Sikong Sheng, almost everyone in the South Rudra Region had heard of him. He was the head disciple of the rank 6 martial institution, the Floating Mountain Martial School, the descendant of the Cang Emperor, the champion of the last Hidden Dragon Rank. He had reached the peak-level Late Clasping Yuan Realm before the age of twenty. Any one of his achievements was more than enough to make him stand out from the crowd.
Perhaps, he was a little bit weaker than Xuanhou, but in the whole true spirit continent, martial geniuses like Xuanhou would only appear once in a thousand years. She would be one of the top martial geniuses in any era. Plus, Sikong Sheng had the bloodline of a king warrior, which gave him a huge potential. It was an advantage that most of the martial geniuses did not have.
Once Sikong Sheng got on the stage, he immediately looked like a king warrior of the young generation. Of course, it did not mean that he had already won against everyone else. After all, the king warrior bloodline gave him a natural advantage in terms of aura, and battling was not just about aura.
"These people are so powerful! They are even a few times more powerful than father. How could a Clasping Yuan Realm warrior reach such a horrifying level? Are they really Clasping Yuan Realm warriors?" Luo Hanshan's pupils shrunk. In his memory, his father, Luo Xinglie, was also a martial genius in his generation. He was way more powerful than normal peak-level Late Clasping Yuan Realm martial artists. Together with the leaders of the other four martial institutions, they were known as the top five Clasping Yuan Realm martial artists in the Windy Nation. However, compared to Sikong Sheng and the others, he was not even as powerful as the top thirty young martial artists in the last Hidden Dragon Rank. In other words, if Luo Xinglie and the others were allowed to compete on the stage, they would only be guaranteed to be in the top seventy-two.
Luo Xinglie's mouth twitched. He thought to himself, 'What is a genius? This is a real genius! It was so breathtaking that it made people speechless. Compared to it, we were just small loaches.
"Hahaha, uncle, thank you for bringing me to the Hidden Dragon Ancient City." Two figures suddenly appeared in the sky. One was a middle-aged man, and the other was a young man with a wild aura and a sturdy body. At this moment, the young man was being carried by the middle-aged man and was flying towards them at high speed.
Whoosh!
The wild young man got rid of the middle-aged man's hand and landed right next to Sikong Sheng and the rest.
The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Little Tuoba, you're lucky this time. Next time you get lost, walk back by yourself!"
Many people could tell that the middle-aged man was an Astral Reaching expert, and not an ordinary one at that. His cultivation base had obviously reached late Astral Reaching realm, and he was definitely a top existence among the Astral Reaching realm.
The wild young man was indeed Tuo Baku. After he had separated from Ye Chen, he had been on his way while looking for people to fight with. After a couple of days, he had completely lost his way. As for this middle-aged man, he did not know him at all. Back then, he had been fishing, and did not have the aura of an Astral Reaching Realm warrior. Tuo Baku's eyesight was not bad, so he could tell that the middle-aged man was very powerful. Therefore, he wanted to fight with him, but ended up being beaten badly. His whole body was covered in bruises. Luckily, the middle-aged man was only playing with him. Otherwise, he would have been dead by now.
"En!"
Tuo Baku casually stood right next to Sikong Sheng and the rest, which instantly attracted the attention of the crowd. Especially those young warriors who were ranked below the top ten, they were glaring at him angrily, using their qi to oppress him. Even they did not stand there, so how could this guy dare to stand in front of them?
All of the young warriors' qi was extremely powerful. They all rushed toward Tuo Baku like an avalanche, wanting to make him suffer a bit and remember his lesson.
"So stingy! Isn't it just taking up a spot?" Tuo Baku laughed out loud. An aura that was completely different from when he met Ye Chen was released from his body. It was like a mountain flood, like a tornado, like a volcano, exploding ferociously. There was even that domineering aura of a king, which was competing with the aura of Sikong Sheng and the rest.
The young warriors opened their eyes wide, not daring to believe it.
"What? Another top young warrior?"
"There is a unique king aura on him. Perhaps he also has a king bloodline? How is this possible?"
"I have never seen him before. Where did he come from?"
The middle-aged man who had brought Tuo Baku over laughed to himself, 'This Tuo Ba brat is not simple. His physical defense is shocking. No, it is horrifying. As for whether he has a king bloodline or not, it is hard to tell. He might be the direct descendant of some hidden family.'
The second disciple of the Sunset Martial School, Qian Yun, frowned. His head disciple was already twenty-four years old, so he had lost the right to join the competition. The responsibility of fighting for the top ten had fallen onto his shoulders. He was confident that he would be able to accomplish his goal, and he could even make it to the top. But who would have thought that a powerful opponent would appear along the way, whose qi was no weaker than the rest of the warriors, only slightly weaker than Sikong Sheng.
Glancing at the ninth and tenth warriors from the last Hidden Sky Martial School, Qian Yun saw that they were still hesitating, not daring to take a step forward. His heart sank, and he tried his best to suppress his urge, not wanting to be the first one to step forward. He knew that as long as he took a step forward, he would be pressured by the aura of the other young warriors, and he did not have much confidence in dealing with it. Plus, the competition had not even started yet, so there was no need to make everyone angry.
"Let them be arrogant for a while. Besides two or three of them, I am not afraid of the rest. "Qian Yun tightened his fists.
Today was the opening day of the Hidden Dragon Ancient City, and everyone who was supposed to be here had already arrived. However, in a few people's minds, there was still one missing.
"Why is he not here yet? Although I did not attack him seriously, I might not be able to win against him." Tuo Baku thought of Ye Chen.
Murong Qingcheng had the same suspicion as well, but she did not care too much about it. She thought that Tuo Baku had been delayed by something.
