C48 Challenging the Puppet Tower

All the Outer Sect disciples were gathered in the open space beside the Puppet Tower.

The Head Elder stood in front and waited for the arena to quieten down before he said:

"The first round of the Large Competition, the elimination match of the Puppet Tower.

"The rules are the same as the previous years. Enlightenment Stage disciples must clear the first layer.

Qi Gathering Stage disciples must clear the third layer before they can be considered qualified.

If your results are not qualified, the sect will reduce your monthly cultivation resources.

In addition, the top twenty of the clearing result will be the top twenty of the Large Competition. They can participate in the following duels.

Let's begin! "

After saying that, he and Zan Guangji walked to a stone bench by the side and sat down to watch.

"Disciples who are participating in the Large Competition, come and line up! Disciples who are not participating, go to the outer area!"

A few deacons walked out and said in a clear voice.

After that, under the arrangements of the deacons, the disciples began to line up.

Although the Puppet Tower occupied a few hundred meters, the internal space was not very large.

It could not accommodate nearly two thousand disciples at once.

Therefore, they needed to be divided into small groups and enter in batches.

The old disciples naturally needed to participate, or else they would be cut off from the cultivation resources.

The new disciples could choose freely.

In the end, only Ruan Xiude, Deng Xingyuan, and some other potential disciples, as well as some new disciples who thought that their strength was still acceptable, participated.

The old disciples were not surprised by this.

They did not care about it.

This was how it was in the past. The new disciples would only be there for a while, and it was impossible for them to enter the top twenty.

Because every one of the top twenty was at the Peak of Qi Gathering Stage.

They were all experts at the peak of Qi Gathering Stage.

It was impossible for the new disciples to reach such a realm.

Even if there was a genius like Ruan Xiude in this year's competition, things would not be different.

Soon, they lined up.

The two hundred of them formed a team, and there were about ten teams.

Each team had one top ten expert of Outer Sect.

Ruan Xiude was in the seventh team.

"Team one, go in. Remember, you have at most fifteen minutes. The same goes for the other teams!"

The deacons stood at the front and ordered.

The two hundred disciples of Team One rushed towards the Puppet Tower's gate.

The disciples' gazes fell on the top ten experts of Outer Sect, Zhong Qian, who was in the first team.

As the disciples of Team One rushed into the Puppet Tower, many sounds came from inside the tower.

In a short while, fifteen minutes passed.

The disciples of Team One were all expelled, and only two of them passed the Puppet Tower.

As expected, they all reached the peak of Qi Gathering Stage. One of them was Zhong Qian, and the other was also a famous expert of Outer Sect.

In the crowd, Ruan Xiude raised his eyebrows.

He did not expect that the difficulty of the Puppet Tower was not small.

Only the top ten of Outer Sect could pass it.

"Second team, you guys go in!"

The deacon ordered.

Immediately, the second team of disciples rushed into the Puppet Tower.

Very quickly, the results of the second team came out.

Similarly, only two people passed the test.

"Third team, enter!"

The deacon's cold voice sounded again.

But this time, there was a slight fluctuation.

The disciples on the field also began to whisper and discuss.

The Outer Sect's top ten disciples in the third team were none other than the Outer Sect's second ranked disciple, Qiao Yingye.

"Finally, the top three experts of the Outer Sect have arrived."

"How good can Qiao Yingye do?"

"I remember that last time, he seemed to have spent ten minutes!"

The disciples all had expectant expressions.

Under the gazes of everyone present, the disciples of the third team rushed into the Puppet Tower.

This time, Qiao Yingye only used eight minutes to walk out.

The other disciple who passed the test took a full fifteen minutes.

The two of them formed a huge contrast.

Qiao Yingye's result also became the best result on the field, far surpassing the others.

This caused a huge commotion in the crowd.

The disciples, deacons, and the others were all shocked.

Qiao Yingye was indeed worthy of being the second ranked disciple of the Outer Sect. He was indeed strong!

The competition continued.

The fourth team passed the test.

The disciples once again focused their attention and gathered their gazes.

This time, it was the Outer Sect's third ranked disciple, Ji Nianwei.

As one of the top ten female disciples, Ji Nianwei was also the number one beauty in the Outer Sect. Her popularity was very high, and she was not inferior to Qi Hao, who was ranked first in the Outer Sect.

She told the disciples to pay attention to her.

Furthermore, unlike Qiao Yingye, Ji Nianwei was a woman, and she was very agile.

In terms of speed, she was much faster than Qiao Yingye.

In this round of the Puppet Tower, as long as the contestant could pass through the siege of the puppets and reach the top, he would have completed the challenge.

They could use their brute force to forcefully clear the stage.

They could also use their movement techniques to dodge and easily complete the challenge.

The latter method was even faster.

This meant that Ji Nianwei's result in this round would very likely surpass that of Qiao Yingye.

The disciples were attracted over.

Not long after, the results of the fourth team came out.

Sure enough, Ji Nianwei only used five minutes to successfully clear the stage.

She was much faster than Qiao Yingye.

Ji Nianwei was temporarily ranked first.

This caused a huge uproar.

The challenge continued.

However, most of the people were still paying attention to Ji Nianwei.

Not many people paid attention to the fifth team. The fifth team quickly completed the challenge.

When the sixth team began to challenge, the disciples were once again excited.

This time, the Outer Sect's number one, Qi Hao, was among them.

Ji Nianwei, who was ranked third in the Outer Sect, only used five minutes to complete the challenge.

They did not know how high the result of the number one in the Outer Sect, Qi Hao, would be.

The disciples were all looking forward to it.

They watched as the disciples of the sixth team entered the Puppet Tower.

Qi Hao did not let the crowd down. He only used three minutes to clear the stage.

His result was very high, almost breaking the record of the past few years.

Almost everyone on the scene was shocked and could not recover from their shock for a long time.

No one paid any attention to the Seventh Squad.

Ruan Xiude was in the Seventh Squad.

As the deacon gave the order, Ruan Xiude and the other disciples of the Seventh Squad rushed into the Puppet Tower.

After they rushed in, they saw a vast space in front of them.

There were countless black puppets as tall as people standing in all directions, surrounding them.

"Are these the puppets?"

Ruan Xiude's eyes flashed, but his expression was still calm.

He could sense that these puppets' auras were only at the Enlightenment Stage, so they did not pose much of a threat to him.

Right now, the most important thing was to use the treasure that he had duplicated from Head Elder, the true disciple, Zan Guangji, to increase his talent and strength.

Immediately after, Ruan Xiude's mind moved.

He felt a warm current flowing through his body, and it was quickly absorbed.

At the same time, a cold notification sounded in his ears.

"Congratulations to the host for advancing to the Spiritual Rank cultivation talent!"

"Congratulations to the host for advancng to 20% sword intent!"

"Congratulations to the Host for advancing to the supreme grade strength talent!"