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Chapter 545 - 74: Martial Arts Mountain’s Second Step Opens
The three steps of Martial Arts Mountain appeared once again in front of him, but this time the first step was sealed and couldn’t be entered, while the second step lit up.
"I can ascend the second step now?"
Without any hesitation, Lin Chen stepped towards the second step.
At the instant he stepped onto the second tier, a panel appeared in front of him.
For a moment, Lin Chen instinctively felt like his own panel had appeared, but upon closer inspection, he realized this panel was different from his own.
This panel was more concise.
[Name: ]
[Sect: ]
[Martial Arts Mountain Ranking: Not on the chart]
[Martial Arts Mountain Points: 8 points]
There were only four sections, the first two were blank.
As the panel appeared, a stream of information also emerged in Lin Chen’s mind. After absorbing this information, Lin Chen’s eyes brightened with understanding.
This second step of Martial Arts Mountain was actually connected to the Flame Dynasty.
"Martial Arts Mountain was created by the Grand Ancestor Emperor... Could it be that the Grand Ancestor Emperor also knew about the Flame Dynasty?"
Lin Chen thought of Senior Zhu from the Heaven-Supporting Sect mentioning that Martial Arts Mountain was created using the sect’s Divine Techniques but was incomplete.
He had a bold guess in his mind.
The Grand Ancestor Emperor built this Martial Arts Mountain to emulate the one in the Flame Dynasty.
However, the Flame Dynasty’s Martial Arts Mountain was designed for the entire Flame Dynasty’s area, while the Grand Ancestor Emperor’s was only for Liang and couldn’t connect with the Flame Dynasty.
Perhaps the Grand Ancestor Emperor had seen the Flame Dynasty’s Martial Arts Mountain, or maybe he learned of it from ruins within the Nine Kingdoms and used it as a reference to emulate their Martial Arts Mountain.
With a thought, Lin Chen’s name soon appeared on the panel.
[Name: Lin Chen]
[Sect: Canglan Sect]
When Lin Chen confirmed the sect as Canglan Sect, a majestic voice emerged from the steps.
[Canglan Domain’s Canglan Sect detected, initiating identity verification.]
At that moment, Lin Chen felt an energy scanning his entire body, every privacy was revealed clearly under this energy.
[Sect identity verified... ]
[Name: Lin Chen]
[Sect: Canglan Sect]
[Martial Arts Mountain Ranking: Not Ranked]
[Points: 8 points]
[Identity information recorded successfully, challenge available.]
[Match an opponent?]
Lin Chen chose "Yes" without hesitation.
He now understood the purpose of the Flame Dynasty’s Martial Arts Mountain. Unlike Liang’s, it was about challenging those geniuses who had made a name on the steps.
The Flame Dynasty’s Martial Arts Mountain allowed real-time battles with real people, matching opponents of relative strength according to ranking.
The Flame Dynasty’s territory was vast, and the mountains spanned many places, with countless martial artists entering it almost every moment.
After ten breaths, Lin Chen saw the steps change again, this time he found himself in a vast plain area.
A teenage figure appeared in front of him.
Their eyes met, and nearly at the same moment their figures disappeared from where they stood, heading towards each other.
The rules of the Martial Arts Mountain’s challenge platform were already known to Lin Chen through the information.
On the Martial Arts Mountain’s challenges, the two cannot communicate, and any sound made is canceled.
The reason for such regulations, Lin Chen thought, should be to prevent someone from offering conditions for the opponent to admit defeat, cheating their way up the rankings.
Bang!
Lin Chen’s Wind and Cloud Palm roared like thunder, one move after another, directly piercing through the figure of the opposite teenager who looked in disbelief.
After defeating his opponent, Lin Chen showed no sign of happiness on his face because his ranking remained unlisted.
The Martial Arts Mountain ranking only records the top 100,000.
Similarly, even the points remained the same, only by defeating the top 100,000 geniuses would the points increase.
"Continue the challenge!"
...
Fifty matches in a row!
Lin Chen finally stopped, not because he lost, but because he was a bit tired.
After exiting the Martial Arts Mountain, seeing the fading daylight, Lin Chen returned to the study to practice the "Joyful Ascension Scroll".
