Chapter 111: Peak Showdown, the End of Hidden Dragon Ranking
On the other side, the leaders of the seven sixth-grade sects gathered together.

Seeing that Sikong Sheng was defeated repeatedly by Pang Bo and his group, and even his whole condition became unstable, Xuankong Mountain Sect Leader Sikong Ba could no longer bear it.

“I guess everyone has noticed it!”

Sikong Ba looked around, and then sent a message to the other sixth-grade sect masters: “The cultivation methods practiced by Ye Chen, Xiao Yan and others are definitely extraordinary!”

“Especially the one called Han Li. His true Qi is even more powerful than Sheng’er who cultivated half a step of true essence with the top-level earth-level technique. This is definitely not something that a top-level earth-level technique that is good at accumulating true Qi can do!”

“That’s right!”

The leader of the Tianyun Sect also whispered: “I think that little fellow named Han Li has definitely practiced a Heaven-level technique, and the methods used by the others are all amazing. They don’t seem to be something that can be achieved by top-level Earth-level techniques or martial arts at all!”

“Humph!”

The leader of the Feitian Demon Sect said in a cold voice: “They are just a group of little guys who have luckily entered the ancient heritage site. How dare they so arrogantly try to seize the luck of our Nanzhuo Region! Everyone, why don’t we work together to take back the luck of Nanzhuo Region that was stolen by these little guys, and then ask them for information about the ancient heritage site?”

“I think this is feasible!”

The Fire Spirit Hall Master also nodded and said, “If we can get the chance to obtain that ancient heritage site, we can share it equally!”

“Have you ever thought about…”

At this moment, the leader of the Bingjue Sect couldn’t help but say, “What if these little guys didn’t enter an ancient heritage site by chance, but are the descendants of a king of the Life and Death Realm?”

“It is possible!”

Sikong Ba, the leader of Xuankong Mountain, nodded and said, “But compared with the possible benefits, I think it’s worth taking the risk! Besides, I believe you all have some trump cards that can summon the King of Life and Death Realm!”

The ancestor of the Xuankong Mountain lineage, King Cang, had been kind to King Yu when he was weak. After King Cang’s death, King Yu sent a message to the Xuankong Mountain Sikong lineage, promising to help the Sikong family do three things within his ability.

The Prison King has now become one of the most powerful kings of the Life and Death Realm under the Void Emperor, and is as famous as the Xuan Queen, the Evil King and others. Naturally, the Prison King’s promise at the time has become the biggest trump card of Xuankong Mountain!

“That’s right!”

The leader of the Tianyun Sect, who also had a background in the Life and Death Realm, quickly spoke up and said, “I think this risk is worth taking. Even if there is a Life and Death Realm king behind these little guys, we have so many sixth-grade sects gathered together. As long as we don’t completely offend the other party, I think the other party will not tear their faces with us!”

“I agree!”

“I agree!”

After hearing what Sikong Ba and the Tianyun Sect’s leader said, the leaders of the Fire Spirit Hall, Luoxia Sect, and Feitian Demon Sect all nodded in agreement.

Only the leaders of the Wuqing Sect and the Bingjue Sect were a little hesitant.

When Sikong Ba and the others saw this, they naturally continued to persuade them. After all, if they could get the opportunity next time, there would not be much difference between the points of five sects and those of seven sects. And if they really provoked the King of Life and Death Realm, it would be much easier for seven sects to take on the challenge together than for five sects to take on the challenge together!
Just like that, under the persuasion of Sikong Ba and others, the leader of the Wuqing Sect finally agreed to this idea, only the leader of the Bingjue Sect finally refused!

……

Just after several sixth-rank sect leaders had communicated through telepathic communication, the last match of this year’s Hidden Dragon Ranking was finally about to begin.

And until now, the only ones who still maintain an undefeated record are Xiao Yan and Ye Chen!

In the previous battles, Han Li was defeated successively by Pang Bo, Xiao Yan, and Ye Chen; as for Pang Bo, although his qi and blood power was extremely terrifying, he thought that his attack was inferior to Ye Chen and Xiao Yan, so he took the initiative to admit defeat after some sparring, so in the end only Xiao Yan and Ye Chen were left.

