377: The first battle of the sixth realm! (asking for monthly tickets)

“After the Sixth Realm, it’s an entirely new, different world. We’ve just broken through, so it’s better to keep a low profile.”

“Okay, I agree. Let’s see how others fight first, and then decide whether or not to go for that ranking.”

“If you want to fight, you go first. I’m not fighting for now, anyway.”

Li Chengyi spread his hands with a smile: “Do you know why there are only over three thousand people in the Sixth Grade ranking list?”

“Hmm?”

“You should know, there are over five thousand Sixth Graders in our academy, and that’s not even counting those who recently broke through.”

“That many?”

Ye Jinhuan was a bit surprised: “Why are there two or three thousand more Sixth Graders than Fifth Graders?”

“You don’t know?”

Li Chengyi was a little surprised: “That shouldn’t be.”

“Because Sixth Graders and us are two different worlds,” Ye Jinhuan said after a moment of silence.

“Oh, I forgot.”

Li Chengyi was a bit embarrassed. Compared to him, Ye Jinhuan was indeed more reclusive.

Due to family reasons, Ye Jinhuan only had a few friends, including him.

And, she basically didn't interact much with the outside world.

“Due to the difficulty of breaking through, our human race doesn’t have bottlenecks in the first few realms, but we do later on.”

“The difficulty of breaking through is high, and the Sixth Realm is the weakest and lowest in all Grotto Heavens, so basically no one chooses to enter a Grotto Heaven at the Sixth Realm.”

“Below the Sixth Grade, the reason why the number of people in each grade is so small is because Grotto Heavens have eliminated many people. So even if there are those who improve their strength and come in, or those who join later, the number of people in each grade remains limited.”

“But after the Sixth Realm, it’s different. No one enters Grotto Heavens, so naturally there are few deaths. Plus, breaking through is relatively difficult, so the number of people staying in the Sixth Grade is higher.”

“However, even so, there are still about two thousand people who haven’t made it onto the ranking list.”

“Part of it is people like us who have just broken through and don’t have a clear understanding of their combat power, so they haven’t joined the ranking list. The other part is people who are focusing on breaking through, not participating in the ranking list, and don’t want to be distracted by challenges.”

Li Chengyi said, also chuckling: “So, after the Sixth Realm, it’s not the same world as before for us.”

“At the very least, before, as soon as you broke through, you would automatically enter the ranking list of the next grade.”

“So, the academy is still quite lenient towards Sixth Graders.”

Seeing the smile on Ye Jinhuan’s face, Li Chengyi also smiled and nodded.

“So, it’s not the same world.”

Saying that, Li Chengyi also looked towards the stage: “I wonder how many battles there will be today.”

The Martial Arts Arena for each grade is in a different place, so usually, people only watch their own grade's matches.

However, some people would go to other grades' Martial Arts Arenas to watch battles.

But battles between different strength realms yield too little for oneself, so this situation generally doesn't occur.

Unless it's like Jiang Yuan's previous situation.

A Great Beam (Early Stage) challenging for the number one spot in the Fifth Grade ranking list was too big of a gimmick, so it attracted many people, many from other grades, to watch.

But now there’s no such gimmick, so naturally no one from other grades will come to watch the match.

Naturally, although the audience seats here are very large, they are also quite empty.

“Let’s watch more battles and gain more experience. If not, we can continue tomorrow. Anyway, both of us have just broken through not long ago, so there’s no rush to enter the ranking list.”

Li Chengyi spread his hands, then excitedly looked towards the arena.

“Here he comes, here comes someone. He should be the one who’s going to fight soon, and he’s waiting for his opponent now.”

Li Chengyi said, and began to search for the person's information on his phone.

“Got it. Sixth Grade, ranked three thousand one hundred eighty-one, Shi Shen Early Stage strength, weapon is a spear, relatively good at close combat.”

“Speaking of which, this ranking is right within the bottom fifty. Is it possible that the challenger is someone who hasn’t entered the ranking list?”

“According to what you just said, it’s probably like that.”

Ye Jinhuan nodded: “It can’t be someone who just broke through to the Sixth Realm Shen, right? We’re already quite Innocent Fools, but we’re still observing.”

“Hahaha, that’s true.”

Li Chengyi laughed, but soon he couldn’t laugh anymore.

“I feel that there are actually people who are even more Innocent Fools than us.”

“Hmm, or rather, they have the capital for it.”

