At the candidate platform, when Huang Potian, Huang Bingbing, and the others saw Ye Chen return, their expressions turned grave with some fear.
Huang Feng took a few steps forward. Seeing Ye Chen's expression, he smiled and asked, "Are you alright?"
Ye Chen shook his head. He walked to his seat and casually sat down. He withdrew the Qi in his body and stored it in the Genesis Crystal Grass. Then, he accelerated the absorption of Qi, nourishing his meridians.
At this time, the purple-clad old man walked onto the stage. He glanced at Ye Chen before sweeping his gaze across the crowd. "The challenges continue. Next, please step onto the stage!"
Swoosh!
The geniuses' resting area was silent for a moment before a figure rushed onto the stage. It was a young man clad in animal skin. He looked at the damaged stage with astonishment in his eyes before retracting his gaze and looking at Huang Feng on the candidate platform. He cupped his fists and said, "I am Huang Xian from Deficient Light Island. I challenge Junior Brother Huang Feng!"
As soon as the two words "Junior Brother" came out, his own seniority instantly rose by a level.
Huang Feng heard the hidden meaning in Huang Xian's words and sneered. His body moved and he leaped onto the martial stage. He put on his straw hat and grinned, "Huang Xian, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. You and I are not related at all. You are my senior brother for nothing. Do you think that you are more experienced and stronger than me?"
Huang Xian frowned slightly and said indifferently, "We'll know after we fight."
Huang Feng laughed and said, "Since that's the case, let me see how strong you are. It's a pity that you didn't get the token despite being so strong, hehe …"
Huang Xian was enraged. "You're courting death!"
When Ye Chen and Huang Feng got the token, it was like a slap to the faces of these inner sea geniuses. Therefore, when he heard Huang Feng mention it, the anger in his heart exploded. With a low roar, he drew a double-edged sword and charged at Huang Feng.
"Humph!"
Huang Feng's expression turned cold. A light flashed on his forehead as he activated the Eye of Xuanyuan. In an instant, all of Huang Xian's movements were captured in his eyes. They were as slow as a snail.
Ye Chen had seen Huang Feng's strength before, so he knew that this unknown young man's physical strength was around the third level of the king grade. Coupled with the Xuanyuan Clan's unique inherited talent, he could even fight against a fourth level king grade master. If he exerted his full strength, he could even escape from a fifth level king grade master!
Not long after …
Bang!
A green whirlwind tore through the golden light and enveloped Huang Xian within. In an instant, thousands of wind blades appeared within the whirlwind, dancing wildly within it.
Huang Xian was severely injured, but he was soon sent flying. His arm was almost cut off by the wind blade. If his arm was cut off, even the Deities Templar would not be able to save him.
When the people below the stage saw Huang Feng's ruthless methods, they felt a chill in their hearts. They felt like crying but had no tears. It seemed that the two dark horses this time were not to be trifled with.
As the competition continued, two more people challenged Huang Feng. When the third person challenged Huang Feng, Huang Feng's stamina ran out and he was defeated in the end!
However, he still had two chances to challenge Huang Feng. As long as he was strong enough, he could still reclaim his position.
…
As for the person who defeated Huang Feng when he was exhausted, he was quickly challenged and defeated by others. In the end, Huang Jian, who did not obtain the token, took over the position. He defeated three people in a row with a three-foot long sword. After that, no one dared to challenge him again!
After a day of battles, Ye Chen was challenged in the beginning. Later on, he was in a wait-and-see mode. When the day ended, the top six contestants were Zi Wan, Huang Cang, Huang Potian, Huang Jian, Huang Bingbing, and Ye Chen.
During this time, Huang Bingbing had challenged Huang Cang. However, after an intense battle, she was unfortunately defeated and her position remained unchanged.
According to the rules, the top three contestants could enter the Dragon Emperor Holy Ground!
Currently, the first place was Zi Wan, the second place was Huang Cang, and the third place was Ye Chen.
Ye Chen did not challenge Zi Wan or Huang Cang, and the two of them did not challenge each other. Being able to sit in the top three, they had no pressure at all. After all, they could enter the Dragon Emperor Holy Ground. Who would be so free as to challenge others?
If one only challenged others with the mentality of showing off, such people would never be able to become experts at their level!
On the road to becoming an expert, tempering one's mind was especially important.
After resting for a day.
On the second day, the last round of challenges began. Everyone only had one chance left.
Perhaps it was because there was no way out, when Ye Chen arrived at the candidate stage, he immediately felt that the atmosphere was quite oppressive, as if a storm was coming. Everyone's expression was solemn. If yesterday was an appetizer, today was a banquet.
After soaking in the hot spring for a night, Ye Chen's strength recovery speed had doubled. Originally, he could only recover thirty percent, but now, he had recovered sixty percent!
As for the others, if they hadn't taken any elixirs, they would be in an even worse state.
At the beginning of the battle, Zi Wan and Huang Cang, who did not show any strength yesterday, were challenged one after another. Especially Zi Wan, who was the first to be challenged. Many people hardened their hearts, knowing that after the battle, her vitality would be greatly damaged and her stamina would be exhausted. Therefore, although Zi Wan defeated four geniuses in a row, she was still defeated by the fifth person!
