northernbook Chapter 518 Challenge Ranking
Chapter 518 Challenge Ranking
"Breaking news! Breaking news! The Fire God Sect's Fairy Blazing Sun has defeated Ling Muchen of the Wood Spirit Sect and successfully advanced to the top 1000 list in the Central Plains."
"Mo Ran of the Bai Ming Sect of Tianyan Continent defeated Qi Wuzhen of the Hei Shui Sect and successfully advanced to the top 1000 list."
"Ling Xuzi, a rogue cultivator from the Tianhan Continent, defeated Shuang Yuhan and successfully advanced to the top 1000 list."
"..."
In a city on the desert continent, shouts echoed incessantly.
Li Lan bought a spy report from the newspaper vendors and looked at the names that appeared on it.
These are the young supreme beings who have just been promoted to the top 1,000 list. Li Lan can even see a few familiar names among them.
Zhenzi, Qingfeng, and others whom I encountered in the secret realm of the Tianhan Continent have also successfully advanced to this list.
Moreover, judging from their battle records, these people seem to be extremely powerful, and their improvement in just a few months has been considerable.
Soon, Li Lan also saw a familiar name: Star Sect.
That was the sect where Yi Junsheng had served, and it also appeared in this intelligence report.
The young supreme being of the Star Sect is named Bai Xinglu, and her strength has also reached the peak of the Quasi-God realm.
Moreover, the Star Sect's strength seems to be among the top in the Central Continent.
Bai Xinglu not only advanced to the top 1000 list, but also defeated powerful enemies along the way, advancing to the top 100 list.
Although the list does not include all the individuals, it covers most of the young supreme beings.
Once they stand out, they will be included in this list.
Of course, there are also some powerful individuals who are not on this list, and they may be the dark horses in this battle for the ancient ruins.
Not only in the Celestial Realm, but also in the other three worlds, fierce competition is taking place.
Ultimately, only those selected from hundreds of thousands of cultivators can pass through the teleportation array to seek opportunities in that ancient ruin.
In the Azure Heaven Realm, powerful figures from every continent are constantly challenging themselves, striving to achieve a higher ranking and enter the ancient ruins.
Within this city, Li Lan also learned about a piece of information concerning the Yellow Sand Continent.
Just a few days later, a great battle is about to take place in a city thousands of miles away.
It is said that the two top sects on the Yellow Sand Continent will participate in this great battle: the Heavenly Prodigy of the Underworld, Mingzi, and the young War God Wang Xuan of the War God Sect.
Both of these sects are renowned sects in the Yellow Sand Continent, and some even have experts at the Upper God level.
Even within the entire Celestial Realm, these two sects are among the most powerful.
The two prodigies from these two sects ranked eleventh and tenth on the top 100 list, respectively.
This challenge was initiated by Wang Xuan, ranked eleventh, against Ming Zi, ranked tenth, as he wanted to advance to the top ten of the Cangtian Realm.
This ranking not only represents the formidable strength of each young prodigy, but also brings them numerous other benefits.
It is said that there is more than one entrance to that ancient ruin, but only a handful of those with the greatest potential can enter. Only those on the leaderboard can choose the entrances with the greatest potential to enter each world.
If one can enter the ancient ruins through those entrances, one will undoubtedly gain more treasure opportunities than others.
Of course, the higher the ranking, the closer the entrance to the depths of the ruins will be, and the more opportunities you will have.
That's why there's such fierce competition over these four days, with countless people wanting to challenge for a higher ranking in order to enter deeper into the ruins.
This competition taking place on the Yellow Sand Continent will not only involve people from the Underworld and the War God Sect, but also geniuses from other top sects.
They will also challenge stronger opponents there to achieve a higher ranking.
Upon hearing this news, Li Lan also became interested.
“The Underworld and the War God Sect can be said to be among the strongest sects on the Yellow Sand Continent. The strength of Mingzi and Wang Xuan is probably stronger than any of the peak quasi-god realm cultivators we have seen before.”
Su Yao also saw the intelligence report and had some understanding of the two men's strength.
Li Lan chuckled lightly, and then said:
"Since the last battle for the secret realm, I have rarely encountered such a strong opponent. I also want to see where my current limit is."
After the last battle in the secret realm, the strongest opponents Li Lan encountered were those from the Void God Court.
Those people will surely participate in the opening of this ancient site.
Their absence from the list suggests they have their own way of entering that ancient ruin.
After all, the Void God Court is located in the void, and its understanding of that ancient ruin far surpasses that of the people of the Four Heavens World.
If they want to enter that ruin, they will certainly have other ways.
Since the battle with the Void God Court, Li Lan's strength has improved considerably.
If they were to meet again, even if three of them attacked him, he would not be at a disadvantage and could even easily defeat them.
This was his confidence after his first attempt to integrate the power of the Great Dao's rules.
After trying to fuse the power of rules to use magic, Li Lan became more confident in his abilities.
After all, as far as he knew, even among the most outstanding talents in the world, before reaching the Divine Realm, everyone was only proficient in one Great Dao Rule.
Although the reason is unknown, Li Lan's understanding of the Great Dao rules has surpassed that of all others at the same level.
If these fundamental principles were to be further integrated, their power would be unimaginable.
