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The time limit for the first round was one month.
Within a month, the three hundred people who obtained the most demonic cores would advance, while the others would be eliminated.
Of course, there was a certain amount of danger during this period.
Because of the protection of the formation, people outside couldn't see what was happening inside.
Sometimes, the danger didn't come from demonic beasts, but from cultivators killing each other.
In three days, the number of cultivators was disastrous.
Some powerful cultivators didn't hunt demonic beasts. Instead, they searched for weaker cultivators to steal their demonic cores.
Of course, there were also some cultivators who traveled in groups to prevent themselves from being robbed.
However, of the thirty-six cities' geniuses, the most miserable ones were Void Sea City's cultivators.
In a certain forest.
Huff.
Several cultivators from Void Sea City were panting.
Before this, they had been running like crazy.
"Brother Wu, why are there so many cultivators attacking us when they see us?" asked a thin cultivator.
Another cultivator was also very puzzled. Their demonic cores had long since been stolen.
But there were still people who wanted to kill them, and there were many powerful cultivators among them.
"I don't know."
Brother Wu's eyes flickered.
As soon as he said that, he heard a sinister laugh.
Then, a figure descended from the sky.
"Qu Jinguang, we've already handed over our demonic cores. Why are you still so ruthless?" asked Brother Wu.
Qu Jinguang sneered, "Who told you to offend someone you couldn't afford to offend?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Qu Jinguang did not waste any more words. He directly attacked and killed Brother Wu and the others.
After killing them, Qu Jinguang laughed, "Killing you all to win young master Zhou's smile is worth it."
Because Bi Qingqing had gone to Void Sea City's residence before the competition, Zhou Hong was very angry with Void Sea City's cultivators.
He wasn't sure who Bi Qingqing had gone there for, but since that was the case, he would rather kill a thousand than let one go.
Before the competition, he had secretly ordered some of his subordinates to kill any Void Sea City's cultivators they encountered.
In just three days, more than half of Void Sea City's cultivators had died.
The remaining ones hadn't been discovered for the time being.
Xu Fei was very angry. After searching for three days, he still hadn't found Fang Chen.
"Damned fellow, where are you hiding?"
Xu Fei quickly looked for Fang Chen and cursed.
However, when he crossed a mountain peak, he happened to see Fang Chen sitting cross-legged in the valley.
"Good fellow, he actually hid in such a secluded place."
Xu Fei's face was filled with a sinister smile.
He quickly arrived at the valley.
Looking at Fang Chen sitting quietly, Xu Fei sneered, "Hmph, what a coward, hiding in such a secluded place as soon as he entered.
However, it's your bad luck to have met me. "
After the screening in Void Sea City, Xu Fei had threatened Fang Chen.
Xu Fei was infuriated by the fact that the latter had ignored him.
He was determined to get rid of Fang Chen in the competition.
And now, the opportunity had come.
Xu Fei grinned and approached Fang Chen.
Bang
Before he could come into contact with Fang Chen, he felt a powerful force invading his body in an instant. Then, his body was sent flying.
Xu Fei heavily fell to the ground, feeling pain all over his body.
He struggled to get up, only then did he notice the formation around Fang Chen.
"You want to stop your master Fei with a broken formation?"
Xu Fei fiercely said. He walked in front of the formation and used his strongest attack to break it.
Dong Dong Dong
While Xu Fei was crazily attacking the formation, Fang Chen finally came to his senses.
His face was cold and he was very unhappy.
He had just comprehended the Dao of Formations and had reached the most critical moment, but he was disturbed by this damned fellow.
Buzz
Fang Chen stood up, and the array formation around him instantly dissipated.
"Kid, you finally stopped being a coward."
Seeing Fang Chen, Xu Fei stopped attacking and sneered.
"Do you want to die?" Fang Chen calmly asked.
"I'm afraid you'll be the one to die." Xu Fei still didn't know he was courting death.
Seeing his annoying appearance, Fang Chen said, "Hand over your demon core."
Xu Fei was about to retort when he suddenly felt his soul tremble.
Following this, his body began to tremble as he involuntarily knelt on the ground.
"What's going on?"
Xu Fei felt fear and he shouted, "What kind of demonic technique are you using?!"
Xu Fei thought that Fang Chen was just putting on an act.
