Xia Yan nodded while listening, and understood in his heart. Just as the cave master Zhong Yuan said, the cultivators who competed for the quota last time were originally the best cultivators under the realm of gods in the Star Dou Hall. They entered the secret realm and practiced for a hundred years. Although they failed to finally break through, the improvement in strength was inevitable.
But the current method of competition is relatively fair. Because of the competition according to the current rules, some cultivators who got places in the last secret realm assessment also have a high chance of encountering them, so some of them will inevitably be eliminated, giving great opportunities to those cultivators who have not entered the secret realm.
"Xia Yan, as long as you are lucky and don't encounter those particularly powerful practitioners, then there is hope for you to compete for the place to enter the secret realm." Zhong Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly, and Xia Yan felt that the cave master Zhong Yuan was here. At the previous moment, many of the strongest practitioners present were swept away.
The most powerful part of the cultivators may not be able to win the places.
"I understand!" Xia Yan's eyes lit up, he took a breath and nodded.
Xia Yan also knows that if it is only about strength, then he is now equivalent to the relatively powerful ninth-level spirit emperor in the late stage, and even the general peak ninth-level spirit emperor is stronger than himself. However, his own attacking artifact is of a high level, so he can have a certain advantage in attacking power. In addition, he can condense his spiritual power to attack, which can also have an unexpected effect.
"The evolutionary supernatural powers given to me by the Lord of the Temple may also be able to play a role of surprise!" Xia Yan turned his thoughts in his mind and made plans.
"Okay, you go back and get ready, the battle is about to start!" Zhong Yuan waved his hand at Xia Yan again and said with a smile.
"Okay!" Xia Yan responded, then turned around and flew back to where Guo Sanqi and the others were.
"Far away, how did Xia Yan kill the Qing spirit body in the Tongtian Pagoda? What method did he use?!" Wang Ming, the master of Qingzhu Cave, looked at Zhong Yuan and asked through sound transmission.
Zhong Yuan turned his gaze away and told Wang Ming, Wang Su and others what Xia Yan said to him via sound transmission.
As for Hong Dongmo and others, even if they were curious at this time, they naturally couldn't bear to ask. Moreover, even if they went to ask Zhong Yuan, Zhong Yuan would not be able to tell them the situation.
However, Hong Dongmo did not shut up, but looked at Zhong Yuan with a gloomy look and said, "Zhong Yuan, do you really think that Xia Yan can compete for the place to enter the first-level secret realm?!"
They naturally heard what Zhong Yuan said to Xia Yan just now.
"Why not?!" Zhong Yuan asked with a smile.
"I also admit that idiots talk about dreams. That kid Xia Yan has some tricks, but he wants to compete for the 20 places to enter the secret realm, but it is impossible to do so. I dare say that this time, you have won even one of them in Xianfeng Cave." There will be no quota of practitioners. But I, Lu Bo from Lishui Cave, will definitely win a quota." Hong Dongmo said proudly.
There are only 20 quotas in total. Excluding Yang Qiuyun Group, Wan Luo and other direct disciples, and those practitioners who have not joined any forces, there will be no more than ten practitioners from the Thirty-Six Cave Heaven who can win the quota. In other words, it may take five or six caves to win a place to enter the first-level secret realm.
"Hey, that's not necessarily the case!" Zhong Yuan didn't get angry, the corners of his mouth raised, and he just said something casually with a light smile.
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"Xia Yan!"
"What did the Cave Master tell you to come over?!" As soon as Xia Yan came back, Guo Sanqi asked curiously. The other practitioners also looked at Xia Yan.
There were three people who passed the selection in Xianfeng Cave, but the Cave Master just asked Xia Yan to come over, of course they were curious. Especially Guo Sanqi and Du Wei had countless thoughts in their hearts.
"I didn't say anything, just told me that the rules of the battle are the same as the newcomer's strength assessment." Xia Yan immediately said to everyone with a smile.
"Oh, so it's this one. The rules of this competition are indeed the same as those of the rookie's strength assessment." Guo Sanqi nodded, her brows slightly stretched.
All of them are extremely talented, so of course they don't want to easily admit that they are inferior to others. Seeing how Dongzhu Zhongyuan favored Xia Yan so much, they naturally felt a little emotional in their hearts. Xia Yan is also very clear, so in his words, he avoids these cleverly.
While everyone was still chatting about which cultivators would be able to win the quota in the end, Elder Mo Ke who had just left appeared in everyone's sight again, hanging in the sky thousands of meters away.
It has been about half an hour since he left just now.
