Chapter 439: The Battle of Ranking

The Hall of Divine Fire was incomparably vast, and more than nine thousand semi-god level and more than one hundred Flying Heaven level reserve members were roughly divided into two camps, not appearing crowded within it.

The gathering place of the Flying Heaven level members had clearly decreased in number compared to five years ago, with only about one hundred and twenty people left.

"Many people have broken through."

"Even the two Holy Sons, Qixia and Pang Ting, broke through a few years ago."

"It is normal for them to break through. They have cultivated in the Ancient City of Juexing for more than twenty years; by rights, they should have broken through." Many Flying Heaven level members chatted with each other.

This had already become a convention.

First, the lifespan of Semi-gods and Flying Heavens was limited, and Semi-god level cultivation would be faster, so it was not suitable to delay too long at the Flying Heaven level.

Secondly, the many auxiliary cultivation rare treasures provided by the Ancient City of Juexing, such as Red Spirit Flowing Fire Liquid, were only supplied for at most 25 years, plus there would be an upper limit to the number of trial missions Flying Heaven level members could take on.

Many reasons led to Flying Heaven level reserve members successively becoming Semi-gods after cultivating in the Ancient City of Juexing for 20-30 years.

"Two Holy Son positions have become vacant; this is our opportunity!"

"Yes, there is no hope for the first Flying Heaven Holy Son; it is destined to be Xu Yuan's, but we must fight for the second and third Holy Sons." Some Flying Heaven level members with stronger strength all had desires.

First Holy Son? They dared not think about it.

But if they could successfully charge into a Holy Son position, even if it was just the second or third, they could obtain a large amount of cultivation resources.

"Do you think Xu Yuan will break through to become a Semi-god?"

"No way."

"I saw him half a year ago, he was still Flying Heaven."

"He is only thirty-something years old, so young, he must cultivate for another twenty... Xu Yuan is here! Hmm? How did he become a Semi-god."

"Xu Yuan actually became a Semi-god?"

"Xu Yuan is here." Not only the more than one hundred Flying Heaven realm members, but also more than nine thousand Semi-gods, and more than half of them quickly looked at the black-robed figure flying into the hall.

His aura was vigorous, clearly having become a Semi-god.

"Xu Yuan became a Semi-god?" The Vice Hall Master 'True God Yue Yi' on the high platform was also stunned when he saw Li Yuan for the first time.

True God Yue Yi knew that Li Yuan's status was special, not comparable to ordinary Flying Heaven Holy Sons.

But his reaction was also extremely fast, directly transmitting: "Xu Yuan, you have already been promoted to Semi-god, so go wait beside Yueshan."

"Yes." Li Yuan responded and flew straight toward the front of the Semi-god team.

"Xu Yuan."

"Brother Xu Yuan." Quite a few Semi-gods also sent messages to Li Yuan, mostly Semi-gods from the Yuan Kingdom... After all, for the past five years, Li Yuan had spent most of his time cultivating alone and had very little interaction with Semi-gods from other countries.

"Jiang Shan."

"Brother Baili, good luck."

"Brother Beihong." Li Yuan nodded and responded one by one.

Even when Wu Beihong greeted him, Li Yuan did not show a cold face; after all, the other party just had a bad relationship with Jiang Shan and had always been very polite to himself.

Finally, Li Yuan arrived at the area at the very front of the Semi-god team. Looking around, those who could gather here were basically geniuses ranking high on the Semi-god list, like the more than ten Holy Sons, almost all of whom were waiting here.

Strength determined the position one occupied.

"Xu Yuan."

The burly Yueshan strode over to meet him, a look of disbelief on his face: "How did you break

"I felt I could break through, so I just broke through," Li Yuan laughed: "I didn't want to delay too long."

"It's different! If you had broken through to become a Demigod after the battle, you would still have Saint Son treatment for the next five years," Yueshan couldn't help but say: "But now that you are already a Demigod, you must meet the 'Saint Son requirements' in the ranking battle, otherwise you will immediately lose your Saint Son treatment."

"I know," Li Yuan laughed.

This is the rule of the Hall of Divine Fire, so the vast majority of Flying Heaven Saint Sons lose their Saint Son status for a period of time after becoming Demigods... and some even end up unable to become Saint Sons again.

After all, the intensity of competition among Demigod Saint Sons is much higher than that of Flying Heaven Saint Sons; not all Flying Heaven Saint Sons can become Demigod Saint Sons.

"You know, and you still did it?" Yueshan said helplessly: "If you had cultivated for five more years before participating, your certainty would definitely be much greater; at least your Yuan Force could be cultivated to level 47 or above... The rewards for participating in the Demigod ranking battle for the first time are the most astonishing."

