The news of Ling Xiao killing Guan Xiong instantly caused a sensation in the ten arenas.
Guan Xiong, a peak Earth Emperor, a powerful expert who had the chance to enter the top ten of this competition, was actually killed by a middle stage Earth Emperor. Moreover, he didn't even manage to injure the other party at all.
From today onwards, the name of Ling Xiao would spread throughout Blue Sun City and all the surrounding forces.
Only now did everyone realize that Ling Xiao was truly a terrifying Earth Emperor. He would definitely be in the top ten of this competition. It was inevitable that he would be ranked in the top thousand in the entire Central Region, and it was also quite possible that he would be ranked in the top hundred.
They all muttered in their hearts, "So the Earth Emperor of the northwest is the most underestimated expert!"
Ling Xiao defeated Guan Xiong and held Cai Xia Yue's previous five consecutive victories in his hands.
Next, he only needed to win five more matches before he could advance to the third round.
However, a strange situation occurred. The other nine arenas were fighting fiercely, but there were no challengers on Ling Xiao's arena.
"Uh …" Sir, this … "What's going on?" Ling Xiao anxiously ran to the referee and asked.
"What do you mean?" The referee asked.
"No one came up to challenge me!" Ling Xiao replied.
"Isn't that good?" The referee replied.
"Is this good?
I only won five matches, and there are still five matches left. If no one comes up to challenge me, wouldn't I have no chance to advance? "Ling Xiao said unhappily.
When the referee heard Ling Xiao's words, he suddenly laughed out loud and said, "Hehe, you don't have to worry about that. If no one comes up to challenge you within two hours, then it will be considered that you have advanced directly."
"Really?" Ling Xiao asked with a doubtful expression.
The referee nodded his head in affirmation.
This time, Ling Xiao heaved a sigh of relief.
He was really worried that no one would come up to challenge him, causing him to be unable to advance. It turned out that no one came up to challenge him within an hour.
However, when Ling Xiao finished asking this question, a high-level Earth Emperor came up to challenge him.
This high-level Earth Sovereign was also a mercenary and had the same fearless spirit.
He felt that Ling Xiao was just a middle-stage Earth Sovereign, and he only had a strong physical body. He, on the other hand, had a high-grade sixth-rank spiritual weapon. As long as he chose to attack from a distance, he did not believe that he could not blast this middle-stage Earth Sovereign off the stage.
The temptation of winning five matches in a row was still very great.
The high-level Earth Sovereign immediately summoned his spiritual beast, which was an Eight-Clawed Black Spider.
This high-level Earth Sovereign had his own strategic deployment.
From the very beginning, he ordered the Eight-Clawed Black Spider to spit out countless spider webs towards Ling Xiao.
This Eight-Clawed Black Spider's spider silk was comparable to a high-grade Profound Artifact, but it had one more function compared to a high-grade Profound Artifact, and that was its high flexibility.
Anyone who was caught in it would find it hard to get rid of it. Moreover, it would spit out more and more until it bound the opponent to death.
The high-level Earth Sovereign hoped that this Eight-Clawed Black Spider would help him capture Ling Xiao. At that time, would Ling Xiao not be defeated?
The idea of a high-level Earth Sovereign Realm expert made the surrounding people wonder if Ling Xiao would be defeated just like that.
However, in the end, the high-level Earth Sovereign was disappointed.
Because not only did the Eight-Clawed Black Spider fail to bind Ling Xiao for him, but Ling Xiao also broke all eight of its claws. Only its mountain-like body fell on the stage and let out a strange cry. It could no longer fight.
The high-level Earth Sovereign launched a series of long-range attacks from the side, but Ling Xiao cleverly avoided all of them.
In the end, the high-level Earth Sovereign wanted to admit defeat before Ling Xiao attacked him, but Ling Xiao did not intend to let him slip away so easily.
Ling Xiao raised his speed to the extreme. Before the high-level Earth Sovereign admitted defeat, he punched the high-level Earth Sovereign in the mouth, rendering him speechless.
In the end, Ling Xiao did not kill the high-level Earth Sovereign. He just knocked out all his teeth and threw him off the stage.
The high-level Earth Sovereign covered his toothless mouth with a mouthful of blood and left with a sobbing tone.
Someone took the lead to challenge Ling Xiao. Not long after, another high-level Earth Sovereign stepped onto the stage.
Unfortunately, Ling Xiao also knocked out all his teeth and threw him off the stage.
The surrounding people cursed in their hearts, "This guy is too abnormal. Why does he only knock people's mouths!"
After two people lost their teeth, many Earth Sovereigns finally recognized Ling Xiao's abnormal strength. In the last three matches, no one dared to challenge him.
Ling Xiao won seven matches and advanced to the top 100 of the minor competition.
Ling Xiao's battle record was not the most dazzling. There were also four people who advanced directly without fighting all ten matches.
These two were Blue Sun Sect's Wen Huang, Bai Mensheng, Tuoba Yuan, and low-level Earth Sovereign Yuan Zhantian.
Like Ling Xiao, Wen Huang won seven matches and no one came forward to challenge him. As for Bai Mensheng, no one came forward to challenge him after he won six matches. Tuoba Yuan's result was the most dazzling. He advanced directly after he won five matches. Yuan Zhantian advanced after he won eight matches.
Although Young Master Ying's advancement was the most dazzling, it did not mean who was stronger. Instead, it meant who had the most ruthless methods and made the opponent the most afraid to challenge him.
