Chapter 195: Heavy casualties, the second stage begins!

The divine servant gu worms inside the Five Directions Ghost Face Army simultaneously received the order, and all the Ghost Face Army launched an attack at the same moment!

Boom!

The terrifying attack directly shattered the five abnormalities, revealing five clusters of light of different colors.

After these lights flew out, they quickly converged toward the center of this world, eventually forming a strange light formation.

The light formation, based on five-element energy, flowed endlessly and gradually grew larger.

"Success!"

Seeing this, Gu Qiu happily said.

Others at this moment also stared happily at the gradually changing Five Elements Light Formation, feeling fortunate that the Ghost Face Army existed.

Otherwise, trying to break the abnormalities at the same time over such a great distance, without letting the five-element energy become uneven due to mutual generation and restriction, would be as difficult as reaching heaven.

Fang Xu waited here for the gap when the Five Elements Formation would open the space, while the other competitors were caught in a dilemma.

In another Five Elements Space, the leading God Son Candidate apparently also discovered the secret of the Five Elements Space, guessing that the key to opening the space was to break the five abnormalities and then release the five-element energy.

But this person obviously hadn't considered the mutual generation and restriction of the five elements, and still thought that he could solve the secret of the Five Elements Space this quickly, so he must escape quickly and then obtain a good ranking.

Under this idea, this person made no extra preparations, personally went up to an abnormality and smashed it with a single punch!

Boom!

The terrifying flame energy instantly dispersed!

At the same time, a surging water energy came from afar, entangling with the erupted fire energy and mutually annihilating.

Meanwhile, wood energy also joined in.

Wood feeds fire, making the flame power strong; accompanied by the outflow of metal and earth energy, the energy of the entire Five Elements Space began to be rapidly consumed.

In a moment, the whole space began to shake!

Five-element energy is the foundation of constructing the Five Elements Space; a large amount of five-element energy being consumed shook the space's foundation.

Not long after, the entire space will collapse.

In this situation, if no one comes to rescue, this God Son Candidate and his guards will ultimately be unable to escape death.

But this is the God Son Selection; fundamentally no one will intervene to rescue,

Boom!

Finally, due to the consumption of five-element energy, the entire Five Elements Space directly collapsed!

The God Son Candidate and his guards inside the space had their consciousness dissipate directly as the Five Elements Space collapsed.

Outside.

Under everyone's gaze, a God Son Candidate standing on a stone pillar suddenly fell from it without any omen.

Nearly five thousand guards behind him also collapsed to the ground at the same moment, losing their vital signs.

Dead!

Everyone died in an instant.

Everyone present seeing this scene turned pale with fright, not understanding what had happened.

In the past, the God Son Selection would also have casualties.

But a situation like this, where the entire team was wiped out at once, had never occurred before.

On the high platform, Qi Shaoyu seeing this scene also had a flicker of reluctance in her eyes.

The doctrines of the Dark God Temple and the Ascension Immortal Association actually still have some differences.

When they five initially decided on the God Son Selection stage, Qi Shaoyu had once opposed this Five Elements Space stage.

Since the Five Elements Space was constructed from statues containing the remnants of three gods, aside from the God Son Candidate and their guards, no one else could intervene.

Even if they encountered danger, they could not stop it.

Thus this situation came about.

Because of a single mistake, nearly five thousand people died instantly in tragedy.

Qi Shaoyu opposed it, but the other three elders unanimously agreed to use the Five Elements Space.

Their reason was also very simple.

Now the Dark God Temple has reached a critical juncture.

Only between life and death can great wisdom arise.

The Temple Master's next successor must be someone possessing great wisdom and great perseverance.

Compared to the crisis the Temple is about to face, the life-and-death trial of the Five Elements Space is nothing at all.

Qi Shaoyu also couldn't say much; she could only gesture for the surrounding Temple disciples to bring out the corpse of that candidate and his guards.

Watching many Temple disciples cleaning up the corpses, Qi Shaoyu couldn't help but glance at the position where Fang Xu was.

Fang Xu being a disciple of the Ascension Immortal Association was something she had long known.

Including the identities of Gu Qiu, Yun Wan and others, Qi Shaoyu also knew.

At this moment she could only hope that Fang Xu and the others could overcome the difficulty.

Under her gaze, Fang Xu's body suddenly burst forth with a faint light!

The next moment, a huge Five Elements Formation suddenly appeared above their formation.

Following that, including Fang Xu, everyone slowly opened their eyes!

Seeing this, Qi Shaoyu was dazed.

"So fast?"

