Chapter 516: Chapter 0511: Test of the Holy Land

Two months later, Chen Yu came to Liuhe Mountain with six others from the No Demon Academy.

At the mountaintop, there was an old elder, along with six people from Yunyang Academy.

Upon seeing the seven from the No Demon Academy, the elder sighed inwardly. This time, during the selection for the Holy Land members, No Demon Academy had actually sent one more participant than Yunyang Academy, which caused quite a stir and allowed No Demon Academy to reach a reputation on par with that of the leading Yunyang Academy.

Not long after, the people from Sky Sword Academy and Sky Star Academy arrived in full force.

Twenty people, not one less!

“Where’s the Great Elder?”

Someone voiced their confusion.

“The Great Elder is very busy, just follow me.”

The elder’s voice was very calm.

He slapped his storage bag, pulling out a small blue boat. The blue boat was made of steel, with a simple yet exquisite design, complete with a flag bearing a mysterious pattern.

“Let’s go.”

The elder shouted lowly, and all of them got onto the blue boat as if by agreement.

Whoosh!

The blue boat sped away, with waves rolling violently on both sides, its speed incredibly fast.

“This flying artifact’s speed is nearly that of the Late Guiyuan Realm.”

The geniuses were astounded.

Furthermore, there was a protective barrier around the blue boat, shielding everyone inside from any disturbance.

The blue boat first arrived at the Transmission Array of Yunyang Holy Mansion, teleporting to a mansion in the far north.

Sacred Heart Sea, a major forbidden area in the Kunyun Realm, no one was allowed to enter at will.

Above the Sacred Heart Sea, the azure clouds stretched for thousands of miles, and the seawater was clear and transparent. It was like a mirror, reflecting the sky above.

Suddenly, a blue boat appeared amidst the sea, moving rapidly towards the distant horizon. It was the old elder and the group of talents setting out from Yun Zhao Country.

Half a day later, a mountain peak shrouded in a golden-blue glow appeared before everyone’s eyes.

Only after getting closer did they realize that the mountain was astoundingly huge, with no end in sight.

“This is Kunyun Sacred Land?”

“The Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi is so rich!”

The geniuses were thrilled.

The boat’s speed slowed, parting the clouds and mists as it slowly sailed in.

As soon as everyone passed through the layer of golden-blue radiance, they immediately felt the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi grow even richer.

In the distance, magnificent and majestic palaces and pavilions were situated on this vast island, the higher one looked up, the more grand and lofty the buildings appeared, evoking longing.

The boat reached the side of a lake, which was blood-red and emitted a scent of blood.

As they disembarked, the group saw another cluster of young people and a woman dressed in palace attire.

“Elder Yun, are these the people from your Yun Zhao Country?”

The woman in palace attire revealed an extremely elegant smile.

On the way here, the elder had told them all that this time the sacred land would not only select twenty people from Yun Zhao Country but also had chosen twenty from each of the other two countries.

Now, the twenty men and women behind this woman in palace attire were the proud talents from Chi Xiao Kingdom.

The geniuses from the two countries sized each other up, their gazes varying from solemn to dismissive to indifferent.

The three ancient countries of the Kunyun Realm had ongoing conflicts and rarely interacted, so they did not recognize each other. But none of them wanted to be outdone by a great country’s talents.

“There are even cultivators below the Guiyuan Realm.”

A bald man from Chi Xiao Kingdom sneered.

His words made others look at Yu Bu Yu with disdain.

Could it be that Yun Zhao Country was out of people? That even cultivators below the Guiyuan Realm came running over?

Hearing this, many of the geniuses from Yun Zhao Country felt embarrassed.

The woman in palace attire’s phoenix eyes gazed intently, scrutinizing Yu Bu Yu.

Being selected for the sacred land was a decision made by the Great Elder; in other words, the Great Elder saw something in this girl.

Almost everyone here was from the Guiyuan Realm, and only Yu Bu Yu held the lowest cultivation level, her face filled with timidity as she hid behind Yuan Chen and Chen Yu.

“Heh, the ‘talents’ from Chi Xiao Country are nothing special.”

Chen Yu spoke coldly.

“What did you say?”

Someone from Chi Xiao immediately shouted back.

The rest also looked at Chen Yu with anger and displeasure.

“I’m saying you are truly ignorant. She’s not even twenty years old yet, and she has already achieved such a realm. Among you, who reached the Late Innate before the age of twenty?”

Chen Yu said coldly.

Talents rarely got along with each other, and conflict was inevitable.

Moreover, Chen Yu could tell that the elder and the woman in palace attire had a bad relationship, so he had nothing to worry about.

“Hahaha, a bunch of ignorant children!”

Fu Sanguang burst into laughter, joining in.

He considered himself the leader among Yun Zhao’s people and naturally wanted to rebuke the insult from Chi Xiao’s geniuses.

Besides, he also rather enjoyed helping people, of course–only beautiful women.

The twenty people from Chi Xiao looked at each other, pondering for a moment, but truly could not find one among them.

This made each of them feel as if they lost face since they were the ones who sneered first, but in the end, Chen Yu’s rebuttal left them speechless.

Unkind glances swept over from Chi Xiao, with a few making Chen Yu feel somewhat uncomfortable, alerting him to be cautious.

