The melodious sound of the bell rang out from the depths of the Imperial Heavenly Gate, drifting about and reverberating in the sky for a very long time. It was like a sacred sound, causing everyone's soul flames to flicker slightly. Very soon, this place became quiet.
"This is?"
Jiang Xiaofan frowned and looked towards the depths of the Imperial Heaven Gate.
"Immortal aura …"
Bing Xin said calmly.
"Emperor Bell …"
Jiang Xiaofan nodded.
As one of the four great sects, the Imperial Heaven Sect naturally had a Supreme Celestial Artifact. It was said that this Celestial Artifact had always been placed in the Heavenly Emperor Palace as a form of deterrence. Unless the sect was in great trouble, this bell would not appear.
At this moment, the Emperor Bell vibrated and let out a divine sound. It came from afar and was illusory, like a bright lamp in the darkness. It suppressed the restless emotions of many disciples and led them to look towards the high platform in front.
Jiang Xiaofan and the others weren't affected by the sound of the bell because Bing Xin also had a Supreme Immortal Artifact and instinctively repelled the sound. However, at this moment, they still looked towards the front, towards the Hall Master of the Yangxin Hall.
The Imperial Heaven Sect would hold a core selection once every ten years, and at most seven people would be chosen each time. This was also to increase the competition between the seven main peaks, so as to increase the competition between the various main peaks, so that the disciples of the sect would work harder in their cultivation.
The core disciples were a symbol of the sect. Therefore, the difficulty of becoming a core disciple was naturally very high. Unlike the inner sect qualifiers, only a small number of people were qualified to participate in the core selection.
The so-called qualification basically consisted of three points. Firstly, one had to be at least at the Illusory God Realm. Secondly, one had to have a large amount of contribution points to the sect. Thirdly, one couldn't be more than thirty years old.
To the inner sect disciples of the Imperial Heaven Gate, as long as they fulfilled the above conditions, the sect would allow them to participate in the core selection. However, how many inner sect disciples were qualified? The answer could be confirmed. There really were too few, barely any. Thus, this place only needed a single Crimson Afterglow Divine Pedestal.
After confirming the inner disciples who had the qualifications to participate in the core competition, the sect would randomly pick two of them to have a fair battle. The winner would stay, and the loser would leave in order. At the end of the battle, the strongest seven would stay.
As for the remaining seven people, they might not be able to become core disciples. What awaited them was the final test of their divine sense. Only when their divine sense reached a certain level would they be able to pass the test and become a true core disciple. That was why it was said that in every core competition, only seven people could be successfully promoted.
One could imagine that the difference between the core competition and the inner sect qualifiers was like heaven and earth.
"Xiang Fengyu, Hu Yan, come to the stage!"
The cold and hard voice of the Hall Master of Mental Nurturing Palace sounded. Two men suddenly walked out from the crowd. They were roughly twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old. After a series of salutes, they began to fight. The divine might and might of the Illusion God rank was vast and mighty, causing the audience to cry out in alarm.
The North Micro Star was vast and boundless, and the cultivation world was also filled with geniuses. However, there were very few people who could truly reach the Manifest God Realm. The cultivators of this realm had endless divine power and were extremely powerful. They could practically shatter mountains and fill seas. Their destructive power was astonishing.
However, the Scarlet Glow Divine Platform was a treasure. Its degree of sturdiness could withstand the full power of a Renhuang powerhouse without shattering. Naturally, it didn't need to worry about the divine might of the Illusion God cultivators. The battle between the two couldn't damage the platform in the slightest.
"Hong …"
A powerful divine power fluctuation spread out. In the end, Xiang Fengyu won. He was an inner disciple of the Tianxing Peak. Under everyone's envious eyes, he bowed to the several elders on the high platform and then walked down the Scarlet Glow Divine Platform.
"Chen Yifeng, Bo Mingxing, come to the stage!"
The voice of the Hall Master of Mental Nurturing Palace sounded again.
Jiang Xiaofan tilted his head. He hadn't guessed wrong. Chen Yifeng looked refined, but his cultivation was really strong. He was already in the Illusion God Realm. He nodded to Chen Yifeng and said, "Brother Chen, do your best. I believe you can win."
"Thank you for your auspicious words."
Chen Yifeng had a smile on his face. He wasn't nervous and calmly stepped onto the Scarlet Glow Divine Platform.
Bo Mingxing was about twenty-five or twenty-six years old. He was wearing a green robe. His cultivation was actually in the second layer of the Illusion God Realm, which surprised many of the inner disciples below the platform. His every move was incomparably powerful, with a kind of oppressive power.
However, Chen Yifeng's expression didn't change. He was refined and easy-going. The divine power fluctuation outside his body was like flowing clouds, giving people a kind of ethereal feeling. His attacks were as elegant as the wind. No matter how Bo Mingxing attacked, it was useless.
"This Chen Yifeng, when did you meet him?"
Bing Xin suddenly asked.
Jiang Xiaofan was slightly taken aback and said, "We've met a few times. The feeling is not bad."
Bing Xin frowned and said, "This person is not simple."
Jiang Xiaofan nodded. He also had the same feeling. This person was unfathomable and very powerful. Although Bo Mingxing's battle strength wasn't weak and looked very shocking, he believed that Chen Yifeng would win in the end.
An hour later, the result was as he had expected. Bo Mingxing was defeated and left the stage.
"He admitted it …"
Chen Yifeng was very polite as he walked down the Scarlet Glow Divine Platform.
"Congratulations, Brother Chen."
Jiang Xiaofan went up to welcome him.
"Not at all. It's just luck." Chen Yifeng was very humble and said, "It should be Brother Jiang's turn soon."