"I want you to hand over the demon core," Fang Chen said again in a deep voice.
This kind of trash wasn't worth his time.
Killing him would only dirty his hands.
Buzz
His soul directly suppressed Xu Fei.
Xu Fei fell into a state of panic.
"I'll hand it over."
Xu Fei took out his demon core and looked at Fang Chen in disbelief.
Fang Chen took Xu Fei's demon core and removed his soul suppression.
Xu Fei immediately heaved a sigh of relief. Then, he took advantage of the fact that Fang Chen wasn't paying attention to attack.
"Get lost."
Fang Chen spat out a word and Xu Fei was sent flying with blood flowing out of his seven orifices and hit a cliff far away.
"Ah!"
Xu Fei let out a miserable cry, his heart was filled with fear.
He almost crawled out of the valley.
Xu Fei swore that this was the most terrifying martial artist he had ever seen in his life.
He secretly regretted it in his heart. What was laughable was that he actually wanted to kill such a powerful ancient martial art practitioner.
Pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger, this was Xu Fei's evaluation of Fang Chen.
However, before Xu Fei could go far, he was killed by Qu Jinguang who appeared out of nowhere.
Puchi
Xu Fei's eyes widened and he unwillingly fell to the ground.
Qu Jinguang checked Xu Fei's spatial ring and found that it was empty.
"It seems that it has been snatched away."
Qu Jinguang said.
He recalled that when he first saw Xu Fei, the latter was in a daze. Obviously, he was greatly stimulated.
"Is there someone in the valley?"
Qu Jinguang was curious.
Being highly skilled and bold, he resolutely entered the valley.
"Void Sea City's martial artist."
Qu Jinguang saw Fang Chen and grinned.
He hadn't expected to encounter a Void Sea City's martial artist after killing Xu Fei.
Fang Chen narrowed his eyes when he saw Qu Jinguang.
He had clearly seen the scene just now.
"Why did you directly kill him in a battle for the demon core?" Fang Chen asked.
In his opinion, Qu Jinguang wasn't here for the demon core, but to kill the other martial artists.
"Brat, who asked you to meddle in other people's business?" Qu Jinguang sneered.
"But you're all Void Sea City's martial artists, so you're all my targets."
Fang Chen frowned.
"You're hunting Void Sea City's martial artists?"
"You idiots from Void Sea City offended young master Zhou, so you deserve to die." Qu Jinguang believed that Fang Chen would die without a doubt, so he didn't mind letting him know the truth.
"Young master Zhou, could it be Zhou Hong?"
Fang Chen didn't understand how Void Sea City's martial artists had offended Zhou Hong.
"You're using Zhou Hong's name to kill your competitors?" Fang Chen asked with a smile.
Qu Jinguang's face darkened.
"Brat, you can die now."
Qu Jinguang attacked.
He was ranked 15th among the 30 martial artists of Clear Flow City.
Kacha!
However, just as Qu Jinguang attacked, he heard the sound of bones breaking.
Qu Jinguang let out a miserable cry.
"You!"
Qu Jinguang's eyes widened as he looked at Fang Chen in disbelief.
He didn't even see how Fang Chen attacked before he was suppressed.
One of his arms was crippled, and the aura emitted from his opponent's body was too shocking.
'Could it be that he's a Heavenly Body Tier martial artist in disguise?' Qu Jinguang thought to himself.
"Who are you? I'm helping young master Zhou. If you dare to kill me, young master Zhou won't let you go." Qu Jinguang threatened Fang Chen.
Kacha!
Unfortunately, what Fang Chen hated the most was being threatened by others.
He directly shattered Qu Jinguang's other arm.
Qu Jinguang's face twitched, and his whole body was in pain.
"Speak. Why did Zhou Hong target Void Sea City's martial artists?" Fang Chen asked.
Qu Jinguang didn't say anything. Fang Chen's aura surged, causing Qu Jinguang to feel suffocated.
"You only have one chance."
"I'll speak, I'll speak. That day, young master Zhou saw Bi Qingqing enter Void Sea City's residence. He didn't know who she was looking for, so he ordered us to kill all of Void Sea City's martial artists," Qu Jinguang said hurriedly.
"I'll tell you everything. Spare me."
Hearing this, Fang Chen immediately understood.
"Zhou Hong is really ruthless," Fang Chen said with a smile.