Yueshan felt some regret.

In Yueshan's view, even if Li Yuan's talent was astonishing, it was impossible for him to catch up to the hundred-plus years of effort of other Demigod Saint Sons in just a few short years... not to mention anything else, just his Yuan Force cultivation would be a huge gap behind.

Even with an Eight-Star Pulse, one is generally only at level 44 upon just breaking through.

And the Demigod reserve members present? Nearly half have already awakened Seven-Star Pulses.

"Brother Yueshan, don't worry, my ranking shouldn't be too bad," Li Yuan smiled.

He knew Yueshan was concerned about him.

"Not too bad? Even if you can charge into the top three hundred, the gap in treatment compared to Demigod Saint Sons will still be very large, not to mention you just broke through, how can you..." Yueshan suddenly stopped abruptly, shaking his head: "It was my loose tongue, then just charge with all your might."

Yueshan realized that Li Yuan's status was different from other Demigods of the Yuan Nation.

And since Li Yuan breaking through to Demigod was already a fact, he couldn't say anything more, lest Li Yuan feel dissatisfied.

Suddenly.

"Haha, Yueshan, it seems you were being sentimental; Brother Xu Yuan seems very confident in charging into the top three hundred of the Demigod List," a golden-armored youth not far away said with a mocking tone: "Oh no, perhaps Brother Xu Yuan has the confidence to charge into the top one hundred of the Demigod List."

"Hmph!"

"Bai Feng, no one will think you're a mute if you don't speak," Yueshan's expression turned gloomy: "What kind of peerless genius is Brother Xu Yuan, how could you compare to him?"

Li Yuan instantly understood who the golden-armored youth was.

The fifteenth place on the Demigod List, Demigod Bai Feng!

He was also a Demigod Saint Son, and his strength was very powerful.

"If Brother Xu Yuan had cultivated for another hundred years, I would naturally be hard-pressed to match him," the golden-armored youth shook his head, seeming to say with some regret: "But now? Better to cultivate for a while longer before talking."

Li Yuan couldn't help but frown; he didn't seem to have offended the other party.

"Brother Xu Yuan, don't pay too much attention to his words; he is an inner-sect disciple of True God Guanming, and also one of the leaders of the Guanming God Nation in the Hall of Divine Fire," Demigod Yueshan transmitted: "Previously, during trial missions, he had many frictions with the powerhouses of our Yuan Nation."

Li Yuan immediately understood the reason.

True God Guanming is the Nation Lord of the 'Guanming God Nation', one of the eighteen core god nations under the Ancient City of Juexing, and is also an extremely powerful figure among True Gods... True God Guanming and True God Jiang Yuan have deep conflicts.

This is not a secret in the Ancient City of Juexing.

When Li Yuan first arrived at the Ancient City of Juexing and had his first gathering and exchange with Yueshan, Yang Di, and others, he already knew about the conflicts between the two great god nations.

Wherever there are people, there are conflicts of interest, and even within the same power, it cannot be avoided.

Although the conflict between the two True Gods has not reached the point of life and death, it directly affects the attitudes of the many powerhouses under their command.

The Yuan Nation lineage and the Guanming God Nation lineage have always been competing.

Even if True God Jiang Yuan's strength has transformed and is now comparable to a Heavenly God, it does not mean that the powerhouses of the Guanming God Nation lineage will bow their heads before the powerhouses of the Yuan Nation.

"Resources are limited, and regarding the competition among the middle and lower levels, the higher-ups are likely adopting a tacit attitude," Li Yuan thought to himself: "With Brother Jiang Yuan's temperament, and now that he is a Vice City Lord, he will definitely not manage these matters."

Thinking of this.

"Brother Bai Feng seems to have determined that I cannot enter the top one hundred of the Demigod List?" Li Yuan suddenly laughed aloud: "If I do enter the top one hundred of the Demigod List, then what?"

Whoosh!

Once these words were spoken, the hundreds of Demigods around couldn't help but look at Xu Yuan.

"Top one hundred of the Demigod List? Did I hear that right?"

"Xu Yuan just became a Demigod, and he wants to charge into the top one hundred?"

"Back then, Jing Kui wasn't this arrogant; Xu Yuan is being too confident."

"Even if his talent is extremely high, he just broke through, and his cultivation time is short." These powerful Demigods couldn't help but transmit to each other.

Among the Demigods present, who doesn't want to charge into the top one hundred of the Demigod List?

Right!

Xu Yuan's name as a peerless genius has long spread to all powers in this world, and not many people would doubt it.

