The competition of the Hidden Dragon Rank was held once every three years. All the young warriors under the age of twenty-four could participate, regardless of their status.
There were hundreds of billions of people in the South Rudra Region, and there were countless young warriors and martial geniuses. However, there would only be seventy-two people on the Hidden Dragon Rank. Once one made it onto the Hidden Dragon Rank, it would be a great honor and glory. In fact, the young warriors on the Hidden Dragon Rank were even more famous than most of the Astral Reaching Realm warriors, because the number of Astral Reaching Realm warriors was way more than seventy-two people, while there were only seventy-two people on the Hidden Dragon Rank.
However, this year's Hidden Dragon Rank competition was the most popular one in the past one thousand years. The qualification to participate directly went beyond the Condensing Reality Realm and reached the Clasping Yuan Realm. In other words, without reaching the Clasping Yuan Realm, no matter how powerful one was, one would not be able to participate in the competition.
Of course, many of the young warriors who had reached the Late Condensing Reality Realm and were able to challenge those with higher cultivation would feel that it was unfair. If they had the chance, they would still be able to be famous in the South Rudra Region.
Unfortunately, it was different now. There were way too many young warriors who had reached the Clasping Yuan Realm. You could beat normal Early Clasping Yuan Realm warriors, but there were so many Clasping Yuan Realm warriors participating in the competition. Any Mid Clasping Yuan Realm warrior could easily knock you out. It would be impossible for you to compete for the seventy-two places on the ranking. Even Early Clasping Yuan Realm warriors would not be able to compete with you.
Luo Xinglie glanced at the three of them, and finally landed on Xu Jing. During the past year, her cultivation had not improved much. She was still at the Early Clasping Yuan Realm, and was still quite a distance away from the peak-level Early Clasping Yuan Realm. She was slightly weaker than Luo Hanshan and Zhu Mei. However, during the competition, Luo Hanshan and Zhu Mei could not even take three punches from her. Some of the inner masters had also admitted that they could not compete with Xu Jing, which had surprised Luo Xinglie a lot. He wondered what had happened to Xu Jing during the past year.
Everyone had their own secrets. As long as they were loyal enough to the martial institution, Luo Xinglie would not ask about it. On the contrary, he was quite happy about it. With Xu Jing's help, the Sky Cloud Martial School might be able to shine in the Hidden Dragon Rank competitions and not lose too badly.
Indeed, the Hidden Dragon Rank competition that only happens once every three years will be held in less than two months. This year's competition will be the most prestigious one in the past thousand years, and the qualification to participate will be raised to the Clasping Yuan Realm. There are so many disciples in the Sky Cloud Martial School, but only the three of you and Ye Chen have reached the Clasping Yuan Realm. Therefore, you will be representing the Sky Cloud Martial School in this year's competition. Is there any problem? "Luo Xinglie cleared his throat and asked.
"No problem!"
Luo Xinglie nodded and smiled, "Very well. Before you join the competition, the head master will explain to you all the things that you need to pay attention to."
The head master took over and said, "The Hidden Dragon Rank competitions are divided into three stages. The first stage is the three challenges of the dragon door, the second stage is the elimination competition, and the third stage is the ranking competition."
The first challenge is the Wall Breaking Challenge. Those who do not have enough attacking power will be eliminated immediately. The second challenge is the Getting Jade Tag, and those who do not have the jade tag will be eliminated as well. The last challenge is the most difficult one, which is called the Jumping Dragon Gate. Only those who manage to make it through will be able to officially compete on the stage, and those who fail will still be eliminated. Normally, seventy percent of the people would fail in these three challenges, and only thirty percent would make it through. I hope that all of you can make it through these three challenges and join the knock-out competitions. "
The three of them had never participated in the Hidden Dragon Rank competitions before. Hearing them, except for Xu Jing, the rest of them were a little bit surprised. The three challenges of the dragon door sounded very difficult, but seventy percent of the people had failed in these three stages. It was a horrifying ratio.
The head master glanced at Xu Jing, then said to Luo Hanshan and Zhu Mei, "You two have reached the Clasping Yuan Realm a bit too late after all. You have not accumulated enough power yet. At the crucial moment, you need to use your brain, and not just use brute force."
"Yes, Head Master."
Luo Hanshan tightened his fists. He had missed the Hidden Dragon Rank competition last time, so he had to succeed this time. He had to at least make it through the three challenges of the dragon door.
"As for the elimination competition, it is actually a competition for points. Because of the competition being so intense, even if you do not get injured from the beginning to the end, you will still feel tired mentally. Therefore, during the elimination competition, you can choose to give up if you run into an opponent that you cannot win against. But of course, if you are able to fight against an opponent, you better not give up. It will be a test for you, and you might be able to make a breakthrough during the competition."
Right then, Luo Xinglie said, "Alright, that's all you need to pay attention to. The most important thing is still your own power. The rest is just a small thing. You guys can leave now! Get ready, we will go to the competition venue tomorrow – the Hidden Dragon Ancient City! "
Waiting until the three left, Luo Xinglie looked around and said, "What do you guys think about the three of them?"
Most of the people shook their heads. An inner master said, "Xu Jing has a chance to make it into the top one hundred. Hanshan and Zhu Mei will be in danger. The three challenges of the dragon door will be a challenge for them."
"Indeed, they have just reached the Clasping Yuan Realm not long ago, it would be a bit difficult for them." Another person said.
Luo Xinglie knocked on the arm of his chair, laughed and said, "It is already a surprise to have Xu Jing. Not to mention, we still have the biggest ace in the hole."
