Chapter 447 -447-The Final Top Eight
In addition, Cedric and Gurok’s territories also bordered those controlled by Philip and John.
At this point, Philip had already occupied two-thirds of the Baiske Kingdom.
Cedric, who had chosen the continental civilization’s Sukkars Kingdom, had likewise expanded his control over roughly two-thirds of its territory.
Gurok and John had made similar progress.
This war had effectively become a battle of four major powers joining forces against a single faction.
After all, even obtaining a Conqueror’s Proof did not guarantee advancement.
Only the first eight contestants to submit a Conqueror’s Proof would qualify for the next round.
So before they could obtain their own Conqueror’s Proofs, they also had to make sure that other contestants could not obtain theirs first.
In other words...
if there was an opportunity to eliminate another contestant, they had to take it.
Every eliminated opponent meant one more chance for themselves to advance.
That was precisely why the four of them had joined forces against Alvin.
Their goal was simple—
eliminate Alvin from the tournament.
Faced with such a situation, Alvin had no way to turn things around.
He immediately contacted Morado, another contestant belonging to the same top-tier faction as himself.
What Alvin didn’t know was that Morado was currently trapped in an equally desperate situation.
Morvens, Jace, Soren, and Shirok had almost simultaneously launched an attack on him.
It was another four-against-one situation.
If Morado hadn’t received Alvin’s request for help first, he would have been the one asking Alvin for reinforcements.
After explaining his own situation, the two could do nothing but wish each other luck.
Seeing this, John already knew that Alvin and Morado were destined to be eliminated.
Just like Kaine, they probably wouldn’t last much longer.
Sure enough...
Alvin was surrounded by a combined force of one million soldiers from two continental civilizations and another one million troops from two nomadic civilizations.
Against such overwhelming strength, he had no ability to resist.
After suffering enormous losses, his position grew more and more difficult to maintain.
Alvin knew that the situation was already hopeless.
In the end, he could only unwillingly accept defeat.
He surrendered...
and was eliminated from the tournament.
The allied forces then swept through the God-Creation Kingdom with unstoppable momentum and captured its royal capital, obtaining the Conqueror’s Proof.
Cedric was the first contestant to break into the royal capital.
Naturally, the Conqueror’s Proof fell into his hands.
Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately chose to use it.
Unlike John, Cedric had no need to gather four Conqueror’s Proofs.
Their alliance had only ever been temporary.
As long as he himself advanced, that was enough.
As for everyone else?
They could fend for themselves.
...
Inside the Top Eight secret realm, the projection belonging to Cedric suddenly disappeared.
At the same time...
Cedric appeared within the secret realm.
The moment he arrived, he saw John and the other three.
A trace of surprise flashed through his eyes.
But it quickly faded.
They’re united, and every one of them is powerful.
It isn’t surprising that all four of them managed to advance.
What I didn’t expect was that they would qualify this quickly.
As Cedric thought this, he began observing the secret realm.
Naturally, he noticed the projections as well.
"So these are projections created by the Will of the Universe..."
"It’s displaying everything that happened inside the trial worlds."
"So everything we did was already being watched by John and the others."
Cedric stared at the projections.
It almost felt like watching a movie.
John sensed Cedric’s arrival but paid him no attention.
They were competitors to begin with.
They had no personal relationship either.
There was no reason to deliberately exchange pleasantries.
Everyone could simply rely on their own abilities and fight for the ranking they wanted.
At this moment, John turned his attention toward Morado’s projection.
Because over there...
the battle was already approaching its conclusion.
"Morado can’t hold on either."
"His ending will probably be the same as Alvin’s."
The projection showed that the allied forces had already pushed all the way to the royal capital.
And the commander defending the city was none other than Morado.
Faced with an army numbering in the millions, Morado’s face had already turned pale.
He knew that he no longer had any chance of continuing in the tournament.
"Alvin has probably been eliminated too, right?"
Morado gave a bitter smile.
"Then I might as well give up as well."
"It’s time to end this."
Morado chose to withdraw from the competition.
He surrendered!
Another contestant was eliminated.
The four allied powers immediately launched a ferocious assault on the royal capital.
In the end...
Mo Wen was the first to break into the Inner City.
He captured the king, obtained the Conqueror’s Proof, and decisively used it.
He became the sixth contestant to qualify.
...
The Top Eight only had eight available positions.
That meant...
only two slots remained.
Yet there were still many powerful contestants left in the field.
Shirok of the Eternal Summit.
The contestant from the Tower of Myriad Treasures.
Gurok of the Shadow Divine Court.
Soren.
The independent contestant Jace.
Philip.
And several other powerful experts.
No one knew which two of them would seize the final places in the Top Eight!
...
The Myriad Worlds Tournament.
The Top Fifteen-to-Top Eight round.
So far, Kaine of the Skyvault Consortium, Alvin of Evernight Palace, and Morado had all been eliminated.
Fortunately, this round was not a battle to the death.
Contestants could withdraw and surrender at any time.
So no expert had died during the competition.
Inside the world created by the Will of the Universe, the remaining contestants included Shirok of the Eternal Summit, the contestant from the Tower of Myriad Treasures, Gurok of the Shadow Divine Court, Soren, the independent contestant Jace, Philip, and several others.
For the time being, they had divided themselves into two temporary alliances.
Their numbers were relatively balanced, and their spheres of influence were too widely spread.
Rather than continuing to eliminate one another, it was more efficient to attack their respective royal capitals and obtain Conqueror’s Proofs directly.
As a result, the contestants temporarily stopped fighting one another.
Each of them began expanding their own forces as quickly as possible.
John observed the projections.
Among the remaining contestants, Jace, Philip, and Mo Wen appeared to hold a noticeable advantage.
Their progress was exceptionally fast.
And just as John expected...
Jace was the first to break through a royal capital and obtain a Conqueror’s Proof.
Almost at the same time...
Philip and Mo Wen also obtained Conqueror’s Proofs.
The other contestants were only one step slower.
Even though some of them eventually managed to obtain Conqueror’s Proofs as well...
they were still eliminated.
They had simply been too late.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Inside the Top Eight secret realm...
Jace, Philip, and Mo Wen appeared almost simultaneously.
The moment they arrived, they looked toward John’s group of four and Cedric, who had already been waiting there.
There was no surprise in their eyes.
Each of John’s four is at least as strong as we are, Mo Wen thought.
And they’re incredibly united.
It was only natural that all of them would advance.
Philip, meanwhile, wondered,
I wonder whether John’s group qualified before Cedric... or whether Cedric was first.
Just then...
the Golden Ranking manifested by the Will of the Universe suddenly underwent a massive change.
Every name on the ranking disappeared.
The entire list became blank.
Then the voice of the Will of the Universe rang out.
"First place—representing the Skyvault Consortium..."
"John!"
As the voice of the Will of the Universe echoed through the secret realm, John’s name gradually appeared on the empty Golden Ranking.
He was the first name to emerge.
And it appeared at the very top.
Rank One!