle.

But this was not too bad an outcome either.

After all, he had already expected that the Four Stars would come out on top in the end.

This way, even though he would not be able to gauge their sense of awareness while on a battlefield, he could at least see them battle among themselves at their peak state when they were finally the only ones left.

Thus, he decided to just watch on and enjoyed the show.

Lu Tianzi let out a wry smile upon seeing how the battle royal had developed. Was this supposed to be fair?

At this moment, Lu Tianzi suddenly felt a cold chill running down his back, causing his hair to stand on ends.

Killing intent!

Without hesitation, Lu Tianzi leapt to his side. Even so, he was only managed to get out of the way just in time, before an arrow cut right through where he had been standing.

Stab-!

Even though the arrow had missed its intended target, it had continued flying forward, finally burying itself into the back of another participant.

"Ahhh!" the victim screamed in pain as he desperately pulled out the arrow.

Lu Tianzi's eyes widened in shock as he saw the arrow injury start to let out green vapour as it corroded at a visible pace.

Was it poison?

Lu Tianzi hurriedly turned to look in the direction of the source of the arrow, but there was no longer anyone holding a bow.

It seemed that after firing the arrow, the culprit had expertly hidden his presence by relying on the chaos on the platform.

Even with his superior perception, it would be quite difficult for Lu Tianzi to find him in this mess of battles.

All he could do was to be on the lookout for this person from now on.

It was unlikely for the other party to be aiming at him in any case. Otherwise, Lu Tianzi would definitely try everything at his means to eliminate the threat!

Anyway, Lu Tianzi was not intending to just sit back and wait.

He drew out his Torrential Sabre, which ended up being shrouded by a mysterious dark shade the moment it left his spatial ring. Not to mention other people, even Lu Tianzi himself was unable to recognise the weapon in its current state.

But since this was an all out melee, he might as well take the opportunity to further refine his sabre mastery!

As for looking for Nanlan Qianxue and the rest, Lu Tianzi no longer held too much hope for that.

If it was so easy to identify his comrades, the Four Stars would not have isolated themselves in such a manner either.

The chaotic fights on the platform continued.

As time went on, those with greater strength started to show their capabilities.

Countless participants dissipated into beams of light, eliminated from the fight because they had been unlucky enough to go against these monstrous geniuses.

At the same time, as the participants continued to use moves that belonged solely to their influences, some of them were finally able to band together as one.

Still, these groups did not have huge numbers.

After all, it was not easy for any one influence to have a huge number of members pass through the qualifiers and then survive up to this point in the battle royal.

As a result, the effectiveness of banding in a group was kept to a minimal level.

Lu Tianzi was being quite careful.

After making sure that eliminating opponents did not grant him any primordial Slaughter Essence, Lu Tianzi started to hold back instead of rushing to eliminate as many opponents as he could.

In such a manner, he continued to seek out fights to hone his sabre mastery, making sure that he only barely won each time.

This way, he managed to stay safely under the radar.

On the contrary, there were those who went on a killing spree and eliminated every person who stood in their way.

These people soon found out that the weaker opponents were starting to avoid them, resulting in their coming battles becoming more and more difficult.

Not just that, but some of these stronger participants were even ganged up on by others!

Many strong participants were eliminated just like that.

But at this moment, a participant was fighting one against three.

All four of them were at the Peak Essence Condensation realm, yet the one who was alone was slowly starting to gain the upper hand!

He held a sword in one hand, which he only used when guarding against attacks, which he seldom had to do.

Most of the time, the swordsman would be on the offensive, using his free hand to summon black fireballs that pressed his three opponents into a frenzied evasive dance. These black fireballs were extremely fast, and his opponents were gradually starting to falter.

"Retreat!" one of his three opponents shouted out in panic.

"As if I will let you!" the swordsman harrumphed as he fired yet another fireball at their retreating figures.

"Argh!" one of his opponents grimaced in pain as his leg was struck by the black fireball.

"Shit! Disperse and run!" the two of his companions knew better than to stop and help him out.

They clearly understood that their unlucky companion's journey in the Scarlet Moon Heroes Meet had already come to an end.

"Die!" the swordsman flicked his finger.

Boom-!

The black flames on his victim's leg suddenly exploded, completely blasting away the leg that it was burning on!

The next thing he knew, the victim had already dissipated into beams of light.

Lu Tianzi watched on solemnly.

He understood the move that had just been executed by the swordsman. It was clearly a combat technique that had been derived from the Flaming Shadow Scripture, one of the manuals that he had obtained from those Flying Dragon Hall members whom he had killed.

From the looks of it, this swordsman should be from the Flaming Shadow Sect, one of the top influences within the capital.

As expected of the capital.

Even disregarding the Four Stars who had done nothing form start to end, there were still many powerful participants who could not be underestimated!