572: Chapter 572 Yi Chen Emerges from the Mountain

Chen Yi walked through the crowd, listening to these discussions, the corner of his mouth twitching slightly.

He had initially thought that since Kalsis was so arrogant, he must have had some real skills!

Turns out, that was it?

Cultivating for so long, and only a five-digit ranking?

And he's holding a celebration banquet?

If he had known he was such a good-for-nothing, he should have just bought the feather of the divine phoenix!

The reason he didn't buy it at the time was because he was thinking of Chu Feiyu.

Chu Feiyu has the Seven-Colored Phoenix Bloodline; once she achieves a Breakthrough to Heavenly God or Ancient God, wouldn't her feathers be ready-made feathers of the divine phoenix?

He could pluck them however he wanted, so why spend money to buy them?

Who would have thought it would be wasted on Kalsis like this!

What a huge loss!

He had arrived at the God Stele Forest.

Chen Yi stood on the outskirts of the crowd, looking at the dense array of stone steles.

He was not in a hurry to go in; instead, he looked around to find Zhao Zhao first.

There were too many people, a solid wall of heads; it was impossible to tell who was who.

Forget it, he would go in and challenge first.

Once he finished fighting, Zhao Zhao would naturally come looking for him.

He wove through the crowd and walked toward an unoccupied stone stele.

The news reached the celebration banquet venue.

Kalsis was holding a wine glass, exchanging pleasantries with several Elders from the Starlight Pavilion.

Fiya sat nearby, her expression faint, as if she were still doubting reality.

The room was full of people, and the atmosphere was quite lively.

Although Zhao Zhao's results made this celebration banquet seem a bit ridiculous, a five-digit ranking was still a five-digit ranking, so it had to be celebrated!

Just then, an attendant rushed in, stumbling.

"My—My Lord! The God Stele Forest! Yi Chen! Yi Chen has started his challenge!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole hall went deathly silent.

Everyone looked at the attendant at the same time.

"What did you say?"

"Yi Chen! That Yi Chen! He has started the official challenge! The God Stele Forest is already surrounded by people!"

Kalsis was silent for three seconds.

He glanced at Fiya, and Fiya looked back at him; they stared at each other.

Then, everyone in the room stood up at the same time!

No one asked if they should go, because there was only one answer!

Those Elders who had just been flattering Kalsis were already walking out the door, not even bothering to say goodbye!

The Guest Elders who were still trying to cozy up to Kalsis also hurriedly followed!

The celebration banquet venue emptied in an instant.

Kalsis stood where he was, his face livid.

Yi Chen, it was Yi Chen again!

He had worked so hard to reach a five-digit ranking and hold a celebration banquet, only for Zhao Zhao to turn around and pull a four-digit ranking!

He had endured that!

Now Yi Chen was at it again?

A coward who had only reached 999th place in the qualifying matches and dared not even show his face—what was there to be afraid of?

"Hmph!"

He snorted coldly and said with some dissatisfaction, "In my opinion, this Yi Chen likely used some underhanded methods to achieve such results! Otherwise, why would he refuse to show himself for so long?"

Fiya glanced at him but said nothing.

However, her disdain for him was growing deeper!

Seriously, is it so hard to admit that others are excellent?

You said the same thing just now!

Saying Zhao Zhao was just lucky, saying Chen Yi was a nouveau riche, and saying your own five-digit ranking was the real deal!

And what happened?

Zhao Zhao slapped your face!

Now that Yi Chen is out, is he going to slap your face again?

When the two of them arrived at the God Stele Forest, it was already packed tight.

Everyone was looking up, staring at the largest plaque.

On the plaque, a line of golden text was slowly jumping!

[Yi Chen, currently challenging!]

[Current ranking: 999th!]

999th place!

This was the ranking from Yi Chen's qualifying matches!

The Prodigies in the top one thousand, because the ranking changes...

Now, he was going to fight his way up from 999th place!

Everyone held their breath.

The numbers on the plaque began to jump!

998th place!

995th place!

990th place!

"Too awesome! This is simply too awesome!"

"I feel like I'm going to witness a miracle today!"

"Even Lady Yue Wen has been squeezed down to 1000th place; how much further can he go before reaching his limit?"

Every time the ranking jumped, the crowd let out an exclamation!

No pauses, no lag; it was as natural as breathing, as smooth as flowing water!

Kalsis stood behind the crowd, his expression growing increasingly ugly.

He didn't know who Yi Chen was, but he knew that this speed—it simply couldn't be explained by cheating!

Inside the challenge space, he let out a long breath.

Twenty-five consecutive victories, twenty-five opponents, every single one of them taken out in one hit!

That feeling was just as easy as returning to the Festival arena, facing those opponents he had defeated in one move!

"I knew it!"

"I thought my cheat was broken! It turns out the difficulty of the qualifying matches just scales too fast!"

The opponents in the qualifying matches were getting stronger one after another, the gap was ridiculously large!

The difference between the eleventh and twelfth matches was like heaven and earth!

It had made him think he was trash, not even as good as Zhao Zhao.

Now it seemed the challenge difficulty was just too high.

It was like a high school top student; if you suddenly make him take a college-level math exam, he might not even pass!

It's the same logic!

After resting for a moment, the twenty-sixth opponent condensed into form.

Chen Yi looked up; it was a figure holding dual blades, whose Aura was more than a grade stronger than the previous twenty-five.

With the dual blades crossed, the person's entire Aura was extremely powerful, quite like a Sword God.

Chen Yi gripped his sword hilt and met the challenge.

This time, there was no one-hit kill.

The figure's speed was extremely fast, the dual blades dancing in a whirlwind, every strike carrying sharp killing intent.

Chen Yi steadied himself and parried, one sword strike at a time!

Ten strikes, thirty strikes, fifty strikes...

He gradually figured out the opponent's pattern!

On the one hundred and eighth strike, he finally found a flaw and killed him in one blow!

[Congratulations on successfully defeating the enemy!]

And the moment Chen Yi defeated the enemy.

Outside the God Stele Forest, the numbers on the plaque jumped violently.

[Name: Yi Chen]

[Rank: Ancient God Rank]

[Test Ranking: 300th]

900th, jumping directly to 300th!

Those who had been discussing loudly suddenly went silent!

Everyone widened their eyes, mouths agape, their eyeballs almost popping out!

This... this is fake, right?

"300th? Jumping directly from 900th to 300th?"

"No, what's going on? How is it jumping so fast?"

"Twenty-five consecutive victories! He beat the twenty-sixth one!"

"The twenty-sixth one? That gatekeeper who stalled five hundred Ancient God Prodigies?"

"Yes! That's the one! Defeating him makes the ranking jump a huge chunk, but I didn't expect it to jump this much!"

"Five hundred! He alone surpassed five hundred Ancient God Prodigies!"

"My god... what kind of Prodigy is this..."

The news flew through the whole city as if it had wings.

Some people took out recording stones, frantically recording the plaque, then sent it to friends far away in the Void Realm;

Some shouted into transmission crystals, telling friends to hurry to the God Stele Forest to watch Yi Chen climb the rankings;

Some rushed out of their cultivation rooms, not even dressed properly, and ran to the street to look up at the plaque...

The entire Kingdom of Extreme Evil exploded in an instant!

Too awesome, simply too awesome!