Fey Evolution Merchant

by welldarn

Posting this for my own convenience.

34. Chapter 34

1651 Brother Lin, which Lin?

Liu Yifan nodded when he saw the clash.

All of the contestants were elites, and it was hard for them to ignore such a ripe opportunity and decide to trust another person instead.

Hence, the best option would be to fight it out.

The center of the testing ground would only calm down when someone won out above the rest and secured authority.

Soon, Li Nao, Sequence #97 of the original Radiance Hundred Sequence, gained control of the situation.

"I am the strongest among everyone here! I am also a power offense-type spirit qi professional with support abilities. Thus, I'll be able to provide you with antidotes that will be effective against the abyss demons' fire poison, the acid within the alien insects, and the corrosive poison within the subterranean lifeforms. None of you will be able to defeat me! What we need to do now is work together to build up our defense while we wait for the others to arrive!"

Li Nao used to be a Radiance Hundred Sequence member, and many contestants looked up to him. As such, he already had a certain aura of authority about him.

Moreover, he had proven himself with his power, so the 53 people present had no choice but to go along with what he said.

Although Li Nao sounded polite, he had not held back at all when he battled them. He had used his main fey, the Rotten Spotted Sky-Dog, to take out three of his strongest potential competitors.

If anyone dared to say a word against him, he would not hesitate to eliminate them.

Thus, when one person voiced his agreement, the other contestants present slowly agreed to join Li Nao's team.

Now that everyone present had agreed to listen to him, Li Nao went on to say, "Since we're all in agreement, let's swear on it! Everyone here has comprehended Willpower Runes. But I don't need you to swear on them, so you don't have to be worried. All of you can swear on your honor as the Radiance Hundred Sequence contestants! Điscover n𝒆w chapt𝒆rs 𝒐n n0𝒗e(l)bi𝒏.com

"For the next three days, none of you will betray your teammates, and you will listen to me as your leader. In order to ensure that none of you causes trouble while we're setting up the defenses, I will remove all uncertain variables so as to ensure everyone's safety."

Li Nao's speech was perfect, and everyone was promptly trapped by it.

Everyone realized that Li Nao wanted to reign over the central territory.

But, he phrased his words as intending to ensure everyone's safety.

Swearing on Willpower Runes was effective within the spiritual spatial zone, and no one would do so flippantly.

As such, Li Nao did not request this.

Rather, he asked them to publicly swear on their honor as contestants of the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection.

Who would dare to break such a promise? Doing so would be the equivalent of trampling all over that honor, and no one who did that could be accepted as a member of the Radiance Federation.

Moreover, Li Nao had even left a way out for himself.

He said that betrayals were forbidden for the next three days.

This meant that they could start attacking their teammates three days later when the testing ground started to shrink.

At first, no one wanted to accept Li Nao's suggestion. But they were all weaker than him and had no choice. If they did not give in, they would be eliminated.

Thus, these contestants decided to think about it from a different perspective.

They were the first batch of people to arrive at the center.

If they followed Li Nao, they would be like his ministers who were in the inner circle of the central territory.

The smartest person raised his hand and performed the swearing.

Li Nao said to his first follower, "You will be in charge of organizing everyone when we're building the defense!"

The follower immediately beamed.

When everyone else saw how beneficial it was to follow Li Nao, they all started voicing their agreement.

With this, the inner circle of the central territory was formed.

Li Nao smiled in relief as he looked at the contestants who were already beginning to build the defenses.

He felt he was very lucky to have been the first to arrive at the central territory.

Amongst the 11 members of the original Radiance Hundred Sequence who were participating in the selection, the first one to arrive at the central territory would be able to receive all the advantages.

His team already consisted of more than 50 people, and there would soon be more people arriving to join them.

The number of people in his team represented the power he wielded.

This power would bring a new sense of security and pressure to the contestants who would be eager to join the group.

Even if the other original Radiance Hundred Sequence members arrived, Li Nao had enough subordinates that he was confident that he would not be eliminated.

In order to keep themselves from being eliminated, the other original Radiance Hundred Sequence members would have no choice but to join his group.

Li Nao felt that as long as the defense they built could last three days, nothing would stop him from returning to the Radiance Hundred Sequence.

Many posts regarding Li Nao appeared on Star Web.

Despite not being a popular member of the Radiance Hundred Sequence, Li Nao's popularity skyrocketed.

This was what it meant for a hero to be a product of circumstances.

Feys continued to dig trenches that earth-type feys fortified using various methods.

The best option would be to build the defense outward from the center.

They would not have to worry about lacking secret weapons, and the members at the center could cover for the members in the outer circles.

At that moment, Lin Yuan landed next to Gao Feng and retracted his wings.

Gao Feng immediately smiled at Lin Yuan and said, "Brother Lin, you made me wait for so long! Another 15 minutes later, and the first dimensional rift would have opened. If it opened next to me, I would be eliminated immediately!"

The moment Gao Feng spoke, he realized that he had misspoken.

He slapped his forehead in irritation as he remembered that the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection was being broadcast on Star Web.

Every audience member who had chosen his perspective view could hear what he said.

Oh my God! Lin Yuan is Black!

Gao Feng had no idea how many Star Web users had chosen Lin Yuan's perspective view.

At that moment, Lu Shuang and Poison Beauty's live-streaming room were full of comments repeating, "Brother Lin?"

This was the same case for the posts on Star Web.

Brother Lin? Which Lin?

Lin was not a common surname, but it was not unheard of either.

However, it would be too astonishing for this surname to be linked to Black.

For the past six months, Black's name had been inseparable from someone with the surname Lin.

Could it be that Black also had that surname?

What a coincidence! How could such a coincidence exist?

1652 Are Black and Lin Yuan the Same Person?

Lu Shuang blinked several times.

Her popularity had soared because of Lin Yuan, and no one had recently paid closer attention to him than her.

She had not known much about him in the past.

But now, in order to better make use of him to boost her popularity, she had intentionally researched him.

There was no doubt that Lu Shuang was an expert on Black.

While she was researching him, she also looked into Lin Yuan, who had always been compared with Black.

After her research, a strange feeling had risen within her.

Both of them had appeared as though from nowhere.

One of them became a young hero of the Radiance Federation, while the other became a top genius of the younger generation. Yôur f𝒂vorite stories on 𝒏/o/(v)𝒆/lb𝒊n.c𝒐m

Although their deeds and the feys they used were different, their basic structure seemed extremely similar.

Lu Shuang could not help but voice the question that everyone in the live-streaming room was thinking, "Can it be that Black and Lin Yuan are the same person?"

Lu Shuang's instinctive comment was immediately spotlighted in the live-streaming room and took over all the comments repeating 'Brother Lin?'

The audience in the live-streaming room started expressing their opinions.

Unplanned Meeting: I think that it's just a coincidence. Black either has that same surname, or it was a slip of the tongue!

Path to Wealth: One of you should go and compare Black and Lin Yuan's feys to see if there are any overlaps. If there isn't, there's no way the two of them can be the same person! It's impossible for a person's arsenal of feys to be so large!

Blooming Centerfield: I think Black flew so far, all the way to where the first dimensional rift will open, because he's trying to find another expert. It will take him at least three hours to fly back.

Is Little Song Done For Today?: Why doesn't Black think about his own situation? What if the dimensional rift opens? I can't understand him!

The comments continued to stream in.

Meanwhile, Lu Shuang started to carefully analyze all of Black's actions.

Black had crossed more than half of the testing ground just to meet up with another contestant.

Moreover, he seemed certain of where the contestant was as he had not taken a detour.

However, none of this was what Lu Shuang wanted to know.

She did not believe that Black would join the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection with no intention of becoming a member.

She had experienced his power and felt that he had the power to back up his confidence in taking on a dimensional rift.

Lu Shuang's mind was focused on how Gao Feng addressed Black. She had a feeling that Black and Lin Yuan were indeed one and the same!

Most gifted elites acted ostentatiously, but Black and Lin Yuan kept low profiles. They had never even publicly replied to queries.

Setting aside all their previous records, Black and Lin Yuan indeed had startling similar personalities.

Lu Shuang intended to be the first to put this idea out into the world.

After struggling for a moment, she gnashed her teeth and decided to rip the band-aid off.

"I don't believe that such coincidences exist. Black and Lin Yuan are definitely the same person. I'm going to hold a lucky draw. Everyone is welcome to join in! The rules are that everyone needs to bet on whether Black and Lin Yuan are actually the same person. I will choose one fan from the group that guessed right and give them a Bronze/Flawless fey!"

In order to take control of the situation, Lu Shuang pulled out all the stops.

A Bronze/Flawless fey's price could reach six figures, and there were people who could never attain such wealth even after slaving for an entire lifetime.

But now, Lu Shuang was giving it away as a prize for a lucky draw.

This successfully attracted the attention of the entire live-streaming room.

Since they had to follow the host in order to participate in the lucky draw, Lu Shuang's popularity reached another peak.

Only three minutes had passed since Lu Shuang announced the lucky draw, and her number of fans had exploded to 7.6 million.

This made Lu Shuang smile brightly.

Many Star Web users started to place their bets.

A while later, Lu Shuang realized that 99% of her audience did not believe that Black and Lin Yuan were the same person!

While Lu Shuang's live-streaming room's popularity soared, so did Poison Beauty's live-streaming room.

However, both of them had completely different perspectives.

Poison Beauty had encountered Black thrice consecutively and managed to force him to reveal four of his feys as well as the other two that were topics of discussion online.

Black possessed many more feys than other spirit qi professionals.

Moreover, Black and Lin Yuan had both fought against Chen Hongfeng.

Lin Yuan defeated Chen Hongfeng with just one beam of red light while Black crossed swords with Chen Hongfeng for some time and even ended up injured.

If Black was as capable as Lin Yuan, why did he not demonstrate it when he was battling Chen Hongfeng?

Less than two months had passed between Chen Hongfeng's battles against Lin Yuan and Black.

Most of the regular people on Star Web agreed with Poison Beauty's stance.

Neither Poison Beauty nor Lu Shuang had recognized Gao Feng.

But this did not mean that no one in the audience had recognized Gao Feng.

Gao Feng was the Young Leader of a top faction and had started a rising faction.

It would be impossible that no one recognized him.

Moreover, the disciples of veteran and top factions who participated in the Guard Ye Banquet also knew that Gao Feng was Cicada Song's disciple.

Besides the Moon Empress' disciple Lin Yuan, no one else would be worthy of Gao Feng addressing him as 'Brother Lin'.

Oh my God! Lin Yuan is Black!

The people who saw the truth were promptly dazed.

These were the people who had attacked Black online in order to curry favor with Lin Yuan.

What kind of situation was this?

In order to curry favor with a person, they had gone and insulted his alternate identity!

These members of the veteran and top factions could not help but start trembling.

Luckily, the incident had passed, and Lin Yuan had not pursued the matter.

But they had even pinned their posts to Star Web's main page hoping to attract Lin Yuan's attention.

At the thought of this, all of them hastily deleted all their posts attacking Black.

Most of the outstanding youths were very flamboyant, and many young disciples of veteran and top factions managed their own platforms on Star Web.

Occasionally, they bid for rare spiritual ingredients or gifted feys to fans.

Hence, these people's follower count was no less than that of Star Web hosts.

1653 The Yellow Castle in the Sky!

If only one person deleted their posts about Black, it would not attract attention.

However, too many people were deleting their Black-related posts.

Such a circumstance was noticed immediately and was instantly turned into a topic for a post that shot to the height of popularity.

More and more people sensed that something was wrong with the situation.

Lin Yuan had not expected Gao Feng to address him in such a way.

But he knew that Gao Feng had not done that intentionally, so he did not dwell on the matter. After all, he was going to remove his silver mask today.

Gao Feng looked at Lin Yuan apologetically. He knew that it would be best for him to keep silent at such a time. Anything he said now would be plucked out and overanalyzed by the audience.

Lin Yuan was about to speak when a dimensional rift suddenly opened above him and Gao Feng.

The clear sky darkened.

The dimensional rift was like a black and red scar that twisted and ripped itself apart in the sky.

Judging from the size of the dimensional rift, Lin Yuan instantly knew that it was pinnacle Class 1.

Since the hole opened in the sky and not on the ground, it meant that it was not a subterranean dimensional rift.

Given that there was no water pouring out of it, it could not be a water world dimensional rift either.

Normally, a dimensional rift had to stew for some time after its formation before it eventually spat out an insect tide.

However, this was not the case for the dimensional rift above Lin Yuan's head.

It was as though this dimensional rift had swallowed 250 kilograms of crotons as it voraciously spewed out alien insects.

In the blink of an eye, an alien beast tide was formed.

This was not normal for an alien beast tide.

The settings of the testing ground on Star Web could be adjusted at will.

For example, the dimensional rift had opened suddenly and instantly spouted out alien beasts without giving anyone time to prepare. This made the dimensional rifts that were going to open next seem even more perilous.

As Gao Feng watched the scores of alien insects marching toward him, he did not summon any feys.

All he did was cast his gaze toward Lin Yuan.

The only fey Gao Feng had that had even the slightest of combat power was the Breeze Hibiscus.

However, the Breeze Hibiscus was a support-type fey and was useless against a sea of alien insects.

Once the alien insects locked onto a target, they would immediately turn feral and gobble up their target.

The alien insects were even known to be cannibalistic in times of extreme hunger. Thus, every lifeform that crossed their path was food that had to be consumed by hook or by crook.

Lin Yuan did not panic at all in the face of the charging alien insects. Explore new 𝒏ovels on n𝒐velbi𝒏.com

He was like a general who was staying his ground despite thousands of troops closing in on him.

He knew that the Star Web users were curious about his feys, and he was not intentionally trying to be mysterious.

However, he had never encountered a strong enough opponent who could force him to summon his feys.

Lin Yuan had many options to take on the insect tide. For example, he could use the wings made of the Day and Night Spirit Silver and carry Gao Feng into the air.

But if he did that, he would lead the insect tide in whichever direction he flew off to.

In a way, he would be an external force that destroyed the test's original flow.

This was extremely unfair to the other contestants. Thus, Lin Yuan decided against this course of action.

Lin Yuan also did not intend to summon Red Thorn.

Red Thorn had reached Platinum III/Fantasy V and was not a pinnacle six-winged fairy that was merely a whisper away from reaching eight wings.

Thus, it was the secret weapon Lin Yuan could not reveal under any normal circumstance.

If he summoned Red Thorn, the latter would be able to use the sea of flowers to take out the Class 5 abyss demons.

Class 5 abyss demons only appeared in Class 3 and above dimensional rifts.

If Red Thorn appeared, the testing ground with its continuously opening dimensional rifts would become a feast for it.

With this insect tide, Lin Yuan could only use one fey and one method.

This fight would not affect the insect tide's original path.

Currently, the insect tide was less than 20 meters away from Lin Yuan and Gao Feng.

The audience on Star Web who saw this was screaming.

Only three to seven people out of 100 could be spirit qi professionals. This meant that most of the people on Star Web were regular people who were not spirit qi professionals.

These regular people had never seen an insect tide from this view.

Everyone W: The alien insects are terrifying! My husband is going to be eaten to death!

Fruit Kernel: This feeling is great! Why am I not a spirit qi professional? Why don't I have any spirit qi professional talent?

Dawn Happiness: Black has been pissing me off for a long time. Has his brain suddenly rotted? Is he immobile or frozen with fear? Didn't they say that Black used a sea of flowers to single-handedly take on an alien insect dimensional rift in Millstone Town? If he could do it, then why doesn't he do the same now?

The alien insects were only getting closer to Black.

The alien insects at the front only needed to take a small leap, and they would be able to reach Black.

At that moment, the ground started to shake.

A gully made of flowing sand appeared between Black and the alien insects, drawing a clear boundary.

The alien insects at the front were all pushed back by the granules of sand.

In an instant, the ground turned into seething quicksand.

The insect tide of a pinnacle Class 1 dimensional rift was promptly halted.

This sight stunned everyone who chose Black's perspective view.

All of them knew that Black had a sand-elemental source-type lifeform.

However, they did not expect that it could produce such an immense amount of sand.

Before the group could gasp in amazement, a castle rose out of the sand.

The granules stacked on top of each other, and the castle's construction only became more exquisite with each passing moment.

It was as though something was building up the castle structure from the inside.

After the castle appeared, the sand stopped bubbling.

Only the quicksand beneath the castle continued to move until the castle was pushed into the sky.

If these alien insects tried to scale the castle, they would end up slipping into the quicksand beneath.

The quicksand rapidly solidified, and all lifeforms were promptly barricaded out.

A moment later, the insect tide that had failed to climb the castle of sand eventually gave up and dashed away.

The sight of the castle of sand and alien insects, or rather Lin Yuan's method, caused the audience to lose their ability to think rationally.

1654 Black, What Are You Trying to Pull?

Soon, Black's old fans felt as though they had returned to Black's first fight on the Celestial Stairway.

All the other spirit qi professionals used standard methods or were overly ferocious during combat.

But Black was stunning every time he used his abilities!

A castle at least 500 square meters large rose out of the ground at the quicksand below had blocked any and all the alien insects.

It forced the alien insects to have no choice but to give up on attacking it.

The legend of Black protecting Millstone Town from an insect tide had been floating around Star Web for some time.

Both times he faced insect tides, he employed different methods. The extending sea of flowers had changed into a castle made of sand.

Nonetheless, both methods would allow Black to completely conquer the insect tide.

There had been many discussions about Black on Star Web.

At first, Black's most prominent fey had been the plant-type source-type lifeform that could produce a rapidly extending sea of flowers.

Many Creation Masters had sent in posts to analyze the plant-type source-type lifeform.

Even Master Duan Li had dug out videos of Black's previous battles and written an analysis dedicated to Red Thorn.

She came to the conclusion that Black's plant-type source-type lifeform had a special disposition that allowed it to gain energy from any insect it caught and consumed once it reached a certain level of power. It would then use the energy to produce the sea of flowers.

This was the reason it could miraculously hold its own against a fervid insect tide.

It needed a large number of insect corpses to use as fuel in order to engage this ability.

Lin Yuan had not seen Master Duan Li's analysis of Red Thorn. If he did, he would start clapping for her.

Due to the dimensional rift, all the electricity had gone out in Millstone Town. As such, there had not been any videos or recordings of the event to serve as proof.

Master Duan Li's Class 4 Creation Master ability shone as she managed to analyze so many key and accurate points.

However, her analysis had been of Red Thorn Version 1.0. Re𝒂𝒂d the latest stories 𝒐n nov𝒆

At that time, Red Thorn had only been Bronze grade. It had not combined with any Willpower Rune or evolved to Fantasy Breed.

But now, Red Thorn had evolved several times and reached Platinum III/Fantasy III. It no longer needed a large number of insect corpses as an activation resource.

The Eye of Relinquish was Red Thorn's store of energy. Each one would allow Red Thorn to produce a square kilometer of flowers.

Ever since the Mouth of Relinquish split into three, 324 Eyes of Relinquish had been produced.

If Red Thorn wanted to, it could use up the stored energy within the Eyes of Relinquish and generate a sea of flowers over 300 square kilometers.

The sea of flowers that Red Thorn produced was a large-scale ability that combined attack and control.

It had an attacking range that was way beyond what was expected of a Fantasy Breed fey.

Lin Yuan had never heard of a Fantasy Breed fey that had an equally large attacking range.

Even poison-type feys that were skilled at attack could not spread their poison that far without it dissipating.

The Creation Masters on Star Web used to be accurate in guessing that Red Thorn was a plant-type source-type lifeform.

But now, they were wrong because Red Thorn had completely turned into a fairy source-type lifeform.

It was only a step away from gaining its fourth pair of wings.

Its bloodline was the pinnacle of fairy source-type lifeforms.

After a short period of silence, the audience suddenly realized that Black's name was a miracle in itself.

He seemed to be able to create miracles whenever he wanted.

Comments praising Black filled the screens of live-streaming rooms.

However, the audience soon realized with shock that the castle made of sand was equipped with shielding abilities.

If they tried to see Black or Gao Feng's perspective view, they would only be able to see the castle itself and not the two people within it.

Your castle looks good. It looks just as good as the handiwork of a Class 4 Spirit Craftsman. But why are you only letting me see the castle and not the people inside it? If you decide to, you can stay in the castle until the test ends. Are you really going to make us watch a castle for the next three days?

Lu Shuang and Poison Beauty's live-streaming rooms, which had the largest proportion of Black's fans, were exploding with activity.

Slow Walk: Damn! What's the point of watching now? It only became interesting five minutes ago, but now everything has fallen flat again.

Interesting Soul: Hehe, if this broadcast wasn't free, I would be demanding a refund!

Alone From Now On: I'll wait another half an hour. If this continues, I am going to switch to another person's perspective view.

Black Pill: I recommend all of you take a look at Li Nao's perspective view. The defense at the center is complete, and his team has grown to over 700 people. It's the largest team presently, and they have the best location too! Don't waste your time here!

Lu Shuang's goal of live-streaming was to watch Black and take advantage of the popularity boost that came with it.

Black, what are you trying to pull?

Lu Shuang was well aware that if Black continued to hole up in the castle, the number of people watching her live stream would soon trickle down to nothing.

However, she would have no way of competing with the other hosts if she did not bank on Black!

When she caught sight of the comment from Black Pill, she immediately blocked him before kicking him out of the live-streaming room.

Damn him! Can't he see that the audience number in my live-streaming room is already dropping precipitously? Only a few minutes have passed, and I've already lost half of my audience! These people are so pragmatic!

Lu Shuang looked at Star Web's live-streaming room Popularity Ranking and saw that her live-streaming room had dropped to number four.

The top two live streams were both focused on Li Nao's perspective views.

Lu Shuang pondered for a moment and decided to start analyzing the sand-elemental source-type lifeform to stall for time.

If Black and Gao Feng continued to hide within the castle, she would also switch over to Li Nao's perspective view.

If you can't beat them, join them. There was no shame!

"I'm sure all of you are curious about Black's sand-type source-type lifeform! What grade is it at? How strong is it? Why is its ability range so large?"

Lu Shuang's questions were the same ones that the live-streaming room's audience harbored.

The sand's movements had definitely reached beyond five square kilometers. The entire territory had been turned into a desert in an instant.

It was able to produce such power instantaneously.

1655 That's Right, That's How We'll Do It!

This was too far beyond the power of a Fantasy Breed fey.

Lu Shuang ignored what the comments were saying and continued. "I'm standing by my previous conclusion that there's no way Black has reached A-rank. This sand-elemental source-type lifeform's power can only be Diamond X/Fantasy V at best."

Since the test was being broadcast on Star Web, the Radiance Federation's royalty had to consider the contestants' privacy.

Hence, the audience member's investigative abilities were blocked.

This meant they could only watch the events with their eyes and not use their spiritual and soul power to look deeper like they usually did.

Hence, even high-class Creation Masters were only able to make their analyses based on the power that the feys demonstrated.

This was also the reason the Radiance Federation's royalty permitted the Freedom Federation and Azure Federation envoy groups to temporarily enter Star Web.

Every year, the Radiance Federation's elites within the eligible age range took part in the Radiance Hundred Sequence.

The private information of these people could not be leaked to other federations.

Most of the posts on Star Web discussed Li Nao.

But now, Black's popularity shot up again. He managed to overcome all chatter about a team of over 700 members by himself.

Lu Shuang noticed that the audience in her live-streaming room was hooked by her bait and went on with her analysis more seriously. "If my guess is right, the amber button that Black dropped to the ground is the sand-elemental source-type lifeform's original body. It can use such a long-range ability to impact a large area because it had continuously created sand while Black was flying. This is the only possibility to explain why a Fantasy Breed fey is able to produce the power of a Myth Breed fey."

She was about to go on but decided not to voice her hypothesis after a moment of silent pondering.

Ever since Lu Shuang fought and lost to Lin Yuan, she had been filled with confusion.

Not even a Myth Breed fey could take lightly the combined attack from the Diamond X/Fantasy V Exquisite Rhino Giraffe and two Diamond X/Fantasy IV Earth Walking Witch Snakes.

However, Black's cat-species fey, which could only be Diamond X/Fantasy V at best, had not only managed to block the attack but even wiped out the Exquisite Rhino Giraffe in an instant.

Although both of them were spiritual-type, the Exquisite Rhino Giraffe also had the help of the two Earth Walking Witch Snakes. Given that it was three against one, it did not make sense for her to lose!

Yet, she had been completely defeated. Moreover, she did not even have a clue about how she had lost.

When she saw his other feys, the reason immediately dawned on her.

He definitely did not use normal resources to evolve his feys.

The most special thing about source-type lifeforms was that they needed to temper themselves using their affiliated elemental energy. The longer they tempered themselves, the stronger they would be.

From the way that Black could create such an impact with a Fantasy Breed source-type lifeform, Lu Shuang could not imagine how pure the elemental energy he used to temper his fey was,

Could it be heavenly-maiden-grade elemental pearls? If that were the case, just what status did Black have? Regardless, there was no question that there was more to him than met the eye.

Lu Shuang had a feeling that if she continued to analyze Black in such a cavalier manner, she would eventually run into trouble.

Thus, she switched her perspective view over to Li Nao. Explore new 𝒏ovels on n𝒐velbi𝒏.com

She did not see any reason for Black to come out of his castle.

Li Nao was where all the action was at the moment.

Meanwhile, Gao Feng was looking around his surroundings in shock.

He watched as chain blades emerged from the sand and formed the interior structure of the castle.

The sand clung to the chain blades.

When Gao Feng touched the walls of the castle, he found the feeling no different from that of rocks. Even when he used force, not a single granule budged.

"The grains of sand are pushing together. Each grain can exert around 100 kilograms of force. We just need to stay here for the next three days. Once the test ends, we have to head to the center. We can also go and take a look at how the other contestants have been dealing with the alien beast tides," explained Lin Yuan.

Gao Feng gulped when he heard what Lin Yuan said.

He was not shocked by Lin Yuan's power because he was already well aware of how strong Lin Yuan was.

One could not become the leader of the Guard Ye Banquet's Martial Arts Stage and attain all that honor without demonstrating the necessary power.

Gao Feng was shocked by how conspicuous Lin Yuan was being.

He always saw Lin Yuan as having an extremely low-profile character.

Lin Yuan's current actions did not match the image of him in Gao Feng's mind.

Gao Feng could not help but ask instinctively, "Brother Lin, are we going to do it like this?"

Lin Yuan nodded without hesitation and said, "That's right. This is how we'll do it. But for the next few days, I'll need your help to recover the Source Sand's spiritual power."

When he heard this, Gao Feng waved his hand and summoned the two Diamond X/Fantasy V Spirit Spring Lilies.

The Spirit Spring Lilies' flowers hung down, and spiritual power in the form of water flowed out onto the sand below.

The Source Sand absorbed the spirit qi from the Spirit Spring Lily to maintain its speed in the air while continuing to create sand underground.

Soon, the day passed.

On the first day of the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection, over 14,000 contestants were eliminated.

Besides the contestants who were already at the central territory, the other teams were also rushing there.

Ten pinnacle Class 1 dimensional rifts had opened on the first day.

They assumed that the first Class 2 dimensional rift that opened would be elementary or intermediate.

But, it turned out to also be pinnacle Class 2.

The Class 4 dimensional lifeforms that spewed from the pinnacle Class 2 dimensional rift were as powerful as Platinum feys.

Unless the contestants used their main feys, their chances of victory would be zero.

However, the Class 4 dimensional lifeforms did not give the contestants the opportunity to take them on individually.

They did within the insect tide and waited to pick off the exhausted contestants.

At that moment, the contestants realized with astonishment that a monster had appeared on the horizon.

1656 Lost It!

After a day of fighting for their lives, the geniuses who usually spent their days learning in schools were truly struggling.

After all, most of these contestants studied at the Spirit Qi Occupation University.

Other than the occasional practical classes or the adventure camps they attended during their holidays, very few of them had truly experienced what it was like to have to survive in the wild.

Everything sounded simple at first.

All they had to do was survive for three days.

Moreover, after passing a check, they were also allowed to bring in fey storage boxes filled with items.

Besides a few of them who felt that they would be capable of surviving for three days with no food or drinks, almost all of them had brought substantial amounts of food.

Since the test was more difficult than usual in order to force the contestants to reveal their true characters, they were even allowed to bring some emergency recovery items to reduce the burden of healing-type spirit qi professionals.

The contestants had thought about it very simply, but after just half a day of facing the insect tides, all of their mindsets had changed.

In the face of such an overwhelming alien beast tide, a person's individual strength was insignificant.

Half an hour ago, a smaller team of 200 people under Li Nao's leadership headed toward the central territory.

But before they could regroup with the larger group and interact with Li Nao, a tide of abyss demons charged at them.

Even under the cover of firepower, the group lasted almost five minutes before being ripped to shreds.

None of the contestants were naive enough to believe that they were stronger than Sequence #97 of the Radiance Hundred Sequence.

This event allowed the people who recently joined Li Nao's team with indignation to realize the importance of being part of a team.

Li Nao's management was very strong, but he was also fair.

No matter who joined or what connections they had, Li Nao would assign them to guard the outermost layer of defense.

Hence, the teams on the outermost layers faced the greatest pressure and were also the most likely to die.

But because their safety was at risk, the teams at the edges would be truly willing to help the new teams who wanted to join the large group and become their replacement.

Moreover, Li Nao's method would also continue to incentivize the spirit qi professionals who first joined him.

With this, he would be able to retain their loyalties.

He had already amassed over 20,000 subordinates who were divided into smaller groups of 50 or 60.

If the group only had around 50 or 60 people, Li Nao could punish one of them to make an example out of them.

But he could not do so with a group size of 20,000 people.

He did not know if any of them were powerful enough and also capable of countering him.

Moreover, impulsiveness could also result in him becoming the target of a group attack.

There was a limit to the number of opponents he could take on.

As long as he could keep his group under control, nothing should stop him from emerging as one of the ten survivors.

However, when he saw the giant sand castle that appeared in the sky, Li Nao was stupefied.

He had never heard of a dimensional lifeform that looked like this or that could control sand.

But if this was the work of a spirit qi professional, just how much power did this spirit qi professional have?

Moreover, why were the alien beast tides ignoring the sand castle?

After an exhausting day without a drop of water to drink or a grain of rice to eat, the members at the outermost layers lost it!

They hoped that the castle would not end up as an enemy.

All of them were concentrated in one location.

The castle would crush at least 5,000 people to death if it fell.

Meanwhile, the audience had been staring speechlessly at the flying castle for an entire day.

The longer they watched, the more they felt that Black had joined the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection by mistake.

No matter how astonishing the castle was, it became boring after looking at it for a long time.

However, the contestants did not have a bird's eye view and were completely ignorant.

At that moment, the contestant standing next to Li Nao, who he designated as his second in command, asked, "Big Brother Li, why don't we try and attack this castle to see what it's made of?"

Another said, "Boss, I don't think we should touch this castle before it tries to target us. After all, there was no mention of a sand castle in the test summary. It also doesn't look like something produced by a dimensional lifeform."

Li Nao took a deep breath.

Since he was at the center of the territory, there was no way he was endangered in any way by the alien beast tides.

However, the sand castle could fly. If it stopped above his head, he might be convinced to attack it.

Just as Li Nao was about to issue an order to investigate the sand castle, a contestant with a broken arm rushed over and said, "Boss, numerous Class 4 alien insects are attacking the west outermost wall. They should be coming from a Class 2 alien insect dimensional rift. We need to send reinforcements to that area. Otherwise, we will lose too many troops!"

Li Nao looked up at the sand castle and weighed his options before deciding to send reinforcements to the outermost wall first.

Since he had been chosen as a member of the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection before, it meant that he had already passed the character test.

Although he was sly, he took responsibility for the team's safety as their leader.

As for the sand castle, he would wait to see how the situation unfolded.

Otherwise, if an area did not have enough members to take on the alien beast tide, all the troops there would fill with fear and lose confidence. This would lower their capabilities and fighting spirits.

Although there were over 20,000 members in his team, only a day had passed.

The next two days would be the true uphill climb.

Li Nao said to the people next to him, "Go and patrol the surroundings and assess the power of the insect tides. Then, send a group of healing-type spirit qi professionals according to the situation in each area. Start at the west side."

Lin Yuan was slightly shocked when he saw the defenses set up at the central territory.

But that shock soon changed to admiration.

Gao Feng glanced at the central territory and said, "The person leading the group is not bad. The defenses are set up in a star shape, and the troops at the center can provide reinforcements to any direction at any time. But it looks like their air defense is weakening!"

1657 Because My Disciple is There!

Lin Yuan nodded.

Managing a group of 500 was completely different from managing a group of 20,000.

One had to be much more capable of gaining the trust of 20,000 people in a short span of time.

Lin Yuan realized that the members of royalty who organized this Radiance Hundred Sequence selection were overzealous.

The abyss dimensional rift and alien insect dimensional rift were the strongest and most mobile dimensional rifts.

Abyss demons were extremely strong when it came to individual battles, while insect tides were overwhelming in quantity.

Both abyss demons and alien insects were adept at long-distance running and constantly searching for food.

Marsh, subterranean, and water world lifeforms were extremely reliant on their environment. They would not grow in non-suitable environments unless they were provoked.

If the abyss demons and alien insects had not encountered each other and started to fight, resulting in both hordes thinning, the test would have ended within two days.

Just like Gao Feng said, both pinnacle Class 2 abyss and insect dimensional rifts would produce flying dimensional lifeforms.

However, very few of the contestants had avian-type feys.

It would be extremely difficult for the contestants to take on Platinum and Gold abyss demons and alien insects that could fly.

The terrestrial feys would only be able to attack the flying alien insects and abyss demons if they flew closer to the ground.

However, this would result in many losses in troops.

Lin Yuan felt that it was unlikely that the contestants would be able to last for three days in such a state.

At the end of the second day, the alien beast tide would reach peak power.

Lin Yuan felt that this test was overly difficult.

Why did a test that involved survival skills and character assessment have to be so difficult?

Lin Yuan had no idea that while he was confused by these questions, Liu Wencheng was so embarrassed that he wished for there to be a hole that he could crawl into. Fiind upd𝒂ted 𝒏ovels on n𝒐 /m

Ji Changdeng's neck was also retracted, and he had an uncomfortable expression on his face. He completely ignored the scathing glare that Liu Wencheng was shooting him.