He determined that the "Joyful Ascension Scroll" could accelerate the recovery of the Divine Soul.
Copied five times.
He felt refreshed and re-energized.
Lin Chen entered the Martial Arts Mountain challenge platform once again.
...
...
Thus, after three days.
[Meeting the ranking challenge requirements, do you wish to start the challenge?]
Hearing the majestic voice, Lin Chen’s eyes shone. In the past three days, he fought nearly 500 matches, and now he finally had the qualifications to battle the genius ranked around 100,000th.
Lin Chen did not rush into the challenge; these 500 intense battles had opened his eyes as well.
The cultivation techniques used by these opponents were much more refined than those of the Nine Kingdoms. Among them, a Refining Viscera opponent managed to burst out with Ninth Grade power.
After waiting for almost a hundred breaths, Lin Chen then focused his mind and chose "Start".
The scene in front of him changed again, appearing on a plain. Lin Chen saw a sword-wielding youth in front of him.
The youth looked at Lin Chen, a hint of disdain in his eyes.
In the next moment, the youth raised his hand to swing his sword, the Sword Light shone like a cold star, the sharp Sword Qi sliced through the air, leaving scars in the plain shaped by Martial Arts Mountain.
Wielding the sword, the youth floated like a crane, the sword forming nine sword lotuses, each petal was interwoven with solid Sword Qi, cutting down towards Lin Chen.
In an instant, it locked down all the areas around Lin Chen.
Lin Chen’s pupils shrank slightly, no wonder this was a ranked genius, but he wasn’t afraid. With a light toe tap, the Mountain Suppressing Chart operated with a roar, pale gold Blood Gang surged from his pores, as the opponent’s Sword Qi clashed against the golden Blood Gang, sparking out blinding sparks.
Seeing his Sword Qi fail to break Lin Chen’s Protective Gang, the youth’s eyes showed a hint of shock, while Lin Chen seized the opportunity to advance, right palm falling down with the momentum of wind and thunder.
The youth sneered and changed moves, a Sword Light pierced towards Lin Chen’s palm center.
At the instant the youth changed moves, Lin Chen also changed, his right hand turning from palm to finger, the Canglan Finger pointed out, an ice-blue light burst forth from the fingertip, colliding with the Sword Light.
The Sword Light instantly dissipated, at the same time Lin Chen’s left hand landed on the youth’s chest in the youth’s disbelieving eyes.
Puff!
The youth’s figure flew backward, dissolving into light points in midair.
Lin Chen withdrew his stance and stood, immediately looking at the Martial Arts Mountain ranking.
[Name: Lin Chen]
[Sect: Canglan Sect]
[Martial Arts Mountain Ranking: 99,985]
[Points: 23]
Seeing the numbers on the panel, Lin Chen had a look of surprise in his eyes. He initially thought he was up against the 100,000th genius, but unexpectedly he advanced by fifteen ranks, no wonder the youth had a disdainful look at first glance.
Don’t underestimate the difference of just fifteen ranks, with the number of geniuses in the Flame Dynasty, every rank likely involves fierce competition.
The opponent probably showed disdain seeing he had no rank.
As for why the opponent could see whether he had a rank, Lin Chen now understood. Upon entering the rankings, a layer of aura appeared on his body, though it was a faint cyan aura.
From 10,000 to 100,000, there’s a cyan aura.
If one can enter the top 10,000, the aura will turn golden.
"Continue the momentum, keep challenging!"
Lin Chen didn’t stop challenging just because he was ranked, instead choosing to continue.
After seven days.
Lin Chen finally halted his challenges.
[Name: Lin Chen]
[Sect: Canglan Sect]
[Martial Arts Mountain Ranking: 97,000]
[Points: 3,008]
In seven days, his rank increased by over two thousand positions.
But what pleased Lin Chen the most was that in these seven days of battling many Flame Dynasty geniuses, he improved in actual combat.
As Lin Chen was preparing to leave the steps of Martial Arts Mountain, its voice rang out again.
[Detected 3,000 points, do you wish to exchange Martial Arts Mountain points?]
Lin Chen: ?
Martial Arts Mountain points can be exchanged?
Without any hesitation, Lin Chen chose "Yes."