The people of the Five Elements Alliance glared at the Divine and Demon clans maliciously. The members of the Five Elements Alliance were about equal in terms of rank, with Jin Ling being the exception. They did not have disciples as outstanding as Wu Guangyu, but they were surely stronger than the strongest disciple from the Demon clan, Suxue. Did the Demon clan now have someone stronger than Suxue—Long Chen?

Everyone suddenly realized they had underestimated Long Chen.

“That brat only just reached the Eighth Earthly Martial Stage, yet he is already that strong?” Ancestor Jin remarked with surprise.

On the Demon Thunder Faction’s side, Bai Lan and Lei Ji looked at each other and smiled. Long Chen had indeed not let them down. Lei Wu was standing next to Lei Ji awkwardly. He had been ganged up on by Jin Ling and a Water clan youth, then eliminated. This was the Five Elements Alliance’s only victory.

“Father, I …”

“Don’t blame yourself. You just got unlucky. Work harder in the future,” said Lei Ji, cutting him off.

“I wonder how Xue’er is doing. We haven’t heard anything yet,” said Bai Lan a little worriedly.

“Brother Bai, she has a Divine Space Talisman. There’s nothing to worry about,” said Lei Ji with a smile.

“Alright …”

***

After Long Chen put away the Three Thousand Star Clusters, Lei Wen gulped and said admiringly, “Thank you for your kindness, brother. I thought you were as strong as me, but it seems like the rumors are true. When you were at the Seventh Earthly Martial Stage, you were able to kill Ninth Earthly Martial Stage cultivators. So it’s only natural that you can do it now, since you have entered the Eighth Earthly Martial Stage.”

Long Chen was actually even stronger than that if he used his Dragon Soul Transformation.

That was only one of the tricks up his sleeve.

Long Chen had successfully completed his breakthrough before the competition, thus raising his cultivation level to the Eighth Earthly Martial Stage. After coming to the Ancient Graveyard, he had progressed from the Third Earthly Martial Stage to his current level, rising by five levels. The speed of his growth had surpassed everyone in the Ten Thousand Nations Territory.

Ten people had to be eliminated from the Confounding City. After about six hours, five people had been eliminated. Five more were needed. Usually, the first round of fighting ended quickly.

However, participants hid themselves more towards the end of the competition as no one wanted to waste any more strength, and they did not want to be eliminated just like that.

The longer they could hold on, the more important the competition was to them. This was related to prestige and future resources they would receive.

“I wonder if Suxue and your younger brother are alright. There are many people from the Five Elements Alliance, and if they work together, they can easily bully anyone. The Divine clan has Wu Guangyu, so anyone who meets him will not end up well. We should start searching for them.”

Long Chen led Lei Wen on a search for the others. They were still moving about randomly, trying their luck.

If other people did not attack him first, he would not make the first move.

The Soul Swallowing Gaze made the search fairly convenient. Long Chen encountered several people from the Five Elements Alliance, and they were usually alone or in pairs. Using the Soul Swallowing Gaze, he avoided them easily.

“How strange. We’ve been walking for four hours, but we haven’t encountered a single person.” Lei Wen was confused as to why nothing had happened when he was with Long Chen.

Long Chen smiled without replying to him. Suddenly, he squinted and said, “There’s a fight over there. Let’s go check it out.”

There was a fight ahead. Suxue and Lei Wu might be there. They quickly approached, but after that, they realized that the fight did not involve Suxue. It was between the Divine Wind Faction and the Five Elements Alliance people. Like before, it was two against one. The two from the Divine Wind Faction were not Feng Zhilin and Wu Guangyu, but the older couple. They were attacking a Gold clan youth, who was not Jin Ling and was younger. Under the threat of the couple, he was in mortal danger.

𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

When he was about to be sent out, he roared, “Brother Jin Ling, avenge me!”

That shout was likely going to travel very far.

Under the couple’s fervent attacks, that youth was eliminated. He turned into a ray of white light, and the Divine Space Talisman took him away.

The couple sighed in relief, then they looked at each other and smiled. The girl from the Divine clan said, “We finally contributed something by eliminating that Gold clan brat. Brother Liu, we work very well together.”

The Wind clan man, Feng Liu, smiled and said, “Of course. We work together seamlessly. The puny Gold clan guy was no match for us.”

“I hate you! Brother Liu, let’s not stay here for too long. If Jin Ling finds us, we’re done for. Only Young Master Guangyu is able to beat that madman.”

Feng Liu nodded. “Alright …”

Then Feng Liu raised an eyebrow. Wind clan members could sense changes in the wind, and when the surrounding wind speed changed, it attracted his attention.