Night Leaning Moon could not help but ask, "Liu Wencheng, how did you come up with this test? I remember that you set it as four of each of the five types of dimensional rifts. Why are they all alien insect dimensional rifts and abyss dimensional rifts now? When you suggested the test format, I said that it was too difficult. Not only did you go through with it, but you even made it more difficult. What are you trying to do?"

Although both of Liu Wencheng's ideas involved opening 20 dimensional rifts, ten of which would be pinnacle Class 1 while the other ten would be Class 2, opening five types of dimensional rifts was different from only opening two types.

If five types of dimensional rifts were opened, the five types of alien beasts would start to fight each other when their paths crossed.

Thus, the contestants would not have to fight as many opponents.

But now, the tides of alien insects would combine and advance together, as would the alien beast tide.

With both forces being such behemoths, only a small dent would be made even if both types of alien beasts crossed paths and started fighting each other.

As such, the force of the alien beasts that ended up attacking the central territory would be no different from their full force.

Liu Wencheng apologized and started to reflect on himself sincerely.

"It's true that I made this test too difficult. I admit that it's my fault. However, I'm not the one who suggested changing the five types of dimensional rifts to two. It was Ji Changdeng's idea!"

Liu Wencheng's words drew the gazes of the other 11 members of royalty.

Ji Changdeng felt extremely wronged.

He shot a tentative gaze at the Moon Empress before glaring at Cicada Song and saying, "Cicada Song, why isn't your disciple making himself useful in the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection? Didn't you say that he contracted the strongest support-type sacred source lifeform in history?"

Cicada Song was stunned for a moment before he shot Ji Changdeng a strange look.

The Moon Empress' disciple is also participating in the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection. Weren't you just praising him to the heavens? Why are you using me as a scapegoat now? My disciple is purely support-type. You know this! Moreover, the test circumstance is already difficult in itself. With your meddling, the test will probably end before it reaches the third day.

However, such a test would become meaningless.

The alien beast tides were just the sharpening stones that polished and thinned the herd.

The true fight from which the survivors emerged would come from the contestants fighting each other.

If the Radiance Hundred Sequence test ended too quickly, the first test with the new format would be considered a failure.

It was the Moon Empress who first suggested this new format.

The Moon Empress looked up at the sand castle in the sky. Her expression did not shift in the slightest.

A moment later, she said coldly, "This test will definitely be able to last three days. There is no way this new format will end in failure."

The other 12 members of royalty did not understand what the Moon Empress meant.

At this moment, the eyes of the contestants in the central territory who were fighting the abyss demons and alien insects suddenly grew wide, and they let out cries of astonishment.

The wild alien insects and abyss demons were suddenly thrown into chaos.

It was as though the ground had turned into mud.

The abyss demons and alien insects started to grow shorter as they sunk into the ground.

After the alien insects and abyss demons fully disappeared, the crowd realized that the ground had turned into quicksand for as far as the eye could see, with the exception of the camp that had been built at the center.

The alien insects and abyss demons tried their best to crawl out of the quicksand but to no avail.

Eventually, all of them were dragged 50 meters underground and sealed in by the heavy sand until they eventually suffocated to death.

This was nothing short of a miracle for all of the contestants.

Lin Yuan, the creator of this miracle, had collapsed in the sand castle after being completely drained of spirit qi.

Despite having used Spirit Injection on himself and the two Diamond X/Fantasy V Spirit Spring Lilies continuously sending spiritual power into his body, he was so drained that he did not even have the strength to stand.

Lin Yuan thought, Although this is part of the Source Sand's ability, instructing it to generate such a large amount of sand without opening the Spirit Qi Imprint is too much for the limited storage of spirit qi that a body of a B-rank spirit qi professional like me can handle.

At that moment, the Moon Empress' lips curled into a small smile, and she said, "Because my disciple is there!"

1658 Go For Broke!

When the other members of royalty heard what the Moon Empress said, they could sense how heavily she relied on Lin Yuan.

She had not said such a thing because of Lin Yuan's action but was in the midst of expressing it even before he did it.

This meant that the Moon Empress was certain that Lin Yuan would be the pillar that held up the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection.

Liu Wencheng said doubtfully, "Moon Empress, did you tell your disciple about this situation in advance?"

She shook her head and said, "Just like what our batch of Radiance Envoys at the Major Federation Meeting had to do, people need to be adaptable when the situation calls for it. Little Yuan used this method to take some of the pressure off of the other contestants because the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection is important to him. He even revealed a portion of his true power. Since he is already willing to go to such an extent, this test will definitely end well."

From the Moon Empress' words, the other members of royalty could hear how much she trusted and admired Lin Yuan.

Given the Moon Empress' character, it was unbelievable for her to be praising even her disciple to such a degree.

But since the Moon Empress had said such a thing, it meant that she was beyond satisfied with her disciple.

This was true!

A total of nine months had passed since the Moon Empress accepted her disciple. During these nine months, her disciple had been the source of too many outstanding events.

He had even protected the lives of thousands of the Radiance Federation's Creation Masters, thereby protecting the roots of the Radiance Federation.

By protecting Millstone Town from the insect tide, he had only shown himself to be a hero.

But by doing this, it proved that he felt a deep sense of responsibility for the Radiance Federation.

It was even possible that his contributions exceeded that of the previous batch of Radiance Envoys.

The members of royalty could not help but shower Lin Yuan with praise.

Liu Yifan was utterly shocked by Black's performance.

A smile spread across Liu Yifan's face when he remembered what An He said.

Any powerful spirit qi professional had to be competitive.

Even if they were teammates, they could not help but measure against each other.

All of them would continuously increase their power for fear of falling behind their teammates.

Before he became a Radiance Envoy, Liu Yifan would feel stress in the face of a young genius.

But now, after being a Radiance Envoy for so long, Liu Yifan understood how important legacy was to a federation.

The stronger Lin Yuan's generation was, the more prosperous the Radiance Federation's legacy would be.

If a federation reached a state where the young could not replace the old, it would become vulnerable.

Lin Yuan's action attracted the attention of the Freedom and Azure Federation envoy groups.

Although they could not see Lin Yuan and Gao Feng inside the sand castle, the Freedom Federation envoy group decided to try to investigate nonetheless.

They wanted to see how special the rumored genius Black truly was.

This sea of sand was indeed expansive, as it covered 5,000 square kilometers. Not even Myth Breed feys could attack over such a large range.

However, this attack seemed too weak!

It was generated by the sand's own movements to replicate quicksand in the desert.

Class 4 alien insects and abyss beasts were able to struggle for a long time within quicksand before they exhausted themselves and fell victim. It was easy to target such an attack.

The members of the Freedom Hundred Sequence would not be able to compete with such an opponent.

However, the Radiance Federation's opponents would not only consist of the Freedom Hundred Sequence but also the three confirmed future Freedom Envoys, Yan Ling, Cai Huo, and You Changjian. Fiind upd𝒂ted 𝒏ovels on n𝒐 /m

By now, the Freedom Federation envoy group had placed a target on Black's back, and they were trying their best to investigate him.

Yin Lin was now certain that the person inside the sand castle was Leo.

Her eyes shone.

But at the same time, she mulled over how she would cooperate with his plan to involve everyone present from the Freedom Federation.

Previously, Yin Lin had been blind and completely ignorant of the world.

All her positive feelings toward the Radiance Federation came from Lin Yuan. Otherwise, she would feel completely indifferent about it.

Lin Yuan was going to put himself in danger by taking on the Freedom Federation envoy group and their scheme.

The only results would be Lin Yuan surviving while the Freedom Federation envoy group died or Lin Yuan dying while the Freedom Federation envoy group survived.

These were the only two possible conclusions regardless of what happened in between.

Yin Lin decided that she would go for broke to make Lin Yuan's endangering of himself worth it.

She came to a decision.

Lan Xun sensed that something was off with Yin Lin's expression and asked, "Lordess Azure Envoy, did you notice anything special or are you feeling unwell?"

Yin Lin turned and said seriously to Lan Xun, "Teacher, after the Radiance Hundred Selection ends, you have to support me regardless of what decision I make!"

Lan Xun knew what Yin Lin's plan was. After all, he was aware that Yin Lin had been in the same fey carriage as the Moon Empress' disciple.

The Azure Federation envoy group knew that the Freedom Federation had a scheme in mind for the Radiance Federation.

Since Yin Lin asked for his support, it meant that she had decided to side with the Radiance Federation.

Lan Xun did not take issue with this because Yin Lin had the authority to pick which side they joined.

He nodded at Yin Lin and said, "I will do everything I can to support you!"

Lan Xun had no idea that his nod sealed his support for an almost insane decision.

Every member of the Radiance Hundred Sequence seated on the silver pillars looked at the image of what was happening during the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection with strange expressions.

Li Ang could not help but gasp. "If Black uses such a move during the Radiance Hundred Sequence ranking, he will probably push me down a rank!"

Shi Xu chimed in. "Have some confidence. He'll definitely push you down! Besides those two at the top of the ranking, no one else will be able to handle such an attack. I have teamed up with Black before. The yellow sand is very dynamic. It can accurately defend against any attack."

1659 Red Thorn is Summoned!

"In order to eliminate all the alien insects, the sand had expanded to 5,000 square kilometers. However, the location of our ranking is only one square kilometer. In such a space, the power of the quicksand will be unimaginable compared to its current state."

The girl who just managed to keep her place as Sequence #89 said, "You can't put it like that! Black's sand-type source type lifeform needs time to generate sand."

Zhao Xiaochun shot back. "You saw how Black could recover his spiritual power when flying! Anyone would need time to alter the environment. We walk on the land where the sand-elemental source-type lifeform can change to earth if it so desires. Black can fight as well on land with this sand-elemental source-type lifeform, as Long Tao and I can fight in the sea. Thus, he will definitely be able to change the environment of the testing ground faster.

"Moreover, this is only one of Black's feys. I agree with Shi Xu's comment that Black will definitely be able to make it to at least Sequence #3. To be honest, Black grew really quickly! I suspect that he has been purposely hiding his powers.

"His sand-elemental source-type lifeform can counter Liu Jie's army of insects. There would be no opportunity for the terrestrial Flesh-Mincing Blade Insects to properly demonstrate their capabilities."

While the people around him were engaged in discussions, a smile akin to the one that appeared when the Insect Queen recovered from the near-death state appeared on Liu Jie's face.

He was Lin Yuan's retainer knight. If Lin Yuan were insulted, he would use his life to avenge him. But if Lin Yuan was praised, Liu Jie would be filled with pride. Vissit novelbin.c.𝒐m for updates

The others were unaware, but Liu Jie knew full well how far Lin Yuan had come.

While Lin Yuan had been growing at a breakneck pace, he had also been hiding his powers.

Despite being Lin Yuan's retainer knight, even Liu Jie was not completely clear on how powerful Lin Yuan had become.

It was not until the fight between Lin Yuan and Zong Ze at the Guard Ye Banquet that Liu Jie realized Lin Yuan had been hiding a well of combat power.

At that moment, an urgency had risen within Liu Jie.

While the rest of the members of the Radiance Hundred Sequence were looking up to him, he was struggling to catch up to Lin Yuan.

All of his growth, whether it was the Cocoon of Evolution, the mutation of the Blade Queen Bee, the ability to control insect-species carcinoma feys, or his newly obtained Firefly Demon Fetuses, had to be attributed to Lin Yuan.

Liu Jie's only wish in life was to stay by Lin Yuan's side and fight side by side with him.

Perhaps, Lin Yuan was already so radiant that he could blind the entire world. All he needed to do was to stay by Lin Yuan's side like a star adorning the moon.

Many audience members on Star Web had been accusing Black of treating the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection like a vacation.

But now, all of those people had their jaws zipped shut.

Black's popularity on Star Web exploded.

After watching the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection for an entire day, their interest was waning.

They had been nervous as they watched the contestants at the center territory take on the insect tide.

But even after fighting for several hours, there was no change in the situation.

A person would become bored after playing a tower defense game for a few hours.

Although the activity on Star Web had not dwindled, there were many people who did not immediately log back on after logging out to sleep and eat.

This was unsurprising as even the contestants in the midst of the test needed to eat.

After exhausting themselves for an entire day, the contestants changed shifts and allowed their teammates to take over while they slept for one or two hours to replenish their energy.

The comments in the live-streaming rooms were also not streaming in with the same frenzy as they were in the beginning.

Lu Shuang was not even watching the comments anymore.

Now, it was even possible for a comment to remain on the screen for more than a second.

However, the shocking activity of the sand had reawakened the audience's excitement.

Hehe: Ah! My husband is amazing! I don't want to be a male fan anymore! I want to cross swords with Black!

Naming is So Difficult: Damn! What did I just see? How did so many alien insects and abyss demons die? How did Black do it?

Hush: What's going on? Did Black just destroy all the alien insects and abyss demons? Why does he feel like an NPC in this test?

Items Are Not People: I think you're right! Black seems just like an NPC! I already said that Black and the person he teamed up with would definitely be able to become members of the Radiance Hundred Sequence. My guess was tight! Black can carry another nine people with him to survive the test and become members of the Radiance Hundred Sequence.

Carnelian Tangerine: Please don't spout nonsense! Gao Feng is the Young Leader of a top faction. He might not be as strong as Black, but he won't need anyone to carry him to become a member of the Radiance Hundred Sequence.

Lu Shuang did not have the authority to talk about the Source Sand. After all, Black had not used the Source Sand when he fought against Lu Shuang.

However, this was not the case for Poison Beauty because she had once been in the tight clutches of a fist formed from sand and even sunk deep into the sand.

She was all too familiar with the suffocating sensation of being smothered by the quicksand.

While the discussions on Star Web were intensifying, Lin Yuan realized that it would be impossible for him to control the situation on the ground using only the Source Sand.

Even if Gao Feng continuously replenished his spiritual power and injected spiritual power into the Source Sand, it was too much to ask of the Source Sand to control the alien beasts from ten pinnacle Class 1 dimensional rifts and ten pinnacle Class 2 dimensional rifts.

The best plan would be to use Red Thorn because Red Thorn's sea of flowers used the flesh of alien insects as sustenance.

The alien insects' flesh would be the best source of energy for the sea of flowers, and Lin Yuan would not have to supply any additional spiritual power.

However, this was not the case for the Source Sand.

Luckily, no one outside of the sand castle could see what was happening within.

Lin Yuan waved his hand and summoned Red Thorn.

After Red Thorn was summoned, it flew around Lin Yuan and pecked Lin Yuan's cheek before letting out a clear chirp.

Gao Feng did not find it strange that a fairy source-type lifeform was acting affectionately toward Lin Yuan.

Fairy source-type lifeforms were more emotional than regular feys.

But as Gao Feng stared at Red Thorn, he kept asking himself what he was looking at.

Was this a six-winged fairy?

1660 Real Household Name!

Although Lin Yuan's spiritual power had been used up, the Source Sand did not stop moving.

The river of spiritual power flowing from the Spirit Spring Lilies to the Source Sand kept the sea of sand moving.

However, the sea of sand was no longer moving with the same force it used to and could not restrain the abyss demons and alien insects to the same extent.

After walking for 100 meters, the Normal and Elite alien insects and abyss demons would sink into the sand.

However, the Class 1 alien insects and abyss demons could now climb out of the sand with some struggle.

Nonetheless, in order to prevent themselves from slipping again, they could only move tens of meters every few minutes. Visjt n𝒐velbin.c𝒐m for new updates

The Class 2 alien insects and abyss demons were unable to move faster as they could only move around 300 meters every minute. This was slower than the pace at which a regular person could run.

However, the Class 3 and 4 alien insects and abyss demons were practically unaffected by the sand and were able to move without restraint.

Nonetheless, the recent events had been too shocking.

The abyss demons and alien insects at the edges had witnessed their comrades swallowed up by the quicksand.

The more powerful alien insects and abyss demons could control the insect tides and demon waves.

The Class 4 alien insects and abyss demons had gained substantial intelligence. They hastily let out cries to order their troops to stop advancing.

However, more pinnacle Class 2 dimensional rifts were opening, and the number of Class 4 abyss demons and alien insects was not dropping in numbers.

Thus, despite the commandeering alien insects and abyss demons issuing the order to halt from the front, the alien insects and abyss demons from the back continued to surge forward. As a result, they pushed the alien insects and abyss demons nearer to the front into the sand.

The sand was lethal to abyss demons and alien insects that were Class 1 and below but no longer a serious threat to those below Class 1.

Eventually, the alien beast tide was contained.

Additionally, the cramped environment caused the alien insects and abyss demons to start violently fighting against each other.

Lin Yuan and the contestants in the central territory noticed this.

When they first learned of this information, the contestants who acted as scouts reported it to Li Nao.

When Li Nao found out that the alien beast tide had been halted at the edge of the sand and their actions were uncertain for the moment, he said to the contestants around him, "The 200 of you are the captains that I specially picked out. Each of you is in charge of 100 people.

"Now, take your team and strengthen the defenses around the territory. Dig out the bodies of the alien insects and abyss demons from the sand. Cut off the alien insects' shells and strip off the horns of the abyss demons to use them to secure the defenses.

"Also, each team should send out 20 members. The 4,000 combined members will work together to gather the other teams coming to join us at the center. The alien beast tide has not crossed the sea of sand, but the sand's movement is slowing.

"As the pinnacle Class 2 dimensional rifts continue to open, the alien beast tide will eventually start trying to stampede us. The more time we have to prepare, the larger the army of alien beasts we'll have to face. We can't let our guard down now!

"Gather up all the healing-type spirit qi professionals and heal the feys with support and healing abilities first. For now, power offense-type feys are the lowest priority."

In such a large-scale battle, healing-type spirit qi professionals were a rare commodity, while support-type spirit qi professionals could benefit a group of people.

Hence, for the sake of the general good, the best option would be to protect the support-type and healing-type spirit qi professionals first.

Although this was unfair, the power offense-type spirit qi professionals who would be relying on the support-type spirit qi professionals the most during battle would not have too many complaints.

With the help of a good support-type spirit qi professional, no one would benefit more than the power offense-type spirit qi professionals.

When there were many power offense-type spirit qi professionals, they would have to rely on the protection of defense-type spirit qi professionals.

Under Li Nao's orders, the team jumped into action.

The Star Web users were very impressed by this.

Nicholas Seven: Li Nao's adaptability is so strong! He's leading a team of over 20,000 people and doing it perfectly. I have always felt that his defenses were built well. But now, with some time to prepare, it seems like most of the contestants in the central territory will be able to make it past the three days.

Head to the Capital: I also think that Li Nao is amazing. They are all taking the test together. Not only does he stand out, but he even managed to win their hearts in two days. Although the newer members haven't fully submitted to him, those who have been with him for more than a day are all completely loyal to him! This is his personal charisma!

Three Questions: All of you are praising Li Nao, but why do I feel like he pales in comparison to Black? If not for Black, the alien beast tide would have charged forward unceasingly, and this team of over 20,000 people would have dropped to 16,000 or even less!

Unfaithful Carrot: Why do I want to laugh? I don't think Li Nao knows that Black created the castle in the sky and the sea of sand! He even ordered to dig out the alien insects and abyss demons from the sand to use them as defense fortification.

No matter how well Li Nao performed, Black still had the spotlight on him.

Poison Beauty and Lu Shuang had stopped mentioning Black in every sentence.

With the amount of power he demonstrated, everyone knew that he was powerful.

If they continued to praise him, it would become annoying to their audiences.

With one move, Black had become a true household name!

The circles that paid the most attention to Black were those that fixated on heroes and Star Web battles.

But now, after the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection, the number of people paying attention to him had skyrocketed.

It was not an exaggeration to say that he was a superstar in the eyes of every citizen of the Radiance Federation!

1661 The Seas of Flowers Connected Into One Piece!

After watching Li Nao's performance for the past day, Liu Wencheng said, "I never knew that Li Nao was so capable! This test allowed me to see sides of Li Nao that he usually did not have the chance to reveal."

Night Leaning Moon also said approvingly, "Li Nao can join the Spirit Guards. After being nurtured for some time, he might even be able to become a Spirit Envoy. If Cicada Song is interested, he can also nurture Li Nao into a reserve consul of the cities."

At that moment, Li Nao was completely preoccupied with organizing his troops and strengthening his defenses.

He had no idea that his performance had caught the attention of royalty.

Gao Feng stared in shock at Red Thorn, who was flapping its wings as it hovered in front of Lin Yuan to speak to him.

"Yuan, I haven't seen you in so long! Did you call me out to play or so that I can beat up some bad guys?"

Fairy source-type lifeforms were so rare that they were unfamiliar to most spirit qi professionals.

Given that Gao Feng came from a top faction, he had heard of them but did not own any himself. T/his chapter is updat𝓮d by n𝒐v(ê(l) /m

It had been rumored that fairy source-type lifeforms had the highest intelligence and had the same intelligence as a human, even with only one pair of wings.

Once they obtained their second pair of wings, they would become smarter than humans.

Gao Feng had heard of six-winged fairy source-type lifeforms before, but they should be comparable to Creation Breed power.

Gao Feng had seen Cicada Song summon a light-green-bodied and long-haired six-winged fairy before.

He was not a Creation Master and could not discover anything for himself.

However, the feeling that Cicada Song's six-winged fairy gave Gao Feng was completely different from the one that he was getting from Red Thorn.

There was no question that Cicada Song's six-winged fairy was stronger.

However, Gao Feng felt that this green-haired and red-eyed fairy with a long flower skirt seemed even more venerable.

Gao Feng had chatted with Lin Yuan and found out that Lin Yuan was still a B-rank spirit qi professional.

This was the main reason for Gao Feng's shock.

It was astonishing enough that he possessed a six-winged fairy.

But, this six-winged fairy had gained its third pair of wings when it was Fantasy Breed. This went beyond the knowledge that humans currently knew about fairy source-type lifeforms.

Gao Feng thought, Luckily, the sand castle is blocking Red Thorn. Otherwise, the people from the Freedom Federation envoy group would find out that Lin Yuan had a six-winged fairy.

The six-winged fairy was worthy of being Lin Yuan's secret weapon.

If the Freedom Federation envoy group had two-winged or four-winged fairies, Lin Yuan could order Red Thorn to release its aura without summoning it.

The pressure from its bloodline would immediately cause the two-winged and four-winged fairies to lose their will to fight.

Lin Yuan seriously replied, "Red Thorn, what we're about to do is very important. First, produce some spore cavities. I will instruct the Source Sand to send the spore cavities to designated positions. Then, use the spore cavities to produce spores at the spore cavities' locations so that numerous seas of flowers are formed."

Red Thorn felt that Lin Yuan was not asking something difficult of it.

As such, it did not summon the Mouth of Relinquish.

The Mouth of Relinquish was Red Thorn's original body. With it around, Red Thorn would be able to use its abilities to their maximum extent.

Although the abilities that Red Thorn used on its own would not produce effects as quickly as the Mouth of Relinquish, it could still easily handle something like producing spore cavities and spores.

Red Thorn's green hair billowed in the wind, and grayish-green spores drifted down from its hair.

These spores grew rapidly within the sand castle.

A moment later, besides where Lin Yuan and Gao Feng were standing, everywhere else was covered by spore cavities that were waist height.

After the special spore cavities were produced, the sand inside the castle started to move until it swallowed up the spore cavities.

Pillars of sand extended down from the castle and delivered the spore cavities to the quicksand on the ground.

Lin Yuan activated the spiritual power he had just replenished to increase the speed of the Source Sand's movements.

The quicksand buried the spore cavities at various positions in the sea of sand.

Soon, Red Thorn controlled the spore cavities to produce spores and take root in the sand as per Lin Yuan's request.

Red Thorn used up 14 Eyes of Relinquish for this endeavor.

The audience on Star Web noticed that dark green plants were growing out of the sand in neat rows.

These vine plants were very special as they had metal gleams to them. It seemed that they were all very tough.

Red Thorn was about to use more Eyes of Relinquish before Lin Yuan stopped it.

"Red Thorn, we will need the entire sea of flowers to last half a day. You don't have to use the Eyes of Relinquish. There are many corpses of abyss demons and alien insects within the sand. The Source Sand will deliver them to the sea of flowers! Use the mouths on the brutal vine ramets to consume their bodies and expand the sea of flowers as fast as possible," said Lin Yuan.

Red Thorn dutifully extended the brutal vine ramets into the ground, where it noticed that many bodies of abyss demons and alien insects had indeed been delivered to it.

Red Thorn was a glutton by nature.

There was no way it was going to turn down the food that Lin Yuan was offering to it.

Although Red Thorn was no longer interested in the flesh of dimensional lifeforms below Class 5, Lin Yuan still gave it food.

The brutal vine ramets first consumed the weaker alien insects and abyss demons.

With the energy from the alien insects and abyss demons, the sea of flowers started to expand rapidly.

Soon, the numerous seas of flowers joined together.

The Star Web users who were watching this remembered the memory that first sealed Black in their minds.

The sea of flowers was Black's signature!

1662 Impending Arrival of the Goddess of Mercy!

Black had used this terrifying sea of flowers to give Millstone Town hope for survival by protecting them.

The incident had spread all over Star Web.

However, there had been no video recordings during the dimensional rift, and all accounts were by word-of-mouth from the residents of Millstone Town.

The citizens of Millstone Town had sworn that Black's feys were all below Silver grade but had been capable of defeating the insect tide from a pinnacle Class 1 alien insect dimensional rift.

This had exceeded the understanding of regular people. Hence, many people on Star Web did not believe these accounts.

Black had indeed used the sea of flowers to protect Millstone Town and deserved immense praise.

However, they did not believe that Black was so capable.

Given that Black had saved the entire Millstone Town, the residents of Millstone Town were all upset when no one believed their retelling of the events.

They anxiously posted more messages and even sought out the Ascending Dragon Guards, who had also witnessed the sea of flowers, to try and prove that they were telling the truth.

However, no guard of a city would respond to private messages on Star Web just to verify an exclamation.

Although many people did not believe that Black had used a plant-type source-type lifeform below Silver grade to defend against the insect tide from a pinnacle Class 1 alien insect dimensional rift, they still acknowledged Black as a young hero.

After all, not everyone was willing to stand out to defend a crowd from danger.

Black had also used Red Thorn in a Star Web battle.

However, the Celestial Tower's battleground had only been around 200 meters in length and width.

Even if Red Thorn used its sea of flowers, its effects would be greatly limited.

Lin Yuan had not used Red Thorn on Star Web ever since it evolved to Fantasy Breed.

Now, all the people who had doubted that Black had used Red Thorn to defend against an insect tide were eating a feast of crows.

The eight seas of flowers moved toward each other.

The audience could not understand what Lin Yuan was trying to do because they had not even realized the difficulty of this Radiance Hundred Sequence selection,

The eyes of the members of royalty seated on the golden pillars lit up.

"Black's source-type lifeform is really special. Look how the vines are extending below the sand as though they are searching for something. There are many sharp teeth covering the vines. Whenever they emerge from the sand, they are dragging many pieces of flesh along with them. The flesh has the bones and skin of alien beasts stuck to them. Clearly, the vines are linked to the Source Sand and are using the bodies of alien insects and abyss demons buried under the sand as energy sources.

"Once the alien beasts charge over, they will be slowed down by the eight seas of flowers and divided into nine groups. By wiping out a portion of the alien beasts, a significant amount of pressure is taken off of the contestants.

"Moreover, the seas of flowers are one kilometer away from the central territory. When the alien insects and abyss demons make it through the sea of flowers and regroup at the central territory, they will start fighting each other again. As long as Black is willing to continue controlling the situation, there should be nothing keeping the test from reaching the third day," said Liu Wencheng.

Liu Wencheng was happy about Black's presence but also felt that the entire situation was too ridiculous.

This test was stumping thousands of contestants, yet Black's two feys solved the entire problem.

With just Black alone, he could take on all the burden of defense for the three days.

After careful observation, Liu Wencheng still could not discern the grade of the vines.

However, one vine that was clearly thicker and stronger than the rest dragged a Class 4 abyss demon from the sand.

Besides the horns of the abyss demon, its entire body was gobbled up by the teeth on the vines.

Given that one vine could take on a Class 4 abyss demon, its strength had to be at least Platinum grade.

Moreover, the vine became even thicker after it consumed the Class 4 abyss demon. This meant that the plant not only consumed flesh to expand itself but also to increase its power.

Liu Wencheng imagined what would happen if the source-type lifeform broke out of Lin Yuan's control and ended up within the dimensional world. If given enough time and if the Dictators did not discover its ortet, it would probably devour the entire dimensional world.

Li Yang said to You Changjian, "Changjian, Black is one of your targets. Are you ready?"

You Changjian was one of Li Yang's favored experts.

Hence, after Li Yang appeared, You Changjian left his original position and took his place respectfully next to Li Yang.

You Changjian hurriedly responded, "Don't worry. Yan Lin, Cai Huo, and I are definitely able to defeat the sea of flowers before it fully forms. When our sacred source lifeforms work together, they reach the second stage. There's no way we'll lose!"

You Changjian glanced at Qian Yu and thought about the pressure that Qian Yu had put on the three of them, as well as his request.

You Changjian said to Li Yang, "Lord Qian Yu asked us to involve several more disciples of royalty during the fight. Including Gao Feng, there is already one member of royalty. If we involve more than three disciples of royalty, we—"

Before You Changjian could finish speaking, Li Yang interrupted him. "Are you stressed?" nÊw st𝒐ries at n𝒐 𝒎

Li Yang looked at Qian Yu. After a moment of silence, he said, "Qian Yu is the Freedom Envoy leading this Freedom Federation envoy group. All arrangements are up to him. But he will also have to shoulder the blame if something goes wrong."

Although the Freedom Envoys did not enjoy as much honor as Radiance Envoys and Azure Envoys did, they still represented the young generation of the Freedom Federation.

As long as his benefits were not infringed upon, Lin Yuan did not want to butt heads with Qian Yu.

Thus, Li Yang handed the authority back to Qian Yu.

1663 Alien Beast Tide Makes a Move!

Qian Yu let out a breath of relief when he heard what Li Yang said.

Qian Yu had been afraid that all his authority would be lost now that Li Yang was here.

This meant that he would lose the chance to make the arrangements for the upcoming fight.

As the Freedom Envoy leading the envoy group, he would have to shoulder all responsibility if anything went wrong.

Despite Li Yang returning the yoke of authority to him, he still had to perform the necessary formalities.

Qian Yu asked Li Yang, "Since the Radiance Federation sent its current third Radiance Envoy to host the Radiance Hundred Sequence, do you think that he will engage with me if I invite him to go a round with me?"

Li Yang looked at Qian Yu with amusement.

He did not expect Qian Yu's appetite to be so voracious.

With such a large appetite, he could indeed become stronger by eating. However, there was also a chance that he would overstuff himself.

Li Yang did not intend to respond. All he said was, "I will not be participating in anything related to the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection. The Goddess of Mercy will be arriving at the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection. You are the Goddess of Mercy's favored expert. I hope that you won't end up a disappointment in front of her."

The originally calm Qian Yu became anxious when he heard that the Goddess of Mercy would be coming to the Radiance Federation.

…

Gao Feng looked at the eight vast seas of flowers outside and was suddenly filled with a curious feeling.

He instructed the Spirit Spring Lilies to release more spiritual power to recover Lin Yuan's spirit qi faster.

He also buried several springs that continuously released spirit qi within the Source Sand.

What Gao Feng needed most were good teammates who would enable him to show his true talents.

This was the first time he had a teammate whose combat power could match Gao Feng's capabilities properly.

Gao Feng truly enjoyed this feeling of being able to fully support and help his teammate.

Lin Yuan continued to give orders. "Red Thorn, when the insect beast tide makes it through the flowers, you can consume the alien insects and abyss demons at will! If the sea of flowers is damaged in any way, you can recover it in any way. But, you don't need to create another sea of flowers, nor will you need to use any other ability."

Red Thorn gently nodded.

It felt that Lin Yuan's orders would allow him to feast for an entire day.

The contestants at the central territory who were in charge of scouting were shocked when they sensed the endless seas of flowers.

They finally remembered that Black was also participating in the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection.

These seas of flowers were proof of Black's presence!

Since the seas of flowers were situated on top of the sand, it meant that the sand had also come from Black.

This indicated that Black was inside the sand castle in the sky.

Li Nao had been observing the defenses and healing injured contestants alongside a team of healing-type spirit qi professionals.

When Li Nao first heard the report, he thought the sand would be so hard that it would be difficult to dig through.

However, the sand turned out to behave like it had a life of its own and revealed many alien insects and abyss demon corpses for them to collect.

At that moment, the contestants in charge of scouting came to see Li Nao and tell him about the situation.

Li Nao looked up at the sand castle with shock. Fear was apparent in his gaze.

Black's appearance was a blessing to the contestants at the outermost layers who were doing the bulk of the fighting.

However, he was a huge threat to Li Nao, who ruled over the central territory.

Li Nao had no doubt that if Black emerged from the sand castle and challenged him, his overwhelming power and the fact that he had just the contestants at the outermost layers would result in Li Nao losing his throne.

If Li Nao were smart, he would decide to lock the information down. He could even kill the scouts if he wanted to take it a step further.

After all, the seas of flowers were a kilometer away from the central territory, which was too far for most of the contestants under Li Nao to spot.

If he hid the news of Black's presence, he would be able to retain the control he had over his team.

However, Li Nao did not decide to do this.

He had never had the chance to lead a large team. But now, he had been leading a team of 20000 people for half a day.

As such, he now understood the responsibility that came with leadership.

This feeling had already influenced his subconscious, and his instinct was now to secure the benefits of the whole team rather than just trying to ensure that he made it to one of the last ten members and regain a spot in the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection.

At this point, everyone was exhausted. All of them longed to have a drink of water, eat a mouthful of food, or take a nap.

Most of them had been beaten to the point that they were downcast.

While patrolling, Li Nao noticed that most of the contestants' eyes were empty.

None of them thought that they would be able to pass the test. Thus, they lost the will to fight with the same tenacity that they had at the beginning.

Li Nao called over the 200 managers he had designated and said, "Send the information down. The quicksand is a result of Black. He's helping us to defend against the alien beast tide. There are also seas of flowers outside of the sand. So everyone, perk up. We will definitely make it through!"

