25: Outer Gate Competition

Heavenly Origin Palace, Yanyun Peak.

"Sister Yanyun, are you really that optimistic about Yang Lingchen?" Lin Yurou asked.

"Yang Lingchen is exceptionally gifted, especially his Cross-Rank Challenge ability, which can truly be called Heaven-Defying. It is astonishing." Ling Yanyun said slowly.

"Yes, not only is he extraordinarily handsome, but his Cross-Rank Challenge ability is indeed Heaven-Defying."

"I just wonder if he's equally Heaven-Defying in that aspect." Lin Yurou blinked her nimble eyes and said with a chuckle.

"You pervert, can you stop filling your head with such nonsense?" Ling Yanyun said speechlessly, a look of helplessness on her face... haotian jade space.

Yang Lingchen was frantically circulating the Vast Heaven Art, striving with all his might toward the fifth layer of the Bright Profound Realm.

At this moment, his entire body was tightly enveloped by extremely dense Spiritual Qi, which surged relentlessly into his body like a vast, rushing tide.

At the same time, his hands were moving in extremely mysterious Magic Seals; every movement appeared arcane and profound.

Soon, he touched the threshold of the fifth layer of the Bright Profound Realm.

"Boom... Boom... Boom..."

"The fifth layer of the Bright Profound Realm."

Under Yang Lingchen's nearly frantic assault, the threshold of the fifth layer of the Bright Profound Realm was instantly broken through.

Simultaneously, the continuous stream of Spiritual Qi continued to surge into his body without pause.

Yang Lingchen showed no intention of stopping, and quickly took out countless Medicinal Pills and began refining them.

After refining hundreds of Medicinal Pills, Yang Lingchen successfully raised his cultivation level to the Peak of the fifth layer of the Bright Profound Realm.

Even after Breaking through to the Peak of the fifth layer of the Bright Profound Realm, Yang Lingchen did not halt his progress.

Because he had enough contribution points and Medicinal Pills, Yang Lingchen no longer needed to worry about resources.

Next, he stayed secluded in the haotian jade space, wholeheartedly Cultivating various Martial Skills and life-saving methods.

Among these, he focused on Cultivating the God Slaying Sword Technique and the Soul Martial Skill Soul Devouring Slash. The Soul Martial Skill Soul Devouring Slash, in particular, was Yang Lingchen’s strongest trump card currently.

In the blink of an eye, over twenty days passed. During these twenty-odd days, Yang Lingchen's cultivation level achieved another Breakthrough, successfully reaching the Peak of the sixth layer of the Bright Profound Realm.

At the same time, the God Slaying Sword Art and Phantom Movement Technique also received further improvements.

On this day, Yang Lingchen finally decided to leave, as there was only one day left until the Outer Sect Grand Competition.

Yang Lingchen adjusted his condition to its Peak before leaving the Vast Heaven Jade.

At the same time, he took a trip to the Exchange Hall and spent 100,000 contribution points to exchange for a Profound Rank weapon, the heaven-reaching staff.

Yang Lingchen himself didn't know the exact reason, but he just particularly liked using a staff.

Because, in his opinion, the exhilarating feeling of swinging a staff at people was irreplaceable by any other weapon.

The following morning.

Heavenly Origin Palace Outer Sect Grand Competition Plaza.

At this time, the Grand Competition Plaza was already packed with people and extremely lively. Today was the day of Heavenly Origin Palace's annual Outer Sect Grand Competition.

The Outer Sect Grand Competition was considered the most attention-grabbing event at Heavenly Origin Palace, simply because the number of Outer Sect Disciples accounted for seventy percent of Heavenly Origin Palace's total population.

In the Outer Sect Plaza, one hundred massive Arenas were neatly arranged, allowing one hundred Arenas to hold the Grand Competition simultaneously.

The Outer Sect Grand Competition adopted a Challenge System. The total number of participants this time was 20,000, and since Yang Lingchen was a New Disciple, his rank was exactly the last place.

New Disciples generally wouldn't participate in the Grand Competition; it was practically asking to be beaten, as most New Disciples only had a cultivation level at the first layer of the Bright Profound Realm.

According to the Challenge Rules, one could only challenge opponents up to one hundred ranks higher in each match. This meant Yang Lingchen needed at least two hundred Consecutive Victories to successfully enter the Outer Sect Top Ten, the difficulty of which was imaginable.