Even those from the Void God Court, or even the most outstanding talents hidden in various sects, Li Lan was confident he could easily sweep them aside.
After purchasing some basic supplies in the city, Li Lan led Su Yao and Lin Yue'er away to the place where Mingzi and Wang Xuan had fought.
After several days of travel, they finally arrived here.
This is a ruin left after that great battle, with dilapidated buildings everywhere.
However, because Mingzi was going to fight Wang Xuan here, the place had become crowded with cultivators at the peak of the Quasi-God realm.
Li Lan led Su Yao and the other person forward until they arrived at a Taoist temple.
Those sitting in the training ground at this moment were all the prodigies and disciples of the top sects.
As for the person sitting in the first seat, it was a handsome man dressed in black armor named Gu Feng.
He was a prodigy in the Underworld, second only to the Underworld Prince in strength.
The cultivators who arrived at this time treated him with great respect and asked him to teach them magic techniques.
Upon seeing Li Lan and the other two arrive, Gu Feng's gaze immediately fell on Su Yao and Lin Yue'er.
It wasn't hard to tell from his eyes that there was something strange about his gaze towards Su Yao and the other woman; it was his lust for the opposite sex.
Upon seeing the two women, who were so beautiful they looked like celestial beings, Gu Feng instantly became interested.
He pushed aside the others who had come to him for advice, then smiled and looked at Li Lan and the other two, saying:
"Fellow Daoists, are you also here to exchange Daoist teachings?"
After arriving here, Li Lan led Su Yao and the other person to a seat and began to enjoy tea.
At this moment, Gu Feng's voice came, and everyone in the dojo looked at the three of them.
However, Li Lan ignored Gu Feng and continued to enjoy her tea.
Upon seeing this, the surrounding young talents began to discuss it amongst themselves.
However, since Li Lan and his two companions hadn't made any moves before, these people didn't know their origins and were just making baseless guesses.
Seeing Li Lan's attitude, Gu Feng's expression stiffened slightly, but he quickly smiled and said:
"Hehe, since the three of you are so interested in this tea, do you know its origin?"
Before Li Lan and the others could answer, Gu Feng smiled and said:
"The tea leaves for this tea come from a ten-thousand-year-old Bodhi tree. If we drink it for a long time, it can slowly increase our understanding of the rules of the Great Dao."
"However, the tender shoots of the Bodhi tree are extremely rare, and it takes ten years to produce just one tender shoot."
"Even for those top sects, this is a rare treasure, something that can only be encountered by chance."
"If any of you fellow Daoists are interested in this tea, I can give you a few slices to make it easier for you to comprehend the Dao."
Upon hearing this, Li Lan finally looked up at him.
This tea does indeed contain a trace of the Great Dao's rules. Drinking it for a long time may indeed, as Gu Feng said, increase one's understanding of the Great Dao's rules.
"Oh, then with your status, how much tea could you possibly have?"
Upon hearing Li Lan's question, a proud look immediately appeared on Gu Feng's face.
He arrogantly raised his head and said in a pretentious tone:
"There is a ten-thousand-year-old Bodhi tree in my Netherworld, so almost every cultivator in our Netherworld can possess a few tender buds of this Bodhi tree."
"And as the junior brother of Brother Mingzi, I possess over a thousand tender buds, which is incomparable to those ordinary disciples."
Upon hearing this, the surrounding cultivators all cast envious glances at Gu Feng.
As expected of the number one person below the Underworld Prince, he actually possesses so many Bodhi tree buds.
Seeing the envious gaze directed at him, Gu Feng's face also showed a smile.
Just then, Li Lan coldly asked:
"A thousand Bodhi tree buds? How many can you share with us?"
Seeing that Li Lan asked so directly, Gu Feng simply revealed his true intentions and said:
“Fellow Daoist, I have noticed that the two fairies beside you possess an aura that is remarkably similar to the cultivation methods of my Netherworld. If I could have the two fairies discuss the Dao with me, I would be willing to give you a hundred Bodhi tree buds.”
"As for the two fairies, they can naturally continue to enjoy this tea during their discussion."
Upon hearing this, Li Lan sneered, and then said:
"With such meager sincerity, you still want to discuss the Dao with them? I think the foundation of the Underworld is nothing more than this."
Upon hearing this, the surrounding cultivators were immediately filled with sighs.
Gu Feng possesses thousands of Bodhi tree buds, so giving away only a hundred seems rather stingy.
Upon hearing the discussions among the surrounding cultivators, Gu Feng's expression instantly darkened.
However, in order to appear more gentlemanly in front of Su Yao and Lin Yue'er, he smiled and said:
"How many Bodhi tree buds does this fellow Daoist want? Why don't you tell me?"
Li Lan said with a faint smile:
"Since you have a ten-thousand-year-old Bodhi tree in your Netherworld, why don't you, Fellow Daoist Gu Feng, give us all the tender buds of the Bodhi tree you have? Anyway, you can pick them from the Bodhi tree in your clan later."
Upon hearing this, Gu Feng could no longer conceal his anger, and his face instantly turned ugly.
Those Bodhi tree buds were the result of his hard work over the years. Even though he was the number one person in the clan below the Underworld Prince, he couldn't have as many as he wanted.
The reason he received so many Bodhi tree buds was because he had advanced to the top 1000 list, and the clan gave them to him as a reward.