This time, the Genius Disciple Competition to the True Stranger Continent was hosted by Jiang Xiushan, the Great Diffusion Sect’s Patriarch, and Feng Zhenqiu, the second dean of the Inquiring Heavens Academy.As for Bei Suting, she was only staying in Yindu, and she didn’t have much interest in hosting this kind of competition, even if she was named.
Although the Yin Du Square was wide and huge, now that ten new competition stages and a main altar for the selection had been built, the rest of the place was almost packed with people as well.
In the middle of the main altar sat Xia Mu and Xu Chihuang, who were there to see what kind of geniuses the Lost Continent had, as well as being the chief judge of this competition.Jiang Xiushan and Feng Zhenqiu, as well as a few other judges from the Lost Continent sat on the lower left and right sides.
“Let’s begin.”Xia Mo nodded to Jiang Xiushan and spoke in a faint voice.
Jiang Xiushan stood up, clasped his fists to Xia Mo and Xu Chihuang, and walked up to the middle of the main altar.Despite the fact that Xia Mo paid a little more attention to him than to the Questioning Heaven School Palace, the truth was that in his heart, he really didn’t care about this kind of attention.He was indeed displeased that the Heaven Asking School Palace was standing on top of the Great Diffusion Sect, and he was just as displeased with Xia Mo in his heart.
“Fellow Daoists, all the cultivators of my Lost Continent.Here I would like to first thank the seniors of the True Stranger Continent, if they hadn’t appeared here in time, perhaps at this time the Lost Continent would have already been occupied by extra-territorial cultivators.I believe that all of my fellow Daoists have also clearly recognised the inadequacy of my Lost Continent’s cultivation civilisation, just as I have.It’s good that the True Stranger Continent has once again given us a chance, this time the True Stranger Continent is going to recruit one hundred disciples from the Lost Continent to go to the True Stranger Continent Sect, I believe that this is not only the expectation of my Lost Continent, but also the expectation of every cultivator.”
Jiang Xiushan’s words drew a burst of enthusiastic applause, showing that his statement that this was the expectation of every cultivator was true.
“I further hope that every single person will have the opportunity to travel to the True Stranger Continent to ask for the true Great Dao.Unfortunately, we have a limited number of spots and limited time.This time, we can only select one hundred cultivators who have the chance to go, and the selection will be above the Transfiguration Realm and under the age of fifty ……”
As expected, after Jiang Xiushan spoke out the limitations of the selection, a cacophony of noises came from the Yindu Square, it was clear that many people were not satisfied with this selection.
Jiang Xiushan waved his hand, signalling for everyone to quieten down before continuing, “Although many people are not qualified to participate in the competition, it doesn’t mean that they won’t have the opportunity to do so in the future.This kind of selection, which will be conducted every three years in the future, will be combined with our previous Five Elements Desolate Domain Dan Competition, and the conditions of the competition will be relaxed in the future, which will allow more people to get the opportunity to enter the True Stranger Continent for cultivation.Now, Dean Feng will announce the rules of the competition.”
Hearing Jiang Xiushan’s words, that noise only gradually subsided.
Seeing that it wasn’t Bei Suting but Feng Zhenqiu who walked onto the tournament stage, Xia Mo visibly frowned.However, when he saw that Xu Chihuang didn’t show any indication, he could only fall silent.It was fine that he was an envoy, but every Earthly Immortal King was a unique existence, and even if he was an envoy, he had to respect Protector Xu.
Feng Zhenqiu clasped his fists at the many cultivators in the square and said bluntly, “Because of the rush of time, there is no registration procedure for this tournament, so anyone who attaches themselves to the conditions can go up to the stage and compete.We have set ten ringmasters for the stage, and these ten people are the top ten of the Hundred Sect Alliance’s contribution list, and there is no age limit ……”
Feng Zhenqiu’s words drew a round of applause, the top ten of the Hundred Sect Alliance Contribution Ranking became the ringmasters, there was no one who had any objections to that, people got it by virtue of their true ability.