“Hmm?”

Ye Jinhuan was a little puzzled, but she still followed Li Chengyi's gaze.

“Jiang Yuan?”

Ye Jinhuan exclaimed: “He broke through too?”

“No, he’s like us, he should have just returned from the Ten Thousand Races Battlefield, which means he just broke through.”

“He just broke through and came to challenge someone on the ranking list?”

“Hmm, he should be like you, not quite clear about the difference between the Sixth Realm and below the Sixth Realm.”

Li Chengyi recalled Jiang Yuan’s personality, then spoke with a hint of speculation.

“Hmm… that’s very possible.”

Ye Jinhuan chuckled, then nodded with a serious expression.

After all, in her impression, Jiang Yuan was also the type of person who was a homebody.

You might see him in a Grotto Heaven of other races, or you might see him during the grade ranking competition or the Four School Joint Examination.

As for other times, you basically wouldn’t see him.

Even if you did, for example, occasionally in the classroom, you always felt like he was zoning out.

Hmm, definitely a homebody.

However, a Card Creator being a homebody is actually quite normal, as many Card Creators are like that.

According to them, they need inspiration when no one is around and it's late at night.

“Should we go down and remind him?”

“Theoretically speaking, his strength should have no problem facing Yan Minghu, who is at Shi Shen Early Stage strength,” Li Chengyi said, stroking his chin.

“That’s true. After all, when he was at Great Beam (Early Stage), he was already hammering you.”

“What do you mean by hammering me!”

“We were clearly evenly matched, okay!”

“Right, right, evenly matched.”

Seeing Li Chengyi’s furious expression, Ye Jinhuan couldn’t help but laugh.

As the two chatted and laughed, Jiang Yuan in the arena had already begun to prepare for battle.

“A newcomer? Just broke through? You have courage.”

Yan Minghu looked at Jiang Yuan in front of him, though he recognized him.

After all, Jiang Yuan was very famous.

Not to mention Summoning Cards, just being the group leader in the Four School Joint Examination was enough for them to know Jiang Yuan.

What's more, there had been a lot of news about Jiang Yuan in the past month.

The military merits in the Element Spirit Race Grotto Heaven had already made everyone extremely envious.

But then, in the subsequent Ten Thousand Races Battlefield, he actually encountered a Space-Time Gate Hall again.

And it was a nine-ring one!

It’s just unknown whether Jiang Yuan finally succeeded in challenging the ninth stage.

They only knew he successfully challenged the eighth stage.

Only five people knew that Jiang Yuan had successfully challenged the ninth stage.

Jiang Yuan himself, Mu Qianshan, Huang Huanqing, and those two Undead guys.

However, those two Undead guys were killed by Jiang Yuan as soon as they left, so naturally they had no chance to reveal this information.

As for Mu Qianshan and Huang Huanqing?

They naturally wouldn't say much.

So, no one knew whether Jiang Yuan had successfully passed the ninth stage.

“It’s alright.”

Jiang Yuan chuckled, then raised his hand, signaling that the battle could begin.

Yan Minghu didn't care. After entering the Martial Arts Arena, he looked at the countdown in the sky, sneering inwardly.

【The Sixth Realm and every realm before the Sixth Realm are different.】

【Before, I also had the same thoughts as you, but I know the reality better than you.】

The countdown quickly ended. Three seconds later, purple light shone in the arena.

“Guess if that newcomer will use his special ability.”

“I don’t think so. Judging by his timeline, he should have just broken through not long ago.”

“Although Yan Minghu’s strength is relatively weak, he is indeed quite experienced in combat. I wonder if Jiang Yuan, who controls lightning in low-tier games, can defeat Yan Minghu.”

In the audience, after seeing the two begin their battle, some people also started taking bets with a smile.

However, their words were all about not favoring Jiang Yuan.

Special abilities are too great of an enhancement for the human race.

Li Chengyi and the others didn't understand, but others did.

Some people didn’t join the ranking list purely because their special abilities were too trashy.

Special abilities unrelated to combat, or rather, special abilities that had no combat power enhancement whatsoever.

For example, a special ability that could increase the strength of people nearby.

This kind of special ability would be fine if it appeared on an Amplification Card Master, but if it appeared on a combat Card Master, it would be quite regrettable.

This kind of special ability, which offers no personal enhancement, is truly of no help in battles within the Martial Arts Arena.

