Chapter 83

"How can a young person be called a young person if they aren't spirited!"

Brother Li smiled and replied:

"Actually, I personally still support Ye Chen's behavior. The opportunity to challenge only comes once, and not everyone has the courage to challenge the top ten of the Immortal List!"

I believe you, you ghost!

Brother He complained in his heart.

After Ye Chen stupidly exposed himself that day, Brother Li held a team leader meeting overnight and revised the arena battle rules that had already been formulated.

According to the original rules, the first stage of the arena battle was not a melee, but a one-on-one duel.

Now that it had been changed to a melee, it was still 10 points to enter the next stage, but the difficulty had increased a lot.

Fortunately, Ye Chen passed the test quite impressively in the end.

Seeing Ye Chen pass, Brother He also felt relieved in his heart.

Very good, as long as he passed the first hurdle, then the challenge match in the second stage would be certain.

At this time, the team leader next to him asked curiously: "Brother He, does this Ye Chen really want to challenge Lin Mo? Is he that confident?"

"Exactly, although Lin Mo's score in the first round test was average, he is someone who scored full marks in the Immortal Examination Mystical Realm after all, so his strength shouldn't be too weak."

"As for luck, it's even more heaven-defying. He opened two orange-light mystical treasures, one of which is an Immortal Rank Foundation Establishment Technique. This is a rare sight in Qinzhou for a hundred years!"

"Immortal Rank Dao Technique, tsk tsk, even if Lin Mo's aptitude is ordinary, his cultivation after Foundation Establishment will likely advance by leaps and bounds."

"..."

Immortal Rank Foundation Establishment Dao Technique, even among the nine great academies, was the top-tier Dao Technique, and the number was few and far between.

Although they were all disciples of the academies, most of them did not have the opportunity to practice Immortal Rank Foundation Establishment Techniques.

Only the truly top-tier immortal seedlings of each generation, such as Chu Wange, Chen Xuanzhi, and others, would be pre-selected by the big shots in the academy before the Immortal Examination and have the qualifications to practice Immortal Rank Dao Techniques.

And even so, among the freshmen of this generation, except for Chu Wange and Lin Mo, other geniuses only practiced the 【Dao Foundation Chapter】 of the Immortal Rank Dao Technique. The formal chapters could only be learned after truly entering the door and apprenticing.

Therefore, in their eyes, Lin Mo, who held an Immortal Rank Foundation Establishment Technique, could already be treated as a true academy genius.

Even if Ye Chen became a Sword Servant, he was only outstanding among ordinary academy disciples. Compared with that batch of academy geniuses on the ninth level, he was still much inferior.

Facing everyone's questioning, Brother He smiled and said:

"Lin Shidi's luck is indeed good, but as for strength... it might still be a little lacking."

"After all, his spiritual root is only a five-element spiritual root, and his progress in practicing the Foundation Establishment Technique might be much slower than Ye Chen's."

Brother Li frowned and said: "Is Lin Mo really a five-element spiritual root?"

Brother He nodded: "Confirmed without error."

The team leaders were silent for a while.

Honestly, a five-element spiritual root being able to pass into the nine great academies was already a very rare thing.

Now Lin Mo not only got in but also stood at the tenth position of the Immortal List.

It was simply inconceivable!

"If you say so, Brother Ye Chen indeed has a good chance."

Brother Li said so.

Other team leaders did not refute his words either.

No matter how powerful an Immortal Rank Dao Technique is, it can only exert its effect after completing the Dao Foundation.

Now it seems that with Lin Mo's aptitude, a hundred days of Martial Dao rosy clouds might not be enough to build a good Dao Foundation.

Perhaps he will have to stay on the Enlightenment Cliff for two or three years to consolidate his Dao Foundation before ascending to the Spirit Realm.

Not to mention future Great Dao achievements, as far as the present is concerned, Ye Chen's strength might really be a cut above Lin Mo's.