But to say that these powerful Demigods would believe that Li Yuan has the strength of the top one hundred of the Demigod List just after breaking through?

Basically, no one believes it.

"Brother Xu Yuan, be careful with your words," Demigod Yueshan's expression also changed, and he repeatedly transmitted: "The top one hundred of the Demigod List is not so easy to enter."

"Hahaha."

The golden-armored youth Bai Feng, upon hearing this, couldn't help but laugh, looking at Xu Yuan: "Brother Xu Yuan, confidence is a good thing, but being too arrogant is not good. Your talent is extremely high, but among those who can rank in the top one hundred of the Demigod List, which one has weak talent?"

"Rumble"

This was a lonely and vast void, and a peerlessly beautiful woman wearing ancient, simple robes stood in the void.

Her eyes were cold as she glanced into the distance, and this single glance caused Li Yuan's soul to tremble.

It was as if, separated by long ages, this Celestial God who had left behind the Mirror of Laws could still sense his existence.

Whoosh! The peerlessly beautiful woman pointed remotely toward the void.

"My name is Bai He!"

Rustle~

Her fingertip swept across the world, and ten thousand miles of void instantly boiled. Space tore, and countless surging, earthy-yellow airflows surged from the spatial rifts; these were the powers of the origin of heaven and earth.

A large amount of the power of the origin of earth rapidly condensed to form a complete world.

Mountains, earth, rivers, deserts, grasslands... a complete small world appeared before Li Yuan.

"Evolution of the world."

"The earth carries all things with its thick virtue."

"Bearing! The stars, the origin of life." Li Yuan's heart was filled with shock; he felt the vast mysteries of the Law of Earth from this scene of world evolution.

He even faintly felt the ultimate of the Law of Earth!

"This Celestial God Bai He, what she used should be the combination of the complete Great Dao of the Law of Earth and the 'spatial world'... creating things from the void, opening up the world." Li Yuan continuously absorbed the insights within.

This was an insight completely different from that Mirror of Laws of the Celestial God An Chi.

But the effect on Li Yuan was even better.

It caused his insights into the Law of Space and the Law of Earth to continuously improve.

Several days later, Li Yuan finally completely recovered his clarity. After bidding farewell to the True God guarding this place, he flew out of the Hall of Ten Thousand Laws.

"Hmm?"

Just as he flew out of the Hall of Ten Thousand Laws, Li Yuan sensed that he had received a large number of messages in his communication treasure.

He immediately checked them.

The content of Jiang Shan's message was the most direct: "Xu Yuan, news has just spread that the State Lord, because of your assassination, charged into the territory of the Dongyou Sacred Land, has already slain the mastermind, the True God Black Blade, and exchanged blows with a Celestial God... This news has already spread throughout the entire continent."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 435 =====

"Good, it's a deal," Demigod Bai Feng said.

Both sides did not make a Law Oath.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, given their respective statuses and positions, no matter which side lost, it was impossible to renege on ten thousand God Crystals.

From beginning to end, True God Yueyi on the high platform did not stop them... In the eyes of the higher-ups, among the geniuses of the Hall of Divine Fire, as long as it does not involve life and death, the fiercer the fight, the better.

Only with competition will they cultivate even harder.

The news of this bet also spread rapidly in the Hall of Divine Fire, and was known by all reserve members.

"They really bet?"

"Ten thousand God Crystals! Saint Sons are indeed rich."

"Does Xu Yuan really have the certainty to charge into the top one hundred of the Demigod List? Taking the initiative to bet, so confident?"

"Who knows?"

"If it were ten years later, with Xu Yuan cultivating his Yuan Force to the limit and his Law insights being stronger, with his talent he would have hope of charging into the top one hundred of the Demigod List, but how long has he been cultivating now?"

"I don't think there's much hope." Nearly ten thousand reserve members were all transmitting and communicating with each other.

The vast majority of reserve members did not favor Li Yuan.

Li Yuan, Yueshan, and Yang Di had already gathered in one place, transmitting and communicating with each other.

"Xu Yuan, do you really have certainty?" Demigod Yueshan transmitted, somewhat hesitant.

He knew that losing ten thousand God Crystals was nothing to Li Yuan, but the key was that losing would be embarrassing.

"No certainty," Li Yuan laughed.

"This!" Demigod Yang Di was a bit anxious; he felt Li Yuan was being a bit impulsive.

"But since they stepped on my face, I can't just bow my head," Li Yuan laughed and transmitted: "I don't have certainty about charging into the top one hundred of the Demigod List, but it's not without hope."

