Chương 250: Beginning of the meeting

Long Feng's heart was also filled with shock. He expected the hundred continent meeting to be filled with ridiculous talents, but not so ridiculously strong. He was beginning to think that his current strength was still far short of reaching the top ten and maybe even twenty. If there really were imperial realm masters in the top twenty and the top ten even reaching rank three, then he had to prepare himself for the worst.

He couldn't hope that this time would be different and imperial realm juniors wouldn't appear much. That was foolish.

"If I use my full strength, I believe I can defeat rank one imperial realm masters, but that is just my belief. I don't know how strong they truly are. I might just be overestimating myself." Long Feng rapidly thought as a deep frown appeared on his face. Before, he never actually faced the true power of imperials.

All his encounters with them were one sided suppression where they could kill him without even using much of their strengths, so he never really knew the depths of an imperial master, even the weakest ones.

"My former strength was truly laughable. To think I hoped to reach the top hundred back then. Even now, to reach the top twenty seems like a great challenge" Long Feng sighed. His biggest issue right now was not that imperial masters were too strong for him. No. His worry was that… he had no idea the true extent of his strength. Was his limit the peak spirit realm? Or could he actually compare to rank one Imperials? Or even surpass them? He had no idea.

But he was clear that facing rank two imperials and above seemed a bit too far fetched even for him.

"If I can't be sure, then I can only raise my strength. My cultivation isn't the best path for me to increase right now. If I can raise my Demon and Light Dao to the same level as my sword Dao, then comprehend the Heaven Firmament strike and the second of the Nine Firmament Steps, my overall strength should increase. The heaven ripping finger must also reach perfection." Thinking of all these, Long Feng shook his head. Two days wasn't enough. It wasn't realistic to expect to make so many progress in two days.

"The heaven ripping finger is easier. I can reach the fifth level in two days. I can also deepen my comprehension of the Nine Firmament Steps. But the Heaven Firmament strike is still an issue. But I'll focus on it nonetheless. I might suddenly gain enlightenment on it. The demon and light Daos will have to be dropped aside for now." Long Feng decided decisively. Comprehending the two Daos required him to pay his full focus on the two chaos sources of light and darkness.

He would be unable to think of anything else and remain in that state for days if he couldn't recover on time. He didn't have that much time. He would rather focus on things he could control.

"That is all I have to say to you all. Use the pressure you feel to unlock more of your potential. Although two days isn't much, it isn't impossible to improve in some aspects. You can all leave" The Yi clan chief quietly ended his talks and let them go. The youths absentmindedly left and chose a room, each of them with various thoughts in their minds. In his room, Long Feng sat on his bed and focused his mind completely into comprehending the Heaven Firmament strike.

This strike would directly raise his offensive skills to a brand new level and could even be the final push for his sword concept to reach the peak. The hundred continent meeting drew closer. Hundreds of continents had already arrived at the thunder sky overlord continent and more were on their way. The low ranked continents were higher in numbers than any other rank. Over half of the entire continents were low ranked.

Mid ranked continents were less than half the numbers of the low ranked continents, but each of them were much stronger than the low ranked. The requirements to become a mid ranked continent was to have a single deity. Just like the low ranks though, the mid ranked continents has stronger ones and weaker ones among them. The high ranked continents were merely twenty plus in total, less than thirty.

Yet each of them had a true blue Dao foundation master, some of the stronger ones having several Dao foundation masters at several levels. As for the seven overlord continents, there actually wasn't a requirement to attain that level because no high ranked continent had ever become an overlord on its own. If there was a requirement, it was to swear allegiance to a two star force in the mainland and become their branch which was actually an underdog. This book is hosted on another platform.

Read the official version and support the author's work. The natural limit of the continent zone made it such that surpassing the Dao realm was nearly impossible without the full support of a powerful force. The other six overlord continents sent their groups that day, each of their juniors having frightening auras. Each overlord continent could bring however much geniuses as they wished; another overbearing act that others could only watch in silence. So each continent brought at least twenty geniuses.

The high ranked continents could bring fifty at most, the mid ranked could bring twenty and the low ranked could only bring ten geniuses. As more and more continents arrived, the atmosphere in this thunder sky continent reached it's breaking point. The strongest and most prideful geniuses of from hundreds of continents were gathered, ready to showcase their skills. Who would rise to become the true king of all these geniuses? That was a spot that eluded even the proudest geniuses of the high ranked continents.

That was because the top ten completely belonged to the overlords. It wasn't as though they had stopped others from reaching the top ten, but their juniors were just too strong. In truth, the high ranked continents and below only competed for the top fifty. If someone could squeeze into the top twenty, that was already the greatest honor to that continent. A day passed. The hundred continent meeting was just two days away now. Almost all continent's geniuses had arrived by now.

It was also today that the envoys of the Mainland's forces began to arrive! From the weakest five star forces to the two star forces that were just beneath the four one star Royal Clans, any of the forces could rule over a portion of the continent zone. The two star forces especially. They were true behemoths in the Mainland and everyone from the continent zone dreamed of joining a two star force. But even the four and five star forces were readily accepted.

