Eternal Heavenly Emperor

After his soul transversed to Sky Martial Star, Chu Hao had encountered many trials and countless enemies, but he had always come out on top.

Except for once.

He was first deceived by Nangong Rou into being a bait, almost got eaten by the Green Scales Berserk Snake, and was played around in the Eternal Spirit Sect's treasure vault, nearly getting trapped to death inside.

This woman, not only masterfully artful, extremely good at acting, was also ruthless and decisive, truly a tyrant.

As long as she could succeed, she did not care how much blood of the innocent was spilled.

She actually came!

That's right, she had obtained the Minor Formless Mysterious Skill for over a year now, and with her intelligence and wit, she should have fully comprehended this cultivation technique by now, plus the Nangong Family likely had some foundation, her cultivation must have greatly improved.

If she could rank in the Fledgling Dragon List, she would be able to receive the baptism of the Dragon Pool, a huge benefit, how could she miss it?

Like in the last Fledgling Dragon List, Tianhe County only had Jin Yunlin who received this benefit, and he was also the first among the Four Talented to break through to Martial Sect, the reason behind it probably had a lot to do with the baptism of the Dragon Pool.

However, now Nangong Rou was too far from him, he could not sense her aura, and thus could not judge her realm.

He stood up.

"What's wrong?" Fu Xue asked while twirling and dancing, as she questioned Chu Hao.

"Ran into an acquaintance, going over to say hello," Chu Hao said casually, as he walked towards Nangong Rou.

This time, the Barbaric Girl didn't follow him, but was busily gobbling down the beast meat.

After approaching closer, Nangong Rou immediately sensed his presence, stopped her breathing exercise, and opened a pair of beautiful eyes.

"It turns out to be Brother Chu." She glanced at him, a slight smile hooking at the corner of her mouth, exuding an air of immense confidence.

Three Meridians Martial Sect.

Chu Hao said in his mind, this woman's cultivation progress was indeed not slow, she had at least caught up to Jin Yunlin, the former number one person of Tianhe County. He also showed a smile, saying, "Previously I received Miss Nangong's care, and it has been on my mind ever since, now I finally have the chance to repay it."

That was, of course, sarcasm, only reserved for enemies would one have such a "deep impression."

Nangong Rou was naturally unafraid. Chu Hao was merely a Single-Meridian Martial Sect, what waves could he make in front of her, a Three Meridians? She said, "I thought Brother Chu had died on the island, didn't expect you to see the light of day again."

She paused, her voice turning chilling, "Brother Chu, if I were you, I would choose to be wise and protect myself, not recklessly throw away my life."

Chu Hao smiled faintly, clearly, she wanted to silence him to keep the secret of the Minor Formless Mysterious Skill. He had no interest in wasting words with a viper-like woman and said directly, "If there's a chance to cross hands, I will take your life."

"Hahahaha!" Nangong Rou suddenly burst into laughter, what a huge joke it was. A Single-Meridian wants to kill a Three Meridians? Even if you were a Ten Meridians martial master who had made a breakthrough, so what? You should know that she had reached Nine Meridians before advancing to Martial Sect.

Chu Hao turned away to leave, as it was not possible to fight here, saying more was useless.

Watching Chu Hao's retreating figure, a murderous intent clearly surfaced in Nangong Rou's eyes, her slender jade fingers involuntarily twitching, a sign of her urge to kill.

Returning to Fu Xue and Yun Cai's side, he saw that the large leg of the ferocious beast from before had been devoured to nothing more than a pile of bones on the ground, while the Barbaric Girl sat to one side, patting her belly contently.

Does this girl's belly have no bottom? Despite eating so much, her stomach didn't seem to bulge at all.

"Let's go, burp," Fu Xue also stopped, but a burst of fire still spit out from her mouth, showing that the essence of the beast meat hadn't been fully digested yet.

Three hours had passed, and Luo Ping had not appeared at all, obviously having been eliminated.

To know, Luo Ping had always been the second-ranked person in Yunliu Sect, but he couldn't even pass the basic test of the Fledgling Dragon List, showing just how cruel it was.

The three of them started to walk.

Soon, a narrow alley appeared in front of them, with wooden figures seemingly standing guard at the entrance. Similarly, a sign was erected at the entrance, reading: "Pass through the Wooden Figure Array within ten minutes to pass."

Chu Hao immediately thought of the Ancient Training Ground, those wooden figures that no matter how you hit, could not be destroyed, was it similar here?

There sure were a lot of strange things in Ancient Times.

"I'll go first!" Fu Xue was the first to leap over, entering the alley.

As soon as she entered, a ripple-like light screen blocked the way, clearly only one person was allowed to pass at a time, while others could only watch from the outside.

The Female Tyrannosaurus moved in large strides, rampaging through the alley, taking only three minutes to pass through.

When she had passed, the obstructive light screen immediately disappeared.

The Barbaric Girl was the second to enter. She was even more domineering than Fu Xue, with no intention of dodging at all, the wooden figures that attacked were blasted away with her fist. As she made her way, it was as if wooden figures rained from the sky, thudding and crashing along the path.

