Only those above the sixth layer of the God Martial realm would be able to compete with it.
Within a radius of a kilometer around the Holy Tree, even the ground glowed with a white light. Not a single blade of grass grew during this period of time, so the ground was extremely clean.
Long Chen arrived at a place where he could see the Holy Tree very quickly. After charging out of the forest, he was greeted by a white, glowing world. He was extremely calm at the moment.
"I can already see the Holy Tree. Just hold on a little longer," Long Chen said to Li Xuanji in the Great Void Realm.
"Don't worry about me. I'm fine. Just focus a little more."
Li Xuanji opened her blurry eyes slightly. There were two items in front of her, the Heart of Lightning and the Heart of Everlasting Protector.
If Long Chen obtained the Saints' Fruit, then she would be able to use the Heart of Lightning in the future. However, if Long Chen failed, then what awaited her would probably be the Heart of Everlasting Protector.
Li Xuanji blinked her eyes and pursed her lips. In the end, she still managed to smile.
She looked at the Heart of Lightning because she believed that Long Chen would definitely succeed.
At this moment, Long Chen stepped onto the ground that was glowing with white light. This open space was much softer than he had imagined.
Perhaps it was because of the existence of the Holy Tree that the empty ground glowed with white light.
Long Chen did not pay any attention to this. He raised his head and squinted his eyes because he saw a similarly pure white fruit that seemed to be the core of the Saints' Fruit growing at the very top of the beautiful tree that shone with white light. It was the Saints' Fruit.
A vast aura of righteousness radiated from the Saints' Fruit.
The Holy Tree was five hundred meters tall. What terrified Long Chen was that from four hundred meters onwards, the densely-packed chains of lightning directly wrapped around the Holy Tree, entangling with its leaves. This meant that if Long Chen and the others wanted to obtain the Saints' Fruit, they would need to pass through the region enveloped by the chains of lightning.
At that time, the entire Holy Tree might even awaken and its leaves would turn into venomous insects and beasts.
Long Chen understood that if that was the case, the opponents he would have to face would not only be the other young fighters, but also the Holy Tree.
He needed to be even calmer at a time like this.
When they arrived here, there was not much fog. Long Chen did not need to use his Devouring Demon Pupils. With a glance, he could roughly see that there were only seven people here, divided into three groups and standing together. Behind the land shrouded by the white light, there were more than ten warriors who had just entered the sixth level of the Divine Martial Arts Realm watching.
With just a glance, Long Chen roughly knew what was going on. It must be the seven warriors at the Peak of the Sixth Tier of the Divine Martial Realm who had occupied the territory closest to the Sacred Tree of Heaven and Earth. The others could only stand three miles away from the Sacred Tree of Heaven and Earth due to their tyranny and the fact that they were no match for them in terms of strength. Only Long Chen had rashly entered this area.
As expected, there were people who discovered him very quickly.
Other than Zhao Yunlong and Shangguan Feng, there were seven people left among the nine great clans. These seven people were probably the representatives of the other seven clans. As for the others, even if they were from the seven clans, they did not have the right to stand so close to the Holy Tree and wait for it to ripen.
This was all because of their strength and status.
At this moment, the seven of them were gathered together, trying to figure out why Su Zhe, Qin Shi, and the others had not arrived yet. The Saints' Fruit would ripen in around an hour. If they did not arrive by then, the Saints' Fruit would not belong to them.
The two geniuses at the seventh layer of the God Martial realm were the most popular candidates for the Saints' Fruit.
How could they know that Qin Shi and Su Zhe had been tricked by Shangguan Feng, or that they had been dealt with by Shangguan Feng, and that Shangguan Feng had been dealt with by Long Chen?
When they saw Long Chen, a person they had never seen before, charge into their designated area, they never imagined that Long Chen had dealt with Shangguan Feng, who had dealt with two great experts.
"Third layer of the God Martial realm."
Not only the seven people, but the other young geniuses who had been sent out from the white region also stared at Long Chen in surprise. Clearly, Long Chen did not have any Martial Intent, so he could only be considered to be at the third layer of the God Martial realm. For a cultivator at the third layer of the God Martial realm to make it this far was already impressive.
After all, many cultivators at the third layer of the God Martial realm could not even make it through the first stream of mist. Most of them died in the poisonous beast forest, so how was it possible for them to make it to the peak of the Nine Hell Demon Mountain?
Even if a cultivator at the fifth layer of the God Martial realm came here, they would be extremely surprised.