As if in response to his words, in the next instant, the voice of the Hall Master of the Mental Nurturing Palace sounded from the high platform once again. It was still as cold as before. With an expressionless face, he said, "Jiang Xiaofan, Luo Jianbai, come up to the stage."
Jiang Xiaofan nodded to the few of them and stepped onto the Scarlet Glow Divine Platform, calmly standing in the middle of the stage.
This place was extremely vast, with a radius of an unknown number of feet. The entire place was filled with the disciples of the Imperial Heaven Sect. There were close to a thousand of them. But at this moment, all of them were looking at the Scarlet Afterglow Platform with reverence.
Jiang Xiaofan's body was slender, and his face was delicate and pretty. He looked like a weak scholar. However, in the eyes of the people below the stage, Jiang Xiaofan stood there like a god, like an unshakable sacred monument.
"I … forfeit!"
Suddenly, such a voice came from the crowd.
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice. It was a twenty-eight year old man. There was obvious unwillingness in his eyes, but in the end, he could only shout these few words helplessly. It was as if he had used up all the strength in his body and walked away in loneliness.
It couldn't be helped. Which one of the things Jiang Xiaofan did wasn't earth-shattering? Suppressing the young elites of the four great sects, destroying the Pill Court, killing Ying Tianyang, and just now, he even forced the number one core disciple, Zhu Xidao, to retreat in a sorry state. With such a battle record, who would dare to act recklessly?
This was a battle fame!
"Ruthless Jiang's power, this …"
Outside the Crimson Afterglow Stage, many Emperor Heaven Sect disciples were stunned. Although they knew that the man on the stage was terrifying, they didn't expect that Luo Jianbai, who was in the Illusion God Realm, would forfeit directly. Even his desire to battle had disappeared.
"Ugh …"
Jiang Xiaofan really didn't know what to say. He had absolute confidence in himself and it wouldn't be difficult for him to defeat his opponent. However, he never expected that his opponent would choose to forfeit directly.
One had to know that the core competition was held once every ten years. This time, the strongest trial of the four great sects was about to begin. The Emperor Heaven Sect had no choice but to hold it in advance to select a few core disciples before the strongest trial began. Because the strongest trial was an alternative competition between the four great sects, the Emperor Heaven Sect naturally had to pay attention to it.
If there were no accidents, the Emperor Heaven Sect would only hold the core competition again ten years later. In other words, after missing this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, that man wouldn't have another chance. He had voluntarily given up the possibility of becoming a core disciple.
"That little bastard!"
The Heavenly Constant Peak Master and the others had a cold expression.
On this high platform, apart from Ye Qiuyue and Qin Ra, the other core disciples of the previous batch had a slightly ugly expression. Defeating the enemy without a battle. Without a doubt, compared to Jiang Xiaofan, their former glory was completely overshadowed. Because back then, they had all fought their way in painstakingly.
Especially Zheng Yongfeng. His gaze was very cold. He had been almost killed by the snow-white demonic beast's claw and had been lying on the Heavenly Star Peak for half a month. He had long blamed this on Jiang Xiaofan and was waiting for an opportunity to deal with him.
However, now, Jiang Xiaofan had first killed Ying Tianyang, and now he'd forced Zhu Xidao to retreat. His combat strength was so terrifying that it wasn't the Jiang Xiaofan of the past any longer. He knew very clearly that if he were to fight Jiang Xiaofan head on, then he would most probably lose.
"Brother Jiang is really shocking," Chen Yifeng said with a smile.
Ye Yuanxue also jumped over, pinched his ear, and said, "You're very powerful, big pervert!"
Jiang Xiaofan laughed mischievously. This place was completely empty. Only he, Chen Yifeng, Ye Yuanxue, and Bing Xin remained. All of this was thanks to Jiang Xiaofan. The name of a ruthless person made people revere him, and everyone retreated far away.
Very quickly, a few more battles on the Crimson Cloud Divine Platform were over. Among them, there were a few contestants who were really powerful and had grasped mystical secret techniques. Waves of exclamations resounded in the surroundings. Even Jiang Xiaofan took a few more glances at them.
"Ye Yuanxue, Yuan Wenshi, come on stage!"
Suddenly, the voice of the Hall Master of Mental Cultivation sounded, startling Jiang Xiaofan.
"It can't be, right?" He tilted his head and looked at Ye Yuanxue in disbelief. He opened his mouth and said after a long while, "Little Xue 'er, you, you've also reached the Phantom God realm? When did this happen? I didn't even know! "
Ye Yuanxue let go of Bing Xin's arm, waved her fist at Jiang Xiaofan, and said while humming, "This lady is a genius. That old bastard even said that I'm the reincarnation of an ancient immortal. Very powerful!"
As her words fell, she gracefully jumped onto the Crimson Cloud Divine Platform like a butterfly.
On the high platform, Ye Qiuyu's expression was gentle. She had always doted on her only sister.
When she was young, Ye Yuanxue's body was not good, and she was extremely delicate. She was told that she could only stay at home, but she felt that it was boring at home, and she was very unhappy. Because of this, Ye Qiuyu, as her elder sister, would often secretly take her out to play and relax behind her parents' back. Because of this matter, she was often reprimanded by her family.
But now that she thought about it, it was all worth it. In the past, they had met Old Man Heaven Oasis in that small valley. It was also at that time that Ye Yuanxue's life had taken a turn for the better. She was taken away by Old Man Heaven Oasis, and her body gradually recovered. Now, she had actually also stepped into the Phantom God Domain. Ye Qiuyu felt very gratified.
As if feeling her gaze, Ye Yuanxue tilted her head and looked at the high platform. Her beautiful black gem-like eyes immediately curved into crescents, and she sweetly said to Ye Qiuyu, "Elder sister, Xue 'er will definitely not disappoint you!"
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