"Good dogs don’t block the way?"
The two disciples from the Vermilion Bird Heavenly Nest and the Azure Dragon Divine Wood wanted to refute upon hearing this, but no matter how they argued, it didn’t seem right, and they couldn’t help feeling annoyed.
"Chen Yu, I’ve heard your strength far surpasses that of Zhu Ling Yuan, Qing Sha, Zhuge Tao, and others. Today I’ve come to challenge you and see if that’s true."
The man, who was engulfed in flames like a giant Fire Bird, said.
"I’ll assist you."
Another man in green, the shadow of a wooden dragon beneath his feet, materialized from illusion to reality, coiling in the sky.
"Just you two?"
Chen Yu glanced at them indifferently; the disciple from the Vermilion Bird Heavenly Nest was at the late stage of Condensed Star Realm, while the disciple of the Azure Dragon Divine Wood was only at the mid-stage pinnacle.
"Hmph, those who underestimate me have always paid the price."
The disciple from the Vermilion Bird Heavenly Nest snorted coldly.He knew he wasn’t Chen Yu’s match, but being looked down upon by a human with lower cultivation still irked him.
This was a sparring activity, with no intentional killing allowed, and he only needed to delay Chen Yu momentarily.
This disciple decided to go all out and make Chen Yu regret it!
Boom!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Three thunderous explosions echoed through the heavens; the Red Flame Tornado and the two wooden dragons ceased to exist in an instant.
Before absolute power, everything is resolved so simply.
The two Demon Race disciples were stunned, utterly shocked internally.
"Is this his strength? Is he really a new disciple?"
"This is just too strong."
If it were a life-and-death fight, they would have fled long ago.
But this was a multi-force exchange activity; Chen Yu wouldn’t dare kill them.
With this thought in mind, they dared to remain here.
"We must stop him for a moment."
The disciple from the Vermilion Bird Heavenly Nest gritted his teeth.
As he prepared to strike again, Chen Yu suddenly moved in his sight, turning into a white streak of light, rapidly closing in and swinging a fist.
Boom!
The fist’s light surged like a flood, with immense pressure making the disciple feel a significant crisis.
But he was locked by the three and a half layers of spatial profound meaning, making movement extremely difficult, leaving him unable to dodge Chen Yu’s blow.
After delivering a punch, Chen Yu didn’t look at this person again, instead striking a punch at the disciple of the Azure Dragon Divine Wood.
"Tsk tsk, this one’s even weaker. Hopefully, I won’t accidentally kill him with one punch."
Chen Yu held back a bit.
Facing the three and a half layers of spatial profound meaning, the two couldn’t dodge and had to endure Chen Yu’s punch.
Bang! Pfft!
The disciple from the Vermilion Bird Heavenly Nest had his flames dispersed by a punch, spitting blood and being sent flying backward.
With his Vermilion Bird Sacred Clan physique, Chen Yu broke several of his bones.
The disciple of the Azure Dragon Divine Wood was adept at defense with strong physique and good recovery; being smashed away by Chen Yu, his injuries weren’t particularly severe, though it was with Chen Yu’s restraint.
Swoosh! .
After knocking the two away, Chen Yu quickly left and sped up, heading toward the center.
"We failed; he’s too strong to stop."
The two defeated disciples sent messages one after another.
On the other side, rushing toward the central area, Zhu Ling Yuan received the message, his gaze turned cold, and he cursed, "Useless."
He took a deep breath, calmed down, and asked through a transmission, "How’s Chen Yu’s speed?"
"He wasn’t fast before, but after defeating me, his speed increased considerably, probably on par with you, Senior Brother!"
The message transmitted from the token.
Upon hearing this, Zhu Ling Yuan felt even more disgruntled.
He, of the Vermilion Bird Sacred Clan, had a natural talent for speed, yet Chen Yu’s speed was on par with his.
Zhu Ling Yuan suspected his junior brother’s vision might be flawed, or perhaps the other party was unaware of how fast Zhu Ling Yuan truly was.
"It seems we’ll need to send more people over."
Zhu Ling Yuan thought to himself.
...
Chen Yu was swiftly racing toward the center.
Originally, he was confident in his speed and hadn’t paid much attention to this event.
But the alliance of Vermilion Bird Heavenly Nest and Azure Dragon Divine Wood put a bit of pressure on him.
Better safe than sorry, Chen Yu decided to take it seriously and strive for first place.
Soon enough, two more enemies appeared to block his path.
Chen Yu showed no mercy, punching them away with ease.
Yet, the two did not give up, and more enemies were closing in, although their speed couldn’t match Chen Yu’s; they struggled to catch up from behind.
Only the disciples of Vermilion Bird Heavenly Nest, using speed secret techniques, had a chance to catch up with Chen Yu. Yet, when one reached him, they ended up being knocked away with a punch.
Gradually, Chen Yu shook off all his pursuers and arrived at the central area!
