By the third year, the Grand Competition of the Hundred Academies had reached its final climax.
The substitution of the second place runner-up marked this event; afterwards, the rankings changed rapidly and drastically, with once top 100 and even top 30 prodigies being surprisingly "eliminated" due to unforeseen circumstances.
Some unfortunate souls even perished during unexpected attacks from Nascent Soul Demons, not having enough time to escape.
Meanwhile, the Five-Colored Barrier continued to "slowly" contract inward, and on the eve of the "Survival of the Fittest," the entire activity area was startlingly reduced to a diameter of two thousand miles. It consisted of a vast expanse of undulating mountain ranges, the complex terrain offering a brief respite for the hundred or so who had lasted until the end.
