Chapter 168

Bai Yuran giggled: "That's it. However, I heard from Senior Brother that this Battle of the Heaven's Pride invited quite a few hidden geniuses, and wanting to get first place is not so easy."

Lin Jing said lightly: "According to the rules this time, whether it is first place or not, isn't it up to you all to decide?"

The rules for this Battle of the Heaven's Pride are that there are no rules. As long as you don't kill the opponent, you can use all means, and all arts of cultivation can be used at will.

However, according to the Heavenly Secret Tower, the outcome of the fight is only for reference. The final Heaven's Pride Ranking is not entirely based on the results of the Battle of the Heaven's Pride, but determined by the Heavenly Secret Tower based on the contestants' combat performance.

That is to say, if the Heavenly Secret Tower believes that a genius relies too heavily on external forces, even if this genius wins the battle, the final ranking might not be very high.

Two people use low-grade magic treasures to fight. One person's low-grade magic treasure is refined by the cultivator himself, and one person's low-grade magic treasure is gifted by an elder. If both sides are a draw, the ranking is self-evident.

"That's what is said, but the people of the world are not blind. The Heavenly Secret Tower will definitely arrange it reasonably." Bai Yuran said: "Told you so much information, shouldn't there be some expression?"

Lin Jing looked out the window: "Indeed, but the timing is not right yet. When the timing is right, I will ask you to perform divination with my own lifespan."

Bai Yuran pouted. To put it bluntly, it's just a verbal agreement!

After Lin Jing left the Heavenly Secret Tower, he went back to go into seclusion, calmly waiting for the start of the Battle of the Heaven's Pride.

Over the next period, Lin Jing obtained information that although the Heavenly Secret Tower invited more than two hundred geniuses, in the end, only more than one hundred came to Heavenly Secret City.

Half of the geniuses gave up on this Battle of the Heaven's Pride.

This is because only the first place on the Heaven's Pride Ranking can obtain the cherished beast blessing, making some geniuses shrink back.

Therefore, the contestants of this Battle of the Heaven's Pride can roughly be divided into two types.

One type is those who have not entered the Heaven's Pride Ranking yet but already have the strength to enter the Heaven's Pride Ranking, planning to take this opportunity to become famous in one fell swoop and ascend the ranking.

One type is those who are already at the forefront of the Heaven's Pride Ranking and have ideas about impacting the first place on the Heaven's Pride Ranking.

And those who were originally ranked in the middle of the Heaven's Pride Ranking, with no hope for first place and also very difficult to be squeezed out, basically didn't come.

However, for the Heavenly Secret Tower, as long as the top of the Heaven's Pride Ranking can have huge changes, it can attract the attention of the world. How many people come doesn't matter.

Time flew by.

Soon it was the date of the Battle of the Heaven's Pride. The Heavenly Secret Tower opened a huge arena. Outside the arena were one after another floating blue stones. These were seats provided for the audience.

A total of 100,000 spectator seats were all sold out by the Heavenly Secret Tower. From the Qi Refining stage to the Nascent Soul stage, most were Profound Domain cultivators. Many Profound Domain cultivators were paying attention to this Battle of the Heaven's Pride, and there were many elders bringing juniors to witness the demeanor of the heaven's prides.

"It seems you have recovered well."

On a floating blue stone, Lin Jing stood there, looking at the Long Gong crowd with a faint smile. Xu Zhi's mouth twitched and said: "Originally, my expectation for the Battle of the Heaven's Pride was just to be able to enter the Heaven's Pride Ranking after it ended."

"Now thinking about it, if I can't enter the top fifty, I would be sorry for the suffering I endured this month!"

"You can do it. You were originally a genius selected by the Cave Heaven. Now that your cultivation base has improved, entering the Heaven's Pride Ranking is easy. However... don't forget my matter." Lin Jing smiled: "When encountering opponents that are difficult to solve, then use the spells you are good at. When encountering weaker ones, just let the pets solve it."

"Although winning like this has a very small bonus to your performance, as long as you reveal your strength when encountering strong enemies later, it won't affect you ascending the Heaven's Pride Ranking."

Everyone's mouth twitched, even Wang Xiao was no exception. After such a month of tossing, Wang Xiao suspected that there might not be many people here who could beat his Battle Tiger!

This Battle of the Heaven's Pride was hosted by the Heavenly Secret Tower's Nascent Soul cultivator Tian Huihua. A total of 128 participants. Tian Huihua floated in the air: "Next, those whose names I call go to the arena. When one side admits defeat or loses combat ability, it will be considered the end of the competition."

"First group, cultivation family Gao family, Gao Sheng."

"Duel, cultivation family Zhong family, Zhong Xin."

"Huh?" As soon as the first group list came out, on the academy side, Gao Sheng was stunned and said: "Me? The first to appear? So eye-catching!"

"Perhaps it is the effect of your Spiritual Luck Body." Lin Jing crossed his arms, looking at the armored woman appearing on the arena.

"Damn it, why isn't it an odd number? That way, perhaps I could have had a bye."

