A few days after the battle in the Western City came to an end, it still caused a commotion in the city, which caused many experts in the Far West to know that there's a young expert from the Great Heaven Domain in the Western City.
Mu Chen's name was also unknowingly known by more and more forces.
While his fame was spreading, Mu Chen wasn't bothered about it. After defeating Xia Hong, he wasn't in a rush to leave the Western City. After all, this was a place where news gathered. Furthermore, due to Xia Hong's defeat, no one dared to cause trouble in the city anymore. Thus, this peaceful environment was what he needed.
Hence, they stayed in the Western City for the next few days. However, they had surprisingly kept a low profile and didn't make use of the fame of defeating Xia Hong to appear in the Western City in a high profile like everyone had expected.
Under Mu Chen's low profile, the gazes in the Western City had gradually shifted away. After all, there were countless geniuses in the Greatlaw Continent gathered in the Far West, and similar incidents were happening all the time. Thus, no one had the patience to focus on one person.
After all, Mu Chen had only defeated Xia Hong and not the Crown Prince of the Xia Empire.
In a serene courtyard.
Rumble!
Suddenly, a boundless spiritual light exploded in the sky. Countless complicated spiritual seals fused into the void and intersected with each other, forming a complicated and dazzling light. Vaguely, the light formed by the light seemed to be emitting an ancient profundity.
Mu Chen stood in the embryonic form of the majestic Spiritual Array as he narrowed his eyes, looking at the countless complicated lights. In the next instant, he suddenly waved his sleeve.
Several rays of white light shot out from his hands.
When the white light shot out, the faint roar of a dragon could be heard. Upon closer inspection, one would discover that the white light was
When those white lights shot out, there were several jade-white skeletons with faint draconic might emanating from them.
Those were all dragon skeletons.
These dragon bones shot into the embryonic spirit formation.
This immediately caused a huge change. Within the Spirit Formation, waves of terrifying spiritual energy frantically condensed and gathered on the dragon bones.
Buzz!
As the Spiritual Energy within the Spiritual Array grew more and more violent, fine cracks started to appear on the dragon bones. In the end, they violently trembled before exploding into pieces.
Boom!
An incomparably violent Spiritual Energy shockwave wreaked havoc, and the entire Spiritual Array was instantly destroyed.
Seeing this, Mu Chen sighed in disappointment.
With a wave of his sleeve, boundless Spiritual Energy formed a light barrier that completely resisted the shockwaves.
"A Spiritual Array of this level, even though it is incomplete, is still so difficult to construct. Furthermore, its complexity is unbelievable. If there is even the slightest mistake, it would be difficult to maintain the formation."
Mu Chen's expression turned grave. In the past few days.
He tried to set up the incomplete Nine Dragon God-killing Array almost every day, but the result was disappointing. He almost never succeeded.
Mu Chen shook his head, but he wasn't dejected because of his failures.
This was because he could feel that with every failure, he could sense where he had gone wrong. As long as he perfected these subtle areas bit by bit, he believed that he could successfully arrange this incomplete Guru level Spiritual Array.
However, he still needed some time.
"Did he fail again?"
Jiu You, who was cultivating, opened her eyes and looked at Mu Chen.
"This is a Spiritual Array of the Grandmaster level. Furthermore, it's precisely because it's incomplete that it's even harder to comprehend. It's already incredible that you could deduce the formation in such a short period of time."
In the stone pavilion, Lin Jing lazily leaned on a soft blanket, holding an ancient book in her hand. Looking at the cover, it wasn't for cultivation, but recorded all kinds of rare fruits. She flipped through it with great interest and envy. At the same time, she raised her head to look at the dissipating Spiritual Array in the air.
Although she wasn't a Spiritual Array Master, her identity was extraordinary. It wasn't like she hadn't come into contact with Spiritual Array Grandmasters. Therefore, her eyesight was quite extraordinary.
Therefore, she was even more aware of how impressive it was for Mu Chen to deduce an unfamiliar incomplete Spiritual Array to this stage in just ten days.
Mu Chen smiled at Lin Jing's evaluation. His expression was calm, but not arrogant.
"There should be fewer people keeping an eye on this place these days, right?" Mu Chen walked into the stone pavilion and asked Tanya, who was standing respectfully by the side.
Tanya nodded her head with a smile. "Although there are still some that are unwilling to give up, they no longer dare to keep an eye on this place."
Mu Chen nodded his chin. It looked like the deterrence brought by Xia Hong's defeat wasn't weak. Otherwise, they would have been annoyed by the other forces that were trying to probe them.
"Furthermore, we have received news from the Great Heaven Domain today. Our Northern Region Alliance should be arriving within five days." Tanya reported.
Mu Chen felt relieved upon hearing her words. With so many top-tiered forces gathering in the Extreme West, as long as it was someone, they would definitely have a powerful background. If Mandala and the rest did not arrive, then Mu Chen could only keep a low profile to avoid attracting the attention of any Earth Sovereign. At that time, he would be in trouble if he didn't have the support of someone of the same level.
"Furthermore, the information that Lord Mu has instructed us to gather has been completed." A scroll appeared in Tanya's hand and she respectfully handed it over to Mu Chen.
