"Have you heard the rules?" At this time, King Qingli turned around and asked.
Long Chen and others nodded.
"Remember, when you get the Flame Bead, you should unite as much as possible and help others get it. Among the seven Lord Palaces, there are 12 places. That is to say, if we get two places, we won't be at the bottom." King Qingli said.
"Two places? There are so many experts in other palaces. Last time, we didn't even get one …" One of the disciples said in frustration.
"That was the last time. This time, it's different …" Queen Qingli said with a smile. Then she didn't say more.
At this time, under the announcement of Immortal Wind Demon General, the first test had officially begun. Long Chen and others walked onto the arena under King Qingli's gaze. On the arena, a huge circle was drawn. From each point on the circle, the distance from the black pillars was the same. Long Chen and others who were around 60 were standing on the circle at this time.
Of course, all the disciples of the Lord Palaces were divided at this time. Long Chen and the other four were assigned to different corners. Long Chen glanced around. He didn't bother to check where the other three were. As for Liu Yiyi, she was not far away from him. Presumably, she could help when the time came.
When Long Chen looked at Liu Yiyi, Liu Yiyi also looked at him. To be honest, the surrounding warriors were all at Lv 7 of the Heaven Reaching Realm, and none of them were weak. Liu Yiyi felt very stressed to get one Flame Bead among so many tigers and wolves. King Qingli had said that only by getting two Flame Beads could Lord Qingli's Palace get rid of the fate of being the last. She couldn't count on the other three Senior Fellow Apprentices at all. Long Chen was likely to get one, so she had to get the other one.
She was originally nervous, but Long Chen's eyes made her feel more at ease.
"I will definitely work hard to make my mother proud." Thinking of this, Liu Yiyi's heart began to become firm.
Within the gazes of the several thousand people present, Long Chen was the most unremarkable one. At this time, the majority of the gazes were focused on the Eighth Level Heavenly Completion Realm martial artists. The Divine Wind Demon General had spread them out, ensuring that they wouldn't clash in the first round.
Among these people, Chen Feng, who had already reached the ninth level of the Heavenly Completion realm, as well as Ying Shaotian and the others from the Red Ghost King Hall, were extremely dazzling. At this time, they were all standing at the edge of the large circle, waiting for the Divine Wind Devil General to give the order. They would immediately obtain a Flame Pearl.
Jiang Wushang's gaze also landed on Chen Feng. Leaning to the side, he said to a Grand Elder beside him, "That brat called Chen Feng isn't very old, but he's already at the ninth tier of the Heavenly Completion stage. He's pretty good, and is about the same as my fifth brother. After this disciple's test is over, let him directly become my subordinate, and work for me."
"Yes, it's definitely Chen Feng's honor to work for Prince Wushang."
Jiang Wushang nodded. His gaze returned to the square, and he didn't say anything else.
Although his age was about the same as Chen Feng and the others, regardless of status or strength, he was much higher than them by a large margin.
Of course, he wouldn't notice that among these sixty people, there was a person called Jiang Cheng. At this time, everyone didn't even know that there was another person called Jiang Cheng in the Qingli Royal Hall.
Jiang Cheng was just a pseudonym of Long Chen. Among these sixty people, apart from the people from the Qingli Royal Hall, Long Chen only recognized two others, namely Ying Shaotian and Chen Feng. At this time, Ying Shaotian was facing Liu Yiyi. His eyes darted boldly over Liu Yiyi's body. Unfortunately, Liu Yiyi didn't look at him. As for Chen Feng, he glanced at Long Chen. He only gave a cold smile, and no longer paid attention to Long Chen.
In his opinion, Long Chen had also come to participate in this disciple's test. He was just here to lose face. Long Chen could run away quickly, but in this disciple's test, it wasn't enough to just run away.
Time gradually passed. Just as the disciples were about to lose their patience, the Divine Wind Demon General announced the start of the test. Everyone craned their necks, watching the most intense scene.
"Three, two, one. Begin."
When they heard the number three, everyone's body tensed up. Every person's body began to churn with an enormous energy fluctuation. When they heard the start of the test, everyone was like an arrow, shooting towards the twelve pillars in the middle. Everyone chose the closest target to them.
Although there was only a distance of a hundred meters between them, because of the difference in speed, the gap between them was quickly pulled apart. Among the sixty people, the fastest was naturally Chen Feng, followed by the several eighth stage Heaven Ascension realm martial artists. Chen Feng was really too dazzling, to the point that no one noticed that the second fastest person wasn't an eighth stage Heaven Ascension realm martial artist, but Long Chen.
Although Long Chen hadn't undergone the Dragon Soul Transformation, his current true qi was already four times faster than normal. At the same time, he was the only one in the group who had cultivated a King class body refining Battle Skill. The Battle Skill bestowed the body with extraordinary strength, especially the muscles of the legs. The speed bestowed by the body was much faster and more nimble than the speed bestowed by true qi. After the Divine Wind Demon General announced the start of the test, Long Chen took the lead in the group of seventh stage Heaven Ascension realm martial artists, leaving the others far behind him.
