Supreme of the Heavenly Realm
Chapter 449 - 446: The Three Challenges of Dragon Sect

Chapter 449: Chapter 446: The Three Challenges of Dragon Sect

As time passed, the quarterly examination for the Inner Sect of the Xuantian Sect finally arrived.

On the Martial Arts Plaza of the Inner Sect, many Inner Sect disciples had already gathered; they were obviously there to see who would emerge as the elite disciples of the Inner Sect this time.

It should be known that the elite class of the Inner Sect was the most outstanding among the Inner Sect disciples. These Inner Sect disciples could already be considered the backbone of the Xuantian Sect, but the students of the elite class were truly the mainstays.

Each one was a character who could stand on their own.

A few Inner Sect disciples gathered together, discussing with each other.

"Have you heard? In the first round of the Inner Sect elite disciple examination that happened a couple of days ago, Ye Xuan actually passed smoothly."

"Not only that, he scored over ninety points in every subject, and even got full marks in two subjects. It’s simply astonishing."

"Yeah, joining just two months ago and bringing all his scores above ninety, has there ever been such a case within the Inner Sect?"

Without a doubt, Ye Xuan’s achievements were extremely high; at least in their knowledge, nobody had ever achieved such scores.

"This kid’s got some skills."

Fei Yue had long been aware of these rumors, clear as day. Initially, she, like everyone else, found it incredibly unbelievable. Before, she had heard from Leng Wusheng that Ye Xuan was always skipping classes and couldn’t even pass the first round.

"What on earth did this kid do to score so highly?"

Beside her, Leng Wusheng’s expression turned somewhat ugly. He had personally sent someone to observe Ye Xuan for a long time and knew the latter’s state like the back of his hand. He didn’t expect Ye Xuan to surprise him this much.

"Leng Wusheng, it seems you really can’t compare to him."

Fei Yue spoke in a somewhat indifferent tone.

Hearing these words, Leng Wusheng couldn’t help but frown, then snorted coldly, "This is only the first round. Even if this kid has some talent in theory, he absolutely can’t get through the three trials of the Dragon Sect with his Sixth Grade Martial Sect Cultivation."

In the history of the Inner Sect, no one had ever passed the three trials of the Dragon Sect at the Sixth Grade Martial Sect level. Even the current Sect Master of the Xuantian Sect, a Semi-Saint level superior being, had only passed the three trials of the Dragon Sect at the Seventh Grade Martial Sect level.

"It’s indeed unlikely, but this kid always surprises us; maybe, he could make it through."

Fei Yue shook her head, now feeling that with Ye Xuan, perhaps nothing was absolutely impossible. Although the three trials of the Dragon Sect were difficult, they weren’t insurmountable; they couldn’t stop a truly peerless genius.

Although Ye Xuan’s Cultivation level was somewhat low, she hadn’t forgotten that he had defeated Leng Wusheng in one-on-one combat, proving Ye Xuan’s combat strength, even though the latter had suppressed his Cultivation.

The three trials of the Dragon Sect, as the name suggested, consisted of three major trials, each with significant difficulty, and the challenger needed to burst through all three in one go. Failure at any point meant disqualification.

After passing through all three, one would reach the Dragon Sect, crossing it signifying complete passage through the second trial.

At this moment, Ye Xuan stood before these three trials, alongside over a dozen other Inner Sect disciples.

These disciples, upon seeing Ye Xuan, were somewhat displeased. They knew they had expended great effort to just barely pass the first round of the examination, but Ye Xuan, who seemingly did nothing, stood in the same position as them, undoubtedly causing them some sense of imbalance.

Boom!

Suddenly, the earth vibrated, and the massive gate inlaid with dragon carvings began to shake violently. The tightly closed gate abruptly opened, revealing to these dozen or so assessors a pathway, an apparently boundless corridor.

The first of the three trials of the Dragon Sect, a fifty times gravity racetrack.

Whoosh!

Everyone was already poised to spring into action, and as soon as the corridor appeared, they burst forth, charging into the passage, raising gusts of wind.

Thud!

However, as soon as their figures entered the passage, they were engulfed in a powerful gravitational force, immediately followed by them crashing hard to the ground, awkwardly landing on the gravity track.

When Ye Xuan first entered, he also felt quite unaccustomed to the sudden tenfold gravity, but after a slight disturbance, although staggering, he ultimately landed steadily on the track.

"Fifty times gravity is indeed a bit challenging."

Ye Xuan frowned slightly. He had experienced fifty times gravity before, but with his current Cultivation, simply ignoring such gravity was impossible.

Under normal circumstances, fifty times gravity could construct a Cultivation room used for rigorous training, but what lay before them now was a long racetrack. For ordinary people, passing through this track was highly challenging.

