Compared to the two hundred and sixty thousand participants, there were only fifty thousand or so emperor realm participants. It was a huge difference, but it didn't affect the excitement of the battles in the slightest.
Since the competition was one level higher than the strongest king realm, the battle between the strongest emperor realm cultivators was much more entertaining to watch. Emperor realm cultivators generally had a wider variety of techniques, and most of them had mastered two or even three types of divine characters. There were even some who had mastered four types of divine characters.
Although it was not the case that the more divine characters one grasped, the more divine characters one grasped meant that the same Martial Cultivator would be able to display an uncertain amount of power. Under different circumstances, they would be able to display different effects.
As for Long Yu's situation, no one would believe him if he told them … because he had consumed many archaic and ancient rank pills, Long Yu was now compatible with all eight types of divine characters!
Moreover, the pills also contained some divine runes, such as light divine runes, fire divine runes, elemental divine runes, ice divine runes, and so on. This allowed Long Yu to gain some understanding of these divine runes. However, these divine runes weren't at the Origin level, so Long Yu didn't spend too much effort on them.
At the end of the day, Long Yu mainly relied on shadow divine characters such as the Nine Serenities Divine Characters, Asura Divine Characters, and Nine Serenities Divine Characters. They were all shadow divine characters.
However, since it was compatible with the eight divine characters, it fulfilled the requirements to cultivate a special divine chain technique. The Envoy of Death had already imparted it to Long Yu. Perhaps Long Yu would be able to use it during the competition of the strongest Emperor Realm.
… …
The competition officially began the next morning amidst the murmurs of the million martial cultivators in the secret realm.
The rules for the competition between emperor realm and king realm cultivators were the same. First, there would be a two-out-of-three elimination round. Once the number of participants had dwindled to a certain point, the winner would be decided in one battle until the final ranking was decided.
Every martial cultivator who participated in the competition stared at their life medallion. They wanted to see what kind of opponent the ten thousand layers had arranged for them.
"Haha, I drew Long Yu!"
A middle-aged late stage emperor realm man in the Ninesuns Sect's courtyard laughed heartily, attracting the attention of the other martial cultivators in the surroundings.
"Qiao Shan Kui, you're pretty lucky. Although you might not be able to enter the top one thousand emperor realm experts with your strength, you should still be able to defeat Long Yu."
"That's right, Sparrow Mountain Chief, you have to work hard. If you can really defeat Long Yu, then not only will you be able to take revenge for our Lan Xuyan's bloodline, but it will also greatly increase the prestige of our Nine Suns Sect!"
"Senior Uncle Qiao's strength is second to none in our sect. He should have no problem against a brat who has just stepped into early stage emperor realm."
Everyone in the Ninesuns Sect revealed envious expressions. This Qiao Shan was quite lucky to have drawn Long Yu. As long as he didn't lose to this brat, his reputation would definitely soar.
However, this brat was a bit strange. He'd killed an early stage emperor realm Lan Xuyan when he was only a mid stage king realm cultivator. Now that he'd stepped into early stage emperor realm, did he have the strength to fight a late stage emperor realm cultivator as well?
Qiao Shan naturally saw through some people's thoughts. He sneered, "You all underestimate me too much. Back in the Illusion Realm of the Five Emperors, I had also stepped onto the nineteenth floor. How could I possibly be easy to deal with? What face would I have left if I couldn't deal with a junior two levels lower than me? "
Immediately afterward, Qiao Shan and Long Yu were transported to the sky above a boundless ocean.
Below them was the ocean, and above them was a patch of clouds. There were no other decorations. The entire battlefield appeared extremely spacious, and Long Yu and Qiao Shan were initially twenty five kilometers away from each other.
Long Yu immediately activated the Shadow Eye and discovered the other's tracks. The other made no attempt to conceal himself and flew straight towards Long Yu.
Under these circumstances, Long Yu wanted to truly train his current combat strength. Therefore, he didn't use the fifth level of Balanced Control to conceal himself. There wasn't much point in ambushing his opponent at this point.
Twenty five kilometers was a distance that could be covered in the blink of an eye for an emperor realm cultivator. The two quickly met in the sky above the ocean, only six hundred meters away from each other.
"Long Yu, you once killed a junior of my Ninesuns Sect. Today, I will seek justice for my deceased junior!"
Qiao Shan's expression was one of righteousness. When matched with his square face, he exuded an air of righteousness. Thunder and fire divine characters rose from his body, and thunder and fire instantly soared into the sky!
Ninesuns Sect?
Long Yu wasn't moved by these words. Not only had his martial dao realm and strength increased in the past year of cultivation, even his mental state had become as calm as an ancient well. Moreover, the Ninesuns Sect really wasn't a great power to him.
"I can finally put my strength to good use …"
The corners of Long Yu's lips curled up slightly as he thought this. He raised his hand, and the nine hell divine characters surged from his body, forming a black shadow beside him. This was his sixth art, Nine Hell Hunter!
