Chapter 57: A Shocking Ranking

One day passed, then another. The formations inside the training room continued operating quietly while Long Feng remained immersed in cultivation.

Boom!

On the morning of the third day, a powerful aura suddenly erupted from the training room.

The spiritual energy surrounding Long Feng surged violently before being drawn back into his body. His tightly closed eyes slowly opened. A sharp glint flashed through them.

Fourth level of the Golden Core Realm!

Long Feng clenched his fist.

A powerful feeling surged through his body.

After two days of continuous cultivation, he had finally broken through the bottleneck separating the third and fourth levels of the Golden Core Realm. He could clearly feel that his strength had increased once again.

Long Feng stood up and stretched his body, feeling the powerful muscles beneath his robes. A faint smile appeared on his face.

"Not bad."

In just a few days, his body had been strengthened, his cultivation had advanced, and he had mastered an Earth-rank martial technique.

His preparations for the Inner Disciple Ranking Tournament were becoming more and more complete.

Long Feng opened the training room door and walked out.

The final day of the Inner Disciple Ranking Tournament had finally arrived. The once-chaotic square was even more crowded than before.

Long Feng walked through the gathering of disciples and once again saw the enormous ranking board towering over the square.

The names on it continued to shift as the final few disciples completed their tests.

His eyes narrowed slightly as he found the number of disciple name there was three thousand one hundred fifteen names.

There were only around three thousand inner disciples in the Azura Heaven Sect, that means most of disciple had already left their names on the ranking board.

"Feels like only a few unique characters like me are left now."

Long Feng glanced around. Compared with the first day, the atmosphere was completely different.

There were far fewer disciples waiting to test themselves. Most people were now focused on increase their ranking.

The final day was when the competition truly became intense.

Long Feng slowly walked toward the Azura Sky Pillar. His appearance didn’t attract much attention.

Most disciples were currently watching the battle platforms surrounding the square, while others were focused on the changes near the top of the ranking board.

To them, another disciple coming to test his strength wasn’t particularly interesting.

Long Feng stood before the enormous pillar. Looked up close at its ancient surface, the Azura Sky Pillar appeared even more ancient. Its surface was covered with countless mysterious patterns that seemed to have existed for countless years.

There was no obvious pressure coming from it. Yet beneath that calm exterior, Long Feng could faintly sense an indescribably profound power.

He took a deep breath and slowly raised his left hand.

"Let’s see where I stand."

He didn’t intend to hold anything back.

His physique had already been tempered multiple times. His Top-tier Mortal Body was far stronger than an ordinary cultivator’s body.

Moreover, he even used his Hell Python Flame and powerful soul power, and circulated all of these powers simultaneously.

All of these forces gradually converged toward his left hand.

Boom!

A terrifying aura suddenly erupted from his body. The surrounding spiritual energy trembled.

His left arm slowly changed into demon claw.

Crimson-black energy wrapped around his palm. His fingers gradually became sharper, and faint blood-red patterns spread across his skin. In an instant, his hand looked like the claw of a terrifying demon.

Sky Demon Claw!

The aura coming from his hand became increasingly frightening. He gathered every bit of strength into his left hand, before punched.

BOOM!!!

The instant his fist struck the Azura Sky Pillar, an enormous explosion resounded throughout the square.

The pillar’s surface trembled slightly under the terrifying shockwave spread outward. Several disciples nearby were forced to take several steps backward.

"What’s happening?"

"Who just attacked the pillar?"

The sudden disturbance immediately attracted attention. Countless gazes turned toward the pillar. At the same time, the enormous ranking board suddenly flashed and one name appeared, before moving upward with fast speed.

2,000th!

1,000th!

500th!

200th!

The surrounding disciples stared in disbelief.

"He’s still rising!"

"How strong was that attack?!"

The name continued climbing before finally settle upon the ninety eight position.

The entire square became strangely quiet. For several breaths, nobody spoke before a sudden commotion break out.

"He’s ranked ninety-eighth?!"

"Who is Long Feng?"

"Wait? Why is he seems only at the fourth level Golden Core Realm?"

Long Feng lowered his hand. The blood-red energy around his palm gradually disappeared.He calmly looked toward the ranking board.

98. Long Feng.

A faint smile appeared on his face. Not bad! His current strength had indeed reached another level.

From other people’s conversations, he learned that disciples ranked around him were almost all peak seventh-level Golden Core Realm experts.

