Chapter 474: Spots Filled (1/2)

Chapter 474: Spots Filled

“Xiu!”

After a short wait, Xiao Chen’s final opponent showed up. When he saw who it was, his eyes could not help but brighten. He did not expect his final opponent to be Zuo Mo.

It looked like this match would not be as simple as he imagined. Things had just become interesting.

Zuo Mo, on the other hand, had a slightly bitter smile on his face as he stood across him. He said, “I know that you will find this boring but I will be forfeiting. I already have enough points to rank in the top twenty. There is no need for me to fight a pointless battle. See you in the Ancient Desolate Tower.”

Xiao Chen smiled, “Now, it has become somewhat difficult for me to find a fight. See you in the Ancient Desolate Tower then. Let’s consider this a draw? After all, we have not figured out a victory between you and me yet. Sooner or later, we will have to fight each other.”

Zuo Mo nodded and said, “There is still one and a half years until the next Five Nation Youth Compet.i.tion. At that time, we will definitely meet. We can fight to our heart’s content then.”

The two shook hands and agreed before walking off the arena together. Then, they started to watch the other fights, waiting for the second round of selections to come to an end.

When the matches finally ended, Xia Xiyan walked over to Xiao Chen with a smile on her face. Clearly, she was very confident in her results.

“How did it go? There should be no problems, right?” Xiao Chen asked.

Xia Xiyan nodded and said, “I lost two rounds and had one draw. There should not be any problems. However, I will still have to see the final results!”

After that, the final match on the arena came to an end. All the contestants anxiously waited in antic.i.p.ation.

The Heavenly Extermination Union had a person who specially tracked the results of the contestants. Furthermore, they had invited leaders of the various powers to monitor the fights. Thus, they could guarantee the absolute fairness of the final results.

The results were quickly tabulated. After s.h.i.+ Hailong and the others saw it, they instructed someone to start reading it out.

“The results are out! The first is Chu Chaoyun. In his thirty matches, he has one draw and victories for the rest, with a total of 59 points. The second is Xiao Chen. He has two draws and victories for the rest. He has a total of 58 points. The third is Ding Fengchou. He has three draws and victories for the rest, totaling 57 points. The fourth is Jiang Zimo…”

Nothing unexpected happened. Aside from Chu Chaoyun, the other top then were the people who stood at the top of the previous gathering: Jiang Zimo, Mu Xinya, Zuo Mo, Chu Mu, Ding Fengchou, Xia Xiyan, and the others.

At this point, everyone still had calm expressions. After the top ten names had been read out and all the top geniuses got a spot, the rest started to become nervous.

It was now their turn. In fact, for the rest of the crowd, the twenty spots were only ten spots. Those were all they could compete for, given the strength of the top geniuses.

When the old man finished reading out the list, s.h.i.+ Hailong said with a serious expression, “Those whose names have been not read out, step back. Those who have been called out, please step forward.”

The outstanding talents that had not get a spot all had very disappointed looks on their faces. They sighed and stepped back.

They looked enviously at Xiao Chen and the others who had stepped forward and had extremely unsatisfied looks in their eyes.

They knew that this act of them stepping forward or backward meant that the distance between them and these people would become something they could never catch up with.

s.h.i.+ Hailong swept his gaze through the crowd. Then he flicked his finger and a jade pendant with mysterious talisman inscriptions fell into the hands of the top twenty.

“You will not be able to enter the Ancient Desolate Tower without this jade pendant. I have already given you the opportunity. As for how far you can go, that will depend on yourselves,” s.h.i.+ Hailong said expressionlessly in a deep voice.

“Open the tower!” s.h.i.+ Hailong ordered, and the four old men behind him went in front of the Tianwu Emperor’s sculpture and made hand seals.

A pure Essence came from the four old men and slowly infused into the sculpture. The Tianwu Emperor sculpture started glowing with a golden light from bottom to top.

When the golden light completely covered the sculpture, a boundless sword Qi rushed out from the sword in the Tianwu Emperor’s hand.

“Weng! Weng!”

A humongous and grand formation appeared in the sky. Countless lines formed a profound image.

The golden sword light rushed into the formation. When the sword Qi reached the formation center, it slowly spread out and all the lines turned golden.

The golden light s.h.i.+ned down and an inverted image of the formation s.h.i.+ned on the plaza. It was a huge ancient formation. When everyone, including Xiao Chen, felt the vast Spiritual Energy of the formation, they were astonished. At this moment, they felt very small.

In the distance, where Xiao Chen had once seen the ancient tower, the buildings vanished one by one.

The Ancient Desolate Tower now appeared before everyone, astonis.h.i.+ng them even more.

The Ancient Desolate Tower turned out to be within the Tianwu Plaza. However, due to some formations creating an illusion, no one could find its real location.

“Boom!”

The lower doors of the Ancient Desolate Tower opened. s.h.i.+ Hailong said in a deep voice, “Enter!”