The Sword God of the Universe

Chapter 72: Chapter 72: Challenge the Challenger Chapter 72: Chapter 72: Challenge the Challenger Although Jing Yan initially had an outstanding talent and was the first genius of Donglin City in recent ten years, his cultivation speed at that time was far slower than now.

Jing Ziqi couldn’t guess how long it would take for Jing Yan to reach the Innate realm.

It was really hard to predict; initially, it took Jing Yan more than two years, almost three, to break through from the Ninth Layer Heaven to the Innate realm.

But now, maybe even two years wouldn’t be necessary.

“I have experience, so breaking through realms is very familiar to me,” Jing Yan said with a smile.

The existence of the Sky Vaulting First Divine Skill and the Qiankun Ring, Jing Yan definitely wouldn’t tell anyone.

His strength was still weak, and if these terrifying cultivation techniques were known to those stronger beings, he simply couldn’t protect them.

Of course, it wasn’t that he didn’t trust Jing Ziqi, but the stakes were too high.

Until he had sufficient strength, it was best to keep all information about the Sky Vaulting First Divine Skill to himself.

Waiting for a moment longer, the remaining few Jing Family Disciples also completed their assessment.

With this, the first phase of the Jing Family competition, the assessment phase, came to an end; a total of 1,240 individuals had gone through the assessment.

This took just a bit over one hour.

“Jing Family Disciples!”

“The assessment phase has ended.

Next, you will enter the second extreme, the challenge phase.

Among you, there will be only fifty who can pass the challenge phase and make it to the finals.”

“Next, the challenge phase begins!”

At the plaza’s elevated platform, the Clan Leader Jing Chengye was spirited.

When he spoke, his gaze deeply glanced at Jing Yan.

When he saw his daughter Jing Ziqi with Jing Yan, he also smiled and nodded at the two.

After Jing Chengye’s words ended, dozens of Managers also dispersed.

“Members of the Jing Family participating in the competition, hand over your competition tokens to me!”

The Managers spoke in succession to the many Jing Family Disciples taking part in the competition.

One by one, the Jing Family Disciples handed over the wooden tokens they had received at the registration to the Managers.

Jing Yan also handed over his wooden token.

These tokens were placed in a huge black wooden box and then carried by the family guards to the elevated platform of the plaza.

“Great Elder, you do the drawing,” Jing Chengye said to Jing Chunyu.

“Alright,” Jing Chunyu took the responsibility willingly.

He walked up to the huge box, stretched out his hand, and delved into an opening the size of a human head.

With a gentle stir, he took out a wooden token.

“The person whose name I read, come up to the platform!” Jing Chunyu looked at the token and loudly announced.

“Jing Xiaoyue, come up to the challenge platform!” Jing Chunyu announced the first name.

“Jing Daniu, come up to the platform!” He then announced the second name.

Great Elder Jing Chunyu was fast in his movements, and as he proceeded, one wooden token after another was drawn.

As he announced each name, one by one, the Jing Family Disciples who participated also went up to different platforms.

There were a total of fifty platforms.

As the time of one tea session passed, a total of fifty individuals had gone up to different platforms.

“Now, the first batch of fifty challengers has been completely selected.

Others can challenge the challengers.

If successful, you become the new challenger.

Each challenger can only challenge a single challenger once.

If the challenge fails, you cannot challenge again.

And, each person can challenge up to ten times!”

“The challenge phase will last three hours.

Now, the challenge begins, and the timer starts,” Jing Chengye, slightly squinting his eyes, his voice reaching everyone’s ears.

The challenge phase was undoubtedly very brutal.

The time was only three hours.

After three hours ended, only those remaining on the platforms could enter the final competition phase.

In fact, these first fifty challengers drawn were quite unlucky.

Being earlier on the platforms meant they would be challenged more times.

The logic was simple; with the entire challenge phase lasting three hours, if someone were to come up to battle at the last moment and defeat the challenger, they might directly make it to the finals.

Fifty platforms were managed by fifty Jing Family Managers and Managers.

The fifty challengers stood on the platforms, waiting for others to challenge them.

And those below the platforms were similarly watching these challengers, analyzing the strength of each.

This challenge phase also required certain strategies.

Even if you had the strength to enter the final phase, if your strategy was off, you could still be eliminated.

After all, each battle would consume a certain amount of Primordial Energy.

Even for a martial artist of the Martial Arts Eighth Layer Heaven realm who was continually challenged by martial artists from the Seventh Layer Heaven, his strength would also decline.

If another Eighth Layer Heaven martial artist came up, a successive fierce battle, and one waiting in leisure against one worn out, the result could easily be imagined.

Jing Yan, too, focused his gaze, looking towards those fifty platforms.

“Jing Luoying!” Jing Yan’s eyes fixed on a male martial artist in a yellow robe.

This Jing Luoying, Jing Yan was quite familiar with.

After Jing Yan’s realm had fallen, this man was among the ones who most gleefully called Jing Yan trash, and he was also a loyal supporter of the Great Elder’s line.

If it had been just ordinary mockery, Jing Yan would have let it go.

Yet this man, almost always seized every chance to express his disdain for Jing Yan.

“It’s you!” A slight chill surfaced at the corner of Jing Yan’s mouth.

“Sister Zi Qi, I’m going up to challenge the challenger now,” Jing Yan said to Jing Ziqi by his side.

“Oh?”

“Jing Yan, won’t you wait a while?

It’s still early.

Even if you challenge in the last thirty minutes, it’s completely feasible,” Jing Ziqi looked at Jing Yan.

With Jing Yan’s strength, making it to the finals was a certainty.

The very strong didn’t need to consider too much strategy.

However, challenging now might waste a bit more Primordial Energy.

Thus, Jing Ziqi meant to let Jing Yan conserve some energy.

“It’s okay, I’ll go up now,” Jing Yan shook his head, unconcerned.

His Primordial Energy was immensely vast.

Moreover, Jing Yan felt that there wouldn’t be many daring enough to challenge him on the platform.

Should there be any reckless ones, then he would teach them a lesson.

These reckless ones were mostly from the Great Elder’s line.

Jing Yan glanced at the elevated platform, at the figure of Jing Chunyu.

Immediately, he walked out.

“Manager Shiyu, what a coincidence!” Jing Yan smiled, greeting the person in charge of this platform, Manager Jing Shiyu.

At this moment, not many had come out to challenge.

Including Jing Yan, only two or three martial artists approached the platform.

“Hehe, Jing Yan, are you challenging this platform’s challenger?” Jing Shiyu’s eyes flashed as he asked.