The current Nine Nether Hunter was different from the past. In the past, the Nine Nether Hunter that Long Yu used was only an elementary level Third Heaven Divine Ability. But now, this Divine Ability had been comprehended to the Seventh Heaven, a high level Divine Ability!
Moreover, the Nine Hell Hunter was one of Long Yu's last three arts. Their foundational power was already greater than the first four arts.
The Nine Hell Hunter wielded the shadow scimitar with both hands and charged at Qiao Shan Kui, who was two hundred meters away. Qiao Shan Kui was unmoved by this and laughed lightly. "You're underestimating me too much with such methods."
Qiao Shan Kui waved his hands. Lightning flashed in one hand, and flames in the other. They formed two spiraling divine chains that spun towards the Nine Hell Hunter, instantly splitting it in half!
"See, it's just so-so. I merely waved my hand casually …"
The corners of Qiao Shan Kui's mouth curled up. He was extremely proud of himself. He felt that he was playing with the initial stage Emperor Realm Long Yu like a cat chasing a mouse.
However, he was soon unable to smile anymore.
This was because he discovered that even though the Nine Hell Hunter had been split in half by the lightning and flame divine chains, it hadn't been completely destroyed.
In fact, the two halves of the black shadow quickly began to change shape. In less than a breath's time, they had turned into two Nine Hell Hunters!
Split?
Was there a mistake?
Qiao Shan Kui was stunned. He then gritted his teeth and lightning flashed around his body. "You dare to play around with such insignificant tricks? Watch as I shatter them!"
Qiao Shan Kui was extremely confident in his own strength. After all, the divine characters of lightning and flame were extremely destructive. In the next moment, lightning fell from the sky. Each bolt was as thick as an arm, and they were so purple that it caused one's heart to tremble. They definitely contained terrifying power.
In the next moment, under the bombardment of countless bolts of lightning, those two Ninth Hell Hunters were blasted to the point of being riddled with holes. However, they still struggled with the intention of splitting into even more Ninth Hell Hunters. Unfortunately, the bombardment of the bolts of lightning was too intense, and they didn't even have the time to split into another form before the ball of Ninth Hell Divine Markings was blasted into pieces, and they weren't able to condense once more in the end.
"I'm still too weak. If I could condense the Innate Ability of the Nine Nether Hunter into the Monarch Path, the situation would be completely different. It's a pity that I only managed to condense the first three Innate Abilities and the Book of Shadows into the Monarch Path after consuming so many pills. The rest are still at the level of Advanced Abilities …"
Long Yu thought to himself. The Nine Hell Hunter's failure to continue splitting and instead being smashed into pieces wasn't out of his expectations. After all, it was only a high-grade innate ability.
Qiao Shan Kui's lightning was also a high-grade innate ability. It was naturally not a problem to use it to deal with the Nine Hell Hunter.
However, this was just a small experiment for Long Yu. He didn't expect to rely on a single Nine Hell Hunter to defeat his opponent. This wasn't a competition between the strongest king realm cultivators, but the strongest emperor realm cultivators!
In such a competition, Long Yu's cultivation had just stepped into the emperor realm. One could imagine the pressure he faced.
Thus, at this moment, Long Yu had become the focus of the million king path secret realm cultivators. His battle was being watched by millions of people at the same time!
Everyone was very curious. How far could Long Yu go in the competition between the strongest emperor realm cultivators?
Everyone had different guesses, but no one dared to confirm Long Yu's results. Even the Five Emperors and the others couldn't see through Long Yu.
Although Long Yu was the Red Emperor's personal disciple, the Red Emperor didn't know much about Long Yu. He only knew that Long Yu had his own secrets and had probably obtained some powerful inheritance.
Now, it seemed that Long Yu's inheritance wasn't just powerful.
It could be described with the word "heaven-defying"!
"Seventh junior brother will have no problem dealing with a mere Qiao Shan Kui."
In the courtyard where the Red Emperor was, Xing Fa said with a faint smile.
"Not necessarily. After all, he has just stepped into the emperor realm and doesn't have enough control over his own strength. Look."
Yin Xiao sat lazily and smiled lazily. "The hunter he summoned should have the ability to split infinitely. If used against an opponent of the same level, one hunter like this should be enough to kill them. But now, it was directly shattered by the Qiao Shan Kui. There is still quite a gap between the two in terms of basic strength."
"Even so, I can see that seventh junior brother was just testing it out."
The short swordsman Nalan Jun said expectantly, "I can't see through Seventh Junior Brother anymore. I hope that the Emperor Realm Competition will reveal more of his abilities. I want to see just how heaven-defying he really is."
"No matter what, he won't be a match for sixth junior sister."
Yin Xiao narrowed her eyes. She recalled her sparring with Yu Hanxin not too long ago. Yu Hanxin was only at the peak of emperor realm, but she had been able to hold her own against a late emperor realm cultivator like her. She had even been able to hold her own for a short period of time. This had astonished her greatly.
Yu Xiaoyin felt that Yu Hanxin would take first place if nothing unexpected happened in this year's Strongest Emperor Realm competition.
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