Around, those observing disciples also noticed the movement from Fang Xu's side and looked over with surprised faces.

You should know that after the commotion caused by Yun Wan and Zhao Jie, the deeds of the God Son Candidate Fang Xu had already spread throughout Wasteland City.

Except for a few Temple disciples related to the Mysterious Gate and disciples from the Ascension Immortal Association who came to the Central Continent, no one was optimistic about Fang Xu and his group.

After all, regardless of the candidates' strength, the guard team's strength, or the background faction's foundation, Fang Xu obviously had no chance of winning.

But at this moment, this unfavored candidate actually led his guards to be the first to pass through the Five Elements Space!

On the high platform, aside from Qi Shaoyu, the other four Divine Palace Elders also had varied expressions at this time.

Obviously, Fang Xu passed through the Five Elements Space so quickly, which was somewhat beyond their expectations.

"Old Five, to break through the Five Elements Space in such a short time, what is needed?"

A gaunt old man with white beard and hair and narrow eyes looked at the stalwart old man wielding a Cloud Dragon Halberd and asked.

The speaker was Yin Tianyuan, the Third Elder of the Divine Palace.

And the stalwart old man wielding the Cloud Dragon Halberd was Huang Sheng, the Fifth Elder of the Divine Palace.

"The Five Elements Space is actually not as cruel as it looks; even if one cannot simultaneously shatter the hidden place of the Five Sources at the same moment, as long as the error does not exceed one breath, at most one will suffer some torment, and the formation gate will open a bit slower."

"If one can be perfectly precise and simultaneously break the Source of the Five Elements, it might be possible to break open the space in such a short time and escape."

Huang Sheng thought for a moment and then spoke.

Yin Tianyuan furrowed his brows and then remained silent.

Huang Sheng glanced at him and smiled, saying, "Third Brother, are you worried?"

Behind Yin Tianyuan stood a vast and ancient family power.

The Yin Family's lineage could even be traced back to the time when the war between humans and gods had just ended, belonging to the Elder Family of the Divine Palace.

In this Divine Son Selection, the Yin Family dispatched their Kirin Child, Yin Jiao, to personally take the stage.

Their goal was naturally the position of Divine Palace Master.

Yin Jiao was also a popular figure among this round's Divine Son candidates, favored by a considerable portion of people.

"That's not the case." Yin Tianyuan chuckled: "I have confidence in Jiaoer."

"First place in the first round, just ten points."

"If one wants to become the Divine Son of the Divine Palace, ultimately it still depends on performance in the latter two rounds."

"Cheating..." Yin Tianyuan shook his head, obviously not taking Fang Xu to heart.

In his view, Fang Xu's ability to break through the Five Elements Space so quickly was likely due to some secret technique similar to Mind-Intent Link, which is not surprising.

Huang Sheng also remained silent.

His gaze swept over Fang Xu on the distant stone pillar, feeling that this unfavored youth might bring them an unexpected joy.

Fang Xu had just broken through the Five Elements Space less than a quarter of an hour ago, when a huge Five Elements Formation also appeared above another stone pillar nearby.

However, this Five Elements Formation, compared to the relatively harmonious Five Elements Formation above Fang Xu and his group, possessed a hint of metallic sharp qi.

Standing on this stone pillar was none other than Yin Jiao.

Just after emerging from the Five Elements Space, Yin Jiao and his guards suddenly manifested numerous minute wounds on their bodies, with blood instantly welling up.

This was because they failed to synchronize while breaking the Five Elements Formation, disrupting the balance of the entire Five Elements Space, causing it to exhibit a metal-leaning attribute.

Metal represents the utmost sharpness.

Yin Jiao and his guards were all injured by these metallic attributes.

However, Yin Jiao did not care about this.

At the moment of escape, he straightened his back, preparing to receive the admiration of the onlooking disciples and the praise of his great-grandfather.

But nothing of what he had imagined came to pass.

Yin Jiao looked at the crowd with some suspicion, discovering that everyone's gaze was now directed toward his other side.

Yin Jiao frowned and looked over, only to discover that above Fang Xu's side hovered a perfect, harmonious Five Elements Formation!

The entire formation's energy was balanced and gentle, with no attribute deviation whatsoever.

This is……

Noticing Fang Xu standing on the stone pillar, Yin Jiao's face darkened somewhat.

He had thought that the one who would get ahead of him by a step would be the several strong rivals he had identified before the Divine Son Selection, but he never expected it to be Fang Xu, a mere makeweight.

What right does he have!?

A mere Martial Sovereign leading a rabble, what right does he have to steal my limelight?

Yin Jiao narrowed his eyes and silently stared at Fang Xu.

