Soul Land V: Rebirth of Tang San

Guigui said, "The so-called Collision Competition is where the competitors start at the same time from a distance of thirty meters and charge towards each other. Whichever retreats the most after the collision loses, and vice versa for the victor. Monsters of different stages are divided into different groups. Generally, it starts from the Third Stage, up to the Sixth Stage. It is a grand event for the younger generation of Monsters. The limit is set to the Sixth Stage because collisions between those stronger than Sixth Stage could easily cause unnecessary casualties. Moreover, once Monsters reach above the Sixth Stage, they tend to lose interest in this game-like competition."

"That's somewhat interesting. But different races have different characteristics, so surely those with stronger physiques have some advantage," Wang Yanfeng said with a smile.

Guigui replied, "I've watched it once, and there's quite some skill involved. How about this, it's getting late now, let's go after dinner. We should be able to catch the beginning of the Collision Competition."

Today, Tang San and Wang Yanfeng went to the Wind Wolf Clan Ancestral House, and it took over four hours for the round trip, plus the time spent there. By the time they returned, it was already afternoon.

Regarding going to watch the Collision Competition, Tang San certainly had no objections, especially since the contest was from the Third Stage to the Sixth Stage of Monsters, which coincided perfectly with his inclination.

After meeting Pretty Girl, his thoughts became more active, and the first thing that came to his mind was an urgent desire to become stronger, more intense than ever before.

The Pretty Girl Milk Tea Shop was located in the heart of Jiali City; there, it was certain there would be no shortage of powerful Monsters of the Eighth and Ninth Stages. Having finally found her, nothing was more important than protecting her safety. And to protect her, he first needed to become powerful himself. Merely relying on his current Fourth Stage strength was evidently far from sufficient.

The relationship between the Mysterious Heaven Method Tang San cultivated and the bloodline energy of the Monster world, after so many years, he had almost fully understood. The Mysterious Heaven Method had the ability to devour and convert energy, transforming the energy absorbed from the outside world into his own Power, leaving a Mark of bloodline in his body. Through the Mark, he could inversely convert the Mysterious Heaven Method to release similar abilities.

The stronger the Mark, the more powerful the skills he could transform when converting. The Marks of Monster bloodline in his body were like different levels of licenses for these skills. He needed to not only enhance the Mysterious Heaven Method but also to elevate the level of the Marks, to wield more formidable abilities and to possess greater personal strength.

According to Tang San's research and experience, at least until his Mysterious Heaven Skill broke through the Ninth Stage, it seemed he would have to cultivate in this manner.

In turn, the best way for him to quickly enhance his own abilities was to acquire more Skills.

In this world, Humans who inherited the Demon God Transformation Bloodline could only have one type of power. But with the devouring ability of the Mysterious Heaven Method, he was not subject to this limitation and could possess multiple powers. The more Skills he had, with reasonable coordination, the greater his strength naturally became.

And in the bustling parts of the city, he could fish in troubled waters, attempting to absorb some low-level abilities more frequently. He needed to acquire more Skills derived from Monster bloodline power, to enhance himself. Also, converting these absorbed energies into the Cultivation Power of the Mysterious Heaven Method would allow him to elevate his own Cultivation more quickly.

Toward Cultivation, today could be said to be the most active day for Tang San since arriving in this world. Fourth Stage was not enough, Fifth Stage was not enough; he needed to quickly Cultivate to the Ninth Stage at least, to allow his divine consciousness to be enhanced again, to reconstruct his Divine Consciousness and reassemble his Divine Power. To awaken some powers from his past life that did not exist in this world, that was the real way to protect Pretty Girl!

After resting for a while and having dinner, Guigui changed into relatively glamorous clothes before taking Wang Yanfeng and Tang San out.

The reason for dressing up a bit more was that this world also judged people by their appearances. As Humans from a Vassal race, they weren't targeted much in the big cities; as long as they didn't provoke others, generally Monsters wouldn't bother them. After all, the Monsters needed vassals to serve them. Humans could be considered the smartest among all Vassal races; though not strong, they are much better at complex tasks compared to other Vassal races.

The Collision Competition wasn't very high-level, after all, it was only for Monsters below the Sixth Stage. The majority were young people, and the rewards were relatively modest.

The top prize is five Elemental Coins. Although the purchasing power of the Elemental Coins is astonishing, for most of the wealthy Monsters, it's not considered a huge fortune.

Additionally, this is the reward for the first place in the Sixth Stage. The prizes for the lower stages are even less. The winner of the Fifth Stage receives four coins, the Fourth Stage winner three, and the Third Stage champion is only awarded a single Elemental Coin.

Runner-up placements receive rewards in Spirit Rhinoceros Coins.

It's important to note that the highest level in the currency system is the Purple Crystal Coin, followed by the Tianyu Coin. Neither appears in the list of rewards. This shows that the competition is more of a bustling event than anything else.

The location of the Collision Competition is a square. The square is surrounded by various shops selling all kinds of goods.

If this were before Tang San met Pretty Girl, he might have found these shops more interesting. It would have been a great help for him to understand the Monsters.

But now, he's more interested in the Collision Competition.

At this moment, the square was already filled with thousands of Monsters. In the center was a cleared space, enclosed off. The Jiali Guards of Jiali City were responsible for the enclosure. Jiali Guards were not from a single race, but selected from all races. The minimum requirement to be a Jiali Guard is at least the strength of the Fourth Stage. In the Monsters, the military system is organized by city, with each of the seven main cities having its own guards. The stronger one's cultivation base is in the army, the higher their position naturally becomes. The Fourth Stage is just the most common Jiali Guard. This indicates how strong the Monster Clan and Spirit Clan are in Demon Monster Land.

Among the crowd, there were also some vassal races, with Humans being one of the more numerous vassal groups. Some of these human vassals were following around Monsters, clearly as their attendants.

The competition had not yet begun, and the sky gradually darkened, but huge wooden pillars had been erected all around the square, with glowing ores on them, lighting up the square.

The aura here was quite mixed due to the presence of many different races, but the Aura was notably rich.

Tang San followed Guigui and Wang Yanfeng to a corner at the edge of the competition area and finally managed to find a place to stand. Around here, most of them were from vassal races.

The competition area had a diameter of about fifty meters, and it was a circular space separated by the Jiali Guards.

On one side of the area was a platform, on which coins were placed.

This was the first time Tang San had seen an Elemental Coin. Coins of different elements emitted distinctive glows, completely overshadowing the nearby Spirit Rhinoceros Coins. This was particularly noticeable in the night.

The Spirit Rhinoceros Coins looked to be a dark silver color, appearing quaint and restrained. While they didn't have the kind of radiance under the light that the Elemental Coins emitted, they gave Tang San a strangely intriguing feeling.

"The Collision Competition is about to begin!" A loud voice suddenly rang out.