Among the five, Tuoba Yuan's deterrence was the highest because he was like a thunder god. Once he made a move, it was as if there were countless thunderbolts listening to his summons. His opponents, be it humans or spirit beasts, were all killed by the thunderbolts. Bai Mensheng, who was second only to Tuoba Yuan, was a cold-faced killing god. His opponents were all killed by him. As for Wen Huang and Yuan Zhantian, they were also merciless. Those who fought with them were all killed.
Compared to these four people, other than the way Ling Xiao killed Guan Xiong, he won the other two matches rather "gently."
Ling Xiao, Cai Xiayue, Bai Yuxi, Xuan Yao, and Ye Yunfeng participated in the Imperial Roll Tournament. Now, only Ling Xiao and Ye Yunfeng could enter the top 100 of the minor competition.
Ling Xiao's horizons were truly broadened by how intense the competition in the Imperial Rankings Tournament was.
Many Earthly Sovereigns had sacrificed their lives here for the glory of the ranking.
Ling Xiao finally understood why the Central Region was so full of martial arts. Apart from the vast territory and abundant resources, it was also closely related to the traditional combat test.
Many people valued glory more than their own lives. This imperceptibly caused many people to cultivate with all their might from a young age.
In the Top 100 Tournament, Ling Xiao and Ye Yunfeng successfully advanced again.
Ling Xiao, of course, advanced with an overwhelming victory. His name began to spread.
As for Ye Yunfeng, he was not as impulsive as before. This time, he challenged an opponent with eight consecutive victories and defeated him. In the ninth match, he barely defeated his opponent after a bloody fight. In the tenth match, he had no choice but to use the Ye Clan's Soul Ascension Technique again to defeat his opponent. However, he was heavily injured just like in the second match and almost died.
This time, the top ten of the Lanyang City Tournament were finally decided.
These ten people were: Ling Xiao, Ye Yunfeng, Wen Huang, Bai Mensheng, Tuoba Yuan, Gu Mingzhu, Gu Jiaojiao, Yuan Zhantian, Zhu Mao, and Cheng Yongping.
There was no need to introduce the first eight people. Zhu Mao was the chief true disciple of the fifth-grade sect, Yuan Qing Sect. He was at the peak of the Earthly Sovereign Realm and specialized in the fire attribute. His protective spiritual beast was a Red Coiled Flame Tiger. Cheng Yongping came from an unknown aristocratic family and was the one who was the least favored among this group of people. However, he had defeated Chang Jingda, whom Ling Xiao had always thought was the most stable. It was also after that battle that Cheng Yongping was revealed to everyone.
After the tournament ended, the losers gradually left. The top ten people each received some rewards.
These rewards were nothing more than some fifth-grade healing elixirs and 100,000 high-grade Mysterious Crystals each.
When it was time to distribute the rewards, Lanyang City's Lin Xiaoguang announced that they would gather in five days and head to the Ancient Battlefield, the "Abyss of War".
The reason why the Abyss of War was called the Ancient Battlefield was because it was the place where many supreme figures of the imperial family died 100,000 years ago.
Back then, in order to devour each other's territories, the four empires finally sent their experts to the territories of the four empires to fight it out.
Almost all the supreme figures of the imperial family were gathered in that battle. The battle between them was a disaster that could destroy the world. Fortunately, they had already set up a spatial formation to isolate that part of the world.
After that battle, not many supreme figures came out of that place alive. That place was named the "Abyss of War" by the people.
After that battle, the four empires suffered great losses. The sects and great clans that rose later began to divide their territories and no longer listened to the empires' orders. Gradually, the four empires began to decline and gradually disappeared from the stage of the central region.
In an inn in Lanyang City, Ling Xiao and the others were all inside.
"We'll be heading to the Abyss of War in four days. Do you have any instructions, Divine Fraud?" Ling Xiao asked Xuan Yao.
Xuan Yao gently waved his white paper fan, "What instructions can I give you? Let nature take its course." He then paused and looked at Ye Yunfeng, "Yunfeng was lucky to make it into the top ten. As for whether he can become a true Combat Emperor, it will depend on whether he can make up for the weakness of the Ascension Technique in the Abyss of War. Otherwise, the Imperial Ranking Tournament will be his grave. Yunfeng, you better think carefully."
Xuan Yao was not exaggerating, he was merely stating a fact.
Ye Yunfeng could only be described as "stumbling" to get into the top ten of the Minor Competition. If he had met the other eight people who advanced, he would not have been so lucky.
"Advisor, the Spirit Ascension Art is a secret technique of the Ye family. For many years, the ancestors of the Ye family have tried to make up for its weakness, but they have never been able to. How do you expect me to perfect the Spirit Ascension Art? I'm not as smart as the eldest," said Ye Yunfeng bitterly.
It was not that he did not want to perfect the Ascension Technique, but countless ancestors of the Ye Clan had tried to do so in the past ten thousand years, but they had all failed. He did not have the confidence to surpass them.
Xuan Yao smiled faintly, "Fate is determined by the heavens. The Abyss of War is an ancient battlefield where many supreme figures have fallen. Your fate lies there, as well as the fate of the Ye Clan. Whether you are a dragon or a snake will depend on this competition. However, it is also extremely dangerous there, so it is up to you to decide whether to enter or not."
Ye Yunfeng replied without hesitation, "I've already come this far, so of course I want to see how far I can go. Even if I die in the Abyss of War, it will be my glory!"