The atmosphere of the entire fourth stage of the Devil Realm instantly became incomparably fiery. Everyone craned their necks, letting out exclamations of surprise. The majority of people were paying attention to the fastest person, while the second person didn't receive much attention. Of course, there were at least several hundred people.
Among these several hundred people, there were the Grand Elders, the twenty-eight Devil Generals, the seven Devil Kings, and of course, Jiang Wushang.
"Chen Feng is really fast. As expected of a ninth stage Heaven Ascension realm martial artist. I think he'll take two flame pearls himself."
"The other eighth stage Heaven Ascension realm martial artists aren't bad either."
Everyone was talking about it.
As for the people of Qingli Imperial Palace, of course, most of them were looking at Long Chen and Liu Yiyi. Liu Yiyi's performance was also very good. Among the seventh stage Heaven Ascension realm martial artists, her speed could be ranked in the top three. However, Long Chen was even more terrifying, especially in the later stages. His speed was getting faster and faster, and he was almost catching up with Chen Feng.
"Long Chen hasn't undergone the Dragon Soul Transformation yet. How can he be so fast?"
Even Queen Qingli was extremely shocked at this time. Of course, for her, this was great news. Because of his speed, Long Chen could definitely take one flame pearl without a doubt.
"Who is that young man? He's from Qingli Imperial Palace."
Jiang Wushang also noticed Long Chen, and quickly asked the Grand Elder next to him. The Grand Elder was startled, and said, "I only know that he's from Qingli Imperial Palace, but I don't know his name."
"Go investigate. I want to know immediately."
"Yes."
At this time, Chen Feng, who was laughing wildly, had rushed to one of the pillars. The people next to him had not even covered half of the distance. Under the envious and reverent eyes of the crowd, Chen Feng rushed to the pillar and took one of the flame pearls in his hand.
"Chen Feng got a flame pearl." General Immortal Wind was a little excited, and he quickly added fuel to the fire.
The other disciples who were still running were half of the distance to the pillar. When they heard that Chen Feng had got a flame pearl, they gritted their teeth and rushed forward desperately.
Since Chen Feng got a flame pearl, of course, no one dared to compete with him. At this time, loud cheers came from the crowd of Qingming Imperial Palace.
In the beginning, just as they were cheering, Long Chen had already leapt onto the pillar, grabbing one of the Flame Pearls in his hand. The seventh tier Heavenly Completion Realm martial artists beside him were still half a distance away from the pillar, charging forward with all their might. Who would have thought that by the time they raised their heads, their target had already disappeared?
"Jiang … Jiang Cheng got a flame pearl."
Just at this time, the Divine Wind Devil General was shocked to discover that there was actually someone who had caught up to Chen Feng. Taking a closer look, he knew this person very well. He had also seen Long Chen's freakish improvement. But, this person's speed had actually surpassed an eighth level Heaven Ascension realm. That left him incomparably shocked.
The words of the Divine Wind Demon General had completely ignited the atmosphere of the scene. Everyone's gazes were now focused on the dark horse, Long Chen. As for Chen Feng, who had just received cheers, he was now left out in the cold. Even the other 8th Tier Heavenly Completion Stage experts were somewhat overshadowed by Long Chen's brilliance.
This time, it was King Qingli's turn to cheer. King Qingli looked in the direction of Scarlet Ghost Lord proudly. At this time, Scarlet Ghost Lord had already stood up from his seat. His face was full of horror, "This brat's speed is really too fast. However, how can speed be enough? Can he keep the Flame Bead?"
King Qingli's complacent look made him very angry. However, when he thought that Long Chen's performance was at most short-lived, he felt quite comforted.
The name Jiang Cheng once again spread to the ears of the crowd.
Amongst the crowd, there were quite a few people who had seen Long Chen's selection battle. Therefore, when they confirmed that this Jiang Cheng was actually the same person as that Jiang Cheng, the entire scene went into an uproar. This meant that in the short span of two months, Long Chen had risen from Heavenly Completion Stage 1 to his current level.
What kind of terrifying speed was this?
Even the Seven Great Demon Kings were actually stunned.
While marveling at Long Chen's strength, they also looked at the Red Ghost King with playful eyes, because they knew that in the selection battle, the Red Ghost King had directly abandoned Long Chen. Unexpectedly, this year, it was the Red Ghost King who was blind. Such a monstrous genius was actually taken advantage of by King Qingli.
Those comments and sarcastic looks made the Red Ghost King's face turn livid. He gnashed his teeth and wished that he could directly swallow Long Chen alive.
Of course, he couldn't do that here.
"His name is Jiang Cheng, which is quite familiar. Unexpectedly, his surname is also Jiang. Could he be a member of the Jiang Clan? In less than two months, he has progressed from the first stage of Heaven Ascension Realm to the current level. His talent is much more terrifying than mine. But with such talent, why hasn't he reached the Martial Realm yet? Could it be that he started practicing too late?" Jiang Wushang stared at Long Chen and thought.