"Oh?" Qin Shi narrowed his eyes and paid attention to Xiao Hu once again.
"Haha, I wouldn't care about this kind of thing when I wasn't here. But now that I'm here, if he dares to bully Chen Yan, I'll break this old man's spear!"
Qin Shi said coldly in his heart. His feelings for Chen Yan were very complicated. He was a little touched, but most of it was because he owed her. Therefore, if Chen Yan was in trouble, he definitely wouldn't sit idly by.
Zhang Yang snorted coldly and said, "Since everyone is here, we won't delay any longer. All participating disciples, enter the Four Beasts Formation."
Zhang Yang waved his hand, and the Four Beasts Formation in front of the tens of thousands of disciples opened a path.
As soon as the path appeared, the tens of thousands of disciples entered and stopped on the vast arena.
When the tens of thousands of disciples were ready, the Shifo Palace's arrogance suddenly weakened a little. At this moment, on the other side of the high platform, several spatial paths suddenly split open, and soon after, several figures slowly walked out of the spatial paths. These figures were of varying strength. Some were in the perfected Domain Realm, while others were in the Boundary Realm. However, the one thing that they all had in common was the arrogance they exuded.
Seeing these figures, even the ten Honorable Elders of the Shifo Palace bowed and said respectfully, "Welcome, fellow committee members!"
"It's the inner 3000!" At this moment, many participants in the arena exclaimed excitedly.
Qin Shi and the others also looked towards the high platform. Craneshadow had mentioned earlier that this test would be watched by the people of the inner 3000. Firstly, it was to ensure fairness, and secondly, it was to see the strength of the disciples of the outer 3000. This was also one of the few times that the inner 3000 had interacted with the outer 3000. Many Palace Lords were eager to try, hoping to establish a relationship with the inner 3000 through this test.
Once one of the sea palaces had the support of the inner 3000, their status in the outer region would soar like the sun, just like the Tuoba Palace a few years ago.
"Eh, it's them?"
At this moment, Qin Shi frowned slightly. He actually noticed three familiar figures among the crowd of the inner 3000. It was the Long Yin siblings that he had met in the sea canyon.
At this moment, Long Yin obviously saw Qin Shi as well, and he was first stunned before he smiled.
Qin Shi felt a little guilty about this. Long Yin had kindly given him a spot, but he had given it away to someone else. However, Long Yin didn't seem to care about these details. Moreover, it seemed that the siblings were sitting at the very front of the Sea Palace. Their cultivation and experience weren't the best among the crowd, but they were sitting on the three golden dragon and phoenix chairs at the very center. The rest of the people consciously sat beside them.
"Hehe, Zhang Yang, is this the disciple who will be taking the test in the outer ring?" At this time, an old man sneered as he looked around the arena.
Zhang Yang smiled apologetically. "Mm, Sixfall Elder. The strength of the outer regions this year is much greater than in previous years."
"Progress?
Hehe, they're all trash. I really don't know what the Three Purities Palace is doing to waste 50 spots on trash like them. "
The Elder snorted disdainfully as he heard this. He crossed his legs and closed his eyes, as if the heavens were the boss and he was the second boss. It was as if the results of this trial didn't matter to him at all.
This immediately angered many of the outer sea palaces. Zhang Yang's old face also twitched.
"He really knows how to act. Isn't he just a sea palace that entered the inner 3000 not too long ago? What is there to be proud of?" At this time, many of the outer disciples indignantly cursed.
"Who is this Sixfall Elder?" Qin Shi curiously asked, pursing his lips.
"This Sixfall Elder is an Elder of the inner 3000 Fallen Star Palace. The Fallen Star Palace has existed for a very long time, but he hasn't been in the inner 3000 for long, only a thousand years. A thousand years ago, the truth was that the Fallen Star Palace was the main palace of the Ten Directions Palace. At that time, Zhang Yang's palace was only ranked second. It was said that he managed to climb up the ranks because he managed to climb up the ranks of the Three Pure Ones' Grand Palace," Chen Yan said.
"Oh?
Is that so? "Qin Shi nodded. It was no wonder they were so dissatisfied.
After all, to be able to represent the three thousand inner regions, one has to be a Sea Palace in the top one thousand. The youth beside him is from the Azure King Palace. His name is Qing Yu, a famous foppish son in the inner fifteen hundred kilometers. The Azure King Palace is ranked very high in the inner three thousand, at ninety-ninth. The Sea Palaces that can be ranked in the top one hundred of the inner three thousand are true first-line Sea Palaces. Their strength is about the same. It is also because of this that the Tuoba Palace enjoys such an illustrious standing in the periphery. "
"The Azure King Palace?"
Qin Shi narrowed his eyes and his gaze fell on the youth. The youth was quite handsome, but there was a thick disdain and arrogance between his brows.
Upon seeing him, Taba Kuang's old face twitched and became a little unnatural.
"Do you know the three in the middle?"
Qin Shi was still curious about Long Yin and the other two. After all, Qing Yu was only at the half-step World realm. But at the same age, the three Long siblings had all reached the World realm. From this, it could be seen that the sea palaces that Long Yin and his siblings came from were far stronger than the Azure King Palace.
"I don't know who these three are, but from their status, they should be at the very top of the sea palaces, right?"
