C1253 Second Round
C1253 Second Round
The two were a man and a woman, and Lu Chen was not unfamiliar with them. That man was the elite disciple Su Yuvrann from the Taiyi Hall, and the other woman who was dressed in red was the extremely famous Nan Hongyi from the Orthodox Unity Hall.
The two of them sat on the ground not far from each other as if they were trying to understand the situation of the Thousand Layered Mountain. With Lu Chen's arrival, both of them opened their eyes at almost the same time.
After noticing Lu Chen's cultivation, both Nan Hongyi and Su Yuvrann showed an expression of surprise, but they quickly calmed down.
Although the two of them were senior and senior, they were not Kungwu Hall disciples. Thus, Lu Chen naturally did not have the intention to greet them.
Under the two's bright eyes, Lu Chen walked to another secluded place and sat down cross-legged. The world at the peak of the mountain was even more powerful, filling the void with thunder and lightning. It was very suitable for refining one's own flesh and blood.
Nan Hongyi and Su Yuvrann's eyes turned from curiosity to surprise to shock, because the moment he sat down, the lightning in the sky seemed to be attracted by some invisible force and crashed towards Lu Chen.
That was no ordinary thunder, it was a manifestation of the nature of the Thousand Layered Mountain. Even if the two of them were Major Power Of Life And Death Stage, they would not dare to rashly attract lightning into their bodies.
At the peak of the Thousand Layered Mountain, the sound of thunder could be heard. From afar, it seemed as if a sea of thunder had appeared!
Nan Hongyi and Su Yuvrann looked at the approaching lightning. Their faces gradually turned ugly, because the lightning not only targeted Lu Chen, but also towards the two of them.
At that moment, the two of them were already in a very profound state, and could not regain their mobility. Looking at the incoming lightning, they could only passively push open the defense of the True Divine Spirit Qi, but fortunately for them, they were both Major Power Of Life And Death Stage and could rely on their profound cultivation to block the lightning strikes.
The two of them looked at Lu Chen's body which was almost submerged by thunder and lightning, their eyes filled with shock. If they did not see it with their own eyes, who would dare to believe that a Soul-breaking Stage practitioner could use his flesh and blood to receive the heavenly thunder!
Lu Chen was immersed in a mysterious state. Although there were countless wounds on his body after being struck by the lightning, the good news was that his body was full of vitality and was recovering at a speed that could be seen by the naked eye.
The most important thing was that after this baptism, he could clearly feel that his body had advanced a step, becoming more perfect and flawless.
Naturally, what happened at the Thousand Layered Mountain could not be hidden from the elders. They were so shocked that their jaws almost dropped when they saw Lu Chen's figure sitting cross-legged.
"Just what kind of powerful physical body is this?"
"No wonder he was able to suppress Zhao Dechuan under the same situation, he's probably on par with the Tao Artifact now!"
"To think that the Kungwu Hall would actually have such luck, accepting such a heaven warping genius. Truly …" Sensing the gazes of two or three elders from the Orthodox Unity Hall, the elder who was just about to speak abruptly stopped in his tracks.
"If everyone has no objection, Lu Chen, Nan Hongyi and Su Yuvrann will obtain victory in the first round."
"No objections."
"No objections."
… ….
If Nan Hongyi and Su Yuvrann could be said to have entered the top three in the first round, they would all take it for granted. But the Kungwu Hall disciple Lu Chen, who was clearly only at the Soul-breaking Stage realm, was actually on par with two of them? This confused them.
The elders who knew the truth naturally wouldn't explain too much. Instead, they were all silent about Lu Chen's performance on the Thousand Layered Mountain.
Originally, the two halls viewed each other as their opponents, but they absolutely did not expect that the outstanding disciples in their respective Tao Hall would be overshadowed by the new Kungwu Hall disciples whose names exist and die. That kind of feeling was as if they had eaten a fly, which made them feel extremely uncomfortable.
In the first round of the Dao Gathering, eight people were eliminated; all of them were disciples of the two halls who were unable to reach the halfway point of the mountain. Including Lu Chen and Fu Feng, the remaining fourteen people continued to participate in the second round.
If one were to speak of potential in the first round, then what would matter in the second round would be perseverance.
The Extreme Frost Pool was a special place of the Extreme Tao Academic Palace.
The water in the pond was extremely cold, enough to freeze an ordinary practitioner into fragments. Even a Life And Death Stage cultivator would find it hard to stay within for many hours.
When all the disciples who were participating in the second round had to not use their cultivation, they would meditate in the extreme cold pool to persevere. Whoever could last until the end would be the victor of the second round.
This was an extremely harsh test. Without using one's cultivation, it was almost impossible to persevere in such a cold state.
Just as they got close to the pool, two disciples couldn't stand the terrifying cold and announced that they would leave. As for the others, they clenched their teeth and grit their teeth as they persevered.
Lu Chen's body had gone through the Thousand Layered Mountain and became even more tyrannical. However, in the face of this terrifying cold energy, he was almost shocked. As for the others, they were even more helpless.
Like most people, Fu Feng had to give up after less than an hour. Only Lu Chen and a few other disciples were left in the pool. Amongst them, Nan Hongyi and Su Yuvrann had performed the best.
"It's about time."
"These Chilling Qi aren't of any help to me, staying here is just a waste of time." Two hours later, Lu Chen took the initiative to leave. It wasn't because he couldn't hold on, but because he felt that the cold energy couldn't be used to temper his soul, and he couldn't use it to temper his body.
As for the rankings, Lu Chen didn't really care. After all, the final deciding factor was the third round of the Daoist meeting.
As Lu Chen left the second round of the competition, the Orthodox Unity Hall elders heaved a sigh of relief. The former had already displayed an extremely heaven-defying performance in the first round.
No matter who it was, no one wanted to see another disciple of Kungwu Hall rise in power again, because that would not benefit the two halls in the slightest.
As for the third round, they were even less worried. Lu Chen, who only had a mere Soul-breaking Stage cultivation level, didn't have any chance to struggle and fight back in front of all the Life And Death Stage disciples.
Another hour passed, and the remaining people finally couldn't bear the terrible environment inside the Frost Jade Pool and left. In the end, it was Nan Hongyi who persevered to the very end.
With the end of the second round, the Dao Gathering immediately entered its most important third round.
Because ten people had been eliminated in the first two rounds, only twelve people had participated in the third round of the competition. Amongst them, most of them were Life And Death Stage disciples, with only four of them being Soul-breaking Stage disciples, including Lu Chen and Fu Feng.