Chapter 1271: Caged Battle Royale
Translator: StarveCleric Editor: StarveCleric
"Caged battle royale?"
Hearing the theme of the secondary selection, the candidates widened their eyes in astonishment.
They had heard of caged battle royale before, and they understood the significance behind it as well.
In ancient times, when the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe was still the dominant power in the Master Teacher Continent, they would often conduct caged battle royales to entertain themselves.
To put it in simple terms, caged battle royale consisted of placing a group of men in the same cage and leaving them to fight it out amongst themselves. The last one standing would be spared, and the rest would become sacrifices for his survival. It was an extremely brutal event, testing of a human's true nature.
For their own survival, there were those who would even lay their hands on their kin or even their own children... Such practice had been considered to be vile by mankind, spurned by the Master Teacher Pavilion, so why would the Sanctum of Sages use it in their secondary selections?
"Don't worry, the caged battle royale won't be a slaughter but an elimination match!" Noticing that everyone's expression was growing unnatural, Zhao Xingmo waved his hand and explained, "We'll be placing you in an isolated island, and within three days, you must find and eliminate thirteen amongst you in order to clear the examination. Of course, the method of elimination will not be killing the individual but breaking his allocated jade token. If we were to find that you have willfully killed any one of the candidates, your candidacy will be stripped immediately!"
"Breaking allocated jade tokens?"
"This will be difficult..."
Grave expressions appeared on the faces around.
They were all top-notch geniuses, and while there was some disparity in their strength, each of them wielded exceptional life preservation and escape means. If it was just a normal battle royale, they would still be able to eliminate other candidates through springing surprise assaults and swiftly incapacitating their enemy. However, if they had to break the jade token without endangering the other party's life, the difficulty would be hiked up significantly!
"Of course, you aren't the only ones on the isolated island too. There will be saint beasts, traps prepared in advance, and treacherous terrains... While trying to eliminate others, you will have to try your best to protect yourself as well!"
A glint flashed across Zhao Xingmo's eyes before he continued, "Just a warning in advance, if you think that you can just hide at one corner and wait for others to be eliminated, let me make this clear right now. You will be forcefully eliminated by me as well. The Sanctum of Sages needs no cowards and escapees! Also, if you all were to fail to eliminate thirteen people within three days, everyone shall lose their candidacy!"
"This..."
"In other words, we have to eliminate others or else we won't be able to get into the Sanctum of Sages even if we were to last till the end?"
"This is too difficult!"
"Well, if it's that easy to enroll into the number one academy of the Master Teacher Continent, it would surely be overflowing with freshmen each year!"
...
After a moment of commotion, everyone fell silent.
While the rules of the caged battle royale may seem simple, it was actually far more demanding than being literally placed into a cage.
