C448 Against
C448 Against
When the people converging towards the Thousand-zhang Plateau had less tears flowing out, the bell sounds rang out.
Intense pressure that belonged to a Profound Dark Stage Ranker rose one after another. It continuously spread, and the entire Thousand-zhang Plateau became solemn.
On the main position of the viewing platform, a figure leaped up and walked in the air. There was not even the slightest fluctuation of spirit energy under his feet, but it was as if he had ascended an invisible Heaven Stairway, step by step, as if there was a real Heaven Stairway under his feet.
The gazes of all the Ruling Spirit Sect disciples gathered on this person, and many people, especially the new inner sect disciples, revealed expressions of shock, admiration and reverence.
On the other hand, Chen Yu recognized this person. It was Ruling Spirit Sect Sect Master Chu Tianshu.
However, compared to Chu Tianshu, who seemed to be floating in the air like an immortal, the nine elders had dense Spiritual Qi under their feet that supported their bodies. Although they were also floating in the air, compared to Chu Tianshu's casual manner, they were not as relaxed.
In fact, Chen Yu knew that this type of Heaven Stairway, which did not exist, was much more difficult to step on than flying. Especially Chu Tianshu, who did not reveal any trace of spiritual qi around him, but relied on the Divine Soul Power instead.
"Either Chu Tianshu has already broken through the Deity Entering Stage, or he is only half a step away from it!" Bloodfire Emperor's memory flashed through Chen Yu's mind as he made his judgement.
On the vast Thousand-zhang Plateau, many disciples revealed expressions of shock. On the viewing platform, the Profound Dark Stage experts from the thirty-five peaks judged Chu Tianshu's strength and felt that they were far inferior, so they revealed expressions of admiration.
In the air, Chu Tianshu, who was slowly climbing the stairs, finally stopped. He floated above the eight hundred arenas, looked around, and saw the nine Profound Dark Stage Elders standing below him, facing different directions, giving off a strong sense of majesty and grandeur.
"Today, is the day of the grand competition that occurs once every three years!" Chu Tianshu slowly spoke out with a loud voice, his voice covering the entire Thousand-zhang Plateau. With the Thousand-zhang Plateau as the center, he extended it towards his surroundings, and transmitted it into the void.
In the void, a few flying Spiritual Crane that were originally coiled around the main mountain responded to Chu Tianshu's voice. They all landed in the air and flew towards the foot of the main mountain. However, they were shocked by the divine intent in Chu Tianshu's voice and did not dare to fly again.
"The purpose of the great sect competition is to display the sect's heritage and strength, verify the progress of the disciples' cultivation, and examine their talent and character. All inner disciples who participate in the Large Competition must display their full strength in accordance to the Large Competition's rules and must not hide their abilities. If there is anyone who has performed outstandingly, the sect will reward them handsomely! "
After saying that, Chu Tianshu looked down at the Profound Dark Stage Elder and said: "Now, let Elder Gu announce the rules of the competition!"
The elder rose three feet into the air and spoke loudly: "The competition rules are the same as previous rounds. There are a total of four rounds, and the first round is to defend the competition. The disciples who have already registered for the competition will pick one of the stages to fight on for two hours before advancing to the second round. "Second round!"
The rules of the Large Competition had long been made known to everyone. However, every Large Competition would have new disciples participating, so of course they would repeat them again and again.
After the elder announced the rules, Chu Tianshu said in a deep voice, "Now, the first round of the Large Competition begins. All disciples will fight and defend the competition!"
Then, Chu Tianshu walked down the stairs step by step. It was as if there was a real existence of the stairs as he walked up to the main seat on the spectating platform. Compared to him, the elders weren't so relaxed. In order to control their speed, their figures seemed somewhat heavy in the air.
Waiting for Chu Tianshu and the nine Elders to return to the viewing platform, the nearly ten thousand inner disciples could no longer hold themselves back and rushed towards the eight hundred combat ring to fight for it.
The battle began.
"Senior Brother Chen, it's time for us to step down as well!" Jiang Heng said to Chen Yu.
"You guys go ahead, be careful!" Chen Yu nodded and said, "If your strength is insufficient, don't force yourself, lest you get injured!"
Jiang Heng shook his head and said firmly, "We don't care about being injured. We only care about getting into the top ten. Senior Brother Chen, I hope you won't disappoint us!"
Chen Yu was slightly shocked, he nodded and said: "Then you guys take care, I'm not in a hurry to take action, I'll choose a sparring stage later!"
In fact, both Jiang Heng and Lin Ji still did not dare to believe that Chen Yu could enter the top ten of the Large Competition. Even if Chen Yu had displayed great power after defeating Dragon Head Peak, Zong Zhen, the Great Clan Competition still consisted of tens of thousands of disciples fighting for the top ten of the Large Competition, and the geniuses of the thirty-six peaks were gathered together.
Besides, Chen Yu had too many enemies. He was targeted in the Large Competition, and the difficulty of him fighting his way into the top 10 of the Large Competition increased by a lot. Even the two of them were implicated.
However, there was no point in complaining now. Jiang Heng and Lin Ji could only fight with all their might.
"Chen Yu, if Polar Extreme Peak is removed, you will be the biggest sinner of Polar Extreme Peak!" Lin Ji stood up and looked at Chen Yu coldly. He gritted his teeth and said, "I won't let you off then!"
Chen Yu shrugged.
Lin Ji and Jiang Heng walked down the viewing platform and headed towards the arena. As soon as they entered the arena, they separated and each chose a different arena that was far away from the other.
The two of them used this method to avoid the danger of being targeted, and if Dragon Head Peak and Small Blue Peak disciples were to target them, they had to allocate a part of their manpower.
