Nine Yang Sword God

Hearing Chen Chang He's words, Liu Yu Sheng solemnly nodded his head.    

Suddenly, Liu Yusheng seemed to have thought of something and said, "That's right, Brother Chen, has Hu Little Cannon come looking for trouble with you recently?"    

Chen Changsheng shook his head and replied, "He should know that I defeated Feng Yunxue, so he probably won't dare to find trouble with me."    

Liu Yusheng sighed and said, "A few days ago, when I was on a mission and was on the way home to visit my family, I heard from my uncle that the recent actions of the Hu family were a little strange and seemed to be hiding a big secret. Now, the City Lord's Mansion has sent a special person to secretly investigate the Hu family … Hu Little Cannon should know a little about the Hu Family. Although Hu Little Cannon was a good-for-nothing on the surface, he had his own way of doing things. He was not someone who was easy to mess with … Moreover, there was another piece of news. It was that the Hu Family had recently established a large number of connections and paved the way for Hu Little Cannon to enter the inner sect. That is to say, after this year's outer sect disciple examination, regardless of what rank Hu Xiaobao obtains, he will still enter the inner sect to cultivate. "    

Hearing this, Chen Changyu narrowed his eyes.    

Liu Yusheng's words were a little messy, but if one thought carefully, they would find that these words could be linked together.    

Something big had happened in the Hu family.    

This big incident caused the City Lord's Mansion to investigate them.    

No matter how much the Hu family loved Hu Little Cannon, they would never waste a large amount of their connections to help him out. Furthermore, even if he entered the inner sect, he would still not be Chen Chunyi's match …    

Therefore, the Hu Family's strange behavior was to directly send Hu Little Cannon into the inner sect. This might have something to do with the recent events in the Hu Family.    

So what happened to the Hu Family? Why did they send Hu Little Cannon into the inner sect?    

Could it be that the Hu Family had a plan to help the inner sect, so they let Hu Little Cannon use the excuse of dealing with Chen Chang Mo to enter the Hidden Dragon Gate, and then they used a large amount of connections to help him in the inner sect?    

If they really had plans for the inner sect, then what were they after?    

Was the item they were looking for related to a major event that had recently occurred in the Hu family?    

Chen Chang Mo originally thought that Hu Little Cannon had only entered the Hidden Dragon Gate to deal with him, but now it seemed that … Everything seemed to become complicated and confusing.    

Chen Chang He was not Hu Little Cannon's target at all, but only an excuse for Hu Little Cannon to enter the Hidden Dragon Gate.    

Hu Little Cannon had been a popinjay in the city for so many years, so it made sense for him to join the Hidden Dragon Gate in order to deal with someone who had a grudge with him.    

Chen Chang He's eyes gradually narrowed, he thought to himself: If I was just Hu Little Cannon who joined the Hidden Dragon Gate's springboard, then why did Hu Little Cannon come to the Hidden Dragon Gate? The Hu family was one of the top forces, and the Hidden Dragon Gate was one of the top powers as well. But... What happened to the Hu Family?    

After some thought, Chen Chang Ku felt his mind becoming more and more muddled, so he just shook his head and tossed these thoughts to the back of his mind.    

"Whatever …" The more he thought about it, the more confused he became. What was he trying to do? "Since I'm just a springboard for Hu Little Cannon and he's not here for me, I don't care why he's here!"    

Chen Changsheng shook his head, then turned to Liu Yusheng and said, "Thank you for telling me about this."    

Liu Yusheng said, "It's a small matter."    

Chen Chang Mo nodded his head, and did not continue on the topic, and only cast his gaze towards the light screen.    

At this moment, the numbers on the screen had dropped to 1,423 people. It wasn't too far from the end of the second round of eliminations.    

Due to the presence of Chen Chang He, no one dared to provoke Liu Yu Sheng again. The two of them stood quietly in the corner, and no one dared to approach them, afraid that Chen Chang He would misunderstand their intentions and directly eliminate them from the competition.    

Right now, in the hearts of the people, Chen Changsheng's position of strength was already comparable to the spirit origin realm disciples.    

As time passed, the numbers on the hologram became smaller and smaller.    

"One thousand two hundred and eighteen people."    

"1189 people."    

"142 people."    

"1,089 people."    

"1,037 people …"    

When the number just happened to be fixed at a thousand, the golden light suddenly dissipated, and the second round of the knockout stage ended.    

The Head Elder stood up and announced, "The second round of the knockout stage has ended. All participants that have advanced will receive a mid-grade magic tool."    

Cheers erupted from the square.    

Even though middle-grade magic tools were no longer of use to cultivators of the Spirit Origin Stage, they were still of great use to cultivators of the Spirit Resisting Realm.    

Furthermore, the cultivators of the Spirit Origin Stage were not aiming for a mere mid-grade magic tool, but for entering the top 100, or even the top 10.    

"Now that the second round of the knockout stage is over, the third round of the knockout stage will begin."    

"The third round of the knockout stage will be held in the Endless Lightning Sea Array. Those disciples that can't withstand it can break the jade talisman and leave the array formation. If the array formation is completed, the third round of the knockout stage will be over."    

"Do you understand?"    

A deafening response came from the disciples in the plaza.    

"Understood!"    

The Head Elder nodded in satisfaction. Then, he formed a seal with both hands and muttered an incantation. Streaks of blue light immediately appeared in the air above the plaza.    

"Rise!"    

With a loud shout from the grand elder, a lightning sea formation appeared on the plaza. The thousand disciples standing in the center of the formation immediately appeared.    

Every outer sect disciple had a jade talisman like radiance above their heads. If they were to break it, they would be sent out of the formation.    

With the operation of the endless lightning sea array, the thousand advanced disciples immediately began to withstand the terrifying pressure of the sea of lightning.    

Within the lightning sea, countless lightning snakes were surging. If an ordinary person were to enter the lightning sea, they would instantly turn into charcoal, but the cultivators could use their spirit energy to forcefully endure.    

As soon as the lightning sea array opened, hundreds of people were eliminated.    

In the last free-for-all, there were many people who were assigned to the center of the sea of people. They could easily stay in that position until the end; after all, it was not easy to eliminate them from the center of the sea of people all the way to the edge.    

The purpose of the third round of the elimination round was to eliminate those who took advantage of the situation and tried to put on an act.    

Only the truly strong had the qualifications to participate in the true competition.    

As time passed, some of the cultivators could no longer hold on. They reached out their hands to shatter the jade talismans as they were sent out of the array.    

As for the cultivators at the Spirit Origin Stage, their defensive qi barrier gradually broke down, and they were forced to use their bodies and spirit energy to resist the terrifying power of the sea of lightning.    

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