222: Chapter 222 Your senior brother has been eliminated, please check!

While Cao Kun was happily splitting the spoils and refining Luck Beasts with three top-tier Fairies in the Blood Crystal Valley...

In the vast starry sky outside the Ancient God Ruins, things had already exploded into chaos.

In front of that massive spatial rift spanning the void.

Everyone's gaze was fixed on the heavenly dao golden list hanging in the sky.

This golden ranking not only recorded the names of the thirty-six thousand Prodigies who entered the Divine Ruins, but it also reflected their status in real-time.

The brighter the name, the more Luck they had obtained and the higher their ranking.

If a name dimmed and disappeared, there was only one possibility—

Death and the dissipation of their Dao!

Originally, the old monsters of the major forces were flattering each other, but in reality, they were secretly competing.

They were constantly watching their own Disciples' rankings.

“Look! Ye Qingyun of my Myriad Sword Sect has risen in the rankings! It seems he has encountered an Opportunity!”

“Hmph, the Disciples of my Tianji Pavilion aren't bad either. Their rankings are steadily advancing, and their Luck is like a rainbow!”

Just as everyone was cheering for their own Prodigies.

On the Flying Boat of the Taichu Holy Land.

The Holy Lord of Taichu sat in the main seat, holding a cup of spiritual tea with a proud expression.

His brow was filled with the satisfaction of having victory within his grasp.

“Holy Lord, with Head Disciple leading the team and Second Senior Sister Bai Suyin assisting from the side, our Taichu Holy Land will surely take the top spot in this trip to the Divine Ruins.”

A Body Integration Stage Elder beside him flattered him with a face full of smiles.

“Indeed, Holy Lord. Martial Nephew Head Disciple has natural talent and will definitely sweep through the major forces of the Central Province!”

The Holy Lord of Taichu took a small sip of spiritual tea and smiled faintly:

“Chen'er is a genius rarely seen in a thousand years in our Taichu Holy Land. His cultivation has already reached the Peak of the Void Refining Late Stage.”

“In this Divine Ruins, where only the strength of the Void Refinement Stage can be exerted, he is an invincible existence.”

“Once he seizes enough Heavenly Dao Luck and comes out, he can directly Breakthrough to the Body Integration Stage.”

“By then, I'll see who in this Central Province still dares to contend with my Taichu Holy Land!”

The surrounding Elders chimed in one after another, and the Flying Boat was filled with laughter and joy.

However, this harmonious atmosphere of boasting did not last long.

Just then.

A sudden change occurred on the heavenly dao golden list.

“Holy crap! Look! Someone's ranking is soaring ridiculously fast!”

Someone outside shouted at the top of their lungs.

Everyone quickly looked up and saw at the bottom of the golden ranking.

A name suddenly erupted with blinding golden light, crossing hundreds and thousands of ranks in a flash, soaring straight up!

“Cao... Cao Kun?!”

“What did he do? How did his Luck skyrocket so terrifyingly?!”

Before everyone could recover from the shock of Cao Kun's soaring ranking.

Immediately afterward, under everyone's watchful eyes.

On the list that was originally flashing with golden light, the names in a certain area suddenly flickered strangely twice and then collectively dimmed.

One, two, ten, twenty...

In just a few breaths, a total of over forty names completely disappeared from the heavenly dao golden list!

This sudden turn of events immediately caught the attention of all the forces on the hundreds of thousands of Flying Boats outside.

“Look! Names are disappearing from the golden ranking!”

“Hiss, over forty people died at once? Which force is so unlucky?”

“Wait! Look closely, most of those disappearing names seem to be from the Taichu Holy Land!”

“Holy crap! It really is! Even the name of the Head Disciple Ye Chen, who led the team for the Taichu Holy Land, is gone!”

Bursts of exclamations erupted from the crowd.

No one could believe what they were seeing.

The Taichu Holy Land was a top-tier Holy Land in the Central Province!

The fifty-plus Core Disciples sent in this time were all elites at or above the Void Refinement Stage.

