Zhu Mei and Qin Yulian looked at each other. They both knew that Ye Chen was very powerful, but they did not expect him to be this powerful. Half of half, that meant that he had not even used thirty percent of his power. His opponent was Yuan Hengying, who was ranked fifty-nine in the last Hidden Dragon Rank. Right then, Ye Chen had become a stranger in their eyes. It was not a stranger in terms of friendship, but a stranger in terms of power.
There was a kind of strangeness called gap!
Glancing at Lynch and Zhuang Fei, Qin Yulian forced a smile and thought to herself, 'You have set Ye Chen as your goal. Unfortunately, you do not know how tiring and desperate it is to catch up with him. From the moment he surpassed us, the gap between us had already been decided.'
Xu Jing's fifth battle had ended with her victory. She walked down from the stage and saw Zhu Mei and Qin Yulian's expressions. She knew what was going on, but she shook her head silently. In her mind, Ye Chen was a monster. He had a calmness and willpower that did not match his age. Even she, who was always calm, felt ashamed of herself. With her sharp observation, she had never seen such horrifying qualities in any young man. Sometimes, she wondered if there was anything that could make him lose his mind.
Unfortunately, besides Ye Chen himself, no one really knew him.
In fact, Ye Chen sometimes did not know himself too well. Because Ye Chen was an orphan in the other world, he had to work hard and improve himself. Therefore, when other kids were playing around, he was already very mature. In some aspects, he was even more mature than an adult. After he became an adult, his mind was even more outstanding, and nothing could shake him. Of course, not every orphan was like Ye Chen. After all, everyone had a different way of growing up.
However, after coming to this world, Ye Chen, who was seen as a piece of trash by others, was actually very smart. When he was bullied by his cousin Ye Chen, he knew how to be patient and think about the big picture. He didn't want to make his father feel bad, so he worked even harder behind the scenes, using ten times the effort in exchange for a little reward. Otherwise, with his talent, it would be almost impossible for him to become an outer disciple of the Sky Cloud Martial School.
However, everything has its pros and cons. Years of forbearance had caused the Ye Chen of this world to lose his sharpness, a sharpness that allowed him to advance bravely. Sometimes, losing one's sharpness was even more terrifying than having no talent. If everything had developed normally, and the current Ye Chen had not appeared, the chances of him becoming an inner disciple would have been extremely small, let alone becoming a core disciple or even his current position.
Everything was like smoke in the past!
After merging with Ye Chen's soul from this world, Ye Chen's weaknesses were infinitely reduced, while his strengths were infinitely magnified, creating a monster in the eyes of others.
"The fifth round, Ye Chen versus Cui Qiang!"
"I admit defeat!"
Ye Chen's power was obvious to everyone. He was the first contestant to admit defeat.
To this, Zhu Mei laughed and said, "You will have it easy from now on. Except for a few people in group three, basically no one would be able to compete with you. Instead of wasting time and being killed by you within a second, it would be better for you to save up your energy and spirit to fight against other contestants that you can handle."
Ye Chen did not really care if there were people who had admitted defeat or not, since all he needed to do was wave his sword once on the stage, and it would consume almost no energy at all. On the other hand, Zhu Mei's battle would not be easy at all, so he reminded her, "With my estimation, in your group, there would be around three to seven people who would get the full score. In the following battles, if you do not lose a single one, you would have a hundred percent chance of making it to the next round. If you lose one, you would have fifty percent chance of making it to the next round. If you lose two, you would have less than ten percent chance."
Although Ye Chen's words were not accurate to a certain degree, it was still very close. It should be known that in terms of vision, even Astral Reaching Realm warriors might not be better than him. All the information of every contestant in Zhu Mei's group was in Ye Chen's head. Even if they were hiding their power, he could still see through most of them. Then, he added the probability and statistics, and finally came up with this number.
Zhu Mei did not doubt him at all, so she said, "Then, in the next five battles, I would have to lose one. It would be a bit difficult, but I will try my best." She had just won the fifth battle, and now she had won three battles and lost two.
"The first stage of the competition could be a bit lucky. As long as you are lucky enough, it should not be a problem for you to make it to the second stage."
In the first stage of the competition, there would be more than fifty contestants in each group, and everyone would have to go through ten battles. At most, they would run into ten people, and the remaining forty or so people would not have a chance at all. Therefore, even the weakest contestants would be able to get into the top few of their group if they were lucky enough. With Zhu Mei's power, it would not be a miracle for her to make it to the next round.
"Eh? Looks like Lynch has met his opponent!"
Right at that moment, the two's attention was attracted by the battle of the eleventh group. The two people on the stage were none other than the North Snow Quick Blade Lynch, and the other was Wei Renjie, who was ranked thirty-seventh in the last Hidden Dragon Rank.
On the stage, the blade light was flying everywhere, and the human shadows were moving in a blur. Both of them were young warriors who had made great achievements in their blade arts, and it was hard to tell who they were.
Ye Chen shook his head. Lynch was a bit unlucky. No matter cultivation or blade intent, Wei Renjie was way more powerful than Lynch. The reason why they were evenly matched right now was because Wei Renjie had not used all of his power yet. Obviously, he was just excited about the result.
"Good, not bad. Even if I give you another one or two years, I might not be able to beat you." Wei Renjie laughed out loud. His blade aura suddenly became even more powerful, pushing Lynch into an absolute disadvantage.
"Snow Dance Sky!"
Lynch did not have any expression on his face. He held his Air Shattering Blade with both of his hands, and his blade aura started to roll up. All of a sudden, it was like a snowstorm had started to fall on the stage, and the blade light was everywhere.