They had their own considerations for attacking so early. The sooner they made their move, the more leeway they would have to turn around. Even if they were defeated by strong people, they would still have time to choose another arena to fight in.
Chen Yu gazed at the two of them from afar. His expression was as calm as an ancient well. Just now, Su Qingyuan's appearance had completely calmed him down. However, only he knew that his goal was no longer the top ten of the Large Competition, but the first place of the Large Competition!
With Su Qingyuan's Ninth Layer of the Spirit Accumulation Stage cultivation, Chen Yu was indeed not a match for him. However, if he were to win first place in the Large Competition and become the focus of everyone's attention, Su Qingyuan's worry would have been amplified to the extreme.
In just a short span of ten seconds, the battle on the 800-strong arena had started without exception.
Chen Yu's eyes were bloodshot and his gaze became sharp.
"Third level of the Spirit Accumulation Stage!"
"Third level of the Spirit Accumulation Stage!"
"Fourth level of the Spirit Accumulation Stage!"
"Fifth level of the Spirit Accumulation Stage!"
"…"
With the help of Bloodfire Eye Technique, Chen Yu scanned across all the arenas and understood the strength of each inner disciple.
Because the Large Competition had only just started, and the geniuses with truly outstanding strength had not entered the stage yet, so at this moment, the strongest people were only at the fifth level of Spirit Accumulation Stage.
However, Chen Yu saw that many inner sect disciples had Spiritual Soul s that were not weak, and with the spirit martial skills that they had, their fighting strength could not be underestimated.
Suddenly, Chen Yu felt something and looked at the other areas on the viewing platform.
At first glance, Chen Yu saw Du Jueqing. He did not move an inch and was staring right at them.
Chen Yu's side belonged to the Polar Extreme Peak area, so it was very eye-catching to see that Chen Yu was the only one there.
As he moved over from Du Jueqing, Chen Yu saw another area where a large group of people were also looking at him. They were discussing something in a low voice. One of them was of a slim and delicate figure; he could not be more familiar with her.
"Cyan Sun Peak!" Chen Yu felt an intense hostility from the gazes that looked over, so he retracted his gaze and looked towards the third area on the east side of the Cyan Sun Peak.
In that area, there were also people who were staring at Chen Yu as if they were waiting for something.
Unable to determine which peak it was, Chen Yu's gaze continued to move.
Soon, Chen Yu's gaze froze again because he saw Lee Hee.
Lee Hee was also looking at Chen Yu. Although the distance was very far, but with the help of the Bloodfire Eye Technique, Chen Yu could still see the hatred on Lee Hee's face.
Around Lee Hee stood seven to eight disciples, pointing at Chen Yu.
Chen Yu suddenly retracted his gaze and was too lazy to continue watching.
There were too many enemies. If they were to wait for another two hours to defend the arena, they wouldn't be able to line up even if their enemies were to queue up!
However, Chen Yu still sat upright on the arena without any movement.
"Since you want to target me, then most of you should not enter the second round!" Chen Yu sneered in his heart.
There was no time limit for the first round. All eight hundred arenas had to be guarded by people who had succeeded in their first round. This was also the reason why most of the genius disciples had yet to enter the arena.
After all, this was only the first round. Most of those who thought themselves to be quite strong all hoped to conserve their strength in the first round and avoid fighting with other experts.
Chen Yu looked in the direction of Lin Ji and quickly saw him climb onto a fighting stage.
Lin Ji was actually a very confident person as well, but because Chen Yu had made too many enemies, he stepped down early out of caution. As soon as he ascended the stage, he used his full strength, the Spiritual Dipper Qi turned into Ancient Wooden Block that reached the sky as the Qi flowed out, and with two moves, he knocked the opponent, who was at the third level of Spirit Accumulation Stage, off the stage.
Thus, Lin Ji began to fight on the stage.
On the other side, Jiang Heng also attacked. Chen Yu had never fought with Jiang Heng before, and although he knew Jiang Heng's strength was at the peak of the fifth level of Spirit Accumulation Stage, he still did not understand Jiang Heng's true combat power.
Looking around, Jiang Heng's Imperial Spirit Sword released over a thousand points of starlight, drowning his opponent within. The next moment, his opponent's shoulder blade pierced through, shaking him off the stage, his gatekeeper also announced the start of the match.
"Their strength can be considered outstanding amongst the young disciples of the entire sect. As long as they don't meet a genius, they still have a chance to pass the first round!"
Chen Yu's gaze roamed around. Under the Bloodfire Eye Technique's sacred art, he saw that there were a few disciples in the wide path that led to the two arenas.
The Dragon Head Peak disciples had moved!
Chen Yu's expression was as calm as an ancient well.
On the two arenas, Lin Ji and Jiang Heng were entangled with each other, seemingly unable to determine the victor. In reality, the two of them were steadily controlling the situation, suppressing the opponent was also a type of strategy, passing the first round of the competition required one hour rather than defeating the majority of the opponents. Therefore, they were allowed to waste as much time as possible on the arenas.
There were boos coming from the crowd. Those participating in the Large Competition had good eyesight and understood Lin Ji's and his partner's motive.
At this moment, Lin Ji's opponent admitted defeat.
And Jiang Heng's opponent was still barely holding on.
Below Lin Ji's martial arena, a figure jumped onto the stage. It was a martial artist who was at the sixth level of Spirit Accumulation Stage.
"The Dragon Head Peak is not considered high among the thirty-six peaks. Xu Renfeng is the only young disciple who can steadily beat Lin Ji, and there are still five people who are on par with Lin Ji. "Since I have been targeted, I am afraid that Wu Tie will not be able to pass the first round of the martial arena!" Chen Yu's face was calm, but his heart was still heavy.