Chapter 326: Chapter 292 Rankings
"Luo Qiancheng, from the Eastern Star Islands, congruity with five million nine hundred and eighty-three thousand strands of Void Heaven Sword Qi!"
When the last youngster in the early stage of the Spirit Sea Realm sword fight area finished condensing the Void Heaven Sword Qi, there were only ten people left in the entire venue who had yet to complete this step!
This Luo Qiancheng from the Eastern Star Islands, with his early Spirit Sea Realm stage, had condensed enough Void Heaven Sword Qi to rank eleventh, earning the admiration of everyone for the youth.
However, even more attention was already focused on the remaining two areas, on the last ten people!
The last ten people were the strongest ten in Sword Dao Talent out of the more than nine thousand participants in the Spirit Sea Realm sword fighting competition!
"Xuanyuan Wuhen, from the Polar Ice Palace Plains, congruity with six million two hundred and fifty-four thousand eight hundred and twenty-three strands of Void Heaven Sword Qi!"
When another Sword Cultivator in the late stage of the Spirit Sea Realm sword fight area finished condensing the Void Heaven Sword Qi, the ranking on the great sword shadow of the Void Heaven Sword Ranking had reached the tenth place!
In tenth place, Polar Ice Palace Plains, Xuanyuan Wuhen!
In ninth place, Central Region, Ling Yue!
In eighth place, Central Region, Xiao Feng!
When the number one Spirit Sea Sword Cultivator from the Third Rank Sword Sect Tai Ah Sword Sect, Xiao Feng, also finished condensing the Void Heaven Sword Qi, ranking eighth, many warriors outside the Void Heaven Sword Valley stood up.
Xiao Feng, one of the favorites to win the championship, had completed the condensation of the Void Heaven Sword Qi, and the number of remaining people was getting fewer and fewer!
In seventh place, Central Region, Fang Luohan!
In sixth place, Polar Ice Palace Plains, Murong Qi Qi, congruity with eight million two hundred and thirty-six thousand nine hundred strands of Void Heaven Sword Qi!
When the Void Heaven Sword Ranking reached the sixth place, a girl named Murong Qi Qi also finished condensing the Void Heaven Sword Qi. There was only one person left in the entire mid-stage Spirit Sea Realm sword fight area still condensing the Void Heaven Sword Qi.
Ye Chen!
In the mid-stage Spirit Sea Realm sword fight area, the only one left was Ye Chen!
The remaining four who had not yet completed the Void Heaven Sword Qi condensation were all in the late-stage Spirit Sea Realm sword fight area.
Seeing that there were only five people left who hadn't completed the Void Heaven Sword Qi condensation, the breath of all the warriors watching the sword fighting competition tightened!
These five people were going to be within the top five ranks in this first step of Void Heaven Sword Qi condensation!
The first place was among these five!
Seeing that Lu Xiaojia, Mo Beiling, Liu Qingmei, Jiang Yao, and Ye Chen were among these five, the warriors from the Southern Territory couldn't contain their excitement anymore.
Ye Chen and Jiang Yao were both from the Southern Territory. It was incredible that two people from the Southern Territory had made it to the top five!
This was by far the best result for the warriors from the Southern Territory participating in various grand events in the Central Region!
When the ranking reached the top five, all eyes from the Heavenly Sacred Palace were glued to the Void Heaven Sword Ranking.
The Sword Cultivators in Void Heaven Sword Valley who had completed the Void Heaven Sword Qi condensation, including Xiao Feng, Murong Qi Qi, Fang Luohan, and others, were also looking up at the colossal sword shadow in the sky with complex emotions.
At that moment, in the late-stage Spirit Sea Realm sword fight area, another person finally completed the Void Heaven Sword Qi condensation.
Mo Beiling, Central Region, congruity with eight million three hundred and ninety-four thousand three hundred and twenty-nine strands of Void Heaven Sword Qi! Ranking fifth!
Boom!
"Ranking fifth?"
"There are actually four people stronger than me!"
Mo Beiling, who had completed the condensation of the Void Heaven Sword Qi, clenched her fists tightly before relaxing them again.
"Who could it be? Who has greater Sword Dao Talent than me?"
"No matter, this is only the first step of the sword fighting competition. The real sword fight hasn't started yet. Fighting with swords isn't just about talent; it's also about sword technique and combat strength. Even if I'm ranked fifth now, I'm going to take the Void Heaven Sword Qi from others and push for the first place later!"