Li Nao's words made the 200 managers' eyes light up.

They were suddenly filled with courage.

When they looked up at the sand castle, they sent down the information like the melody of a harp.

Soon, cheers arose from the camp that slowly melded together.

If the audience were not aware that this was a serious test, they would assume that a festival was taking place if they heard these cheers.

The sounds of joy traveled up to the sand castle, and Lin Yuan and Gao Feng heard them.

At this moment, someone yelled, "Black is the best!"

Soon, cries of people repeating this declaration caused the granules of sand on the ground to tremble.

Gao Feng smiled when he heard these cheers.

However, this expression was not present on Lin Yuan's face.

Rather, he frowned because he noticed that the alien beast tide in the distance had started to move.

1664 Red Thorn's New Technique!

After a few hours of preparation, Lin Yuan could sense through True Data that the Class 2 abyss demons and alien insects were ceaselessly surveying the sea of sand and flowers.

Although the alien insects and abyss beasts had not joined forces and were still bitterly fighting against each other, with thousands of bodies already littering the ground, the Class 4 abyss demons and alien insects had gathered together to form a small group at the edge of the alien insect tide.

This small group was orchestrating the alien insects and abyss beasts.

They controlled the alien insects and abyss beasts to attack the central territory from all directions to test the power of the sea of flowers.

Lin Yuan had instructed the Source Sand to move according to its will.

Through the alien beast tide's movements, Lin Yuan noticed that the Normal and Elite grade alien beasts were not able to make it far before they sunk into the sea of sand.

It could be said that the Source Sand had managed to eliminate many low-grade alien insects and abyss beasts on its own.

But very soon, Lin Yuan realized that something was very wrong.

If things kept going the way they were, the alien beasts and abyss beasts that eventually made it to the central territory would be Bronze grade at least. The stronger ones would be Gold or even Platinum grade.

Even if Red Thorn consumed endlessly, the alien beasts that the contestants at the central territory had to take on would be the strongest of the lot!

This method went against Lin Yuan's original intent.

It was much more difficult to fight an alien beast tide made up of Class 1 alien insects and abyss demons than it was to fight one made up of Normal and Elite grades.

Thus, Lin Yuan instructed the Source Sand to stop consuming the Normal and Elite alien insects and abyss beasts.

According to its grade and abilities, Red Thorn would continue to pick the high-class abyss demons and alien insects.

This was the only proper way to regulate the alien beast tide.

When the sand under the alien beast tide stopped moving, the alien beasts charged forward in a frenzy. They made a beeline for the central territory.

Now, the sea of flowers could exhibit its full might against the alien beast tide.

Red Thorn's brutal vine ramets had not even finished consuming all the dimensional lifeform flesh within the sand, but all of them had already gained enough energy to reach Silver grade. There were even a few that had reached Gold grade.

But no matter how strong the sea of flowers was, it could not defend against the alien insect tide. 𝑅êạd new chapt𝒆rs on no/v/e/l𝒃

However, unlike Lin Yuan's expectation, the alien beasts did not charge into the central territory.

Rather, they dashed headfirst into the sea of flowers.

Red Thorn did not hold back at all against these alien beasts.

However, their numbers were so vast that it was too much for the sea of flowers to handle.

As such, Red Thorn used up a few Eyes of Relinquish and started gesturing angrily at Lin Yuan.

Red Thorn felt that these Class 4 alien insects and abyss beasts were nothing more than low-class appetizers.

Red Thorn was insulted that these snacks were trying to revolt. It planned on giving the alien beasts a taste of the power of the sea of flowers.

"Yuan, I want to strengthen the sea of flowers and eat all of them up."

Lin Yuan did not oppose this idea and gave his silent consent.

Red Thorn produced pink spores and asked Lin Yuan to use the Source Sand to deliver the pink spores to the sea of flowers.

Lin Yuan realized what Red Thorn was trying to do and agreed to its request.

The Source Sand quickly delivered the pink spores to various parts of the sea of flowers.

Soon, several brutal vine ramets' roots started to dance.

When the pink spores grew to the size of fists, the brutal vine ramets wrapped their roots around the spores and fused with them.

Then, the brutal vine ramets continued to consume alien beasts to provide energy to the beings within the spores.

As waves of alien insects charged into the sea of flowers, the sharp tips of the brutal vine ramets slipped through the cracks of the insect armor or pierced through the flesh of the abyss demons to consume them.

The brutal vine ramets could not digest instantly like the Mouth of Relinquish could.

The brutal vine ramets needed more than ten seconds to consume even the Normal and Elite grade alien beasts.

The brutal vine ramets could not defend themselves when they were consuming food.

The abyss beasts and alien insects continuously trampled the brutal vine ramets while attacking them with their teeth, horns, acid, and flames.

After consuming the alien insects and abyss demons for some time, the brutal vine ramets had built up a strong resistance against their acid and flames.

Nonetheless, the barrage of damage from their teeth and horns still took down a number of the brutal vine ramets.

After a few minutes passed, the sea of flowers visibly shrunk under the attacks of the alien beast tide.

Within these few minutes, Lin Yuan realized with a shock that these small beings that had sprung from the pink spores had already grown more than two meters tall.

They formed a strange spiked ball.

Lin Yuan felt that it resembled a simplified version of the Mouth of Relinquish that did not have any Eyes of Relinquish.

This thing could not consume food like the Mouth of Relinquish could.

It grew past two meters and only stopped when it reached almost four meters.

The entire ball was so engorged that it became translucent.

There were many tubes running along its surface that resembled blood vessels.

These tubes extended out of the ball and linked up with every brutal vine ramet.

The fluid within the ball flowed out through the tubes to the brutal vine ramets.

Suddenly, the brutal vine ramets were charged with power.

Now, they only needed less than three seconds to digest Normal and Elite grade alien beasts.

The sea of flowers could now consume food at almost three times its original rate.

Previously, the alien beast tide had pushed it to the edge of its limits.

But with help from the ball produced by the pink spores, the sea of flowers had recovered at a breakneck pace!

1665 I Give Into Black!

The eight seas of flowers were stabilized.

While the seas of flowers were battling the alien beast tide, the central territory's defenses had completed construction.

The small team of contestants who were analyzing battle strategies had not realized it yet, but the audience on Star Web, who had a bird's eye view, had witnessed the battle between the seas of flowers and the alien beast tide.

The battle was like a scene from a blockbuster movie.

Those who had not believed that the sea of flowers was capable of holding its own against an alien beast tide now realized how Black had managed to use the plant-type fey to protect Millstone Town from the alien insect tide.

There were a few new spirit qi professionals who had their eyes opened to what a fey could achieve.

They now knew that a fey or source-type lifeform could be nurtured to such a degree.

Poison Beauty was now a mega horn that sang Black's praises.

Ever since the sand castle rose to the air, she had been praising him to the skies.

When Lu Shuang realized that Black was far from ordinary, she became much more cautious when she praised him.

She no longer compared herself to Black.

She had not understood why she lost to Black and was rather indignant about the result.

Lu Shuang had never publicly admitted that she acknowledged Black's power because she felt that he had only won by taking advantage of the fact that his feys were unknown entities.

As a B-rank spirit qi professional, B-rank did not have any Myth Breed feys.

Both Lu Shuang and Black's feys had been Diamond X/Fantasy V.

If she only knew what Black's cat-species fey's abilities and exclusive skills were, she could have dodged its attack and might have stood a fighting chance.

But now, she knew Black better and learned that he had two other feys besides the cat-species feys.

She had no clue if Black had demonstrated the two feys' full power.

But there was no question that Lu Shuang would not be able to compete with even the amount of power that they had exhibited.

Lu Shuang sighed at the screen and said, "I truly give in to Black. I think that he is just as powerful as any disciple of royalty."

Lu Shuang was always very careful during her live streams and filtered all her speech.

She only said such a thing because she truly felt this way.

Disciples of royalty were as legendary as the members of royalty themselves.

There were always a few anonymous people on the god-class list.

This was the same for the Celestial Stairway streak list.

Most of these anonymous people were young elites from top factions or disciples of royalty.

Lin Yuan's performance during the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection made Lu Shuang speak from the heart.

The entire live-streaming room became abuzz with activity when they heard what Lu Shuang said.

Cheng: Shuang finally gave in to someone! Black is indeed powerful. His two feys are strong enough for me to be at a loss about what his flaw could be. But isn't it inappropriate to compare a disciple of royalty with Black?

Magic Mini Jie: I don't think there's anything inappropriate about it. We can't tell how powerful Black's feys are through Star Web. But all those posts say that Black's sand-elemental source-type lifeform is Diamond X/Fantasy V. That's the power of a top genius! Is it possible that disciples of royalty who are of the same age as Black have reached A-rank and obtained Myth Breed feys?

Endless Supply of Loneliness: No matter what happens, I'm a lifelong fan of Black! Unless those disciples of royalty appear and fight against Black, he is the strongest to me!

Lemon Early Summer: Do you remember the bet that the royalty made with the Freedom

Federation royalty a month ago? I think that Black might be able to become one of the next Radiance Envoys. There is a citizen's vote during the Radiance Envoy voting. Although it only makes up 10% of the weightage, I'm still voting for Black!

Maple Dance: Hey! Black might have revealed the sand-elemental source-type lifeform and plant-type fey but don't you guys still want to see the small blue bird, eight-tailed cat, and bee healing-type fey?

There were posts about the sea of sand and sea of flowers all over Star Web.

With Liu Lang at the helm, Black's official fan club was bursting with exuberance.

Lin Yuan and Gao Feng were completely unaware of all this.

Gao Feng looked at how the eight seas of flowers continued to stand strong in the midst of the alien beast tide.

The seas of flowers were so ferocious that even the alien beast tide felt fear creeping up on them.

Gao Feng noticed the dimensional lifeforms crawling frantically toward the two seas of flowers at the center.

Lin Yuan single-handedly took on the entire test.

This left Gao Feng temporarily speechless.

Gao Feng had seen his share of crises as one of the top young experts.

But if Lin Yuan was replaced by anyone else, not even Zong Ze, Gu Lang, and An He would be able to do all that Lin Yuan had achieved.

But all his clouds of confusion faded away when he remembered that a six-winged fairy beyond the understanding of history had created the sea of flowers.

Lin Yuan was talking to Red Thorn curiously, "Red Thorn, I remember that you can only change into two types of plant shapes."

He remembered that Red Thorn could only use its spores to produce spore cavities and brutal vine ramets.

This was with the exception of the red gill-shaped flowers that it could produce when it was battling underwater.

The ramets Red Thorn produced from the pink spores were completely unfamiliar to Lin Yuan. 𝑅êạd new chapt𝒆rs on no/v/e/l𝒃

Red Thorn replied casually, "Yuan, besides the digestion cavities I just produced, I can also produce another new type of ramet. The new ramet can gobble up the entire tide of alien beasts! Yuan, do you want a demonstration?"

Red Thorn had been over the moon when Lin Yuan praised it, and it was dying to receive even more.

Lin Yuan hurriedly interrupted Red Thorn and said, "Red Thorn, it's enough. You don't have to show me your new ramet!"

Lin Yuan massaged his forehead.

If he knew in advance that Red Thorn could produce two types of ramet, he would have instructed Red Thorn to keep them hidden as secret weapons.

1666 The Real Test Officially Begins!

Red Thorn could have used other methods to enable the seas of flowers to take on the insect tide besides producing the spore cavities.

It could have used the Eyes of Relinquish to continuously produce more brutal vine ramets to cover the territory.

Many bodies of abyss demons and alien insects were buried within the sand. The sea of flowers could consume the flesh to replenish the Eyes of Relinquish.

Lin Yuan had limited the size of the sea of flowers so as not to affect the test.

However, the sea of flowers could expand rapidly if it was needed.

Moreover, the Platinum/Fantasy V Red Thorn could easily produce Platinum ramets.

If Red Thorn changed all the brutal vine ramets at the front to Platinum grade, no alien beast tide will be able to do damage to the brutal vine ramets.

Although Lin Yuan was very curious about the fourth type of ramet that Red Thorn had claimed could quickly eat up all the alien beasts, he would not instruct Red Thorn to reveal it.

All that Lin Yuan was doing was regulating the test and ensuring that it proceeded according to its original setting.

Lin Yuan was doing what a cultivator should be doing.

If Red Thorn consumed the entire alien beast tide, there would be nothing to test the contestants at the central territory.

Red Thorn pouted when Lin Yuan told it not to display the fourth type of ramet.

It did not know another way besides showing off its fourth ramet that would earn it more praise.

Given that Lin Yuan had contracted Red Thorn with blood, Red Thorn's bloodline was tightly bound with Lin Yuan's.

Hence, Lin Yuan immediately sensed what Lin Yuan was thinking.

He reached out his hand and gently stroked Red Thorn's long green hair as he said, "Red Thorn, you're amazing! If not for you, the contestants would not have made it!"

Red Thorn's lips turned up into a smile.

Even if it did not reveal its fourth ramet, it would be happy as long as it received praise from Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan also started to self-reflect.

All he had been doing was silently evolving his feys. But after they evolved, they rarely had the chance to fight.

As such, Lin Yuan did not understand his feys' powers well.

Lin Yuan had no idea when Red Thorn obtained the third and fourth types of ramets.

The third ramet was an external digestion cavity, and each one could send digestive acids to nearby brutal vine ramets to raise their digestion abilities, thereby raising the sea of flowers' combat power and endurance.

Lin Yuan suddenly remembered that he had chosen consumption and digestion when Red Thorn asked him to choose a direction to evolve in.

It was likely that Red Thorn obtained the third ramet at that time.

Lin Yuan thought, I'm really failing as a spirit qi professional!

Lin Yuan had been doing Creation Master work in the Spirit Lock spatial zone in order to accumulate resources.

He rarely had the opportunity to go out and train like other spirit qi professionals did.

The best way to understand his feys' powers and increase their combat teamwork would be to train in the wild.

Although spirit qi professionals could also increase their combat abilities and fey compatibility by matching up with strong opponents on Star Web, this would not be an effective method for Lin Yuan.

It was very difficult for Lin Yuan to meet an enemy of comparable power to him.

When he fought against Lu Shuang, her feys had been countered, so Lin Yuan defeated her using just Genius' Spiritual Energy Expansion.

Lin Yuan's biggest problem at the moment was that he did not understand his own power. T/his chapter is updat𝓮d by n𝒐v(ê(l) /m

He had never pulled out all the stops in a fight.

Even when he fought against Zong Ze at the Guard Ye Banquet, he had not used the Source Sand, Red Thorn, or Chimey so that he could protect his identity as Black.

Once the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection ended and he had the chance to fight against the Freedom Federation envoy group, Lin Yuan felt that he would have the opportunity to unleash his true strength.

Two days ago, Lin Yuan had instructed the Medusa Snake Demons to work with the Spirit Craftsmen, and they built a cat sanctuary overnight in the marsh world.

There were already more than 1,000 cat-species feys living at the cat sanctuary.

The 100 Hundred Questions Beasts started to nurture the cat-species feys.

They had even utilized spirit fluids that had been stored up.

Lin Yuan really wanted to test out Genius' combat power.

Since Lin Yuan had limited the sea of flowers, there would be a group of alien beasts that inevitably made it to the central territory.

The contestants had rebuilt the defenses and filled with drive once more.

They instructed their feys to use their abilities against the insect tide.

The Rotting Wood Horned Adder spat out a pool of venom, which sunk into the sand.

When any alien insects or abyss demons stepped into this pool, they would start to decay.

A large seven-meter-long crocodile spat out knives that sailed toward the abyss demons.

The sea of flowers had pushed the alien beasts together, and they immediately started to fight.

Normally, the alien beasts and abyss demons would have struggled to escape the sea of flowers, and only one type of alien beast would be left.

After all, they would immediately start to fight when they encountered each other.

The alien insects and abyss beasts were attacking the contestants because they saw the contestants as food.

But at the same time, they were also sources of food for each other.

The chaos between the alien insects and abyss beasts relieved some of the pressure on the contestants.

By working together and with help from the healing-type spirit qi professionals and support-type spirit qi professionals, the contestants did not have to do anything, and the territory remained secure.

As a result, many contestants let out a breath of relief.

However, Lin Yuan and Gao Feng knew that the true test that the royalty had planned was about to officially begin.

1667 Righteousness Descended!

The people in the central territory were the first ones to submit to Li Nao and agree to become his subordinates.

There were two extreme behaviors that the people in this group were now exhibiting.

One side of the spectrum saw themselves as the true leaders of the 20,000 people on this team.

They could live in a carefree manner in the central territory. Some of them even took out the food they had brought with them and ate while they enjoyed a game of chess. They did not care that contestants still fought for their lives at the outermost layers of the territory. Nêww 𝒄hapters will be fully updated at (n)ov(𝒆)

The other side of the spectrum rushed to the outermost layer in their spare time and fought bravely against the alien beasts.

Li Nao belonged to the latter group.

He led two support-type spirit qi professionals and two healing-type spirit qi professionals with him to reinforce the weaker areas of the outermost layers.

He ordered the Platinum IV/Fantasy II Folded Wings Purple Wolf to attack the Class 4 abyss demons and alien insects hidden in the alien beast tide with electricity.

It was difficult for the normal contestants to take on the Class 4 alien insects and abyss demons.

However, it was easy for Li Nao because the Folded Wings Purple Wolf was of a higher grade than the alien beasts.

Gao Feng sighed and said, "The people playing chess at the central territory might be geniuses, but they don't have what it takes to be City Guards, much less Spirit Guards."

Lin Yuan nodded.

From the moment the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection began, many contestants who had been anxious to form groups had already been taken out.

The actions of these elites were all plastered on Star Web. This included the scene at the central territory where some of the contestants were playing chess.

These contestants were clearly at an advantage but had lost the people's hearts as well as many opportunities because this was not only the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection but also an interview that was taking place in front of the entire Radiance Federation.

There had to be many veteran and top factions who had their eyes on these contestants to try and find the most outstanding ones who they would recruit into their factions to nurture them.

No matter how powerful a person was, they would put others off if they did not have a sense of teamwork and turned selfish at key moments.

Li Nao was doing well.

This incident had drummed up significant discussions on Star Web.

Mr. Money: I have no idea what the people playing chess in the central territory are thinking. Do they not care about the survival of their comrades just because they're safe at the center?

This Car Doesn't Go to Kindergarten: Why do I feel so uncomfortable after seeing that scene? Isn't Black the one to thank for the test becoming so easy? I think Black should get rid of the sea of flowers to let the alien insects in and see if those people still have the arrogance to play chess then!

Guest in Life: Don't tell me that these people will become members of the Radiance Hundred Sequence. I won't have it! They don't deserve to sully the Radiance Hundred Sequence!

Lonely Traveler: I bet that this test isn't as easy as it seems. The members of royalty probably have more prepared!

Time passed very quickly.

41 hours had already passed since the Radiance Hundred Sequence began.

After one more dimensional rift opened, only one more day of fighting would be left.

Then, the place would start to shrink, and the alien beast tide would become stronger.

The number of people would fall until only ten contestants were left.

At that moment, a dimensional rift opened right above the central territory.

Without giving anyone below any time to react, numerous abyss demons tumbled out onto the contestants from above.

The contestants who had let their guard down were all obliterated by the rain of alien beasts.

Many of these eliminated contestants had not even had the time to summon their feys.

This incident was astonishing to all of the contestants and the audience.

The contestants were very aware of everything that happened within the territory because every small area had a designated scout in charge of delivering information back and forth.

The scouts were filled with anger when they saw the chess-playing contestants at the central territory.

If not for the fact that the troops were already stretched so thin that losing a single member would result in a hole in the defenses, the contestants at the outermost layers would have marched to the central territory and taught the chess-playing contestants a good lesson.

The pinnacle Class 2 abyss dimensional rift had opened too abruptly above the central territory.

All of the contestants were nervous, but the contestants at the outermost layers felt slightly more relaxed.

The wave of abyss demons from the pinnacle Class 2 abyss dimensional rift was like righteousness falling from the sky.

However, the battle formation that used to only require the contestants at the outermost layers to fight now turned into a fight from the inside-out.

They now went through their troops at twice the original speed.

Li Nao gnashed his teeth and came to a decision.

He declared, "Row 35 to 50, turn back! Work together to attack the newly opened pinnacle Class 2 abyss demon dimensional rift and provide cover for the outer layers. For the rows beyond row 50, close in and try to concentrate the defenses. Set up a basic defense beyond row 50, and I'll immediately send support-type spirit qi professionals and healing-type spirit qi professionals to help you!"

Li Nao spoke with anxiousness and shock in his heart.

He was anxious because there were insufficient spirit qi professionals to go around now that the amount of fighting had increased.

He was shocked that the royalty had already guessed how the test would unfold. There was no way that the dimensional rift opened above the central territory by coincidence.

Lin Yuan decided to keep the status quo and not send any more help to the contestants.

Once the three days were over, only about 4,000 people would be left.

Lin Yuan did not know how quickly the testing ground would start to shrink once the three days were up.

But with Red Thorn around, it could manage the situation and take the pressure off of the contestants no matter how small the testing ground shrunk to.

However, the deal that Li Nao made with his subordinates would come to an end on the third day.

At that time, the fight of human nature would officially begin.

Time passed like the blink of an eye and the third day arrived.

1668 Prompt and Resolute Decision!

At that moment, the audience members on Star Web were all holding their breaths.

Most of them had started out spectating the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection out of interest and switched between their favorite contestants. T/his chapter is updat𝓮d by n𝒐v(ê(l) /m

But once the first dimensional rift opened three hours later and Black sent the sand castle into the air, the audience members were all shocked to the core by Lin Yuan's ability to change geography.

More and more of them started paying attention to Black.

As the number of contestants gathered at the center increased and the defenses were constructed, the audience was excited to switch between the perspective views of the contestants at the center to watch them fight against the alien beast tide.

But when the fight really began, Ji Changdeng and Liu Wencheng's misjudgment caused the contestants to struggle to the point that they found it difficult to draw breath.

At that moment, Black changed the geography outside of the central territory into a sea of moving sand.

The sea of sand had enveloped all the alien insects and abyss beasts in an instant, halting the alien beast tide.

This gave the contestants at the center a chance to stage a comeback.

The eight seas of flowers had also appeared in the sea of sand.

Finally, the audience members got to see Black utilize a second fey.

Black's two feys used breathtaking methods.

Every member of the audience was so stunned that they did not know what to do with themselves.

Although they knew that there were thousands of contestants in the central territory who were doing their best to construct the base, this did not come close to the excitement of watching the seas of flowers fight against the alien beast tide.

After watching the sea of flowers battling the alien beast wave, the battle between the few alien beasts that made it through the sea of flowers to take on the contestants seemed rather dull by comparison.

However, the pinnacle Class 2 abyss dimensional rift that opened above the central territory made everything interesting again.

After the pinnacle Class 2 abyss dimensional rift did its job of delivering justice, it turned into a headache for the remaining contestants.

Some contestants had been reassigned to help the center of the base, and the number of experts there had increased to almost 26,000.

However, the number of contestants fighting the alien beasts that were trying to fight their way in from the outer layers had dropped by half.

Presently, only around 12,000 contestants were left.

Besides the healing-type and support-type spirit qi professionals who had been protected, almost every other contestant's feys were injured.

Wounds also decorated the spirit qi professionals themselves.

But this did not mean that the healing-type and support-type spirit qi professionals were having a good time.

In fact, they were in worse shape because they were completely emptied of spiritual energy,

They were so weak that they could no longer stand properly. Yet, they still insisted on healing the other experts' near-dead feys.

Although only 1,0000 experts were left, they were much more experienced than when they started out.

Wilderness survival could raise a person's various abilities.

Objectively, the over 50 people who first joined Li Nao were not of equal strength. They only enjoyed authority within the central territory because they were the first to join Li Nao's team.

But now, less than 20 of those 50 people were left.

This meant that this test was not a favorable environment for luck.

Normally, those in the central territory should be leading their team to provide reinforcements to the frontline, just like what Li Nao was doing.

If they lost their might, they would not be able to make it to one of the final ten contestants.

A person's strength did not just come from their power but also their ability to communicate, adapt, and be resilient, among other traits.

When one was trying to survive in the wild, it was a test of whether they were truly strong.

There were a few people who had been unable to join a group at the beginning but had gained many protectors now because of the authority that Li Nao afforded them.

These people were able to distinguish themselves because they had exceptional leadership qualities.

However, the more capable one was, the more responsibility one would have to shoulder.

These people had gained a significant amount of authority but also had to offer a lot more than others.

The Folded Wings Purple Wolf had been attacked by a group of Smooth Flying Jumping Demons, and there were now many large holes in its wings.

The Smooth Flying Jumping Demon was one of the rare Class 3 abyss demons that used venom.

The venom hidden within the Smooth Flying Jumping Demon's nails and teeth could produce strong hallucinogens that turned its target violent.

The Platinum IV/Fantasy II Folded Wings Purple Wolf had been a force to be reckoned with as it used bolts of electricity to launch long-range attacks at the flying abyss demons and alien insects.

However, the Folded Wings Purple Wolf had fallen under the influence of the Smooth Flying Jumping Demon's venom and had escaped Li Nao's control.

It started to wildly launch bolts of lightning in all directions.

It killed all the contestants in a 500-meter-radius and resulted in many teams losing close to 1,000 members.

Hence, while the Folded Wings Purple Wolf was struggling to break out of the control of the Smooth Flying Jumping Demon, Li Nao had no choice but to use his other main fey, the Rotten Spotted Sky Dog, to bite the Folded Wings Purple Wolf to death.

Luckily, the fight was taking place on Star Web.

He might not be able to make the same decision if this battle was taking place in reality.

He used to be a Radiance Hundred Sequence member and had his fair share of survival training.

As such, he would eventually still make the same decision if this was reality. He could not allow 1,000 people to die in place of his fey.

As a leader, he had to do what needed to be done even if the Folded Wings Purple Wolf's death would cause his power to plummet.

At that moment, most people's eyes were on Li Nao.

The Folded Wings Purple Wolf's death allowed all of them to realize that this was war.

Although all of them were elites, they were reduced to sorry states when they were fighting a Class 2 dimensional rift.

The audience members started to wonder how the City Guards and Spirit Guards, who fought Class 3 and 4 dimensional rifts during the dimensional rift active period managed to handle it.

Many regular people were completely saved from feeling any effects of the dimensional rift active period when it was happening.

1669 Pretty Good Couple!

While such thoughts filled the minds of the audience, the gears in Lin Yuan's head also started turning as he watched everything from above in the sand castle.

The night before the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection, Lin Yuan had communicated with Su Yiren.

Although Lin Yuan had not recently visited the Divine Wood Federation so he could prepare for the Radiance Hundred Sequence, he still communicated with Su Yiren every few days.

From their communications, Lin Yuan discovered that a major change had occurred within the Great Lush Federation.

The secret elite families of the Great Lush Federation had started ordering their merchant groups to stop selling and accumulating goods simultaneously but to stock up on as many goods as what was available on the market.

Within a few weeks, the atmosphere in the Divine Wood Federation had become much more solemn because of the change in the Great Lush Federation.

Su Yiren's guess was that the Great Lush Federation was preparing for war.

Lin Yuan had not felt anything special when he first heard this.

But now, he felt that he needed to start preparing.

At the same time, he thought that even though the resources he possessed were considered immense in the context of a private faction, they were far from being sufficient for a federation or continent.

As such, a sense of urgency rose within Lin Yuan.

He noticed more than once that Gao Feng wanted to help but eventually held himself back.

Lin Yuan said, "Gao Feng, you can go and help if you want to. Many people saw your feys during the Guard Ye Banquet, so they're not secrets. The Freedom Federation has definitely already obtained information about you. nÊw st𝒐ries at n𝒐 𝒎

"Your biggest chip lies with your sacred source lifeform and the Yellow Spring Lily's new ability. The Breeze Hibiscus and Spirit Spring Lilies' main abilities lie in healing the spiritual power of others. You can use these abilities if you want."

Given that Gao Feng was from a top faction and Cicada Song's disciple, he would attract a lot of negative attention if he stayed in the sand castle the entire test and became a member of the Radiance Hundred Sequence without participating in the test.

This was the perfect chance for Gao Feng to exhibit his support capabilities.

Gao Feng shot Lin Yuan a grateful look.

This was not just because Lin Yuan had been protecting him since the start of the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection but more so because Lin Yuan truly had his best interests at heart.

Since Lin Yuan could attach the wings made of Day and Night Spirit Silver to his back and use them to fly, he could enable someone else to do the same.

However, this would require Lin Yuan to inject spiritual power into the Day and Night Spirit Silver in order to turn it white.

Gao Feng watched with shock as many black and gold feathers appeared from the sand castle.

These feathers turned white and arranged themselves into large white wings on his back.

Soon, the wings started flapping in spite of Gao Feng's inaction.

The layers of thin feathers that interlinked with each other flew up into the air, taking Gao Feng with them.

From the moment Gao Feng stepped out of the sand castle, he immediately became the target of all the Class 4 abyss demons and alien insects.

But the white wings blocked all of the attacks.

If any alien insects or abyss demons drew close to the white wings, a few feathers would fall. This would be a beautiful sight filled with deadly intent.

Every feather was like a dagger that pierced through the alien insects and abyss demons' bodies.

Gao Feng was already dressed in white. As such, he seemed like an angel at the moment.

He landed steadily beside Li Nao, and the white feathers on his back immediately wilted and turned back into sand granules when they touched the ground.

At that moment, all the contestants near Gao Feng and the audience on Star Web realized that the white wings had come from the sand-elemental source-type lifeform.

But why had Black's wings been black but turned white when they were on Gao Feng?

Black and white came hand in hand since the dawn of time.

There were many people posting comments on Star Web.

Gao Feng was not the ripest source of analysis among all the contestants because he had been chosen by Black to enter the sand castle.

This seemed to suggest that there was more going on behind the scenes.

The recent events resulted in there being many posts on Star Web discussing links between Black and Gao Feng.

Black and Gao Feng were quickly paired together.

The central territory was in the greatest danger at the moment.

Everyone was wondering why Gao Feng was going there during such a circumstance. Could he have been kicked out by Black?

It would be easier to accept the fact that Gao Feng had been kicked out of the sand castle by Black. But why had Black also given Gao Feng a set of wings?

Was it because Black was just a gentle and compassionate person? Was it because he took their previous ties into consideration?

If so, the seemingly cool and high-and-mighty Black was too adorable!

Gao Feng did not have many fans on Star Web, but Black did.

Black's obsessive fans went insane when they saw Black being paired up with Gao Feng.

What! My son hasn't even grown yet. Why are you all pairing him up?

Usually, the two parties of fans would have started fighting. But somehow, Black's fans felt that this couple seemed pretty good.

Gao Feng was rather impressive!

When Gao Feng arrived, he said to Li Nao, "Send all the healing-type spirit qi professionals and support-type spirit qi professionals to me now!"

If anyone else had tried giving him orders right after arriving, Li Nao would have ignored them.

However, Gao Feng had come out from the sand castle.

The sand castle was the contestants' biggest shield at the moment. It was like an entity that was set up to help them.

If not for that sea of moving sand and the seas of flowers, all the contestants would already have been wiped out.

Gao Feng had to have his reasons for giving such an order.

However, Li Nao had just decided to kill the Folded Wings Purple Wolf, and his emotional state was in pieces.

He needed some time to recover before climbing back to his feet and getting back into action.

Hence, he just nodded at the remaining 97 managers.

The 97 managers looked at Gao Feng before calling over some of the healing-type and support-type spirit qi professionals.

At that moment, two white flowers suddenly bloomed.

1670 Doubts Vanished!

The 97 managers were annoyed when Gao Feng arrived and gave Li Nao the instruction.

What? Call over all the support-type and healing-type spirit qi professionals?

At that moment, all the power offense-type spirit qi professionals who had been fighting the alien beast tide were covered with injuries and completely drained of spiritual power.

They depended on the support-type spirit qi professionals to restrict the alien beast tide while aiding them at the same time.

The healing-type spirit qi professionals disregarded their drained spiritual power and continued to use their abilities.

The support-type and healing-type spirit qi professionals were the most important pillars holding up the remaining contestants.

The power offense-type spirit qi professionals would crumble if they were all gathered now.

Not only would the number of troops fall, but the lack of aid would also cause the power offense-type and defense-type spirit qi professionals would lose their confidence.

However, Li Nao had nodded.

Moreover, Gao Feng was still the Young Master of a top faction. He would not harm a large group in front of the entire Star Web.

Thus, the managers agreed to call the support-type and healing-type spirit qi professionals over.

Meanwhile, Gao Feng's actions had caused another wave of activity to rise on Star Web.

Too Scared to Live or Die: What's going on? That contestant who just left the sand castle took control the moment he arrived. Is he trying to publicly snatch the authority away from Li Nao?

Passing Guest: I can't help but think that gathering the support-type and healing-type spirit qi professionals will be the death of the power offense-type spirit qi professionals. After fighting for so long, they have long run out of spirit qi and are only barely holding on. If things change now, won't it cause the situation to devolve rapidly?

I Know Sour and Sweet: I think Gao Feng has reasons for gathering support-type and healing-type spirit qi professionals. He was safe in the sand castle and under Black's wing. Why would he put himself in danger out of the blue?

Memory in the Wind: As someone who has insider information, I can't be bothered to say much. Just keep your eyes peeled and watch what it means to be a true top young expert!

Memory in the Wind was a famous personality on Star Web. He did not have legions of fans because he was powerful or had very interesting live streams.

In fact, he had never hosted a live stream. All he did was share his life on a personal forum he had set up.

As a young expert from a top faction, he usually ate dishes made from Platinum spiritual ingredients.

Moreover, he was a Class 3 Creation Master and shared tips on concocting spirit fluids.

As a result, he became the ideal man in the hearts of many young girls.

Very few members of top factions shared so much on Star Web.

Memory in the Wind's comment in Lu Shuang's live-streaming room immediately attracted the attention of many audience members.

What did he mean by what it meant to be a true top young expert?

Everyone agreed that Black had the power of a top young expert. There were even a few people who felt that he was stronger than disciples of royalty.

However, Memory in the Wind's comment was clearly directed at Gao Feng, not Black.

Could it be that Gao Feng, despite having relied on others, had the power of the Radiance Federation's top young experts? What a joke!

