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Chapter 82: Qualified to Compete for First Place

The next day.

The sun had just risen.

The entire Zhentian City was boiling with excitement.

Countless cultivators surged toward the east of the city.

Here, two mountain peaks stood tall.

Each one reached several thousands meters high, piercing the clouds. The mountain walls were extremely steep, as if they were sliced by a sword.

At present, a terrifying array had been arranged on these two mountain peaks, with various symbols floating in the void, emitting a terrifying power that made people shudder.

On a mountain peak in the north, people had already crowded in.

On the outer perimeter were rows of soldiers clad in armor, wielding spears and halberds, their bodies emitting a terrifying aura, their weapons shimmering with a dazzling light under the sunlight.

Inside were tens of thousands of young people, standing in front of a cliff with eager expressions on their faces.

"The first challenge is to fly from this mountain peak to the other. Only by reaching the other mountain peak will you officially qualify for the competition," a disciple from the Spirit Sword Valley said, glancing at the valley below.

This is the rule set by the Grand Zhou Imperial Dynasty. After all, with over ten thousand young talents present, who knows how long it will take for them to pair up and compete. "An array has been set up in the valley. It's probably quite challenging to fly across. At least half of the participants will be eliminated at this stage," someone said with concern.

This person's strength is only at the peak of the Qi Refining Realm. He glanced at the almost bottomless valley below, and his whole body trembled.

It's not that he's afraid of falling to his death, but he's afraid that he simply can't fly across.

After all, the Qi Refining Realm is different from the Spirit Connection Realm. They don't have spiritual consciousness and can't control flying swords. To reach the other mountain peak, they can only jump.

But the problem is, the two mountain peaks are thousands of meters apart. Even without the array, it's very difficult for them to jump across, let alone with an unknown array in the valley before them.

During the process of jumping, these Qi Refining Realm cultivators will likely be completely stopped by even a slight external interference, ending their journey entirely.

"Master, can you tell what kind of array exists in this valley?" Ye Han asked, standing at the edge of the cliff.

"It's just a basic Void Entrapment Array, nothing to worry about," the old voice said lightly.

"A Void Entrapment Array?" Ye Han understood.

He had heard his master talk about this array before. Its power wasn't significant; at most, it would subject those who entered it to several times the normal gravity.

On a normal day, this array would be considered quite useless.

But today, placed here, it was almost fatal for this group of Qi Refining Realm disciples. They could only jump across to begin with. If they were suddenly burdened with dozens of times their weight while in mid-air, they would surely plummet.

"Isn't this the famous figure from the Xuanyang Sect, Ye Han?" Just as Ye Han was pondering, a mocking voice sounded from beside him.

"Huh?" Ye Han turned around.

Behind him, several young people dressed in the attire of the Beast Taming Sect had appeared, the leader of them wearing a disdainful expression, saying, "Genius Ye, are you scared? Can't you even leap over this valley?"

Yesterday, Ye Han single-handedly defeated several Spirit Connection Realm disciples from the Beast Taming Sect, causing the entire sect to lose face.

Later, Ning Cheng, their core disciple, wanted to regain face but ended up being thwarted by Li Xun again.

This made many disciples of the Beast Taming Sect harbor a nameless resentment.

They wouldn't dare to challenge Li Xun, of course, as they didn't want to court death. But to bully Ye Han a bit, they felt confident.

After all, times had changed.

Today was the day of the big competition. Once on the competition stage, their disciples from the Beast Taming Sect could use their demonic beasts.

By then, in their eyes, Ye Han would be nothing but a toy.

A mere late Qi Refining Realm cultivator, what could he accomplish?

"You bunch of trash, dare to bark in front of me?" Ye Han glanced coldly at them and said indifferently.

"Are you seeking death?" The leader, whose strength was at the late Spirit Connection Realm, covered his face with a layer of frost and looked extremely unfriendly after hearing Ye Han's words.

"Don't think that Li Xun from your Xuanyang Sect can protect you forever. Without his protection, you're nothing in our eyes. If you kneel down now and kowtow three times, I can show mercy and let you go." As soon as these words were spoken, those behind him who were defeated by Ye Han yesterday revealed expressions of satisfaction.

In their eyes, Ye Han was courting death.

Does he really think Li Xun can still save him on the competition stage?

"Let's see what happens on the competition stage." Ye Han said coldly

"Hah."

A disciple from the Beast Taming Sect sneered and taunted, "I'll be waiting for you over there. You'd better pray you don't run into me on the competition stage, or else..."

This disciple from the Beast Taming Sect showed a sinister smile at the corner of his mouth, with unmistakable killing intent in his expression, sending shivers down one's spine.

After speaking, he waved his hand, and a several-meter-tall demonic beast appeared. He leaped onto its back, and together they turned into a streak of light, rushing toward the opposite mountain peak.

It seemed very easy, as if there were no obstacles between the two peaks at all. "So effortless?"

Some people saw how effortlessly the disciple from the Beast Taming Sect reached the opposite side.

For a moment, many people began to feel eager to try it themselves.

Buzz!

In the void.

A trembling sound came, and a Spirit Connection Realm early-stage cultivator stood on a flying sword, imitating the previous disciple from the Beast Taming Sect, and swiftly rushed toward the opposite side.

But unlike before, as soon as he arrived in the middle of the two peaks, a heavy force descended from the sky, and he plummeted straight down as if struck by lightning.

"This—"

Countless people fell silent.

If Spirit Connection Realm early-stage experts could fall, how could disciples at the Qi Refining Realm reach the opposite side?

On the opposite mountain peak.

The summit had been leveled, and the Grand Zhou royal family had arranged three hundred competition grounds on the mountaintop.

In mid-air, two floating platforms were present.

On the left platform, carved entirely from white jade, sat the Northern King of Grand Zhou and elders from several sects.

The other platform was occupied by several young core disciples.

When everyone saw a disciple from the Beast Taming Sect rushing across the valley, leading the way and being the first to reach the other side, there was a sigh of admiration from the platform where the young talents were located.

"This disciple from the Beast Taming Sect is good. He's actually the first one to rush over, and he looks like he still has the qualifications to compete for first place."