Just this gravity track alone would be good if half of these people made it through.

However, among these people, there were also some masters, two or three of whom were not entirely helpless against fifty times gravity and quickly stabilized themselves, then began to run.

Ye Xuan stimulated his True Qi, and the fiftyfold gravity was also slowly getting adapted to. After a few minutes, he began to pick up speed, accelerating as he traversed the track.

Gradually, the two or three Inner Sect Disciples who had started first were quickly caught up to, and then overtaken by Ye Xuan.

"Damn it, how can this guy, just a Martial Sect, run so fast?"

"This is unscientific, it’s fiftyfold gravity. Even if he found some loophole, he shouldn’t be faster than us!"

"Did the kid cheat using some treasure? Should we report him later?"

The three Inner Sect Disciples that Ye Xuan had left behind found their faces ugly when they saw him suddenly overtake them.

In their view, Ye Xuan simply didn’t have the strength; undoubtedly, the kid must have cheated.

Ye Xuan naturally didn’t take their muttering to heart; if one had to cheat even on this gravity track, then there would be no point in him continuing the next two challenges.

Ye Xuan maintained a steady speed because the three challenges of Dragon Sect needed to be passed swiftly and in one go, so he had to conserve energy and not waste too much too soon.

"The end is in sight."

Roughly twenty minutes later, at the end of his field of vision, the end of the track finally appeared.

"I wonder what the second challenge is."

Picking up a bit of speed, Ye Xuan soon had a general view of the second challenge before him.

What came into view was a vast formation, and within the formation were rows of iron men, each holding a variety of weapons and distributed irregularly within the formation.

"It’s the Puppet Formation."

Ye Xuan’s eyes lit up; the Puppet Formation was actually a combination of puppets and arrays, which could unleash greater power through their combination because these puppets were not too high-level. Although the material was somewhat special, they hadn’t yet developed Spiritual Wisdom.

Relying on the power of the array to imprint Martial Arts techniques into these puppets and then activating them, to breach the Puppet Formation, one had to pass the test of various Martial Arts.

If the first challenge of the Dragon Sect tested one’s physical condition and perseverance, then this challenge tested Martial Arts techniques.

Ye Xuan didn’t rush in. The three Inner Sect Disciples who were behind him, however, rushed into the Iron Man Formation immediately after catching up, as Ye Xuan had already taken the lead. If they didn’t hurry up, they would certainly be left behind by Ye Xuan.

They certainly did not want to fall behind a mere Sixth Grade Martial Sect.

However, these few quickly tasted bitterness. Those iron puppet men were not easy, they were sealed with very exquisite Martial Arts, and although they were only at Holy Level, the simultaneous execution of several Martial Arts techniques could overwhelm even these Inner Sect Disciples with Martial Venerate Cultivation, forcing them to dodge inadequately and feel overwhelmed.

Occasional screams could be heard from within the Iron Man Formation.

"The Iron Man Puppet Formation, this challenge, turns out to be the simplest one."

After pausing for a moment, Ye Xuan leaped into the Puppet Formation. Suddenly, two iron puppet men, one with a staff and the other with a spear, executed staff and spear techniques, enveloping him in a brisk assault.

Ding ding!

With a flick of the Dragon Abyss Ancient Sword, Ye Xuan easily neutralized the two strikes, then his steps were incredibly agile, forcefully passing between the two iron puppet men.

Within the formation, Ye Xuan moved as if skimming the surface of water, leaving a gust of wind in his wake, and with the speed of the wind, he breezed through the Iron Man Puppet Formation with an effortless posture.

Ye Xuan left them all behind, arriving at the front of the third challenge.

The third obstacle was not as difficult as Ye Xuan had expected because the third challenge was just a dragon-shaped white jade pillar which tested pure strength.

The scale on the white jade pillar had to exceed sixty to qualify.

For Ye Xuan, this was also rather simple. Swinging the Dragon Abyss Ancient Sword, he slashed heavily upon it, causing the dragon-shaped white jade pillar to tremble violently.

With a "hum," the scale settled at the "seventy-five" mark.

Boom!

After the scale of the white jade pillar was displayed, space suddenly tore open in front of Ye Xuan, and a dragon-shaped archway emitted an extremely dazzling light, emerging into form.

"This is the Dragon Gate."

Seeing the gate that appeared out of nowhere, Ye Xuan’s eyes brightened; passing the three challenges of Dragon Sect meant the end of the second trial, and the emergence of the Dragon Gate signaled the start of the final trial.

Cross the Dragon Gate, and you would become an elite Inner Sect Disciple in one leap.

However, just as Ye Xuan approached this "Dragon Gate," a rather young figure caught his eye. This figure exuded an exceptionally powerful aura, stationed before the "Dragon Gate."