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Chapter 441 - 348: Dragon and Snake List_4

Chapter 441: Chapter 348: Dragon and Snake List_4

An evil scheme was laid by malevolent forces during that year’s Dragon and Snake List arena battles held in Sea City, resulting in the unleashing of evil energy; it caused half of the city’s cultivators to become possessed and mutated, and virtually wiped out hundreds of young talents participating in the arena battles!

Finally, the Imperial Court deployed a large army to suppress the evil forces, but Sea City became a ghost town, and of the hundreds of Grandmasters present, fewer than 20% made it out alive!

After the tragic loss, the Dragon and Snake List was suspended. But this year someone submitted a proposal to His Majesty, emphasizing the various advantages of resuming the Dragon and Snake List, and thus persuaded His Majesty, which led to the current assessment for the Capital’s Dragon and Snake List.

The Capital is the safest place in the Wood Dynasty, equipped with various means to detect and eliminate evil forces, so there’s no need to worry about the tragedy happening again..."

After talking for a while, Otis King suddenly realized and looked at Owen Bertram, asking, "Does Sir intend to participate in this year’s Dragon and Snake List? True, Sir is very young and meets the requirements. But, Sir, if it were up to me, the Dragon and Snake List is nothing more than a false reputation, it doesn’t hold much significance and might attract jealousy, often resulting in unforeseen disasters. Instead, you might as well keep a low profile and focus on Cultivating. The energy used to participate in the Dragon and Snake List would be enough to modify several Large-scale Magical Instruments..."

Owen Bertram knew precisely what he was suggesting and waved his hand, saying, "We’ll talk about whether or not to participate later, just tell me about the specific ranking rules of the Dragon and Snake List first."

Seeing that he couldn’t persuade him, Otis King had no choice but to tell the truth, "Although it’s called the Dragon and Snake List, it’s actually divided into Dragon, Snake, and Insect Lists. Those who don’t make it to the first two lists are deemed Insect Monsters, so this third list is not ranked.

Which is why the Dragon and Snake List is divided into two lists: A-list, which is the Dragon List, includes only three people, while the B-list only has ten people. Sir, don’t underestimate the Snake List. Although it’s not as prestigious as the Dragon List, how many cultivators are there in the whole Wood Dynasty? To make it to the B-list means you are one of the top thirteen talented youths in this generation!"

Owen Bertram nodded, understanding that among a generation of cultivators, selecting thirteen was no small feat.

At the end, Otis King added, "As for the arena battles, they are different every time, and not necessarily a fight. There are instances when a virtual world is opened up, where young people enter and compete indiscriminately. The last thirteen standing are ranked according to their fighting record."

"To the best of my knowledge, the most unique Dragon and Snake List competition had the leading examiner, who came up with an ingenious idea, personally crafted a set of twenty-one magical robes. Each robe contained a prohibition, such as wind, thunder, fire, frost, acupuncture, heavy mountain, etc. A young cultivator could only come first in the Dragon List if they wore all twenty-one robes, second with twenty robes, and third with nineteen robes; one could only enter the Snake List with at least fifteen robes. There are more detailed rules for the Snake List."

"In the end, only one of the young talents in that year’s competition managed to wear nineteen robes, while only six others wore fifteen or more. The examiner was quite stubborn, insisting that the young cultivators were of such poor skill that he refused to submit the complete lists, leaving only one third place in the A-list and five names in the B-list ..."

Owen Bertram found it interesting and couldn’t help but burst into laughter, "That predecessor was quite the character!"

Feeling a bit embarrassed, Otis King added, "That person was the number one Artificer in our Military Equipment Department at the time. The young cultivators of that year were so disgraced, but a century later, they had become the backbone of the Wood Dynasty’s Imperial Court. Among them, the tenth in the B-list even rose to the position of Grand Academician. The first thing he did upon taking office was to exile the examiner to the northern frontier to repair armor for the border troops..."

Owen Bertram was left speechless for a while before muttering, "In other words, although it’s called an arena battle, it’s not necessarily about comparing Fighting Techniques."

"Exactly." Otis King still wanted to persuade, "Sir, with your status, why would you want to compete with a group of ordinary people on the Dragon and Snake List? Rather than doing that, stay in the Looking Cloud Cliff, concentrate on improving Large-scale Magical Instruments, which will be a significant contribution to our Wood Dynasty."

Owen Bertram thought to himself that he didn’t want to go either, but would you dare to tell Nick Liam that I’m not going?

"Who will be the chief examiner of this year’s Dragon and Snake List?"

"It hasn’t been decided yet. It is said that His Majesty will announce the appointment only at the last moment."