CHAPTER 261: CHAPTER 255: PRELIMINARY SELECTION (PART 2)

Ji Mingyue did not immediately exit, nor did she rest in place. She slowly walked to the fifth layer.

Apparently, she did not intend to continue fighting, but wanted to see what kind of Star Beasts were on the fifth level and how strong they were.

Soon, sixteen Star Beasts appeared on the fifth layer. Although their Realm was still First Rank Commander Level, their aura was unusually strong, and their quality had reached Epic Level.

Seeing this, Ji Mingyue seemed resigned and nodded, choosing to give up directly.

The crowd watching the battle immediately erupted into a frenzy.

"This fifth layer is too abnormal, sixteen whole beasts, and their quality has reached Epic Level."

"It seems that getting through the fourth layer means passing the preliminary round, I’m set this time."

"Set? You might be overthinking. We can’t get through the fifth layer, but for those true geniuses, it doesn’t seem impossible."

"Those words are reasonable. I wonder if being born in this era is lucky or unfortunate for us."

"Oh! How do you mean?"

"Our generation is called the golden generation. The Five Great Daoist Schools each have produced Double S-level geniuses."

"Is that enough to call it the golden generation?"

"Heh, it seems you don’t know the significance of a Double S-level genius. Let me put it this way: in the whole history of the Alliance, there are only a few dozen Double S-level geniuses, and those who survived have already become the Alliance’s top leaders."

"Doesn’t that mean we’re overshadowed, hardly lucky, it’s plainly unfortunate."

"What do you know, as long as you can get into the Five Great Schools, the cultivation resources we have are several times what they used to be. We should actually thank them."

"By the way, what conditions need to be met to get a Double S-level cultivation contract?"

"As far as I know, to achieve such a level contract, the cultivation talent should have reached the Purple Rank."

"Purple Rank, that’s terrifying."

Next is the third group.

When the staff announced number fifty-six, Cyan Dragon City’s Long Yunxiao, over ninety percent of the contestants erupted.

As for the remaining ten percent, they asked their companions in bewilderment, and Chu Chen was among them.

"Is this person named Long Yunxiao very famous?" Chu Chen patted Wang Lu’s shoulder and asked.

Wang Lu looked at Chu Chen in surprise and said, "You haven’t cultivated yourself crazy, have you? You don’t go online?"

Chu Chen smiled awkwardly when he heard this. Since contracting his Guardian Beast, he had largely dedicated his energy to cultivation, squeezing out some time for cultural studies, but indeed hadn’t had time for surfing the web.

Seeing this, Wang Lu began to explain with a laugh.

After a few minutes of education from Wang Lu, Chu Chen finally understood what the name Long Yunxiao represented.

The Five Great Daoist Schools each produced one Double S-level genius this year, and there are twenty S-level geniuses, truly a golden generation.

Cyan Dragon Pavilion’s Double S-level genius is Long Yunxiao.

White Tiger Daoist School’s Double S-level genius is Fu Tiancheng.

Vermilion Bird Daoist School’s Double S-level genius is Su Lingyan.

Black Tortoise Daoist School’s Double S-level genius is Zhou Lixing.

Qilin Daoist School’s Double S-level genius is Leng Ningshuang.

At this time, Long Yunxiao had already entered the Trial Tower.

Through the projection, Chu Chen finally saw the young man’s appearance clearly.

He had a slender figure, was about one meter eighty tall, wore a cyan combat suit, had a round haircut, bronze-colored skin, and well-defined facial features, quite handsome.

Long Yunxiao raised his hand and summoned his Guardian Beast.

It was a giant python, with green scales like fish scales on its body, though these scales were thicker and denser, clearly having impressive defense power.

Its body was about ten zhang long, the thickest part measuring two meters in diameter, and there were two slightly raised bumps on its head. Its serpentine eyes were tawny, flashing with a cold glint.

At this moment, Zhang Yuyan said in a deep voice, "This is the Cyan Wood Wind Python, it seems to have already awakened the power of its bloodline."

Chu Chen asked in a low voice, "Do you know this Guardian Beast?"

Zhang Yuyan nodded when she heard this and said, "This Cyan Wood Wind Python has the Cyan Dragon bloodline within it. Look at those two bumps on its head; that’s the mark of bloodline awakening. Unfortunately, the concentration of the Cyan Dragon bloodline within it is too low; otherwise, its power would be stronger, and it might have the possibility of transforming into a Jiao in the future."

Chu Chen nodded thoughtfully after hearing this, bloodline awakening was something he had heard about for the second time, the first being when Lei Yao was endowed with the Sturdy Body Talent.

Could awakening the power of the bloodline truly make Guardian Beasts stronger, and then what might Lei Yao’s bloodline be? Is there a powerful bloodline within it?

While Chu Chen was pondering, Long Yunxiao had already reached the third layer. With his power, clearing the first two layers required no rest.

The third layer seemed to pose little challenge to him either. The Cyan Wood Wind Python directly dashed into the midst of four Star Beasts, its massive body unleashing astonishing power, its tail swiping to send the four Star Beasts flying, then individually defeating them.

The whole battle took only about a minute.

After a brief rest, he went straight to the fourth layer.

This time, his opponents were eight Iron Armor Bay Crocodiles of Perfect Quality.

Upon seeing this, Long Yunxiao’s expression finally changed; he seemed to show some interest.

The Cyan Wood Wind Python relied on its tough, thick skin, still crashing straight into the crocodile group.

However, the Iron Armor Bay Crocodiles also had tough, thick skin, making it obvious that a sweeping move like the one on the third layer was impractical.

Moreover, the Iron Armor Bay Crocodiles had extremely powerful bite force, posing a risk of injury if not careful.