Gao Feng had already made his move. All he did was summon a flower-species fey that kicked up a gust of wind that blew a contestant away.

His attack had been so ordinary that it seemed that the most he would be able to do was keep some flying abyss demons and alien insects at bay.

He would not be more useful in a team than Li Nao was.

But before the Star Web users could ruminate further, two white flowers bloomed in front of Gao Feng.

The flowers did not immediately use their abilities after blooming.

They planted their roots firmly into the ground and continued to sprout. Then, it grew seven or eight more branches.

There was a large lily on each of the branches.

Soon, fountains of water burst out of the lilies. The fountains of water were shaped like dragons as they shot into the sky and clashed against each other.

Each time the fountains of water crashed together, clouds were produced.

As more and more clouds were formed, the sky slowly turned bluish-gray, and the entire sky started to darken.

While the contestants and audience were trying to figure out what these two clearly special flower-species feys were exactly, Gao Feng shouted, "Spirit Spring Lily! Spirit Spring Rain Call! Rush of Spirit Replenishing Rain!"

Soon, droplets of rain descended down on the support-type and healing-type spirit qi professionals, drenching them completely.

In the past, these people would be extremely displeased if they were drenched to this degree. nÊw st𝒐ries at n𝒐 𝒎

Moreover, there were many female contestants.

The contestants had already been fighting fiercely for three days. They were all exhausted and in a dazed state.

Having rain dumped over them perked them up significantly.

As these spirit qi professionals waited for Gao Feng to give further instructions, the support-type and healing-type spirit qi professionals realized that their empty tanks of spiritual power were being refilled.

Even their feys' spiritual power had also been replenished.

The rate at which their spiritual power was being replenished was astonishing!

Every contestant's spiritual power was fully recovered in less than two minutes.

After replenishing the spirit qi of the over 300 contestants, Gao Feng said, "All of you, go back to your original positions now and continue fighting! Since your teammates are protecting you, you should contribute too!"

At this moment, Li Nao was stupefied by what Gao Feng just did.

He replenished the spiritual power of over 300 people in an instant. What special support technique had he used?

The power that Gao Feng exhibited was beyond Li Nao's understanding.

With such power, did he even need to participate in the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection?

There were probably very few support-type Radiance Hundred Sequence members who were stronger than Gao Feng.

All the doubts that the audience had about Gao Feng promptly vanished!

All of them had an idea of what a hero was.

1671 Beautiful Future!

At that moment, Gao Feng fit all their ideals of what it meant to be a hero.

Power offense-type spirit qi professionals made up the largest proportion of the four types of spirit qi professionals. They also had the strongest combined power.

Defense-type spirit qi professionals were the best companions to healing-type spirit qi professionals.

Healing-type spirit qi professionals were absolutely necessary for a team.

Support-type spirit qi professionals were always seen as inferior as compared to the other three spirit qi occupations.

The main teams that participated in the S Tournament always contained combat-class, defense-type, and healing-type spirit qi professionals. Support-type spirit qi professionals were only part of the team if they were individually outstanding.

For example, the Dragon Gate Guild Club and Rhine Guild Club did not even have support-type spirit qi professionals as part of their reserve teams.

As such, the audience members who had watched the S Tournament and understood the dynamics of the spirit qi occupations instinctively saw support-type spirit qi professionals as useless.

But now, Gao Feng's actions had enabled the audience to realize how important a powerful support-type spirit qi professional could be to a team.

While recovering the spiritual power of the 300-over contestants, he also replenished Li Nao's spiritual power.

Thus, Li Nao was now looking at Gao Feng with gratitude.

After pausing for a moment, Li Nao stood up and thanked Gao Feng before riding off on the Rust Spotted Sky Dog to continue helping the various regions of the base fend off the flying Class 3 and 4 abyss demons and alien insects.

Li Nao's actions shocked Gao Feng and the other 97 managers because it signified that Li Nao was handing the reins over to Gao Feng.

Li Nao came to this decision because he had weighed Gao Feng's power against his own and knew that he would not be able to defeat him.

Gao Feng could recover the spiritual power of all spirit qi professionals in a certain area.

Even if Li Nao did not willingly hand over the authority to Gao Feng, the latter could easily steal the team away if he wanted to.

Additionally, Li Nao felt such a sense of responsibility for this team he had built that he could not stand by and watch as the flying Class 3 and 4 abyss demons and alien insects ceaselessly hurt the contestants at the outermost layers who were trying to protect their comrades.

Now, Gao Feng had everyone's eyes on him.

Thus, not many people had noticed Li Nao's actions or understood his intentions.

However, the members of royalty had started discussing Li Nao.

Liu Wencheng said approvingly, "Night Leaning Moon and Cicada Song, are either of you interested in nurturing Li Nao? If not, I don't think it's a bad idea to keep him at the Radiance Sacred Hall and make him the manager!"

"I think that it would be a waste of his abilities for him to just be the manager of the Radiance Sacred Hall. Although he doesn't have much power now, he has nurtured his two feys well. He is affiliated with power offense-type dog-species feys and has many good options for his next fey. Moreover, after some more training, Li Nao definitely has what it takes to command a team of more than 10,000 members," replied Night Leaning Moon.

Cicada Song said, "Li Nao is capable of keeping the big picture in mind. He can safeguard his own benefits while not losing sight of what needs to be done. Given his talents, he is worthy of becoming a City Lord's apprentice. After the test ends, I will go and find out which city he comes from and instruct the City Lord of that city to take Li Nao under their wing."

Cicada Song's words indicated that he had chosen Li Nao.

But he did not choose to accept Li Nao as another disciple but intended to keep him under the wing of a City Lord who would nurture him.

Iron Prison had not said much up till now.

But as he continued to watch the contestants bravely fight the alien insects and abyss demons, he said, "Besides Li Nao, there are a few other contestants who are showing considerable potential and impressive character. However, I don't think that they'll make it into the final ten. I suggest getting the various City Lords to recruit these contestants and provide them with resources."

Iron Prison looked at Cicada Song, who nodded back at him in agreement.

However, Night Leaning Moon did not share their sentiments.

"What? Iron Prison, do you think that my Spirit Guards are unworthy of nurturing these contestants? How many resources can the City Guards have? I can assign them to shadow Guard Envoys, who will properly train them. They will be able to grow even faster with the Spirit Guards!"

Iron Prison looked at Night Leaning Moon with frustration.

All I said was that it's possible for the City Guards to nurture these contestants. I didn't say that the Spirit Guards can't. Why is she trying to rile me up?

Iron Prison was also about to say that the Sin Cleansing Pool needed several jailers, but he eventually decided against doing so. nÊw st𝒐ries at n𝒐 𝒎

The Sin Cleansing Pool was inferior to both the Spirit Guards and major cities.

After the 300 healing-type and support-type spirit qi professionals' spiritual power was replenished, they returned to their original positions and unleashed a sea of spiritual power, saving the lives of almost 1,000 contestants and their feys.

This did not mean that the healing-type spirit qi professionals had fully healed the contestants because it would require too much spiritual power. It would be more efficient to keep ten people alive than to fully heal one person.

This was the best way to defend against the alien beast wave.

Only around 8,000 people were left, and they were all the true young elites of the Radiance Federation.

All of them knew that the longer the test dragged on, the more meaningful it would become.

This meaningfulness did not come from being able to join the Radiance Hundred Sequence but that two envoy groups from the Freedom Federation and Azure Federation were watching.

As the top young experts of the Radiance Federation, they had the duty of doing their absolute best so as to earn as much glory for the Radiance Federation and show the Azure Federation and Freedom Federation just how strong the Radiance Federation was.

At that moment, Gao Feng waved his hand, and all the audience members on Star Web were instantly shocked.

1672 Mother Gao! Lily Dragon Spirit!

The dragon-shaped fountains that spewed out of the Spirit Spring Lilies turned into clouds in the sky that covered a 200-square-meter radius.

The fountains maintained the rain of spiritual power that descended from the clouds.

But now, the two Spirit Spring Lilies started swaying their branches and generated two whirlpools of spiritual power.

Soon, the flowers started trembling, and every movement led to nine dragon-shaped fountains spewing out.

The hundreds of dragon-shaped fountains flew and danced above Gao Feng's head.

Previously, clouds were formed when the fountains crashed against each other. But now, they collided together until one of them broke and was promptly subsumed into the other fountain.

During this time, the clouds continued to expand, and the sky above Gao Feng now seemed like an even more intense battleground than the one that was taking place on the ground between the contestants and alien beasts.

One of the fountains gained the upper hand from early on and continued to gobble the other dragon-shaped fountains.

The form of this fountain also became clearer.

After the last dragon-shaped fountain was absorbed, white lilies formed on its surface.

By now, the clouds had expanded to almost 2,000 square meters, and this area was large enough to easily cover 1,000 contestants.

However, the situation was urgent. The power-offense spirit qi professionals who stood at the frontlines were covered with injuries as they continued struggling against the alien beasts.

Gao Feng could not call over the power offense-type and defense-type spirit qi professionals like he did with the healing-type and support-type spirit qi professionals.

He also did not want to do so.

Otherwise, he would not have expanded the clouds to such a large size.

When he saw that the Lily Dragon Spirit had been formed in the sky, he ordered, "Start from my anterior and release a shower of spiritual power rain. Spirit Spring Lilies, do all you can to recover our spiritual power!"

The two Spirit Spring Lilies' flowers started to grow longer until they wrapped around Gao Feng.

The flowers covered Gao Feng's waist, shoulders, and back and injected spiritual power into his body.

The 50-meter-long translucent dragon had an air of auspiciousness. The lilies blooming all over it enveloped the clouds, and rain started falling down on the contestants.

As the rain fell, the contestants realized that their spiritual power was restored to maximum capacity within two minutes. This went for their feys as well.

The contestants took advantage of the falling rain to use their spiritual power without constraint and wiped out as many alien beasts as possible.

Although there were two different types of alien beasts present, both of them shared the special characteristic of cannibalizing corpses of the same species.

The alien insects and abyss beasts were advancing continuously because they wanted to consume blood power to increase their powers.

Gao Feng wanted to replenish the spiritual power of every contestant at least once. However, he ended up shocked by what the contestants were doing.

He could understand the reason behind their actions, but it did not change the fact he was not a god.

Even with the Spirit Spring Lilies' help to recover spiritual power, the supply was not unlimited.

It was already a stretch for him to recover the spiritual power of 8,000 people. DiiScôver 𝒏𝒆w stori𝒆s on no/𝒗/e()

If all of these people started using their spiritual power without holding back, Gao Feng would have to replenish the spiritual power of 15,000 people at once using the rain.

He could not sustain this!

The Lily Dragon Spirit was creating rain in the direction that Gao Feng had instructed.

The contestants sensed the speed at which the dragon was moving and started pulling back the reins of their usage of spiritual power.

In less than ten minutes, the Lily Dragon Spirit started to become more transparent, and the droplets of rain thinned into threads.

Once the Lily Dragon Spirit fully disappeared, the rain clouds in the sky disappeared.

Gao Feng fell to the ground in an inelegant heap.

The two Spirit Spring Lilies hunched over listlessly next to him, clearly utterly drained of spiritual power.

However, they were feys that were skilled at gathering spirit qi from nature and did not need long before the flowers straightened themselves.

The Spirit Spring Lilies lit up next to Gao Feng and started to transfer spiritual power into his body.

After some of his spiritual power was recovered, Gao Feng waved his hand, and a large light green and white rose appeared in front of him.

After the rose appeared, the petals broke off and soon turned into a torrent.

Each petal landed accurately on a contestant and turned into an imprint on their body.

The light breeze produced by the imprint could form a thin protective barrier in front of the contestants.

The barrier was so thin that even an Elite abyss demon could break past it. It would only be effective in deflecting pebbles that were being thrown about by the wind.

However, the imprint's true strength did not come from its defensive ability but that it could condense spirit qi from the air and inject it into the contestants.

This allowed the contestants to understand what thoughtful care on the battlefield was.

The power offense-type and defense-type spirit qi professionals had been running on empty tanks of spiritual power for at least a day.

They used as much as they could without the tank going fully dry.

There were times when they could have used their feys' abilities to defend themselves but chose to use the feys' bodies to take the damage instead because utilizing the abilities would take up more spiritual power.

After being in this environment for a prolonged time, the aided contestants almost turned to call Gao Feng "Mom".

These contestants felt the same kindness from Gao Feng as they would from a mother.

The Breeze Hibiscus' wind had cleansing effects.

After all the blood and grime were cleaned off them, the contestants felt exceptionally refreshed.

The audience on Star Web had only been praising Black and Li Nao and assumed that Gao Feng was only a supporting character.

1673 Dare to Be the First!

Although they had already acknowledged Gao Feng, recovering the spiritual power of 300 people was far from creating a floating castle, using a sea of flowing sand to consume alien beasts, and creating eight seas of flowers like what Black did.

It also could not compare to efficiently leading 10,000 people to defend against an alien beast tide in a remarkable show of leadership like what Li Nao did.

But Gao Feng had just recovered the spiritual power of 300 healing-type and support-type spirit qi professionals, followed by replenishing the spiritual power of all the contestants within ten minutes.

Previously, the 8,000 people had seemed rather helpless in the face of the alien beast tide. It seemed as though they were going to succumb any moment.

But now, the contestants had gained the advantage. The power offense-type spirit qi professionals fighting at the frontline were even able to toss the alien beast corpses behind them as safety nets for their comrades behind them.

During the past two days, the mindsets of the contestants had been changing continuously.

At first, all of them wanted to fight to become one of the final ten.

But after fighting alongside the other contestants and getting to see their comrades' merits, they realized their own flaws.

It could be said that every contestant was a genius in their own right.

After all, the Radiance Federation was enormous.

But now that they were working together, they could feel their comrades' power much more clearly than if they were fighting against each other.

The contestants at the frontline had only managed to survive for so long because they depended on each other.

As a result, the contestants no longer saw each other as rivals but as comrades.

These feelings would not disappear once the test ended.

Even when they eventually returned to their own corner of the Radiance Federation, they would gather together often.

The contestants' actions made the royalty smile.

It seemed that in spite of Ji Changdeng and Liu Wencheng's mistakes, this restructure of the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection was a big success. The honor of the Radiance Federation was shining through the test!

The honor of the Radiance Federation was shining through the test, and the meaning behind it was being passed down on its own.

Night Leaning Moon said to Zuo Ming and You Zhe, "Record the names of the contestants who built defenses for their comrades and find out more about them. I'm planning on creating a new team among the Spirit Guards. Go and contact these contestants and provide them with the same resources that being members of the Radiance Hundred Sequence would have given them."

Zuo Ming and You Zhe nodded. They knew that these young people had gained the acknowledgment of Night Leaning Moon.

The two of them felt that these young people were worthy of this acknowledgment.

At that moment, the Moon Empress said, "Leaning Moon, let Mystic Moon gather the information instead. It's easier for him to collect information from Star Web than it is for others. This Radiance Hundred Sequence selection allowed us to see something even more eye-catching than power. I will provide resources myself to help you build this new team of Spirit Guards."

The Moon Empress' words stunned the other 12 members of royalty.

Normally, the Moon Empress addressed Night Leaning Moon as Chief Guard Ye. So why did she suddenly address her by her name like she used to do ten years ago?

Given that the Moon Empress had not talked about the Lifespan Mouse nor had she discussed her situation during the imperial meetings, the other members of royalty only knew that the Sacred Cry Moon Beast's power had evolved past Eternal.

The Moon Empress' own power had also reached a new level. Nêww 𝒄hapters will be fully updated at (n)ov(𝒆)

However, Night Leaning Moon had been staying by the Moon Empress' side to protect her.

Hence, she knew more about the Moon Empress' situation than the other members of royalty did.

She knew that the Moon Empress was providing her with resources to help her as a way of repaying her.

The Moon Empress wanted to repay her own favor but also wanted to repay Lin Yuan's favor on his behalf.

However, the Moon Empress had no clue that Night Leaning Moon was the one who owed Lin Yuan a favor.

Lin Yuan had given her the feathers that contained night power and also 12 Firefly Demon Fetuses to Liu Jie. As a result, Liu Jie's prospects were now boundless.

Essentially, Lin Yuan had built bridges for her and her legacy to cross over to brighter futures.

Thus, Night Leaning Moon was about to instinctively turn down the resources from the Moon Empress.

But before Night Leaning Moon could speak, the Moon Empress said, "I will not only provide Night Leaning Moon with resources. The rest of you can also come to me if you lack any Creation Master resources."

The Moon Empress' words momentarily dazed Night Leaning Moon and the other members of royalty.

The eyes of the elderly man seated on the center pillar lit up as he said, "Xiyue, do you mean to say that your Creation Master class has reached a higher level?"

The Moon Empress was not ostentatious. She did not like to let others know about her abilities.

But now, the Moon Empress was openly admitting to it.

"My Creation Master level has indeed been raised. I'm going to try and see if I can extract eternal power from the Eternal Heart. If it's possible, I'm going to make concocting pure Eternal power the standard for becoming a Class 6 Creation Master."

The Moon Empress' words excited the other 12 members of royalty.

If the Moon Empress was willing to say such a thing, it meant that she was confident that she would be able to become a Class 6 Creation Master.

Chef Supreme and the Bamboo Monarch shared a look.

When the two of them became Class 5 Creation Masters, the Moon Empress was not even a Radiance Envoy yet.

But now, she was about to overtake them.

The Bamboo Monarch and Creation Master had not gained the opportunity to raise their Creation Master level, but the Moon Empress had.

It seemed that the Radiance Federation was no longer going to be under the protection of three Class 5 Creation Masters but two Class 5 Creation Masters and one Class 6 Creation Master.

Although every member of royalty was seemingly of equal standing, the Moon Empress would only be second to that elderly man.

The Moon Empress' expression did not change in the slightest, even when she felt all their eyes on her.

Normally, the Moon Empress would not reveal the news that her Creation Master abilities had reached a higher level.

But after deep contemplation and consideration, the Moon Empress decided to take the daring step to do so!

1674 The Members of Royalty Known as 'Gods'!

At that moment, the Moon Empress' emotions were in a tangle.

A person who usually kept a low-profile needed courage in order to suddenly become showy.

There had never been a Class 6 Creation Master in the history of the world.

The Moon Empress felt that it was not because no Creation Master had ever reached this step.

Before she became the third Class 5 Creation Master of the Radiance Federation, there were already three Class 5 Creation Masters in the Azure Federation and four in the Freedom Federation. Moreover, they also had a Class 5 Creation Master legacy.

In the past, when there were only two Class 5 Creation Masters in the Radiance Federation, the concept of the three great federations had not taken shape.

Only after the Moon Empress became a Class 5 Creation Master and the Radiance Federation gained its third Class 5 Creation Master—the same number of Class 5 Creation Masters as the Azure Federation—did the concept of the three great federations emerge.

The Azure Federation was centered around its families, which was not the case in the Freedom Federation and Radiance Federation.

There was no royalty in the Azure Federation. The 12 heads of aristocratic families all had equal ownership over the Azure Federation.

With such a system, any other family that gained a Class 5 Creation Master besides the ones that already declared that they had one would definitely keep the news under wraps.

When it came to overall power, the Freedom Federation was slightly stronger than the Radiance Federation and Azure Federation because they had gained four 4 Class 5 Creation Masters early on.

Due to internal conflict over the last 150 years, two of their Class 5 Creation Masters lost their lives.

Thus, despite the Moon Empress' power reaching another level, she still did not look down on the Freedom Federation.

Rather, she felt that given the yardsticks of the classes, it was not impossible for there to be a Class 6 Creation Master in the Freedom Federation.

If the Moon Empress announced her suggestion for the yardstick of a Class 6 Creation Master, she would eventually attract the attention of the entire world.

This would not benefit her in any way.

However, she was going to do this because it would significantly benefit the Radiance Federation.

The Radiance Federation and Freedom Federation were currently butting heads, and the Moon Empress needed to give the other members of royalty and the entire Radiance Federation an anchor.

If she tried to hide her abilities as a Class 6 Creation Master, she would not be able to provide the other members of royalty with Creation Master resources.

None of the other members of royalty were stupid. Once she exposed abilities beyond those of a Class 5 Creation Master, they would quickly pick on it.

At that time, news that she had become a Class 6 Creation Master would be exposed.

Rather than this, the Moon Empress preferred to announce the news herself. Điscover n𝒆w chapt𝒆rs 𝒐n n0𝒗e(l)bi𝒏.com

The other members of royalty would only continue to be unaware of the fact that the Moon Empress had become a Class 6 Creation Master if she did not supply them with any Creation Master resources.

But given the state of chaos that the main world was currently in, the Moon Empress needed to step in to increase the power of the other members of royalty.

This was the only way she would secure the Radiance Federation amidst the mayhem of the main world.

On the other hand, Sky City was still developing, and Lin Yuan could supply the Golden Lotus Brocade Pearls, which not even the regular Class 5 Creation Masters could produce.

Lin Yuan was still growing. Although he could roll grades to attain emperor-class combat power, he was still just a B-rank spirit qi professional that possessed pinnacle Fantasy Breed feys.

A spirit qi professional could not be counted as a king-class spirit qi professional as long as they were not an A-rank spirit qi professional.

Thus, the Moon Empress would rather draw all the attention onto her rather than let Lin Yuan be on the receiving end.

Now, the Moon Empress would not be afraid even if she came face to face with the three members of royalty from the Freedom Federation known as 'gods'.

Their might was centered on the fact that they had 11 Stars sacred source lifeforms.

10 Stars sacred source lifeforms could manipulate celestial phenomena, but 11 Stars sacred source lifeforms could channel celestial phenomena into an ability that they could utilize.

It was true that such ability was no different from the traditional definition of what gods could do.

Coincidentally, with Lin Yuan's help, the Moon Empress was now worthy of being called a god as well.

However, she did not intend to change her title to Moon Goddess.

The Moon Empress defined what it meant to be a Class 6 Creation Master because she wanted the Radiance Federation to grab the opportunity first as well as protect her disciple.

These two duties led her to make a decision against her character.

Nonetheless, the Moon Empress planned only revealing her powers when necessary.

She nodded in acknowledgment amidst the other members of royalty's congratulations.

At that moment, the Moon Empress could not help but remember the pure spirit qi that Lin Yuan had supplied her with.

The pure spirit qi had allowed the Moon Empress to unlock her birth horoscope and even take a step further.

It was this step that allowed the Moon Empress to understand something new about life and enabled her to raise her Creation Master level.

But when the Moon Empress tried to concoct spirit qi after raising her Creation Master level, she realized that she still could not concoct spirit qi as pure as the one that Lin Yuan gave her despite her best efforts.

Once one became a Class 5 Creation Master, there would be clear distinctions between each class. However, the classes were just yardsticks determined by people.

It was just like how the Moon Empress decided that being able to draw out eternal power from an Eternal Heart was the standard for becoming a Class 6 Creation Master.

If Creation Master classes were really carefully compared, it would end up as a comparison of who could concoct purer spirit qi.

This was because spirit qi was the basic ingredient that allowed feys to evolve and mutate.

The Moon Empress had assessed Lin Yuan's Creation Master powers early on.

Although he was clearly her disciple, his Creation Master abilities had already surpassed hers.

Moreover, Lin Yuan had used a special technique to take control of the Class 5 Creation Master, Di Wanmi.

Although Di Wanmi was a new Class 5 Creation Master who could not concoct spirit qi as pure as what Chef Supreme and Bamboo Monarch could concoct, she could easily perform tasks like purifying willpower power out of Willpower Runes, law power out of Law Runes, world power out from World Crystals, and immortal power out from Immortal bodies.

Moreover, she could create instruments from the bodies of dead sacred source lifeforms.

1675 Flying Sky Battle Cry

The Moon Empress had thought about the Radiance Federation's circumstance while she was locked away for a month.

At that moment, the Radiance Federation's top Creation Master resources had been lacking considerably compared to the Freedom Federation.

Now, the Radiance Federation had one Class 6 Creation Master and two Class 5 Creation Masters in the spotlight while there was also Lin Yuan in the shadows.

The was the equivalent of another Class 6 Creation Master and Class 5 Creation Master.

The Moon Empress did not think Lin Yuan could produce such pure spirit qi by solely relying on his Creation Master abilities because there was no way he could have found the path to becoming a Class 5 Creation Master given his powers.

There was a direct correlation between Creation Master powers and a spirit qi professional's powers.

But as long as Lin Yuan could concoct such pure spirit qi, he would be worthy of being counted as a Class 6 Creation Master.

After all, being able to concoct pure spirit qi was much more important than being able to extract eternal power from an Eternal Heart.

The Moon Empress had intentionally examined Coiling Dragon's Valley, which had recently replaced Whale Ocean Commerce as one of the top three top factions in the Radiance Federation.

Coiling Dragon's Valley had obtained numerous Law Crystals from Lin Yuan, which had helped the previous head of the family attain Immortal power.

By that time, Lin Yuan had already taken control of Di Wanmi.

But, he had already traded Law Crystals with Coiling Dragon's Valley before that.

Moreover, the Miao family that Sky City had destroyed had also traded Law Crystals with Lin Yuan before.

The Moon Empress clearly remembered that she had never given Lin Yuan any Law Crystals.

After all, the Moon Empress had not expected Lin Yuan to grow so quickly to the point that he required Law Crystals.

But once she realized he was extraordinary, she blinked her eyes, and he already became strong enough to aid her.

Recently, he had even taken her to the marsh world to harvest its moon.

The Moon Empress felt that it was already difficult for her to help Lin Yuan grow.

However, she could still do her best to protect him and ensure that he was safe.

The other members of royalty had no idea what the Moon Empress was thinking.

All of them were smiling with genuine joy.

The elderly man seated on the center golden pillar let out a heavy sigh as he raised his hand to the sun to gaze at his wrinkled and live spot-covered hand.

He felt that he could finally relax.

The elderly man believed that as long as his body could hold out for another five years, so the Moon Empress had enough time to strengthen herself, she would be able to take his place to protect the Radiance Federation even if he died. 𝒂ll new st𝒐ries at n0ve/lbi/𝒏.c𝒐m

At that moment, the Mountain River Grain God Bells suddenly started to ring.

Ripples appeared above the barrier that the Mountain River Grain God Bells had created.

The faint silhouette of a figure could be seen standing above the barrier.

At that moment, bright bronze light lit up above the Mountain River Grain God Bells.

The phantom images of a man covered in the patterns of mountains and a girl covered in the patterns of rivers appeared on each side of the Mountain River Grain God Bells.

Both of them were holding mallets and wearing top hats.

They appeared like two palace musicians.

Soon, the two people raised the mallets and slammed them against the Mountain River Grain God Bells.

A deadly tune rang out.

The chime was grandly sonorous.

Every chime produced a celestial fairy holding an orchid.

The celestial fairies elegantly flew around the sky.

Their bodies were made from water, and the shrouds covering their bodies were covered with the patterns of mountains.

The orchids in their hands started to grow longer until the stems turned into swords and the leaves turned into ribbons.

The 36 celestial fairies seemed to be waiting for something.

At that moment, a dancer appeared in the middle of the 36 celestial fairies as though she was a sacrifice.

There were threads formed from mountain patterns and river patterns in her hands.

The threads wrapped around the 36 flying celestial fairies.

In an instant, the deadly auras of the celestial fairies fused together. It was as though they were going to go into battle formation and charge at the figures standing above the Mountain River Grain God Bells at any moment.

This was the deadly formation automatically generated by the Mountain River Grain God Bells. It was known as the Flying Sky Battle Cry.

Li Yang, who had left Star Web to wait for the Goddess of Mercy's arrival, narrowed his eyes when he sensed this deadly aura.

It could not be denied that the Radiance Federation's Secure Federation Treasures were powerful.

Li Yang glanced fearfully at the elderly man seated on the center golden pillar.

In the past, the elderly man had refined the seven Secure Federation Treasures despite his legs being crippled and his greatly weakened life force.

There was no question that the Secure Federation Treasures would be able to protect the Radiance Federation.

Although the Mountain River Grain God Bells' attack was not as accurate as an attack from a celestial phenomenon, it was almost no different from one of the randomly aimed attacks from a celestial phenomenon.

Even he would have to exert some effort to receive this attack.

If someone of comparable power appeared at that moment to attack him, he would definitely be overcome.

When the Radiance Federation's seven Secure Federation Treasures were utilized in conjunction with the Radiance Federation's royalty, they could enable the members of royalty to defeat those who were of equal strength.

It was likely that the Mountain River Grain God Bells' attack would easily be able to kill a pinnacle Creation Breed fey and even heavily injure feys using their Immortal bodies.

However, an attack of such a level was a far cry from the Goddess of Mercy's ability.

The Goddess of Mercy would be able to easily defend against such an attack even if she did not activate her birth horoscope and spirit qi to protect herself.

At that moment, a purple and gold bamboo imprint appeared on the forehead of the generally silent Bamboo Monarch.

His eyes also turned yellow and purple.

The phantom image of a yellow and purple bamboo shot out from the ground into the sky, attacking the figures above the barrier alongside the celestial fairies.

A voice full of sympathy said, "I didn't come to the Radiance Federation to start a fight. I only came to fetch the people from the Freedom Federation after the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection."

While she spoke, a gold and red slender fish tail extended down from above the barrier.

The tail was about the size of a regular person's legs and was covered with cinnabar spots.

These cinnabar spots radiated mystical red light.

The seemingly soft tail crashed against the purple and gold bamboo.

1676 Second Page Revival's Terror!

The gold and red light from the fishtail overshadowed the purple light from the bamboo.

The fishtail and bamboo did not start a vicious battle like they were expected to do.

Instead, the fishtail calmly kept the purple and gold bamboo at bay. It was like a pair of hands holding onto a pair of chopsticks to prevent the chopsticks from moving forward.

The 36 sword-wielding celestial fairies were slashing away at the fishtail.

The red and gold light rippled along with the movement of the fishtail and rolled toward the celestial fairies.

A moment later, the celestial fairies were reduced to nothing more than patterns of mountains and rivers.

The fishtail not only held off Bamboo Monarch's attack but also easily dealt with the Mountain River Grain God Bells' attack that could have killed a Creation Breed fey.

At that moment, the merciful voice spoke again. "Bamboo Monarch, your attack is still at the same level it was a decade ago. There's no way you haven't improved since that time. It looks like the Radiance Federation still likes to hide everything. I have shown my sincerity by defending your attack and not retaliating."

While she spoke, the fishtail swished, and the light crashed against the purple and gold bamboo phantom image.

The waves immediately shattered the gold and purple bamboo phantom image.

Meanwhile, the figure wielding the red and gold fishtail finally fully emerged.

She wore a long red shawl that was adorned with large pearls.

The beautiful girl had an exquisite figure, features, and ivory skin. Her gold and red hair cascaded past the fishtail that extended out from below her.

There were two red moles in the corner of her eye.

Besides her skin, everything else about the girl was red and gold.

However, there was a wisp of blue in her eyes.

Although the blue was very faint, it still overpowered the red and gold. It was as though this hint of blue was the most spirited part of her.

The 13 members of royalty's expressions immediately turned stern when they saw the girl.

However, the biggest reaction came from the person standing right at the back of the Freedom Federation envoy group.

Although initially expressionless, a look of annoyance now appeared on this person's face. But at the same time, terror spread across his face.

This person's gaze fell on Li Yang, and the latter immediately picked up on it.

When he saw the roiling gray within the person's eyes, Li Yang used his soul power to communicate with this person.

"Second Page Revival, the Goddess of Mercy's arrival won't affect our plan. You don't have to worry too much about it!"

This person's expression did not change. But the gray in his eyes intensified when he heard what Li Yang said.

"Li Yang, the person that the Goddess of Mercy hates the most in this world is me, followed by the Moon Empress. If she finds out I'm here, will she really let me be and allow me to move freely?"

Li Yang glanced at Qian Yu.

It had been decided during a meeting in the Freedom Palace that Li Yang would be the only member of royalty leading this envoy group.

Every member of royalty from the Freedom Federation managed their own faction and profits.

Li Yang had privately contacted and established a connection with Second Page Revival.

The other members of royalty from the Freedom Federation did not know about this.

However, the Goddess of Mercy favored Qian Yu, who privately contacted her. This led to her arrival.

Although Li Yang had found out about it from Qian Yu in advance, he had not been happy about it in the slightest.

Nonetheless, power was king in the Freedom Federation.

They might both be members of royalty, but they held very different levels of authority.

Li Yang did not have the power to change the Goddess of Mercy's decision in front of her.

Li Yang could not give Second Page Revival a definite answer to her questions.

Ever since Li Yang arrived at the Radiance Federation and started interacting with Second Page Revival, he had been extremely displeased with her because Sixth Page Lashing still had yet to appear.

Li Yang had asked Second Page Revival more than once about the Black Mass Cup, but her answers were always ambiguous.

Eventually, her answers did sound more resolute.

This made Li Yang feel that she was unreliable.

Thus, he replied, "The Goddess of Mercy's arrival will not affect our partnership. According to the contents of our partnership, you don't have to reveal your identity to her. Even if she does notice you, I can just give her a share of the benefits. Rest assured that the Goddess of Mercy will not touch you before our partnership ends."

If the Mountain River Grain God Bells had not already protected the entire Radiance Sacred Hall and the barrier did not require some time to be broken, Second Page Revival would have immediately hightailed it out of there.

She had not anticipated such a public situation.

Moreover, Second Page Revival still had not found Sixth Page Lashing.

The Goddess of Mercy had used the deep-sea mermaid's blood to cleanse her body and obtain the bloodline in order to take that step forward.

As a result, the deep-sea mermaid race had almost gone extinct.

Because of this, the First Emperor Whale Clan lost its source of support.

Nonetheless, they still managed to stay ahead of the First Emperor Shark Clan and First Emperor Ray Clan.

But because she had used this method to take the mermaid bloodline by force, the Goddess of

Mercy had been cursed by the deep-sea mermaids.

In order to break the curse, she needed to purify the mermaid bloodline within her body to a certain level.

There were two ways to evolve the mermaid bloodline. The first method was to continuously cleanse one's body with the fresh blood of regular mermaids. The second method was to gain the affection of the Mermaid Emperor Clan.

After the Goddess of Mercy learned that obtaining the Forbidden Imprint from mermaids could evolve one's bloodline, she used the Freedom Federation's power to search the lands and seas.

