Customized Champion

After the first beam of morning sunlight shone into the small courtyard of Chenyang Peak, Su Ming stopped his cultivation and opened his eyes.

"The time has come..."

Before his voice had even faded, the sound of a bell echoing throughout the Three Saints Sect reached Su Ming's ears.

This was the signal ordering all the younger generation Disciples of the Sect to assemble.

Su Ming stood up, tidied his slightly messy robes, and stepped down from Chenyang Peak.

According to the description in the original work, the Three Saints Sect's Sect Grand Competition would last for three full days.

Thousands of Disciples would conduct arena matches through drawing lots, with winners continuously advancing until a champion was crowned.

In the final battle of the original work, the protagonist of destiny, Chu Fan, fought against the Heaven-Devouring Demon Lord.

However, even looking at the present, the final result should be Su Ming fighting Chu Fan.

It's just that the winner in the original work was Chu Fan, but here, it will definitely be Su Ming!

If he couldn't even achieve this, then there was no point in talking about changing his Heaven-Defying fate later; he might as well find a grave with good feng shui and lie in it himself.

At this moment, on the Sect Square, a group of Elders watched as the Disciples arrived one after another.

In the past, at this time, they would be surprised by the growth speed of the Disciples, but this year's results caught them off guard.

Because among these thousands of young Disciples, only a very small portion had surpassed the Transcendent Realm Sixth Layer, while the rest were below it.

One should know that in the previous generation, nearly a thousand people had surpassed this Realm, with hundreds at the Transcendent Realm Peak and dozens of Longevity Realm Disciples.

"Is our younger generation really suffering from such a gap in talent?"

"Not everyone has arrived yet, let's wait and see."

As more and more Disciples arrived, the Elders began to lose confidence even more.

It wasn't until Su Ming appeared that they breathed a sigh of relief.

But Su Ming's special status made them feel quite helpless.

It wasn't until Li Jianping appeared with Chu Fan that the higher-ups felt reassured.

Their Sect indeed had super geniuses other than Su Ming.

In the crowd, Chu Fan looked at Su Ming provocatively; he couldn't wait to see the other's pathetic state after being defeated by him.

"Su Ming, I'm going to beat you until you kneel at my feet and beg me to stop!"

However, Su Ming only slightly sensed Chu Fan's Realm and then ignored him.

Just the Longevity Realm Third Layer, what right did he have to be taken seriously by him?

At the same time, Li Jianping began to announce the rules of this year's Sect Grand Competition.

"You will next enter a Secret Realm where a large number of Yao Beasts exist... and even Vicious Beasts!"

Hearing the words 'Vicious Beasts', the Disciples below broke into an uproar.

Those were powerful existences born into the Longevity Realm and possessing innate divine abilities.

However, Li Jianping seemed not to hear the commotion below and continued to read the rules.

"What you need to do is kill Yao Beasts in the Secret Realm to earn points! By sunset, the top three hundred Disciples who killed Yao Beasts will advance to the next round, and the losers will be eliminated on the spot!"

"The specific rules will be transmitted to your Disciple Tokens later. Now, follow me to the Secret Realm entrance!"

While Li Jianping was explaining the rules, Su Ming noticed the surprised looks of the Elders on the stage.

So he decisively looked toward Chu Fan's position, and the latter immediately returned a provocative gaze.

"The rules are different from the original work. Judging by the Elders' expressions, Li Jianping definitely changed them on the fly, and this guy Chu Fan was likely informed of some information..."

"Since you're not even acting anymore, then I'll hold back my acting skills a bit as well."

Following the flow of people, Su Ming arrived at the entrance of that Secret Realm.

These kinds of Small Worlds with their own spatial rules contained countless opportunities.

Especially when Li Jianping stated that everything obtained inside belonged to the individual, the scene completely boiled over.

Under his call, these thousands of young Disciples began to enter the interior of the Secret Realm.

Su Ming deliberately placed himself behind Chu Fan, and so he noticed something.

When Chu Fan was about to step into the Secret Realm, there was a noticeable pause in his movements.

Obviously, Li Jianping had instructed him on something via voice transmission.

After all the Disciples had entered the Secret Realm, Li Jianping looked at Su Ming, who was still outside.

"Why haven't you gone in yet? Are you planning to forfeit?"

"I just want to ask the Sect Master for an explanation. Why can Chu Fan, who was imprisoned on Yan Yu Cliff, appear here to participate in the Sect Grand Competition!"

"Although Chu Fan made a mistake, for the current Sect Grand Competition, we should give all Disciples a chance. This is for the sake of fairness."

"In that case, I will wait and see the Sect Master's fairness."

Su Ming walked toward the Secret Realm. Just before stepping in, he said in a very low voice, "Sect Master, I am not satisfied with your answer, and I believe my parents won't be satisfied either..."

By the time Li Jianping wanted to respond, Su Ming's figure had already disappeared into the Secret Realm.

"Your parents can't even protect themselves! You think I'll fall for that?! Once that treasure of yours falls into my hands, I'll make you wish you were dead!"

...Inside the Secret Realm, Su Ming held his Disciple Token to confirm the point rules.

Killing a First Layer of Transcendent Realm Yao Beast earns one point, with each higher layer adding one more point.

If it is a First Layer of Longevity Realm Yao Beast, it counts for one hundred points, with each higher layer adding one hundred more.

As for Vicious Beasts... killing one earns five thousand points!

It was also clearly marked that fellow Disciples could attack each other, and the winner would take all the points of the loser.

With the Disciple Tokens, once a Disciple is near death, they will be teleported out of the Secret Realm; accidents like killing someone or a Disciple being killed by a Yao Beast simply wouldn't happen.

However, if one is defeated by a Yao Beast and sent out of the Secret Realm, their points will also be cleared.

To keep the points, the only option is to persevere until sunset.

But what Su Ming focused on was not this, but the environment of this Secret Realm.

Possessing the Innate Dao Bone, he could clearly perceive the inherent rules of this Secret Realm.

The attributes of this Secret Realm are the Fire Path and Gold Path; Disciples who practice these two paths will find exploring this Secret Realm very easy.

But for Disciples of other paths, this place is not friendly at all.

When the paths differ, the exertion of spiritual power will feel obstructed, and the efficiency of absorbing Spiritual Qi will also decrease.

After all, the environment is filled with Spiritual Qi of fire and gold attributes; it's fine if your attribute is complementary, but if it's conflicting, forcibly absorbing it is no different from taking poison.

"This is clearly an environment favoring Chu Fan; Gold Path Yao Beasts are naturally countered by him, and with the Blazing Sun Fire Body, he can directly ignore Fire Path users of the same level."

Clearly, this first round was purely custom-made for Chu Fan.

"It seems this fellow Li Jianping wants Chu Fan's cultivation to advance further within this Secret Realm, directly creating a custom-made champion."

"Since you're playing like this, don't blame me for being impolite."

"System, can you lock onto Chu Fan's position?"

[Yes]

"Good, lock onto his position. I'm going to directly and physically snatch all his opportunities in this Secret Realm!"