At this time, the dragon-shaped shadows behind the two of them had reached a length of ninety-four feet. If they could really defeat their opponents, the first place would most likely appear as a ninety-five foot dragon-shaped shadow that had never appeared since ancient times.

Such tremendous luck was enough to drive even some ordinary fifth-grade sects crazy, not to mention the ordinary sects below the fifth grade present.

In addition, the news about the ancient heritage site that Pangbo had leaked before had already attracted the attention of many powerful people.

It was because the Qianlong Ancient City and the Qianlong List were so sacred, and there was also the painful lesson of the Jiuyou Sect before, otherwise someone would have taken action against Pangbo and others by now.

……

Nanluo Zong and his group naturally saw this as well.

However, as they came from an old fifth-grade sect, they did not care too much about the inheritance and fortune of Ye Chen and his group. Instead, they wanted to find a good opportunity to tie geniuses like Ye Chen and others to the chariot of the Dragon God Palace, which had entered its twilight years.

“metropolitan!”

The Nanluo Sect’s Great Elder looked at the leaders of the sixth-grade sects, and then transmitted his voice: “I didn’t expect that the Liuyun Sect could produce so many geniuses at once. However, those sixth-grade sects may not be able to hold back and want to attack Ye Chen and the others!”

“As long as Ye Chen and others are in mortal danger, if you help them, I think they will be extremely grateful!”

In fact, more than a year ago, after Ye Chen came out of the Tianmeng Ancient Land, the Grand Elder of the Nanluo Sect wanted to help him get rid of the entanglement of the Zhongyue Sect.

It was just that Pang Bo showed up at that time and defeated the Zhongyue Sect directly, so the Nanluo Sect naturally had no chance to show its abilities.

And now, those who covet the opportunities of Ye Chen and his group are no longer the Baoyuan Realm warriors, but the Xingji Realm and even the Linghai Realm super strong men!
In the opinion of the Grand Elder of Nanluo Sect, with the strength of Ye Chen and others, they are naturally unable to resist. At that time, the opportunity for their Nanluo Sect (Dragon God Palace) to take action will naturally come!

As for whether the Nanluo Sect’s leader, Long Biyun, could solve the troubles of Ye Chen and his group, the Nanluo Sect’s grand elder had no worries at all.

After all, Long Biyun’s strength is extremely top-notch among the real people in the Linghai Realm, and she is even very close to the master of the Linghai Realm. No one in those sixth-grade sects can be her opponent!
In addition, with the behemoth Dragon God Palace behind them, those sixth-grade sects are naturally nothing to worry about!
“I have to admit, I was wrong before!”

Long Biyun exhaled a long breath, and then continued: “I thought that Ye Chen was just a dragon, but I didn’t expect that he was actually a dormant real dragon, and there are other amazing companions around him!”

She was born in the Dragon God Palace, so she naturally knew the importance of top-level skills and martial arts.

However, if one does not have enough talent, even if one is able to acquire top-level skills and martial arts, one will not be able to unleash too strong a strength.

Ye Chen and his companions were able to practice their skills to such a level at such a young age. Even in the entire Dragon God Palace, there were simply not a few geniuses who could compare with them!
“If you are not envied by others, you are a mediocre person!”

Long Biyun sneered and said, “If those people dare to use their power to coerce others, I will naturally not agree to it!”

In his words, Long Biyun did not take Xuankong Mountain and other sixth-grade sects seriously at all, and as for the others, they were even less worth mentioning!

……

Above the Qianlong Ancient City, two space gaps are looming.

“Dragon King, four nine-foot dragon-shaped phantoms appeared in this Hidden Dragon Ranking competition. It seems that the Hidden Dragon Secret Realm is about to be opened!” A light female voice came from the gap in space on the left.

“Doesn’t this just prove that the fortune of Nanzhuo Territory is on the rise?”