Demigod Yueshan's eyes lit up.

"After the ranking battle ends, the results will naturally be known," Li Yuan laughed.

"Good, then we shall wait and see," Demigod Yueshan smiled.

He didn't communicate much with Li Yuan, but in his view, since Li Yuan said so, he should have some certainty.

"Top one hundred of the Demigod List?" Li Yuan was also thinking in his heart.

Just in terms of material attacks, Li Yuan did not have absolute certainty of charging into the top one hundred, but if soul attacks were added, the situation would definitely be different... It's just that Li Yuan also didn't have absolute certainty about how much effect soul attacks would have on these powerful Demigods.

"After fighting a battle, I will naturally know," Li Yuan felt very calm in his heart: "Just doing my best is enough."

As for the bet?

Even if he lost, Li Yuan wouldn't care in his heart.

Having experienced the tempering of *Six Realms of Heart Illusion* time and again, his inner will had become increasingly strong; he saw his heart and nature clearly, his laughter and anger were all from his heart, he did what he wanted to do, and his joy and anger would only float on the surface.

Time passed, and the last few Flying Heaven Demigod reserve members arrived.

Whoosh!

A black-robed figure suddenly flew in from the entrance of the Divine Hall, and the hall instantly became much quieter.

At least a thousand Demigods couldn't help but look at that black-robed figure.

His aura was very ordinary, his expression was indifferent, and at first glance he looked very ordinary, but he exuded an inexplicable aura that was very eye-catching.

The black-robed youth flew straight to the very front of the team.

"Jing Kui."

"Jing Kui is back."

"The last time I saw him was five years ago; he only rushed back for the ranking battle again."

"He's probably going to be first again; last time he was very close to breaking through the sixth layer, if he can break through this time, it means he has Void God peak strength." Numerous discussions arose.

Like Demigod He Feng, who was ranked second on the Demigod List, Demigod Dong Pan, who was ranked third, as well as Yueshan, Bai Feng, and others.

Previously, these peerless Demigods who held the title of Saint Son were all very arrogant and seemed unconvinced by each other.

But when Jing Kui entered the hall, they all quieted down, only silently looking at the other party.

"Jing Kui." Li Yuan also looked at the black-robed figure who was not unfamiliar.

For some reason, Li Yuan felt that the other party's aura seemed a bit different from when they last met.

The contemporary number one Demigod of the Ancient City of Juexing.

Looking at this world, he was also one of the most monstrous Demigods of the contemporary era.

According to some information Li Yuan had obtained over the past five years, ever since Jing Kui defeated Demigod Dong Pan thirty years ago to become number one on the Demigod List, no one had been able to shake his status in the Hall of Divine Fire.

In terms of age, Jing Kui was actually on the younger side among the Demigods in the Hall of Divine Fire... This was also the reason why his status was so high.

Before Li Yuan entered the Ancient City of Juexing, Jing Kui was the only Seventh-Tier Demigod.

Like Demigod He Feng and Demigod Dong Pan, their cultivation years had already exceeded four hundred years.

Whoosh!

Jing Kui landed directly, standing at the very front of the team; regarding this, no one had any dispute.

The number one person should be like this.

"Xu Yuan." Jing Kui suddenly turned his head to look at Li Yuan, revealing a faint smile: "Long time no see."

"Long time no see," Li Yuan nodded.

This scene also made many Demigods secretly surprised that Jing Kui and Xu Yuan knew each other.

Suddenly, a voice sounded in Li Yuan's mind: "It's been five years since we parted at Mount Jiuyin, congratulations on becoming a Demigod... Your soul will seems to have become much stronger; in the dark, I feel it is not inferior to mine."

"You have also become stronger," Li Yuan also transmitted.

"Hmm." Jing Kui didn't say anything more.

As time passed, he also learned of the bet between Li Yuan and Bai Feng.

"Ten thousand God Crystals? Interesting." A faint smile appeared on the corner of Jing Kui's mouth.

He also had a trace of curiosity.

Could Xu Yuan really charge into the top one hundred of the Demigod List?

Suddenly—

Hum~ An invisible pressure enveloped all directions, instantly causing the entire hall to quiet down, and nearly ten thousand Flying Heaven Demigods were suddenly silent.

Whoosh!

On the high platform, the originally empty space rippled, and then a sturdy figure in red armor appeared, exuding an incomparably domineering destructive aura, like a scorching miniature star.

True God Chiyang!

Following closely, several more powerful figures appeared, standing with True God Yueyi; they were the other Vice Hall Masters.