There were even a lot of people who were looking forward to casual cultivator number 2705, wanting to know who this casual cultivator who ranked number one on the contribution list actually was.
Feng Zhenqiu pointed to the ten race stages and said, “Now, please invite the top ten heroes of the Hundred Sect Alliance Contribution Ranking to go up to the race stage, and the rest of you can challenge them at will, with each of you winning three consecutive matches to advance to the next round.Those who succeed in the challenge will also enter the next round with three consecutive victories.For all challenge matches, losing any of the matches was eliminated.If no one challenges for one incense stick, they automatically advance to the next round.”
The crowd was secretly shocked, this tournament rule was fast, but it was also very cruel.As long as one was on the tournament stage, one could not lose, and losing one match would lose the entire tournament.
As Feng Zhenqiu’s words fell, six cultivators stood on the tournament stage.
Feng Zhenqiu looked at the remaining few empty race stages and asked, “Where are the other four?”
A judge stood up and said to Feng Zhenqiu, “The fourth Gao Chi, the seventh Sha Mor Ao, and the ninth Sun Qianyu all died in battle at the Yin Tomb Beach, and the first loose cultivator 2705 has never been heard from ……”
This judge’s voice was not low, and almost all the people heard it, and the originally enthusiastic Yindu Square appeared to be somewhat subdued.
Feng Zhenqiu saw that Xia Mo’s face was even more unsightly, and immediately said aloud, “There are countless heroes in our Lost Continent who have fallen in this confrontation against the extra-territorial cultivators, but we can’t let their blood flow in vain, and we need to go to a higher level so that in the future, we can replace them in guarding our own homeland.”
“Yes, guard our own homeland.”Even more enthusiastic roars rang out.The anticipation for this grand competition had an additional passion for guarding one’s homeland.
Feng Zhenqiu nodded and continued, “Please ask the eleven to fourteen from the Hundred Sect Alliance Contribution Ranking to come up to the stage to fill out the ten ringmasters ……”
Again, just two people came up, and it wasn’t until Feng Zhenqiu called the eighteenth name that the ten ringmasters were completely made up.
Not only did this make Feng Zhenqiu’s heart heavy, it was the hearts of all the Lost Continent’s cultivators that were a little heavy.How many geniuses and elites had fallen in this great battle with the extra-dimensional cultivators?
“Now the challenge begins!”After all ten ringmasters stood on the stage, Feng Zhenqiu announced the start of the match and then retreated of his own accord.
Xia Mu, who originally still had some expectations, directly shook his head after seeing the fights start on the ten stages, except for the ringmasters of the second and third stages who still had some strength, the remaining several stages he really couldn’t look at.
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Because of the great war with the extra-territorial cultivators, almost all of the cultivators with a little bit of strength in the Questioning Heaven Academy Palace had left the sect, and even if you took a walk through the sect during the day, you wouldn’t see a few people.
At night, people were even scarcer.
At this moment, apart from some faint moonlight in front of the Heaven Asking Steps, Mo Wuji was the only one standing here.Beside the Heaven Asking Steps, there was also a huge Heaven Asking Ranking List erected, and on the Heaven Asking Ranking List, the top ranked person was still Gou Zi Han.
Mo Wuji smiled, as he was currently at the Transcendent Mortal Realm, ascending the Heaven Asking Steps was considered the most suitable realm.Once his realm was raised further, the pressure would increase exponentially if he ascended the Heaven Asking Steps.
Looking at the Heaven Asking Steps which had no idea where the top was at all, Mo Wuji sorted himself out and stepped into the first step of the Heaven Asking Steps.
A faint pressure pounced over, and Mo Wuji stepped onto the second step without being half affected.Even back when he was at the Vein Expansion Realm, he shouldn’t have much of a problem crossing into the top twenty, not to mention that now that he had opened up one hundred and one veins, his cultivation had crossed over into the Human Extreme Realm.