Over at the Sky Cloud Martial School …
"Ye Chen is not here. Not good! This year's Hidden Dragon Rank competitions are extremely rare. If we miss it this time, there will not be a next time." Luo Xinglie looked worried.
The head master frowned, "Ye Chen would not break his promise. He said he would definitely come."
Right at that moment, a rumbling sound shook the whole area. The south gate of the Hidden Dragon Ancient City had been opened. It was like the gate to the heaven had been opened, which was quite shocking.
In front of the south gate, the ground cracked open and moved towards the two sides. Then, three massive platforms that were miles in size appeared slowly, connected by a chain bridge. The first platform and the chain bridge were connected by two rock pillars. The pillars were hollowed out, shining with a blue light. The blue light interweaved with each other and formed a blue light wall, blocking the way into the bridge. On the second platform, there was a strange square palace. It looked like it was made out of crystals, shining with a colorful light. Through the crystal walls, one could see a lot of jade tags hanging in the air. There was nothing on the third platform, which was nothing special. However, between the third platform and the south gate, there was a not-so-big abyss. There were paintings carved on the walls of the abyss. There were flowers, birds, fishes, and insects on the bottom, and real dragons on the top. Besides that, the platform was not at the same height as the south gate, which was about seventy-two meters higher. In other words, if one wanted to enter the south gate, they would have to jump up from the third platform. There was no other way.
"The three challenges of the dragon gate have appeared! I wonder how many people would be able to make it through. "
"Probably not more than forty percent. The three challenges of the dragon gate will automatically adjust the difficulty. It would not be easy to make it through all three challenges in a row. "
As the crowd chatted, all of the young warriors from the South Rudra Region who had reached the standard started to move. Their first goal was to make it through the three challenges of the dragon gate and enter the south gate. Otherwise, they would not be able to do anything.
Shoo! Shoo! Shoo! Shoo! Shoo!
Sikong Sheng and the rest landed on the first platform first, followed by the rest of them. There were more than two thousand people, which was a horrifying number.
Pooh!
A huge hole appeared on the blue light wall, and Sikong Sheng made it through. Then, the Fire Spirit Prince, Lin Yun and the rest all made it through as well. They flew towards the second platform along the chain bridge.
"Leader, we will go first."
Since they could not wait for Ye Chen, Luo Hanshan and the other two would have to go through the three challenges.
Luo Hanshan nodded, looking into the distance.
The first challenge was called the Wall Breaking Challenge. That hundred-meter-wide blue light wall had the defensive power of a peak-level Early Clasping Yuan Realm warrior. Only by making a passable hole on the light wall would one be able to get to the second platform and start the second challenge.
Luo Hanshan and Zhu Mei barely made it through. As for Xu Jing, she had casually torn open a huge tunnel on the blue light wall. She looked very relaxed.
"Xu Jing is very powerful." Luo Xinglie felt a bit comforted.
The Fourth Master said, "Xu Jing has always made people feel safe. But where did that brat Ye Chen go? This is so annoying."
Shoo!
In the distance, a beam of light flew over at an extreme speed.
The Head Master unconsciously lifted up his head, his lips trembling, "Leader, Ye Chen is here! He is really here!"
"He is here?"
Luo Xinglie and all of the inner masters of the Sky Cloud Martial School looked over.
Pushing his Separating Shadow Flying Art to its limit, Ye Chen flashed across the air for over four hundred meters, leaving an unimaginable trail in the air.
"Leader, elders, Ye Chen is late."
Landing on the ground, Ye Chen looked a bit apologetic. In the last two days, he had increased his speed again and again, but he was still one step behind. He wanted to try to get there earlier, but the Hidden Dragon Ancient Place was way bigger than he had expected. It took him one more day to get there.
"It's good that you are here. Go now! You have already wasted a lot of time. "Because of the anxiety, Luo Xinglie and the others did not notice that Ye Chen had reached the Late Clasping Yuan Realm.
Ye Chen had also noticed that the three challenges had started. He dared not to waste any time. He extended his body and flew towards the first platform.
"Eh? I was wondering what was wrong. Ye Chen has reached the Late Clasping Yuan Realm! "Once Ye Chen had left, the Fourth Master felt relieved. He had discovered a shocking fact.
Luo Xinglie and the Head Master looked at each other. They were extremely shocked. Ye Chen was only at the Early Clasping Yuan Realm when he left, but he had reached the Late Clasping Yuan Realm when he came back.
"Haha, our anticipation was not in vain. With this kind of power, what do we have to worry about?"
"Yeah! With him and Xu Jing, our Sky Cloud Martial School will definitely have a great fortune. "
"Don't rush. The speed of passing the three challenges will show part of one's power. I would like to see what kind of surprise this brat has in store for us."
Although the Wall Breaking Challenge was the first challenge, it had still stopped over two hundred young warriors. They all had bitter looks on their faces as they tried their best to break the blue light wall, hoping to break a hole and get to the second platform.
After entering the first platform, Ye Chen did not slow down at all. He rushed straight towards the blue light wall, as if it was nothing. This made some of the young warriors sneer. They wanted to see how Ye Chen would make a fool of himself.
What made their blood run cold was that Ye Chen seemed to be able to walk through walls. He went straight through the blue light wall, and did not even try to attack.
"What the hell! Is his body not a real body?"
"He went straight through! Are my eyes okay?"
Everyone from the Sky Cloud Martial School was shocked as well. Of course, they were not the only ones who were shocked. A lot of people who were watching also did not notice anything different about Ye Chen before. After all, there were quite a lot of Late Clasping Yuan Realm warriors among the young generation. One more would not make a difference. The only thing that mattered was power.
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