The ranking battle is the day to test the results of the members of the Hall of Divine Fire, and these higher-ups of the Hall of Divine Fire naturally attach great importance to it.

After all, the Battle of the Ancestral Realm six years later is a 'major exam', and as time draws near, these True Gods also hope to see more powerful Demigods emerge.

"Very good, basically everyone has arrived on time."

True God Chiyang's voice was indifferent, resounding through the entire hall: "There are quite a few people participating in the ranking battle for the first time, so I will repeat the rules once more."

"The Flying Heaven ranking battle is a round-robin duel; each win earns 1 point, and there is no deduction for losses... The final point ranking is the final ranking, which determines the amount of resources for the next five years."

"The Demigod ranking battle has too many people, so it is divided into two major stages."

"The first stage is to break into the Divine Fire Tower and kill 'Divine Fire Warriors'; the more you kill, the higher the points... Those ranked after one thousand will have their rankings determined by points."

"Those ranked in the top one thousand will enter the second stage of duels, and finally, the top three hundred, top one hundred, Saint Son spots, and number one will be determined," True God Chiyang's voice boomed: "Do you all understand?"

"Understand." The nearly ten thousand people in the Hall of Divine Fire couldn't help but say in unison under this invisible pressure, even those with soul wills as strong as Li Yuan and Jing Kui were no exception.

The gap between Demigods and peak True God powerhouses is indeed astonishing and difficult to overcome.

"Good."

"Let's conduct the Demigod ranking battle first," True God Chiyang said in a low voice: "In order, each batch will have one thousand people; the first batch is those ranked 1-1000, prepare to enter."

Whoosh! True God Chiyang waved his hand.

"Booming~"

In the void above the Divine Hall, a spatial vortex with a diameter of over one kilometer quickly appeared; within the vortex, a large amount of flame currents flowed faintly, unfathomable, leading to an unknown place.

"Is this the entrance to the Divine Fire Tower?" Li Yuan looked on curiously.

He only knew the rules of the ranking battle, but he hadn't seen the specific battle footage.

At this moment.

Swish! Swish! Swish! Jing Kui, He Feng, Dong Pan, Yueshan, and a large group of Demigods had already flown into the spatial vortex.

In the blink of an eye, one thousand Demigods disappeared into the flame currents...

Whoosh~

On the other side of the void of the massive spatial vortex, a huge light screen appeared again, on which more than nine thousand names appeared directly, including Li Yuan's name.

Like Li Yuan, Qixia, and other newly promoted Demigods, because they had not participated in the ranking battle before, their treatment was based on their status as Flying Heaven level, but their rankings on the Demigod List were sorted by the time of their breakthrough.

Li Yuan naturally fell to the very end of the entire list, with the serial number '9373'.

"They've started breaking in."

"Points are appearing, everyone has started breaking into the Divine Fire Tower."

"Look quickly, Jing Kui's points are skyrocketing." Everyone looked up at the names on the huge light screen.

The points numbers behind the top one thousand names were constantly flashing.

Along with the changes in points, their names were also constantly changing.

"1314 points!"

"1460 points!"

"1588 points!"

"Fierce, Jing Kui is too fierce, rising by more than a hundred points in a second? Could it be that he slaughtered more than a hundred Divine Fire Warriors in one second?" The thousands of Demigods in the hall were already stunned.

You must know that for Demigod Saint Sons like Yueshan, Dong Pan, and Bai Feng, their points had just exceeded eight hundred, while Jing Kui's points had already soared to nearly two thousand... which is enough to show that Jing Kui's strength seems to have opened up a huge gap with other Saint Sons.

"Exceeded three thousand! 3023 points, Jing Kui has already broken into the fourth layer of the Divine Fire Tower."

"This speed is too fast." Many Demigods felt their hearts tremble.

Jing Kui's strength is recognized as powerful; in the last ranking battle, he broke into the sixth layer of the Divine Fire Tower, with a final score of more than 5800 points... but the speed of his slaughter was far from today's.

However.

The footage of breaking into the Divine Fire Tower is not leaked and requires high enough authority to investigate, so no Demigod knows what means Jing Kui used.

Li Yuan also kept staring at the jumping points on the light screen.

"According to the information I queried before."

"Being able to break through one layer means possessing level 50 Void God combat power," Li Yuan thought to himself: "Breaking through the second layer means possessing level 51 combat power."

"And so on."

"If one can completely break through the six layers of the tower, it means possessing level 55 Void God combat power, which is considered reaching the bottom line of Void God peak." Li Yuan held his breath: "Jing Kui, five years have passed, how far can you break through?"

