Chapter 675: The Grand Elders decision (1/2)

Shun Long looked at the young man with the large sword on his back, Feng Hao, and remembered that this was the name of the person who was ranked 1000th in the Martial Roll of Honor.

As for the person who had just challenged him, his name was Zhao Yun and he was ranked 1001st.

Feng Hao snorted when he heard Zhao Yun's voice as he immediately shot to the sky, flying straight towards the empty platform where Zhao Yun was standing on.

Shun Long could sense that both Feng Hao and Zhao Yun were at the middle of rank 9 in the Nascent Soul, just like the young man he had just faced in his last battle, but compared to his previous opponent, he understood that Feng Hao and Zhao Yun were at a completely different level.

Just from the aura coming from their bodies, Shun Long could sense that both of them were most likely comparable to most normal peak rank 9 Nascent Soul cultivators that he had seen in the Night star continent or in the Holy city.

However, this was only natural.

How could those geniuses that could be ranked in the top 1000 or were just a step away from the top 1000, be at the same level as most average Nascent Soul cultivators?

As soon as Feng Hao stepped foot on the empty platform, he drew his sword without any hesitation. as his fight with Zhao Yun began.

Although none of the 2 were weak and both of them could be considered to be somewhat on par with each other, the young man with the large sword on his back, Feng Hao, still managed to win the fight in the end.

Zhao Yun had a dejected look on his face as his body was filled with countless sword wounds, but most of the pain came from the fact that he failed to enter the top 1000.

Feng Hao had an arrogant look on his face as he looked at Zhao Yun whose body had collapsed on the platform, before he turned around and flew towards one of the other 7 platforms around it.

Naturally, since Feng Hao had just won a fight, no one else from the remaining 499 disciples in the top 1500 could challenge him again, and they could only challenge those higher in the rankings than him.

Almost as if in tacit understanding, the person who stepped on the platform right after Zhao Yun had finished his challenge was the person ranked 1002nd in the Martial Roll of Honor rankings.

He actually chose to challenge a young woman who was ranked 976th and he even managed to win his fight against her, drawing out mixed cheers and boos from the crowd.

After all, the main reason he had challenged that woman and he had even managed to win his fight against her, was mainly because his abilities happened to perfectly countered that young woman's.

Of course, to get this far in the rankings, his strength was naturally not too far away from that young woman's to begin with.

As the fights in the arena continued, more and more of those disciples who were ranked in the top 1000 stepped on the platform and fought, allowing those around them to gauge their strength.

''Those ranked in the bottom 1000 are mainly at the middle rank 9 of the Nascent Soul, but there are some peak rank 9 Nascent Soul stage cultivators among them as well. However, their actual strength should be even higher than the average peak rank 9 Nascent Soul stage cultivator.''

Shun Long said in a low voice while Jiang Chen and the rest all nodded as they observed those disciples seriously without speaking.

They could sense that no matter who they chose, none of those disciples who were ranked in the top 1000 were easy to defeat.

As for those who were ranked at the top 800 and above, all of them were, without question, at the peak of rank 9 in the Nascent Soul at the very least.

In the sky above the arena, the Grand Elder merely glanced at the battle that was taking place on the platform below him, before he turned his gaze towards Shun Long and said smilingly with an extremely profound look in his eyes

''Kid, I wonder if you can really enter the top 600 this time. Even this old man is curious to see how far you can go.''

The head of the inner court Elders, Sun Wen, Liu Mei's master, Xuan Jiao, and the bald Cao Ling, seemed to have heard these words as well, as they all turned their eyes towards the Grand Elder, unable to hide the looks of astonishment on their faces.

A moment later, Sun Wen took a deep breath as he looked at the Grand Elder's smiling face before he said seriously