However, the man who defeated her also suffered a torrential barrage of attacks and was quickly kicked out of the martial ring. The battle lasted until the afternoon. Zi Wan had taken some kind of elixir and recovered all of her strength. As soon as she attacked, the entire martial ring flickered with lightning and turned into a lightning prison!
Her opponent was also charred on the outside and tender on the inside in a few breaths of time. Like a pile of trash, he was thrown out of the martial stage.
This girl was wearing a purple robe. Her eyes were clear and bright, but there was a hint of inviolable indifference. With her strong comeback, she regained the first place.
Everyone knew that this little girl had lost her last chance to challenge. If she was defeated again, she would have no chance to be in the top six. Therefore, the two people who wanted to take advantage of her were sent flying by her thunderous attacks. Even if they didn't die, they would lose a layer of skin. Their skin was cracked by the lightning, and the water in their bodies was severely depleted. Their lives were in danger.
Everyone looked at her cold appearance and were terrified. They didn't dare to fight again.
Then, Huang Potian, who was ranked sixth, was challenged. This robust young man cursed in his heart, but he had no choice but to accept the challenge. Then, as he expected, after the first battle ended, the people behind him took turns to challenge him. He fought two people in a row and was defeated in the end.
Later, someone took a fancy to Ye Chen and challenged him. This made the rest of the people feel relieved. They were not afraid of challenges, but they were afraid of taking turns to fight.
Ye Chen went to the martial stage with a cold expression. He used his most powerful attack. He used the Yanshen Hammer and blasted the man out of the martial stage. Then, he twisted the man's arm without anyone noticing and threw him out of the martial stage in a blaze.
The people under the stage saw the man's miserable condition and felt a chill on their skin.
However, they were able to reach the combat strength of the King Grade by relying on daily push-ups, sit-ups, stance, boxing, and other methods without any virus or calcified flesh. It was obvious that they were very strong-willed and would never flinch at the last minute. Therefore, there were still people who challenged Ye Chen!
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Every time his opponent went to the martial stage, Ye Chen directly used the Yanshen Hammer and blasted his opponent down without saying a word.
Every time he used the Yanshen Hammer, it would take about fifty percent of his strength. However, its power was enough to defeat a Fifth Stage King Grade expert. Even a Sixth Stage King Grade expert would have to run away to avoid it. Otherwise, they would not be able to resist!
Ye Chen only had sixty percent of his Qi left, so a single use would deplete almost all of it. However, the Source Crystal Grass had already been infused with nearly ten thousand units of Qi, which was enough to replenish his Qi for two and a half times even if he ran out of Qi!
In this way, he could use it five times. Adding the strength in his body, he could use it six times in total!
There were only seven or eight geniuses left in the martial stage at the beginning of the battle. Therefore, Ye Chen directly used the most direct method. Every time someone went up, he would directly blast him with the Yanshen Hammer.
He blasted five people in a row!
Ye Chen's body was covered in flames. Even his eyebrows and hair were emitting scorching flames, making him look like a fire god. His eyes were majestic without being angry. He looked down at the martial stage, his tone unchanged as he said indifferently, "Who else?"
The remaining three youths were terrified. They did not expect Ye Chen to be so terrifying. He had fought five internal sea geniuses in a row without showing the slightest sign of defeat. This was something that no one else could do.
In the end, the three youths were conflicted and gave up on challenging Ye Chen. The latter was like a beast that would never tire, making them feel despair.
As the battle neared its end, the last person left was Huang Feng. He directly challenged Huang Potian. The two fought on the martial stage until their strength shot out like a hurricane. Strong gales swept across the stage, creating large pits. In the end, Huang Potian used a set of fire elemental attacks. He condensed all of his strength into a flaming bone umbrella. As the umbrella opened, a world-destroying aura spread out.
Ye Chen's eyes narrowed. He looked at the umbrella and found that it was an extremely profound fire elemental attack. It contained the "one-dimensional conservation" array formation technique. It could be considered a top grade energy attack.
As for ordinary qi swords and qi whips, they could be casually formed without much skill. As long as one could freely control their own strength, it would be enough.
Huang Feng's strength could not be underestimated. He looked at the bone umbrella with a solemn expression. All of his strength condensed in the Eye of Xuanyuan on his forehead. In an instant, the golden pupil became resplendent like a scorching sun!
Boom!
The flaming bone umbrella shot up. In Huang Feng's Eye of Xuanyuan, a beam of golden light shot out and penetrated the bone umbrella. The entire umbrella collapsed in an instant.
Huang Potian, who was connected to the bone umbrella, trembled. He let out a muffled groan and flew out of the martial stage.
Defeated!
The last battle, Huang Feng won!
The top six were born!
"Next, we can head to the Dragon Emperor Holy Ground. That's the only place where we can exchange the Xuanyuan Godly Sword. Whether we can get the Xuanyuan Godly Sword or not depends on this …" Ye Chen clenched his fists as he followed Huang Feng, Zi Wan, and the other four onto the fighting ring to wait for the prizes and instructions.
… …
I can't take it anymore.
Today's two chapters are guaranteed and tomorrow's four chapters are guaranteed. My head is heavy. Recently, my schedule has been reversed. I sleep during the day and write at night. Sigh.
(To be continued.)
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