Jiang Yuan overcame the first demon race assassin to take the stage, becoming the first to change the title of arena master.
However, the masters of the other four arenas were quickly replaced as well.
From the Human Clan, Jiang Yuan, from the Demon Race, Wusun Cheng, from the Demon Clan, Uti Najqi, from the Giant Troll Clan, Lisandro, and from the Angel Clan, Terrabella.
After the masters of the five arenas were settled, only an hour had passed by.
In this one hour, Jiang Yuan had already defeated forty-six people.
His victories came swiftly, but all were against relatively weaker contestants.
For the stronger ones, like the other four arena masters, none showed any intention of challenging Jiang Yuan directly.
Instead of a hard fight with little to gain by defeating Jiang Yuan, they preferred to challenge a weaker one.
Therefore, the current arena masters were relatively strong, almost all of them prominent figures among their respective races.
However, ten hours will definitely not pass by so easily.
Races like the Human Clan, Demon Race, and Giant Troll Clan are somewhat better off, but magic-attacking races like the Angel Clan consume a lot of Star Power.
Little more than an hour had passed when Terrabella from the Angel Clan was defeated by a member of the Elemental Spirit Clan, losing their position as arena master.
"See, I am indeed stronger."
After witnessing the first powerful arena master fall, Nezha said with a smug look to Shi Ji standing beside him.
"I've defeated more than fifty, yet haven't consumed much Star Power."
Nezha was overconfident, while Laojun smiled calmly. Zhao Gongming also smiled, as his Skill also was a big consumer of Star Power.
Shi Ji, on the other hand, just glanced at Nezha, chuckled, and shook his head slightly.
"Really still just a kid."
Shi Ji's voice wasn't loud, so Nezha, who eagerly rushed forward to face a new challenger, didn't hear him.
"But speaking of which, after such a long time, no strong contestant has come forward to challenge."
Zhao Gongming, curious after seeing another challenger and noting it was yet another late-stage Great Liang level competitor, spoke up.
"Why care so much? After all, we are rated on the number of challengers we've beaten. We should be leading now, right?" Jiang Yuan said, turning his head to look at the numbers displayed above the other four arenas.
The number above Jiang Yuan's head was fifty-eight.
For others, except for the one from the Elemental Spirit Clan who just succeeded and inherited Terrabella's tally of thirty-nine, the counts were significant as well.
Besides Jiang Yuan, the most was that of the Demon Clan's Uti Najqi, with a count of forty-five.
Following them were Wusun Cheng of the Demon Race and Lisandro of the Giant Troll Clan, both with forty-three.
Indeed, the tally of defeated opponents could be inherited by the arena master.
Meaning, the more contestants an arena master defeats, the more popular that arena would be at the end.
As for the possibility of someone choosing not to challenge?
Surely, some would choose not to challenge.
But once they enter the round, if they choose not to challenge, they will be randomly assigned to the challenger's spot.
Of course, there is a time limit for this; if one takes too long to make a choice, they will be forcibly moved to the challenger's position.
And the target of the challenge is also random.
The Time-Space Gate Temple will not allow an arena to be vacant for too long.
However, in this battle of five to six hundred people vying for five arenas, nearly half the time has passed by the end of a round.
There's only ten hours in total, and the most intense battles happen at the beginning and towards the end.
"Brother, when are you going to take the stage?"
Three hours later, as Jiang Yuan's count exceeds one hundred, Kang Siyu once again asks his brother, Kang Cileide.
"I too want to go up, but I have to wait my turn," replied Kang Cileide with a hint of helplessness, "And this guy is really not weak. Although I don't know why he has four people around him, they seem to be like Beast Taming Card Masters."
"The issue though, is that even though the ones who challenged him earlier weren't very strong, he has only sent out one person to fight until now, and it seems he isn't lacking Star Power at all."
Kang Cileide watched as Nezha took only two or three moves to defeat another opponent, his expression growing solemn.
Although Kang Cileide was very strong and had not been chosen as a team leader, he wasn't foolish.
He naturally understood what it meant.
Not to mention the others, at least two of the three people who had yet to make a move had strength comparable to that little kid with Three Heads and Eight Arms.
And in the worst-case scenario, all three behind him were stronger than the kid upfront!
If there weren't three people ahead of him, Kang Cileide would even consider switching arenas.
After all, the other arena masters were almost at the end of their strength.
As long as he went up, he should be able to easily secure an arena master's spot.
"Let's try him out first; if it doesn't work, then I'll switch arenas."
Kang Cileide stepped forward and murmured to himself before falling silent again.
At this point in time, not just Kang Cileide, many were harboring this intent.
To seize the master title while they could.
That way, initiative would be in their hands.
As for waiting until the end to challenge the arena master, not to mention the uncertainty of success, even getting a spot in the queue is a problem.
Under such circumstances, not having the initiative in one's hands is too risky.