"Looks like the real show is finally about to begin."
Gu Bo's words jolted Chu Feng to realization. If Gu Bo hadn't reminded him, he'd almost forgotten that tonight was the day the Marriage Alliance Tournament officially began — the day the hundred beauties of Supreme Villa would take the stage to meet them all.
"That's right. Barring any surprises, tonight Supreme Villa will announce their intention to go to war with the Mountain of Ten Thousand Demons. And under the banner of the Marriage Alliance Tournament, they'll drag every last one of us into that war," Gu Bo said.
"Heh, isn't that exactly what you, me, and everyone else was hoping for?" Chu Feng smiled, a glint of anticipation rising in his eyes.
"Fair point. Come on — let's go meet my big brother Xu Zhongyu. He's been looking forward to meeting you." Gu Bo grinned as well, slinging an arm over Chu Feng's shoulder, and the two brothers headed toward the venue of the Marriage Alliance Tournament.
Supreme Villa's main city was enormous, and its nightscape was resplendent with brilliant lights, breathtakingly beautiful.
But tonight, the most beautiful and lively spot in Supreme Villa wasn't within the main city — it was at the summit of a mountain peak beyond the city walls.
Below the peak, white clouds roiled and churned. Around its slopes, waterfalls cascaded down in silver torrents. And at the summit itself, a sea of people erupted in jubilant celebration.
This was the venue where the Marriage Alliance Tournament would be held.
After the underground palace trial, the tens of thousands of participants had been whittled down to fewer than a thousand — and every single one who passed could be called a genuine genius without exception.
"This is quite the spectacle. Seems like Supreme Villa has been preparing for this for a long time."
Arriving at the summit and taking in the heavenly natural scenery surrounding the peak, along with the grand and magnificent man-made structures at its top, Chu Feng knew this must have cost Supreme Villa a tremendous amount of wealth and manpower.
At this moment, since the hundred beauties of Supreme Villa had yet to make their appearance, it was entirely men from various factions gathered together, chatting idly.
After all, the crowd gathered here could be called the cream of the young generation across the Nine Provinces — these people might one day become the rulers of their respective regions on the continent. Seizing this rare opportunity to make connections was something many were more than willing to do.
Besides the young talents who had successfully earned the right to participate in the Marriage Alliance Tournament, the vast summit was also crowded with numerous disciples of Supreme Villa — the majority of them female.
These female disciples all shared one thing in common: though they wore Supreme Villa's attire, each had dressed herself up gorgeously. And naturally, they had their reasons for doing so.
Though their status as Supreme Villa disciples was prestigious, the people gathered here were peerless geniuses from all across the continent. It was only natural that these female disciples would find themselves intrigued — perhaps among this crowd, they might meet their future ideal husbands.
And most of these young talents were more than willing to get to know the beautiful women of Supreme Villa. After all, there were only a hundred beauties, meaning that out of nearly a thousand men, only a hundred would have the chance to marry one of those hundred women.
But many didn't want to leave empty-handed either, so they were naturally happy to get acquainted with the attractive female disciples of Supreme Villa. At the very least, if they weren't chosen by one of the hundred beauties, they'd still have an additional option. Why wouldn't they take it?
"I didn't expect that even the older generation of powerhouses would show up."
At the same time, Chu Feng also noticed that within some special buildings, several veteran experts were chatting amiably. The auras of these elders were none too weak — the weakest among them were at the peak of the Xuan Martial realm, and there were a few whom Chu Feng couldn't gauge at all. They had most likely stepped into the Heaven Martial realm.
"Yeah, most of them arrived today. Quite a few elders from our Spirit World Association came as well — they're probably worried something might happen to their juniors. I have to say, Supreme Villa's Marriage Alliance Tournament has been a tremendous success. At the very least, they've managed to draw a great many powerhouses into their war against the Mountain of Ten Thousand Demons."
Gu Bo let out an amazed laugh, then added: