When the Spiritual Energy ripples on the stone stage that Mu Chen was on dissipated, the entire region maintained its silence. Numerous gazes were fixed onto the slender silhouette that stood in the centre of the stone stage.
Those gazes were filled with shock and disbelief. The fact that Mu Chen had defeated a Fourth Grade Sovereign with a single move must have greatly shocked them.
Su Biyue and Hong Yu's gazes lightly flickered as a trace of shock flashed across their faces. They had heard of the matter of Mu Chen and Liu Yan being heavily injured. However, they had not witnessed it personally. Furthermore, Cai Xiao, who was following beside Mu Chen, was too powerful. Thus, they couldn't help doubting if the outcome of the battle between Mu Chen and Liu Yan was due to Cai Xiao's participation …
However, when they personally witnessed this scene, they had no choice but to admit that this Third Grade Sovereign, a youth that they had not treated seriously right from the start, wasn't as simple as they had imagined.
It was no wonder why he dared to compete with Liu Yan. So his strength was also so powerful.
Compared to them, Fang Yi and the Netherworld Prince's expressions were rather calm. It was just that when the dazzling golden light burst out from Mu Chen's body, they had slightly narrowed their eyes.
In that instant, they had vaguely felt a pressure being emitted from Mu Chen. That pressure wasn't brought by his strength, but the True Dragon and Phoenix Blood Essences in his body.
Clearly, the True Dragon and Phoenix Blood Essences in Mu Chen's body had indeed surpassed them.
However, Fang Yi wasn't surprised by this.
That's because he knew how powerful the super Dragon-Phoenix Pool that Mu Chen and Cai Xiao had found was. Furthermore, they had even obtained two matured Dragon-Phoenix Fruits.
The combination of the two was enough for anyone to cultivate the True Dragon Body or the True Phoenix Body.
Fang Yi's ten slender fingers intertwined as his eyes slightly drooped. Mu Chen's strength was indeed not bad, however, it was clearly far from the level that made him feel apprehensive. However, the mysterious young lady following beside him seemed to be extremely troublesome to deal with...
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Under the watchful eyes of the crowd.
Mu Chen quietly stood on the Dragon-Phoenix Stage as he slowly swept his black pupils out. As he swept his gaze out, Mu Chen's black pupils slowly swept out.
Those experts that had yet to occupy a spot on the Dragon-Phoenix Stage could not help shifting their gazes away with flickering lights. Those that had intended to make a breakthrough from Mu Chen's side had cold sweat on their foreheads as they swiftly extinguished those thoughts in their hearts.
Judging from the frightening strength that Mu Chen had displayed earlier, it was clear that Mu Chen was not an ordinary person.
If anyone still treated him as an ordinary Third Grade Supreme-Being.
That would probably be the biggest idiot in the world.
The reason why he could come this far was clearly not because of that excessively beautiful and mysterious young lady beside him … His own strength was not to be underestimated as well.
Therefore, they had no choice but to search for other targets to make a breakthrough.
Mu Chen quietly stood at the centre of the Dragon-Phoenix Stage as he looked at the other Dragon-Phoenix Stages in the distance. At this moment, there were extremely violent Spiritual Energy fluctuations exploding on them as massive Sovereign Celestial Bodies were constantly clashing.
Shocking gales were exploding.
Clearly, they were trying to seize the Dragon-Phoenix Stage that would allow them to ascend to the top.
Every genius expert had their eyes turning red as they executed their means to the limits.
But fortunately, Mu Chen had been intimidated earlier, so there weren't any blind people that came to disturb him. Therefore, it had saved him quite a bit of trouble.
Mu Chen swept his gaze at the Dragon-Phoenix Stages that were wreaking havoc with violent Spiritual Energy fluctuations, before shifting his gaze towards several other calm stone stages. On those stone stages, there were silhouettes that could be vaguely seen quietly standing on them.
Right from the start, no one dared to casually step onto those stone stages. That's because everyone knew that those on those stone stages were the true elites amongst the younger generations of the Northern Region.
Those people were the ones that possessed the qualifications to ascend to the summit of the Dragon-Phoenix Stage.
Amongst those people, Mu Chen had also seen Liu Yan. At this moment, the latter's cold gaze was also fixed on Mu Chen. The sharpness in his eyes looked as if he wanted to pierce through Mu Chen.
The grudges between the two of them could no longer be reconciled after their previous confrontation. This was something that could be seen from the unconcealed killing intent in Liu Yan's eyes. But before he had refined the Dragon-Phoenix Physique, Mu Chen had never feared him. Not to mention that his strength had soared. If they were to clash again, he would let Liu Yan understand that it wouldn't be so easy even if he wanted both of them to suffer heavy injuries …
Therefore, facing Liu Yan's cold gaze, Mu Chen had only lightly swept it before retracting his gaze, before casting a glance at the direction of Fang Yi and the Netherworld Prince from the corner of his eyes.
Compared to Liu Yan, he was clearly more fearful of those two fellows, who were similarly unfathomable. After all, those two fellows were the ones that had forced An Ran to retreat from Cai Xiao's hands.
If he wanted to ascend to the summit of the Dragon-Phoenix Stage and obtain the Dragon-Phoenix Inheritance, then Fang Yi and the Netherworld Prince would definitely be a mountain obstructing his path.
Boom!
Boom!
As thoughts circulated in Mu Chen's heart, the Spiritual Energy fluctuations coming from the other Dragon-Phoenix Stages grew even more intense. Clearly, the battles there had reached a climax.