Feeling his gaze, Fang Xu glanced over and made no further movement.

But at this moment, Yin Jiao felt a sense of contempt and humiliation.

"Hmph!"

With a cold snort, Yin Jiao waved his hand and scattered a large amount of medicinal pills!

Each medicinal pill landed precisely on the heads of his own guards.

"Hurry up and heal your wounds; perform well in the next round. If there are any more mistakes, don't blame this young master for being ruthless."

The guards dared not speak, directly swallowing those medicinal pills and then hurriedly recovering from their injuries.

During this period, candidates succeeded in breaking through the Five Elements Space one after another.

Among them, some candidates and their guards, upon escaping the Five Elements Space, suddenly manifested numerous wounds on their bodies.

Obviously, these wounds were what they suffered in the Five Elements Space; now that consciousness has returned, they directly appear on their bodies.

Many guards, due to severe injuries, had to withdraw for treatment.

Of course, they were still fortunate, because some candidates and their guards, like that previous candidate, were completely wiped out due to the collapse of the Five Elements Space.

By afternoon, with the last candidate escaping the Five Elements Space, the first round of the Divine Son Trial was also considered completed.

A total of 110 candidates participated in this Divine Son Selection.

After the first round, twenty-seven candidates were wiped out.

More than thirty candidates' guard teams suffered over half casualties, greatly weakening their strength.

The remaining over fifty candidates suffered relatively minor losses, which did not greatly affect overall strength.

On the high platform, Qi Shaoyu glanced at everyone and said, "I announce that the first stage of the Divine Son selection has ended."

Candidates who are seriously injured or feel hopeless can now withdraw.

After her words fell, some of the Divine Son candidates who had suffered heavy losses and were left with only hundreds of guards hesitated for a moment, then decisively chose to withdraw.

Of course, some people still felt they could continue, and even though their guard squad had suffered more than half casualties, they persisted.

Qi Shaoyu said no more, directly announcing, "Very well, there are still sixty-seven candidates left."

In the first stage trial, candidate Fang Xu came in first place, earning ten points.

Candidate Yin Jiao took second place, earning five points.

Candidate Shi Tianen took third place, earning three points.

The rest received one point each.

Now, the second stage begins.

Upon hearing Qi Shaoyu's announcement, all the candidates present held their breath, waiting for the second stage to appear.

Behind the high platform, the three statues again spread out a hazy light, enveloping all the candidates and the guards behind them.

Moreover, everyone on the square instantly found themselves in a vast primeval jungle.

Qi Shaoyu's consciousness naturally also arrived here.

The second stage is a contest for resource points.

In this jungle there are four grades of resource points; each candidate, bringing their own guard team, can search and occupy resource points to earn points.

Supreme resource points yield four points every four hours; occupation for less than four hours is negligible.

Likewise, high-grade resource points give three points every four hours, medium-grade two points, and low-grade one point.

Occupied resource points will from time to time be besieged by various ferocious beasts in the jungle; of course, other candidates may also choose to seize others' resource points.

Seizing another's resource point allows one to directly obtain ten percent of the points they have already earned.

Remember my previous words: if the opponent surrenders, do not continue to slaughter.

Begin!

At her command, all the candidates immediately brought their guard teams and ran toward the distant jungle.

Long Dragon!

Fang Xu, seeing this, shouted.

Long Dragon understood, instantly transformed into its dragon form, and flew toward the distant jungle.

The other candidates, seeing this, instantly changed expression.

They hadn't expected that Fang Xu's team also had a Divine Dragon.

This is equivalent to having an extra eye in the heavens.

Martial artists can also fly, but they are far less agile than the Divine Dragon clan.

Moreover, ferocious beasts exist in the jungle; recklessly flying into the air makes one easy prey for them.

Long Dragon, after transforming into its dragon form, is clearly also a ferocious beast; compared to cultivators, it naturally holds a tremendous advantage.

Amid everyone's envy, Long Dragon swiftly passed through the jungle, beginning to search for hidden resource points.

Not long after, a resource point flashing with golden light appeared in Long Dragon's field of view.

After surveying that resource point, Long Dragon carefully circled the perimeter to assess the strength of the surrounding ferocious beast groups, then returned to Fang Xu.

"Fang Xu senior brother, I've found it."

"It is a supreme resource point."

"However, the ferocious beasts nearby are very strong; there are many that make even me feel chilled."

"Shall we go?"

Fang Xu nodded: "Let's go; later, act according to my instructions."

Everyone followed Long Dragon and rushed straight to that supreme resource point. (End of chapter)