The Long Gong crowd looked at Gao Sheng like he was a fool: "What determines the Heaven's Pride Ranking is not entirely the ranking of this Battle of the Heaven's Pride, but combat performance. What does it matter if you have a bye or not."

"Alright, but this opponent of mine... Foundation Establishment perfection, so strong. I guess the Dragon Horse can't solve it alone."

"It's fine, then fight together." After Lin Jing finished speaking, Gao Sheng flew down. The Zhong family, a military family, family cultivators have joined the army for generations, and the Zhong family army is famous at the border.

Although there are no Deity Transformation cultivators, it is said that the Zhong family army, with the help of military formations, can fight any Deity Transformation together.

When Gao Sheng and Zhong Xin stood on the arena together, it instantly caused widespread discussion.

"Zhong family cultivators master the secret art 'True Qi Transforming into Horse', with excellent riding skills, and terrifying charge and formation-breaking ability. Although this Zhong Xin is not a member of the Heaven's Pride Ranking, I think she has just been training in the barracks and has no battle records leaked. Participating in this Battle of the Heaven's Pride this time, she is definitely going to become famous in one fell swoop." An elder introduced to the juniors.

"And the Demon Extermination Gao family is also quite extraordinary. One hand of 'Great Enchantment Art' is superb, and can attach demon-exterminating power to any magic treasure, strengthening the magic treasure's power. It is the nemesis of evil!"

At the same time.

"Zhong family, Zhong Xin." The armored woman's true essence transformed into a horse, and she herself rode on the horse, took out a long spear, dashing and unparalleled, staring at Gao Sheng, whose cultivation base was much lower than hers, with a heart like still water.

The Gao family's Great Enchantment Art can indeed strengthen magic treasure power, but this Gao Sheng's cultivation base is not high, so he is not to be feared.

"Qianlong Academy, Long Gong, Gao Sheng!" Gao Sheng did not report the Gao family's name. The Gao family's name did not need him to promote at all. After Gao Sheng finished speaking, everyone saw him take out a bottle. Shaking it, a dragon-horned white horse appeared from the bottle, growing from small to large.

Trap Demon Art, Beast Taming spell, the effect is to be able to control demon beasts to become smaller, which is convenient for carrying. The bottle Gao Sheng held was actually not a spatial magic treasure, just an ordinary jade bottle, but it was more than enough to hold the dragon horse he had shrunk with the Trap Demon Art.

This dragon-horned white horse had hard horseshoes made of rare metal on all four feet, wore battle armor, and was majestic.

"How can True Qi Transforming into Horse compare to my Demon-Exterminating Treasure Horse? Let me learn the riding skills of the Zhong family army."

Gao Sheng hid behind the horse and applied a layer of strengthening to the dragon horse's equipment—Great Enchantment Art!

"Charge for me!" Gao Sheng shouted. The dragon horse's eyes turned red, roared and charged at the opponent, its bloodline power erupted, and it soared into the sky.

Zhong Xin:?

"What the hell." She spoke blankly, then her expression changed, sensing that this strange dragon horse was actually a King-level dragon bloodline!

And, it was armed with rare metal all over, and the equipment was also strengthened by this demon-exterminating cultivator!

Zhong Xin didn't understand. How could the demon-exterminating family's spell style change so drastically.

Not to mention she didn't understand, Gao Sheng's father didn't understand either.

"Damn it, who taught you to use the Great Enchantment Art like this?" In the crowd, Gao Sheng's father, who came to watch the battle secretly, had originally thought that Gao Sheng could learn something good in Qianlong Academy, but seeing Gao Sheng use the Gao family's Great Enchantment Art on the mount's equipment, his face turned black.

Although Gao Sheng's battle style made people misunderstand, the dragon horse's charge, carrying the opponent's spells, fearing no pain, directly knocking Zhong Xin off her horse, was indeed powerful.

"Next time, raise a real horse." Gao Sheng stroked the returning dragon horse indifferently.

The whole audience was in an uproar.

At this time, people remembered Gao Sheng's introduction of himself at the beginning.

Not Gao family Gao Sheng, but Qianlong Academy, Long Gong, Gao Sheng.

Qianlong Academy crowd knew, Long Gong... what the hell is that?

"Long Gong, I know. That is an organization established by students in Qianlong Academy. The members all cultivate a dragon-blood demon pet. It is said that there are several Long Gong cultivators in this Battle of the Heaven's Pride."

"Organization established by students?? Who?? This Gao Sheng?"

"How could it be him? He is just an inconspicuous member of the Long Gong. The founder of this Long Gong is the Beast Taming Sect's Holy Son, the current Heaven's Pride Ranking top-ranked Lin Jing!!! These Long Gong members are all geniuses who admire his Beast Dao strength!! Wait until Lin Jing takes the stage, and you will know."

The group of shills Xu Zhi found began to introduce the Long Gong among the audience. Some shills even found some hidden geniuses, and under the other party's frowning, they spared no effort to boast about the Long Gong and Lin Jing.