NOVEL WEB Chapter 1045: Center of Attention
"It's over!"
At this moment, within the desolate world, many talents looked up and sighed.
"It's finally over. Brother Xia Mu, can we enter the Heavenly Martial Sect?"
Kong Qiuye asked excitedly.
Kong Xiaomu was taken aback for a moment, recalling that this time, during the Heavenly Martial Sect's disciple recruitment, Kong Qiuye had merely joined for fun.
Yet somehow, Kong Qiuye passed the first assessment, and now the two of them each have six tokens, giving them a fair chance to enter the Heavenly Martial Sect.
In contrast, Kong Dongshan, the most outstanding talent of this generation in the Kong Family, had fallen here, leaving people with mixed feelings.
"Perhaps we can."
Kong Xiaomu replied.
"Brother Chen, with so many tokens, you're sure to get into the top five."
Kong Qiuye glanced at Chen Yu.
Chen Yu was covered in tokens, like he was wearing heavy armor.
"Not just the top five..."
Kong Xiaomu murmured inwardly.
Chen Yu had a total of three hundred and forty tokens!
It's important to know that the total number of participants in the second assessment was just over eleven hundred, meaning Chen Yu secured nearly a third of the tokens.
Besides the top late stage Star Condensing experts in this assessment, probably no one could compare to Chen Yu.
However, Kong Xiaomu felt that even those top late stage Star Condensing experts were unlikely to have more tokens than Chen Yu.
Rumble!
The sky of the desolate world was torn apart by a massive vortex, emitting silver beams of light, shooting off in various directions.
One of these silver beams came to Chen Yu's side, enveloping him and pulling him towards the vortex.
"This spatial power is so strong."
Chen Yu felt the spatial power surrounding him and couldn't budge an inch, even with his threefold spatial profound meaning.
He flew away, at a speed several times faster than usual, heading towards the vortex.
Beside him, Kong Xiaomu and Kong Qiuye were also enveloped by silver beams, being pulled rapidly.
This world was barren, devoid of life, yet this method could transmit all beings out.
...
At the foot of Martial God Mountain, there was an uproar.
"The assessment is finally over."
"I wonder what the results are this time, if there were any dark horses, or if some talents couldn't enter the Heavenly Martial Sect due to unexpected events."
People around kept discussing.
Among them were several high-ranking family members from families near the Heavenly Martial Sect, waiting here for their family juniors' results.
Whoosh!
Suddenly, from the phantom scene in the sky, a beam of light shot out, descending at the foot of Martial God Mountain, transforming into a figure.
Someone had come out from the assessment!
But this disciple looked dejected, with not a single token on him.
He had failed!
The first person to come out had not a single token.
This showed how difficult the second assessment was.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Next, beams of light continuously shot out from the phantom scene in the sky, each transforming into different figures.
"A genius from the Demigod Family, Song Family, has come out, and their leader, Song Man, has fifty-two tokens."
Someone shouted in surprise.
As people from the Demigod Families, the Song Family naturally received much attention.
Not long after, the people from the Lin Family came out.
"Hmm? The Lin Family's results are quite average."
Someone mocked.
"Don't forget, the most outstanding ones in the Lin Family are Lin Tianfeng and Lin Daowei. Their talent and strength surpass those of Song Man. Those two haven't come out yet."
A black-faced king standing by the Lin Family's side coldly retorted.
The next moment, all the Lin Family members appeared, including Lin Tianfeng and Lin Daowei.
And the number of tokens the two had... only a dozen!
This result made the black-faced king who had just defended the Lin Family look even darker, like charcoal.
"What's going on? Did the Lin Family talents both fail?"
"Did the Lin Family encounter some strong enemy? Were they surrounded by other families, or did they encounter a top late stage Star Condensing expert?"
"I think they're just overhyped; maybe their actual strength is not that great."
As a Demigod Family, the Lin Family was highly scrutinized, and the poor results of Lin Tianfeng and Lin Daowei sparked doubts and discussions.
Lin Tianfeng and Lin Daowei naturally felt the eyes around them, their faces burning.
"Isn't this the Lin Family young master? Let me see how many tokens you have?"
From afar, Song Man's mocking voice came.
"Chen Yu!"
Lin Tianfeng clenched his fists, grinding his teeth.
This time, he had lost face in front of countless powers and tens of thousands of people.
The root cause of all this was Chen Yu!
Whoosh!
Sun Tianlong appeared before everyone.
The next moment, countless eyes gathered, and numerous surprised and startled voices rang out, echoing the earlier discussions about the Lin Family talents.
"Sun Tianlong, if it weren't for your arrogance chasing Chen Yu alone, would we have ended up like this?"
Lin Tianfeng looked at Sun Tianlong beside him, accusing him with dissatisfaction.
Sun Tianlong closed his eyes, silent.
First defeated by Chen Yu, then encountering Qin Wentian, he now had only thirteen tokens, his results dismal.
And Lin Tianfeng was right; if he hadn't gone alone back then, if he had some help, even if he couldn't defeat Chen Yu, he wouldn't have lost to him.
"I've failed, but Sun makes no excuses for himself. However, one failure doesn't mean eternal failure."
Sun Tianlong stood straight, undeterred by setbacks.