These envoys were sent by some forces who were interested in fishing for talents in the backwater continent zone. They would come and watch the hundred continent meeting, then invite the most dazzling geniuses to their forces. Most of these forces were just five or four star forces though. Three star forces were rare and two star forces barely showed up sometimes. But this time, three two star forces sent envoys to watch the meeting! This was enough to send the continent zone wild.

The higher ups of the seven overlord continents all appeared to welcome these envoys and led them to the depths of the thunder sky sect. The geniuses were unaware of all these and focused solely on enhancing their strengths. Another day passed. The hundred continent meeting would finally begin the next day! The day seemed to pass particularly slowly to these impatient geniuses. Until at last, the next day arrived.

The second the sun began to rise, in the Yihua clan's courtyard, inside an ordinary room, a youth seated on the bed suddenly opened his eyes. Those pitch black pupils were startling, flickering with extreme darkness and light at the same time. A powerful sword energy surged out of him, only to be suppressed back immediately. His Cultivation was merely rank one spirit realm and it was clearly unstable, yet the power contained underneath his thin body was enough to startle the entire continent zone!

"Let the fun begin!" Long Feng breathed out and muttered, his calm gaze revealing his surging battle intent.

The sun slowly rose, concealing the numerous battle lust filled auras that surged out from several areas. The Yihua clan's Great Elder led the whole group out of the mansion alongside over a hundred other people.

"Follow me closely. Today is the first day of the hundred continent meeting. It will last three days at least. The first elimination round will be held today." The Misty Mountain's Master quickly explained to the ten youths as they flew through the air. Hundreds of people were headed in the same direction. On any continent, this would be a spectacle, seeing hundreds of cultivators all the spirit realm and above flying through the air. And this was merely from this area.

"There are so many people!" Lan yanyue exclaimed in surprise.

"This is just a portion of them. The total competitors alone would reach a thousand. And their elders who came to protect them or just watch would be several thousand." The Yi clan chief replied with a smile. They flew along for over an hour before they reached their destination. Long Feng stared ahead in shock at what lay before them. Two massive mountains that towered into the clouds stood like two pillars of the heavens beside each other, leaving a wide path between them.

Behind the two mountains was a similarly huge tower that reached the clouds. The tower was giving off a very old aura and an intense pressure that would outright knock out a peak Yang realm cultivator. The size of the two mountains and the tower behind them were simply incredulously huge. As more and more people arrived, a calm voice echoed out of nowhere, ringing in everyone's ears"The competitors, step forward. The spectators are to remain where they are.

The elimination round will begin immediately" The voice caused a strange silence to descend among the thousands of people present. Following the orders, the competitors stepped forward. At a glance, there were over a thousand geniuses present from all the low, mid and high ranked continents. As they stepped forward huddled together, the thousands of youths began to assess each other, paying attention to those they saw as potential threats.

Long Feng was simply speechless when he saw several peak spirit realm juniors, almost fifty of them actually. They should be the geniuses of the high ranked continents.

"The overlord continent's geniuses haven't appeared" he muttered. As though hearing his thoughts, over a hundred auras rapidly approached from the distance, revealing seven groups of youths flying over from different directions. They were dressed elegantly, laughing as they approached. But their auras… the weakest among them were peak spirit realm warriors. Long Feng could already spot several imperial realm masters among them with a casual glance. Among the spectators, many old people were astonished.

"The overlord continent's geniuses are almost twice as strong as they were a decade ago!" The Yihua clan's Great Elder's pupils shrank visibly"It looks like what happened several decades ago might reoccur this time" he sighed. The Misty Mountain's Master narrowed his eyes deep in thought"I can already count over twenty imperial realm masters among these kids! Hao'er's chances just dropped even more" he shook his head and sighed helplessly.

The seven groups containing powerful young men and ladies slowly arrived and descended, standing separately from each other and from the hundreds of other geniuses. Each group represented one of the seven overlord continents.

"That is the Desolate Overlord Continent's group. They shocked the entire zone last decade by taking the first and second places, not to mention over five other places among the top twenty. They should be the strongest among the seven overlords" Gongsun Hao gestured at one of the groups with a solemn expression. Long Feng stared at that group and slowly frowned, "I can't see through the cultivation of a few youths.

It could be that they are purposely hiding their cultivations, but that alone means they're stronger than normal. Each of the seven groups of youths are extraordinary. At a glance, the rank one spirit realm warriors number about thirty." This caused his frown to deepen. This seemed much more than what the Yi clan chief said. The rank two spirit realm cultivators were about ten. He couldn't see through the cultivation of the remaining few youths.

"This is ridiculous! They can completely monopolize the top fifty at this rate!" Long Feng sighed. Either the Yi clan chief was wrong or this year, the seven overlords had much more geniuses than the past few meetings.

"The elimination round begins now. Your goal is simple. Reach the Dao tempering tower and climb up to the fifth floor and you can proceed to the next round. The time limit is till sunset. If you fail to pass until sunset, then you fail. And if you're thrown out of the tower before reaching the fifth floor, you fail. Begin!" The calm voice from before suddenly appeared again and explained, signaling the beginning of the hundred continent meeting.