Ye Chen was an even more peerless Prodigy at the Peak of Void Refining.

How long had it been since they entered?

At most, it hadn't even been two hours, right?

And they were already wiped out?!

After a brief, dead silence, the old monsters of other Holy Lands and top forces all showed expressions of schadenfreude.

“Oh my, it seems the Taichu Holy Land's Luck isn't very good this time.”

An Elder of the Myriad Sword Sect said sarcastically.

“Did they step into some ancient killing formation as soon as they went in? This speed of getting wiped out is truly eye-opening. I'm impressed, truly impressed!”

“Isn't it though?”

An Enshrined Expert of the Tianji Pavilion also stroked his beard and added with a smile.

“I've met that boy Ye Chen; his talent was decent, but his fate was a bit thin. The Holy Lord of Taichu is probably going to be heartbroken for quite a while now.”

“Hahaha! I think the Taichu Holy Land came to the Divine Ruins for a tour this time, right? They went in for a quick look and then checked out?”

The major forces were naturally competitors.

Seeing the Taichu Holy Land suffer, they naturally watched the joke without mercy.

The sounds of ridicule and laughter, agitated by spiritual power.

Clearly reached the Flying Boat of the Taichu Holy Land.

“Bang!”

The teacup in the Holy Lord of Taichu's hand was crushed to pieces, and scalding tea splashed all over the floor.

“Who did it... Who on earth did it?!!”

He let out an angry roar.

The terrifying pressure of the Body Integration Stage erupted.

Shaking the Flying Boats of several nearby small forces violently.

He was practically going insane!

Over thirty Core Disciples!

That was the backbone strength that the Taichu Holy Land had spent countless resources and effort to cultivate!

And Ye Chen, that was the successor he had high hopes for and prepared to cultivate as the next Holy Lord!

They all died inside just like that for no apparent reason?

“Impossible! Absolutely impossible!”

The Holy Lord of Taichu's face was ashen.

“Ye Chen has a life-saving trump card I bestowed upon him. Even if he encountered someone at the Body Integration Stage, he could tear through space and escape! How could he die just after entering the Divine Ruins?”

“Investigate! Investigate for me immediately! Find out exactly what happened!”

The surrounding Elders were so scared they knelt on the floor, trembling.

“Holy Lord, please appease your anger! The Laws inside the Divine Ruins are isolated; we simply cannot investigate the situation inside!”

“Then what about Second Senior Sister Bai Suyin! Is her name still on the golden ranking! Look quickly!” the Holy Lord of Taichu roared.

“Yes! Saintess Bai's name is still on the ranking!” an Elder pointed to a dim corner of the golden ranking and shouted excitedly.

The Holy Lord of Taichu reacted and immediately pulled out a Transmission Stone from his Storage Ring.

“Buzz—”

The Transmission Stone lit up with a faint light.

The Holy Lord of Taichu roared into the Transmission Stone:

“Suyi! Where is Chen'er? Is he beside you? What on earth happened in the Divine Ruins!”

From the other end of the Transmission Stone came Second Senior Sister Bai Suyin's voice, full of confusion.

“Holy Lord? Senior Brother and the others aren't here.”

Second Senior Sister Bai Suyin's voice sounded very bewildered:

“We just entered the Divine Ruins, and Senior Brother said he was going to meet up with the Great Yan Prince, Bi Yuntao. He took over thirty Junior Brothers and separated from me. Did something happen to them?”

Hearing this, the Holy Lord of Taichu felt his vision go dark, and his head spun.

“Separated...”

The Holy Lord of Taichu's hand holding the Transmission Stone was shaking.

Second Senior Sister Bai Suyin, on the other end of the Transmission Stone, had not yet realized the gravity of the situation and continued to ask:

“Holy Lord, what exactly happened to Senior Brother and the others? Do I need to take people to find them?”

“Though, it really is quite large inside these Divine Ruins...”

“Find them?”

The Holy Lord of Taichu gave a tragic laugh, every word dripping with blood.

“There's no need to look for them.”

“They... are all dead!”

Feng Jiuyou