The Heavenly Martial Sect is one of the three great sects of the Human Race, he must make rapid progress here and surpass Chen Yu.
"Indeed."
Lin Tianfeng and Lin Daowei exchanged glances, both seeing the intense hatred in each other's eyes.
In the secret realm, they couldn't compete with Chen Yu, but in the main world, the Lin Family's power is vast; dealing with Chen Yu would be child's play.
They were determined to make Chen Yu pay a painful price.
Whoosh!
A beam of light descended before Lin Tianfeng.
"Chen Yu!"
Lin Tianfeng saw the suddenly appearing Chen Yu and jumped back in shock, retreating three steps.
He was just pondering over how to deal with Chen Yu next, and his heart trembled with guilt when Chen Yu appeared instantly, leaving Lin Tianfeng's face pale with fear.
"It seems you haven't learned your lesson yet."
Chen Yu glanced at Lin Tianfeng and Lin Daowei, noticing the deep-seated resentment and murderous intent hidden in their hearts.
At the same time.
There was an uproar all around, bursting into a flurry of astonished discussions.
Chen Yu's tokens were too many, far too eye-catching, the moment he appeared, he became the center of attention!
"Who is this person? How does he have so many tokens?"
Some newcomers had never seen Chen Yu.
But more people had a deep impression of Chen Yu, especially after rumors spread far and wide before the second assessment.
"It's Chen Yu! How is this possible? His cultivation is only at the Early Stage Condensed Star Realm Peak, yet he has 340 tokens, while Lin Tianfeng, Lin Daowei, Sun Tianlong and others only have a dozen tokens each, even Song Man only has 52 tokens."
"Who knows what means this offspring of a Human Race traitor used to deceive so many tokens."
Due to the influence of previous rumors, more people showed skepticism and jealousy at Chen Yu's astonishing achievements rather than admiration and respect.
"Look at Qin Wentian!"
"Qin Wentian has emerged; how many tokens does he have?"
The sound of astonishment arose once more.
Qin Wentian stood alone, his calm face slightly cold and rigid.
In fact, he emerged merely half a breath after Chen Yu.
In his view, he was meant to be first, meant to be the focus of all.
Yet Chen Yu emerged before him, instantly capturing everyone's attention, stealing his spotlight.
What truly shook Qin Wentian to his core was that his token count was ten less than Chen Yu's!
As a Condensed Star King, he swept a glance at Chen Yu and reached this conclusion.
The surrounding onlookers and the elders on Martial God Mountain also came to the same conclusion.
Qin Wentian's token count is ten less than Chen Yu's!
Martial God Mountain was utterly shocked, astonished, incredulous.
"Could this offspring of a Human Race criminal be the number one this time?"
"Is there truly no one who can surpass him?"
As figures emerged from the secret realm, the clamor around Martial God Mountain actually reduced.
Until the last person came out, the secret realm closed, and the gathered crowds around Martial God Mountain became eerily quiet.
On the stone platform.
The three senior members of the Heavenly Martial Sect swept their Spiritual Sense, establishing the rankings in their hearts.
The leading elderly scholar cast a glance at Chen Yu and waved his hand.
Mist gathered in the void, silver light surged, and cloud-like silver characters appeared flowing, indicating names and rankings.
First: Chen Yu, 340 tokens!
Second: Qin Wentian, 330 tokens!
...
One hundredth: Wu Juan, 5 tokens.
The rankings appeared!
"First place?"
Chen Yu was somewhat surprised by this ranking.
He originally thought he should be in the top three, most likely second, as he hadn't deliberately searched for more tokens.
"First!"
Lin Tianfeng and Lin Daowei looked at Chen Yu with immense jealousy.
Half of Chen Yu's success was owed to them.
"I am... second!"
Qin Wentian murmured, as if only now accepting reality.
Only then did his face show rare gloom, dark azure divine light burst from his eyes, and an astonishing aura enveloped him.
Within his family, no one could compare to him, everything was always first, and he demanded nothing but first for himself!
Thus twenty years ago, he chose not to participate in the assessment, and waited twenty years to act, aiming for number one!
But as it turned out, he secured the second place.
"Elder Shen, the results of this assessment have some doubtful points; please verify them,"
a white-haired middle-aged man spoke.
He was from the Qin Family, one of the two great Divine Races of the Human Race.
Qin Wentian's defeat shocked him greatly; the first place was merely at the Early Stage Condensed Star Realm Peak, making him suspect there might be a problem.
"This assessment had many unexpected elements, yet such are the rules; verification is unnecessary,"
the elderly elegant scholar calmly replied.
The second assessment tested the overall qualities of cultivators, including strength, strategy, survival skills, and so forth.
In this, some unsavory methods were inevitably used.
No matter what methods Chen Yu used to obtain so many tokens, the Heavenly Martial Sect only cared for the result.
The white-haired middle-aged man of the Qin Family looked somewhat awkward but said no more.
Swoosh!
A scroll flew from the hand of the elderly scholar.
The scroll unfolded automatically, and the floating characters in the sky flashed onto the scroll.
"From now on, you hundred are people of the Heavenly Martial Sect!"
The elderly scholar announced loudly, his words echoing clearly in everyone's ears through the power of Profound Meaning, shaking their hearts.