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Chapter 546 - 75: Rising Star on Martial Arts Mountain
On the steps of Martial Arts Mountain.
In front of Lin Chen appeared the treasures he could exchange.
[A Wisp of Celestial Gang Thunderfire: Exchange Points 100]
[A Wisp of Myriad Phenomena Magnetic Qi: Exchange Points 100]
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As he saw the treasures he could exchange, Lin Chen’s eyes grew brighter, especially the Earth Element Qi and Celestial Gang Thunderfire...
Perhaps his Nine Revolutions had hope.
[Exchange!]
With a thought from Lin Chen, energy fluctuations arose on the steps, and the next moment a wisp of flame appeared before Lin Chen.
As the flame appeared, the temperature of the entire steps suddenly rose to a terrifying degree.
Gazing at the flickering crimson flame before him, Lin Chen slowly extended his hand, and just as his fingertips touched the flame, the burning pain was like steel needles piercing into his marrow.
Yet even so, Lin Chen did not withdraw his hand, rather his throat bobbed, and he slowly guided the flame with his fingertip, suddenly opening his mouth to swallow the flame.
In an instant, Lin Chen felt as if his mouth held boiling molten lava, his throat spasmed from the burning, and after the flame entered his belly it exploded, transforming into endless golden red streams rushing through his meridians, scorching his flesh as if by branding iron, evaporating a tenth of his internal Qi Blood.
Lin Chen groaned, veins bulging on his forehead, as he pushed the Nine Revolutions True Blood Viscera Cultivation Method to its limit, causing acupoints all over his Dantian to continuously produce, slowly guiding the rampaging golden red streams back into the Dantian.
As these golden red streams were trapped in the Dantian, wave after wave of Qi Blood began to surge forth, slowly digesting and absorbing these golden red streams.
One breath, two breaths...
The veins on Lin Chen’s face subsided, and his expression returned to normal.
A quarter of an hour later, as Lin Chen opened his eyes, a wisp of golden red light appeared in the depths of his eyes, but quickly returned to normal.
"It really worked, but it’s a pity there’s too little of it."
This wisp of Celestial Gang Thunderfire, could be absorbed by himself, and not only the eighth transformation, even the ninth transformation might be possible.
Celestial Gang Thunderfire, is a combination of two energies.
"Perhaps with a hundred wisps of Celestial Gang Thunderfire, I would have enough for Nine Revolutions, but at a hundred points per wisp, it means I need ten thousand points."
Ten thousand points!
Judging by the points he gained from recent ranking matches, this means he needs to get into the top ninety thousand to possibly gather ten thousand points.
Very difficult!
It’s not that he can’t reach ninety thousand, just that there’s not enough time.
Initially he could manage nearly three hundred matches per day, but now only a hundred, due to waiting times.
The Martial Arts Academy ranking matches start in three months, but that doesn’t mean he has three months, the ranking matches will be held in Yan Kingdom, and he needs to gather with disciples from other academies and then proceed to Yan Kingdom together.
The journey could take about ten days to half a month, and he still needs to reserve time to perform the Nine Revolutions, so the actual time available to him for point accumulation is less than two months.
Two months, even at a hundred matches a day, his ranking can only increase by little over two thousand places, far from enough to gather ten thousand points.
[Achieved three thousand consecutive wins, would you like to initiate a cross-ranking challenge?]
Just as Lin Chen regretted not having enough time, the majestic voice from Martial Arts Mountain echoed, and hearing it Lin Chen was stunned, cross-ranking challenge?
[A three thousand consecutive win player may challenge across one hundred ranks, upon failure they return to the normal challenge sequence.]
Lin Chen’s eyes lit up slightly, it was like finding a pillow ready when he needed to sleep.
He was just troubled by insufficient time and thought ranking up step by step could mean twenty thousand matches for ten thousand points, but now with cross-ranking challenge, he wouldn’t need so many matches.
"Do I have to start the challenge now?" Lin Chen asked.
[No need to start immediately.]
Hearing that he didn’t need to begin right away, Lin Chen breathed a sigh of relief, which meant he could prepare well.
With a thought, Lin Chen retreated from the Martial Arts Mountain, the Martial Arts Seal descending from above his head and returning to his hand.
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Three days later!
Lin Chen appeared again on Martial Arts Mountain, opting for a hundred-rank cross challenge.
Flame Dynasty!
At this moment, some young martial artists raised their eyes, holding their own Martial Arts Seals, which were relatively smaller compared to Lin Chen’s.
"Cross-ranking challenge, interesting."
"Unfortunately, the rank is too low, just over ninety thousand."
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When a cross-ranking challenger appears, all who hold a Martial Arts Seal within a thousand ranks of that position receive a notification from their Martial Arts Seals.
This means that when Lin Chen chose the cross-ranking challenge, all martial artists ranked between 96,000 and 97,000 on the Martial Arts Mountain leaderboard were notified.
After waiting for about thirty breaths, light emerged on the steps, Lin Chen’s pupils focused, he had found a match.
On the vast plains created by Martial Arts Mountain, Lin Chen surrounded by faint golden Blood Gang swirling like fireworks.
As he just stabilized his form, a youth holding a spear came stepping through the air, silver armor draping over his body as spear light flickered like a dragon, charging violently.
Buzz!
Before the spear tip even reached, the violent Qi force had torn through the grass.
The youth, upon closing within ten yards of Lin Chen, suddenly changed his form, leaping into the air, appearing above Lin Chen, the spear in his hand glowed like a meteor crashing down, directly targeting Lin Chen.
The youth’s eyes carried a cold glint, clearly planning to defeat Lin Chen in a few moves.