In other words, the ranking board had placed him among cultivators whose cultivation was several levels above his own.

A fourth-level Golden Core Realm cultivator had actually entered the top hundred.

That alone was enough to shock many people!

The Azura Heaven Sect had never lacked geniuses. The inner disciples gathered here were all outstanding figures within their respective regions.

And among those geniuses, there were naturally people capable of fighting opponents above their cultivation realm, but crossing several levels was still extremely rare.

"Who is he?"

"I’ve never heard of him before."

"How could such a genius remain outside the top hundred until now?"

The discussions became louder.

Long Feng merely listened quietly, but didn’t put on air. He knew that the ranking board wasn’t a perfect measurement of his true strength.

A person’s true strength is not just raw power; in a fight, many other factors also decide the win.

At this moment, another figure entered the square. It was none other than Ye Wuxie.

He had arrived at precisely the right time. He had originally intended to test his strength today. After all, the final day was the best opportunity to make his name known.

But the moment he entered the square, he noticed something unusual.

There were far more people than expected were gathered around the ranking board. This made Ye Wuxie frowned slightly.

"What’s going on?"

He walked toward the crowd.

Most of the disciples had already completed their initial tests, so why were so many people still staring at the ranking board?

He casually stopped beside a disciple and asked him about this. But the disciple looked at him strangely.

"You don’t know?"

"Know what?" Ye Wuxie’s brows furrowed.

"A genius just appeared."

The disciple pointed toward the ranking board.

"He is only at the fourth level of the Golden Core Realm, yet his attack actually pushed him into the top hundred. He’s currently ranked ninety-eighth."

Ye Wuxie’s eyes narrowed slightly.

"Fourth level of the Golden Core Realm?"

A trace of surprise appeared in Ye Wuxie’s eyes, but it quickly disappeared.

So what if he can cross three minor realms?

Ye Wuxie had always been confident in his own strength. He had fought opponents several levels above himself before.

To him, crossing three minor realms was impressive, but it wasn’t enough to make him feel threatened.

Still, he became somewhat curious about this mysterious genius and followed the disciple’s gaze toward the ranking board.

However, before he could see the name clearly, his gaze suddenly landed on a familiar figure standing near the Azura Sky Pillar.

Ye Wuxie’s eyes narrowed.

That man...

He recognized him immediately. It was the young man he had seen beside Su Qingxue, the same man who had appeared in the cave.

Ye Wuxie had never forgotten his face. He had even wondered about his identity afterward, but he had never known his name.

Now, seeing him standing in the middle of the crowd, Ye Wuxie couldn’t help but frown. ℴℴ𝘮

"Could it be that he’s the genius they were talking about?"

Just then, the surrounding disciples’ excited voices reached his ears.

"Did you see that? His name shot all the way to the top hundred!"

"Yeah! Long Feng, ninety-eighth place!"

"Fourth-level Golden Core Realm and already ranked ninety-eighth. That’s incredible!"

Ye Wuxie’s expression changed slightly.

’Long Feng... So that was his name.’

His gaze shifted toward the ranking board.

98. Long Feng.

Ye Wuxie stared at the name for a moment before looking back at the figure standing below the pillar. So this was the man who had been beside Su Qingxue.

A faint trace of displeasure appeared in his eyes.

He had originally thought that the man was merely someone accompanying Su Qingxue.

He hadn’t expected him to possess such strength. He had to admit that this result was somewhat unexpected.

But it still wasn’t enough to make him take Long Feng seriously.

At that moment, Long Feng also noticed Ye Wuxie. Their gazes met across the crowd.

Long Feng’s lips slowly curled upward. A faint, provocative smile appeared on his face.

Ye Wuxie’s expression darkened. The smile was unmistakable.

He had to take a deep breath to calm his surging anger in his heart.

Fine, since Long Feng wanted to attract attention so badly, he would show him what a true genius was capable of.

He stepped toward the Azura Sky Pillar, raised his hand and attacked with some kind of fist technique.

The ranking board flashed as a new name appeared on it.

Ye Wuxie looked at the ranking board. His name also went up with fast speed and settled within the top thousand. A faint smile appeared on his face.

He had deliberately held back. If he used some of his trump cards, his ranking could undoubtedly rise much higher. But that would attract far too much attention.

There was no need. This ranking was already enough to secure his place in the Azure Wilderness Trial.

That was the opportunity he truly cared about.