Demigods, limited by their foundation, find it extremely difficult to erupt with Void God peak strength, which means their Law insights must reach an astonishing level.

Time passed.

On the huge light screen, after exceeding 5000 points, Jing Kui's points refreshed more and more slowly, which meant his slaughter speed was also plummeting; obviously, the difficulty of the sixth layer was soaring, but his slaughter speed was still far beyond other Demigod geniuses.

Until this moment, the second-ranked 'Demigod Dong Pan's' points had just exceeded 4000.

"Jing Kui has 5800 points."

"5850 points."

"5900 points!! Just a little bit away from breaking through the sixth layer, as long as he defeats the last one hundred Divine Fire Warriors."

"5932 points!"

"5966 points!"

At this moment, let alone the Flying Heaven Demigods in the hall.

Even True God Chiyang, True God Yueyi, and others on the high platform felt a trace of nervousness, and they all had a little expectation in their hearts.

Can he make it?

"The points are stuck."

"Stuck at 5988 points."

"Is Jing Kui going to fail?" All the Flying Heaven Demigods could only stare at the points on the light screen.

Only the seven True Gods on the high platform, who had high enough authority, could perceive the battle scene in the Divine Fire Tower.

"Only twelve Divine Fire Warriors left."

"Merging into one! This represents the ultimate test of the sixth layer of the Divine Fire Tower; one must defeat the strongest Divine Fire Warrior to enter the seventh layer." The six great True Gods were all watching closely.

If Jing Kui could charge into the seventh layer, that would be entering a brand-new world, which would definitely be a great joy.

"Jing Kui is being suppressed, is he going to lose?"

"No."

"He erupted! Jing Kui erupted, his sword technique! What a powerful sword technique, the combination of the Thunder Law and the Space Law... How could the power soar to this level?" The six great True Gods perceived this scene in the Divine Fire Tower and were very surprised in their hearts.

They never expected.

After showing super strength earlier, Jing Kui was actually still hiding a terrifying killing move.

He is worthy of being a young-generation genius valued even by Heavenly God Taiyou.

The sixth layer of the Divine Fire Tower.

Jing Kui held a divine sword, his whole body diffusing endless thunder light; every sword thrust was like thunder descending from heaven, fast to the extreme, and the power of his sword technique was also condensed to the extreme.

As if he were the incarnation of thunder.

"Roar!" "Roar!" That towering hundred-meter Divine Fire Warrior was roaring in anger; his power was extremely terrifying, every stomp was enough to make the void tremble, and every punch could smash countless thunderbolts.

Breaking Law with Force!

It's just that, no matter how fierce the attacks of this strongest Divine Fire Warrior were, it was difficult to touch Jing Kui's body in the slightest... Jing Kui's sword technique was like thunder.

His movement technique was also as fast as thunder light, flickering in the trembling void, as if he had manifested a large number of phantom gods, making it impossible to figure out his flight trajectory.

"Swoosh!"

Wisps of sword light whistled, accurately piercing the body of this Divine Fire Warrior, and every sword would cause the Divine Fire Warrior to be injured.

After sword upon sword was superimposed, the Divine Fire Warrior's injuries became increasingly heavy.

"It should end now."

Jing Kui's eyes were icy, and another sword thrust out suddenly, like an electric snake following a wound that had just been torn open, instantly attacking the interior of the Divine Fire Warrior, and the terrifying power exploded completely.

Like the last straw that broke the camel's back.

"Booming~"

This sword directly pierced the core of the Divine Fire Warrior's body, and the Divine Fire Warrior's massive body dissipated with a bang.

"Won!"

"Seventh layer!" A smile appeared on the corner of Jing Kui's mouth, and after a short rest, he broke into the seventh layer.

The difficulty of the seventh layer soared again.

After killing hundreds of Divine Fire Warriors, Jing Kui was completely surrounded by overwhelming Divine Fire Warriors, and the layer of flame light on the surface of his body kept dissipating... The moment it dissipated completely, he disappeared directly from the seventh layer.

Defeated!

In the Hall of Divine Fire, when Jing Kui's points were fixed, Jing Kui's name dimmed slightly.

Whoosh!

Jing Kui landed from the massive spatial vortex, landed directly on the ground, and began to close his eyes and rest.

The battle just now also consumed a lot of his energy.

Inside the hall, it had fallen into a strange silence, and almost everyone couldn't help but look at Jing Kui.

Although these Demigod geniuses didn't see Jing Kui's battle scene, they knew Jing Kui's terror from his points.

6134 points!

"Void God peak level?"

Li Yuan sighed secretly: "Even Alliance Leader Dongfang wouldn't dare say he is stronger than the other party."

