New Age Of Summoners

Chapter 2183: Fourth Round Begins (1)

[The first-place participant will receive a Divine Talent Fruit, a Divine Revival Stone, and a Sentient Fire Seed!]

[As long as the Sentient Fire Seed is nurtured with a sufficient amount of Essence of Nature, a Sentient Flame will eventually be born from it!]

"What?!"

"A Sentient Fire Seed?"

"Does that mean he can hatch a Sentient Flame from the seed?"

"Damn it! He actually gets a Sentient Flame just like that?"

The entire area erupted into an uproar.

Even the participants who had already received Divine Pearls couldn't help but look at Ajax with envy.

After all, Sentient Flames were incredibly valuable, and obtaining one could significantly increase an individual's strength.

Yet, Ajax had received a seed that could eventually produce one!

"Idiot! Do you think he got it easily? Then why didn't you even rank in the top ten, let alone secure first place?"

"That's right! He earned that reward!"

"Still, a Sentient Fire Seed is an incredible treasure!"

A flurry of shocked, surprised, and envious reactions spread throughout the participants.

Meanwhile, Ajax remained calm as three items appeared before him.

One was a fist-sized golden fruit, another was a golden-black stone, and the final item was a fiery seed radiating faint heat.

'Let's use them later.'

Since the Ancient Voice had already explained the effects of these items, Ajax didn't bother checking them in detail.

Moreover, he had no reason to suspect that the Mastermind would tamper with the rewards.

So far, the rewards had been distributed exactly as announced.

'It's almost time for the fourth round to begin.'

Ajax decided to examine the rewards more carefully later, once he had a better opportunity.

Soon, the Ancient Voice resounded again.

[Before we begin the fourth round, does anyone want to leave the Elemental Source Land?]

As usual, the Ancient Voice gave the participants another opportunity to leave.

However, nobody stepped forward.

"We want to continue!"

"Only an idiot would leave such a generous opportunity!"

"Exactly! The rewards keep getting better with every round. Why would we leave now?"

As expected, none of the participants was willing to give up such a valuable opportunity.

Ajax wasn't surprised by their decision.

After all, with such generous rewards and relatively easy rounds, there was little reason for most participants to leave voluntarily.

[Since nobody wishes to leave, let us begin the fourth round!]

[Let's begin the fourth round, which is called the Elemental Beast Rampage!]

[In this round, each participant will be given an Elemental Spirit Altar.]

[For the next thirty days, Elemental Beasts will be attracted to the Elemental Spirit Altar in different phases and will attempt to destroy it. The participants must protect their respective altars!]

[If you fail to protect your Elemental Spirit Altar and it gets destroyed, you will fail the round and be directly eliminated from the Elemental Source Land!]

'Huh? Direct elimination?'

'Looks like things are finally getting serious.'

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After hearing the details of the fourth round, all the participants became serious.

They could tell that the difficulty of the Elemental Source Land had finally increased.

So far, the first three rounds had been relatively easy. Although the participants had to work hard to obtain better rankings and additional rewards, none of them had faced the possibility of direct elimination.

However, the situation was different this time.

They not only had to fight against waves of Elemental Beasts but also had to protect an Elemental Spirit Altar for thirty whole days.

Moreover, the Ancient Voice had explicitly stated that the Elemental Beasts would attack in different phases.

No one knew how powerful those Elemental Beasts would be or how many would attack at once.

Even if they possessed powerful Elemental Spirits, they couldn't guarantee that they would be able to protect their altars throughout the entire round.

'Is he finally trying to eliminate the participants?'

As for Ajax, he wasn't particularly surprised.

He had already expected the Mastermind to introduce a round specifically designed to eliminate as many participants as possible, if not everyone.

After all, allowing everyone to pass the first three rounds while continuously rewarding them didn't make much sense unless the Mastermind had another purpose.

'By now, most participants have at least two or three Elemental Spirits that have reached the pinnacle of the Earth Realm.'

Ajax silently analyzed the situation.

'As for participants like Elynthra, they even have five such Elemental Spirits.'

In other words, many participants were only one step away from evolving their strongest Elemental Spirits into Divine Elemental Spirits.

'If my guess is correct, he will definitely do something to encourage the participants to use their Divine Elemental Potions.'

Ajax couldn't help but think about the Divine Elemental Potions they had received as rewards for passing the third round.

Every participant now possessed at least one such potion, and they could use it to evolve one of their peak Elemental Spirits into a Divine Elemental Spirit.

However, most participants were reluctant to do so.

The reason was simple.

Once an Elemental Spirit evolved into a Divine Elemental Spirit, it would be sealed and become unusable for a period of time.

Although there were methods to unseal Divine Elemental Spirits in this universe, Ajax could guess that accomplishing such a thing wouldn't be easy.

'Still, if they find themselves in a desperate situation, they might have no choice but to use their Divine Elemental Potions.'

Ajax smiled faintly as he waited for the Ancient Voice to continue explaining the rules.

[The rewards for the fourth round will not be distributed in the same way as in the previous rounds. This time, things will be different!]

The Ancient Voice paused briefly before continuing.

[The Elemental Spirit Altars you are protecting will reward you for your efforts!]

[Each Elemental Spirit Altar has various milestones. Whenever you reach a particular milestone, you will receive a reward!]

[Another important thing is that, unlike in the previous rounds, when you received rewards only after the rounds ended, you will receive rewards during this round itself, as long as you reach the required milestones!]

[As for how to reach those milestones, it is simple. Every Elemental Beast you kill will be absorbed by your Elemental Spirit Altar, increasing its progress bar!]