"Leader, with Ye Chen here, we will definitely have a share of the fortune of the Hidden Dragon Ancient Place, and it will be quite a big one." The head master was very happy. The three challenges of the dragon gate were the preliminary tests to test the contestants' power. Judging from how Ye Chen had passed the first challenge, his power had already reached an immeasurable level.
Luo Xinglie laughed out loud, "Luckily, we agreed to let him go out to train. Otherwise, how could he have reached this level if he had been training in the school?"
Training and training both had their own benefits. The advantage of training was that it was stable, and there would not be too many risks and disturbances. The power would increase steadily, which was suitable for most people. However, training was different. There were a lot of uncertainties in training. For example, after seeing the outside world, the warrior's heart might be shaken, or he might be chased and killed without time to train. The scariest thing would be being tricked by others and walking on a path of no return. No matter which one it was, it could kill a real genius and make him disappear into the crowd. Of course, the bigger the risk, the bigger the reward. If one could stay true to himself during the training, set his own principles, and stay true to his own path, and survive in the blood and fire, his mentality and fighting power would both be improved drastically, which would build a solid foundation for his future.
Although he knew about the benefits of training, Luo Xinglie was still very surprised by Ye Chen's achievement. He had only been out for about a year! A year was not a long time in the eyes of warriors.
"Xu Jing has passed the second challenge. Hanshan and Zhu Mei might not be able to make it." Right then, the fourth master moved his eyes away from Ye Chen and looked at Luo Hanshan and the other two.
Luo Xinglie forced a smile, "The elimination rate of the three challenges of the dragon gate is very shocking. Three years ago, seventy percent of the contestants had been eliminated. I wonder how many people will be eliminated this time. I hope Hanshan and Zhu Mei can make it and try their best to jump onto the south city gate."
Because it was way too hard to get into the top seventy-two of the Hidden Dragon Rank, a lot of martial institutions knew that their disciples had no hope. Therefore, being able to jump onto the south city gate, which was also the dragon gate, would make them very happy. After all, those who could jump onto the dragon gate were already considered as elite geniuses among the contestants.
In order to fight against these lights, there were only three ways. The first way was to dodge the lights with extreme speed, but this method was almost a dead end. The attacking speed of the lights was extremely fast, and only the top geniuses were able to dodge the lights with their speed. No matter what method they used, they would be able to pass through, and the others would not be able to do it. The second way was to use their own defense to fight against the lights, which required the contestant to have trained a very powerful martial art, and to have a very high realm. If the rank of the martial art was too low, then it would be impossible for the contestant to pass through. The third way was to use a very powerful attacking power to blow away the lights, which required the contestant to have trained an extremely powerful martial art, and also to have a very good eyesight, being able to see in all directions. If they were even slightly careless, then they might be hit by the lights. The second way was to use their own defense to fight against the lights, which required the contestant to have trained an extremely powerful martial art, and also to have a very good eyesight, being able to see in all directions. If they were even slightly careless, then they might be hit by the lights.
Except for the first method, the second and the third method were used by most of the contestants, including Luo Hanshan and Zhu Mei.
Luo Hanshan did not waste the past year. After he came back from the Heaven Dream Ancient Region, he had started training the mid-rank Earth Realm Great Rudra God Art. Under normal circumstances, it would already be quite good if he could reach the sixth level within a year. However, Luo Xinglie had trained the Great Rudra God Art to the tenth level after all, and he had recorded the experiences of every breakthrough. Added with his careful guidance, Luo Hanshan had broken into the eighth level before the Hidden Dragon Rank started. The quality and quantity of his Zhen Qi was way better than the ninth level of the Purple Qi Spell.
As for Zhu Mei, she had been cultivating a mid-rank Earth Realm martial art, and with the help of an inner elder who had been cultivating this martial art, she had managed to break into the ninth level of this martial art. She was obviously more talented than Luo Hanshan, and was only second to Ye Chen.
The two of them had fully activated their protective Zhen Qi to defend themselves against the attacks of those colorful lights. However, it was still not enough. Those colorful lights were very dense, and obviously, their protective Zhen Qi would not be able to withstand it. Therefore, they needed to use attacks to break those colorful lights and relieve some pressure on their protective Zhen Qi.
Finally, the two of them reached out their hands and took down a jade tag that was hanging in the air, then flew towards the back of the palace with extreme difficulty.
Once the two of them had left, Ye Chen walked in.
"Not too dense, but there are a lot of loopholes."
With only a single glance, Ye Chen had seen through those colorful lights. He didn't slow down at all, instead, his body lengthened, and his target was those jade tags that were tied up by ropes.
"Who is this guy? He is way too arrogant! He wants to take the jade tag as soon as he comes in!"
"Indeed, although he is a Late Clasping Yuan Realm warrior, he would still fall down if he is hit by dozens of colorful lights."
"Indeed, a Late Clasping Yuan Realm warrior was too careless, he thought that it would not be a problem for him, and ended up being hit by dozens of colorful lights. The good thing is that those colorful lights are special, they won't hurt any of the contestants. Otherwise, this place would have been covered in blood and piles of bones."
The second challenge was not easy at all. Hundreds of contestants had been completely suppressed by those colorful lights, and couldn't move even an inch. Seeing Ye Chen rushing in without caring about anything else, they were all waiting to see him make a fool out of himself, in order to satisfy their frustration of not being able to move even an inch forward.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The colorful lights were attacking at an extremely fast speed. Some places were relatively thin, while some places were terrifyingly dense. They interweaved into a despairing sky net. Of course, there was a pattern to it as well. For example, after a certain place had been attacked for a while, it would slow down in the next second, and become a temporary safe zone. Many contestants before had relied on this pattern to get their jade tags and pass the second challenge. However, for those contestants who were not as observant and had a weak mentality, it was quite difficult. Some of them had clearly found the pattern, but because they couldn't handle the pressure, they made mistakes in their calculations, and were knocked out by the colorful lights.
