Three months passed in the blink of an eye, and the Extreme Martial Dao Grand Tournament finally arrived. 

By then, the capital of the Jade Dragon Kingdom had become a gathering place for unusual figures from all over the world. Some were renowned fighters, some possessed strange and highly specialized skills, and others had reputations that bordered on the legendary. Most had come to compete for the billion-gold prize, though foreign intelligence agents had inevitably slipped into the city as well. 

When the tournament finally commenced, attention from around the world converged on the Jade Dragon Kingdom. Its broadcasts quickly rose to the top of the ratings, leaving every other program far behind. And the sheer size of the audience made it clear just how much interest the tournament had generated. 

Lu Yuan, however, did not appear at the beginning. With far too many challengers, the tournament first required the participants to compete among themselves. Only...