Eventually, her hard work paid off, and she finally found a group of mermaids living in the sea near the forbidden area. Điscover n𝒆w chapt𝒆rs 𝒐n n0𝒗e(l)bi𝒏.com

These mermaids' bloodlines had been extremely rare.

The Goddess of Mercy had wanted to capture and nurture them so that she would have a sustainable source of development.

However, Tower Canon's plan had also required mermaid bloodline, and Second Page Revival had personally killed these mermaids, which were no different from treasures to the Goddess of Mercy, and brought their bloodlines back to Tower Canon.

This was the reason Tower Canon and the Freedom Federation's originally close bond dissolved.

After that, Tower Canon informed the Goddess of Mercy that deep-sea mermaids were the descendants of a high-class dimensional lifeform.

1677 The Moon Empress and Goddess of Mercy's Confrontation!

This high-class dimensional lifeform could have accidentally entered the main world through a pinnacle Class 5 dimensional rift before leaving descendants with their rare bloodline in the depths of the sea.

At first, the Goddess of Mercy did not agree with this theory.

But when an expert from the Freedom Federation contracted the sacred source lifeform called the Moving Source Water, the Goddess of Mercy sensed an affiliation with the bloodline's roots.

This was what eventually led her to believe Tower Canon.

The Goddess of Mercy had used resources to nurture this expert and even enabled him to become one of the Freedom Federation's royalty.

Yet, the expert eventually died at the hands of the Moon Empress.

This was the reason the Moon Empress had overtaken Second Page Revival's place as the Goddess of Mercy's most hated person.

But this still meant that the Goddess of Mercy hated Second Page Revival.

Second Page Revival decided that she would only protect herself during the fight.

Even if all the young experts from the Freedom Federation envoy group died, she would not step in.

Second Page Revival did an estimation of time and realized that First Page Crimson's four horsemen would be arriving soon.

As a result, she calmed down significantly.

The Bamboo Monarch replied coldly to the Goddess of Mercy, "It's not a good habit to make oneself an uninvited guest. You also don't have to worry about how capable we are."

The Goddess of Mercy was unbothered by what the Bamboo Monarch said.

But when her gaze fell on the Moon Empress, her aura sharpened into ferocity, and malevolence filled her eyes.

"It's been a long time, Moon Empress."

The Moon Empress looked at the Goddess of Mercy and said, "Ten years indeed is long. Our power will probably increase even if we don't do anything. But my guess is that you're not having a great time being constantly stuck there."

The Goddess of Mercy smiled bitterly. As long as the mermaid bloodline could not be evolved, her power would be stuck at its current level.

Thus, no matter how hard the Goddess of Mercy had worked over the last ten years, her power had not grown in the slightest.

The Moon Empress' words were like salt that rubbed into the Goddess of Mercy's open wound.

The Goddess of Mercy had only come to the Radiance Federation to take Qian Yu safely back. This was only because Qian Yu's sacred source lifeform allowed the Goddess of Mercy to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Otherwise, she would not have bothered with choosing an expert and nurturing him.

But when she heard what the Moon Empress said, the Goddess of Mercy exploded.

"Moon Empress, it's true that my power hasn't increased in the past ten years. But so what? You are only left with a few years in your lifespan. You're either struggling fruitlessly or already on your last legs!

"If your power hasn't improved since a decade ago, the Radiance Federation will probably lose a member of royalty and a Class 5 Creation Master in three or four years' time. The Radiance Federation will be in the same situation it was in a few decades ago, having one fewer Class 5 Creation Masters than the Azure Federation.

"At that time, the membership of the three great federations will be reshuffled. I heard that the Sand Island Continent just obtained its second Class 5 Creation Master. I wonder if the Radiance Federation will be able to remain a part of the three great federations in that not-so-distant future?"

The members of the Radiance Hundred Sequence were seated atop the silver pillars, and contestants who had already been eliminated were watching this confrontation unfold.

The Moon Empress knew that the Goddess of Mercy wanted to use her to belittle the Radiance Federation and deliver a blow to the Radiance Federation's spirits.

Hence, the Moon Empress did not waste time speaking.

She pointed at the Goddess of Mercy, and a moonbeam chain shot out toward the Goddess of Mercy.

At first, the Goddess of Mercy seemed unbothered. But when she saw the faint light covering the moonbeam chain, her expression turned solemn.

The dark red spots on the fishtail started to grow larger until the gold and red fishtail turned fully red.

The Goddess of Mercy flew in a circle in the air, and the fishtail slammed against the moonbeam chain.

At that moment, there was also faint light on the Goddess of Mercy's tail.

When the two entities crashed against each other, the Goddess of Mercy looked at the Moon Empress in shock and said, "Interesting! You managed to resolve your lifespan peril! There isn't any treasure on earth that can significantly increase lifespans. Your power must have reached another level. But even if you trigger your birth horoscope, you'll only be able to reach that level."

The Goddess of Mercy's expression was no longer as haughty as it had been.

Besides that elderly man, the Radiance Federation now had another genuine top expert.

The Goddess of Mercy was confident that she would be able to retreat safely if only the elderly man was present. But now, the Moon Empress had joined the party. Điscover n𝒆w chapt𝒆rs 𝒐n n0𝒗e(l)bi𝒏.com

Even if the Goddess of Mercy managed to escape, she would be able to take Qian Yu with her.

It was not an exaggeration to say that Qian Yu was the Goddess of Mercy's heart. If he died, she would lose all hope. Thus, the Goddess of Mercy did not say anything else.

With a flash, she reappeared next to Li Yang.

The Moon Empress shared a look with Night Leaning Moon.

The two of them initially intended to do all they could to keep the people from Tower Canon in the Radiance Federation.

The Moon Empress made this decision because she had increased her power.

But now that the Goddess of Mercy had arrived, the Moon Empress had no choice but to reassess her plan.

She was not afraid of the Goddess of Mercy because Lin Yuan had helped her to take a step further after awakening her birth horoscope.

The Moon Empress was confident that she would be able to perfectly protect the Radiance Federation even if an expert with Eternal power arrived on Radiance Federation soil.

However, if the Goddess of Mercy attacked with her full power, the Radiance Federation would be utterly ravaged, and many regular people would be dragged in.

The responsibility of a member of royalty was to safeguard the Radiance Federation.

Technically, every federation in the world should be of equal standing.

However, there were always top experts within federations, and these top experts acted as the best deterrents and means of protection for the federations.

For example, because of the Startling Lines Continent's lack of such top experts and Class 5 Creation Masters, they existed in constant turmoil despite being rich in resources.

The Freedom Federation and Radiance Federation had never gotten along, but neither of them had attacked the other.

This was the reason why.

No matter which side attacked first, they could not be certain of their victory.

The Goddess of Mercy's arrival forced the Moon Empress to reconfigure her original plan.

However, she did not know which two pages of Tower Canon had come.

The Goddess of Mercy was the main reason the Freedom Federation and Tower Canon had never managed to become truly close.

At least four of Tower Canon's current Eight Pages detested her and had fought against her.

Initially, the Moon Empress had not planned on touching the Freedom Federation envoy group.

As such, the Goddess of Mercy's arrival might not be a bad development.

1678 Support Has Been Propped Up High!

The relationship between the Freedom Federation and Tower Canon had always been vague. In fact, this went for the relationships between the Freedom Federation and most of the factions in the world.

Yet, at the same time, there was enmity between them.

These confusing relationships arose because of the personal vendettas of the Freedom Federation's members of royalty.

Every member of royalty could become close to a faction for the sake of their own merits. However, the relationship only involved themselves and not the entire Freedom Federation.

For example, while the Goddess of Mercy had a grudge against Tower Canon, the two other members of the Freedom Federation's royalty, who were known as gods, and Li Yang enjoyed close ties with Tower Canon.

The Heavenly Family Cottage had provided the information that two Pages of Tower Canon would be coming to the Radiance Federation.

Given that the Moon Empress and Lin Yuan had done the Heavenly Family Cottage such big favors, it was impossible that the information they provided was fake.

Experts who came to be known as 'gods' had already reached that level.

Experts at that level, especially those from the Freedom Federation, would not sacrifice themselves for the sake of someone else's benefits.

Hence, it was unlikely that the Goddess of Mercy knew that two of Tower Canon's Pages had arrived in the Radiance Federation.

If the two Pages of Tower Canon wanted to find allies during their time in the Radiance Federation, Li Yang would be the best option.

The Moon Empress intended to keep a close watch and her guard up when it came to Li Yang.

She could not relax around the Goddess of Mercy either because there was no telling what other scheme she might have planned.

By now, three days had passed, and the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection was entering its tail end.

The testing ground was rapidly shrinking.

The last day of fighting had not brought any surprises with it.

This battle had allowed everyone within the Radiance Federation who was watching to see what it was like for human spirit qi professionals to battle dimensional lifeforms.

Now, all of them knew that the peace and security they enjoyed had come from sacrifices of flesh and lives.

At this point, only around 1,700 people were left in the central territory.

There were only so many people left because of Gao Feng.

The Spirit Spring Lilies had gathered spirit qi and produced two translucent spirit qi whirlpools in the air.

The Spirit Spring Lilies did their best to transfer spirit qi to Gao Feng and recover the spiritual power he had lost.

The Breeze Hibiscus' petals that had fallen on the spirit qi professionals and turned into rose imprints were continuously supplying spiritual power to the contestants.

It was an overwhelming burden for Gao Feng to replenish the spiritual power of 8,000 spirit qi professionals when he himself was lacking in spiritual power.

If not for the two Diamond X/Fantasy V Spirit Spring Lilies that had the ability to rapidly recover spiritual power, Gao Feng might have already fainted from being over-drained.

But although Gao Feng had managed to hold on, the effects of the rose imprints were far from being as strong as when Gao Feng was at his usual strength.

Nonetheless, these tiny bursts of spiritual power recovery gave the contestants hope and support.

They managed to push through time and time again after being injured and healed repeatedly.

As the number of contestants fell, the pressure on Gao Feng's shoulders lightened.

When the number of people dropped to 2,000, Gao Feng took a turn for the better, and the two Spirit Spring Lilies fully replenished his spiritual power.

Gao Feng activated the rose imprint with his full power while instructing the Spirit Spring Lilies to use Lily Dragon Spirit again. 𝒂ll new st𝒐ries at n0ve/lbi/𝒏.c𝒐m

The giant phantom image of a dragon covered with lilies released another shower of rain that fully replenished the spiritual power of all the surviving contestants and their feys.

Lin Yuan was the savior of the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection as he had used inexplicable techniques to lower the difficulty of the test. This made him seem like an invigilator of the test.

Meanwhile, Gao Feng's actions made him the contestants' savior.

Although he was only a support-type spirit qi professional who did not have any combat abilities, he had become the strongest pillar of support for the contestants.

At that moment, the various live-streaming rooms were not only praising Black and Li Nao.

Gao Feng's performance had fully overshadowed Li Nao.

Lu Shuang said with certainty, "The three feys that Gao Feng summoned have to be Diamond X/Fantasy V. There's no other way for them to handle such a situation. Additionally, they have to be equipped with extremely strong abilities. Among all the support-type spirit qi professionals I've seen, no one has benefited a team as much as Gao Feng has."

While she spoke, Lu Shuang started to think.

At that moment, she seemed to understand why Black had flown off right at the start of the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection to seek out Gao Feng.

She now knew that Black and Gao Feng were participating in the test solely to provide aid.

Both of them had Diamond X/Fantasy V feys. Their power was already beyond the scope of the test.

The two of them had only planned to watch from the sand castle. They only stepped in when they saw the contestants slipping.

It was rumored that Cicada Song had accepted a disciple who was a pure support-type spirit qi professional from a top faction.

It was likely that this person was Gao Feng.

Lu Shuang would not reveal such a guess to the live stream.

If Gao Feng truly was the disciple of a member of royalty, only he had the right to reveal such information.

If she revealed such information, she would be crossing the line.

But if her analysis was wrong and Gao Feng was not Cicada Song's disciple, she would create a rumor by putting her guess out into the world.

She did not have the authority to assign a disciple to Cicada Song.

Although Lu Shuang had not said anything herself, the audience in the live-streaming room did not hold back their discussions.

Snowflakes on Clouds: Did you see the posts on Star Web? Gao Feng is the Young Leader of the Gao family! No wonder he's so strong! I declare that from now on, both Gao Feng and Black are my husbands!

Falling Peaches in the Rain: Sister, control yourself! Black is mine, and so is Gao Feng!

Life That Blooms For You: I'm going to set a trap for them now. Let's see if any of them fall in!

Shadows: Gao Feng is definitely the strongest support-type spirit qi professional I've ever seen. I was wrong. I shouldn't have been biased against support-type spirit qi professionals. I will definitely choose support-type spirit qi professionals the next time the Guild Alliance forms teams!

Regretful Journey Through Life: I suggest that all of you think carefully before rushing to choose support-type spirit qi professionals from now on. After all, not all of them will be Gao Feng.

1679 Lily Gather Spirit!

Carnelian Tangerine: That's true. Once you form the group and your defense or healing ends up lacking, don't blame that support-type spirit qi professional!

The comments streamed into the live-streaming room so swiftly that Lu Shuang could not read them all.

It could be said that this three-day battle that became increasingly boring to watch had become exciting because of heroes like Black, Gao Feng, and Li Nao.

A person's character, resistance, communicative ability, and power were all tested during the three days.

Anyone participating in the test who was capable had earned fans.

A post written in a childish tone set the forum abuzz with activity.

The general summary of the post was.

'I'm lucky enough to have the talent to become a combat-class spirit qi professional. I have to work hard to become stronger! My village is in a remote region that's part of Cloud Lake City. Numerous marsh dimensional rifts have opened here, and large crocodiles, bugs larger than my head, and giant lizards that can sweep a house down come out of them. Everyone who lives here is already used to it because every time one opens, an uncle wearing black clouds and City Guards wearing light green will appear to fix the situation. I want to thank them! I will work hard to become just like them in the future!'

It was possible to see who posted the post on Star Web. When one clicked on the name, they could enter that person's page.

They saw that the person who posted this message had just turned eight years old and had just started attending the Spirit Qi Professional Primary School.

Before this message was posted, many people had already shared this child's sentiments.

The passion in their bones was linked to invisible dots of light.

Many spirit qi professionals had not intended on going into the abyssal world but were now packing their bags.

At that moment, every person with combat-class spirit qi professional talent felt that they were one of the lucky ones.

Despite how difficult it was to evolve feys and how dangerous fighting was, they were still capable of protecting themselves.

As more and more similar posts appeared, the radiance of Star Web's forums grew brighter.

Everything that was taking place in the Star Web live-streaming rooms and forums was related to the contestants who were currently fighting the alien beast tide.

Star Web only blocked external spying.

But if anyone within the test had Creation Master abilities, they would be able to check on his teammates and opponents' feys' abilities and exclusive skills.

The benefits of being a Creation Master were not only the ability to evolve feys, but they were also very helpful during combat.

The benefits were negligible when they were fighting spirit qi professionals who were stronger than them.

But when they fought against spirit qi professionals who were of similar power to them, they would be able to make effective preparations after learning about their opponents' powers and exclusive skills.

If they became certain that they would not be able to emerge victorious, they would be able to find a chance to flee.

They would not have to find out about the disheartening outcome only after fighting for some time.

Lin Yuan had checked on the feys of numerous people while he was in the sand castle.

Both the Folded Wings Purple Wolf and Rotten Spotted Sky Dog were power offense-type dog-species feys.

Dog-species feys were common, and many of them were outstanding.

Li Nao's talent gave him plentiful opportunities to become a top spirit qi professional.

Li Nao had only summoned two feys, but both of them were remarkable dog-species feys.

Lin Yuan felt that Li Nao was a prime well of potential.

When Lin Yuan first saw the Spirit Spring Lilies, they had only been Platinum grade.

At that time, they still had not gained the abilities Riding Dragon Spirit and Cloud Cover Rain Shower.

When Lin Yuan used True Data to check on the Spirit Spring Lilies, he noticed that both of them had the same Diamond ability, Lily Gather Spirit.

There was a high chance for Normal and Elite abilities to be the same, but there was a smaller chance for them to share Silver abilities.

Lu Pinru had invested significant effort to find the Glowing Silkworm Weavers with the same Bronze exclusive skills.

Even when she approached White Devil, she only managed to find one such Glowing Silkworm Weaver.

When Lu Pinru eventually joined the Dome Guild Club and became a reserve team member, Lin Yuan helped Lu Pinru obtain the Glowing Silkworm Weavers she wanted from the Cage of Brahma Insects. In total, he managed to obtain 13 of them for her.

The main reason was that the Cage of Brahma Insects dominated 70% of the insect-species fey market and possessed tens of millions of the Glowing Silkworm Weavers.

But as a fey's power increased, their abilities also varied more.

Creation Masters had researched and learned that the abilities feys gained when they evolved were closely linked to their environments and personal characters.

A fey's bloodline would change to a certain extent by the time it reached Platinum grade.

Thus, it was already very difficult for two Platinum feys to have similar abilities.

It was impossible that all the Glowing Silkworm Weavers that Lu Pinru had would keep the same abilities as they continued to evolve.

However, this would not affect Lu Pinru.

As long as the first three abilities were the same, Lu Pinru would be able to quickly support her team.

The Glowing Silkworm Weaver's high-grade abilities required the use of more spiritual power. As such, they could not be used as often as low-grade abilities.

The high-grade abilities only served to enable Lu Pinru's support-type abilities to become more comprehensive and make her more valuable to a team.

Lin Yuan felt that if Cicada Song had not encountered Gao Feng, he might have considered accepting Lu Pinru as his disciple if their paths had ever crossed.

There was a 1 in 10,000 chance for two feys to have the same Platinum abilities.

But, Gao Feng had hit a lucky break as the two Spirit Spring Lilies had the same Diamond abilities. Nêww 𝒄hapters will be fully updated at (n)ov(𝒆)

Lily Gather Spirit: By absorbing the souls of animal-type feys through the roots, the Spring Spirit Lily can gain the abilities of the feys through their bloodlines and use them to disperse spiritual power.

Lin Yuan felt that Lily Gather Spirit was very special.

The dragon was only one of the ways that the ability presented itself.

If Gao Feng wanted to, he could manipulate Lily Gather Spirit in many ways.

1680 End of the Test!

Lily Gather Spirit was very similar to the Golden Wings' exclusive skill Unset State.

Unset State's ability was that it made a copy of the exclusive skills and triggered abilities of the feys it was used on.

Unset State would be continuously swapped out between different exclusive skills and abilities. It could be changed once every lunar cycle.

Although Lin Yuan still did not have time to nurture Shiny, he had instructed it to use Unset State to copy the Mirror Silver Obsidian Bull's ability Sacrifice.

Lin Yuan had chosen the near-dead Sharp Iron Horn Bull because he saw the ability Sacrifice.

It could be said that Lin Yuan had always badly wanted that ability.

So far, he had only seen this ability in cow-species feys. However, it rarely appeared.

Once Shiny became stronger, Lin Yuan would be able to transfer any damage he sustained to it.

It was an important ability that could make the difference between life and death at key moments.

Moreover, it was very easy for Shiny to copy the exclusive skills and triggered abilities.

He could change it after a day.

However, Lily Gather Spirit had an even shorter time limit than Unset State,

The only caveat was that it required a large number of resources during the swap. After all, it was not easy to refine a fey's soul.

Before the fey's soul could be refined, it had to have enough power in order for its soul to take shape after the fey's death.

Moreover, the help of a soul-type fey was also needed. The soul-type fey also had to be at least Myth Breed.

If the soul-type fey was below Myth Breed, it had to have powerful talents in order to extract the target's soul.

However, this did not apply to the Remembrance Soul Whale.

Gao Feng used the Lily Dragon Spirit to create rain and recover the spiritual power of targets. This made it evident that Gao Feng had allowed the Spirit Spring Lilies to absorb the souls of many flood-dragon-species feys.

Essentially, Gao Feng had many other options.

After all, every fey had different talents.

If Gao Feng instructed the Spirit Spring Lilies to absorb the soul of the Drought Sand Insects, the spirit qi professionals and their feys could recover spiritual power by walking on the ground.

But there was a limitation to this as avian-type feys would not be able to replenish their spiritual powers during battle through this method.

However, absorbing the souls of flood-dragon-species feys to produce the Lily Dragon Spirit was not perfect either.

If Lin Yuan was Gao Feng's enemy, he could just summon Chimey and instruct it to use Clear Sky to immediately dissipate the dark clouds formed by Lily Dragon Spirit.

Hence, Gao Feng needed to prepare more souls when he fought in remote areas.

This was to ensure that Lily Gather Spirit did not end up countered by his opponent.

Lin Yuan could feel the toughness of the test more than the other contestants could.

The testing ground had an area of 100,000 kilometers. It shrunk at a rate of around 10,000 kilometers every half an hour.

This meant that the testing ground would be fully gone five hours later.

While the testing ground was shrinking, the dimensional rifts would not disappear. Rather, they would gather toward the center.

The smaller space would increase the power of the alien beasts.

The contestants had only been able to hold on because of Lin Yuan. Without him and the fists of sand that were already starting to attack the Class 3 and 4 alien insects and abyss beasts and the still-expanding seas of flowers, not even ten more Gao Fengs would be able to keep the over 1,000 contestants at the central territory alive.

At the end of the day, support was just that, especially if it was softcore support.

Softcore support-type spirit qi professionals would only be able to exhibit their power when they had strong teammates. Without strong teammates, not even the strongest softcore support-type spirit qi professional would be able to make any difference.

Lin Yuan silently watched the over 1,000 contestants at the central territory.

As of this moment, the deal that everyone had made with Li Nao had expired.

It was clear that people were already starting to develop schemes.

This situation immediately sparked intense debate on Star Web.

Given that every person had different perspectives, the Star Web users' ideas were also endless.

However, Lin Yuan felt that a fight would be pointless now.

The over 1,000 people present had given up too much for the team and were covered with both new and old injuries. Some even continued to wield their feys in battle despite the clear absence of limbs.

This Radiance Hundred Sequence selection was still a competition.

Three days ago, these people had already proven their characters.

They would have to go through with the inevitable fight three days later.

Presently, there were six members of the previous Radiance Hundred Sequence selection left. This demonstrated how strong they were in both character and strength. Finndd the new𝒆st 𝒏ovels on n/𝒐

Now, they were no longer partners but competitors.

The members of royalty were also looking out for the way that these contestants would react.

Sense and sensibility were always at odds.

People who lived by their senses would find it difficult to attack the people they had fought alongside for three days.

Those who were sensible would keep in mind that this was a test and that they would still have to do what needed to be done.

Night Leaning Moon and Cicada Song were both paying close attention.

The remaining over 1,000 people were the true young elites of the Radiance Federation.

Night Leaning Moon preferred those who were sensible.

The Spirit Guards' job was to capture dangerous feys, destroy dimensional rifts, and provide aid during disasters. As such, they were in constant potential danger and needed to always remain pragmatic.

Although both the Spirit Guards and City Guards were protectors, the City Guards extolled their motto of never abandoning and always protecting their cities.

If the city shifted by even a step, the people within would be in danger.

Thus, the City Guards could only charge forward and never retreat.

This made those who lived with their heart on their sleeves more suited to being City Guards.

When Spirit Guards were in danger, they faced the risk of being completely wiped out. As such, a sensible person was needed to make decisions.

When it was time to retreat, it had to be done.

Sometimes, a temporary retreat would lead to winning the war.

The contestants in the central territory had already been split into two groups by the two members of royalties.

In the next year, they would be sequentially recruited by the Spirit Guards and City Guards.

1681 The Green Light from the Sand Castle!

Of course, these contestants could turn them down.

But those who did agree would receive many resources from the Spirit Guards and City Guards.

When the Indigo Azure Guard Captain and Raging Waves Guard Captain worked with Lin Yuan, they had obtained high-quality Bronze feys from him to nurture their new recruits.

Although it was dangerous being a Spirit Guard, they would handsomely compensate the families of any Spirit Guard who had passed away while on duty.

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Lin Yuan's parents had been two Spirit Guards with Platinum main feys. They were considered very average among the Spirit Guards.

They had obtained a significant amount of aid in the form of resources from the Spirit Guards when they were alive. When they died, their contributions were compensated with a source-type item and 100 Radiance dollars.

Lin Yuan and Chu Ci had not immediately gained access to these resources because their parents had entrusted them to Auntie Zhang and Uncle Li.

The two of them became the siblings' guardians.

Their parents had intended for the siblings to only receive the money once they matured and understood the importance of money management.

It was when Auntie Zhang and Uncle Li left the Xia Region and because they had given notice to the Spirit Guards that Lin Yuan and Chu Ci received the money from Dong Hai because they were left without guardians.

Moreover, he had not given them all the money at once.

Lin Yuan received 100 Radiance dollars annually. This was a large mountain of riches.

But recently, the Spirit Guards had increased their budget on this, and the benefits were becoming increasingly better.

This year, they introduced free healthcare for the families of Spirit Guards.

If Lin Yuan and Chu Ci were regular people, they would be able to live opulently with their annual grant of 100 Radiance dollars.

After all, after working in the spirit lifeform store for a year, he had only managed to earn a few tens of thousands of Federation dollars. They amounted to less than even 1 Radiance dollar.

The number of contestants at the center had fallen to 500 people.

Yet, Gao Feng had yet to be targeted.

He looked at the contestants and sighed.

If not for the fact that he was trying to conserve power, he would have been able to easily use his fey with the Barren bloodline to take control of the situation and end the test.

However, Gao Feng needed to keep his fey with the Barren bloodline a secret for the sake of the impending fight against the Freedom Federation envoy group.

Li Nao had lost an arm and half a leg during his fight against the alien beast army.

At that moment, Li Nao was leaning against one of the ditches.

The Rotten Spotted Sky Dog was standing right next to Li Nao.

Given that Li Nao had been using his full strength against the alien beast tide, the Rotten Spotted Sky Dog did not have much spiritual power left, in spite of Gao Feng's help.

Li Nao was currently at the edge of the base. Thus, he would be next after the power offense-type spirit qi professionals at the outermost layers were devoured by the alien beast tide.

There were only about 300 contestants left.

Li Nao felt that he could no longer hold on.

He sighed faintly.

At first, he had been poised to win. But, he had given up his advantage for the sake of the team and allowed the chance to recover his membership in the Radiance Hundred Sequence to slip through his fingers.

Before the test started, Li Nao never saw himself doing such a thing.

But now, he finally understood the weight of responsibility.

Four Horn Demons that were completely out of spirit qi charged toward him, and Li Nao slowly closed his eyes.

It seemed that it was not his fate to rejoin the Radiance Hundred Sequence through this test.

But he had done what was right. Thus, despite regret gnawing at him, he would not feel guilty or reproachful when he remembered this event in years to come.

At that moment, Li Nao felt the area below his body soften.

The horns that should have punctured him had struck a small batch of sand instead.

Li Nao had already sunken into the quicksand.

Despite being under the sand, Li Nao did not feel suffocated in the slightest because the sand had left air pockets around his nostrils. Nêww 𝒄hapters will be fully updated at (n)ov(𝒆)

The sand granules could exert force on their own. Thus, Li Nao would not be able to breathe the sand in.

Li Nao immediately realized that Black had saved him.

Soon, Li Nao felt the sand pushing him upward until he was eventually pushed out of the ground and into the sky.

Suddenly, light flooded Li Nao's vision.

When he opened his eyes, he saw a young man wearing a silver mask standing in front of him while he himself was sitting in a crumpled heap on the ground.

After the fight with the alien beasts, his clothes were in tatters, leaving a part of his body completely exposed.

Li Nao was immediately overcome with embarrassment.

He also realized that the mask that Black was wearing was different from the one in his memory.

Black's mask was also no longer just silver like it had been on Star Web. It now had faint patterns all over it.

Li Nao had seen this mask at the 100 Buildings but had assumed that it was being worn by one of Black's less committed fans.

Yet, it turned out to be Black himself.

Li Nao was about to express his gratitude when he saw that Black was already holding out a set of spirit qi clothes for him.

However, Li Nao had already lost an arm and a leg. Hence, he could no longer wear clothes on his own.

Suddenly, Li Nao remembered the changing rooms he had read about in inappropriate books.

Is Black going to help me change clothes? Please no!

Lin Yuan had no idea what was running through Li Nao's head.

He had helped Zhang Xiaobai to regrow his hand in Millstone Town.

Moreover, when he fought against Chen Hongfeng on Star Tower, he had healed the hole in his shoulder bone.

It was no longer a secret that Lin Yuan had healing abilities.

Just as Li Nao started to blush from the inappropriate thoughts flashing through his mind, Lin Yuan raised his hand and a green beam landed on Li Nao.

Soon, the pain in Li Nao's body started to wane and his superficial cuts and injured internal organs started to heal.

Then, Li Nao's arm and leg started to feel itchy at the point they were missing.

Li Nao looked down and saw his arm and leg slowly regrowing.

This made Li Nao widen his eyes.

There were too many rumors about Black on Star Web.

Li Nao had noticed Black but was skeptical of most of the rumors.

But now, he realized that most of the rumors were real. Moreover, the rumors did not live up to reality.

Li Nao finally knew why Black called himself a healing-type spirit qi professional despite having such powerful combat abilities.

1682 Real Healing!

As a member of the previous Radiance Hundred Sequence, Li Nao was not only stronger than the other young experts but also had more experience.

Thus, Li Nao could tell how powerful Black's healing abilities were.

Healing-type spirit qi professionals were very rare. There were only one to two of them in a group of a few hundred spirit qi professionals.

In the beginning, healing-type spirit qi professionals had mediocre combat abilities. They were only able to become useful once they reached C-rank and their feys evolved to Silver grade.

Before that, they would be nothing more than dead weight in the group that needed to be protected without being able to offer much healing treatment.

This was why many Guild Alliance teams needed healing-type spirit qi professionals.

They knew how rare healing-type spirit qi professionals were, yet they only ushered in those who could meet their standards, like celebrities.

There were only three healing-type spirit qi professionals in the Radiance Hundred Sequence.

Besides White Devil, the other two were Sequence #76 and Sequence #81.

All of them were able to become members of the Radiance Hundred Sequence because they were not purely healing-type.

All of White Devil's healing-type feys had attacking abilities. In fact, her healing abilities were not as powerful as that of Sequence #76 and Sequence #81.

Li Nao felt that White Devil was a power offense-type spirit qi professional who only wore the mask of being a healing-type spirit qi professional.

A person like this had impressive individual combat abilities, but they were much less useful in a team.

Gao Feng used his own power to prove the value of a pure support-type spirit qi professional in a team.

Pure healing-type spirit qi professionals would be even more valuable than Gao Feng was to a team.

Li Nao had never heard of any healing abilities that could regrow limbs.

Even king-class experts could only seek out high-class Spirit Craftsmen and ask them to create prosthetics out of jade-textured wood and metal spiritual ingredients after losing limbs during battle.

The prosthetics differed greatly from real limbs. During the battle, any excessive force would break them.

Hence, once a spirit qi professional lost a limb, it would be virtually impossible for them to rejoin a team of equivalent power.

They would have no choice but to resign themselves to weaker teams.

In the past, there had been an instance where a member of the Radiance Hundred Sequence lost his right hand.

It was much more common to lose hands than it was legs and feet.

Nonetheless, this member of the Radiance Hundred Sequence's rank started falling precipitously from his initial rank of Sequence #58 until he was eventually kicked out two years later. Điscover n𝒆w chapt𝒆rs 𝒐n n0𝒗e(l)bi𝒏.com

Black's technique could perfectly regrow limbs.

Li Nao had heard the rumor that Black had regrown Zhang Xiaobai's hand in Millstone Town.

However, there had been no recording of the incident, and the news had only spread by word of mouth. Thus, not many people believed that it had happened.

It was only when Black used the ability again during the fight on Star Web that people realized how terrifyingly strong his healing abilities were.

Since then, they all believed that Black had indeed regrown Zhang Xiaobai's hand.

Nonetheless, no one had proven this fact.

Zhang Xiaobai seemed to be hiding something as he rejected all interviews.

Li Nao felt that no matter how strong Black's combat power was, he could still call himself a healing-type spirit qi professional based solely on the fact that he had this ability.

Unlike White Devil, who was essentially only pretending to be a healing-type spirit qi professional but was actually a combat-class spirit qi professional, Black was the opposite.

If he had been willing to heal the large team, there would still have been at least 10,000 contestants by the third day of the test.

When feys and spirit qi professionals were fighting against alien insects and abyss demons, an attack from a Class 4 alien insect would only severely injure a Platinum fey but not be enough to kill it.

If healing-type spirit qi professionals were around, they could slowly heal the injuries.

But if the attack led to broken bones and severed limbs, it would be impossible to rejoin them.

As a result, only feys that relied on elemental attack stood a fighting chance after being crippled by the alien insects and abyss demons because they could still unleash attacks.

But if the feys relied on their physical bodies in combat, being crippled would reduce them to sitting ducks.

Previously, the combat abilities that Black demonstrated made Li Nao feel he was a genius that he would never be able to compete with him.

But now that he knew how powerful Black's healing abilities were and that he had this irreplaceable technique, Li Nao realized the strategic significance of Black.

From a certain point, it could be said that Black's strategic significance was more important to the Radiance Federance than his power was.

Li Nao felt that once Black became a member of the Radiance Hundred Sequence, he would be able to become a Radiance Knight, at the very least, if not a Radiance Envoy.

Li Nao had never had the authority to witness the power of a disciple of royalty. However, he felt that any of the three moves that Black had demonstrated had reached the level of a disciple of royalty.

After his limbs were fully regrown, Li Nao hurriedly stood up and respectfully thanked Black.

Next, he lowered his head to gaze at his tattered spirit qi clothes.

Luckily, he had worn waist armor made from metal spiritual ingredients. Otherwise, he would have been in a wholly unpresentable state.

But he remembered that they were all men, and there was nothing for him to be embarrassed about.

After all, Li Nao frequented public baths.

Just as he was about to start changing, he noticed that the sand had created a changing room for him.

Li Nao had not expected Black to be so thoughtful.

At that moment, he suddenly remembered the rumor that Black had not even turned 20 years old yet.

Now that he was in close quarters to Black, Li Nao could sense the youth emanating from him.