"Break!"
Without any technique, Wei Renjie held his blade with only one hand, jumped into the air, and threw out a blade attack.
Boom!
The snow-like blade light was shattered one after another, and Lynch crashed into the dark blue light wall.
"Thank you!" Wei Renjie held his fists together as he put away his great blade and jumped off the stage.
Off the stage, a lot of people were watching this battle and discussing it.
"Wei Renjie is indeed a blade art master of the young generation. His blade intent has at least reached the entry level."
"Lynch is not bad either. His blade art skills are no weaker than Wei Renjie's. The only thing he is lacking is his cultivation and blade intent. With enough time, it would not be impossible for him to catch up with Wei Renjie."
"Indeed. Normal blade artists are nothing in Wei Renjie's eyes. He obviously likes Lynch."
"Oh right, can Lynch make it into the top ten new stars this year?"
"It would be a bit difficult. Even if he could make it, he would probably be at the bottom."
"There are too many new warriors this year, and it would not be easy to stand out from the rest. Plus, there are also insane martial geniuses like Tuo Baku and Qian Yun. There would be two less spots for no reason."
"Do not forget that Sikong Sheng's disciple sister, Gu Youyun, is also not to be underestimated. Back in the day, the Life and Death Realm King of the Floating Mountain Martial School, the Stone King, had offended too many people, which led to his whole family being killed. His bloodline had been cut off. But, no one knew that the Stone King had an illegitimate daughter outside, and Gu Youyun was indeed the descendant of that illegitimate daughter. She has the king bloodline of the Stone King.
"Adding Gu Youyun, the top three of the top ten new stars have already been decided. The rest of the seven new stars still need to be discovered."
The top ten new stars were not a regular title, because there would always be some extremely talented martial geniuses appearing in every Hidden Dragon Rank competition. If they were bright enough, they would all be ranked. After the competitions of the Hidden Dragon Rank had finished, those warriors who did not come to watch the competitions would be able to know how powerful those young warriors were through their understanding of the top ten new stars. That way, they would be able to have a better understanding of them. Otherwise, with so many contestants in the competition, it would be really hard to understand all of them.
"The sixth battle, Ye Chen against Xue Qiuyan!"
"I give up!"
The pretty-looking young lady raised up her hand, indicating that she had given up.
"The seventh battle, Ye Chen against Guo Heng!"
"I give up!"
"The eighth battle, Ye Chen …"
"The ninth battle, Ye Chen …"
No one knew if it was because Ye Chen had killed Yuanheng Ying with only one sword attack, but from the fifth battle onwards, all of the contestants who were going against Ye Chen had given up, not wanting to waste any more time.
As for the other people from the Windy Nation, they seemed to be having a hard time. Out of the nine battles, Xu Jing had won eight and lost one. It was not a bad loss, as her opponent was a young warrior who was ranked twenty-two in the last Hidden Dragon Rank, who was extremely powerful. Even so, Xu Jing did not lose immediately. She had fought for hundreds of attacks before the winner was decided, which had surprised a lot of people and made her into the top ten new stars.
After Lynch had lost to Wei Renjie, he had lost another battle. His opponent was also a young warrior who was ranked at the top of the last Hidden Dragon Rank.
Zhuang Fei had won seven and lost two.
Su Wen had won six and lost three.
Qin Yulian had won six and lost three.
Zhu Mei's luck seemed to have run out. From the eighth battle onwards, she had lost all the way to the ninth battle. Without any surprises, there was no chance for her to make it to the next round.
It would be a lie if Zhu Mei said that she was not disappointed. But she also understood that it was rare for her to be able to make it this far. She still had one last battle, and no matter if she won or lost, she would have to use all of her energy and make a breakthrough from there. Only then would she not waste this opportunity.
"The tenth battle, Ye Chen against Chen Jie."
Chen Jie did not choose to give up. He was not a nobody. In the last Hidden Dragon Rank, he was ranked forty-three, so he did not think that he would lose to Ye Chen.
"Take my most powerful attack, Tiger Break Kill!"
His aura was like that of a lion or a tiger. Chen Jie had crossed dozens of meters, throwing out a punch towards Ye Chen. Driven by that aura, the air in front of him seemed to have been sucked out instantly.
Chin!
Two beams of sword light flashed through. The first one had broken the aura, while the second one had torn apart Chen Jie's protective zhen Qi layer. The sword pressure had blown his opponent away.
"Ye Chen wins!"
The group three judge was not surprised at all. He raised his hand, indicating that Ye Chen had won the last battle.
"Impressive! Once he makes his move, the battle would be over instantly."
"Top ten new stars, he could be ranked fifth. That Xu Jing would be ranked eighth, and Gao Feng would be ninth. Lynch's cultivation is a bit weaker, so it would not be his turn to be in the top ten new stars."
In everyone's mind, Tuo Baku would be ranked first without a doubt. Qian Yun, a disciple of the rank 6 martial institution, the Sunset Martial School, and Gu Youyun, a disciple of the rank 6 martial institution, the Floating Mountain Martial School, would definitely be ranked second and third. The fourth would be a rare martial genius from a rank 7 martial institution from the Ice Crystal Empire, and the fifth would be Ye Chen. The sixth and seventh would still be the top disciples from other rank 6 martial institutions. The eighth would be Xu Jing, the ninth would be Gao Feng, and the tenth would be a top disciple from another rank 6 martial institution.
This ranking might not be accurate, but judging from the battles right now, it should be about right. After all, some of the people had been hiding their power, and no one would be able to tell.
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