Under such intense battles, the outcome was quickly revealed. Up in the sky, there were constantly losers that were heavily injured, before falling from the nine heavens in a pathetic state.
The violent Spiritual Energy fluctuations in the sky had finally calmed down at this moment.
Mu Chen swept his gaze out and saw 32 Dragon-Phoenix Stages hovering on the horizon. All of the 32 Dragon-Phoenix Stages had been occupied.
"Only 32 people are left?"
Mu Chen smacked his lips. Previously, there were nearly a hundred geniuses that possessed the qualifications to ascend the Dragon-Phoenix Stage. But now, more than half of them had been eliminated.
Mu Chen raised his head and looked at the distant sky. Golden light was spreading out and he could vaguely see 16 Dragon-Phoenix Stages hovering. Clearly, only 16 people could remain on that stage.
Every single level of the Dragon-Phoenix Stage would eliminate half of the people.
The probability was simply brutal.
Buzz!
Buzz! Just when Mu Chen was sighing at the brutal rate of elimination, the Dragon-Phoenix Stage beneath his feet suddenly emitted a dazzling golden light.
On the Dragon-Phoenix Stage, countless dragon scales and phoenix wings started to tremble at this moment. As the lustre surged, vaguely, there seemed to be traces of golden liquid flowing from the Dragon-Phoenix Stage and flowed through the feet of Mu Chen and the rest into their bodies.
"It's the blood essence of a dragon and a phoenix?!" Mu Chen felt the familiar power flowing into his body.
His eyelids twitched. It seemed like this was a reward for those who had made it into the top 32.
The Blood Essence of the Dragon and Phoenix that gushed out from the Dragon-Phoenix Stage was extremely pure, and it was a windfall for the other experts.
However, to Mu Chen who had absorbed a Super Dragon-Phoenix Pool and refined a Dragon-Phoenix Fruit, it was merely the icing on the cake.
Under the envious gazes of countless people, the intense golden light shone brightly.
It enveloped all thirty-two figures.
After a long while, the golden light abruptly soared into the azure sky along with thirty-two figures.
The speed of the golden light was extremely fast, as if it had pierced through space. In a flash, it had already appeared in the higher horizon. When the golden light dissipated, thirty-two figures could be seen.
Standing in the sky.
Before those thirty-two figures, there were sixteen Dragon-Phoenix Stages that seemed to be forged from gold.
Looking at the sixteen Dragon-Phoenix Stages, no one spoke a single word.
No one spoke a single word. Fang Yi, the Netherworld Prince and the other peak experts of the Dragon-Phoenix Record had calmly descended onto their respective Dragon-Phoenix Stages.
Mu Chen's silhouette had also moved and appeared on a Dragon-Phoenix Stage. Sensing the sharp gazes that were directed at him, he cupped his fists. "Is there anyone who is willing to give me some pointers?!"
Up in the sky, a few of the ten-odd figures had their eyes flickering. In the end, a grey-robed man flew out and landed on the Dragon-Phoenix Stage that Mu Chen was on. There was a sharp blade aura spreading out from his body, causing space to distort.
"Overlord Blade Sect, Yu Lu, looks forward to your pointers!"
When the low roar rang out from the grey-robed man's mouth, his figure had already shot forward. Sharp and overbearing Blade Qi soared into the sky at this moment.
The strength of this expert from the Overlord Blade Sect was similar to Chen Fan of the Ghostly Shadow Sect. Thus, this battle did not last for too long. When the expert from the Overlord Blade Sect saw Mu Chen shattering his blade aura with a finger, he understood the gap between the two of them. Thus, he wisely did not continue to tangle with Mu Chen. He cupped his fists and retreated, taking the initiative to end this battle.
In this battle, Mu Chen was victorious once again.
In the following period of time, Mu Chen was like a sharp sword that was gradually being unsheathed, displaying his sharpness. He defeated Yu Lu of the Overlord Blade Sect and charged into the Top 16. After that, he defeated another genius expert from a peak force in the Northern Region. In the end, under countless astonished gazes, he squeezed into the Top 8!
When his opponent for the Top 8 retreated after an intense battle, Mu Chen let out a long breath. Shortly after, he raised his head and looked at the higher Dragon-Phoenix Stage. There were only four majestic Dragon-Phoenix Pools standing there!
He slowly clenched his fist. He could sense that along with the elimination, the strength of the remaining experts was getting stronger and stronger. Every single one of them wasn't easy to deal with.
However, since it wasn't easy for him to reach this place, he naturally had to take a look at the summit of the Dragon-Phoenix Stage. Even if there were powerful opponents like Fang Yi and the Netherworld Prince before him, it would still be difficult for him, Mu Chen, to feel fear.
"Let me see who can obstruct my footsteps!" Mu Chen grinned as fighting intent blazed like flames in his black pupils.
On the Dragon-Phoenix Stage, golden light surged once again as Mu Chen slowly spread his hands out, allowing the pure Blood Essences of the Dragon and Phoenix to pour into his body. Shortly after, it melted into his flesh and blood, transforming into boundless energy that flowed throughout his limbs.
When the golden light dissipated, Mu Chen abruptly opened his eyes as a sharp light climbed out from the depths of his eyes.
Eight silhouettes stood in the sky as the Spiritual Energy fluctuations that surged from their bodies enveloped this region. Down below, countless people held their breaths as they watched this scene.
They knew that the Dragon-Phoenix Stage that they had been waiting for half a day had finally reached its most intense stage!
The Battle of the Top 8!
(To be continued …)