The Sword God of the Universe
Chapter 996: Entering the Top 400

Chapter 996: Chapter 996: Entering the Top 400

In the ranking tournament, each time you advance a round, the rewards more than double.

For the level from the 1,600th to the 3,200th rank, the reward is twenty thousand one-star Divine Crystals plus one hundred Heavenly Repairing Pills. If you advance another round, how much would the rewards be? And if you could enter the top hundred of the ranking tournament?

Jing Yan’s heart was ablaze with excitement.

This ranking tournament, he must give his all; the higher the rank, the better.

As Supreme Elder Yong Ming gave the order, the 3,200 martial artists participating in the second round of the ranking tournament officially began their battles on the 1,600 stages.

In this round, Jing Yan faced a much stronger opponent, a three-star Void God. This three-star Void God was relatively older; judging by his life aura, he should be older than Chai Yang. Chai Yang is over 3,000 years old, so this person was likely around 4,000 years old.

The weapon he used was quite uncommon, a black claw, with an iron chain attached to its back. The weapon had formidable power, likely of very high quality as a Holy Artifact.

The difference between Holy Artifacts can be quite significant.

In the God Realm, some martial artists at the Saint Realm can obtain Holy Artifacts, and the vast majority of Void Gods also use Holy Artifacts. Even among high-level Void Gods, those with Divine Artifacts are rare.

This martial artist had no exchange with Jing Yan. As Supreme Elder Yong Ming announced the start of the second round of ranking tournament’s match-up, he ferociously attacked Jing Yan.

His weapon was uncommon, his attack style was sinister, combined with feminine martial arts, his attack power was quite strong, at least far stronger than Chai Yang.

Jing Yan felt that an ordinary three-star Void God might not be able to compete with this person.

Unfortunately, this person encountered Jing Yan, he had no opportunity to defeat Jing Yan.

Jing Yan controlled his Divine Power, manipulated the Power of Laws, and spent some time gradually familiarizing himself with this person’s martial arts attack, finally knocking him out of the stage.

Understanding more martial arts from the God Realm is beneficial to Jing Yan. After all, he hasn’t been in the God Realm for long and hasn’t fought many battles. Taking advantage of this selection assessment, increasing battle experience invisibly can also improve his combat power.

In the second round of the ranking tournament, Jing Yan won and advanced again.

This advancement had a significant impact on those who were concerned with Jing Yan, like the chiefs and others.

Previously, when Jing Yan and Chai Yang had their match, Chai Yang voluntarily left the stage, so these chiefs and others didn’t see Jing Yan and Chai Yang’s fight. Therefore, they had doubts about Jing Yan’s strength, not sure if Jing Yan truly had the strength of a three-star Void God.

Yet this time, Jing Yan’s opponent was also a strong figure on the Celestial List, whose rank was even higher than Chai Yang’s. This martial artist was still defeated by Jing Yan.

This battle could completely prove that Jing Yan had the strength of a three-star Void God.

"Director Gong Luo, you’ve struck it lucky."

"Indeed, having picked up a genius martial artist like Jing Yan. Sigh, why don’t I have such luck?"

"He’s entered the top 1,600 now, and if he wins the discussion again, it’s the top 800."

"Have you noticed that this Jing Yan is very young? With the strength he’s shown, he should immediately be able to participate in the Second Palace assessment, right? If he smoothly advances to the Second Palace, then the reward that the Qingmu Department will receive..."

When each department of the First Palace recommends candidates to the Assessment Department to participate in the Second Palace assessment, the younger the candidates, the more rewards each department receives. If someone over 10,000 years old successfully participates in the assessment and advances to the Second Palace, there will be no reward, even if they advance. So, the departments generally don’t recruit martial artists over 10,000 years old.

Many chiefs looked at Qingmu Department Director Gong Luo with increasingly envious eyes. They knew that this time, Qingmu Department might significantly grow because of Jing Yan.

Gong Luo kept smiling without speaking. He knew Jing Yan wasn’t even two hundred years old, and judging by Jing Yan’s current displayed strength, he could indeed immediately take part in the Second Palace assessment. The Qingmu Department of the First Palace was truly lucky this time.

"In the second round of the ranking tournament, the 1,600 martial artists who failed will receive fifty thousand one-star Divine Crystals and five hundred Heavenly Repairing Pills," Supreme Elder Yong Ming said with a smile after the second round of the ranking tournament ended.

"The 1,600 martial artists who defeated their opponents advance to the third round of the ranking tournament." Amidst a wave of discussions, Yong Ming continued to speak.

The martial artists who made it into the top 1,600 generally didn’t have low realm levels; at a glance, not a single one-star Void God could be found. Each one had at least the strength of a two-star Void God or higher.

The third round of the ranking tournament began quickly.

In this round, Jing Yan faced a two-star Void God. After simply probing the attack style of this two-star Void God, Jing Yan slapped him out of the stage. Then, he sat cross-legged on the stage, waiting for the third round of the ranking tournament to end.

In the third round of the ranking tournament, the 800 who failed received the reward of 100,000 one-star Divine Crystals and 1,000 Heavenly Repairing Pills.

This number made Jing Yan’s heart race a bit.

Having been accustomed to poverty in a low-class world, Jing Yan had never seen such a large amount of cultivation resources. Even inside Chai Yang’s Sumeru Ring, there weren’t nearly as many resources.

"I wonder what kind of rewards the martial artists who enter the top 800 will receive," Jing Yan thought to himself, filled with anticipation.

With anticipation, the fourth round of the ranking tournament began, a battle from 800 to 400.

In this round, Jing Yan faced a four-star Void God, and he seemed very young, likely just over a thousand years old.

Jing Yan didn’t know this person, but in the Mystic Temple of the World, others certainly did, be it Supreme Elder Yong Ming and other senior figures, or the numerous chiefs of the First Palace, even those martial artists participating in the selection assessment. They all recognized Jing Yan’s four-star Void God level opponent.

This martial artist was called Chu Yan, ranked at around eight thousand on the Celestial List.

The Celestial List has one hundred thousand slots, and entering the top ten thousand clearly denotes an exceptional martial arts genius.

Chu Yan’s manipulated Law was predominantly water attribute, exhibiting extreme tenacity during attacks. In terms of attack power, it might not be comparable to those primarily using Fire Attribute Principles, but it surpassed fire attribute-based attacks in endurance and enemy constriction.

Still, Chu Yan couldn’t escape the fate of defeat. After trading blows with Jing Yan for a few breaths, Chu Yan voluntarily conceded, sensing Jing Yan’s strength far exceeded hers, and further fighting would lead to inevitable defeat, so she straightforwardly admitted defeat.

"You don’t seem to be on the Celestial List," Chu Yan looked at Jing Yan.

"I’ve just ascended from a low-class world not long ago to the God Realm, so it’s normal I’m not on the Celestial List," Jing Yan replied to Chu Yan.