"Ye Chen! I wonder how powerful he has become after one year of training. "The Head Master showed a smile, he was quite expectant.
The Fourth Master said, "Of course. With this brat's talent, he might have reached the Mid Clasping Yuan Realm. Added with his sword intent, he would have a chance to make it into the list."
"Hehe, I agree with the Fourth Master." Most of the inner masters still liked Ye Chen, and had listed him as a rare martial genius of the Sky Cloud Martial School.
But some of them were more pessimistic, "On the path of training, although talent and hard work are important, one year is still too short. I am afraid it is not going to be a good thing."
"To be honest, Ye Chen is indeed a rare martial genius of our Sky Cloud Martial School. But even geniuses need to take a nap. He might not be able to grow fast all the time. He might have to stop for a while at some point."
"Training is a good thing, it would help him grow faster. But who can be sure that one year of training would be better than one year of hard training? After all, there would be too many things during training, and it would be easy to get distracted. On the other hand, with hard training, you would not waste any of your time."
The Head Master argued, "Everything has its pros and cons. Without a doubt, training would be more beneficial than that. With Ye Chen's calm personality, he would know what his goal is, and he would definitely work towards it."
Luo Xinglie stopped everyone's discussion, "You all have a point. But as a member of the Sky Cloud Martial School, you should have confidence in your disciples. No matter what kind of environment a genius is in, they would always be different. A genius who could not handle all kinds of challenges and challenges would not be able to achieve much no matter how much resources we give him."
With his experience, he actually had a lot of confidence in Ye Chen. But of course, he had the same opinion as the Fourth Master. He thought that Ye Chen's current cultivation should be at the Mid Clasping Yuan Realm, and his sword intent might have improved a little. With the combination of the two, he might be able to get into the top seventy-two.
"Oh right, Ye Chen would not miss the competition, would he?" Suddenly, someone asked.
The Head Master shook his head, "No, he would not. People who have learned the sword intent would not break their promise, unless …" The Head Master did not finish his sentence. The training would be extremely dangerous, and he hoped that Ye Chen would be able to join the competition safely.
…
Ten thousand meters in the sky, the sea of clouds was rolling, and everything was white.
In the middle of the sea of clouds, Ye Chen held up his Star Scar Sword with both of his hands. He closed his eyes slightly, and stood still like a mountain.
This time, he did not use his soul power. He was purely using the poetic perspective of the Sky Shattering Clouds to feel the pattern and mystery of the sea of clouds, trying to find a way to break through.
"Break!"
The second the sea of clouds and the poetic perspective seemed to be in harmony, Ye Chen threw out his sword attack. It was a very simple sword attack. There was no wind-breaking sound, no bright sword qi, but that unbreakable exploding power that could destroy everything and cut everything into pieces.
Pooh!
The sword pressure made contact with the sea of clouds. Within hundreds of meters, the sea of clouds looked like it had been torn into pieces. They flew everywhere, and could not gather back together.
"No, it's still lacking a little. It seems like something is missing."
Ye Chen opened his eyes and shook his head.
He had stayed in the sea of clouds for three days and three nights. If it were not for the pellets that could instantly replenish zhen qi, his Mysterious zhen qi would not be able to support him to stay in the sky for a long time.
In these three days, there was nothing but the sea of clouds in his eyes. He thought that with the seventy percent sword intent as his support, it would be much easier, since it was only combining the fourth movement of the Sky Cloud Sword Art, which would be much easier than the completed Lone Peak Kill sword movement and poetic perspective.
Unfortunately, he had guessed wrong. The Lone Peak Kill and the Sky Shattering Clouds were two different areas. Without reaching an extremely high realm, there would be no way to find the similarities between them. Therefore, combining the Sky Shattering Clouds would have to start all over again, and it had nothing to do with what he had learned from the Lone Peak Kill.
Pap!
The sunny weather suddenly darkened. The first of the three Sky, the Surprising Sky, had thunder yuan qi pouring down, turning into bright lightning and shooting into the sea of clouds. The sea of clouds seemed to have gained an endless amount of power. It kept rolling, and the color had turned from white to black. It looked like an ancient demon god was about to wake up and punish the land.
"Thunder, cloud, exploding power!"
Ye Chen did not try to avoid the attack of the lightning. Although the thunder yuan qi in the Surprising Sky could kill warriors below the Astral Reaching Realm, once it came down from the Surprising Sky, it would be mixed with a lot of other qi, which would decrease its power by a lot. It would not affect Ye Chen at all.
"I see. Just learning the clouds is way too hard, and it is still not something I can understand. But with the thunder power, the exploding power of the clouds would be much more obvious, which would make it easier to understand." Ye Chen was very clear that just the natural power alone seemed easy, but it was actually the hardest to learn. If he could add something else into it, it might be able to help him. For example, if he tried to learn the clouds by himself, he would not get any results for three days. But right now, with the thunder yuan qi pouring in, that barrier had been shattered, and he had finally learned something.
Without closing his eyes, Ye Chen was in the middle of the lightning and the sea of clouds. He yelled loudly, his voice sounding like thunder as he threw out a sword attack with an endless exploding power.
Crack!
The power of that sword attack was unimaginable. It had attracted all of the lightning around Ye Chen's body, and the sea of clouds had gathered together, increasing Ye Chen's power.
The next second!
Thousands of meters in front of him, the sea of clouds splashed everywhere like water. Lightning and thunder clashed together, bursting out an eye-catching bright light.
The combination of the fourth movement had been completed!
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