If comparing physical conditioning alone, Body Cultivation overwhelmed same realm Star Force Cultivators by several streets.

In less than a minute, she appeared on the other side of the alley.

The screen dissipated, and it was Chu Hao's turn.

He walked in, and whoosh, a wooden figure immediately swung its double arms to strike.

Boom, Chu Hao caught a blow and swiftly had a measure of their strength: the wooden figures were equivalent to a Single-Meridian Martial Sect.

It's not to say that Eight Meridians martial masters certainly couldn't pass, but they definitely didn't qualify to brute-force their way through, they had to make full use of the wooden figures' inability to leave their original spot and maneuver around them.

After this trial, it was foreseeable that the number of martial masters would drastically decrease, but for Martial Sects… if any Martial Sect got eliminated in the first two trials, they would be truly inferior.

Similarly, in less than a minute, Chu Hao passed through the Wooden Figure Array.

Since it didn't take much effort, this time they didn't rest and immediately continued onwards.

Soon, a large hall appeared in front. After entering, they saw that there were already over a hundred people inside—Yuan Tiangang, Ling Dongliu, and others were conspicuously among them. Clearly, the preliminary tests were over, and next was the official ranking battle.

However, since people were still arriving, it was obvious they had to wait.

Everyone was patient, this could take up to three days at most, after which the two passageways in the arena would close.

Fighting was still prohibited here, so although many were old rivals, at this moment they could only glare at each other, none willing to start a fight now and lose the chance of a Dragon Pool baptism.

As time went on, more and more people arrived, but compared to the total number of entries, the proportion was pathetically small.

Two days later, there were only 167 people in the hall.

Although there was one more day, it was clear that not many more would come.

Another day passed, and the total number of people here settled at 185.

Buzzing, streams of light surged over, enveloping all 185 people simultaneously. Faced with this sudden change, Chu Hao, the Barbaric Girl, Fu Xue, and others naturally showed a cautious demeanor, while people like Yuan Tiangang, Ling Dongliu, and the like remained unchanged.

Seeing them so calm, the others also relaxed—the prodigies of the last Fledgling Dragon List had all been like this, clearly they had all experienced it before, which is why they were so composed.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh, everyone felt a blur before their eyes and found themselves in a separate small cottage. From here, one could see the arena, and the viewpoint was even overlooking it, as if they were on the clouds.

The room was empty, not even a chair, and what was stranger still, there were no windows or doors, just a transparent wall through which they could observe the outside.

A line of text suddenly appeared on the wall. The wording was a bit strange, and it took Chu Hao a while to grasp the general meaning.

Next, every person would have to fight against the other 184 participants, and the final ranking of the 185 people would be determined by the number of victories. The top 108 would make it onto the Fledgling Dragon List and earn the chance of a Dragon Pool baptism.

There would be a half-hour rest after every fight, and each fight wouldn't exceed half an hour; any that did were considered draws.

Thus, theoretically, this ranking battle could last up to 184 hours, which is about seven days.

One hundred and eighty-four battles in seven days, this was intense.

There would be gambling and tactics involved because the rest and adjustment time was limited. If one stubbornly fought to the death with a strong adversary, it was highly probable they would lose several consecutive matches afterward, perhaps even to someone they would normally defeat.

Swipe, Chu Hao felt a blur before his eyes, and he was already in the arena, but different from what he had seen before, this was many times smaller.

Clearly, many battles would be conducted simultaneously, not just one by one, so it would be impossible to finish in just seven days.

His opponent also appeared.

This was a very burly young man with a wide back and a thick waist, actually wearing metallic battle armor and radiating silver light. With Chu Hao's eyesight, he could immediately tell it was a Treasure Armor.

Armor-type Treasure Artifacts were very rare, as most methods of crafting such artifacts had been lost and the artisans who could make them were exceedingly scarce; thus, those who obtained them were even more scarce.

"I don't need to know your name, just surrender quietly, it's better for you," the young man said in an imperious tone.

How arrogant, thinking he was invincible just because he had a Treasure Armor?

Chu Hao smiled and said, "I'm not interested in your name either. Let's fight without reservations, and I promise to make you kneel and sing 'Conquest'."

"Insolent!" the young man shouted sharply and leapt towards Chu Hao fiercely.

Chu Hao had no intention of wasting time. Who knew what sort of opponent he would face in the next round? Some fellows were indeed very strong, and he did not dare to be careless at all.

Quick battle, quick decision.

He lunged forward, boom boom boom boom, fists raining down in succession.

The young man, merely a Single-Meridian Martial Sect, could not fend off Chu Hao's assault and was repeatedly struck. He was unfazed, counting on his armor, which not even a Three-Meridians Martial Sect might break through, let alone a Single-Meridian like Chu Hao.

But under Chu Hao's seventeen continuous punches, the armor actually shattered to pieces.

The young man's face showed shock as he was sent flying with a punch from Chu Hao.(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets at qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)