Awakening Of The Ancient: Rise Of The Fallen

The First Prince and the Second Prince were standing at one end of the field near the Royal Minister that Xu Ming had seen in the Royal Palace when he went there for the announcement.

Xu Ming walked closer to the Royal Minister and the other princes. He could already see a lot of young people there, and the girl called Yanli was also there in the crowd. Two powerful Cultivators were standing behind her, like her guards. 

Xu Ming glanced at her for a brief second.

'She's here. I guess it wouldn't be as embarrassing here. At Least one person will choose me,' he thought as he stood beside the Second Prince.

He knew that all of the Young Master and Young misses will select the First and the Second Prince since no one trusts his chances of winning, but he knew that Yanli would choose him. Even though he didn't have full trust in her to tell her his secrets, he was fine to have a person on his team that he could use for this trial.

"Alright. Since you are here as well, we can finally begin. The First Trial of The Crown. Since some clans have only risen recently and haven't participated in the last Battle of the Crown, they might not have all the information about this trial. Let me repeat it once for you all. Listen carefully," The Royal Minister declared as he glanced at everyone.

"The Battle of the Crown is a war between the Princes. All three princes will be like three opposing forces in the war. All of them will have their supporters with them in this war. It depends on them how they perform with their team. All three princes will be given a Red Flag with their name that they need to have above their base that they decide to stay in. The winner of the Trial will be the Prince that comes out of the City of Ruins with all three Red Flags. You can also come with the body of a dead prince, and you'll win the trial," The Royal Commander explained.

He glanced at the heirs of various Clans before he continued.

"Also, only Young Heirs of Various Clans can enter the City of Ruins. No one older than 25 is allowed inside the City of Ruins. It'll be a wild place where anything is possible. You can all die, and no one will be there to save you since none of you can take your guards inside. Even I will not be going inside. You're all on your own. There will be no overseer. Anything is possible. So think carefully before you choose to take part in it," he said.

The words of the Royal Minister were serious, but the young heirs didn't have much change in their expressions as if they knew about it already.

'Hmm? I thought that there would be overseers. It's pretty good that there are none. On the other hand, there's a difficulty as well. Killing a prince is not enough. We need to carry their body outside the city of Ruins to be crowned the winner. If the Real Winner is killed before leaving the city, the killer can claim to be the winner, and nothing will happen to him. It might actually end up with me having to fight both the Princes,' Xu Ming thought as he glanced towards the city of Ruins.

"Alright. Now that I'm finished with the explanation, let's begin with the next part. Selection of teams," The Royal Minister let out as he stepped forward. 

"First Prince, please move over to that side," he said as he pointed towards the left, telling the first prince to move to the side. 

The First Prince did as he was told.

Each Prince was standing, twenty meters away from each other now.

" Time for the selection! The Heirs that support the First Prince, please move over to his side and stand in front of him," The Royal Minister let out as he glanced at the heirs.

As soon as his words left his mouth, the people started moving. There were around two hundred young heirs standing in the ground, and around Hundred and Ten heirs started walking and stood on the side of the First Prince.

The First Prince smirked as he glanced at the Second Prince, showing off that he had more support than him.

"Cheh," the Second Prince snorted as he rolled his eyes, ignoring the smug look on the First Prince's face.

'He got more support. That's to be expected. He's the eldest Prince, after all. I'm still surprised that the Second Prince managed to get the rest of the heirs. He must have a few tricks up his sleeve as well,' Xu Ming stared at the Second Prince.

"The ones that support the Second Prince, move over to his side," he said, glancing at the rest of the heirs.

Xu Ming had already guessed that everyone except Yanli would move over to the Second Prince's side, so he was not curious about what was going to happen, but that's when he got a shock as he saw everyone moving over to the Second Prince's side. Even Yanli had moved over to the Second Prince's side.

"What the heck?" Xu Ming muttered as he failed to hide his surprise.

' Did her family force her to choose the Second Prince, or was that a scheme? To make me think that I have someone to take care of the base, so I don't look for another partner?' Xu Ming wondered as he frowned. He wasn't expecting any support from Yanli, and he had a different plan of his own that didn't have much use for her, but he still felt surprised. 

He decided to stop thinking about it since it didn't matter at all. What happened has already happened. It wasn't like he told her his real plan anyway. 

"Third Prince, do you not have anyone that will support you?" the Royal Minister asked Xu Ming, even though he already knew the answer.

"Minister Wang, you should know my Third Brother. He's really brave. He doesn't need any help. He must be thinking about fighting alone," The First Prince said with a smile on his face.

"First Brother, you don't have to be so kind. It's obvious that not even a single person thinks Third Brother can win," The Second Prince responded as he chuckled.

The Heirs started laughing as they heard Second Prince's words. 

Xu Ming glanced at the Second Prince.