In just a few breaths of time, Mo Wuji broke through the twentieth step and arrived at the twenty-first step.At this moment, the pressure and thrust were both increasing wildly, but it was still no pressure on Mo Wuji.
After half a pillar of incense, Mo Wuji crossed out of the 53rd step and arrived at the 54th step.
Mo Wuji looked at a clean white stone stele next to him, he knew very well that as long as he wrote his name here, his name would soon appear on the 50th place of the Heavenly Enquirer Ranking.This was because he had previously seen Cen Shuyin’s name on the Heaven Asking Ranking, and Cen Shuyin was the fiftieth place, and she had also climbed up to the fifty-fourth step.Mo Wuji was certain that Cen Shuyin wouldn’t be able to step onto the fifty-fourth step in just one incense stick.
This kind of pressure, although not small to Mo Wuji, could not affect him yet.
Fifty-fifth, Fifty-sixth ……
The higher one went, the pressure and thrust became stronger and stronger.By the time he reached the sixty-seventh step, it wasn’t just pressure anymore, there was an additional rotating force on this Heaven Asking Step, a force that seemed to want to roll Mo Wuji up and throw him down.
Sixty-eighth Step, Sixty-ninth Step ……
After another hour, Mo Wuji stopped at the 82nd step.
The violent pressure and rotating thrust rolled in, Mo Wuji’s legs were shaking a little, which made him feel a little lost in his heart.Originally, he wanted to ascend the 108th step, but now that he had only reached the 82nd step, his legs were shaking a little.Perhaps he could go up another ten steps, but then he would at most be ranked number one on the Heaven Asking Ranking.Trying to rush up to the one hundred and eighth step was simply impossible.
Whether it was possible or not, he still had to try.What he wanted wasn’t to be number one on the Heaven Inquiring Ranking, this false name was useless to him.
Eighty-third and Eighty-fourth Steps ……
At this moment, Mo Wuji’s Yuan Power was stirring around him, squeezing the space around him with a roar.The Yuan Power in his one hundred and one veins was even flowing all the way up, as if forming a circumferential Yuan Power ring.
Ninety-third stage, ninety-fourth stage ……
“Puh!”A mouthful of blood was spat out as Mo Wuji climbed on the ninety-fifth step.The powerful sweeping force almost sent him straight out of the Heaven Asking Steps.
There were still more than ten steps to go, Mo Wuji wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and looked up as he still couldn’t see the top of the Heaven Asking Steps.
The rolling pressure and thrusting force squeezed the bones coming from Mo Wuji’s body with a clicking sound, and the ruthlessness in Mo Wuji’s heart was also squeezed out.
From the time he debuted till now, he had never voluntarily retreated unless he really couldn’t hold on anymore.Right now, although his legs were trembling and his bones were clicking, he was still able to hold on.
Ninety-sixth Step, Ninety-seventh Step ……
Mo Wuji once again flung himself on top of the ninety-eighth step, he knew that as long as he wanted to, he could write his name right now and walk on.From now on, the number one in the Heavenly Enquiring Academy would no longer be Gou Zi Han, but him, Mo Wuji.
Taking a deep breath, Mo Wuji still didn’t give up, he sensed that he was different from the others.At the ninety-eighth step, when he was almost about to be rolled down, the one hundredth and one-hundredth vein in his body, automatically formed a cycle, and an extra generated Yuan Power supported him.
Ever since the opening up of the one hundredth and one hundred and eleventh Yuan Storage Veins, it was the first time that Mo Wuji felt the effects of these two veins.In normal times, these two veins would either only allow him to absorb spiritual qi at a faster rate, but when he was about to run out of Yuan Power, these two veins were the real capital.
Once again, Mo Wuji looked at the Heaven Asking Step that was topped nowhere, Mo Wuji clenched his fists.Perhaps, these two extra veins would give him unexpected joy.