"Cultivators who have entered the second stage of the battle, please go to the center of the square. The rest of the practitioners can leave on their own, or go to the periphery of the square to watch the battle." Moko's majestic voice rolled from The sky hovered and pressed down, with the feeling of soul coercion, which made everyone's minds tremble slightly.
"Come on, let's go to the center of the square now, and we're going to draw lots." Guo Sanqi said quickly to Xia Yan, and his figure quickly turned into a streamer, shooting towards the center of the square.
Xia Yan followed closely behind. Streamers of light quickly gathered in the center of the challenge square. Most of the 200 practitioners were expressionless, solemnly looking at Elder Mo Ke who was not far away.
"Next, a lottery will be drawn. I think everyone understands the rules of this battle, so I won't say more here. The battle is also conducted by the Supreme Elder Kong Han, the Supreme Elder of our Star Dou Hall. Supervision. Anyone is not allowed to use any illegal means. If so, once discovered, you will bear the consequences!" At the end, Elder Moke's voice was also sharp, and his eyes turned to the 200 people who were about to fight cultivator.
"The drawing of lots begins!"
Following Elder Moke's soft shout, around his body, there were two hundred black tokens. These tokens were engraved with clear writing, and they spun around Elder Moke's body quickly. Vaguely, it seems that even the space is about to be split, one can imagine how fast it is.
Even with Xia Yan's eyesight, he couldn't make out the handwriting on it, and other practitioners couldn't make it out clearly either. Elder Mo Ke's strength is similar to that of the thirty-six cave masters, and he is naturally much stronger than these ninth-level spirit emperors.
"Everyone, draw a token!" Elder Moke's thick voice seemed to form a stream of real energy, pressing on everyone, making people dare not disobey, and they all took one of the tokens.
"According to the rules of newcomer strength assessment, then... 200 practitioners are likely to be divided into 20 groups in total, and each group has ten practitioners. The number one in each group is the initial challenger." Master, and then the practitioners behind will continue to challenge. The final challenger will be the one who gets the quota to enter the secret realm!"
"No matter which group it is, as long as the last number is drawn, it will be the best." Xia Yan thought to himself, other practitioners naturally have the same thoughts. Even a cultivator like Yang Qiuyun doesn't want to be number one.
These cultivators, the difference in strength is not very big, if one fails, even a cultivator like Yang Qiuyun may lose. For cultivators with similar strength, the winner may be determined by other factors, such as the restraint of supernatural powers and secret methods, the will of the cultivator, etc.!
"Hiss..."
There was a slight sound of breaking through the air, and as Xia Yan's spiritual power surged out, a black token was caught in Xia Yan's hand. With a fixed gaze, Xia Yan immediately saw the handwriting engraved on it.
These tokens are not made of crystals that store information. Those crystals that store information will reflect writing in the air when spiritual power pours into them. Of course, they are not suitable for drawing lots. On this token, there are directly engraved raised characters.
"It's the first group, number nine!"
Xia Yan slightly read out the handwriting on the token, and his face was slightly happy. Although it is not the number ten, the number nine is not bad, luckier than most people.
"Xia Yan, you are No. 9?!" Guo Sanqi immediately saw Xia Yan's token, with a strange look on her face.
"Yeah, what's your number as a Guo Sanqi cultivator?!" Xia Yan turned to look at Guo Sanqi.
"I'm No. 3 in the seventh group. Alas, I don't know if I'm lucky... I hope I don't meet the strongest group." Guo Sanqi shook her head and said with a sigh.
"Well, I don't know how many groups and numbers they are, so I can only wait and see." Xia Yan nodded, his eyes swept, and he saw the numbers on the tokens of many practitioners, and he also saw a few the first group.
"Then Yang Qiuyun, the token number is in the second group."
"Wanluo cultivators are in the eighth group."
"Huh? That cultivator is also in the second group." Xia Yan saw that the cultivator beside Yang Qiuyun was also in the second group. He and Yang Qiuyun are in the same group, so the two of them must meet each other, and in the end only one person can compete for the place to enter the secret realm.
"The first group, are there any strong ones?!" Xia Yan scanned and saw a few practitioners of the first group, but did not find the strongest group of practitioners. Of course, some cultivators had already put away their tokens, so Xia Yan couldn't see them.
"Forget it, anyway, I only need two fights." Xia Yan twitched his eyebrows slightly, then stretched them out again, relaxing his whole body and thinking.
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"Now everyone has got their own tokens, please stay on top of the ring for the number one of each group, and the rest of the practitioners, come behind me first." Mo Ke said in a deep voice, his breath has already It is to lock those 20 cultivators who are No. 1 in each group.