Chapter 744 - 372 - Kongkong’s Preparation for a Serious Confrontation_1
The third round of the round-robin formally ended. Although only just over a third had been played so far, the structure of each group had become much clearer.
Long Dangdang, Ling Menglu, and Wang Changxin all had three wins in three games, and stood a good chance of advancing. Conversely, Yue Li and Tao Linlin mainly hoped to achieve as many victories as possible in the round-robin, so that they would rank well within their Temple when the tournament concluded. For them, making it to the finals and becoming one of the top thirty-six would already be an impressive accomplishment.
The biggest surprise naturally was Long Kongkong’s three victories in the Group of Death, including a win over Shi Zeyu, the top seed from the Knights Temple. In the upcoming matches, as long as he could defeat either Cai Caijuan or Zisang Liuying, a top-eight finish would be all but secured, and he would stand out from his group. And given the Rat King’s restraining effect on other magical beasts, Cai Caijuan definitely did not want to face him.
The brothers Long Dangdang and Long Kongkong were attracting more and more attention. Whether it was the other competitors or the various Sacred Legates, they had all started to take the twins seriously.
Despite his loss to Long Kongkong, Shi Zeyu and the Knights Temple still emerged as the biggest winners. Everyone had believed that Shi Zeyu, who could have potentially become the next leader, would win, but he lost to Long Kongkong, also of the Knights Temple. Just how deep was the Knights Temple’s hidden strength? And there was also Long Dangdang, who could be either a dragon mage or a dragon knight. If all three of these young talents belonged to the Knights Temple, the Magic Temple and the Priests Temple, despite boasting geniuses seen once in a millennium, would likely be left trailing behind based on the abilities these three displayed.
Unaware of the undercurrents within the Sacred Legates, Long Dangdang and the others returned to their accommodation, where Dangdang, restraining an overly excited Kongkong, pulled everyone together for more intense cultivation.
With the evolution of his Dazzling Starlight Spirit Furnace, Kongkong’s role in the team was becoming greater and greater. During cultivation, he was definitely the core. With him around, their team stood high above all others of their age in terms of cultivation alone. According to their current rate of training, the whole team could potentially touch the 9th Rank within five years. How old were they right now?
Not to mention, many of them were practicing both internal and external spiritual power at the same time. In the future, the 1st level of 9th Rank would surely not be a bottleneck for them.