Of course, this is just a judgment based on Dongfang Ji's strength when he left.

Time passed.

The Demigods ranked 1001 to 2000 gradually landed, and most of them found it difficult to break through 3000 points.

Finally, after all one thousand people were defeated, those who exceeded 3000 points did not exceed 400... and the point ranking of the top one thousand was not much different from the final ranking of the ranking battle five years ago.

"Broken through the sixth layer."

"Jing Kui already possesses Void God peak strength? How is this possible!"

"The gap between us and Jing Kui hasn't narrowed, but has it become even larger?" When Demigod Saint Sons like Yueshan, Dong Pan, and Bai Feng returned to the hall and saw Jing Kui's score, their expressions couldn't help but change.

Because everyone's methods are different, the point ranking does not necessarily fully reflect strength.

Like the second-ranked one, Demigod Dong Pan, the final score was 5564 points.

Yueshan rushed to fourth!

There were 22 people with points exceeding 5000, and 94 people with points exceeding 4000.

However, if the gap in Divine Fire Tower points is too large, it often means that strength is difficult to overcome.

And without a doubt.

Jing Kui proved his status as the 'number one person on the Demigod List' with actual actions, far exceeding the other fifteen Saint Sons.

"Demigod List 1001 to 2000, enter the Divine Fire Tower," True God Chiyang ordered directly.

Time passed.

Batches of Demigods entered the Divine Fire Tower, but the later the order of entry, the weaker their general strength.

By the time the Demigods after 5000 entered, let alone reaching 3000 points, even those getting 2000 points were becoming fewer and fewer.

Obviously, five years of time, for the vast majority of Demigods, it is very difficult for their strength to have a qualitative change.

Just half an hour later, it was the turn of the Demigod reserve members ranked 8001 to 9000 to enter the Divine Fire Tower.

This batch of reserve members.

Because many were Demigods who had just entered the Ancient City of Juexing, quite a few Demigods stood out, and their points directly broke through 2000.

There were even several Demigods who approached 3000 points and directly charged into the top one thousand.

It could be considered quite dazzling.

Jiang Shan finally took more than 2700 points; although not the most dazzling, it was quite astonishing relative to his age.

This score represents that his strength is already incomparably close to the Void God mid-stage level.

"More than 2300th!"

"Haha! Succeeded! Succeeded!" Jiang Shan was incomparably excited; being able to reach his predetermined goal was already quite rare.

He felt that the hope of becoming an inner-sect disciple of a True God was increasing greatly.

Thinking of this.

Jiang Shan couldn't help but turn his head to look at Li Yuan not far away, thinking to himself: "I wonder how many points Brother Xu Yuan can take, 3000 points? 4000 points?"

Time passed.

With this batch of Demigods all finished, the first stage of the Demigod ranking battle was nearing its end, with only the last three hundred or so Demigods left to break in.

Inside the entire hall, almost all Flying Heaven and Demigods couldn't help but look at Li Yuan.

Among the last batch of Demigods, the most dazzling one was undoubtedly Li Yuan.

Added to the bet between Li Yuan and Demigod Bai Feng, it attracted even more attention.

"How many layers do you think Xu Yuan can break through?"

"He just broke through to Demigod, even if he is already an Eight-Star Pulse, his Yuan Force cultivation definitely isn't enough, I estimate it will be difficult to even take 2000 points."

"Since he dared to bet, he should at least be able to take 3000 points," many Demigods and Flying Heaven members transmitted and discussed with each other.

Most people still thought Li Yuan should be able to break through 3000 points; this is a benchmark, representing possession of Void God mid-stage strength.

But higher, 4000 points? Even Yueshan, Yang Di, Jiang Shan, and others who had the most confidence in Li Yuan didn't dare say Li Yuan could definitely reach it.

After all, so far, only 94 people have been able to exceed 4000 points.

Finally.

In a silence, True God Chiyang said in a low voice: "Remaining Demigod reserve members, enter the Divine Fire Tower."

Swish! Swish!

Li Yuan, Qixia, Ji Yan, Wu Beihong, and other newly entered city Demigods and newly promoted Demigods all turned into streams of light and rushed into the spatial vortex in the void.

Instantly, the vast majority of all Demigods and Flying Heaven members looked at the last name on the huge light screen on the other side—Xu Yuan.

Even Jing Kui was no exception.

"Xu Yuan."

"Let's see how many layers he can break through," True God Chiyang, True God Yueyi, and others directly observed Xu Yuan's battle situation in the Divine Fire Tower.

The first layer of the Divine Fire Tower, in a vast hall spanning nearly a hundred kilometers.