In the sky net formed by the colorful lights, Ye Chen's figure was like a dream, moving back and forth. Every time people thought that the colorful lights had hit him, they would only find out that they had only hit an afterimage left behind by the colorful lights. In other words, even under the colorful lights, Ye Chen was still moving at an extremely fast speed. Under the strong visual impact, the contestants nearby had an illusion that the colorful lights had slowed down.
Ah!
A contestant's protective zhen Qi had been shattered, and he had been knocked out completely. He was indeed one of the contestants who had thought that the colorful lights had slowed down.
The others were alerted. It was not because the colorful lights had slowed down. It was obviously because Ye Chen's speed was way too fast and weird. It had caused the colorful lights to follow him closely, but could not hit him at all.
With the jade tag in his hand, Ye Chen's body flashed once, passing through the gaps of the sky net formed by the colorful lights and landing on the second cable bridge.
"Damn! How could this be? I don't think I have seen him before."
"I have not seen him either. I think he is a new young warrior. This year's Hidden Dragon Rank competition is indeed the most exciting one in the past one thousand years. There are already a lot of old martial geniuses, and there are even more new ones. Judging from that guy's power, he should be able to at least be in the top thirty! Maybe even the top twenty. As for the top ten, I don't think there is much hope. Just look at Sikong Sheng and the rest of them, they are all like monsters. "
"Stop talking. Let's get through this challenge first. The third challenge is the Jumping Dragon Gate, which is the hardest. Maybe we can go there and join in the fun."
The cable bridge was miles long. Within a couple of blinks of an eye, Ye Chen had landed on the third platform.
Right now, there were already seven to eight hundred people gathered on this platform. Lou Hanshan, Zhu Mei and Xu Jing were standing at the back, quietly watching the others jumping towards the south city gate.
"Ye Chen, you are here!" Lou Hanshan turned around and was overjoyed.
Zhu Mei and Xu Jing had also turned around.
Ye Chen laughed, "I was a bit late. Luckily, I made it."
"I thought you would miss this year's competition. What a shame." Lou Hanshan was quite similar to Luo Xinglie. He was not jealous of other people who were more powerful than him at all. For him, the better rank Ye Chen got, the happier he would be. After all, the competitions of the Hidden Dragon Rank were closely related to the luck of the martial institutions and individuals. The higher the rank, the smoother the development of the martial institutions would be.
"Eh? What kind of cultivation have you reached? "Zhu Mei realized that she could not see through Ye Chen at all, so she asked.
Ye Chen answered, "Late Clasping Yuan Realm."
Gasp!
The two gasped. They thought that they had already shortened the gap between them, but it seemed that the gap was getting bigger and bigger. Ye Chen's talent was no weaker than anyone in the South Rudra Region. If it were not for the fact that he had cultivated for such a short time, it would not be impossible for him to reach the top ten.
Xu Jing was also a bit surprised. There were not many things that could surprise her, and Ye Chen was one of them. Moreover, he had surprised her more than once. Seriously speaking, she was the first one who noticed Ye Chen's talent, and she knew him the best. But of course, it was only relatively speaking. In fact, she did not know much about Ye Chen either. He was like a person who was shrouded in a dense fog that no one could see or touch. Compared to the top ten young warriors, Ye Chen's aura did not have that kind of arrogant aura. Instead, he had a kind of sharpness that could cut through everything.
"Xu Jing, long time no see." Ye Chen glanced at Xu Jing, and the more he looked, the more shocked he became. Inside her body, there was a huge amount of zhen Qi. No, it should not be zhen Qi, it was a kind of qi that had been combined with her physical strength. If he had to describe it with one word, it would be qi power, an extremely horrifying qi power. After thinking about it carefully, Ye Chen realized why she did not make much progress in her cultivation. It turned out that she had merged all of her zhen Qi into her physical body to increase her physical strength. In this way, with only her physical strength, she would be able to crush warriors at the same level as her.
Fifty thousand pounds, no, it should be more than eighty thousand pounds!
Ye Chen also had qi inside his body, which was jade colored. Through comparison, he found out that the qi inside Xu Jing's body was more than twice as much as his own. It was golden in color, without any impurities. In terms of quality, it was even better than his own jade-colored qi. Combining the two, both the quantity and the quality of her qi were far greater than his own.
'It seems like Xu Jing has made much more progress than Luo Hanshan and Zhu Mei, and she has been improving her physical strength. I wonder what her peak power is like.' Ye Chen thought to himself.
Xu Jing did not know that within such a short period of time, countless thoughts had flashed through Ye Chen's mind. All of her attention was focused on what was in front of her.
The Dragon Gate Leap was the most difficult one among the three challenges. The gravity in the abyss was even more terrifying than the abyss in the Martial City. Apart from this, the warriors would be able to hear the roars of countless evil creatures coming from the abyss.
Shoo!
Someone had made it onto the top. It was the Demon Childe, Leng Wuqing. His body slightly flashed in the air before he entered the south city gate steadily. As for the warriors who were ranked at the top, they were all standing on the top, looking down at the people below, including Sikong Sheng, the Fire Spirit Prince, and Lin Yun. Every time they saw someone who could not handle the gravity and was pushed to the side by the Qi flow from the abyss, those who had made it onto the top would show their disdain.
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