The rewards for this Grand Competition were very generous, and many stronger Disciples were already rubbing their hands together, eager to try.

Disciples with slightly weaker strength also wanted to seize this rare opportunity to strive for a good ranking, so they could distinguish themselves.

The Outer Sect Grand Competition also attracted many Inner Sect Disciples to join the excitement.

The Grand Competition was proceeding in full swing, and soon it was Yang Lingchen's turn to enter the Arena.

However, few spectators at Yang Lingchen's Arena were optimistic about him.

After all, the cultivation level of those participating in the Grand Competition this time was at least the sixth layer of the Bright Profound Realm, and Yang Lingchen's cultivation level could be said to be at the bottom.

However, to everyone's great surprise, Yang Lingchen achieved ten Consecutive Victories with unstoppable momentum, finishing the fight with a single staff strike in every match.

Because every match involved a Cross-Rank Challenge of one hundred ranks, Yang Lingchen's ranking quickly rose to 19,000th place.

After ten Consecutive Victories, Yang Lingchen showed no intention of leaving the Arena.

Under Yang Lingchen's dominant performance, his number of Consecutive Victories soared rapidly.

In this wave of Consecutive Victories, no one was able to withstand a single staff strike from Yang Lingchen.

To speed things up, as soon as the Referee called "Start," he immediately went straight into action without hesitation.

As Yang Lingchen's Consecutive Victories continued, his Arena was now surrounded by a dense crowd.

Everyone was speculating about where Yang Lingchen's limit lay.

Some guessed fifty Consecutive Victories, others guessed seventy Consecutive Victories, but they were destined to be proven wrong by Yang Lingchen.

"Forty consecutive victories."

"Sixty consecutive victories."

"Eighty consecutive victories."

In the blink of an eye, an hour passed, and Yang Lingchen's Consecutive Victories had reached eighty.

Yang Lingchen's dominance also attracted the close attention of many Outer Sect High-Ranking Officials.

Because before this, no New Disciple had ever achieved ten Consecutive Victories, yet Yang Lingchen had achieved eighty, and the streak was still ongoing.

At this point, the discussion was no longer about how many Consecutive Victories Yang Lingchen could achieve, but rather who could withstand one of his staff strikes.

Meanwhile, on an Arena not far away, a girl with a stunning figure and flawless fairy-like beauty also achieved eighty Consecutive Victories.

If Yang Lingchen saw her, he would definitely recognize her; she was none other than Feng Xueqing.

Approximately another hour passed.

At this point, Yang Lingchen's Consecutive Victories had reached one hundred and sixty.

At the same time, Feng Xueqing also achieved one hundred and sixty Consecutive Victories.

At this moment, Yang Lingchen and Feng Xueqing completely shocked the entire Outer Sect of Heavenly Origin Palace.

Countless Outer Sect Disciples swarmed out, causing the attention on the other Arenas to drop severely.

During this time, Feng Xueqing and Yang Lingchen stole all the attention of the Outer Sect Grand Competition.

"Brother, you must help me take revenge! That Little Bastard broke my leg!" Chen Ming said bitterly, staring coldly at Yang Lingchen.

"Hmph, let him be arrogant for a while. We'll have plenty of opportunities to deal with him later." A handsome young man said. This person was Chen Jun, the number one person in the Outer Sect.

At this time, Yang Lingchen also noticed an Arena not far away, because that Arena had even more people gathered than his own.

Careful observers would notice that most of the people surrounding Yang Lingchen were Outer Sect Female Disciples, while those surrounding Feng Xueqing were almost all men.

This was simply because Feng Xueqing's hot figure and devastatingly beautiful looks were too eye-catching.

The Grand Competition continued, and Yang Lingchen's and Feng Xueqing's Consecutive Victories also continued.

"One hundred and seventy consecutive victories."

"One hundred and eighty consecutive victories."

"One hundred and ninety consecutive victories."

"Two hundred consecutive victories."

"Boom..."

Now, the entire Outer Sect completely erupted in excitement, and the Outer Sect Grand Competition Top Ten were born.

Yang Lingchen and Feng Xueqing had both achieved two hundred Consecutive Victories while holding the status of New Disciples.

At this moment, the two of them became the idols of all Outer Sect Disciples of Heavenly Origin Palace.