"It's Dugu Shanhe! He's in the Third Spatial Plane!"

"Fushi Bei is also there! He's ranked twenty second!"

The audience could see familiar names appearing on the formation screens.

The formation screens were set up such that they would automatically show which contestants were in which plane. 

'This'll help.' Lin Mu thought to himself as he held the Communication Jade Slip. "Luo Liqin, keep me updated on all top rankers and their positions."

The man in question was sitting in the Spring Valley Restaurant, where he could easily browse through the thousands of contestants as he wished. 

"Yes, brother Mu Lin. We already have three in sight." Luo Liqin informed Lin Mu.

He was in charge of informing Lin Mu of what contestants went where. His main attention was on the top 5 contestants, of whom one was already accounted for.

Second after second passed as thousands upon thousands of people entered the Spatial Planes.  Content © 2024.

Two minutes passed but Lin Mu didn't hear any other rankers entering yet.

"No more?" Lin Mu questioned Luo Liqin. 

"I think they are waiting too Brother— Oh wait! I see Su Zian!" Luo Liqin replied. "Su Zian is in the tenth Spatial Plane."

"That's two out of the five…" Lin Mu muttered. 

Both of these were people that Lin Mu didn't care for much. The main ones that he needed to be concerned about were Feng Baxing and Yao Changying. He waited till Luo Liqin spoke again.

"I see Yao Changying, she's in the second Spatial Plane." Luo Liqin informed.

"That's out of the option." Lin Mu took note to avoid that plane as well.

His Spatial perception could 'see' the thirty Spatial channels that were all active at once. He could even see the contestants being sent through them, but the speed at which they traveled made it hard to tell who went where unless the formation screen told them.

'At least I can make out which channel goes to which Spatial plane.' Lin Mu thought to himself.

Four more minutes passed and by now, eighty percent of the contestant had entered the Spatial Planes but there was still no news about the remaining top rankers.

"Is Feng Baxing intending to wait till the last too?" Lin Mu wondered.

"There he is, Feng Baxing is in the nineteenth Spatial Plane." Luo Liqin finally informed.

Striking that Spatial plane out of his list, Lin Mu got ready to enter. 

"I still can't see Childe Wildfire Brother Mu Lin." Luo Liqin informed when there were just thirty seconds left.

"It's fine, we'll take those odds." Lin Mu didn't care if there was still one ranker left. "We need to head in now." He said before starting to run.

The Ming Sisters, Lu Xu and Qian Wen had their eyes on him and ran as well.

They were all spread evenly, but Lin Mu had locked onto them using his Immortal sense. It allowed him to keep track of them since he needed to keep them together. 

Step by step, Lin Mu got closer to the entrance and five seconds later, he finally stepped into it.

~SHUA~

His vision turned dark for a brief moment before it was replaced by a flurry of lights.

'I have only a few seconds to gather everyone.' Lin Mu had taken note of the time it took for the contestants to reach the Spatial planes and knew that he had less than ten seconds to do the same.

~HUALA~

His immortal sense expanded and covered the entire Spatial channel.

This was the main spatial channel which then split into thirty sections, that would take on to a Spatial Plane.

"There they are." Lin Mu quickly picked up on where his companions were as they had entered almost at the same time as his. 'Ming Dandan is close by, and so is Lu Xu but Qian Wen and Ming Aolian are a bit far.' He noted.

Having locked onto their positions, Lin Mu began his work. Spreading out his arms, Lin Mu used the ring's skills. 

First, he used Blink to reach the closest person which was Ming Dandan. The girl could 'see' anything as of now, but felt someone near her. 

'Brother Mu Lin is here…' She tried to look around, but it was difficult for her. 

Her immortal sense could barely pick up on someone being near her. But then a moment later, she felt something different. It was like she was frozen or something.

MELD!

"Come on, move!" Lin Mu controlled the skill and shifted the space. 

This was something he would only be able to execute freely in the void, as doing it in the Real world would lead to the Spatial Fabric being torn instead.

It also allowed him to 'pull' people by attaching the space around them. He first 'attached' Ming Dandan to him before using his other hand to pull at Lu Xu. The man felt his body freezing up too, before it was quickly moved.

'Huh? One more presence?' Ming Dandan felt her immortal sense free for a second and another person was there.

Lin Mu attached Ming Dandan and Lu Xu together, before he extended Meld again.

'Ming Aolian is next!' Lin Mu targeted.

~SHUA~

Meld's effects spread as the Space started to stiffen and shift. The distance between Ming Aolian and Lin Mu was reduced as he used Meld like a tether.

"One more to go." With Ming Aolian attached to the main 'bubble' of Meld, Lin Mu moved on to the last person.

Qian Wen was the farthest from them, and Lin Mu could tell he barely had a couple of seconds left before they would be split up.

"HAAAH!" Channeling large amounts of Immortal Qi, Lin Mu increased the speed of Meld, pulling Qian Wen towards him.

~SHUA~

But this barely left him any time to choose a Spatial Channel as the group was sent into one that they ended up close to.

'I certainly avoided the top rankers, though.' Lin Mu had made sure of that.