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Chapter 302: Challenging the Seventh Level Mountain Lord
Chapter 302: Challenging the Seventh Level Mountain Lord
In this region, the cultivation techniques seemed to require divided attention, focusing on resisting the corrosive effects of the poison fog.
The martial artists here appeared to be somewhat lacking in raw strength.
Even without the tempering enhancement of the Profound Heaven Mind Decision, Wu Yi and his senior brothers would likely still win against opponents of the same realm.
The Mountain Lord of the sixth level demonstrated techniques with the might of a Sixth Stage Middle Rank cultivator.
In this region, it was known as the Heaven Sun Realm.
But Su Chen felt that this Mountain Lord was not his match.
There was even a noticeable gap between them.
He didn't need to activate the Blade Walker's Heavenly Destiny or forcefully enhance his strength with the Full Moon Divine Art.
He could defeat this sixth-level Mountain Lord.
After understanding this, Su Chen felt a sense of relaxation in his heart.
In fact, the situation in this region was very close to his previous guess.
Outside Anshan Kingdom, poison fog permeated the wilderness.
The poison fog that seeped into the city was relatively mild, but it wasn't completely absent.
The local martial artists had to deal with the poison fog from a young age.
Even with excellent resistance to poison, their physical constitution would still be affected.
Even if the impact was minimal, it would still require a lot of energy and stamina to comprehend poison-resisting techniques.
Due to these accumulated reasons, it was challenging for martial artists in this region to achieve significant improvement.
Reaching the Sixth Stage Mountain Furnace Realm was a one-in-a-million chance.
With this in mind, Su Chen made a decision.
He had some confidence that he could try challenging the seventh level of this Thousand Year Mountain.
He wanted to see the level of Anshan Kingdom's top powerhouses.
If he won, he could go and take a look at the scriptures left behind by the Sage who had ascended to Sainthood.
The third team had already gone up, and they were slightly stronger than the previous team.
There were already two Seventh Stage Profound Realm martial artists in the team, and the other four were all at the Seventh Stage Middle Stage.
The five of them joined forces to challenge the sixth-level Mountain Lord.
Against a Sixth Stage Middle Rank opponent, their raw strength was still significantly inferior.
However, these five worked together seamlessly, and neither could defeat the other.
Their plan was to wear down the Mountain Lord.
After several exchanges, the Mountain Lord seemed to understand their strategy.
Hesitating, the sixth-level Mountain Lord waved his hand, signaling for a ceasefire.
"You have passed. Don't waste my energy any longer.
Otherwise, after you exhaust my energy, I won't be able to stop others."
The sixth-level Mountain Lord seemed quite open-minded.
Throughout the conversation, he maintained a smile.
Seeing this outcome, the surrounding crowd began discussing again.
This team was probably the first this year to pass the sixth-level test.
The five of them descended from the central platform, unconsciously standing tall and proud.
With these two teams gone, the common people and martial artists around became less serious.
The others' raw strength was obviously weaker than these two teams.
The remaining dozen or so teams probably wouldn't challenge the sixth-level Mountain Lord.
There wouldn't be many challenging the fifth level either.
Su Chen's team was in seventh place, ahead of Du Yan's team.
At this moment, three teams had already gone up, and they just needed to wait for three more.
Time was pressing, and after these five left, another team stepped onto the central arena.
The next three teams all challenged the fourth level.
No wonder the fourth-level Mountain Lord had a cold expression; being dragged into continuous tests would annoy anyone.
Next was Su Chen's team.
"Brother Su, should we choose the second or third layer?"
The few who had accompanied Su Chen were already offering their suggestions.
"I have a plan. Just go up and find a corner to wait, and I'll handle the rest."
Su Chen didn't explain too much to them. If he told them he wanted to challenge the seventh layer, it might scare them and cause unnecessary trouble.
Du Yan and Hui Yilian, who were standing nearby, all looked at Su Chen.
Su Chen was fearless in the face of their gazes.
Leading the four team members, he walked straight forward.
"Senior, we challenge the seventh-level Mountain Lord."
"Good, the seventh."
Before Su Chen could finish speaking, the person from the City Lord's Mansion turned his head back and then suddenly turned to look at Su Chen.
"Which layer did you say again?"
Standing on the central arena, Su Chen's light words startled everyone present.
"Senior, you heard right. We want to challenge the seventh layer."
Not only the surrounding commoners and warriors, but even the four team members beside Su Chen were stunned.
"Brother Su..."
"You just hide in the corner, and don't worry about anything else.
Even if you lose, you can still gain something from the first layer.
It's a sure win for you, isn't it?"
Su Chen's words left the four speechless.
What Su Chen said was indeed correct; they were guaranteed a profit.
The crowd began to buzz with voices.
In the past year, Su Chen was the first to challenge the seventh layer.
Many people were unfamiliar with Su Chen, but the four by his side were well-known to many warriors due to their frequent conversations in the taverns.
Everyone was also aware of their skill level.
Various murmurs filled the air, along with laughter and ridicule.
Not far away, Du Yan smiled, seemingly feeling that he had seen through Su Chen's thoughts.
"Knowing you'll lose no matter what, and that you'll lose no matter which layer you challenge, why not challenge the highest layer?
Even if you lose, when you talk about it with others, it will still earn you some face.
Losing on the seventh layer of the Millennium Mountain is completely different from losing on the second layer."
Du Yan spoke loudly, presenting these facts to the surrounding crowd.
"I thought he wasn't smart enough, and his mind was foolish.
Now it seems he has a bit of cleverness.
Losing on the second or third layer would be very embarrassing.
But losing on the seventh layer, on the contrary, saves face."
Du Yan's continuous remarks seemed to be exposing Su Chen's problems to the crowd.
At this moment, the person from the City Lord's Mansion also looked troubled.
"Can you change it to challenge the sixth layer?
I think with your strength, it's not certain..."
Su Chen's face darkened slightly: "Is there a new rule that doesn't allow challenging the seventh layer?"
The person from the City Lord's Mansion didn't know how to respond to this question.
Of course, they could challenge any layer they wanted.
But since no one had challenged the seventh layer in nearly a year, the seventh-level Mountain Lord hadn't even come.
"Then, Sir, you'll have to wait while we inform the seventh-level Mountain Lord."
The people from the City Lord's Mansion looked displeased.
They also agreed with what Du Yan said, thinking that losing to the seventh layer wouldn't be embarrassing.
On the contrary, they could tell others and gain some face.
Even if they knew Su Chen was being unreasonable, they had no choice but to inform the seventh-level Mountain Lord.
The rules were set by them, and as long as they obtained the challenge qualification, they were free to choose which layer to challenge.
The originally intense challenge was suddenly interrupted.
(End of Chapter)
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