“Who is sneaking around? Get the hell out!” Feng Liu roared in Long Chen and Lei Wen’s direction.

Long Chen did not initially plan to attack them, as his grudge against Wu Guangyu had nothing to do with Feng Liu. However, it seemed like they had no choice now.

“Brother Lei, stay here. Let me try something.”

Lei Wen was enthusiastic to fight, but Long Chen did not let him.

“You’re going alone?” Lei Wen asked, surprised.

“If I can’t defeat them alone, how will I face Wu Guangyu, who has the Azure Lotus Lord’s inheritance?” Long Chen smiled and stepped out of the dark corner confidently. He appeared in front of Feng Liu and the Divine clan girl, Wu Qingrou.

“You?” Feng Liu laughed and continued, “My younger sister, Zhilin, cannot wait to rip your skin off, and the Divine clan’s young master also wants to kill you. The fact that you’re here means they haven’t found you yet. In that case, let me kill you for them.”

Wu Qingrou smiled and said, “Surely the young master will thank us, right?”

Lei Wen was still hiding, so they thought Long Chen was alone. Long Chen had not reached the Ninth Earthly Martial Stage yet, and they had eliminated a Ninth Earthly Martial Stage cultivator just now. Therefore, they assumed it would take no effort to beat him.

As for Lei Wen, he was assured enough to let Long Chen deal with it because on the one hand, he was curious as to how strong Long Chen actually was, and on the other hand, Long Chen had eliminated two Ninth Earthly Martial Stage cultivators in a row.

Feng Liu and Wu Qingrou studied Long Chen up and down for a while. Then Feng Liu said, “Sister Rou’er, let me deal with this brat. He’s much younger than us, so we can’t gang up on him, or other people will laugh at us if this gets out.”

“Be careful, Brother Liu,” Wu Qingrou said sweetly.

“Don’t worry!” With a beautiful woman watching him, he knew he had to be heroic. Feng Liu charged at Long Chen!

“Three Thousand Illusions!” The moment he attacked, he used a move that Long Chen was very familiar with. Feng Liu had several times more essence than Feng Zhilin. Every illusion was as strong as a Seventh Earthly Martial Stage cultivator.

A total of three thousand illusions gathered around Feng Liu, and under his control, they swarmed at Long Chen!

Long Chen’s Three Thousand Star Clusters and the Three Thousand Illusions had similar names. There was even a rumor that the Seven Star Lord was the Wind clan’s ancestor, but the techniques he cultivated had been lost through the generations. The only connection between them and the Seven Star Lord was the Three Thousand Illusions technique.

Long Chen’s Three Thousand Star Clusters could turn into three thousand stars, each turning into a weapon. If the Three Thousand Star Clusters ended up with the Wind clan, they would be able to use it at an even higher level. That was why the Wind clan was so greedy for the Three Thousand Star Clusters. When Feng Zhilin found the Seven Star Lord’s inheritance, she thought that her ancestors had been guiding her. But she actually ended up helping Long Chen get it.

Of course, the rumor of the Seven Star Lord being the Wind clan’s ancestor came from the Wind clan themselves. No one knew if it was true.

The Three Thousand Illusions belonged solely to the Wind clan. Only people with Wind clan blood could utilize this divine technique after reaching the Earthly Martial Realm. This was similar to the Gold clan’s Golden Eye of Annihilation. If they used it well, it was basically the best technique they had. Feng Liu’s decision to use it now showed how determined he was to kill Long Chen!

The Three Thousand Star Clusters was wrapped around Long Chen. Feng Liu did not believe that Long Chen was strong enough to escape the Three Thousand Illusions.

Very soon, Feng Liu was left shocked, because he could not figure out where Long Chen was at all. Instead, the Three Thousand Illusions had blocked his own vision!

“Where did the brat go?” Feng Liu was stunned for a moment and instantly retracted the Three Thousand Illusions. A few illusions had been fighting Long Chen, but then he had disappeared all of a sudden.

“Brother Liu, he’s coming at you! Be careful!” Wu Qingrou said hurriedly from the sidelines.

Being outside, she could see that Long Chen had broken free from the Three Thousand Illusions and was charging towards Feng Liu!

“What?” Feng Liu gasped. When he retracted the Three Thousand Illusions, he saw Long Chen and panicked. Long Chen was completely different from before. He was covered in blood-red scales and had sharp spines protruding from his joints. His claws were as sharp as blades!

These were not the most crucial parts. Most importantly, he was holding a long spear with shining blue light in his left hand. The spear looked like the most beautiful piece of art in the world.