Mo Beiling's gaze flickered as she looked back at the Void Heaven Sword Ranking.
Boom! Boom!
Right then, two people almost simultaneously completed the Void Heaven Sword Qi condensation.
"Liu Qingmei, from the Eastern Star Islands, congruity with nine million four hundred and sixty-three thousand strands of Void Heaven Sword Qi! Ranking fourth!"
"Lu Xiaojia, Central Region, congruity with nine million five hundred and twelve thousand four hundred strands of Void Heaven Sword Qi! Ranking third!"
When Liu Qingmei and Lu Xiaojia looked up at the Void Heaven Sword Ranking as well, there were only the second and first places left to be determined on the entire ranking.
At that moment, the warriors from the Southern Territory were going insane!
Because the last two whose ranks had not yet been determined were none other than the two from the Southern Territory, Jiang Yao and Ye Chen!
"My goodness!"
The warriors from the Southern Territory were speechless, many of them so overwhelmed with excitement that tears streamed uncontrollably down their cheeks.
The top two slots being from the Southern Territory meant they had produced two supreme Sword Cultivators, the ones with real power to surpass all other Sword Cultivators from the major territories!
Having Ye Chen be so strong had already been a delightful surprise for the warriors from the Southern Territory.
Even Jiang Yao reaching this level was something the Southern Territory warriors found utterly unbelievable and joyously surprising!
These warriors had heard that Jiang Yao's most formidable skill was not her swordsmanship.
The most incredible technique isn't even the swordsmanship, which is already so strong, I can't even imagine what level of talent Jiang Yao must possess to be this formidable!
"Sister Jiang Yao!"
"Ye Chen!"
At this moment, when Liu Qingmei didn't see Ye Chen and Jiang Yao's names on the Void Heaven Sword Ranking, she knew that Ye Chen and Jiang Yao hadn't completed their Void Heaven Sword Qi gathering, and that Ye Chen and Jiang Yao were the last to be ranked second and first respectively!
This deeply astonished Liu Qingmei as well.
"The technique Sister Jiang Yao used on the square, if I'm not mistaken, is... Divine Arts! A kind of Divine Arts that's not swordsmanship!"
"My God, I never thought Sister Jiang Yao's swordsmanship would be so strong!"
While Liu Qingmei was filled with envy, out beyond the Void Heaven Sword Valley, Mu Qingqing's enchanting face bloomed with a smile, her beautiful eyes shining brightly as they emitted light!
"Ye Chen and Sister Jiang Yao, they are actually the top two!"
"My God, this time, I've really found two absolute geniuses for the Heavenly Sacred Palace, supreme prodigies!"
Just when Mu Qingqing was about to take credit before Elder Xiao Supreme Elder, she noticed that Elder Xiao Supreme Elder and several Heavenly Saints were staring at the Void Heaven Sword Qi around Ye Chen and Jiang Yao, mouths agape in astonishment.
"What's the matter, Elder Xiao?" Mu Qingqing asked Elder Xiao Supreme Elder.
"Heaven."
"Heaven."
Elder Xiao Supreme Elder sighed several times before coming back to his senses.
"Over two thousand years ago, across hundreds of Spirit Sea Realm Sword Competitions, I remember the highest record being the gathering of more than nine hundred fifty thousand strands of Void Heaven Sword Qi, roughly the same as Lu Xiaojia's achievement."
"But looking at Ye Chen and Jiang Yao, the amount of Void Heaven Sword Qi around them right now is several times more than that of Lu Xiaojia!"
As Elder Xiao Supreme Elder spoke, Mu Qingqing also looked at Ye Chen and Jiang Yao's positions on the screen.
When she saw the vast amounts of Void Heaven Sword Qi gathered around Ye Chen and Jiang Yao, forming a massive luminous sphere towering more than eight thousand zhang in height and over three thousand zhang in width, Mu Qingqing's mouth hung open.
This quantity of Sword Qi, just the sight of it, was incredibly frightening. The amount of Void Heaven Sword Qi alone is probably enough for Jiang Yao to break through to the Rotating Pill Realm.
If Ye Chen and Jiang Yao were to additionally take more Sword Qi from others through combat, their spheres of Void Heaven Sword Qi could exceed ten thousand zhang!