After all, Ye Chen already possessed the External Sword bestowed by Brother He Lian of the Qingshan Sect. Even if it had not been fully refined, it possessed a small portion of the sword cultivator's killing power bonus.

Just when everyone thought so, Zhuang Weiwan, who had been silent, suddenly spoke: "That's not necessarily true."

Everyone cast their gazes toward her in the corner.

"Oh?"

Brother He raised his eyebrows and said: "Does Senior Zhuang Shijie have any insights?"

Senior Zhuang Shijie shook her head and said:

"Anyway, Lin Shidi is not as weak as you say. I am more optimistic about Lin Shidi!"

Brother He frowned, as if thinking of something, but in the end, he didn't say much, only saying:

"Then let's wait. Anyway, there will be results soon."

The team leaders of other academies also noticed that the atmosphere in the field was wrong. It seemed that the interior of the Qingshan Sect was also unstable...

The number of people signed up for the first stage of the arena battle was nearly nine hundred, divided into nine rounds of fighting.

The order of the battles was completely shuffled and would not be based on ranking.

Amidst the heated discussions of the team leaders and the audience, the first stage of the arena battle progressed very quickly.

Fast ones could finish a round in less than ten minutes, and slow ones would not exceed the twenty-minute time limit.

In a little over an hour, the nine rounds of the first stage of the arena battle ended.

At the same time, the 50 qualifiers who won from the first stage were all sitting in the waiting seats.

On average, the winners selected in each round were far from reaching 9, but only less than 6.

This batch of qualifiers was definitely the best among the immortal seedlings of this year.

"Swish!"

A talisman light flickered in the Mirror Flower Water Moon, and the Dao-robed host transformed by Brother Li appeared on the arena again, his voice ringing out in the empty arena:

"Congratulations to all the junior brothers and sisters for successfully qualifying for the second stage. Let's skip the small talk and start entering the second stage now!"

At this moment, both the audience and the contestants on the field focused their attention.

Only to hear Brother Li continue:

"Of course, before the challenge match officially begins, we need to enter the selection session first!"

"Now I reiterate the rules: challengers can choose any freshman ranked higher than themselves to challenge."

"And for the challenged, once the number of people choosing them exceeds three, they can perform a counter-selection and choose their own challenger."

Speaking of this, he deliberately paused and said:

"In addition, before the selection session begins, let me introduce today's special guests to everyone—"

"The top-tier geniuses of the ninth level of the Enlightenment Platform!"

As the words fell, I saw that in the Mirror Flower Water Moon, the pitch-black area outside the arena suddenly lit up.

Several beams of light descended from the sky, illuminating the pitch-black auditorium.

The first to come into everyone's eyes was Chu Wange, who was sitting in the center.

Immediately following were Chen Xuanzhi, Feng Ji, Cang Qianhao...

Lin Mo, Long A, Zhang Cai...

The top twenty geniuses of the Immortal List on the ninth level of the Enlightenment Platform all appeared in their seats.

And the seats were also arranged according to the cushion formation of the Enlightenment Platform, distinct and well-arranged.

As for their seats, they were much higher than the waiting seats on the other side.

Under the illumination of the special beams of light, from a distance, they looked like twenty banished immortals sitting alone in a high place.

Such an appearance directly stunned the audience in front of the Mirror Flower Water Moon.

"My god, it's Chu Wange!!!"

"Wow! Feng Ji, my male god!"

"Chen Xuanzhi! The pride of Jibei Province!"

"Murong Taotao, what a cute one!"

"..."

The suddenly appearing top-tier geniuses directly ignited the atmosphere of the scene.

It turned out that these top-tier geniuses had been watching the battle in the Mirror Flower Water Moon from the beginning, but they only revealed themselves now.

Ye Chen, sitting in the waiting seat, saw the dazzling Lin Mo under the light beam opposite, his eyes sank slightly, and a sneer rose at the corner of his mouth.

Lin Mo, just wait.

Soon that position will be mine!