Li Nao thanked Black again.

He picked up the blue and white spirit qi clothes that Black had given him and entered the changing room.

Li Nao knew Black had pulled him into the sand castle to protect him.

He could also tell Black wanted him to be part of the Radiance Hundred Sequence.

Li Nao was extremely grateful for this. Black had casually gifted him with an opportunity.

In the past year, he had been doing all he could to increase his power and nurture the new fey he had contracted.

1683 Long Tao is Suited to be Your Disciple!

A year later, Li Nao might not end up as one of the last ten rankings.

He only ended up with such a low rank this time because he had failed to make a final sprint but also ended up being targeted by other members.

Li Nao was filled with gratitude toward Lin Yuan, but the latter was not on the same page as him.

He had been watching the test from the sand castle for two whole days.

There were at least 50 contestants who were worthy of being part of the final ten.

Lin Yuan did not want to interfere too much with this so the 50 of them could fight freely.

After all, there were a limited number of spots, and the 50 comparable contestants needed to battle it out to determine who was actually stronger in terms of resilience, faith, character, and communicative ability.

Eventually, it would all boil down to power.

There was no question that Li Nao was stronger than all of the other contestants in all these facets.

He especially towered over them in terms of his leadership skills.

Moreover, at least four members of the previous Radiance Hundred Sequence had started conserving power and gathering in the central territory from the moment the third day rolled around.

Evidently, the four of them intended to team up.

This was a very logical outcome.

However, Li Nao's preference to be led by his heart was also not wrong.

Lin Yuan felt that Li Nao did deserve to be a Radiance Hundred Sequence member. Thus, he stepped in to save Li Nao.

Lin Yuan's action caused Iron Prison to furrow his brow.

"Moon Empress, your disciple is blatantly giving Li Nao a leg up. This isn't fair to the other contestants."

Cicada Song could not hold back from slapping his forehead when he heard this.

Iron Prison had been willing to sacrifice his bloodline for the Moon Empress. So why was he also intentionally saying something that would upset her now?

Tian Feng stowed away the peanuts he had been playing with and said, "Iron Prison, anyone can tell that besides the Moon Empress and Cicada Song's disciples, Li Nao is the most outstanding. His feys also have the most potential.

"There isn't much fairness to speak of in this test. Is it fair to the other contestants that the four previous Radiance Hundred Sequence members are colluding? There isn't any external element in this test. Everything depends on the contestants' individual powers.

"I don't see anything wrong with Black using his power to help Li Nao. Rather, I think that Black's action shows that he's an even better leader than Li Nao. Black is helping the Radiance Federation to pick out true talents.

"Iron Prison, I think that you should accept a disciple. With a disciple, your mindset and thought processes will change. Your feys are all dragon-species feys.

"Coiling Dragon Valley's previous head of the family has gained Immortal power. Coiling Dragon's Valley will be taking over Whale Ocean Commerce's position as one of the top three factions. 𝒂ll new st𝒐ries at n0ve/lbi/𝒏.c𝒐m

"Long Tao is suited to be your disciple. While researching Coiling Dragon's Valley, I also looked into Long Tao. Both of you are eccentric. He will definitely grow into a strange personality as well."

Iron Prison's face darkened when he heard what Tian Feng said.

You're the eccentric one. You're the strange person!

However, Tian Feng's words did strike a chord with Iron Prison.

Recently, he had been butting heads with the Moon Empress, Night Leaning Moon, Chef Supreme, and the rest during imperial meetings more often. Even Cicada Song's opinions had differed from his more often than not.

Could it be because they had accepted disciples?

Iron Prison cast a look at the silver pillars, and his gaze landed on Long Tao.

Iron Prison turned away and started to mull deeply. His eyes darkened, and his thoughts were indiscernible.

Star Web was also a cacophony of activity over Black's action.

As opposed to Iron Prison's comment about unfairness, the people on Star Web were full of praise.

Missing the Past: I cried when Li Nao was about to be pierced by the Horn Demon! But why did he sink into the quicksand? Is Black going to eliminate Li Nao?

Mountain Thoughts: Hey! What are you thinking? If Black wanted to eliminate Li Nao, he could have just used the sand. Besides those that can fly, everything else would have sunk underground. Moreover, the sand castle can fly. This means that Black's sand-elemental source-type lifeform can levitate. Clearly, Black wants to keep Li Nao around!

Taichi Gu Zheng: My son saved my new husband! How touching! Is Li Nao in the sand castle now?

Rest of Life: Black performed wonderfully! I used to just be a casual fan of his. But now, I'll be a fan for life!

Gangster Rabbit 88: Besides Black and Gao Feng, no one is more suited than Li Nao to be a member of the Radiance Hundred Sequence! I admit that I didn't think much of Li Nao at the beginning. But after seeing the way he contributed to the team, I can't ignore him.

Most of the people watching the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection were drawn to heroics.

After watching the test for three days, they all felt a sense of attachment to the contestants akin to how they would feel about the characters of a television show.

None of them wanted to see the characters die.

As opposed to the energy on Star Web, a fierce battle was ongoing at the central territory of the testing ground.

Gao Feng was no longer helping to heal anyone.

The two Spirit Spring Lilies were continuously replenishing Gao Feng's spiritual power while the Breeze Hibiscus protected him by creating a gust of wind around him.

The Breeze Hibiscus was Diamond X/Fantasy V. The wind did not have any combat effects, but any elemental attacks that drew near or people who tried to attack him would end up blown away.

The alien beast tide had cornered the central territory to a size of only 300 square meters.

Only 100 were still left viciously fighting.

Numerous contestants had been blown almost 500 meters away into the alien beast tide and ended up devoured after they tried to attack Gao Feng.

Gao Feng picked up the two Spirit Spring Lilies and Breeze Hibiscus before walking toward the center.

The people who saw him all understood that they needed to back away.

The four members of the previous Radiance Hundred Sequence watched as Gao Feng stood at the exact center.

The four of them decided to protect each side of him and secure the most advantageous position.

1684 Really Embarrassing!

At that moment, Gao Feng positioned his posture in a way that said: '"I won't attack you, but you better not attack me either."

Where he stood, Gao Feng seemed like a starting point.

The previous Radiance Hundred Sequence members entrusted their backs to each other because Gao Feng was at the center.

All of them used their feys to defend one side of Gao Feng.

Their feys drew a clear line in front of them. The meaning was clear.

If anyone crossed the line, they would be attacked by the four members of the previous Radiance Hundred Sequence.

After fighting for three days, these four experts finally revealed their full power.

All of them had more than one Platinum/Fantasy fey.

These members of the previous Radiance Hundred Sequence could be said to represent the limit of power that these contestants could attain.

Now that they were on guard with their feys, nobody dared to cross the line.

It would be fine if all of them attacked together. But if one person tried to attack on their own, they would be sealing their fate of elimination.

All the remaining 100 people felt that they had a good chance of emerging as part of the final ten.

Once they became a member of the Radiance Hundred Sequence, they would not only bring honor to their family and enable their family members to walk around with their heads held high, but their own futures would be extremely bright.

Once they became a member of the Radiance Hundred Sequence, they would be able to receive resources that they would never have had access to otherwise.

In the one year that they were members of the Radiance Hundred Sequence, the Radiance Sacred Hall would provide them with 5,000 Radiance dollars at least.

This would be enough for them to buy a Bronze/Epic fey and evolve it to Platinum/Fantasy.

But it went without saying that they also had to first comprehend a Willpower Rune.

It was a challenge for most people to comprehend a Willpower Rune, but it would not be difficult for the contestants who were still surviving.

There were many of them who already had Willpower Runes prepared and ready. They just needed to find a suitable high-quality Bronze fey.

Becoming a member of the Radiance Hundred Sequence was a chance for them to elevate themselves.

After fighting to this point, none of them were willing to give up.

Li Nao was already done changing and had stepped out of the changing room.

He walked to Lin Yuan and saw that he was watching the fighting that was taking place on the ground.

Li Nao stood next to Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan had returned Red Thorn to the Spirit Lock spatial zone before he fetched Li Nao to the sand castle. Otherwise, Li Nao would be currently staring in shock at the six-winged Red Thorn instead of calmly analyzing the situation with Lin Yuan.

"Black, no one will be able to break through the wall of wind that Gao Feng's feys created around him. Hence, he will definitely be able to secure a spot. Zhang Zihao, Du Xu, and the rest are stronger than the other contestants. The four of them will definitely be able to make it to the end. Thus, including you and me, there are three spots left up for grabs."

The comments on Star Web reflected the same thoughts.

Three to Five Years: Besides Black, Gao Feng, Li Nao, Zhang Zihao, Du Xu, and the other members of the previous Radiance Hundred Sequence who have all but secured spots in the final ten, I wonder how the rest will be able to fight for the final three. This competition is too intense!

A Youngster With a Dream: I also think that given their individual power, Gao Feng, Zhang Zihao, Du Xu, and the rest in the central territory make up the strongest contenders on the ground. There are some contestants who have comparable strength to Du Xu and Zhang Zihao, but they will have to take on the group of four at the center. Such an action can only end in elimination! It was a good idea for Zhang Zihao, Du Hao, and the rest to join hands from the start!

Source of Happy Water: Du Xu and Feng Cong's feys are too powerful at constraining! Feng Cong's poison-type fey's poison is slow-acting and can kill from a distance away. However, it takes too long to take effect and isn't good at defense. Du Xu's main fey's intelligence is too low. Once it goes into a frenzy, it doesn't listen as well to Du Xu's instructions. I think that the two of them aren't capable enough.

Lin Yuan did not share the same opinions as the Star Web comments and Li Nao.

After Red Thorn returned to the Spirit Lock spatial zone, the eight seas of flowers lost their roots.

Although the seas of flowers could continue to sustain themselves by consuming alien beasts, they would quickly end up trampled if they were not supplied with energy.

At that time, the central territory's burden would multiply.

Every contestant would want to secure a position in the central territory.

At that time, even Lin Yuan would end up attacked if he joined the fray.

It was possible that the other contestants would attack the group of four at the center even before the seas of flowers crumbled.

Less than ten minutes later, a voice shouted from among the contestants, "The alien beast wave is much more intense now than it was before! My feys discovered that the alien beasts have already eaten half of the eight seas of flowers. Soon, we will be faced with a bigger struggle. If we don't head to the center, we'll all be eliminated! Rather than being eliminated, why don't we put everything we have into a final charge?"

This voice triggered the contestants.

Only around 80 contestants were left.

Rather than fighting among themselves for the last three spots, it seemed like a better idea to eliminate the four members of the previous Radiance Hundred Sequence so they would have seven spots to go around instead.

At that moment, someone else shouted, "In past Radiance Hundred Sequence selections, only three or four members of the previous Radiance Hundred Sequence were left. If all five of them re-enter the Radiance Hundred Sequence this time, won't that mean that our batch is too weak? That will be really embarrassing!"

These two voices caused Zhang Zihao, Du Xu, Feng Cong, and the others' expressions to darken.

Clearly, someone was trying to target them and wanted to make use of a herd mentality to induce a group attack.

Before they could speak, several contestants ordered their feys to cross the line that had been drawn.

Feng Cong ended up in the worst state. His main fey spat out all of its venom, but the contestants were not afraid of him at all. Điscover n𝒆w chapt𝒆rs 𝒐n n0𝒗e(l)bi𝒏.com

His main fey's venom attacked the blood. After the contaminated blood stewed for some time, it would eventually congeal and lead to death.

1685 Real Fight Begins!

When they first started fighting the alien beasts, Feng Cong had led a group of defense-type spirit qi professionals on his own and used his main fey to spread its venom around a large area to contaminate all the alien insects and abyss demons in the area.

Next, he instructed the defense-type spirit qi professionals to fend off the alien beasts. Within three minutes, all the alien insects and abyss beasts' blood congealed and they died.

In the past, the contestants would have been terrified of Feng Cong.

But there were only around 70 contestants left. DiisCoover 𝒖pdated novels on n(o)v. 𝒎

The fight would be over in two minutes, much less three minutes.

No matter how strong Zhang Zihao, Feng Cong, and the rest were, they would not be able to take on so many contestants at once.

Under the attack from the barrage of feys, Zhang Zihao managed to hold his own while two of them were immediately eliminated. The last one fought to the point that he did not have an ounce of strength left in him before he was wiped out with one stab.

Just as the remaining contestants were about to launch another round of attacks at Zhang Zihao, he shouted, "Piercing Damask White Vine, ignite your vitality and form a net of vines!"

The vines next to Zhang Zihao started to grow rapidly with him at the center. The vines interweaved and formed a 20-meter-tall pile of vines,

Zhang Zihao was a defense-type spirit qi professional. His most powerful defense-type ability was to instruct the Piercing Damask White Vine to protect him with the ability Withered Vine Protection.

He was certain that given the contestants' lack of spirit qi, they would not be able to break through the vines in less than five minutes.

After using this ability, Zhang Zihao had assured himself a spot in the final ten.

The others hurriedly rushed forward to fill the three gaps around Gao Feng.

None of them tried to attack Gao Feng.

While Zhao Zihao, Feng Cong, Du Xu, and the rest were surrounding Gao Feng, the latter had received the bulk of the damage from the attacks that the four of them dodged.

The air currents around Gao Feng blocked all the elemental attacks, burning several contestants around him. These unlucky contestants ended up eliminated.

Thus, no one dared to attack Gao Feng, given how powerful he was.

The contestants who had been at the outermost layers of the central territory had all wanted to take on the people in the middle of the base.

But after the circumstances changed, these contestants had been unable to react in time and ended up devoured by the alien beast wave.

For some reason, the alien beast wave had increased several times in ferocity.

It seemed that something was herding them forward.

As she watched the alien beasts charging toward her, a female contestant covered in dirt cradled her broken arm as she said to her heavily injured main fey, "Iron-Skinned Gorilla, toss me at the wall of air around Gao Feng!"

The girl's instruction was very rushed, and the Iron-Skinned Gorilla was devoured by the alien beasts immediately after tossing the girl.

The girl flew in a perfect arc and crashed against the shield of wind around Gao Feng.

At that moment, the girl felt excruciating pain akin to her organs being set on fire.

Star Web had turned the pain sensitivity up to 100% for the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection.

Thus, even a small injury received on Star Web would feel the same as if it had been inflicted in real life.

The girl was ejected far away after she crashed against the shield of wind.

Just as she was about to crash into the alien beast tide, the girl was suddenly transported out of the testing ground.

At that moment, the contestants standing in the Radiance Sacred Hall opened their eyes and realized that they had returned to reality. It dawned on them that the Radiance Hundred Sequence test had come to an end.

A cheer arose from the group.

The cheer had come from the girl who had just been about to fall into the alien beast tide.

The test ended before I died. This means that I'm a member of the Radiance Hundred Sequence!

After the contestants were eliminated, they would have to continue to watch the test.

Thus, the contestants all knew how everyone had performed.

The contestants instinctively looked around them to see if the strongest experts were around them.

They quickly noticed Lin Yuan standing next to Gao Feng.

The contestants were all shocked when they saw the mask Lin Yuan was wearing. They realized that the person they thought was a fake fan of Black was actually Black himself.

All these contestants felt like someone had painted a clown face on them.

But this feeling was quickly replaced by excitement as they scrutinized Black and Gao Feng.

Gao Feng had become famous from this test. However, Lin Yuan's popularity had not only started today.

Even before he joined the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection, Black was already very well known on Star Web. It could be said that he was the cream of the crop of the younger generation.

This was the first time that Black had appeared in reality.

If they were not currently in the Radiance Sacred Hall and the two federation envoy groups were not in attendance, not to mention the spectating members of royalty, many people would have started asking Black for his signature.

Li Nao, Zhang Zihao, and the previous Radiance Hundred Sequence members stood together.

At present, only Li Nao and Zhang Zihao were smiling because they had managed to return to the Radiance Hundred Sequence and recaptured the glory that came with it.

The previous Radiance Hundred Sequence members were downcast but not indignant.

At that moment, Liu Wencheng said from his golden pillar, "This year's Radiance Hundred Sequence selection has officially come to an end. The final ten contestants, please ride the Jade-Holding Cinnabar Cranes to the silver pillars!"

Liu Wencheng's words made all the contestants' breaths hitch in their throats.

Ten golden cranes with jade patterns on their feathers and each with a jade piece in their beaks flew out and positioned themselves in front of the ten contestants.

Lin Yuan and Gao Feng lifted their legs and climbed aboard the back of the Jade-Holding Cinnabar Cranes in front of them.

Once they sat securely, the Jade-Holding Cinnabar Cranes flew to the silver pillars.

They were brought to the silver pillar that corresponded to their performance in the test.

Lin Yuan saw that there were nine empty silver pillars to his left.

This meant that he had attained Sequence #91.

As he looked through his mask at the Freedom Federation envoy group, he thought, The appetizers are over. The real fight is about to begin.

1686 What is Black's Title?

Gao Feng sat directly adjacent to Lin Yuan on the pillar meant for Sequence #92.

Next came Li Nao, followed by Zhang Zihao.

The person at the end who had attained Sequence #100 was the girl who had been rebounded by Gao Feng's wind shield and almost fell prey to the alien beasts right before the test ended.

Once the ten new members of the Radiance Hundred Sequence took their seats on the silver pillars, the Radiance Hundred Sequence representing the Radiance Federation's top young experts was finally complete.

The eliminated contestants looked at the 100 figures on the silver pillars sadly. However, they could not help but start clapping.

Li Nao and Zhang Zihao shared a look.

It was very difficult for contestants to acknowledge the contestants who had been part of the previous batch of the Radiance Hundred Sequence.

This was because spirit qi professionals were naturally competitive with each other.

Bullying was common.

Many people felt that they would be able to become a member of the Radiance Hundred Sequence as long as they could find an opponent they naturally countered.

Every person had tried their best in that largescale test.

They had not competed against each other in the past three days but instead worked together.

After their interactions over the last three days, the contestants now felt genuine respect for these final ten members of the Radiance Hundred Sequence.

Yu Tiantian, who had managed to squeeze in as Sequence #100 at the final moment, had weaker combat power than the other contestants, but her instruction to her main fey to toss her into the air was still a smart tactic.

Star Web was full of cheers.

The Star Web reporters who had been watching the test had finished writing their articles. 𝑅êạd new chapt𝒆rs on no/v/e/l𝒃

After the test ended, they just needed to fill in the names of the final members, and they would be able to submit their drafts.

The posts from the Star Web reporters quickly took center stage in all the forums and comments.

However, the cheers were so intense that people had not started reading through the information.

Many of the audience on Star Web had experienced the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection themselves and had related to the entire experience.

They did not need to read the posts to understand what had transpired during the test.

At first, Lu Shuang and Poison Beauty had been disappointed about how Black had not emerged from the sand castle at all throughout the entire test, as it resulted in their audience numbers being lower than expected.

As a result, they had no choice but to swap to Li Nao and Gao Feng's perspective views.

But after the test ended, their live-streaming rooms immediately exploded with activity.

The members of the audience who had been waiting for Black's perspective view in Lu Shuang and Poison Beauty's live-streaming rooms all returned to their original live-streaming rooms when Black became Sequence #91.

An exciting discussion started.

The Most Hated Gray: I already said that Black would make it into the Radiance Hundred Sequence! I told you all so!

Insanity: You didn't need to give your opinion that Black would become a member of the Radiance Hundred Sequence Sequence. Anyone with eyes could tell! Black is the best! He not only became a member of the Radiance Hundred Sequence himself, but he even brought two people along with him!

Not Evil: Please! Gao Feng didn't need Blacks' help! If Gao Feng had not been waiting for Black and headed for the center territory instead, he might not have encountered the first alien beast wave! Li Nao also wouldn't have ended up in such a sorry state.

Taichi Gu Zheng: Nonetheless, Black and Gao Feng are more powerful than the others! Li Nao and Zhang Zihao are far from his level!

Spirit Without Moon 1: There's no need to disparage any of them! All of them are the Radiance Federation's young experts. I'm just curious now about what Black's title will be.

The members of the Radiance Hundred Sequence did not choose their own titles. Instead, it came from the Star Web users who posted ideas on the Radiance Sacred Hall's forum.

The thousands of titles would be listed in the forum where the Star Web users would be able to vote over the next 48 hours. The one with the most votes at the end would become that member of the Radiance Hundred Sequence's title.

However, the Radiance Hundred Sequence members could change their titles if they were not satisfied with them.

For example, Zhao Xiaochun had been eating non-stop during her Radiance Hundred Sequence selection. She had managed to eat three pig knuckles and five chicken thighs by the end of the selection.

As a result, she had received the title of Glutton.

When she found out what her title was, she went to the Radiance Sacred Hall the next day and changed it to Food Hater.

Although her official title had changed, people still associated her with the title Glutton.

Chu Ci was currently sitting with the Mother of Bloodbath and Endless Summer in the Return from Faraway Mansion.

As Chu Ci watched Lin Yuan on the silver pillar, she felt as though the past ten months had been a dream.

Ten years ago, Lin Yuan was still a weak young man who ran a spirit lifeform store.

He had been struggling to maintain a livelihood and skimping and saving to earn Chu Ci's school fees so he would eventually be able to send her to university.

Chu Ci would do other students' homework to earn money so that she would be able to buy more medicine for Lin Yuan.

But ever since the time Lin Yuan went to see her at school and gave her the Bronze Sharp Iron Horn Bull, everything had changed.

Chu Ci did not know how Lin Yuan became a Creation Master or how he obtained so many precious resources. She also had no clue how he became a member of the Radiance Hundred Sequence despite not having spirit qi professional talent.

But she did know that her brother must have struggled significantly throughout this journey.

Chu Ci's eyes filled with tears as she gazed at Lin Yuan. Her heart swelled with pride.

No one knew better than Chu Ci how hard life had been for Lin Yuan in the past.

Although the Mother of Bloodbath and Endless Summer were happy that Lin Yuan had become a member of the Radiance Hundred Sequence, that was the extent of their feelings about the matter.

This was because they felt that it was only right for him to attain such a position.

If not for the rule that new members of the Radiance Hundred Sequence could not reach ranks above Sequence #90, Lin Yuan could have competed for Sequence #1 against Liu Jie.

Liu Jie turned to look at Lin Yuan.

In a way, the two of them were side by side.

1687 Friendly Match!

It would even be possible for him to fight alongside Lin Yuan in the future.

This thought caused Liu Jie's stony expression to shift. This came from his delight over being able to fight side by side with Lin Yuan and because he had just heard from the Insect Queen that the Blade Queen Bee had shown signs of transforming.

The Blade Queen Bee had comprehended a Willpower Rune when it fused with the Firefly Demon Fetuses.

Since the Insect Queen controlled the Blade Queen Bee using psychotoxin, it did not restain the Blade Queen Bee's grade.

This meant that as long as the Insect Queen allowed the Blade Queen Bee to roll grades, it would be able to trigger a special World Cleansing and become a Myth Breed insect-species carcinoma fey.

It would then become a fairy through the Firefly Demon Fetuses.

There would be a definite risk in allowing the Blade Queen Bee to roll grades. However, greater risk would also bring with it greater rewards.

The Diamond X/Fantasy Blade Queen Bee was already from a completely different level from the Diamond X/Legend Blade Queen Bee. But the gap would be even wider when it reached Suzerain /Myth I.

There had been no record in the Radiance Federation of insect-species carcinoma feys transforming into fairies.

However, Liu Jie had heard from Lin Yuan that carcinoma feys gained numerous wings when they transformed into fairies.

Lin Yuan had said that because he had managed to combine the Sea Burial Lotus Flower with the Fairy's Heart and turned it into a fairy.

The fairy that the Sea Burial Lotus Flower turned into had six wings right out of the gate. Finndd the new𝒆st 𝒏ovels on n/𝒐

It had transformed to such a degree because of the pure spirit qi in the Spirit Lock spatial zone and because of the spotted coral jade.

The spotted coral jade was what had transformed the Sea Burial Lotus Flower's bloodline.

Without pure spirit qi and an external item, the Blade Queen Bee would only be able to transform to four wings at the very most.

Once he used all 12 Firefly Demon Fetuses, the Insect Queen would be able to orchestrate the 12 four-winged fairies.

As the fairies transformed from the insect-species carcinoma feys continued to evolve their bloodlines, Liu Jie felt that his hard work would eventually enable him to catch up with Lin Yuan.

At that moment, within the Freedom Federation envoy group, Li Yang said to the Goddess of Mercy, "Next, we will be challenging the ten new members of the Radiance Hundred Sequence to a fight. We'll also try to involve a few disciples of royalty—"

Before Li Yang could finish speaking, the Goddess of Mercy interrupted him. "You're in charge of this. You don't have to run it by me. As long as nothing happens to Qian Yu, I don't care what happens."

The Goddess of Mercy had only come because of Qian Yu.

When she heard about his situation, she had been afraid that he would be in danger. There was no other reason someone who hated being bothered as much as her would go to such lengths.

Swimming in the Freezing Lake Water Mirror behind the Freedom Mystic Temple was much more interesting than spectating the Radiance Hundred Sequence test.

The Goddess of Mercy saw Qian Yu as her future.

She was not against his participation but would not hesitate to step in to save him if he were in danger.

Given that the Goddess of Mercy had ascended to the title of Goddess and possessed an 11 Stars sacred source lifeform, she was certain that she would be able to achieve greater things once she freed herself from the curse.

Li Yang looked displeased when the Goddess of Mercy interrupted him. However, he did not voice his unhappiness.

It seemed as though he had already become accustomed to being interrupted by her.

Since the Goddess of Mercy did not care, Li Yang planned to carry out his plan as intended.

Li Yang said to You Changjian, Yan Ling, and Cai Huo, "The three of you, go and prepare."

Next, Li Yang turned to look at Qian Yu and said, "I hope that you will proceed with our original plan and drag in Liu Yifan! Next, pull in another one or two disciples of royalty besides Gao Feng. I'm sure you know what to do. If you can pull in two disciples of royalty, I will give you a 7 Stars precious instrument once the matter is over. If you can't drag in Liu Yifan, pull in three other disciples of royalty besides Gao Feng, and you will still receive the 7 Stars precious instrument."

While Li Yang was speaking, his gaze fell on Black.

He did not know what Black's identity was, but he felt that Black's power was comparable to that of a disciple of royalty.

Qian Yu's chest throbbed.

He had been in life-or-death situations countless times. Every time, the Goddess of Mercy had swooped in to rescue him.

As a Freedom Envoy, he eventually learned how to act in ways that guaranteed his own benefits.

The best way to secure his own profits would be to obtain the 7 Stars precious instrument that Li Yang had just promised to give him.

Qian Yu did not want to involve Liu Yifan because he had crossed swords with Liu Yifan before and knew how powerful he was.

Liu Yifan's fey with the Barren bloodline was especially troublesome.

Thus, Qian Yu preferred to involve another three disciples of royalty rather than Liu Yifan.

However, Qian Yu knew that as a Freedom Envoy, his target would have to be a Radiance Envoy.

If he said that he wanted to challenge Liu Yifan, the Radiance Federation would have no choice but to agree on account of upholding their pride.

But if he challenged one of the Radiance Federation's royalty's disciples, the Radiance Federation would be sending these disciples to their deaths if they agreed.

After all, he was three or four years older than them on average, and his feys were all Myth Breed.

To a young genius, three years was a gap as wide as an ocean.

Although Li Yang appeared to offer two options, there was only one right answer.

Before he made his decision, Qian Yu looked at the Goddess of Mercy and asked, "Teacher, can you help me check how old Black is?"

The Goddess of Mercy immediately responded, "Black is definitely younger than 19 years old."

When he heard what the Goddess of Mercy said, all the worry vanished from Qian Yu's heart.

He immediately took a step forward and declared, "The Radiance Federation's younger generation is indeed impressive! We, the Freedom Federation envoy group, not only came to spectate but also to engage in a friendly match with the new members of the Radiance Hundred Sequence!"

1688 The Radiance Federation Accepts the Challenge!

Qian Yu always struggled to see past Black's shroud of mystery.

Although Black had demonstrated such astonishing tactics, there was too little information available on him.

If Black's real age was around 28 or 29 years old, which was the limit for a member of the Radiance Hundred Sequence, Qian Yu would have had to slow down and contemplate further.

If he was 28 or 29 years old, Black would be older than him.

If the Radiance Federation had planned it out intentionally, there was a possibility that Liu Yifan, two other members of royalty, Gao Feng, and Black could work together to take Qian Yu, Yan Ling, Cai Huo, and You Changjian on.

It would be bad if they made a mistake and wrecked the plan.

Qian Yu knew that the Goddess of Mercy had taken hold of her birth horoscope.

An expert who had taken hold of his birth horoscope would be able to tell another person's age with one glance.

This was why Qian Yu had asked the Goddess of Mercy to take a look at Black's age.

When he discovered that Black had not even reached 19 years old, he stopped worrying about him.

Even if he was a genius, how strong could a 19-year-old spirit qi professional be?

Setting himself, Yan Ling, Cai Huo, and You Changjian aside, even the members of the Freedom Federation were geniuses.

All the hesitation that had existed in his heart vanished, and he could challenge Liu Yifan and another two disciples of royalty without any worries plaguing him.

Their side's advantage came from You Changjian, Yan Ling, and Cai Huo's sacred source lifeforms being complements.

It was not easy for sacred source lifeforms to be linked together.

This was the first time in the Freedom Federation's history that three sacred source lifeforms could link up with each other.

After all, unlike source-type lifeforms that most king-class experts could easily obtain, sacred source lifeforms were extremely rare.

The Freedom Federation had the fey with the Barren bloodline, while the favored experts of the Freedom Federation's royalty had devils from the Demon Church that they could form contracts.

The feys with the Barren bloodline could control a type of natural power and were synonymous in a way with Heavenly Family Feys.

However, they were not as reliant on nature to grow. All they needed was someone to nurture them. They were lifeforms that had formed contracts with nature.

The devils from the Demon Church controlled inauspicious power. They prioritized strengthening their bodies or souls.

Devils that could evolve their bodies would possess powerful combat skills as well as strange abilities.

Devils that leaned toward their souls were skilled at seduction and strategic mind games to lure their victims into dropping their guards.

The people from the other federations were more afraid of the devils from the Freedom Federation than they were of the feys with the Barren bloodline from the Radiance Federation.

The aura from the feys with the Barren bloodline could suppress lifeforms of the same type.

This suppression was understandable by humans.

However, the ugly appearance of devils and the inauspicious aura that radiated from them would cause goosebumps to rise on any person's skin.

When the contestants, members of the Radiance Hundred Sequence, and the audience on Star Web heard what Qian Yu said, the connotations of those words immediately took hold of them.

The contestants had similar thoughts to that of the Star Web audience.

All of them looked forward to the friendly match proposed by Qian Yu. They wanted to see if the top talents from the Radiance Federation or Freedom Federation were stronger.

It could be said that a sense of honor and duty arose in the hearts of the contestants and Star Web audience.

A fervent discussion broke out on Star Web.

Deep Mountain: I wanted to go to the personal page that the Radiance Sacred Hall just created for Black to give my suggestion for his title. I was just about to leave the live-streaming room when the Freedom Federation suggested the friendly match!

Clear: Ah! Go for it, Radiance Federation! Crush them!

Nicholas Seven: According to the rules of the past few years' Radiance Hundred Sequence spectating, the new members of the Radiance Hundred Sequence will take part in the friendly match. The Freedom Federation will definitely send out stronger opponents. Black will have to reveal more of his feys now!

Spirit of Mountain Water: I'm looking forward to the fight! Since it's a friendly match, the two sides probably won't use any lethal attacks. Amber Button: Impossible. The bet between the Freedom Federation and Radiance Federation is charged to maximum voltage. I'm willing to bet five Radiance dollars that this only has the facade of a friendly match. There's definitely more to it than meets the eye!

The Star Web users and contestants were looking forward to this match because they did not have much foresight.

The members of veteran and top factions who were paying attention to the situation all knew that the Freedom Federation envoy group was baring their fangs now that the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection was over.

This match was going to be extremely important.

These people's gazes were fixed on Black, Gao Feng, Li Nao, Zhang Zihao, and the rest with their fists tightly clenched.

The two federations were about to flex their muscles using their young experts.

Normally, the match's result was unimportant because it was not a fight between the current Radiance Envoys and Freedom Envoys.

However, the Freedom Federation envoy group had proposed the match in the Radiance Federation's Royal Capital, in front of all the citizens of the Radiance Federation, right after the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection had ended. Vissit n𝒐velbin.c𝒐m for 𝒏ew 𝒏ovels

If the Radiance Federation lost this match, it would be a serious blow to the entire Radiance Federation.

Besides Lin Yuan, Liu Jie, Xia Qing, and Gao Feng, the other members of the Radiance Hundred Sequence on the silver pillars frowned.

The four of them already expected this to happen.

Long Tao was from the top faction Coiling Dragon's Valley.

Half of the Radiance Hundred Sequence members were from top and veteran factions.

These people had all guessed that the Freedom Federation envoy group would make their move after the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection ended.

But those had only been speculations. When it actually happened, they still could not help but feel their chests contract.

As members of the Radiance Hundred Sequence, all of them kept the Radiance Federation in mind at all times. They knew there was no permissible result for the friendly match other than victory.

Even if they died, they had to safeguard the Radiance Federation's glory.

Qian Yu looked at the 13 members of royalty sitting on the golden pillars as though he was waiting for a reply from them.

However, the 13 members of royalty did not have any intention of replying to Qian Yu.

At that moment, Liu Yifan replied loudly, "The Radiance Federation will accept the Freedom Federation's challenge! It is customary for the other party to decide on the rules of the challenge. The Freedom Federation can decide on how the challenge should proceed."

1689 What Can the Radiance Federation Do?

Liu Yifan had been in seclusion in the Barren Mystic Realm, preparing for the Major Federation Meeting that would take place two years later.

The Major Federation Meeting was attended by two batches of envoys from each federation.

The previous batch of federation envoys would be the main attendees, while the later batch would be the substitutes.

Liu Yifan had been a substitute at the last Major Federation Meeting.

The three days that the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection lasted felt extremely long to many members of the audience.

Meanwhile, it was a massive test for the contestants.

This was because they had no concept of what the Major Federation Meeting was.

The Major Federation Meeting took place once every decade on an uninhabited continent.

