Age of Evolution

Chapter 212 - 212: 212: War God ‘s Knockout, Heaven s Garden (3rd update arrived)

In a corner of the first-floor hall, Lin Zhen was drinking opposite Yang Jianying.

Yang Jianying handed a set of documents to Lin Zhen, “Lin, take a look. Now our Blue Sky Martial Arts Hall doesn’t have much to offer. These are the conditions we can provide. If you agree, sign it, and you’ll be a member of Blue Sky.”

Lin Zhen took the documents from Yang Jianying and skimmed through them.

There was nothing special in the documents. They offered Lin Zhen a villa, the largest and best one in Blue Sky. It was even better than where Lin Zhen was currently living.

However, the salary was meager, only 500,000 a month, less than what an average War General would make. It was not at all equivalent to the pay of a War God.

Yang Jianying said somewhat embarrassedly, “Lin, in the past, I made a wrong step. I recruited several Russians. Now, we have a bad reputation, and the martial arts hall is not well managed. We don’t have much left in terms of assets. Knowing that you’re rich and have spent 30 billion in the capital, you probably wouldn’t care about this pay…”

Lin Zhen chuckled. “It’s quite good. I will give this 500,000 a month to my parents. Moreover, Brother Yang also gave me a huge villa.”

“As it should be. It’s a small recompense.”

Upon seeing Lin Zhen agreeing and quickly signing, Yang Jianying sighed in relief. The contract was now effective.

Lin Zhen felt a tinge of emotion. In his past life, he had been a martial artist of Blue Sky. It was unexpected that he had returned to Blue Sky in this life after a long roundabout journey.

Yang Jianying took out his phone and dialed the War God Alliance registration office: “I’m Yang Jianying, from Blue Sky of Ice City. I’m registering our martial arts hall’s War God, Lin Zhen… Yes, just like that.”

After hanging up, Yang Jianying said, “Brother Lin, it’s done. We’re just in time.

If we were an hour late, the registration would have closed.”

“How many people from our martial arts hall have registered?” Blue Sky in this life was very different from what Lin Zhen knew in his past life. There were practically no familiar faces here anymore.

Not wanting to hide anything, Yang Jianying said, “To be honest, you’re the only one from Blue Sky who has registered. Originally, I was thinking that if we didn’t recruit anybody in the end, I’d have to do it myself. Fortunately, you were here, otherwise, it would’ve been a humiliation for me.”

Yang Jianying was only a Level Eight War God now, and as the head of the martial arts hall. registering himself could easilv lead to criticism. If he didn’t perform well, it would indeed be a great disgrace.

“Does the head know what the rules of the War God Knockout are now?” asked Lin Zhen.

“Yes, they’re online.”

Busy with his parents these past few days, Lin Zhen hadn’t met anyone or surfed the internet, so he had no idea what had happened online. He took out his cellphone to check.

Indeed, the rules for the War God Knockout had been laid out.

All War Gods worldwide who received a recommendation could register. Each would receive a virtual helmet and enter a virtual map to fight.

The virtual map, named Heaven’s Garden, was proposed by Star Sky Divine Teaching and finally decided upon through joint research by countries worldwide.

According to Star Sky Divine Teaching’s description, true gods were incredibly vast. A Star Fruit Tree was merely a small tree in his garden, and the flowers and plants there were even taller and luxuriant than Earth’s primitive forests.

High-altitude flight was prohibited in the garden. Even if you were a Spiritual Mind Master, the highest flying distance was only about ten meters, preventing these Spiritual Mind Masters from taking shortcuts.

When everyone entered the garden, they would randomly appear in a peripheral zone, a boundless grassland filled with many Mutated Beasts.

Crossing the grassland, they would enter a sea of flowers, a place also filled with countless dangers.

After the sea of flowers was a small stream. But this “small stream” was essentially a large river, another extremely dangerous zone.

After the river, the martial artists would be near the end of the virtual map. Crossing this big river would bring them to the final location of the virtual map – a Garden Cottage.

The cottage had 1,024 spots. Every War God who arrived could leave their name at a spot. As soon as they left their name, they would pass the preliminary selection and could exit the virtual map.

There were also some gemstone fragments on the virtual map, which came in three types—Red, Blue, and Yellow gemstones.

With ten red gemstone fragments, one could finally exchange them for a Lower Grade Star Artifact; ten blue gemstone fragments could be exchanged for a Middle Grade Star Artifact.

With ten yellow gemstone fragments, one could obtain a High Grade Star Artefact.

Even if one did not manage to gather enough gemstone fragments to exchange for Star Artifacts, these fragments could still be reclaimed. Red gemstone fragments could be reclaimed for 10 million each, blue gemstone fragments for 100 million each, and yellow gemstones for 1 billion each.

This served as a gauge to balance those who did not pass the preliminary selection because they wouldn’t receive rewards. If one could obtain some gemstone fragments, it would also be a sort of compensation.

The last 1,024 qualifiers who advanced to the knockout competition, would be given a reward after each round.

Upon entering the elimination round, one is rewarded with a lower grade star artifact. If one makes it into the top 512, they will be rewarded with three lower grade star artifacts.

If one makes it into the top 256 of the elimination round, they will get five lower grade star artifacts as a reward. Those who progress into the top 128 can receive a middle grade star artifact.