"Using external objects is not allowed, hiding in cave-heaven treasures is not allowed, violators will be eliminated!"

"If the protective power on the body surface is exhausted, eliminated!"

"Kill all Divine Fire Warriors within a quarter of an hour to be considered as having cleared the level, and you can proceed to the next layer."

"Kill one Divine Fire Warrior, earn one point." Li Yuan appeared out of thin air in the hall, feeling the detailed rules echoing in his mind.

Whoosh!

Li Yuan glanced at the Divine Fire Warriors in the massive hall.

"【Target life level 50.0】" Li Yuan used his Divine Palace to investigate and had already obtained the desired result.

All Divine Fire Warriors were humanoid, with vigorous auras, each reaching ten meters in height, their surfaces as if cast from fiery red rock, their whole bodies diffusing a little flame light, and holding different weapons.

"They don't look like puppets."

"It seems they are all energy warriors formed by the condensation of formations; the so-called Divine Fire Tower should be a very massive formation," many thoughts flashed through Li Yuan's mind.

Before he could think too much.

"Hum!!"

Inside the massive hall, a full 1000 Divine Fire Warriors moved fiercely, their eyes simultaneously staring at the black-robed figure in the center of the hall—Li Yuan!

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" One thousand Divine Fire Warriors turned into streams of terrifying flame light, pouncing on Li Yuan like lightning.

Their flight speeds each instantly soared to over 30 kilometers/second.

Boom!

Li Yuan took a step, instantly turning ten meters tall, his aura vigorous and domineering, followed by nine dazzling yellow dragons, carrying wisps of incomparably condensed earthy-yellow currents, whistling out, charging toward all directions in a vast and mighty manner.

Nine-fold Star Technique *Divine Body of All Things*!

Nine-fold Star Technique *River of Heaven and Earth*! Nine-Dragon Profound Armor!

Three-fold means erupted simultaneously at this moment, the massive domain like a small world, completely enveloping the hall with a diameter of less than one hundred kilometers.

Completely submerging those one thousand Divine Fire Warriors.

"Hmm? These Divine Fire Warriors, they have no ability to resist at all?" A trace of doubt flashed in Li Yuan's eyes; these Divine Fire Warriors, whose life levels were displayed as Void God level, were far weaker than he had imagined.

"I understand."

"It's Law insights; the Law realms of these Divine Fire Warriors are too weak, they have power but no Law." Li Yuan already understood everything.

Besides powerful Yuan Force, Void Gods can also trigger powerful origin Law mysteries, which can make one part of power exert ten or even one hundred parts of power.

If they cannot trigger Law fluctuations.

A newly promoted Void God could easily crush these one thousand Divine Fire Warriors, let alone Li Yuan.

"My life level is now 47.1, and under the eruption of the two great Star Techniques, it is enough to crush the Divine Fire Warriors of this layer," Li Yuan's heart moved.

The surging earthy-yellow currents, like a river, frantically impacted the bodies of the Divine Fire Warriors one by one.

Especially the wandering nine yellow dragons.

The current Li Yuan had already almost completely understood the origin of the Nine-Dragon Profound Armor, and his Yuan Force was also strong enough to make the power of the nine great yellow dragons completely revealed... Under the blessing of the River of Heaven and Earth domain, the strength of each yellow dragon could be comparable to a Void God initial stage.

"Booming!" "Boom!"

Under the double crushing of the nine great yellow dragons and the River of Heaven and Earth domain, in a very short time, the one thousand Divine Fire Warriors were strangled to death.

"Second layer." Li Yuan's heart moved, the nine yellow dragons flew back into his body, and he flew into the second layer of the tower.

Not long after.

Li Yuan broke through the second layer and entered the third layer of the tower directly.

In the Hall of Divine Fire.

"Xu Yuan has broken through 2000 points."

"So fast?"

"Breaking through the first layer is normal, but he actually broke through the second layer of the tower so quickly?"

"In terms of slaughter efficiency in the first two layers, except for Jing Kui, even Yueshan, Dong Pan, and the others are not faster than Li Yuan," the nearly ten thousand Flying Heaven Demigods were already shocked.

Li Yuan's slaughter efficiency was indeed astonishing, beyond everyone's imagination.

"How could it be so fast?" Demigod Bai Feng's expression also changed.

At this moment.

In the hearts of many Flying Heaven Demigods, there was only one thought—Xu Yuan, this peerless genius recognized by countless True Gods as being comparable to Jing Kui.

Breaking into the Divine Fire Tower for the first time, how far can he break through?

(End of chapter)