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In the next two days, besides eating and drinking, Chen Changyu did not leave his room, because he wanted to use these two days to break through into the second level of the Spirit Resisting Realm.

Ever since the Raging Flames Earth Dragon had consumed the Rank 4 beast core, it had quickly entered into a deep slumber and remained curled up in Chen Chang'e's embrace without moving. If not for the fact that its aura was more even, Chen Chang'e would have thought that it had been pushed to death by the intense energy. After all, the Earth Dragon cub was still very young, it could not even be considered a Rank 1 beast.

However, the next part was the elimination round. He didn't need to worry about the Raging Flames Earth Dragon cub falling into a deep sleep.

In the past two days that Chen Changyu had been in closed-door training, his cultivation realm, which was only one step away from the 2nd level of the Spirit Manipulation Realm, had finally relaxed and broke through. Besides that, Chen Changyu had also finished his final analysis and fusion of the Sacred Water Inscription.

Currently, the broken Sacred Water Inscription Symbol had completely fused with Chen Changyu's three spiritual seas, increasing the number of Sacred Imprints by 90. Moreover, the Sacred Water Inscription was one of the nine great Sacred Imprints in the entire world, even if it was incomplete, it was enough for Chen Changyu to unleash a terrifying might when needed.

Right now, the only thing that makes Chen Changyu feel the gap is that his spirit inscriptions are merely Rank 1 spirit inscriptions. Many of the disciples from big families and powerful forces already have a complete set of Rank 2 spirit inscriptions.

Chen Chang He understood that he had the power to pass the elimination round, but once he reached the center city designated by the Hidden Dragon Gate, he would have to change a set of second grade spirit inscription symbol no matter what.

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Two days passed in the blink of an eye. Soon, it was the start of the elimination round.

At a quarter to nine that day, when the sky was still gray, the central square of Hongxing City began to bustle with noise and excitement.

The three thousand soldiers of Hongxing City came to the central square in an orderly fashion. Each of them held their long spears horizontally in front of them and surrounded the central square so that not even a drop of water could pass through.

No matter who wanted to cause trouble on such an important day, they had to get past them first.

The citizens and merchants of Hongxing City all came to the plaza before the competition started in an attempt to snatch the best spectator seat. After all, there was only one such genius knock-out tournament every year.

The sky had yet to brighten, but the plaza was already filled with a sea of people and noise. Every year's Hidden Dragon Gate's South District Season was an absolutely grand occasion for Hongxing City.

On the high platform in the central plaza, four exquisite chairs were arranged every year. These four seats were naturally allocated to the supervisors of the Southern District's preliminary auditions — the outer elders from the Hidden Dragon Gate, the City Lord Li Hongxing, as well as the Patriarch of the two great clans, Baili Kongong and Cui Cui.

Baili Kong Rong's power was slightly stronger than the City Lord's, but compared to the Thirteenth Elder who came to watch the competition, Cui Family's Patriarch Cui was even more famous as a beauty.

However, this time, there was another chair on the high platform. It was said that an outer elder of the Hidden Dragon Sect who had a higher status had just happened to pass by, so he came to watch the fight.

At a quarter to ten, all the contestants followed the rules and rushed to the plaza from the back of the plaza and registered their personnel information.

At that moment, the thirteen elders of the outer sect who had come to watch the competition from the Hidden Dragon School slowly stood up and said: "Another elimination round is about to begin …"

He did not speak loudly, nor did he shout loudly, but his voice suppressed the hubbub of the locusts in the square and reached everyone's ears loud and clear.

To be able to do this, of course, required a very dense amount of spiritual energy to support it. The Hidden Dragon Clan's Elder was the Hidden Dragon Clan's Elder. Just a few casual words from him showed his true strength.

Then, he said: "I will be in charge of supervising this year's Southern District's elimination round. The City Lord of Hongxing City, Patriarch of Baili, and Patriarch Cui will be the witnesses. What's worth mentioning is that our sixth senior brother, the third elder of the Hidden Dragon Sect, has also come to watch the competition. "So, boys, please show off as much as you can in the following matches. If you guys are lucky enough to catch the eyes of my sixth senior brother, you should be able to achieve the Dao in one step. Hidden Dragon Ascends!"

The crowd outside the square clamored once again, and all the competitors in the center of the square rubbed their hands together, looking very excited.

The supervisors were only the Thirteenth Elder of the outer sect, but the people who passed by and watched the fight were the Third Elder of the outer sect. There were a total of nine seats between them.

The experts, who had initially wanted to hide their strength until the finals, had already made up their minds. They would do their best this time, and try their best to attract the third elder's attention.

The Thirteenth Elder continued, "I believe that everyone is already aware of the new rules for the selection competition. That is, the entire process will be carried out in a virtual world created by the Great Ancient Forest Array."

"There are two sides to the Ancient Lin Great Formation. One side is Gu Sen, who is filled with strange traps, and the other side is a desolate mountain filled with terrifying demon beasts. Therefore, not only will the participants be eliminated, it is also possible that the competitors will be eliminated by the traps and demon beasts hidden within the Ancient Lin Great Formation."

"After every participant enters the Ancient Abyss Formation, they will have a speck of light on their body. After every participant is eliminated, they will have all of their specks of light."

"There are two rules for this battle. Either you fight alone, and if you get 15 points of light, you will win. If you get 5 points of light as a group, then the entire group will have to get 120 points of light in order to win."

"A normal competition lasts for three days and three nights. That is to say, even if you have enough specks of light, you still have to stay in the array until the end."

"Whether you're lucky enough to make it to the end will depend on your own abilities!"

"Now, let the match begin!"

With that, the thirteenth elder formed a seal with his hands, and terrifying energy fluctuations immediately appeared in the air. The array core hidden deep under the foundation of the plaza also slowly surfaced, and dense fog lingered over the plaza.

Countless participants rushed into the thick fog like tidewaters. They all entered the illusory world hidden within the fog.

When all the contestants majestically rushed into the array, the Thirteenth Elder's hands once again formed a seal. Thick fog immediately rose up from the square, turning into a faintly discernable state of sparkling and translucent.

On this faintly discernible, illusory crystalline mist, a real-time image of the interior of the formation could be seen.

Countless scenes of mist appeared high up in the sky, dazzling everyone who saw it.

On the high platform, Baili Kong Rong, Cui Yu and the City Lord were all searching for the source of their descendants. The Thirteenth Elder was paying attention to some of the more powerful participants who came from the central region, such as the Third Elder of the outer sect who wore a white robe, and the woman who stood behind him.

Last time at White Rock Town, when they arrived at the cave, Chen Chang Ku and the rest had already left.

To them, not knowing the true strength of Chen Changsheng's group was an extremely itchy thing.

What's more, the bet between his martial uncle and disciple wasn't over yet …

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