Chapter 857 – Who Is Your Opponent

The three people from the Five Elements Alliance were all experts at the First Heavenly Martial Stage, so they were extremely fast. Just a short moment after Little Cat casted his spell, they all ran in drastically directions.

Long Chen was good at catching the right timing. The moment they separated, he turned around and charged at one of them!

It was the Fire clan’s patriarch!

He still was not sure why his two mates had changed directions, but Long Chen was coming in hot. They weren’t that far apart to begin with, so they immediately bumped into each other!

Long Chen was prepared to fight, but the Fire patriarch needed a moment to react!

When Long Chen turned around, the four Emperor Seals were already prepared in his palm.

He pushed his palm out, and the four Emperor Seals overlapped with each other. A violent, powerful energy shot at the Fire patriarch. After the four different-colored Emperor Seals merged, they exploded and released a powerful force!

“Black Emperor Churning Heaven Seal!

“Golden Emperor Veiled Heaven Seal!

“Scarlet Emperor Burning Heaven Seal!

“Azure Emperor Rising Heaven Seal!”

The four Emperor Seals exploded in unison!

Long Chen had caught the perfect timing. Amidst the Fire patriarch’s panic, he threw out a punch, so his fist collided with Long Chen’s Emperor Seals. He also activated his domain, which provided some defense against Long Chen’s attack. It was as if he controlled all the space around them!

Despite that, because Long Chen was prepared and he was not, Long Chen’s four Emperor Seals sent him flying!

“Break!”

A gigantic current erupted from Long Chen’s body and shot at the Fire patriarch, causing him to fly fifty meters backwards!

Long Chen saw him land on the five-colored altar. The Emperor Seals’ power was just too strong, so the Fire patriarch found it difficult to stabilize himself mid-air. He knew that he was about to land on the altar, but he could not do anything about it.

He was flying too quickly.

Long Chen’s sudden attack had caused a certain level of internal injury. The patriarch’s blood boiled and he almost spat out blood.

Long Chen’s attack had been too fast and too strong!

“Huo Luan, look down!” Ancestor Jin was shocked when he saw what had happened. He thought the three patriarchs would surely capture Long Chen. He never would have imagined that Long Chen would retaliate and even hurt the Fire patriarch like that.

The five-colored altar was an unpredictable factor, so Ancestor Jin wanted him to be careful. Unfortunately, the Fire patriarch could not control himself and crashed onto the altar!

Long Chen did not think much of it, as he knew that the altar would surely push him off.

However, something shocking happened. When the Fire patriarch collided with the altar, there was a bright light, then he disappeared.

“What happened?”

“Did he go inside?”

After a brief moment of hesitation, everyone moved. Long Chen was closest to the altar, so he used Blood Warp to get into the altar’s red section. The Fire patriarch had entered via the golden section.

Like before, Long Chen ran straight inside and disappeared.

When only five of them were present, the altar did not allow them to enter. They had not expected it to let them in after the Five Elements Alliance and the Long-Bearded Guest arrived.

Suddenly, they realized that they had understood the instructions wrongly.

“Out of ten, only five advance. It did not ask us to kill each other until five people remain. Instead, after everyone arrives, the first five people who enter the altar are allowed to go in.”

Everyone finally understood.

There had been five spots, but only three remained. Long Chen and the Fire patriarch had each taken one spot.

There was no time for them to worry about their opponents now. Wu Lian and Bai Lan, who were still fighting, as well as Ancestor Jin and the Long-Bearded Guest, who were in a stand-off, immediately charged as fast as they could to the altar!

A terrifying battle erupted in that brief moment. Four Second Heavenly Martial Stage cultivators were engaged in a crazed fight above the altar. The four of them were fighting for three spots, and it was a close fight. All of them used up all their tricks, worried that they would not get to enter!

It was difficult for the remaining First Earthly Martial Stage cultivators to even enter the fight.

All sorts of tricks and attacks flew everywhere, throwing the place into chaos.

Whoosh!

While they fought, they continued to rush to the altar. There were several

whooshes

as they were still competing for speed. The four of them had turned into four rays of light shooting towards the altar. While they charged, they defended themselves from the others while launching attacks of their own!

Boom, boom, boom!

There were countless explosions!

There were a total of five zones on the altar, and the zones were spinning. It was uncertain who would enter which zone, but they knew which zones Long Chen and the Fire patriarch had entered. The four people were fighting for the three remaining zones.

Bai Lan and Wu Lian shot into one zone each, while Ancestor Jin and the Long-Bearded Guest unfortunately bumped into each other. Both of them launched strong attacks and struggled to stabilize themselves. Amidst the explosion, the Long-Bearded Guest rushed into the remaining zone. However, Ancestor Jin accidentally fell into the golden section of the altar.

That was where the Fire patriarch had entered.

Out of the ten of them, five had already entered.

The people who had not entered yet were Ancestor Jin, two from the Five Elements Alliance, Lei Ji, and Feng Qin.

𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

The people who remained were initially crestfallen, but to their shock, they saw Ancestor Jin get swallowed by the golden section of the altar!

Four people remained.

“Can we still enter?”

The remaining four were stunned for a moment, then they immediately took action!

Had they misinterpreted the instructions again? Out of ten, only five advance. If that did not mean only five out of ten could enter, what else could it mean?

No one could figure it out.

As long as it still allowed entry, all they could think about was to enter immediately.

Feng Qing had a sudden idea.

Out of ten, only five will advance. Could it mean that we will be paired up? Could it mean that only two are allowed per color? And those two people will fight, and only the victor can progress to the next round?

I think Long Chen entered the red section.

Then Feng Qing immediately rushed to the red section. He was closest to this color and he moved fast, so he soon entered the altar.

The other people did not think as far as he did, and only rushed into a random color. Lei Ji was unlucky because he landed in the golden section but was pushed out. Only Lei Ji remained on the first floor.

He was stunned for a moment, then realized that two people had already entered the golden section. The only color without two people was the section that Bai Lan had entered.

He immediately dove into that section, and as expected, he entered the altar.

The place finally returned to silence.

***

After diving into the altar, Long Chen did not know what was happening, except that very soon, hot fire enveloped him. Startled, he quickly used his essence to blast it away, forming a sphere around himself within the endless red flames.

The sphere was not large, but it kept Long Chen isolated from the heat. The fire was so hot that even though Long Chen had the Seven Star Body, he would likely be injured if he was exposed to it for a little while.

“Where is this place?” Long Chen looked around.

Endless fire surrounded him. If Xiaolang was here, he would probably be able to swallow the fire so Long Chen could see what was around him. However, Mo Xiaolang was outside.

Long Chen had told him to guard the Demon clan. Although nothing serious was expected to happen to the clan, it was better than letting him risk his life along with Long Chen.

The endless fire was indeed bizarre.

Long Chen recalled that he might have entered the red section of the five-colored altar. Could that mean that the other sections would present different environments? For example, water?

Why was he here?

Very soon, Long Chen received an answer. A disembodied voice rang in his ear.

“Out of ten, five advance. Every person has one opponent. Finish or defeat your opponent, and you will enter the second floor of the Black Bone Tower.”

The disembodied voice seemed to come from a faraway place, but Long Chen could hear it clearly.

Everyone has their own opponent? If I finish or defeat them, I will advance. Who will be my opponent? Is it something from the Black Bone Tower? Or is it one of the other Heavenly Martial Realm cultivators from the Ten Thousand Nations Territory?

As the questions popped into his mind, he hurriedly activated the Soul Swallowing Gaze to survey his surroundings. His pupils constricted because he saw that not far from his side, there was someone familiar charging right at him!