This continent was far from the vastness of the Radiance Federation, but it was about 1/5 the size of the Divine Wood Federation.

Then, 30 participants from each federation would represent their federation to take on the other participants.

There were many ways to contend against each other.

There were one-on-one battles, duo battles, and five-person group battles.

Every person could only step foot on the dueling stage once.

There were many approaches as they involved the strategies of each team.

In a complicated structure, each participant would be transported to a random location in the federation after the individual and team battles were over.

At that moment, the participants would move around freely in the federation, making use of whatever strategies they had.

The goal was to conquer as much territory as possible.

This test would last for a full six months.

When Liu Yifan participated in it last time as a substitute, he had witnessed the cruelty of the Major Federation Meeting.

The dueling ground was just a method to thin out the number of participants.

In the last Major Federation Meeting, one of the Radiance Envoys had been grievously injured during the dueling stages, three Radiance Knights had lost their lives, and every substitute member had returned covered with injuries.

This was why the Radiance Federation did not allow their substitutes to participate now, but just to gain experience from watching.

After the Major Federation Meeting was over, the previous batch of Radiance Envoys would retire and go into seclusion.

Two years later, Liu Yifan would meet his fate.

As such, Liu Yifan was rather happy that the Freedom Federation had come to cause trouble in the Radiance Federation, as this would allow the Radiance Federation's younger generation to learn how evil the other federations could be.

Liu Yifan's gaze fell on Black and Gao Feng.

Given that Cicada Song had accepted Gao Feng as his disciple, Gao Feng definitely had more up his sleeve than what he had already demonstrated.

Thus, Liu Yifan felt that as long as Gao Feng possessed something special, he would be able to become a Radiance Knight even if he could not become a Radiance Envoy.

Liu Yifan did not know what Black's circumstances were, but he was still full of hope for him.

After all, Black had beaten that person's Celestial Stairway record.

This was enough to prove his talent.

When Qian Yu heard what Liu Yifan said, a relaxed smile spread across his face, and he said, "If that's the case, I'll come up with something off the top of my head. Why don't you come down and play with me? We'll each lead a team and have a brawl."

Qian Yu's use of the word 'friendly' was just superficial.

If the two federations truly had a deep friendship between them, they would already have started a merry feast instead of proceeding with this so-called friendly match.

However, Liu Yifan had not given him the chance to say much more before he went straight to the point.

If only Li Yang were present, Qian Yu would not dare to say such a thing on the Radiance Federation's soil despite being a Freedom Envoy.

But now, the situation had changed.

The Goddess of Mercy's arrival filled Qian Yu with confidence.

Qian Yu's words caused the expressions of the members of Radiance Hundred Sequence to change.

The contestants and audience on Star Web fell silent.

In the age of the Spirit Qi Awakening, Star Web was the Radiance Federation citizens' only pastime. It was tightly interwoven with what they considered life itself.

Although these people were already managing their personal pages on Star Web, on top of watching live streams and fighting on Star Tower, they also paid attention to any exciting event that took place.

But after hearing what Qian Yu said, the people who had intended to watch the friendly match all realized that it was not just any ordinary exciting event.

The members of the Radiance Hundred Sequence were celebrities in the Radiance Federation.

It could be said that 80% of the Star Web users had been a fan of a member of the Radiance Hundred Sequence at least once in their lives.

The Radiance Envoys had a similar status to the members of royalty. They were the backbone of the Radiance Federation.

Regardless of Qian Yu's background or the fact that he was a Freedom Envoy, dragging Liu Yifan in immediately piqued the fury of the citizens of the Radiance Federation.

Lucky Little Panda: What is going on this time? How can they be so insulting? How dare they involve Lord Yifan? Kill them!

Scar of Hidden Star: I'm hopping mad! Do your best during the fight! Smash all the people from the Freedom Federation six feet underground!

Fruit Kernal: Black, I used to be such a big fan of yours. I'm not asking for much. Just do your best this time to beat down all the people from the Freedom Federation! Otherwise, I will immediately switch camps and become your hater!

I Know Sour and Sweet: The Freedom Federation envoy group better not be trying to cause trouble! The bet we have with the Freedom Federation isn't that far away. But why do I feel like the Freedom Federation might have a scheme in mind?

The contestants who had been eliminated were all looking at the Freedom Federation envoy group.

Qian Yu had already participated in the Major Federation Meeting, so the eyes of the thousands of geniuses on him did not bother him in the slightest.

However, Yan Ling, Cai Huo, and You Changjian could not help but feel the tension rising.

The 13 members of royalty had not expected Qian Yu to involve Liu Yifan.

However, none of them could do anything now because the decision of whether or not to participate and how the match proceeded lay in the hands of Liu Yifan himself.

Liu Yifan said loudly, "I am willing to participate. Under normal circumstances, the last ten ranks of the Radiance Hundred Sequence should be taking on the last ten ranks of the Hundred Sequence of the opponent."

Now that Liu Yifan had agreed, a different thought entered Qian Yu's mind.

Yan Ling, Cai Huo, and You Changjian had participated in this year's Freedom Hundred Sequence selection. Fiind upd𝒂ted 𝒏ovels on n𝒐 /m

However, the three of them had massacred half of the contestants.

As a result, the invigilators had had no choice but to pull them out of the test and give them the ranks of Sequence #88, Sequence #89, and Sequence #90, while the original members of the Freedom Hundred Sequence who held these ranks participated in the Freedom Hundred Sequence selection instead.

Although this went against the rules, Cai Huo, You Changjian, and You Changjian were still members of the Freedom Hundred Sequence.

If he, Yan Ling, Cai Huo, and You Changjian killed Liu Yifan instead of involving three disciples of royalty, what could the Radiance Federation do about it?

1690 You're Useless Now! Die!

There was always risk in a fight between spirit qi professionals, regardless of whether the intention was friendly or malicious.

An accident might not be the result of an overzealous opponent but might also be because the expert had failed to defend themselves.

If he did manage to kill Liu Yifan in such a public setting, the Radiance Federation would not be able to assign blame.

Otherwise, they would end up the laughingstock of the entire main world.

!

At that point, even if the Radiance Federation gained another Class 5 Creation Master, they would not be able to command the same amount of respect that they currently did.

Qian Yu had not expected Liu Yifan to attend the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection.

Previously, Qian Yu had only tried to come up with ways to involve the disciples of royalty but not the Radiance Envoys.

Although Qian Yu had agreed to Li Yang's terms, it would also mean that he would have to put himself at risk.

He could not be as confident as if he was only battling Liu Yifan.

If he could kill Liu Yifan through this friendly match, he would still receive a significant reward once he returned to the Freedom Federation, even if he did not meet the requirements to obtain the 7 Stars precious instrument from Li Yang.

Qian Yu cast a greedy glance over at Liu Yifan as though Liu Yifan himself was a treasure trove.

A moment later, Qian Yu said, "Then let us begin!"

When they heard what Qian Yu said, three people's expressions changed.

These three people were Lin Yuan, Li Yang, and Yin Lin.

Li Yang's gaze darkened as he looked over at Qian Yu.

Qian Yu had changed the plan on his own and ruined Li Yang's original plan. Or rather, he ruined the partnership between Li Yang and Second Page Revival.

The partnership with Second Page Revival was vital to Li Yang.

In the past, Li Yang would definitely have stopped Qian Yu from changing the plan in such a way.

However, the Goddess of Mercy was present.

Qian Yu was the Goddess of Mercy's favored expert, so Li Yang needed to give her the necessary respect.

After ascertaining that the decision could not be changed, Li Yang intentionally avoided looking at Second Page Revival.

He and Second Page Revival had their own motives for entering into the partnership. Neither of them asked the other what their motive was.

They were just making use of each other and did not have any real ties.

Hence, Li Yang decisively abandoned Second Page Revival after weighing his own circumstances.

Li Yang could not feel secure without seeing Sixth Page Lashing.

He also had not seen even a hair of the four horsemen that Second Page Revival had mentioned.

Li Yang decided that he would break off his side of the agreement. He murmured under his breath, "Second Page Revival, you're useless now! Die!"

Li Yang's expression was stern, and his fist was tightly clenched.

Having witnessed numerous sacred source lifeforms, he knew how terrifying their abilities could be. Gét latest 𝒏ovel ch𝒂pters on n𝒐v(e)lbj/n.c/𝒐m

Sacred source lifeforms' abilities surpassed that of feys' abilities and exclusive skills.

Feys could combine their exclusive skills and abilities to produce magnified attacks, and so could the three sacred source lifeforms belonging to three members of the Freedom Federation envoy group.

When the three sacred source lifeforms combined their abilities, they could even kill opponents stronger than them.

Lin Yuan's own sacred source lifeform was very special because it was formed from the fusion of two sacred source lifeforms.

Even if they had not been fused, Lin Yuan still would have been able to wield the Sacred Sword to produce attacks above his current level.

Lin Yuan had heard the news from Yin Lin.

After receiving the news, he had been trying to devise a way to deal with it.

Luckily, good news eventually came in the form of Gao Feng contracting his sacred source lifeform.

Although Lin Yuan knew that he was powerful, he would not dare to be so arrogant as to think that he could compete with a Radiance Envoy.

No matter how strong Fantasy Breed feys were, there was still a large gap between them and Myth Breed feys.

Freedom Envoys were the best that the Freedom Federation had to offer.

Even if the Freedom Federation could not produce pure spirit qi and elemental energy like Lin Yuan could, they could still nurture their feys to the same level as Zong Ze and Gu Lang had.

Lin Yuan was not afraid of taking them on.

But besides him, Gao Feng, Li Nao, and Zhang Zihao, the other contestants did not even have Diamond/Fantasy feys.

If they had to take part in a real fight, they would end up as nothing more than fodder.

If Lin Yuan were matched with Qian Yu, he was not confident that he would be able to protect Gao Feng.

Lin Yuan had not told the Moon Empress about Yan Ling, Cai Huo, and You Changjian. He only mentioned the Freedom Federation's scheme.

Thus, Lin Yuan silently decided that he had to find a way to change the current situation.

Yin Lin's brow was furrowed even tighter than Lin Yuan's.

She had been trying to come up with a plan to send more disciples of royalty in to help Lin Yuan.

However, Qian Yu had promptly slammed the door shut on this plan.

Given Yin Lin's knowledge, there was no question that she knew how terrifying three cooperating sacred source lifeforms could be.

When she sensed that the situation was not looking good for Lin Yuan, she stood up and said, "The friendly match seems interesting. It makes me want to take part too! But since it's a friendly match, fairness is the most important.

"From what I know, Qian Yu, the nine people you brought with you aren't Sequence #91 to Sequence #100 of the Freedom Hundred Sequence but Sequence #88 to Sequence #97. Three of them are even lucky enough to be favored by the Freedom Federation's royalty.

"According to my knowledge, there is only one disciple of royalty among the Radiance Hundred Sequence's Sequence #91 to Sequence #100. This would be Sequence #92 Gao Feng. How can an unfair fight be considered friendly?"

Yin Lin's words completely stripped Qian Yu's scheme bare.

As a result, Qian Yu's expression changed immediately.

He had said what he said because he had not been afraid of the Radiance Federation turning down his proposal.

Even if the Radiance Federation knew that they had not brought Sequence #91 to Sequence #100, they were still newcomers.

If the Radiance Federation wanted to maintain its magnanimity, it could not dwell over such a trivial thing.

Yan Ling, Cai Huo, and You Changjian being favored by the Freedom Federation's royalty had been a secret that the Freedom Federation envoy group revealed to the Azure Federation envoy group as bait to convince them to form an alliance.

The Radiance Federation's royalty was supposed to have no clue regarding this.

But now that Yin Lin had revealed the secret and decided to participate, the Radiance Federation no longer needed to maintain any sort of magnanimity.

Now, there was no question that the Freedom Federation was the one trying to pull off a treacherous scheme.

1691 What Do You Think About Becoming My Favored Expert?

Qian Yu glared at Yin Lin. Expplôre 𝒖ptod𝒂te stories at no/𝒗el/bin.c𝒐m

He had personally gone to offer her the proposal but had been turned down.

Could it be that the Azure Federation envoy group had intended to side with the Radiance Federation from the beginning?

But, was this the stance that Yin Lin herself was taking or the entire Azure Federation?

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Since You Changjian, Yan Ling, and Cai Huo's identities had been revealed, Qian Yu had no choice but to abandon the idea of using them to hunt down Liu Yifan.

Yin Lin had spoken the truth, but there was no way that Qian Yu could agree to it.

"There are many experts favored by the Freedom Federation's royalty. It doesn't have any significance. The people in our team are all newly chosen members of the Freedom Hundred Sequence, just like how Gao Feng participated in the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection despite being the disciple of the Radiance Federation's royalty."

Qian Yu cast his gaze on a young man white with short white hair and plain features and thought, The young man that Na Na has been nurturing for 20 whole years also has the Disaster World Faceless Beast now.

Qian Yu became more terrified the longer he looked at the white-haired young man.

At first, Qian Yu had not intended to showcase this white-haired young man.

Every time the Disaster World Faceless Beast was reincarnated, it would cause people's minds to blur.

Moreover, the young man had formed a contract with one of the seven major devils in the Demon Church.

Not even every member of the Freedom Federation royalty could form a contract with one of the major devils.

The three members of royalty who had contracted major devils were given the title of 'god'.

Only the disciples of the Freedom Federation's royalty and the Freedom Envoys were aware of this young man's presence.

Despite being disciples of royalty, not even Yan Ling, Cai Huo, and You Changjian were fully aware of this young man's background.

Qian Yu was filled with confidence as long as this white-haired young man was around.

Lan Xun finally knew why Yin Lin had asked him to support her no matter what.

He knew that she was siding with the Radiance Federation but did not expect her to make her stance so obvious. He wondered what spell Lin Yuan had put over Yin Lin.

However, the fact that Yin Lin had contracted two sacred source lifeforms had to be kept secret no matter what.

This was one of the Azure Federation's secret weapons that they would only debut at the Major Federation Meeting two years later.

Lan Xun used his spiritual energy to communicate with Yin Lin, "Lordess Azure Envoy, I can fully support you in your decision to help the Radiance Federation. However, under no circumstances can you participate in the fight. I will support you in anything as long as you don't enter the fray yourself!"

Yin Lin froze when she heard what Lan Xun said.

He was her teacher. Although he addressed her as Lordess Azure Envoy, she knew that it was because he cared for her.

She also knew that he did not approve of her participation because the members of the Azure Hundred Sequence she was leading had not made any preparations, unlike the three favored experts from the Freedom Federation envoy group.

Even the Radiance Hundred Sequence had two disciples of royalty.

Yin Lin fell silent.

If she could not personally participate in fighting alongside Black, the least she could do was to send in two more of the Radiance Federation's disciples of royalty.

At that moment, even the contestants in the Radiance Sacred Hall and the audience on Star Web, with the slowest reactions, had detected the strong odor of dynamite and realized that there was more to this situation than met the eye.

It was as though the three federations were cracking their knuckles toward each other.

Additionally, both Yin Lin and Qian Yu had brought up Gao Feng's identity.

This allowed the contestants and audience to understand why Gao Feng was so powerful.

It turned out that he was Cicada Song's disciple. Everything made sense now!

When the balloon flower bloomed above the Radiance Federation and released a shower of lava, an irreconcilable grudge was formed between the Freedom Federation and Radiance Federation.

The Azure Federation had always been allied with the Radiance Federation.

Yin Lin's involvement had poked holes in the Freedom Federation's plan.

As a result, many audience members on Star Web started paying attention to this Azure Envoy and gained a good impression of her.

After a moment of silence, Yin Lin said, "A friendly match is only interesting if it's fair. Only one of the Radiance Federation's disciples of royalty is involved. Why don't you add in two more of the Radiance Federation's disciples of royalty and remove the last three ranked members of the Freedom Hundred Sequence?

"This way, both sides will have a team of ten, making it fair. Qian Yu, I'm sure you don't want to see the three sides fighting messily. I don't want to be the factor that pendulums in the middle, either.

"So, I'll just add some fun. I'll take out a major sea demon, a specialty of the Lantis Mystic Realm. Excluding the two federation envoys, I will give it to the member from the victorious side who performs the best."

Lan Xun smiled bitterly when he heard what Yin Lin said.

The Azure Federation's Lantis Mystic Realm, Radiance Federation's Barren Mystic Realm, and Demon Church were all mystic realms of the same level.

Everything that was produced inside them was precious.

The major sea demon Yin Lin promised away was about the same level as an intermediate devil from the Demon Church.

Lan Xun was truly confused and curious about what Lin Yuan had said to Yin Lin in the fey carriage.

The moment Yin Lin spoke, the white-haired young man flinched.

It was as though he would be able to obtain the major sea demon as easily as he could take candy from a baby.

The 13 members of the Radiance Federation's royalty all looked surprised. They had not expected Yin Lin to offer such a thing for the sake of the Radiance Federation.

At that moment, the Moon Empress said, "I will also offer a fey with the Barren bloodline that has achieved a truly Barren bloodline to the best performing contestant, excluding the two federation envoys."

Almost immediately after, the Goddess of Mercy said, "A fey that has gained a truly Barren bloodline and a major sea demon. How interesting! If that's the case, I will offer a pregnant intermediate devil from the Demon Church."

The Goddess of Mercy paused before going on to say, "I will offer a big devil to the most outstanding member of the winning side, excluding the two federation envoys. However, I have a condition."

At that moment, the Goddess of Mercy looked at Lin Yuan and said in a curious tone, "Not even 19 years old and yet already this powerful. I'm very interested in you. I will give you an opportunity to open the door to heaven by being my favored expert. What do you think?"

1692 I Have a Master!

The Goddess of Mercy's gaze had landed on Black for some reason.

She had a wealth of experience and was never interested in nurturing descendants.

Black had not demonstrated his full power during combat. But even if he did, it would not mean much to the Goddess of Mercy, who had already awoken her birth horoscope. Expplôre 𝒖ptod𝒂te stories at no/𝒗el/bin.c𝒐m

Thus, the Goddess of Mercy's interest in Black was unrelated to how remarkable he was.

Another reason was her attraction to beauty.

Besides increasing her power, collecting resources, and garnering authority, her biggest interest was in garnering the finer things in life.

When the other members of the Freedom Federation's royalty obtained precious yet adorable feys, they would choose to nurture the feys. However, the Goddess of Mercy would not do so.

Instead, she turned them into specimens that she mounted in her palace.

She preferred the quiet elegance of death over the beauty of life.

The elegance of death was more deserving of admiration.

A few years ago, the Goddess of Mercy had invested resources into nurturing a small team of 200 people.

Every person on the team was requested to contract fairy source-type lifeforms after comprehending a Willpower Rune.

After contracting the fairy source-type lifeforms and evolving them to Fantasy Breed, the Goddess of Mercy would immediately kill the fairies that had displayed their appearances and characteristics before sealing the fairy bloodline within them to turn them into toys.

Then, she hung the dolls made of the fairy source-type lifeforms on the windchimes at the front of her palace.

From a distance, it looked as though the fairies were flying. But in reality, they had been killed to be turned into beautiful handicrafts.

Due to the deaths of their main feys, the members of the team's spirits were injured and reduced to vegetables.

The Goddess of Mercy had sent every team member to the marsh world to do hard labor.

The Goddess of Mercy's exquisite body hid the carnage and brutality within.

She was so hedonistic that anyone weaker than her in the Freedom Federation trembled before her.

One of these people was Li Yang.

The Goddess of Mercy always acted according to her own fancy.

If he opposed her, she would injure him seriously even if she did not kill him.

In the past, the Goddess of Mercy clearly had the chance to contract the second of the seven big devils in the Demon Church.

However, she gave up on the second devil in favor of the third despite the second being more powerful and having more potential because the third devil had a more pleasant appearance.

The Goddess of Mercy's preference for looks had reached an almost insane level.

Black's face was covered by the silver mask.

No matter how outstanding his aura was or how beautiful his bone structure was, none of these were important to someone who only fixated on looks.

The Goddess of Mercy felt that she should not set her sights on one young man. However, no matter how many times she tried to tear her gaze away, it drifted back to him.

She even felt a twinge of affection in her bloodline.

It was very difficult for the Goddess of Mercy to become interested in a person.

She only said what she said in such a public setting on the Radiance Federation's soil because she was now interested in Black.

Besides that elderly man, no one else in the Radiance Federation deserved to be called a god.

Once a spirit qi professional gained the ability to utilize their birth horoscope, they would have a strength that was no different from that of a god.

They would be able to fight using more than just their feys.

This was the reason the Goddess of Mercy's fishtail could block the image of the Golden Thearch Bamboo.

The Goddess of Mercy was clear that if she crossed swords with the elderly man, they would be stuck in a deadlock where she would not be able to defeat him, and he would also be unable to protect the Radiance Federation from her.

An 11 Stars sacred source lifeform was completely different from a 10 Stars sacred source lifeform.

Only one of the Goddess of Mercy's two sacred source lifeforms had reached 11 Stars.

But if she triggered the 11 Stars sacred source lifeform with his full power, all the lifeforms between the Royal Capital and Lantern City would lose their lives.

Other than the elderly man, the Heavenly Family Fey that Moon Empress had adopted from the Heavenly Family Cottage had already reached Eternal power.

A Heavenly Family Fey that reached Eternal could not even be discussed in the same sentence as a normal fey that reached Eternal.

Given the Heavenly Family Fey's relationship with the Moon Empress, it would definitely step in to help if she attacked the Radiance Federation.

If these considerations were not present, the Goddess of Mercy would not have tried to recruit Black so publicly but directly snatched him away.

Before Lin Yuan could react, the Moon Empress frowned and balled up her left fist.

Cold Moon and Mystic Moon collectively thought, Oh no!

The Moon Empress doted on Lin Yuan and was exceedingly protective over him.

Mystic Moon and Cold Moon were afraid that the Moon Empress would attack the Goddess of Mercy.

Both of them knew that the Moon Empress had also started going down that path after she unlocked her birth horoscope.

Although the Goddess of Mercy had started almost ten years before the Moon Empress, the Goddess of Mercy had been unable to advance her power due to her bloodline.

If they really started fighting, it was likely that the Moon Empress and the Goddess of Mercy would be evenly matched.

However, it would not be beneficial to the Radiance Federation if the Moon Empress really lost her temper.

The other 12 members of royalty's expressions also changed.

Although none of them were looking at the Moon Empress, they had sensed the change in her aura.

At that moment, a voice said clearly from one of the silver pillars, "Please get it through your head that I'm a citizen of the Radiance Federation. Moreover, I already have a master and will not be your favored expert."

The young man's voice was very calm.

However, the voice shook up the entire Radiance Federation through the Star Web broadcast.

Star Web had already gone into a frenzy from the moment that the Goddess of Mercy publicly recruited Lin Yuan.

Memory Ink: What the hell? A member of the Freedom Federation's royalty publicly tried to recruit Black! Is Black that strong? She's openly trying to rob the Radiance Federation!

Little Zhang's Cries Dried Up: Didn't you guys hear that Black hasn't even reached 19 years old yet? Why does this age remind me of someone? Damn! Isn't Black the same age as Lin Yuan?

XXX Tired: This member of the Freedom Federation royalty is so disgusting. Is there no one left in the Freedom Federation? How dare she openly lure Black?

Dream of You: Didn't you hear that the Freedom Envoy leading this envoy group is the favored expert of this member of royalty? If Black agrees, his power will skyrocket! Do you think that Black will be able to resist such temptation?

1693 Something like This Doesn't Deserve to be Used as a Stake!

Maple Dance: Even if he can't resist it, he still has to! As Black's loyal fan, I will become his enemy if he agrees!

The discussions on Star Web were going wild.

Although Black had put on a shocking performance during the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection, they wondered how much power he had demonstrated while he was holed up in the sand castle.

The member of the Freedom Federation's royalty had invited Black despite him not revealing his full abilities. This was an acknowledgment of his abilities.

After all, this was not the first time that the Freedom Federation envoy group had attended the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection. But, such an incident had never happened in the past.

But before the Star Web users could discuss any further, Black had given his answer.

His response fully displayed his stance and sent the Star Web users into another frenzy.

What he said about being a citizen of the Radiance Federation called forth an invincible and unending strength from their bloodlines.

Black had gone on to mention that he already had a teacher and turned down the member of royalty's offer.

Regardless of whether or not Black's teacher could compete with this member of the Freedom Federation's royalty, Black's attitude made him deserving of being idolized by those people who did not use to think much of him.

Daydream Starry Sea: Good job, Black! As long as I still have a breath in me, I'll support you to the end!

Dawn Light: I saw on Star Web that someone did not think Black had enough power to represent the Radiance Federation's young generation. But I think he is worthy of that position. Fiind upd𝒂ted 𝒏ovels on n𝒐 /m

Little Bookworm: When Black said that he's a citizen of the Radiance Federation, it made me want to chug two jugs of beer.

Passing Water: Aren't you curious about who Black's teacher is? This is the first time I've heard Black say that he has a teacher so publicly!

Black's words ignited the passion of the audience on Star Web and caused the Goddess of Mercy to frown.

The Goddess of Mercy thought that her desire to kill Black would bubble up.

However, she soon found that she could not bring herself to feel that way about Black.

Rather, after being rejected by him, she wanted even more to become close to him.

After she realized how she felt, the Goddess of Mercy was stunned. She did not understand why she was suddenly acting as though she was under a spell.

It would be an easy fix if she was truly under a spell.

However, this was not what was happening.

The Moon Empress had been suppressing the anger and murderous urges within her.

As a member of the Radiance Federation's royalty, she knew that she should not attack the Goddess of Mercy.

She had to hide her power in order to draw out the two members of Tower Canon.

But the Moon Empress could not stand by and watch as the Goddess of Mercy targeted Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan's words had been like medicine that soothed the ugly emotions within the Moon Empress.

Yet, his words also left her feeling dejected.

The Moon Empress took a deep breath and relaxed her fist.

The Freedom Federation and Tower Canon were about to launch their attacks on the Radiance Federation.

Presently, the Radiance Federation was playing a big game of chess.

Lan Xun sensed the tension between the Freedom Federation and Radiance Federation and could not help but feel very unlucky.

He was not afraid of a fight breaking out between the Freedom Federation and Radiance Federation.

The Azure Federation had always remained neutral. If the two sides started battling it out, it would undoubtedly affect the Azure Federation's trade. However, neither side would end up attacking the Azure Federation.

No matter which federation the Azure Federation sided with, they would end up disrupting the balance.

However, the Azure Federation could no longer sit on the fence of this fight after Yin Lin declared her support for the Radiance Federation so publicly and even exposed Qian Yu's scheme.

Lan Xun had promised to support Yin Lin.

Since the tension had already been created, Lan Xun decided that the two sides should compete on a dueling ground to avoid serious accidents.

"Since both federations intend on sending their young experts and a federation envoy, I shall be the dealer and start a bet. Both federations can support their own teams, and the members of royalty can enter their own bets. No matter how many resources you bet on your team, the losing team will have to compensate for it. Moreover, I'll also add in three top-grade strange water as a dealer's gift to the winning side!"

Alarm bells rang in Li Yang's head when the Goddess of Mercy tried to recruit Black so publicly.

Although he had broken off his side of the partnership with Tower Canon, Second Page Revival would be smart enough to sense that something was wrong if the situation deviated too far from the original plan. That would be bad!

He could break off his side of the partnership with Second Page Revival, but he still needed to borrow her strength.

If Second Page Revival sensed that something was wrong, he would not be able to borrow her strength.

Li Yang had no idea why the Goddess of Mercy had done something so insane.

She had ignored all the geniuses in her own federation and tried to recruit a genius from another faction, only to end up rejected.

Li Yang did not know if the Goddess of Mercy was embarrassed. But he was definitely extremely embarrassed for her.

Lan Xun's proposal had set the parameters. As a result, the situation would not change too much from his original plan.

Li Yang was the first to speak/ "I will bet 10 Island Whales, three of which have S-rank strategic class. I'll also add in one ton of spiritual ingredients from Myth Breed feys."

Li Yang's bet caused the jaws of all the contestants and the audience on Star Web to drop.

Ten Island Whales and a ton of spiritual ingredients from Myth Breed feys were immense wealth!

In terms of Radiance dollars, it would take billions to nurture one mature Island Whale.

Although there were many different types of Myth Breed feys, of all various shapes and sizes, only the main parts of the Myth Breed feys that had valuable medicinal value that would be of use to Creation Masters could be used as spiritual ingredients.

Even if the Myth Breed fey was enormous, it would take at least 300 of them to produce one ton of spiritual ingredients.

Such wealth was incomprehensible for a regular person.

Additionally, three of the ten Island Whales' strategic class had reached S-rank.

The Island Whale of S-rank strategic class was twice as valuable as the regular Island Whale.

But before the crowd could express their marvel, a clear voice said, "Something like this doesn't deserve to be used as a bet!"

1694 Seed of Satan

When the Goddess of Mercy publicly tried to recruit Lin Yuan, fury surged within the Moon Empress.

Although she was aware of what the big picture was and knew that she needed to suppress her anger as part of her duty as a member of royalty.

But she still needed to vent in some way.

Li Yang was the best channel for her to vent through.

Li Yang's face froze when he heard what the Moon Empress said.

Ten Island Whales and a ton of spiritual ingredients from Myth Breed feys were definitely not a small sum.

Giving out this sum of resources, Li Yang would not be bankrupted. However, he was not a Creation Master, and there was no way he possessed as many resources as the Moon Empress.

The Moon Empress' words made Li Yang understand what her intention was.

She was going to use resources to one-up him!

But, this did not enrage Li Yang but rather delighted him.

This was because he had two safety nets within his team. The probability of him losing was zero.

The more the Moon Empress offered, the more Li Wang would be able to earn.

Na Na had been willing to send her precious disciple over and was using Li Yang as a cover.

Given how much Na Na adored her disciple, he definitely had at least five precious instruments.

Lu Ou felt that even if Na Na's disciple did not step in, Yan Ling, Cai Huo, You Changjian, and Qian Yu would be able to defeat the participants that the Radiance Federation sent out.

In recent years, the younger generation that had emerged from the Freedom Federation had been the strongest batch in a century.

The confident Li Yang said loudly, "The Moon Empress truly lives up to her position as a Class 5 Creation Master. You have a wealth of resources in your possession, to the point that ten Island Whales and one ton of Myth Breed spiritual ingredients mean nothing to you. How about this? I'll match however many resources you put in."

The Moon Empress' expression did not change in the slightest, but there was now a layer of scorn in her voice as she said, "Li Yang, I remember that the intermediate devil you contracted has evolved into a major devil. It has produced one Seed of Satan. I will stake 20 Island Whales, three of which have reached strategic class S-rank, 2,000 tons of Myth Breed spiritual ingredients, 50 tons of Creation Breed spiritual ingredients, 500 Law Crystals, 50 World Crystals, and ten cleansed Immortal bodies. I don't need you to match my resources. You just need to stake the Seed of Satan."

A strange expression came over Li Yang.

The Seed of Satan would spawn a devil with the bloodline of a major devil. Only one could be produced at a time, and it was mostly used to carry on legacies.

Other devils could absorb the Seed of Satan to comprehend the abilities within it.

A devil could only fuse with one Seed of Satan in its life.

The Seed of Satan that Li Yang's devil produced was desired by all other members of the Freedom Federation's royalty because the devil that Li Yang had contracted was very special.

No matter how many times the other members of royalty offered a trade for the Seed of Satan, Li Yang turned them down.

The Moon Empress has not contracted a devil from the Demon Church. What use could she have for the Seed of Satan?

She had offered ten more of the Island Whales than Li Yang had, as well as 2,000 tons of Myth Breed spiritual ingredients, 50 tons of Creation Breed spiritual ingredients, 500 Law Crystals, 50 World Crystals, and ten cleansed Immortal bodies.

Given Li Yang's power, he would be able to obtain the first few types of resources as long as he was willing to invest time.

However, there was no way that Li Yang would be able to obtain the Law Crystals, World Crystals, and cleansed Immortal bodies on his own.

Every person in the Freedom Federation only cared about his own profits, and the members of royalty were no exception.

Every time the Freedom Mystic Temple received greetings, the members of royalty who were Creation Masters were seated apart from the other members of royalty. 𝑅êạd new chapt𝒆rs on no/v/e/l𝒃

The Freedom Federation's Class 5 Creation Masters were treated far better than the other members of royalty.

The Goddess of Mercy was a Class 5 Creation Master.

Every time Li Yang begged the Goddess of Mercy for Creation Master resources, she would require him to pay an immense amount of resources.

She asked more of him than if he asked the same of any other Class 5 Creation Master from the Spirit Mother Federation, Sand Continent Federation, Violent Wind Federation, or Black Tung Federation. This was the reason the members of the Freedom Federation's royalty all had deep ties with the Class 5 Creation Masters of other federations.

Class 5 Creation Masters could produce very precious resources. As such, Li Yang badly wanted the resources the Moon Empress offered.

Normally, he would never use the Seed of Satan as a stake in a bet.

But when he remembered that there was zero chance of the Radiance Federation winning, Li Yang decided to agree.

He kept in mind that he was in the Radiance Federation, where he would not have any safety nets in any negotiations or bets.

Li Yang took out the Seed of Satan.

When the black and purple crystal appeared in Li Yang's palm, evil inauspicious aura poured out of it.

"Since Lan Xun is acting as the dealer, we shall leave our resources with him. He will give the resources to whichever side ends up winning."

The Moon Empress took out a pendant made from a moonlight stone and said, "All the resources I mentioned are within this moonlight pendant."

She tossed the moonlight pendant to Lan Xun.

Since Lan Xun had volunteered to be the dealer, he had been prepared to hold onto the stakes from both sides.

The stakes offered by the Moon Empress and Li Yang caused the other 12 members of the Radiance Federation's royalty to share looks.

The Moon Empress seemed to be coming from a place of confidence where she was certain that her disciple would be able to defeat the Freedom Federation envoy group and win the intermediate demon offered by the Goddess of Mercy.

The trade that the Moon Empress secured later that involved Li Yang's Seed of Satan was meant to enable the intermediate devil to gain a new ability.

The Moon Empress was making plans for Lin Yuan.

However, was the Moon Empress so certain that Lin Yuan would be able to defeat the members of the Freedom Federation envoy group?