Crossing a hundred ranks for a challenge, even if ranked lower, will attract some attention. In the eyes of the teenager, the other party dared to initiate a hundred-rank challenge, which is a slight to him.
If he cannot quickly defeat his opponent, by the end of the challenge, those fellows in competition with him will surely sneer sarcastically.
Facing the terrifying power of the opponent’s spear, Lin Chen neither retreated nor dodged. He pushed the Mountain Suppressing Chart to its limit, and pale golden blood gang winds surged from his skin.
At the moment when the spear shadow touched his body, the sound of metal striking metal erupted. The pale golden blood gang surged like raging waves, crushing the seemingly substantial spear light inch by inch.
"How is it possible!"
The teenager’s pupils shrank sharply, with an expression of disbelief, and couldn’t help but exclaim.
However, Lin Chen couldn’t hear the teenager’s voice, but he could deduce what the other was saying from his lip movements and expression.
Within the pale golden blood gang, Lin Chen shattered the ground and soared into the sky, his pale golden palm striking instantly, thunderous sounds rolled, and the palm shadow instantly enveloped the teenager.
Three breaths later.
The palm shadow dissipated, and the teenager’s figure disappeared with it.
The vast plain once again left only Lin Chen alone.
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Flame Dynasty.
On the steps of Martial Arts Mountain, Zhang Qi felt the terrible pain in his chest, his face showing a look of heart palpitations.
He couldn’t even take a single palm from the opponent, and his Spirit Soldier couldn’t even pierce the opponent’s defense.
"Could it be another super genius discovered and nurtured by a sect?"
The Flame Dynasty is vast, so vast that many martial artists will find it difficult to traverse its territory in their lifetime. The number of martial artists in the entire Flame Dynasty is an extremely exaggerated figure, and those who can ascend Martial Arts Mountain and enter the top one hundred thousand can be called geniuses.
To defeat him by crossing a hundred ranks, there is only one possibility: this person is a super genius nurtured by those great sects, who has just started challenging on Martial Arts Mountain.
Such geniuses can break into the top fifty thousand in a very short time.
As for further up...
The geniuses further up must either come from major sects or from martial arts noble families that have been passed down for hundreds of generations.
[Challenge succeeded, continue to challenge?]
Lin Chen also returned to his step, heard the majestic voice, and nodded without hesitation.
Facing the one just now, he didn’t give it his all, only relying on the strength of his physical body to defeat the opponent.
This time, Lin Chen waited for about a hundred breaths.
Similarly, Lin Chen easily defeated his opponent again.
[Challenge succeeded, continue to challenge?]
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[Challenge succeeded, continue to challenge?]
Ten games in a row.
Lin Chen only felt that the battle was very enjoyable, but at this moment, he didn’t know that because of his ten consecutive victories in hundred-rank challenges, he had already caused quite a sensation.
A certain city in the Flame Dynasty.
"Can we find out whether he is from a regional sect or which martial arts noble family he belongs to?"
"Sect Leader, we have inquired. He is not from those major sects, nor is he a noble family descendant."
Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man’s eyes glinted sharply, and he whispered, "Under twenty years old, able to succeed in ten consecutive hundred-rank challenges, stepping into below ninety thousand ranks, such a genius cannot be missed."
"But Sect Leader, how do we find this person?"
Beside him, another elder hesitated. The Flame Dynasty is so vast that the opponent’s location within the dynasty is uncertain, and the Ten Thousand Waters Sect only occupies three city spaces, which is negligible among the tens of thousands of cities in the Flame Dynasty.
"Let the two disciples on the list also enter Martial Arts Mountain to see if they can meet this teenager. If they do, communicate with him. Our Ten Thousand Waters Sect can train him with the treatment of a Young Sect Leader."
On Martial Arts Mountain, unless you enter the top ten thousand, opposing sides cannot hear each other’s words.
But not hearing vocal sounds doesn’t mean there’s no communication. Silent gestures or writing in the air can be used, which doesn’t violate the rules of Martial Arts Mountain.
"Yes."
The elder’s eyes also brightened. The sect’s two disciples happen to be ranked about a hundred places higher than the teenager, so there’s a good chance of meeting him if he continues to challenge.
For a sect like theirs, the highest-ranked geniuses they can recruit are within the top ninety thousand. The two genius disciples of the sect only broke into the top hundred thousand when they joined, and it’s only in the past two years that they’ve risen by a few thousand places, but that’s already their limit. Going further isn’t possible.
Because according to the rules of Martial Arts Mountain, once you’re over twenty years old, you have no further chance to enter.
Some people who reach the top ninety thousand have only reached their limit there.
Some people are in the top ninety thousand because they’ve just entered Martial Arts Mountain, hence their low ranking.
For someone who can achieve three thousand consecutive wins upon entering Martial Arts Mountain and maintain ten consecutive victories in hundred-rank challenges, their final ranking on Martial Arts Mountain may very well reach eighty thousand or even seventy thousand.
As for those within the top fifty thousand...
The elder shook his head, not daring to think further, because such geniuses would never consider joining the Ten Thousand Waters Sect.
Not to mention those within the top fifty thousand, even those within the top sixty thousand might not consider the Ten Thousand Waters Sect.
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[Name: Lin Chen]
[Points: 12700]
Lin Chen glanced at his points and chose not to continue challenging.
These hundred consecutive victories, the last two brought him a lot of pressure, although all injuries are restored when returning to the steps post challenge, the consumption of his Divine Soul is not.
Moreover, his points are sufficient already. After absorbing and refining the Celestial Gang Thunderfire, he can continue challenging later.
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