"You don't know?" Qin Shi nodded in disappointment.
At this time, everyone from the inner 3000 was seated. Long Yin still had a scholarly air about him as he smiled and said, "Elder Zhang Yang, since everyone is here, let's begin the test. Let me see what the outer periphery's results are like this year."
"Yes, Young Master Long!"
Zhang Yang had an unprecedented level of respect towards Long Yin. This respect far surpassed that of Sixfall, Azure King Palace, and the other three thousand sea palaces. Zhang Yang hurriedly made arrangements and said, "The Deep Sea Source Pool's test will now officially begin!
There are no restrictions on the test methods. The final 30 that remain on the arena and remain standing will obtain a cultivation spot in the Deep Sea Source Pool! "
As Zhang Yang issued his orders, the atmosphere on the arena began to turn grim.
Many sea palace disciples instantly distanced themselves from each other, all of them maintaining their vigilance.
Puff!
Puff!
But in the next moment, someone fell into a pool of blood.
"It's someone from Hidden Sky Palace. Be careful."
At this time, everyone saw several sea palace disciples inexplicably touch their necks. All of them were startled and began to look around in all directions.
The arena with tens of thousands of disciples could be said to be constantly changing. Almost every second, several disciples would be struck down. Here, it was the survival of the fittest. Soon, the small success and large success disciples were eliminated. In this sort of test, it was impossible for someone with such strength to last until the end. Those that remained on the arena were the outstanding youths of the outer periphery. Perfection of the domain realm was the threshold.
During this period, many disadvantaged sea palaces began to form alliances. This was a good method, but unfortunately, a strong alliance was the way to go. After the previous battle in the sea canyon, Qiu Ming and Luo Ye had worked together. Qiu Ming took the initiative to find Luo Ye, hoping that he could form an alliance with the Mad King Palace. Luo Ye was also very happy. He made a request to Qiu Ming, and that was that he would personally deal with Qin Shi.
In this regard, Qiu Ming naturally enjoyed it.
On Qin Shi's side, Qin Shi didn't seem to want to expose himself too much in this test. Therefore, he, Lu Peng, Mu Xiaoyi, Qian Xundao, Chen Yan, Tuoba Qiankun, Zhao Wu, and the others leaned against a corner. Qin Shi was protected by everyone in the center, so he simply sat down cross-legged and meditated on the intense arena. The Ten Direction Palace was rich in spiritual energy, and it was a blessed land for cultivation.
Upon seeing this scene, quite a number of elders and palace masters in the viewing gallery frowned. Wasn't this Qin Shi a little too arrogant?
He's actually cultivating at a time like this?
Qin Shi's actions also attracted the attention of the Palace Master of the Ten Direction Palace and the 3,000 people within.
At this time, Qin Shi said, "Don't worry about me. Lu Peng and Qian Xun are enough. Lu Peng, I'll be right here. I won't make a move until the test is over. Your mission is to protect me and Qian Xun so that we can successfully get a place in the test. Is there a problem?"
Lu Peng laughed out loud. "Huhu, don't worry, Big Bro. No one can hurt you."
Qin Shi nodded his head in satisfaction. The test this time around was to establish his might for Qin Shi. He wanted to let the entire Ocean Palace know that his Qin Palace did not only have him, Qin Shi. The rest of them were enough to shake the world in the outer regions. Qin Shi had a rough idea of Lu Peng's current strength. Out of everyone present, there were only five people who could put up a fight against him. Qiu Ming was one, Luo Ye was another, and the only one left was Qiu Chuer.
As for Qian Xun, her cultivation base was slightly weaker. But before coming here, Qin Shi had imparted the Traceless Sword Blood to her as well. Qian Xun's talent in martial arts allowed her to cultivate the Traceless Sword Blood to its limits in just a short three days, and she was no weaker than Qin Shi. Based on this situation, even those at full cultivation states like Mu Li would not be a match for Qian Xun.
Since that was the case, as a Palace Master, shouldn't he do what a Palace Master should?
Suddenly, Luo Ye's gaze shifted over to Qin Shi. "Hmph, lad! I've said it before. If you dare to get close to Chen Yan, I'll take your life!"
"Luo Ye, your opponent is me!"
Lu Peng suddenly dashed out. Right at that moment, Qiu Ming leaped up and stabbed down at Lu Peng with his Ocean Spear. "Hehe, Lu Peng, don't interfere blindly because of a woman's matters."
"Hmph!
Is the Qin Palace's Palace Master someone an ant like you can lay a finger on? "
Lu Peng's domineering aura leaked out as he stomped down with his feet and grabbed Qiu Ming's Ocean Spear with his bare hands, shattering it with brute force. But that was not the most shocking thing. The most shocking thing was that at the same time Lu Peng destroyed the Ocean Spear, nine dark dragons flowed out of his fingers and pounced at Luo Ye.
BOOM!
Instantly, Lu Peng shattered Luo Ye's path forward.
"Hehe, this lad is pretty capable." At that moment, the 3,000 Inner Palace Elders on the high platform noticed Lu Peng.
On the viewing platform, many Palace Masters were surprised as well. "Half-step World Realm?
This Lu Peng broke through again in the past two months?
Not only that, his Reincarnation Martial Art seems to have been cultivated to its limits as well. How incredible! "