Fighting A Puppet Master

All 16 different groups were done fighting, yet the tournament didn't stop.

Once all 256 competitors had passed through the top 512, it was back to the start with the Top 256. Only this time, it would be 4 groups in a single day instead of just 2.

Alex arrived at the arena to sit and watch the day's matches. With 4 groups a day, his match would be on the 3rd day, so he didn't need to be anxious about anything, but today he did.

It wasn't just him, however. All 256 different young men and women that say here today were both nervous and excited, for today was the day the Emperor, as well as the heads of all the different families and sects, would come to watch the competition.

The past 2 rounds were child's play. They were simply there to filter out the weed, so the true elites of the empire didn't need to be there. However, almost every single one of the top 256 were True Emperor realm cultivators now.