Naturally, this left Mu Qingqing in utter shock!
"It could exceed forty million strands of Void Heaven Sword Qi!" The Heavenly Saints were also astonished, "This Sword Qi, if all converted into True Qi, would be enough for someone in the early stages of the Rotating Pill Realm to break through to the middle stage!"
"If either Ye Chen or Jiang Yao can stand until the end, without having to take anyone else's Void Heaven Sword Qi, and just by not losing their own Sword Qi, they will definitely be able to break through to the Rotating Pill Realm!"
Outside the arena, countless martial artists screamed continuously upon seeing that heaven-shattering Void Heaven Sword Qi around Ye Chen and Jiang Yao, and the Heavenly Saints found it unbelievable.
In the Void Heaven Sword Valley, the Sword Cultivators near Ye Chen and Jiang Yao, upon seeing the grand spheres of Void Heaven Sword Qi shooting up into the sky around them, widened their eyes in awe.
Among the two vast areas where Ye Chen and Jiang Yao were located, many Sword Cultivators who saw the two towering beacons from afar surged towards them, gathering around the two.
The Sword Cultivators in the area around Ye Chen were from the middle stage of the Spirit Sea Realm, and they did not dare to approach Ye Chen.
As for Jiang Yao, the late-stage Spirit Sea Realm Sword Cultivators around her were quite restless, with many eagerly eyeing Jiang Yao, for if they could defeat her and take half of her Sword Qi, they might well rise to first place!
Jiang Yao was still in the process of condensing her Void Heaven Sword Qi, and Liu Qingmei was not far from her. Seeing that many late-stage Spirit Sea Realm Sword Cultivators were gathering around with malicious intent, Liu Qingmei swiftly drew the snow-white sword in her hand.
"Sister Jiang Yao is still gathering Void Heaven Sword Qi, if you want to fight with swords, wait until she's done!"
"Now, anyone who dares to disturb Sister Jiang Yao's gathering of Void Heaven Sword Qi, don't blame me for eliminating them on the spot!"
Liu Qingmei's action caused the late-stage Spirit Sea Sword Cultivators to shoot glances filled with agitation, and upon seeing the equally massive Void Heaven Sword Qi around Liu Qingmei, they paused, stopping in their tracks.
However, it was clear that although they refrained from acting immediately, they had no intentions of giving up on fighting Jiang Yao, or even Liu Qingmei.
After all, having great talent and gathering a lot of Void Heaven Sword Qi doesn't necessarily mean one's swordsmanship is solid. Those who came to participate in the Sword Competition, especially in the late-stage Spirit Sea fighting areas, few Sword Cultivators would concede to others!
They naturally wanted to take the Void Heaven Sword Qi from others, striving for an even higher ranking!
And so, as many late-stage Spirit Sea Sword Cultivators stood not far from Jiang Yao and Liu Qingmei, ready to make their move, in the middle-stage Spirit Sea fighting area, there were also many Sword Cultivators who sat in the void around Ye Chen, watching him gather Void Heaven Sword Qi.
Finally, Jiang Yao completed her gathering of the Void Heaven Sword Qi as well.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
As the last strand of Five-colored Sword Qi merged into the sphere of Void Heaven Sword Qi around Jiang Yao, her sphere of Void Heaven Sword Qi suddenly burst forth with endless multicolored radiance.
At the same time, on the giant shadow of the sword of the Void Heaven Sword Ranking, the second-place inscription appeared: "Jiang Yao, Southern Territory, gathered forty-three million, forty-two thousand, eight hundred strands of Void Heaven Sword Qi!"
After the amount of Jiang Yao's gathered Void Heaven Sword Qi was revealed, both inside and outside the Void Heaven Sword Valley, there was a collective shock.
Because, the number of Void Heaven Sword Qi Jiang Yao had gathered was actually more than the combined total of the third, fourth, fifth, and other strong Sword Cultivators!
This completely surpassed many warriors' imaginations.
But, what shocked them even more was that such an achievement from Jiang Yao was still only good for second place.
There was still one more competitor, who hadn't finished gathering their Void Heaven Sword Qi yet!
With this thought, all eyes turned towards the only youth in the Void Heaven Sword Valley who had yet to finish his gathering of Void Heaven Sword Qi, converging on Ye Chen!