The voice that responded was very old, but it seemed to contain terrifying power: “It was worth it that we crossed half of the True Spirit Continent to hunt down the Nine Nether Demon King! But compared to this, I am more interested in those little guys who made it into the top five of the overall ranking!”

“Since the Dragon King is interested, why not give them a hand!”

The light female voice sounded again: “Although they have great talents, their backgrounds are too low. It is naturally much more difficult for them to grow up than the disciples of big families and big sects!”

“Let’s take a look!”

The Dragon King’s voice sounded again: “Maybe these little guys will survive this disaster on their own!”

The two people who were speaking at this time were the two kings of the Life and Death Realm, Xuan Hou and Dragon King. Their strength was among the top among the many kings of the Life and Death Realm on the True Spirit Continent.

The Dragon King, in particular, is one of the oldest kings of the realm of life and death on the True Spirit Continent.

The two of them thought that their appearance was very secretive, but what they didn’t know was that when they just approached Qianlong Ancient City, they were discovered by Lu Qingshan who was watching the battle below.

……

On the wide arena, two figures stood a hundred meters apart.

On the left side of the arena, Xiao Yan was dressed in black, with his hair tied up with a jade crown, holding a Xuanzhong ruler, and looking at Ye Chen with a smile on his face.

On the right side of the arena, Ye Chen in blue stood upright with the Star Mark Sword hanging from his waist, looking very sharp!

“Brother Xiao!”

Ye Chen rarely spoke during a match: “I know I am most likely not your opponent, but I hope you will not give in to me and fight me with all your strength!”

“Brother Ye Chen, I am just one step faster than you!”

Xiao Yan also smiled and said: “With your current strength, it is indeed difficult to meet an opponent at the same level as you!”

Ye Chen nodded slightly. He knew that what Xiao Yan meant by “one step faster” was to join the chat group before him.

“Then let’s decide the outcome with one move!”

Ye Chen quickly said: “No matter who wins or loses, I have no regrets!”

“So best!”

Xiao Yan smiled and said: “Anyway, my other moves can’t pose any threat to you at all!”

Having said that, Xiao Yan’s mind moved, and three strange flames of different shapes suddenly appeared in front of him. They were the Azure Lotus Earth Core Fire and the Fallen Heart Flame that he had fused, as well as the Sea Heart Flame that was sealed in his body waiting to be fused!
Looking at the three flames floating in front of Xiao Yan, Ye Chen also felt a lot of pressure in his heart. Ye Chen, who had already had many impressions of Xiao Yan’s world through the chat group, knew very well that the more strange fires Xiao Yan’s Buddha’s Fury Lotus merged, the more terrifying its power would be.

When defeating Sikong Sheng before, Xiao Yan only used the two-colored fire lotus formed by the fusion of the Azure Lotus Earth Core Fire and the Fallen Heart Flame.

If he wanted to defeat Xiao Yan who was about to cast the Three-Colored Fire Lotus, he would probably only be able to use the Little Blood Demon Disintegration Technique and combine it with the true energy condensed from the Taixuan Gong in his dantian.

only……

Ye Chen’s gaze quickly turned to the group leader Lu Qingshan in the audience.

The power of the ultimate moves that he and Xiao Yan would perform next were too terrifying. It was feared that relying solely on those Star Realm referees would not be able to protect their safety at all.

Lu Qingshan noticed Ye Chen’s gaze and immediately sent a voice message: “It’s okay, the two of you can just use your special skills to your heart’s content, there will definitely be no accidents!”

Although the arena was completely covered by the sealing light curtain, Lu Qingshan’s voice still appeared very clearly in the minds of Xiao Yan and Ye Chen, and no one present noticed it at all.

After getting Lu Qingshan’s guarantee, Ye Chen finally no longer had any reservations and instantly performed the Little Blood Demon Disintegration Technique.

boom!
A blood-red air stream rushed up into the sky, instantly dyeing Ye Chen’s clothes, hair, eyebrows, and even pupils blood red.

For a moment, Ye Chen looked like a bloody god of war, standing on the arena.

