Chapter 2199 - Must be a Melee

Stamping her feet, Dongshen Yue beat her chest. It was clear that she was furious. The ebons? Tianming was confused.

Lin Xiao bitterly smiled. "Whats the point in running your mouth? So what if the two of us can beat ten of them? Without a successor, winning is the same as losing."

"We must fight even if we end up losing. Isnt it supposed to be a duel? Ill kill Lin Bei. Lets see if he can still become branch master then!" Dongshen Yue said through gritted teeth.

"If that happens, well be scorned forever and the children wont have a place to live," Lin Xiao sighed.

"Ah... no successor? Howre you supposed to fight? Can we partic.i.p.ate?" Tianming interrupted. He had figured out the dispute between his grandparents. Lin Xiao felt that there was no need to fight, but Dongshen Yue was furious. She wanted to fight even if it meant losing.

Lin Xiao and Dongshen Yue glanced at them. "It has nothing to do with you. Youre too young to take part in it." She shook her head.

"I see."

What could children do in the replacement of a branch heir? The experts would fight if it really came down to a duel. However, there were only two people on Lin Xiao's side.

"Ive just entered the sixth level and started enjoying some benefits, but it looks like Im about to be kicked out. The prince is going to turn into a frog. How f.u.c.king sad." Tianming couldnt accept it. He seethed with anger upon seeing how sad Lin Xiao was. Glancing over, he noticed that Lin Dan was still standing at the door. After asking the girls to comfort his grandparents, Tianming ran out.

"Uncle, I want to know how the replacement of the successor works," Tianming said.

"Its a melee where the winner becomes the legitimate heir." Lin Dan helplessly shook his head.

"Can you be more specific?" Tianming asked.

"Alright." Lin Dan glanced at him and continued, "Heres how it works. In the succession override, the former and new primary lines compete in size, their future, successors, and other important factors. So the rules are more favorable for large families. The contest is divided into three levels: the apex, middle, and youth levels. The family that wins two out of three becomes the primary line."

Tianming was excited to hear that. Isn't it just like the Sanctum Replacement Challenge? The purpose and significance of the two are obviously the same. I can do it! With that in mind, he quickly asked, "Uncle, that's no problem at all. Can I partic.i.p.ate in the youth level?"

"You? You got it wrong! You clearly dont understand the definition of youth. In Ebonia, for those that possess the Infinitum Bloodline, the official age for a youth isnt thirty or a hundred, its three hundred!" Lin Dan explained.

"What? A three-hundred-year-old youth?" Tianming exclaimed, wide-eyed. Are you all crazy? If it weren't for me, my maternal grandfather would have been buried in the ground at a hundred years old. How can a three-hundred-year-old be called a youth? he thought to himself.

"Isn't that how it is? At the peak of ones astral physique, they reach the Stellaminoris stage. The average lifespan of a G.o.d is more than two thousand years. Upon becoming an advanced cosmic deity and undergoing the transformation to a heptastar cosmic physique, they can live up to five thousand years, and after reaching the Cosmic Cartography stage, the maximum lifespan is six thousand years. Wouldnt a three-hundred-year-old be considered a youth for five-thousand-year-old cosmic cartographers?"

Tianming did the math. If he were to compare a lifespan of five thousand years to the Vermillion Bird Kingdoms hundred years, then one hundred years here was equal to six years there. Taking into consideration the explosive development in cultivation and rapid growth in early childhood, three hundred years old would be equivalent to a teenager. No wonder people here werent allowed to have children until they reached a thousand years of age.

"Nephew, in Ebonia, some parents are astral G.o.ds, while others are just normal G.o.ds. Their maximum lifespans vary so the definition of a youth can be quite confusing. But in the succession override, theyre all descendants of astral G.o.ds so the age limit for a youth is officially three hundred years old. You and your wives can partic.i.p.ate, but all of your opponents will have cultivated for more than two hundred years. Theres no way you can beat them." Lin Dan said.

"f.u.c.k!" Tianming was crestfallen, but it made perfect sense. For descendants of astral G.o.ds, a hundred years old was considered really young. They wouldnt be asked to partic.i.p.ate in the succession override. Comparing the futures of two families based on the performance of children in the last three hundred years would yield more accurate results.

"What about the middle level?" Tianming asked.

"Thats from three hundred to a thousand years old. At a thousand years old, one reaches a threshold. For an astral G.o.d with a lifespan of five thousand years, theyre in the prime of their life at two thousand. Before the age of a thousand years, they fall under the middle level," Lin Dan said.

Tianming understoodit was a comprehensive compet.i.tion. In essence, it was indeed similar to the Sanctum Replacement Challenge. After all, the significance of it was the same. Not only were they comparing the present, but they compared the future as well. The difference was the age limit. In the apex stage, there was no age limit, so the experts would fight. In the middle level, those between the ages of three hundred and a thousand would fight, and in the youth level, those below three hundred years would brawl. At the moment, Tianming was still competing with hundred-year-old geniuses; how could he fight those with an additional two hundred years of cultivation?