At that moment, another blue boat flew in from the distance. The leader was a rough big man, and those twenty talents must undoubtedly be from Manrong Country.

The talents from the three countries examined each other, but nothing could be discerned at a glance; the strength of their abilities was not something that could be easily judged.

“You two got here really fast.”

The rough big man’s voice was very loud, somewhat piercing to the ear.

“You are too slow,” the aged elder said in a low, slow voice.

Everyone present could tell that the relationship among the people from the three Holy Lands was not friendly.

Of course, the geniuses from their respective Three Kingdoms were also quite unfriendly toward each other.

“Come in, all of you.”

Suddenly, a voice containing endless oppressiveness echoed between heaven and earth, shaking the hearts of all who heard it and inciting a sense of reverence.

Whoosh!

The fog ahead parted to reveal a staircase paved with jade stones, and farther on stood a towering blue gate.

As they approached, the blue gate exerted a formidable pressure that quickened their breaths and instilled fear at the mere sight.

Above the blue gate, there was a round blue circle pattern with four blue lines extending from both sides, giving it a mysterious and odd appearance.

Boom!

As the gate opened, the grand and imposing aura burst forth with even greater intensity, like a tsunami bearing down, forcing everyone to lean backward and grit their teeth to endure.

Behind the gate, the Great Elder floated in midair, gazing indifferently at the sixty geniuses below.

“As long as you pass through this gate, you will all become candidates for the Kunyun Sacred Land. At the foot of Kunyun Mountain, there are seventy-eight caves. Although they are all at the foot of the mountain, there is a hierarchy among them. Choose freely.”

The Great Elder’s majestic voice reverberated.

“A hierarchy? Choose freely?”

The sixty geniuses present all understood the insinuation in the Great Elder’s words.

“This is probably a test,” Yun Yingwu said, his eyes narrowing slightly as he became serious.

“Go and choose,” said the Great Elder indifferently.

In the next moment:

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

All sixty geniuses surged forward.

However, they did not know the nature of the blue gate. Not only did it possess an astonishing oppressiveness, but as they passed through it, they also faced significant resistance.

Suddenly, the mysterious pattern above the blue gate flickered with a deep blue light, emanating a strong and profound spiritual fluctuation that swept over everyone’s minds, impacting them.

When this spiritual fluctuation brushed past him, Chen Yu felt as if it was probing something within him and emitting a fearsome and solemn murderous intent that made his spirit waver.

“What is this?”

Chen Yu wondered but didn’t meddle further. He activated his Secret Pattern Demon Body, attempting to pass through the gate quickly.

He was here for the opportunity.

But opportunity wasn’t given by others; it was fought for!

Suddenly, the expression of the Great Elder in front changed drastically, exuding a pressure akin to divine might.

“Those who harbor ill intentions toward the Holy Land, be executed!”

The Great Elder’s voice was deep and cold.

Execution!

In the void, primordial qi surged and transformed into a character “Execution,” rushing forward at great speed, giving no time to react.

Then a scream was heard. A man from Manrong Country was struck by this character, blood spraying wildly as he was thrown a hundred meters away and fell into a blood lake.

This scene horrified the other fifty-nine people. Why had the Great Elder suddenly killed someone?

And the method of killing was so powerful; just by uttering a word, he had instantly killed a cultivator of the Late Guiyuan Realm!

“Anyone who harbors ill intentions toward the Holy Land shall not pass through this door!” the Great Elder shouted again.

The fifty-nine people below were all tense, their hearts beating frantically, with only fear in their minds.

Outside the gate, Gong Shang and the aged elder maintained indifferent expressions, while the burly man let out a sigh.

The Holy Land had its own set of rules for selecting members, starting with the elimination of those with ulterior motives. Once discovered, they are immediately executed.

At the same time, this would deter others, causing those with deeper concealment to show themselves and be exposed.

“There’s another one.”

As if sensing something, the Great Elder suddenly fixed his gaze on an ordinary-looking woman from Chi Xiao Kingdom.

“No…”

Originally pale with fright, the woman cried out in horror when the Great Elder’s gaze fell upon her.

“Execution!”

The Great Elder uttered the word lightly.

Boom!

A massive, invisible force struck the woman, sending her flying a hundred meters away and transforming her into a blood corpse that fell into the blood lake.

At that moment, a red-haired man with red eyes from Chi Xiao Kingdom passed through the blue gate and flew toward the distance.

Swoosh!

A flash of purple light followed, with Fu Sanguang swiftly closing in, seemingly with the potential to surpass.

“Here I come.”

A dark-skinned youth shouted sternly, like a ferocious beast breaking free from the gate’s constraints.

Then, one after the other,

Swoosh! Swoosh!

Several more geniuses pushed through the door, with Chen Yu among them.

The Secret Pattern Demon Body offered great resistance to any force, and even so, there were still a few who passed quicker than Chen Yu, proving that there were many astonishing talents in the other great nations.

After passing through the gate, the sense of oppressive aura faded, replaced by a gravity as heavy as mountains.

The red-haired man, Fu Sanguang, and the dark-skinned youth all slowed down, running close to the ground at great speed.

The geniuses who emerged from behind them immediately felt their bodies sink and landed on the ground matter-of-factly.

Ahead of these contenders, the Great Elder floated with ease, creating a stark contrast between them, much like the phrase “one in heaven and one on earth,” showing just how great the disparity was!