“I wonder what Jiang Yuan’s special ability is. But Yan Minghu’s special ability seems to be able to increase penetration effect.”

“Yes, a pretty decent special ability.”

Although their own special abilities are secrets, for people like Yan Minghu who frequently frequent the Martial Arts Arena, their special abilities have already been seen through by others.

Although not entirely certain, as Yan Minghu himself hasn't confirmed it, it's roughly so.

“Haha, die for me!”

In the purple light, the fully armed Nezha appeared in the arena and directly charged towards Yan Minghu.

Yan Minghu, holding a pure black long spear, gave Jiang Yuan a reluctant look, then blocked Nezha’s attack.

It was a pity that the battle ended too quickly, otherwise he would have definitely gotten a card specifically for Jiang Yuan.

For example, Shadow Duel.

Because of Jiang Yuan, or rather, most Beast Tamer Card Masters, this card also sold out.

Liu Xiaofei also made a fortune from this opportunity.

It can’t be called a windfall, because as long as Jiang Yuan and Beast Tamer Card Masters exist, the revenue this card can bring is endless.

“Bang!”

“Damn it!”

Two sounds rang out almost simultaneously, one after the other. Nezha made a half-turn in the air, using his waist strength to spin and cleave downwards with his spear.

Although Yan Minghu held his spear horizontally above his head, barely blocking Nezha’s attack, his tiger’s mouth still throbbed with pain.

Nezha’s strength was terrifying. Just one touch almost made him lose his grip on the long spear.

“It seems we don’t need to intervene.”

Zhao Gongming, Shi Ji, and Old Monarch, standing beside Jiang Yuan, smiled and spoke when they saw this scene.

“Indeed.”

Jiang Yuan nodded, his eyes slightly narrowed as he looked at the opponent.

From the opponent's appearance, neither his strength nor his technique was stronger than Nezha's.

Hmm, the weapon in his hand was also the same.

In just a short moment, Nezha had already left scars from the Yin Yang Twin Swords and two piercing wounds from the Fire Tipped Spear on the opponent’s body.

This was even without Nezha using the Zhentian Arrow, Qiankun Circle, or Huntian Ribbon.

“But I really feel like my strength has improved a lot!”

Nezha shouted excitedly, then spun his spear and twisted the grip. After the Fire Tipped Spear pierced Yan Minghu's throat, he spun the spear and twisted the grip again, and the force from the spear tail instantly transferred through the spearhead.

Although Yan Minghu had already gone through the body reshaping stage and his body was very strong, after Nezha's move, his entire neck instantly shattered.

A bloody scene did not appear, because after the Martial Arts Arena determined Yan Minghu’s death, both of them simultaneously exited the Martial Arts Arena.

“He had at least several opportunities to kill Yan Minghu there.”

In the audience, a Student also ranked around 3000 looked at the scene with a solemn expression.

“Indeed, not to mention the two swords in Nezha’s hand, just the long spear in his hand had two opportunities to finish off Yan Minghu.”

“If he used the technique that ultimately killed Yan Minghu.”

“One in the chest, one in the shoulder. If both of these times he used that final technique, at least one would be dead and one injured.”

The person speaking chuckled: “If Yan Minghu had two lives.”

“This newcomer’s strength is indeed terrifying. He truly lives up to being the champion of the second group.”

“Too strong! I feel my blood boiling. Do you think I should choose an opponent and challenge them later?”

The audience was buzzing with discussion, and Li Chengyi was no exception. After seeing Jiang Yuan win, he excitedly asked Ye Jinhuan beside him.

“I advise you to abandon that idea. Jiang Yuan is, after all, the top Fifth Grader. Although he just broke through to the Sixth Realm, defeating a few unknown people is still normal.”

“Especially opponents of similar strength.”

“Hmm…”

After Ye Jinhuan said that, Li Chengyi also fell silent for a moment.

Then, he looked up at Ye Jinhuan: “Is there a possibility that Jiang Yuan became the number one Fifth Grader because he defeated me?”

“Oh, I forgot you were number one before too.”

Ye Jinhuan chuckled: “You can challenge, but you must choose your opponent carefully, lest you lose your first battle.”

“Of course. I understand completely. There’s no comparison with Jiang Yuan; he’s just a pure monster. I only need to compare myself with normal people.”

Li Chengyi looked up proudly, watching another person step into the Martial Arts Arena.

Jiang Yuan’s next opponent!