The Sacred Mountain was the most treasured place in the Sacred Abyss, while the Sacred Dragon Mountain was the most dangerous place in the Sacred Abyss. The two mountains were not too far apart. They stood in the center of the Sacred Abyss like two pillars that supported the heavens.
The Sacred Dragon Mountain was very tall and precipitous. The entire mountain covered an area of tens of thousands of miles and was thousands of miles high. It towered into the clouds. One could only see the middle part of the mountain.
Not only the top, but the entire mountain was covered in white mist. It was faintly discernible, and danger lurked in every corner. It was as if there were many powerful beasts lying in ambush, ready to fly out at any time to swallow people alive.
Today, the foot of the Sacred Dragon Mountain was very lively. Countless troops had come and surrounded the foot of the mountain. There was a piece of flat land in the southern region of the Sacred Dragon Mountain. Many people had come.
That's right, they were all humanoid Demon Abyss royalty. There were many of them, thousands of them.
These royalty were all humanoid, but that did not mean they were very powerful. Some were not even as powerful as the Demon Masters. Many were very young and had clearly come to watch the show.
There were many royals in the Demon Abyss. There were millions of them. The thousands of royals here were all noble children.
The royals were naturally more talented than ordinary Demon Abyss people. Plus, they had top resources, so they had always dominated the Demon Abyss.
The strongest in the Demon Abyss had always been the royals. Although ordinary Demon Abyss people had also cultivated to become Demon Supremes, they were very few. There had never been a Demon Ancestor.
Today, so many royals had gathered here because Divine Ancestor Yuan was holding a competition. The winner would get the chance to enter the Heavenly Pool.
The Heavenly Pool was the birthplace of the Demon Abyss people. It was also the most treasured place in the Demon Abyss. It was the place that countless Demon Abyss people yearned for the most.
Under normal circumstances, the Demon Abyss people basically had no hope of entering the Heavenly Pool. Even the royals rarely had the chance to enter.
Over the years, the war with the Third Heaven humans had caused too many experts to die. That was why the number of people entering the Heavenly Pool had increased.
However, there were still pitifully few experts who could enter every year. What they couldn't get was the best. Therefore, entering the Heavenly Pool to cultivate had always been the most desired thing for the royals and Demon Abyss people.
Now that ten spots had been released, this naturally caused a great commotion.
Most importantly, there were two surrendered generals from the human race participating in this competition, which attracted more people from the royal family to sign up and watch.
However, Divine Ancestor Yuan had set an age limit. Only those who were under 10,000 years old were eligible to participate. Moreover, the weakest among them was a Late-stage Demon Master. Therefore, there were not many participants. There were only about 300 Demon Abyss experts.
Among the three hundred or so Demon Abyss experts, there were only twenty or so Demon Sovereigns, and all of them were royalty.
In the eyes of many citizens of the Demon Abyss, this competition was actually a competition between the 26 members of the royal family. The Demon Masters were just there to join in the fun. The difference in strength between the Demon Masters and the Demon Lords was too great. They were not on the same level at all.
Of course, there were also Demon Masters who refused to give up.
Because this time, it wasn't a competition of battle prowess, but a competition of who could ascend the mountain first.
Sacred Ancestor Yuan didn't care about one's combat strength. As long as one was in the top ten, they could enter the Sky Pool to cultivate.
Some Demon Masters might not be considered strong in battle, but they had some strange mystical abilities. They all wanted to try their luck.
There was another point. This time, there were two surrendered humans. Many Demon Masters wanted to create some trouble for them so that two more members of the royal family could advance to the next level.
If they could torture Qi Tianyu and Lu Li, it would be quite a pleasant thing.
Even though Qi Tianyu was guarded by a Sacred Ancestor as a disciple, many members of the royal family of the Demon Abyss were not convinced. Normally, they wouldn't dare to touch him. Now that there was such a good opportunity, how could they let it go?
As for Lu Li, there was no need to even mention him.
Originally, this competition was triggered by Sacred Ancestor Yuan giving the two a chance to enter the Sky Pool to cultivate.
Sacred Ancestor Yuan gave everyone a fair chance to compete. Naturally, all the young powerhouses of the royal family would not miss this opportunity.
Therefore …
When Qian Dagger brought Lu Li and Qi Tianyu over, both of them felt that something was wrong. Thousands of members of the royal family of the Demon Abyss were looking at them unfriendly. Many of them had murderous intent in their eyes. They didn't even try to hide it.
When Lu Li saw the hundreds of contestants, his face darkened.
It seemed that not only would it be difficult to enter the Sky Pool, but they would also have to endure humiliation and pain.
Of the 26 members of the royal family, most of them were strong. Some of them were not weaker than Qian Dagger.
Sacred Ancestor Yuan set the limit to be under 10,000 years old, which was unfair to Lu Li and Qi Tianyu. They had cultivated for less than 1000 years while the 26 members of the royal family were generally over 6000 to 7000 years old.
Lady Jing!
Lu Li saw a beautiful figure. Lady Jing would always be the center of attention no matter where she went. Even though there were many beautiful women from the Demon Abyss, Lady Jing's noble and elegant temperament was unique.
"Eight or nine Demon Lords are all more powerful than me!"
Lu Li tried to sense and complained to himself. There were only 10 spots, but there were eight or nine Demon Lords who were more powerful than him.
More importantly, he knew nothing about the Sacred Dragon Mountain. These Demon Lords must have climbed the Sacred Dragon Mountain before, which meant that the starting line was different.
"Forget it!"
Lu Li thought about it and shook his head. If he could not win, then so be it. He didn't know much about the Sky Pool and he wasn't eager to cultivate there.
Later, he would slowly go up the mountain and let Qi Tianyu take the lead. The Demon Lords would go after Qi Tianyu.
Strength without desire!
Since Lu Li had made up his mind, he didn't mind. He glanced over the young generation of the royal family warriors from the Demon Abyss.
His nonchalant attitude made more powerful warriors from the Demon Abyss unhappy.
If their identities were reversed, a powerful warrior from the Demon Abyss who surrendered to the human race could show up at the Flying Cloud City and then stand there and look at the human warriors like a boss, the powerful warriors in the Flying Cloud City would explode.
Those with a bad temper would just kill the surrendered warrior from the Demon Abyss without a second thought.
Fortunately, Sacred Ancestor had absolute control and prestige in the Demon Abyss. Sacred Ancestor might be able to disobey him on small matters, but not on big matters. Many powerful warriors from the Demon Abyss wished they could chop Lu Li into pieces, but none of them dared to do anything.
Since they didn't dare to do anything, Lu Li had nothing to worry about. He knew the rules of survival in the Demon Abyss very well.
One could not survive by being groveled to. One must rely on absolute strength.
Without strength, one could not even kneel to the powerful warriors from the Demon Abyss.
Time moved on. An hour later, three powerful warriors from the Demon Abyss arrived. The competition had officially begun.
An old warrior from the Demon Abyss glanced over to Lu Li and the others and said, "You know the rules. I will repeat it again. Do not be heavy-handed. If someone dies, you will be sentenced to 100,000 years in the Holy Prison. No one can plead for mercy.
All the people in the competition, no matter what you do, as long as you can climb up the mountain as soon as possible, the top 10 will have the chance to cultivate in the Sky Pool for 10 years.
Now, I announce the start of the competition. Go up the mountain! "
Just as the old man finished speaking, the experts from the Devil Abyss immediately flocked towards the Sacred Dragon Mountain. Qi Tianyu also quickly rushed over, but no one flew, they all rushed towards the Sacred Dragon Mountain on their feet.