"Not bad."
Mu Chen smiled as he praised before receiving it. He had gotten Tanya and the rest to gather some information over the past two days, and the focus of the information was the so-called Elite Ranking.
After leaving the Northern Region and entering the Greatlaw Continent, only then did he know the weight of an ordinary name on the Elite Ranking. It represented the pinnacle of the younger generation in the Greatlaw Continent, and every single one of them had outstanding achievements that no one dared to belittle.
Mu Chen opened up the parchment and spiritual light flickered on it. At the peak, the spiritual light condensed into the Expert Ranking. Shortly after, spiritual light flickered on it and words started to appear.
"Rank 20, Mu Chen, from the Great Heaven Domain of the Northern Region. Quasi-Ninth Grade Sovereign Body, possessing a mysterious Sovereign Celestial Body with extraordinary fighting strength. Defeated the Fourth Prince of the Xia Empire, Xia Hong, in the Western City, and rose to fame."
The words that appeared first had caused Mu Chen to be stunned. Clearly, he did not expect that he would be the 20th on the Elite Ranking. It looked like the Elite Ranking was updated in real time, and the moment there's a change, it would immediately change.
He recalled that Xia Hong was previously ranked 20th, but now that Xia Hong had been defeated by him, his ranking had been replaced by Mu Chen.
Mu Chen shook his head, since he wasn't bothered about the ranking and started to look at the information that was constantly appearing.
"Rank 19, Lu Shan, direct disciple of the Yue Suppression Sect, Initial Phase Ninth Grade Sovereign Body. Cultivated the Myriad Mountain Demon Suppression Body, capable of uprooting mountains."
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"Rank 16, Wang Tongxian."
"Rank 13, Elite Ranking."
Rows of words constantly appeared, with every single one of them representing a genius with considerable fame in the Greatlaw Continent. Their strength and achievements had also left Mu Chen startled. In terms of quality, the geniuses of the Greatlaw Continent were clearly stronger than the geniuses of the Divine Beast Clan that he had encountered in the Divine Beast Origin.
As the words continued to appear, Mu Chen's gaze grew even more solemn. That's because the ranking had already appeared to be the 5th.
"Rank 5, Qin Jingzhe, Young Sect Master of the Green Lotus Sword Sect, Pinnacle Ninth Grade Sovereign Body. Cultivated the Ultimate Celestial Body of the Green Lotus Sword Sect, the Azure Lotus Spiritual Sword Physique. Ranked 49th in the 99 Rankings of Sovereign Celestial Bodies. Achievements: Once fought against three Pinnacle Ninth Grade Sovereigns by himself and remained undefeated."
"To be able to fight against three by himself and remain undefeated, formidable."
Mu Chen couldn't help sighing. Although it did not state that Qin Jingzhe had won, the fact that he could remain undefeated proved how powerful he was. His rank of 5th wasn't just for show.
As Mu Chen sighed, he looked at the words that appeared once again and squinted his eyes.
"Rank 4, Xia Yu, Crown Prince of the Xia Empire, Pinnacle Ninth Grade Sovereign Body. Cultivated the Great Emperor Celestial Body, ranked 45th in the Sovereign Celestial Body Ranking. Achievements: Rumoured to be comparable to a Perfected Ninth Grade Sovereign."
"Great Emperor Celestial Body!"
Mu Chen squinted his eyes. This Sovereign Celestial Body was even more powerful than the Nine Ominous Beast Physique that Xia Hong had cultivated. Xia Yu was truly worthy of being the Crown Prince of the Xia Empire.
Furthermore, although the achievements weren't clear, the simple sentence of being comparable to a Perfected Ninth Grade Sovereign was sufficient to explain everything.
It looked like he had to be cautious if he encountered this person in the future.
"Third on the Expert List, Garuda, the Holy Son of the Holy Demon Palace. The mysterious Dharmakaya he cultivates has no ranking, but it's indescribably powerful. The last time he fought was a year ago, when he was at the peak of Level Nine, he hunted down and killed a defected Elder of the Holy Demon Palace who was at the peak of Level Nine."
"Currently suspected to be in the Perfected Ninth Grade Sovereign Realm. Evaluation: Unfathomable."
Mu Chen stared at those words for a long time. Jia Louluo was truly ferocious to be able to kill a Perfected Ninth Grade Sovereign with his cultivation at the Pinnacle Ninth Grade Sovereign Realm. Now that he had stepped into the Perfected Ninth Grade Sovereign Realm, he should be one of the strongest in the Sovereign Realm.
Such an opponent was truly troublesome.
However, there wasn't the slightest bit of fear in Mu Chen's heart. On the contrary, raging flames blazed in the depths of his eyes. The path of an expert was to continuously move forward without fear and to dare to challenge any opponent.
"This time, you're my opponent."
Mu Chen stroked those words with his finger and heavily tapped on it with his gaze as sharp as an unsheathed sword.
After a long while, he suppressed the fighting intent in his heart and looked at the two pieces of information at the bottom. At the same time, his heart was filled with dense curiosity. He wanted to know what kind of geniuses the two that were ranked above Jia Louluo were.
(To be continued.)