"Don't even think about it. Its a team melee for all three levels. Your opponents are older than you and have more people on their side." Lin Dan was lost for words. The Lin Clan was known for its flouris.h.i.+ng population.

"How does it work?"

"In each melee, each side sends out ten people. So your grandparents, who are in the apex level, will have to fight against ten of their strongest. If you plan on partic.i.p.ating, itll be the four of you against the ten of their strongest under the age of three hundred. Theres no one in your line to partic.i.p.ate in the middle level, so youll lose that by default."

Tianming was dumbfounded. It was certainly more exciting than the Sanctum Replacement Challenge.

"Twenty people from both sides will fight to the end in the Infinitum Bodhimanda. There arent enough people in your family, but mine has more than two hundred people who meet the age requirement of the youth level. Itll be easy to choose ten of the strongest," Lin Dan helplessly said.

"Your family?" Tianming was stunned.

"I'm sorry, but I belong to Lin Beis family. Were a distant relative of the Second Patriarch. Im so embarra.s.sed to face you." Lin Dan was even more upset.

"It's fine! Uncle, do you think Grandpa and Grandma can beat ten of them?" Tianming asked.

Although a melee was shameless of them, it also made sense. The Lin Clan wanted a winner that could thrive.

"When the Second Patriarch was younger, he could take all of them alone. But now, it's hard to say. Hes already five thousand years old, and in a thousand years, hell be gone. His cultivation has been declining for a while now," Lin Dan said.

"So theres hope." Tianming thought about it, and was still unwilling to give up. "Your family has more than two hundred suitable youths. What is their cultivation level?"

"The talented ones have a grade-four or five swordheart and five or six swordbeasts. Theres quite a few of them, but they cant compare to your wife in terms of talent. But after years of cultivation, their cultivation probably ranges between seventh- and ninth-level stellaminors. Most of them are on the path to become astral G.o.ds. The most talented person among them is the only one under a thousand years old to have six-six talent. Hes called Lin Xiuzhu and he really wants to become the heir. Fortunately, hes only in his sixties and an eighth-level stellaminor. You wouldnt stand a chance if he were three hundred years old," Lin Dan faintly said.

"What?" Tianming was stumped.

"What about it?" Lin Dan asked.

"Theyre only seventh- or eighth-level stellaminors at that age? How does that make them geniuses?" Tianming retorted, wide-eyed.

"f.u.c.k off. Do you think everyones a infinitum-cla.s.s genius like your wife? My family cant compare to the other primary lines, but reaching the seventh or eighth level of the Stellaminoris stage by three hundred is pretty good," Lin Dan said.

"Youre right!" They were much stronger than the people of a deific-cla.s.s world. Any of the youths would be considered geniuses in a deific-cla.s.s world, and there were more than two hundred of them in Lin Bei's family alone. However, they were nothing compared to Tianming in terms of talent. He seemed to have misread the situation. From the moment he had arrived in the SwordG.o.d Lin Clan, most of the people hed encountered had six-six talent, like Lin Xiaopo, Lin Jianjia, and Lin Huan. That was the reason he had a.s.sumed that the rest of the Lin Clan was equally strong, but in fact, the ones hed fought were all infinitum-cla.s.s geniuses.

There were hundreds of young geniuses in Lin Bei's family, though their talents couldnt compare to Lin Jianchen. After the initial explosive growth in cultivation that occurred before the age of a hundred, they began slowing down. For an ordinary two-hundred-year-old person, becoming a seventh- or eighth-level stellaminor was pretty good. In Ebonia, they were considered to be a cut above the rest if they had any hope of becoming an astral G.o.d. The SwordG.o.d Lin Clan was a big clan, after all; ordinary people outside it were constelliers and ascendants at that age.

"Even if I'm two hundred years younger, Ive never been afraid, not when it comes to talent," Tianming said. After all, Etherean Shaohua had said that he was an infinitum-cla.s.s genius.

At that moment, Tianming finally stopped frowning. "Well have to fight ten people, and all of them are seventh- or eighth-level stellaminors. Is that right? But theres only four of us. Fine then... I havent really done anything since entering the SwordG.o.d Lin Clan. Just this once, my wives and I will turn this world upside down!" With Feiling's Perpetia City, and Weisheng Moran's divine wonders, would Tianming still be afraid of them? At the thought of Lin Xiaos tears, he felt white-hot rage.

"When will they hold the succession override?" Tianming asked.

"Tomorrow," Lin Dan said.

"Okay, I've decided. f.u.c.k them all!" Tianming said, burning with excitement, as if he had returned to that day in Ignispolis.

"What?" It was Lin Dan's turn to be stunned. After checking Tianming's disciple card, Lin Dan realized that his cultivation level had gone up again.

"First-level stellaminor." Lin Dan shook Tianming's head, wondering if he had gone crazy.

Tianming slipped out of his hands like a loach and ran back to Lin Xiao and Dongshen Yue. "Grandma, Grandpa, look over here. Do you see anything different?" he shouted, pointing to his disciple card.

"I know. Come tomorrow, youll no longer be a legitimate heir," Dongshen Yue sighed.