Moreover, Long Chen had recklessly charged into the range of the white light.
This was a place that only the greatest geniuses could set foot in.
At this moment, there were disciples from three big families walking towards Long Chen. They were two men and one woman, all of whom were at the same level as Shangguan Feng and Zhao Yunlong. One of the women was one step ahead of them. She stuck out her chest and looked at Long Chen proudly. She asked, "What's your name? You're at the third layer of the God Martial realm, but you can come to this place. Not bad."
Long Chen quickly replied, "My name is Jiang Yunfan, I come from Dongsheng City."
"Dongsheng City? Never heard of it."
The woman curled her lips. As she had expected, Ye Chen was indeed a bumpkin from a small place, not worthy of her attention. She waved her hand and said, "This is a place where only the greatest geniuses can stand. With your talent, you should stand at the foot of the mountain. Get out of here quickly, don't make me kick you out."
These two men and one woman probably formed a small team. Because the woman was beautiful, she was usually the leader. The two men did not say anything, but with their arrogant and disdainful eyes, they chatted cheerfully with the woman next to them. They did not take Long Chen seriously at all.
After the girl in red finished speaking, the three of them were about to turn around and leave while laughing. But soon, they looked back in shock. The woman's eyebrows began to show anger. She hated nobodies who did not know what was good for them. At this moment, she said in a deep voice, "I, Leng Chan, never repeat myself. If you are still standing here in three breaths, I will make you disappear from this world forever."
She did not believe that this lad at the third layer of the God Martial Realm would not leave after such threatening words.
What was more unexpected was that Long Chen waved his hand indifferently and said, "Since you said that this is a place where only the greatest geniuses can stand, then all the more I can't leave. This place belongs to me. If you want to leave, you can leave by yourself. Do you think you can make me disappear by yourself? Have you eaten too much sh * t?"
Long Chen's indifferent words immediately caused a great uproar.
Leng Chan, the eldest daughter of the Leng family, one of the Nine Super Clans, was said to have eaten too much sh * t by a bumpkin at the third layer of the God Martial Realm who came out of nowhere …
Such a vulgar word was used to describe this beautiful young lady. The crowd could not wrap their heads around it for a moment. They looked at the indifferent and arrogant Long Chen in astonishment.
For a moment, everyone felt as if they were dreaming.
"Did I … did I hear it wrong? That's the eldest daughter of the Leng family …"
"The one who is famous for her bad temper. I heard that many servants of the Leng family were beaten to death if they did not do what she wanted …"
"How dare he ask Leng Chan to eat sh * t …"
Everyone looked over in shock. The surroundings suddenly became incomparably quiet. Even the other six top figures felt like they were in a dream at this moment.
Long Chen felt as if something had been knocked over in this young lady named Leng Chan. Her anger surged out and swept toward Long Chen.
"I will … tear you into a thousand pieces, a thousand pieces."
She was originally a great beauty, but now she looked at Long Chen with a ferocious expression and lost all her beauty. At this moment, the crowd realized how terrifying this rumored overbearing and rude young lady of the Leng family was.
"Miss Leng Chan, let me help you get rid of this lad and make him disappear," an elegant young man next to her said.
"Let me do it. You are too soft-hearted. You can't help Miss Leng Chan vent her anger," another man said with an evil smile.
"Get lost, I'll do it myself," Leng Chan yelled again with a ferocious expression.
The three of them were of equal status, but because of Leng Chan's beauty, the two of them had their eyes on her and wanted to get her into bed, which was why they were very polite to her. However, she was being so shrewd and had asked them to get lost. The two of them snorted coldly and retreated after losing face.
Leng Chan did not even have a brain when she was angry. She had offended the allies that she had worked so hard to form.
She would probably only be able to vent her anger by cutting Long Chen into pieces.
Seeing the ferocious look of this tigress, the crowd thought that Long Chen would be scared out of his wits. However, Long Chen did not. He shrugged as if nothing had happened and said innocently, "Did I make you angry? It's not good for your health to get angry so easily. No wonder you look like you're in a hurry despite your young age."
Being called old by a lowly person in public was something that no girl could tolerate.
As soon as Long Chen finished speaking, Leng Chan finally couldn't hold it in any longer and exploded. She let out a furious roar and directly attacked. A pair of pure white hands transformed into sharp claws, and a chilly wind blew in all directions. Claw shadows filled the sky, threatening to tear Long Chen apart.
"Bone-crushing Claw."