If the Freedom Federation envoy group had the confidence to propose the challenge, they had to be sure of their imminent victory.

Although the Radiance Federation was already prepared for this fight and the members of royalty had no intention of losing, the audience on Star Web had temporarily lost their ability to think.

They knew that the Moon Empress had negotiated an earth-shattering bet with the Freedom Federation's royalty.

1695 The Moon Empress! 6 Stars!

The regular people who had not even heard of the Island Whale before had no concept of what the items that the Moon Empress had mentioned were.

But they knew that these items were very valuable.

When Li Yang and the Moon Empress made such large bets, the Goddess of Mercy became interested and said, "There are probably many uncontracted fairy source-type lifeforms inside the Radiance Federation's treasure vault. I want 300 of them. In exchange, I will stake 150 complete fairy bloodlines. Additionally, I will throw in 200 different types of insect-species carcinoma feys, 5,000 Bronze/Epic feys, and 100 Bronze/Legend feys. What will the Radiance Federation offer me?"

The Goddess of Mercy's words set Star Web off.

Things like the Island Whales, Myth Breed spiritual ingredients, and Creation Breed spiritual ingredients were far too foreign for regular people.

However, Bronze/Epic and Bronze/Legend feys were used by low-class spirit qi professionals, and everyone knew of their value.

They cost 3,000 to 4,500 Radiance dollars each.

5,000 of them would amount to hundreds of billions.

Chu Ci had been called the number one genius in the Radiance Federation when she revealed that they had the Bronze/Fantasy Obsidian Iron Wild Bull.

Maple Forest Snowy Night: What? 5,000 Bronze/Epic feys and 100 Bronze/Legend feys! Oh my god! I'm getting dizzy! I can't imagine what would be able to match such value.

Guan Haotian: My mother just asked me why I'm kneeling! I also want to know the reason. My knees just acted on their own!

Peace is Bliss: Just how confident is the Freedom Federation that they are willing to offer such a sea of resources? Both the Moon Empress and the Freedom Federation are so confident. Who do you think will win?

Glass Heart: With such an enormous bet, I think that Liu Yifan, Black, Gao Feng, and the rest will have to give it their all!

After the momentary shock, the audience on Star Web had noticed that the situation was not normal.

Previously, many people had held on to the naive belief that the Freedom Federation had suggested the friendly match as a test for the bet with the Radiance Federation that would take place two years later.

But after the bets were made, all of them threw such naive thoughts out of their heads.

After all, neither side would be willing to lose all that resources.

Additionally, the Radiance Federation and Freedom Federation were far from being on good terms. 𝑅êạd new chapt𝒆rs on no/v/e/l𝒃

The excitement that the audience on Star Web had felt had changed into a rage when Liu Yifan was involved.

But now, the rage had turned into nervousness and sombreness.

Regardless of what the result ended up being, this match would inevitably spill the blood of heroes fighting for the sake of the Radiance Federation.

The Goddess of Mercy had thrown in such stakes because she wanted to trade off a batch of resources she possessed.

She had the hobby of collecting fairy source-type lifeforms and turning them into dolls. Thus, she wanted to obtain more fairy source-type lifeforms that were not in her collection.

If she gave the 150 fairy bloodlines to the fairy source-type lifeform, their bloodlines would be evolved.

But this method would only be fully effective the first time. One use required the use of exactly 150 fairy bloodlines.

The Goddess of Mercy also collected carcinoma feys as toys.

She had done many experiments on carcinoma feys and found insect-species carcinoma feys to be the ugliest.

Hence, she wanted to use insect-species carcinoma feys to trade for some animal-type or plant-type feys.

She did not need to offer Legend and Epic quality feys.

But since the Moon Empress had used this method to overpower Li Yang and the Freedom Federation's might, the Goddess of Mercy did not mind doing the same to the Radiance Federation.

The Goddess of Mercy's Class 5 Creation Master level was very high.

She had easily defeated the Bamboo Monarch during the last Creation Master competition.

The Goddess of Mercy had offered so many Creation Master resources to put the Radiance Federation in a difficult position and to use the chance to accumulate even more.

However, the Goddess of Mercy's plan had failed.

Before anyone else said anything, the Moon Empress said, "I accept this stake! There is no problem with you using the fairy bloodlines to trade for fairy source-type lifeforms. But it's too greedy of you to use 200 insect-species carcinoma feys to trade for other carcinoma feys. Insect-species carcinoma feys are the most common carcinoma feys. Their value is far from that of animal-type carcinoma feys and plant-type carcinoma feys.

"I won't be using carcinoma feys to trade for your 200 insect-species carcinoma feys. However, your stake also doesn't equal the value of what I'm about to offer. You'll need to add another 5,000 Bronze/Epic feys and 150 fairy bloodlines!"

The Goddess of Mercy frowned when she heard what the Moon Empress said.

Nonetheless, she became interested. What was the Moon Empress going to offer?

Its value was equivalent to 150 fairy bloodlines, 10,000 Bronze/Epic feys, 100 Bronze/Legend feys, and 200 insect-species carcinoma feys.

This was enough to pay a Class 5 Creation Master for a year.

No one in the world would dare to hire a Class 5 Creation Master to work tirelessly for a year because Class 5 Creation Masters were already the richest group of people in the world.

"Moon Empress, if what you're offering satisfies me, I don't mind entering the bet with you. 5,000 Bronze/Epic feys and 150 fairy bloodlines aren't worth much to me."

"You definitely won't turn down my offer of one pure Eternal Heart", replied the Moon Empress calmly.

The Moon Empress had decided that she was going to announce herself as a Class 6 Creation Master.

News of the current clash with the Freedom Federation would undoubtedly spread throughout the entire main world.

This was the best time for the Moon Empress to announce that she was a Class 6 Creation Master.

Once the fight against the Freedom Federation envoy group was over, she would declare to the world that Lin Yuan was her disciple.

Once that happened, no matter how outstanding Lin Yuan became, her status as a Class 6 Creation Master would allow her to continue attracting more attention than him. She might even be able to strike fear into all who bore ill intent toward him.

1696 Girl in the Black Coffin!

The other 12 members of royalty in the Radiance Federation already knew that the Moon Empress could purify the Eternal Heart.

Nonetheless, they were still shocked by what she said because they had not expected her to declare her newly attained Creation Master class to the world at such a moment.

The Moon Empress pulled the full attention of the Goddess of Mercy and Li Yang onto her before the fight to dim the spotlight over Lin Yuan.

She was truly going to as many lengths as she could for his sake.

But there was more than one benefit to this than just helping him to keep possible predators off his scent as it would also test the reactions of the Goddess of Mercy and Li Yang after they heard this news and use it to make a guess about whether the Freedom Federation could also reach the same Creation Master class.

In the battles between the Radiance Federation and Freedom Federation, the Radiance Federation had always been the weaker side.

After all, the Radiance Federation had only become part of the three major federations after the Moon Empress became a Class 5 Creation Master. Expplôre 𝒖ptod𝒂te stories at no/𝒗el/bin.c𝒐m

Before the Moon Empress became a Class 5 Creation Master, the Radiance Federation only had two Class 5 Creation Masters and lagged significantly behind the Freedom Federation and Azure Federation.

The amount of top Creation Master resources a federation possessed was dependent on the number of Class 5 Creation Masters they had. This was because the top Creation Master resources would eventually turn into powerful combat power.

It could be said that the weaker Radiance Federation had only been able to stand toe-to-toe against the Freedom Federation all this time because of how well they banded together and the elderly man who had held down the fort before the Moon Empress, Night Leaning Moon, and the rest came into their own.

Although the elderly man and the Moon Empress had not changed their titles to include 'god' or 'goddess' despite attaining that level of power, they were still mighty enough to deter the Freedom Federation.

After the Goddess of Mercy heard what the Moon Empress said, she said with an incredulous expression, "I can't believe your Creation Master level has broken through that level too! You're actually able to purify the Eternal Heart now!"

While she was speaking, the Goddess of Mercy's countenance darkened.

Her words shocked the Radiance Federation's 13 members of royalty as well as Lan Xun.

From her words, they realized that there was already someone in the Freedom who could also purify the Eternal Heart.

Everyone could tell from her expression that the Goddess of Mercy was not talking about herself.

Lan Xun gasped internally.

He had not expected the bet he proposed to lead to such a revelation.

If both the Freedom Federation and Radiance Federation now had Class 5 Creation Masters who could purify the Eternal Heart, they were more than worthy of being classified as Class 6 Creation Masters.

This would usher in a new era for Creation Masters!

The purified Eternal Heart could help experts that had reached Eternal power to take a step beyond that level.

Previously, the Azure Federation and the Freedom Federation had been in the lead, while the Radiance Federation remained in their shadow for some time before eventually catching up.

But now, it was the Freedom Federation and Radiance Federation who were in the lead while the Azure Federation had slipped behind.

If none of the Class 5 Creation Masters from the Azure Federation could break through to this level soon, the Azure Federation would not be able to hold out when they eventually had to face off against the other two federations.

This thought caused Lan Xun to sigh.

Today's battle was akin to two federations foreshadowing the power they would be demonstrating during battle.

Yin Lin had inserted herself into this battle from the beginning and even allied with the Radiance Federation.

If a battle truly broke out today, Yin Lin's choice to lean toward the Radiance Federation might be the more advantageous one.

Moreover, regardless of which federation the Azure Federation decided to side with, their priority would be to obtain the Eternal Heart.

The Freedom Federation placed its individual profits above all.

If the Azure Federation wanted to work with the Freedom Federation, they would have to negotiate under the table with the various members of royalty.

If they worked with the Radiance Federation, whose royalty acted as one entity, the chances of success were undoubtedly higher, and they would have to jump through fewer hoops.

Regardless of which federation the Azure Federation obtained the purified Eternal Heart from, that federation would require the expert who had attained Eternal power to swear on it using their birth horoscope.

The Azure Federation would ask the same if they gave away high-class Creation Master resources to other federations.

Given the chaotic state of the main world, only strong power would be able to grant salvation.

A year ago, fights started breaking out in many federations with Class 5 Creation Master. The repercussions had been significant.

If the Azure Federation partnered with the Radiance Federation, there was no question that the Radiance Federation would be willing to give the Eternal Heart to friendly parties.

Regardless of the other party's request, they would do it as a favor.

Regardless, Lan Xun still had to deliver the news back to the Azure Federation, so the 12 Class 5 families could hold a meeting about the matter before making any concrete plans.

Li Yang's expression had also changed vastly.

Previously, Second Page Revival's brow had been furrowed as she took her bearings in relation to how circumstances were unfolding. She also pondered what Sixth Page Lashing's objective was.

But after she heard that the Moon Empress could purify the Eternal Heart, the body she was possessing started to sway slightly,

Soon, the gray eyes turned purplish-black.

In the inverted image of these purplish-black eyes, two black candles were burning with purple flames.

Under the candlelight, a breathtakingly beautiful girl slowly opened her eyes inside a black coffin.

There was a common-looking toy hanging around her neck. There were four wings sprouting from the toy's back that radiated the aura of death. It was as though they were the messengers of Death himself.

A moment later, the body stopped trembling, and the eyes returned to gray.

But at the same time, the image of a black candle rose to the surface of the skin above this person's heart.

The figure walked forward until he was at the front of the group.

An extremely elegant smile spread across his plain face. He looked as languid as the royalty of the past reclining under the afternoon sun in the garden and sipping on sweet fruit tea.

It was a huge boost of morale when the Moon Empress accepted the Goddess of Mercy and Li Yang's bets on her own.

After the Goddess of Mercy and the Moon Empress handed the additional stakes to Lan Xun, he quickly glanced over most of them as a check before storing them inside his spatial equipment.

But when he got to the Moon Empress' moonlight stone pendant, he was temporarily dazed.

1697 So They're Disciples of Royalty!

"There are no problems with the bets from either side. Now…"

Before Lan Xun could finish speaking, the Goddess of Mercy cut him off and said, "Lan Xun, I want to see the Eternal Heart for myself before we proceed."

Lan Xun instantly looked annoyed.

Damn! What did you just say? You didn't ask to see it when the Moon Empress mentioned it. But now that it's in my hands and I've looked at it, you suddenly need to see it. Are you trying to say that I'm untrustworthy or something?

Lan Xun scoffed and injected spiritual energy into the moonlight pendant he was holding.

Soon, a heart made of crystal appeared in Lan Xun's hand.

The heart flew around an exquisite scorpion with silver and yellow scales. There were color-changing gems that resembled stars dotting the silver and yellow scales.

The gems shone with a strange light. They looked like opals that were used to adorn accessories.

The scorpion's tail was a different color from the scales, and it looked almost transparent. There were many thin gold threads within the scale.

These threads moved freely within the tail.

When the Goddess of Mercy saw the crystal heart and the scorpion, she could not help but say, "A purified Golden Opal Earth Mother Scorpion's heart! The Moon Empress is actually willing to give up the heart of the Golden Opal Earth Mother Scorpion. It is one of the top-ten poison-type feys! It just so happens that I have a use for this Eternal Heart. Let me thank the Moon Empress in advance!"

The Goddess of Mercy spoke as though she had already won.

The Moon Empress replied calmly, "Let me also thank you for giving the Radiance Federation these resources, Consort of Mercy!"

Next, she turned to address the contestants, "These feys will go to the people who perform well in the test."

The Moon Empress' words caused the Goddess of Mercy's gold and red fishtail to thump a few times forcefully.

Although she maintained the faint smile on her face, a grinding sound could be heard coming from her mouth.

Li Yang might be a member of the Freedom Federation's royalty, but he was not stepping in now because it was a confrontation between the Moon Empress and the Goddess of Mercy.

Lan Xun's expression was interesting, to say the least.

Everyone in the world knew that the Goddess of Mercy's previous title was the Consort of Mercy.

By calling the Goddess of Mercy the Consort of Mercy while maintaining her title of Empress, she was clearly placing herself above the Goddess of Mercy.

The Moon Empress did have the right to do so because she had surpassed the level of Class 5 Creation Master.

Moreover, the Moon Empress possessed a Heavenly Family Fey that had exceeded Eternal.

Even if she did not have more power than the Goddess of Mercy, she would still be standing on equal ground.

The Moon Empress was trying to exert pressure on her, and the Goddess of Mercy did not have any rebuttal.

The Goddess of Mercy had only thought about herself during the bet, while the Moon Empress had promised all the spoils to the contestants.

This action warmed the hearts of these geniuses of the Radiance Federation.

Nonetheless, the members of the Freedom Federation envoy group were unbothered because they were used to such behavior in the Freedom Federation.

All the other 12 members of the Radiance Federation's royalty knew why the Moon Empress was targeting the Goddess of Mercy.

She had openly tried to poach her disciple. From how much she loved him and how protective she was over him, it was already impressive that she had not directly attacked the Goddess of Mercy. But, there was no way she was going to leave the Goddess of Mercy's ego unscathed.

Although the fight between the Radiance Federation and Freedom Federation had not officially begun, Qian Yu could tell that the Goddess of Mercy was close to being checkmated.

He hastily said, "There is one disciple of royalty among the Radiance Hundred Sequence, while my side has three experts who are favored by royalty. For the sake of fairness, I would like to invite another two of the Radiance Federation's disciples of royalty to participate. Every one of the Radiance Federation's disciples of royalty must have been nurtured meticulously. As such, I'm sure the Radiance Federation's royalty won't be opposed to me picking the disciples!"

An evil aura immediately exploded from Chef Supreme when he heard what Qian Yu said.

Zong Ze's curse that had caused him to lose control of his bloodthirst for battle had come from Tower Canon.

Chef Supreme would never believe that the collusion between the Freedom Federation and Tower Canon could be simple.

Most of the people from the Freedom Federation's side would pick Zong Ze in order to take advantage of the curse.

In the past, Chef Supreme would have been incredibly worried.

But now, the situation had changed.

Lin Yuan's gift had suppressed Zong Ze's curse, and Zong Ze's combat power had reached a whole new level.

Moreover, after his period of seclusion, his feys' powers had also improved.

A few days ago, Chef Supreme had evolved Zong Ze's sacred source lifeform.

In fact, he really hoped that Zong Ze would be picked.

Since the other side wanted to pick, the Radiance Federation was in no position to say no.

Soon, Chef Supreme, the Bamboo Monarch, and Ji Changdeng's attendants fetched Zong Ze, Gu Lang, and An He to the golden pillars.

But this was not all.

The Star Web audience realized with shock that You Zhe and Zuo Ming, as well as the elderly man's two attendants, had jumped down from the golden pillars and were walking over to the silver pillars.

The audience on Star Web held their breaths.

Could it be that there were two other disciples of royalty among the Radiance Hundred Sequence?

The minds of the audience members who were familiar with the previous members of the Radiance Hundred Sequence immediately went to Zhao Xiaochun, Liu Jie, and Xia Qing.

Liu Jie had retired from the Radiance Hundred Sequence when his main fey became seriously injured.

But now, he had made a triumphant return as Sequence #1.

Xia Qing had first participated in the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection three years ago. She started as Sequence #91 but rose to Sequence #1 the following year. This year, she had been beaten down to Sequence #3.

Zhao Xiaochun's improvement had been extremely outstanding. She jumped over 20 ranks into the top ten.

No one was guessing Long Tao to be a disciple of royalty because he had been Sequence #3. It was not exceptional for him to have risen up a spot to Sequence #2.

It had taken Long Tao three years to reach Sequence #3. Every year, he improved his rank by about ten spots.

Hence, his performance had not been as outstanding as Xia Qing, Liu Jie, and Zhao Xiaochun.

While the members of the audience were busy guessing, You Zhe, Zuo Ming, and the elderly man's two attendants stopped below the first and third silver pillars before all dropping to one knee.

Liu Jie and Xia Qing had jumped down from their silver pillars and landed on the ground.

Liu Jie now stood between Zuo Ming and You Zhe, while Xia Qing stood between the other two attendants. Aall 𝒏𝒆west ch𝒂pt𝒆rs on n.o./v𝒆l𝒃i/n/.c𝒐m

At that moment, there was no question about Liu Jie and Xia Qing's identities.

1698 The Admired Six!

The members of the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection had always guessed about Xia Qing's identity.

Thus, they were not overly shocked by this reveal.

Meanwhile, Liu Jie had held Long Tao completely down with just a few insect-species carcinoma feys. The Diamond/Fantasy IV Sea King Cretaceous Dragon had not been able to fight back at all.

Previously, Liu Jie's rank had been around Sequence #30. Given his current rank, it could only be said that his power had skyrocketed.

Two years ago, Liu Jie had been unable to fight because the Insect Queen's roots had been injured.

All the previous members of the Radiance Hundred Sequence knew that he had left the Radiance Hundred Sequence. Hence, they were all astounded by Liu Jie's increase in power.

Currently, Liu Jie was standing in the position of Sequence #1 in all his glory.

It turned out that he was Chief Guard Ye's disciple! Aall 𝒏𝒆west ch𝒂pt𝒆rs on n.o./v𝒆l𝒃i/n/.c𝒐m

As Liu Jie and Xia Qing walked forward side by side, Zuo Ming and You Zhe walked behind Liu Jie while the other two attendants walked behind Xia Qing.

The discussions on Star Web were going wild.

Time is Like Love: Damn! My favorite member of the Radiance Hundred Sequence has always been Liu Jie. Although he disappeared two years ago, I never stopped liking him. It turns out that he's Chief Guard Ye's disciple! As a citizen of Cold Frost City, I'll never forget what he did for us!

I'm Watching You: I'm a member of the Cold Frost Guards. When I arrived at the scene, he was already out of spiritual power, and the Insect Queen was heavily injured. Nonetheless, he continued instructing the almost-fully crippled insect tide to hold back the dimensional lifeforms! Lord Liu Jie is truly deserving of respect!

Cloud Husk: Both Xia Qing and Liu Jie are disciples of royalty. One of them is Sequence #1, while the other is Sequence #3. If both of them participate, Lord Liu Yifan's team will have a much better chance of winning!

Constellation Sea: To be honest, I've already made it to the Celestial Stairway Hall. You can check my battle statistics! Look at the anonymous names who are also young. Most of them are disciples of royalty! Frankly, disciples of royalty might not be weaker than Liu Jie and Xia Qing. Rather, they might even be stronger! Don't ask me how I know because I might have encountered one of them!

Building Blocks: Why do I feel like Black and Lin Yuan are getting more and more similar? Besides their different feys, they are identical in age and even aura! I can't believe it unless a person can have two different fey arrangements!

The various popular live-streaming rooms were also abuzz with activity.

Normally, people would be poking fun and making jokes. Yet, not a single person was doing it now.

This was because these people knew that there were about to be ten elites who were strong enough to represent the Radiance Federation that were about to lay down their lives to fight to the death with the Freedom Federation.

In the past, the Scholars and Creation Master academics would be stripping Xia Qing and Liu Jie down. They might even be reanalyzing Black's feys.

But now, none of these scholars and Creation Masters wanted to do so. Instead, they held their breaths and silently prayed as a form of support.

When Liu Jie and Xia Qing arrived atop the golden pillars, the entire Radiance Federation held their breaths as they gazed at the full radiant picture that was Liu Jie, Xia Qing, Zong Ze, Gu Lang, and An He.

There was no question that the five of them represented the strongest combat power in the under-25 demographic in the Radiance Federations.

Although An He, Gu Lang, and Zong Ze were shrouded in mystery, the public also did not know much about Liu Jie and Xia Qing's methods either.

Not even the Radiance Hundred Sequence members knew what Xia Qing's main fey was or exactly how many insect-species carcinoma feys Liu Jie had.

However, they had all already seen how Gao Feng had singlehandedly supported a team of 10,000 and kept them afloat against an insect tide.

Thus, no matter how strong the other disciples of royalty were, they would be strong enough for Gao Feng's standard.

At that moment, both Liu Jie and Zong Ze's eyes were on Lin Yuan.

When the six of them were discussing battle tactics, Lin Yuan had given Zong Ze a large box of the Possess Star Intelligent Dark Clouds pollen.

Although Zong Ze's curse had not been fully cleared, he would be able to take on anything without fear after using such a large box of the Possess Star Intelligent Dark Clouds pollen.

With this thought, Zong Ze clenched his fists tightly.

His power had come a long way from the Guard Ye Banquet. Zong Ze from the two time periods could not even be compared in the same sentence.

Half of the merit for his evolution went to Lin Yuan for giving him the Heavenly Maiden Sleet elemental pearl.

This Heavenly Maiden Sleet elemental pearl had purified the Fiery Sky Hou's bloodline.

The power of the fey with the Barren bloodline came more from its bloodline than its grade.

The Fiery Sky Hou had already been capable of rolling its grade during combat in the past. Now, doing so would be easier for Zong Ze than ever.

A few months ago, Zong Ze had been sparring with Lin Yuan. Now, he was likely going to fight alongside Lin Yuan.

Zong Ze naturally thrived in battle and liked to fight against powerful opponents.

But, compared to the enjoyment he felt when he fought against Lin Yuan, Zong Ze preferred to join hands with Lin Yuan to take on the Radiance Federation's enemies who had dared to insult them.

Liu Jie's thoughts were simple. He was going to stand in front of Lin Yuan throughout to protect him, thereby performing his duty as Lin Yuan's retainer.

The only other thing he was going to do was do everything in his power to defeat the enemy.

An He's eyes were on Liu Yifan.

He had been following in Liu Yifan's footsteps from a very young age.

An He badly wanted to fight side by side with Liu Yifan.

He wanted his senior brother to see how much he had grown.

In the past, he would have racked his brain to come up with a way to be one of the participants.

But now, he was not going to do so.

This was because he knew that his position in the team would overlap with that of Liu Yifan.

He was not the best candidate for this fight.

However, the decision was not up to him.

The Freedom Federation envoy group was going to choose who from the Radiance Federation was going to participate.

At that moment, Yan Ling, Cai Huo, You Changjian, and the other members of the Freedom Hundred Sequence had walked over to Qian Yu.

In case of accidents, the Freedom Federation had sent more members of the Freedom Hundred Sequence than usual.

1699 Crimson and Warbler Candle!

The body of the Freedom Hundred Sequence member that Second Page Revival possessed did not step forward.

As such, Li Yang frowned at her.

This was when he realized that her gaze was very different from before.

Previously, Second Page Revival's gaze had been dead and dark. But now, her gaze was full of confidence and elegance. It was as though there was nothing on earth that could cause her to falter.

This extraordinary change in attitude caused an unknown pressure to fall onto Li Yang's shoulders.

When the member of the Freedom Hundred Sequence that Second Page Revival possessed met Li Yang's gaze, a smile of amusement played on her lips, and she sauntered over to him.

Second Page Revival's action astonished Li Yang.

Li Yang felt that with the Mountain River Grain God Bells around, Second Page Revival should be terrified of being noticed by the Goddess of Mercy and the Radiance Federation.

But now, she had the courage to stand within five meters of the Goddess of Mercy.

There was a large gap between Li Yang and the Goddess of Mercy's powers.

If Li Yang was paying attention, even he would be able to sense that something was wrong if he was in such close proximity to Second Page Revival.

Hence, he was certain that the Goddess of Mercy could too.

Yet, she did not.

The change in Second Page Revival made Li Yang feel as though the situation had veered completely off course from his original plan.

He had abandoned Second Page Revival, but she was also not going to uphold her side of the deal.

But eventually, Li Yang decided against exposing Second Page Revival because he knew that both of them had the same goal of taking down the Radiance Federation.

…

A large lamp hung in an enormous castle.

The lamp was not luminous on its own, but the entire hall was almost blindingly bright.

The light came from the crystal heart above the lamp.

The crystal heart seemed to house a ferocious beast that intermittently released a shocking aura.

A string of pearls hung down from the middle of the lamp.

The string of pearls did not look special, but it shone with nine colors. T/his chapter is updat𝓮d by n𝒐v(ê(l) /m

Upon careful inspection, the pearl string was a string of small squares.

It was as though the squares could release dimensions of their own after absorbing a type of power.

Eight large black coffins were positioned in a circle at the center of the enormous hall.

Six of the black coffins were tightly shut, while two were open.

The beautiful girl that just awoken touched the long purplish-black hair behind her. The contrast of her ivory skin and upturned eyes should have made her come across as cold.

But, her small and pretty nose neutralized the coldness of her eyes and made her appear elegant and dignified.

The occasional smile that spread across her face morphed her overall expression into one of slyness.

It was as though a scheme that could bring about the catastrophic destruction of every living thing had just appeared in her mind.

She looked at the figure next to her wrapped in a red robe and said, "Thank you, First Page Crimson! When the little toys are broken, you'll need to step wake up first to take charge of the situation! Although I didn't wake up naturally either but because of the fact that the loss of the Gardener Konjac's seeds will affect The Sleeper's Revival, the fire in my birth horoscope has been ignited! I don't need to sleep anymore. You can sleep a while more! I'll wake you when it's time."

The figure wrapped in a red robe said in a hoarse androgynous voice, "Warbler Candle, don't have too much fun while the seven of us are sleeping. The Sleeper's Revival is not only meant to wake us up faster. Don't get in the way of the larger purpose!"

Second Page Warbler Candle raised her hand and plucked the gold earring from her ear.

She tossed it to the ground before using her broken pointer finger to touch the earring.

Vitality and soul power immediately flowed out from this earring.

Soon, the earring turned into a muscled man wearing golden half-armor.

The man knelt before Second Page Warbler Candle and said, "Mother, please give me an instruction!"

Second Page Warbler Candle frowned slightly. It was as though she hated being called this way.

"You can just call me Lordess Second Page! Sister Falling Rainbow's tower is now called the Tower of Truth. Go to the Startling Lines Continent and bring back the Tower of Truth. When Sister Falling Rainbow wakes up and finds out that her tower's name has changed, she will definitely melt it down and build a new one. There aren't many Endless Scarlet Gold Rocks left. Sister Rainbow cannot be allowed to continue to waste them!"

Second Page Warbler Candle placed her hand on the head of the man kneeling in front of her.

Soon, Second Page Warbler Candle plucked a toy from the man's head. It was a caricature of the man in golden half-armor.

Second Page Warbler Candle casually strung it up on the string around her neck that resembled both a vine and a snake.

It thudded softly when it bumped into the doll of the young girl with gray wings.

First Page Crimson said, "Fifth Page Truth wants to rule over the Startling Lines Continent. He wants to use their resources to charge toward the road to heaven! I want to collect another birth horoscope, so I'll leave him alone for now."

Second Page Warbler Candle said casually, "Crimson, your plan and actions are always so slow!"

Second Page Warbler Candle said to the man in golden half-armor, "If that's the case, go up to the Radiance Federation through the Spatial Transport Mirror. Seek out Sixth Page Lashing, even if the Radiance Federation's royalty ends up noticing you! Then, eliminate him! At that point, you'll be the new Sixth Page! You shall be called Sixth Page Inverse Growth! Before heading to the Radiance Federation, go to the Dimensional Pool and pick a Dictator's body. Consume its bone marrow and turn it into your sacred source lifeform."

First Page Crimson did not comment.

Before he entered his black coffin, he removed his robe.

1700 Precious Sword 4!

In an instant, a red tentacle emerged from the robe.

The red tentacle overshadowed even the blinding golden light coming from the ceiling.

The odor of contamination mesmerized Second Page Warbler Candle, and she relaxedly stretched.

A moment later, the odor of contamination disappeared from the hall.

The string of birth horoscopes hanging from the lamp lit up with golden light that flooded the hall again.

When she saw that First Page Crimson's coffin had closed, Second Page Warbler touched the two toys around her neck and said, "I clearly had more than ten toys before I fell asleep. I can't believe Epoch God Palace broke all of them! Only Little Revival is left. Now that I'm awake after 3,000 years, it's time for the black candle to be relit!"

…

At that moment, a man with righteousness written all over his face appeared in the Spirit Food Pavilion.

It could be said that the entire Radiance Federation was focused on the fight between the teams led by Liu Yifan and the Radiance Federation envoy group.

The Spirit Food Pavilion was at maximum capacity, and there was not even space to sit.

There were many well-to-do families who had booked tables in the Spirit Food Pavilion for the entirety of the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection. During this time, they would leave Star Web as they pleased to eat at the Spirit Food Pavilion before returning to watch the competition.

Time in Star Web passed at the same rate as that of reality. When one second passed in Star Web, one second passed in reality as well.

Hence, Star Web had retained the feeling of hunger and sensitivity to ensure that people did not end up accidentally hurting themselves while they were logged in.

The situation was tense as the Freedom Federation envoy group was in the midst of picking another two disciples of royalty.

Star Web was full of opinions on who they thought was going to get picked. However, no consensus was reached because they had no idea how much power Zong Ze, Gu Lang, and An He actually had, or even what their main feys were.

Their position within a team was also a mystery. Thus, there was no point in guessing.

Hence, most of the comments were about Liu Jie and Xia Qing.

Although more people on Star Web idolized Liu Jie, they did not have high hopes for his performance during the upcoming fight as his fighting style was too mundane. All he did was use his main fey to commandeer a sea of insects.

This technique might work on people who were on the same level as him, but he would be at a disadvantage if he had to face feys that were capable of large-scale attacks.

An example would be Black's sea of sand and the expanding sea of flowers. Liu Jie would be helpless against them.

While the audience on Star Web was watching with their breaths held, the servers and managers in the Spirit Food Pavilion were not allowed to log into Star Web during working hours.

Hence, they rushed up to serve the righteous-looking man.

All of the servers remembered him.

The man ordered a few dishes and sipped on strong wine. He looked like he was waiting for something as he kept palming his phone. T/his chapter is updat𝓮d by n𝒐v(ê(l) /m

This righteous-looking man was Sixth Page Lashing, who had been holed up in Feng Rou's home all this time.

Feng Rou had not visited the Spirit Food Pavilion for four straight days.

This confounded all the servers of the Spirit Food Pavilion.

Feng Rou was usually puffed up on her immense inheritance and the fact that she was a Class 2 Creation Master. As such, she regarded the Spirit Food Pavilion as her food court.

She saw the Spirit Food Pavilion as her main hunting ground for attractive toys.

Even when she found a partner, she could continue to return to the Spirit Food Pavilion to dine.

It was extremely strange for her to disappear for four days.

Sixth Page Lashing had returned to the Spirit Food Pavilion, but Feng Rou was not with him.

The Spirit Food Pavilion's servers were all being eaten up by curiosity.

Is it possible that Feng Rou dumped this man? Feng Rou seemed so interested in him, but it didn't even last a week. It turns out that he's nothing more than a pretty face!

At that moment, Sixth Page Lashing's phone started to ring.

He snapped his fingers and an invisible spirit qi barrier surrounded him in a three-centimeter radius.

This barrier would ensure that no one would overhear Sixth Page Lashing's phone call.

When he picked up the call, a gentle female voice said from the other end, "Ah Shuo, Tower Canon has definitely noticed that you didn't act as per Second Page Revival's deal. This trip to the Radiance Federation is Tower Canon's first important operation. Your lack of cooperation will make it very difficult for the operation to proceed! You infiltrated Tower Canon to find out that secret. Although you haven't uncovered it yet, Captain has decided that you should return! If anything happens to you, our team will lose a main attacker, and the other members will be devastated."

Sixth Page Lashing frowned deeply when he heard this.

He could not remember the last time someone addressed him as 'Ah Shuo', and the name felt very foreign.

However, the captain's decision and the right thing to do were different.

The team might be afraid that he would sacrifice himself, but Sixth Page Lashing could not shake the feeling that there was something very wrong with Second Page Revival.

He had not cooperated with Second Page Revival because he wanted to find out exactly what she was up to.

All the other seven Pages of Tower Canon had resources they could not touch.

So why had Second Page Revival claimed she could use them all? There had to be a reason.

Sixth Page Lashing needed to find out what it was. This would make the past 40 years he had spent as a spy in Tower Canon worth it.

When he came to this decision, Sixth Page Lashing replied, "Xi Cai, don't call me Ah Shuo next time. Address me by our team name, Precious Sword 4! Otherwise, I will be confused. I will return to the team once I have ascertained Second Page Revival's identity."

Sixth Page Lashing hung up without hesitation and took out a Star Web Card.

Normally, a person's Star Web Card had their signature on the back. But Sixth Page Lashing's card did not have it.

Every spirit qi professional who became a Creation Master would obtain a second Star Web Card.