If one makes it into the top 64, they will get three middle grade star artifacts, moving into the top 32 will get them five middle grade star artifacts.

Getting into the top 16 allows one to get a high grade star artifact, if they make it into the top eight, they will get three high-grade star artifacts.

Getting into the top four will get a person five high-grade star artifacts. If one enters the contest for the first and second place, they will get a top quality star artifact.

The champion, moreover, will get an additional top quality star artifact.

Of course, there’s a time gap between the preliminary round and the elimination round. Three months after the preliminary round concludes, the elimination round officially begins.

The start time for the preliminary round will also be three months later. During this time, the War God Alliance will be tweaking the virtual world system and perfecting the map.

“The game starts in three months?” Lin Zhen looked at these rules, the anticipation bubbling inside him. If he could get through the preliminary round and make it into the top four, he could almost certainly assemble ten high grade star artifacts.

“Yes, a month from now. However, if I may be so bold, Brother Lin, you are skilled, but your level is a bit low. I know you’ve been undefeated during your warrior phase and war general stage. But the world of the War Gods is different. There is a significant gap between high level and low-level War Gods. Your current strength at the late stage of level three doesn’t quite cut it. It’s near impossible to secure a good ranking in the competition; passing the preliminary round itself might be a challenge.”

Lin Zhen nodded. He knew this well. Level three War Gods have little power in front of the advanced War Gods. His current strength allows him to beat average intermediate War Gods and he isn’t afraid of elite War Gods either, but what about high-level War Gods? Elite high-level War Gods?

In his view, not to mention himself now, even Yue Zhenhua, who was on the verge of entering the Star Realm, would not certainly become the champion in this War God World Championship, or even make it into the top four.

From Lin Zhen’s memory, there are many strong War Gods from other countries. They are sure to stand out in this competition.

There are three months until the preliminary round starts, and then three months after that for the elimination round to begin. Lin Zhen’s first priority right now is to improve his strength to ensure he makes it past the preliminary round.

However, it’s not easy to increase one’s strength quickly at the War God level. Lin Zhen began to recall memories from his past life. Where could he go to progress significantly?

Yang Jianying saw that Lin Zhen was deep in thought, and didn’t pester him further. He only said to Lin Zhen, “Little brother, I won’t say much more. Just perform as best as you can. At present, there aren’t many people in Blue Sky, but I think you have great potential. Even if you don’t perform well in this War God Championship, I’m sure you’ll have an impressive performance in the future.”

“Thank you, Master.”

“No need for formalities, I must go now, but the helmet will be delivered to your home tomorrow. Just wear it on time, three months from now.”

“Okay, I have one more question. Now that I’m a War God of Blue Sky Martial Arts Hall, am I qualified to raid the ancient God ruins?”

“Of course, you are. But the ancient God ruins are very perilous. Those places are heavily damaged due to meteor showers, and the environment is deadly. The ancient God ruins nearest to us in the north are only two: Changbai Mountain and Five Connected Pools. If you truly want to go, I suggest trekking into Changbai Mountain. I recommend finding some companions as well. If you don’t venture too far in, you might even find a star artifact or two.”

“What if I said I wanted to go to the Five Connected Pools?” Lin Zhen asked with a smile.

“What! You intend to go to Five Connected Pools! Are you out of your mind? There’s nothing worth seeing there. They don’t produce star artifacts. The mutated poisonous insects present are all of at least B-level. Venturing there is akin to suicide. I suggest you let go of that idea.”

“Hehe, I was just joking with you, Master. I know when to be careful.”

“That’s better. Don’t act impulsively. If anything were to happen to you, there’d be no one left in Blue Sky.”

“I understand. I have one more request. I bought vitality potions for my parents so they can begin cultivation anew. Could you arrange two Warrior leveled instructors to oversee their training?

“Vitality potions? You can afford those? Junior, you’re impressive!” Yang Jianying gave Lin Zhen a thumbs up. It’s a trivial matter for him. He could even help Lin Zhen move house, if need be.

Yang Jianying acted swiftly. The next day, Lin Zhen’s family moved from the Gale Martial Arts Hall villa to the one in Blue Sky Martial Arts Hall.

This was the largest and finest villa, and as the Blue Sky had hardly any people now, the surroundings were nearly deserted. It felt like a private estate for Lin Zhen.

The two level-nine warriors sent by Yang Jianying quickly arrived – a male and a female – overseeing the practice of Lin Liye and Li Qin, striving to push them to the War General stage as soon as possible.

Lin Zhen also paid a significant amount of money, ensuring the delivery of training equipment and medicinal materials, so his parents will not be delayed in their cultivation.

After arranging everything, Lin Zhen called An Ning, but the call was answered by An Ning’s personal assistant. The assistant told him that An Ning had been arranged to leave Ice City two years ago by her family and it was unknown where she had gone.

Lin Zhen then called Su Mingyue. She told Lin Zhen that Gongsun Du had arranged a secret special training for her in order to ensure her competitive performance in the War God Championship. Even she didn’t know what the special training would entail.

After talking with Su Mingyue for a short time, Lin Zhen hung up.

With Gongsun Du, a meteor phase expert, supervising her special training, Su Mingyue’s improvements would definitely be tremendous. Lin Zhen also didn’t have time to delay.

His target was the Five Connected Pools, something that he had been considering for a long time now..