Chapter 1897

Chuckling coolly, Phoenix continued, "Also, we've decided to register in different branches so that we don't have to compete in the same local bracket, making it look as if it's the finals already. Get it?" Many of the martial artists nodded in understanding—so that was Cloudnine Sect's strategy for the martial tournament. Instead of having their apprentices participating in the qualifiers for a single city, they sent them elsewhere. As everyone took part in different qualifiers of different cities, that would greatly increase the chances that the apprentices would advance further. And with Cloudnine Sect having the numerical advantage in the elimination stages, one must admit that this strategy was flawless. In fact, it would not just be Cloudnine Sect—major martial clans down to the individual martial artist might choose to participate in remote cities too, so that they had a better chance of qualifying. After all, only the final two participants who survived elimination in eac