“The blood is burning, this is…”

“Little Blood Demon Disintegration Technique!”

After seeing Ye Chen perform the Little Blood Demon Disintegration Technique, countless spectators around were shocked.

This martial art was originally created by the powerful Blood Demon in the Linghai Realm. Blood Demon is notorious in the Nanzhuo Realm, and many sects have lost their strong men at his hands.

If Lu Qingshan had not been there and Pang Bo had been fishing during the competition, Ye Chen would definitely not have used this martial art.

But it’s nothing now. After all, having too many debts is no big deal. They have all spread the news about the ancient heritage site, so it’s naturally nothing for them to use the Little Blood Demon Disintegration Technique.

On the contrary, after practicing this martial art, his strength can be further improved.

As the blood and qi burned, Ye Chen’s true energy also began to boil, causing his combat power to soar by 50% instantly!

But this is not Ye Chen’s limit!

A thumb-sized ball of dark blue liquid true energy quickly emerged from Ye Chen’s dantian. In just a blink of an eye, it had covered Ye Chen’s entire body. It was the true energy condensed after he practiced Taixuan Gong to the limit.

After seeing this scene, the entire arena fell silent again, so quiet that one could hear a pin drop, and then a burst of noise broke out again.

“This is the true essence! The true essence that only the strong in the Star Realm can possess!”

“Am I seeing right? Could it be that Ye Chen has already entered the Star Realm? But he is not even eighteen years old yet!”

“This Ye Chen should not have entered the Star Realm yet. It is likely that he has practiced some special skills, which allowed him to extract a small amount of true essence in the Bao Yuan Realm!”

“That’s also very powerful. Once the true essence is released, coupled with Ye Chen’s terrifying sword intent and sword moves, no one in the younger generation can stop him!”

Sikong Sheng stood under the arena and saw that Ye Chen and the other two who had defeated him one after another still retained most of their strength. He gritted his teeth and clenched his fists.

You know, he used to conserve his strength when fighting with others, but now the cat that teased the mouse suddenly became the mouse being teased by the cat. How could he tolerate this?

……

On the fighting stage.

After seeing Ye Chen’s aura rising steadily, Xiao Yan couldn’t help but smile.

Then his mind moved, and the strange fire floating in front of him began to slowly merge.

The power that erupted after the three strange fires began to merge even made several Star Realm referees around them change color.

Ye Chen, who was opposite Xiao Yan, was also gathering his strength. He was holding the Star Mark Sword, and his dark blue true energy had been pushed to its limit. The sharp sword intent and sword force were also constantly rising, all in preparation for the next fatal blow!
At this time, Xiao Yan and the other person had given up the idea of testing each other and decided to decide the outcome with one move!

As the momentum of both men reached its peak, they finally moved.

“Buddha’s wrathful lotus!” Endless flames flashed in Xiao Yan’s eyes. At the same time, a three-colored fire lotus carrying endless power instantly shot towards Ye Chen’s direction.

“A sword that cuts through the heart!”

Facing Xiao Yan’s fatal blow, Ye Chen looked solemn, and immediately used his strongest move that had helped him defeat Sikong Sheng.

This time, with the help of the Little Blood Demon Disintegration Technique and the blessing of True Essence, the power of the ‘Heart-piercing Sword’ has been increased to the extreme. Even if a true Star Realm expert stood in front of him, he would never dare to withstand this move head-on!
Rumble!
The terrifying three-colored fire lotus instantly collided with the sword energy carrying tremendous power.

At this time, the sealing light curtain that had been reinforced by several Star Realm referees actually showed signs of being unable to hold on again, scaring the other Star Realm referees around to quickly join in.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the terrifying fire lotus and the overwhelming sword energy quickly began to annihilate each other after the collision.

In terms of explosive power alone, the fire lotus was obviously superior to the sword light, but the sword light was unusually sharp. After discovering that it could not successfully annihilate the fire lotus, it actually cut the already unstable fire lotus into two halves, and then shot towards Xiao Yan.

