Swoosh! Swoosh!
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! The 48 young geniuses entered the stone door one after another. No one was willing to fall behind.
As long as they could defeat three opponents in the shortest time, get the jade plate, and come out of the stone door, it meant that they had the absolute initiative. They could choose anyone to be their opponent, instead of being chosen by others and forced into a corner.
Once everyone had entered, the stone door began to tremble violently. The moment it slammed shut, a pitch-black light surged into the sky. Like a curtain of darkness, it enveloped the entire Passionless Cliff.
The crowd frowned when they saw this. Not only could this black light block vision and True Yuan, but even Soul Strength couldn't penetrate it.
Just as Ling Tianchou had said, the entire Passionless Cliff would be completely sealed. No one knew what would happen inside.
"The second round of the Battle of the Dynasties will not only determine who will be in the top 12, but also the order of the Arena Battle. I wonder who will win first place and have the absolute initiative."
Someone in the crowd started a discussion, which immediately caused a big reaction. Now, they could not find out what was going on inside the Passionless Cliff, so they could only kill time in this way.
However, no matter how they discussed it, the crowd's attention was focused on the twelve Saint level cultivators.
Truth realm and Saint realm only differed by one word, but the gap between them was like a natural moat. If a Truth realm cultivator wanted to defeat a Saint realm cultivator, it would be extremely difficult. It could be said that it was almost impossible for a Truth realm cultivator to defeat a Saint realm cultivator.
"Is everything arranged?"
In the void, Ling Tianchou glanced over and looked at an elder in black behind him.
"Protector Ling, everything is arranged. As long as Ye Chen steps into the Passionless Cliff, he will not be able to come back alive. Moreover, the opponent we chose is very meticulous. No one will doubt that Ye Chen will be killed by him."
The elder in black whispered. Ling Tianchou's eyes narrowed, and a satisfied smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Stepping into the Passionless Cliff, the darkness in front of Ye Chen gradually dissipated, and a spacious passage appeared in his field of vision.
Without any hesitation, Ye Chen's figure turned into a streamer and flew into the passage at lightning speed. The True Essence in his body also started to circulate at this moment. His body gradually tensed up and emitted a powerful and terrifying force.
In this place, one could encounter an opponent at any time. No one could underestimate them in the slightest. Otherwise, they would definitely meet a tragic end and even die on the spot.
Ye Chen's speed increased, and he finally reached the end of the tunnel. A hazy halo appeared in his field of vision.
Whoosh!
Looking at the halo, Ye Chen let out a sigh of relief. He knew that once he stepped into the halo, he would have to fight endlessly. If he didn't want to lose, he had to win until the very end and leave the Passionless Cliff.
As for Ye Chen, his heart was already burning with fighting spirit.
"Fight!"
Ye Chen shouted in his heart. Then, he took a step forward and stepped into the halo.
Rumbling sounds could be heard. Ye Chen opened his eyes and realized that he was standing in the void. As far as his eyes could see, there was nothing, not even clouds. There was only a huge sun hanging in the sky, emitting endless light and heat.
"My opponent hasn't arrived yet?"
Ye Chen thought in his heart. Suddenly, a pitch-black crack appeared in the void in front of him. From the crack, a cold figure flew out and landed in front of Ye Chen in an extremely fierce manner. His entire body emitted a violent aura.
"Zhu Hao!"
Seeing the cold figure's face, Ye Chen couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. His first opponent was actually Zhu Hao.
As Ye Chen's opponent, Zhu Hao was stunned at first. Then, he suddenly burst out laughing. It was very savage and it spread out crazily, almost echoing through the entire space.
The person that he, Zhu Hao, wanted to kill the most was Ye Chen.
He did not expect that the heavens would actually give him such an opportunity, allowing the two to meet in this sealed space. In this battle, Zhu Hao would not show any mercy. Even if Ye Chen was willing to hand over the jade tag, he would still kill him, no matter what.
"What?
You think that you can definitely kill me? "
Looking at Zhu Hao's crazy appearance, Ye Chen spat out a cold voice. The corners of his mouth curled up into an exceptionally brilliant smile.
Both of them hadn't fought yet, but Zhu Hao already felt that he could definitely kill Ye Chen. Moreover, he felt that he could effortlessly kill Ye Chen. He was so arrogant, so confident, and even to the point of conceit. He simply ignored Ye Chen and didn't take him seriously.
Zhu Hao stopped laughing and said in a cold voice: "When we were in the Ancient Deity World, I was defeated by you because I didn't have as much time to practice as you. But now, we are not in the Ancient Deity World. I am a high and mighty Saint while you are just a lowly ant. Do you think that you still have a chance of winning?"
"Me, an ant?"
Ye Chen slightly raised his eyebrows and immediately took a step forward. Accompanied by a terrifying pitch-black radiance, Ye Chen's body, a vigorous Zhen Yuan crazily gushed out, making Zhu Hao's heart tremble.
Truth ninth layer!
At this time, Ye Chen's aura was impressively at the early stage of Truth Ninth Heavenly Layer and not at the late stage of Truth Eighth Heavenly Layer. In these seven days, he had once again completed a breakthrough and was one step closer to the Saint realm.
Zhu Hao was also stunned, his eyes slightly narrowed as he stared at Ye Chen. Ye Chen's cultivation was advancing very quickly.
When he had first stepped into Tianwu City, he was only at the intermediate stage of truth eighth layer. But now, Ye Chen had consecutively broken through two layers and stepped into the ninth layer. According to this trend, Ye Chen would be able to break through to the Saint realm in less than two years.
Such talent had already surpassed Zhu Hao. Only peerless geniuses like Fang Li and Han Xiaozi could stand shoulder to shoulder with him.
"So what if you are at the ninth layer of truth? No matter how much you break through, it's impossible for you to step into the Saint realm. Moreover, you are doomed to die here today. No matter how high your talent is, no matter how great your prospects are, everything is completely over."
Zhu Hao was silent for a moment and then roared. He faced Ye Chen without the slightest sense of honor as a peerless genius because Ye Chen was more talented than him.
"Is that so?"
Ye Chen slightly clenched his fists and stepped forward. A pitch-black radiance whizzed out and a terrifying power rushed towards Zhu Hao, tearing the space apart.
With Ye Chen as the center, Zhen Yuan spread out in all directions and the entire space was filled with a thick pitch-black radiance. It was as if there was no end in sight.
"Condense!"
Ye Chen raised both of his hands up high, and a black light swept out. An extremely bewitching dark demonic lotus appeared there, swaying with a brilliant tail of light as it directly attacked Zhu Hao.
"Wait until I chop off your head. Let's see what else you have to say."
Zhu Hao roared and suddenly waved his arm. A dazzling Swordlight streaked across the sky. It actually contained a righteous and awe-inspiring aura, as if it was the nemesis of all illusions in the world. It could easily cut through everything. It was incomparably overbearing.
Puchi!
The sword-light abruptly streaked across, and a long sword scar appeared on the black demonic lotus, causing Zhu Hao to laugh coldly. Under the Evil Vanquishing Sword, everything would be severed. What did a mere black demonic lotus count for?
However, just as this thought appeared, an ice-cold killing intent enveloped Zhu Hao's body, causing his expression to stiffen. He lifted his head and saw that the Black Demonic Lotus was completely undamaged as it smashed down towards him.