In the distance, there were four large mountains, arranged in a square formation, each peak bearing a flag.
The four flags bore the emblems of the four major forces.
The flag closest to Chen Yu bore the mark of the Vermilion Bird Heavenly Nest.
Chen Yu didn’t dwell on this, quickly approaching the mountain, preparing to capture the flag.
Suddenly, a figure appeared from another direction, wearing the disciple attire of the Vermilion Bird Heavenly Nest, with a pair of sinister crimson eyes fixed on Chen Yu!
"Chen Yu!"
When Zhu Ling Yuan saw Chen Yu’s figure, his face turned extremely grim.
Despite cooperating with Azure Dragon Divine Wood and deploying many people to hinder Chen Yu, he had still reached the center so swiftly, even faster than Zhu Ling Yuan himself by a fraction.
Zhu Ling Yuan was somewhat annoyed but didn’t lose his composure, instead growing in his respect for Chen Yu, becoming even more cautious.
"I haven’t lost yet."
Zhu Ling Yuan thought inwardly.
Chen Yu didn’t recognize Zhu Ling Yuan, but he could guess the other’s identity.
To arrive so quickly, he must be the top new disciple of the Vermilion Bird Sacred Clan.
"Which means, those road-blocking hounds earlier were all acting under this person’s orders."
Chen Yu remembered this person in his heart.
Swoosh!
He sped towards a mountain.
Just as he reached the foot of the mountain, a huge pressure descended from the sky, falling on Chen Yu.
He focused and discovered that the entire mountain was actually an array.
As Chen Yu set foot on the mountain, crevices suddenly opened up all over, and scorching lava gushed out from within.
The lava contained terrifying energy, with deadly force, capable of seriously injuring even a Late Stage Star Condensation cultivator if hit directly.
With Chen Yu’s defensive power, his skin was scorched with blisters.
He immediately activated his Star Pattern Robe, which eased the situation, but the robe’s energy was depleting rapidly and wouldn’t last long; he had to capture the flag atop the mountain quickly.
On the other side, Zhu Ling Yuan’s mountain peak bore the Wanxiang Sect’s emblem.
The mountain was filled with mechanisms and numerous puppets; encountering these difficulties made Zhu Ling Yuan’s climb slow.
When Chen Yu reached halfway up his mountain, Zhu Ling Yuan had only covered less than half the distance Chen Yu had.
But just then, another figure arrived, it was Qing Sha from Azure Dragon Divine Wood.
When Zhu Ling Yuan saw Qing Sha, he smiled and shouted, "Qing Sha, quickly stop Chen Yu, we can’t let him take first place!"
Qing Sha hesitated a bit; if she went to hinder Chen Yu now and helped Vermilion Bird Heavenly Nest get first place, what about Azure Dragon Divine Wood?
The fact that Azure Dragon Divine Wood allied with Vermilion Bird Heavenly Nest to deal with Chen Yu showed they also yearned for victory.
"Young Master Zhu, I can’t stop him alone, so why don’t we deal with him together after we each succeed."
Qing Sha chuckled softly, choosing not to obstruct Chen Yu but instead heading towards the mountain with the Azure Dragon Divine Wood emblem.
With the cases of Chen Yu and Zhu Ling Yuan, she made her choice for this mountain.
On this mountain, all the plants suddenly grew wild, filled with spirituality, frantically devouring vitality and energy.
Moreover, the mountain harbored hallucinatory and highly toxic plants, but these posed no real challenge to Qing Sha.
The new disciple exchange event wasn’t purely a speed competition, as shown by Zhu Ling Yuan, who, despite arriving first, was surpassed by Qing Sha in climbing speed.
In the central area, the scene of the three climbing the mountains was watched by everyone from the outside world.
Whoever climbed the peak first and claimed the flag was likely to claim the top spot in this event.
"Alas, Zhu Ling Yuan was unlucky. Had he chosen the Vermilion Bird Sacred Clan’s flag, he might have been one step ahead of Chen Yu to seize first place."
Someone lamented.
A few senior members of the Heavenly Martial Sect smiled faintly.
At the next moment, in the space, Chen Yu reached the mountain peak and took down the flag.
"First place is mine."
Chen Yu chuckled lightly.
As he removed the flag, the entire mountain’s array ceased operation.
Zhu Ling Yuan and Qing Sha saw this scene and gritted their teeth, speeding up to secure second place and deal with other matters.
At that moment, several others arrived, seeing Chen Yu grab the flag and claim first, and were inwardly amazed.
"Although I have first place now, you two said you planned to team up against me. So it seems my hold on first place isn’t entirely secure."
Chen Yu muttered to himself with a light smile.
Zhu Ling Yuan and Qing Sha, upon hearing this, immediately sensed foreboding.
Swoosh!
The next moment, they saw Chen Yu leaving the mountain peak, flying toward the mountain where Qing Sha was located.