The cut fire lotus did not collapse immediately, but continued to sweep towards Ye Chen with its remaining power.

But at this time, Ye Chen and Xiao Yan had no time to dodge each other’s fatal moves!
“not good!”

The referee at the Star Realm below the stage saw that the situation was not good and immediately wanted to rescue the two. However, the outburst of Xiao Yan and the other two at this time was no less powerful than that of the Star Realm warriors. They were quite far away, so how could they stop them in time?

As for Sikong Sheng and others in the audience, they hoped that Ye Chen and Xiao Yan would be seriously injured or even die under the opponent’s ultimate moves.

In the audience seats, Lu Qingshan felt the remaining power of the sword light and the fire lotus, as well as the defensive capabilities of Xiao Yan and Ye Chen at this time. With a thought, he quickly took action without anyone noticing.

When everything was settled, to everyone’s surprise, Xiao Yan and Ye Chen did not suffer serious injuries from the terrifying attack.

However, after using the Heart-piercing Sword, Ye Chen’s entire true energy was exhausted and his expression was listless. As for Xiao Yan, a wound was cut on his arm by Ye Chen’s sword energy.

Xiao Yan looked at Ye Chen and said with a smile: “You win!”

There was no joy on Ye Chen’s face at this moment. After all, his victory this time was really a fluke.

With the disintegration of the little blood demon and the blessing of true essence, his attack and defense were all improved, while Xiao Yan, whose strength was suppressed, was still only equivalent to the peak of Baoyuan Realm in defense. Naturally, he had a certain advantage!

In the chat group.

[Ye Chen: Brother Xiao, I just took advantage of my true essence! ]

[Xiao Yan: Don’t say that. My Buddha’s Angry Lotus cannot be considered as a means to reach the Bao Yuan realm, and I have already tried my best. The reason you were able to win is entirely because you are strong enough! ]

……

In the audience, all the warriors were stunned at this moment.

This final battle definitely involves the power of the Star Realm!

The Hidden Dragon Ranking competition is held every three years. Many of them have watched it many times, but have they ever seen such a terrifying showdown in the final?

This result was both expected and unexpected.

After all, after Ye Chen displayed his true energy, his cultivation had briefly entered the Star Realm, so his victory was natural.

It was unexpected because Xiao Yan’s methods were equally terrifying. If it were any other genius, even if they had True Essence as a trump card, they probably would not be his opponent!
“Maybe these two people will be able to break the curse of our Nanzhuo Domain’s King’s Forbidden Land in the future!”

This is the voice of many people present.

After all, it has been a long time since a king of the Life and Death Realm appeared in Nanzhuo Region, and the strength that Ye Chen and Xiao Yan finally displayed undoubtedly has such potential.

At this time, everyone in Liuyun Sect hadn’t even come to their senses yet.

The top five on the Hidden Dragon List are all from the Liuyun Sect. This is really unbelievable.

Although Pang Bo and others were just figureheads, this was enough for Liuyun Sect to gain tremendous fortune from it.

At this time, the dragon-shaped shadow on Ye Chen’s body quickly pounced towards Xiao Yan. After devouring some of the dragon vein energy from Xiao Yan’s body, it quickly grew to ninety five feet long.

At this time, the dragon-shaped phantom even grew a fifth claw, and it looked like a real five-clawed golden dragon!
After the five-clawed golden dragon behind Ye Chen roared, the entire Qianlong Ancient City seemed to be affected, and then a large amount of dragon-shaped airflow quickly formed a huge dragon energy.

The dragon’s mouth opened, and inside was unfathomable. It was the entrance to the secret realm of the latent dragon that had not been opened for many years!
“The entrance to the Hidden Dragon Secret Realm will only exist for three hours. Enter quickly, there are many opportunities inside!”

The leaders of all the major sects recognized the legendary Hidden Dragon Secret Realm and quickly gave orders to the young talents on the list within their sect.

Of course, as the number one on the Hidden Dragon List, Ye Chen would naturally be the first to enter!

(End of this chapter)