Monarch Of Time

Chapter 967 The seventh trial: Showdown! (6)

Xuan Bo's steps froze for a moment, before they continued again soon afterwards.

Everyone in the central continent had already heard the rumors of him possessing an 'Immortal-grade bloodline', so it wasn't really surprising that Shun Long would know about it either.

However, Shun Long's last sentence had indeed managed to rouse Xuan Bo's competitive spirit.

''I'm not your match even if I activate my bloodline? I hope you can back up those words when we fight. It will be a shame if you die too quickly!'' Xuan Bo left behind that last sentence as he walked away, before sitting down a few hundred meters away from Shun Long and closing his eyes.

At this point, there was no reason for him to try and provoke Shun Long any further. After all, they were bound to find out which one was stronger between them in just one week.

In fact, Xuan Bo hadn't approached Shun Long with the intention of provoking him either.

He was just a bit curious about this person who had managed to surpass him in the 'Heavenly Rankings' and dethrone him from first place.

Granted, he hadn't shown everything he had during those six trials, but Xuan Bo was already confident that the level of talent he had exhibited was more than enough for him to comfortably occupy that top spot!

As for the surrounding Dao Kings and Dao Emperors, none of them meddled in Shun Long's and Xuan Bo's argument and wisely chose to watch it from the side.

After all, the people left on the mountain peak right now were the ones who hadn't earned a beam of light and were now waiting for the first batch of battles to end before they challenged a beam holder! How could they afford to spare any of their attention to those two who were already guaranteed to pass to the second round? They had more important matters to focus on.

At the same time, Shun Long didn't throw another glance at the distant Xuan Bo, and instead focused on the opponents Liu Mei and the rest had chosen.

Surprisingly, Jiang Chen's target had been the young prince of the Tianxuan dynasty, the one ranked 10th in the 'Heavenly Rankings', Xuan Long. Although Xuan Bo's younger brother had been eclipsed by his brother's monstrous talent, at the end of the day he was also a genius ranked in the 'Heavenly Rankings' and the third most talented Dao King according to the 'White Tiger chamber of commerce'!

As for Xingyi, she had chosen to go after a woman called Ming Xia who was ranked 9th in the 'Heavenly Rankings'. From the familiar red dress she was wearing and the pattern of the sun engraved on its back, Shun Long could tell that this woman was most likely related to Ming Guo whom he had met on the third floor, and was also a member of the ancient Ming family!

Most likely, her strength was not inferior to Xuan Long's.

However, the most astonishing choice was without a doubt, Liu Mei's. The person she had chosen as her opponent was someone whom Shun Long had met a long time ago, before even entering the 'City of Immortals'.

It was a beautiful white-robed young woman with luscious black hair that cascaded down her shoulders like a waterfall. Although Shun Long had only met this woman once, while he was still in the 'King's Palace', the impression she had left on him was so vivid, that he recognized her with just a glance.

After all, this woman was someone who dared to order even the Northern Sovereign around and was the disciple of one of the secluded old monsters of the central continent, young lady Niu!

Back then, just like Shun Long, young lady Niu had also been a peak rank 9 Nascent Soul stage cultivator who had entered the 'King's Palace' to break through to the Dao King realm.

And yet, in just that short amount of time, she had somehow broken through to become a peak rank 9 Dao King as well, and was now even ranked 6th in the 'Heavenly Rankings'!

Of course, with the person standing behind her, Shun Long knew that such a feat wasn't too difficult in the end.

A powerful, renowned 'Earth Immortal' like young lady Niu's master could easily gather a bunch of treasures that would allow his disciple to breakthrough from the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, all the way to the peak of the Dao King realm in a few short years.

Although relying on external treasures such as alchemy pills or natural treasures was generally frowned upon since it wasn't as good as absorbing the pure spiritual qi in the air and could even harm a person's foundations, young lady Niu didn't seem to have suffered any side effects at this point, and had even managed to make a name for herself in the 'City of Immortals'.

''Master, there is no need to worry. Although that little girl's cultivation isn't unstable, it's obvious that she has merely consumed a few natural treasures similar to that 'Sun-blessed rock' to increase her strength. Instead of absorbing the pure immortal qi in this place to temper her foundations, it seems that she spent most of her time searching for opportunities. In the end, she doesn't have a chance against master's wife in a direct fight.''

Inside the foggy space in the 'Stone of Time', Little Black said in a calm voice as he observed young lady Niu's and Liu Mei's disappearing figures.

Indeed, Little Black had already seen through young lady Niu's way of cultivating, causing the black dragon to shake his head in clear disappointment.

Although the beautiful white-robed woman had caught up to Shun Long and the rest in her cultivation, it was obvious that she had pushed herself too far before entering the 'City of Immortals', and had neglected tempering her foundations in favor of short-term gains.

Although the result wasn't apparent just yet, how could Little Black possibly miss that detail?

After all, the best way to cultivate was through absorbing the immortal qi in the 'City of Immortals' to temper one's foundations. If someone did the opposite and instead just looked around the place searching for fortuitous opportunities, they were essentially butchering their own future. At the the very least, the current 'young lady Niu' couldn't possibly compare to Liu Mei and the rest who had spent years absorbing the purified immortal qi back in the 'Endless Desert'!

Nodding his head, Shun Long had also come to the same conclusion as Little Black. Although young lady Niu was talented, the spiritual qi inside her dantian couldn't possibly rival the thick immortal qi that Liu Mei and the others had absorbed in the past couple of years!

...

And indeed, half an hour later, the two young women's familiar figures were the first ones to appear back on the mountain peak, drawing the gazes of all the surrounding Dao Kings and Dao Emperors in the vicinity. However, the result of their fight was vastly different from what those people had expected.

As the two stunning young women materialized out of thin air, a stifling silence enveloped the vast mountain peak, as everyone stared at them with gazes filled with astonishment, confusion, and finally... disbelief.

Liu Mei was now enveloped in a large white beam of light, while young lady Niu knelt on the ground gasping for breath, her pristine white robes full of sharp cuts exposing her flawless body for everyone to see.

The young woman stared at Liu Mei with both anger and unwillingness in her clear eyes, but at this point, the result of their fight was crystal clear. Young lady Niu was the one who had lost!