Issuing a Challenge

His eyes zoomed down onto the 50th Rank, where the cultivation sees a drop from the Sky Realm he had almost reached, to the 9th Elementary Realm that he was currently at.

50th Rank. Wang Cheng, 9th Elementary Realm, 30 years old.

This was the one he was looking for.

He was not afraid of exposing his strength, at least within the Sect, as he was sure that the cheapskate Sect Leader will definitely not leave him to die, and will save him, regardless of the nonsense he talked about facing the challenge yourself.

The second thing was that he found it entertaining if Chen Yu Yang sees his rate of improvement, which he wanted to display to him as a sign that he was catching up after him, and telling him to watch out for himself.

Hopefully, this will distract his cultivation, and hinder his growth.

If it makes him spit out blood from anger, he won't mind that either.

Was this ruthless?

Who asked Chen Yu Yang to send assassins after him in the first place, twice? To a person who he hadn't even met, yet tried so hard to kill him off, he was better off dead.

He shook the thoughts out of his head, then turned his eyes towards the Supervising Elder.

As expected from the Inner Sect, even the Supervising Elders for combat were all so powerful. Long Chen exclaimed in his heart when he distinctly felt the Supervising Elder's aura after walking closer towards him.

Within the Sect, an Elite Disciple actually was stronger and possessed more authority than normal Elders of the Outer Sect, and even some of the less powerful Elders within the Inner Sect.

"Supervising Elder." Long Chen slightly bowed out of respect, as he walked in front of the Supervising Elder.

The Supervising Elder took one glance at Long Chen, and his eyes gleamed. He pointed towards one of the combat arena, and slowly said, "Wait till the match at Arena 5 has ended, before I settle your matter."

"Okay." Long Chen plainly replied, then casted his gaze upon Arena 5, where the bulk of action was occurring.

The entire crowd was engrossed within the fight in Arena 5, and he curiously raised his eyebrows.

Two disciples were engaged in an intense fight, and under the rapid movements, he caught a glimmer of their faces.

One was a young lady while the other was a youth.

Rays and flashes of light were continuously bursting and exploding throughout, and even the formation enveloping the arena that was meant to contain the impact of the fight was even faintly trembling.

Even with his cultivation, he could barely catch the speed of the fight and the rapid movements.

And there was one main thing that he noticed, which was that both of them were floating above the ground and fighting within the air.

But no matter which angle he looked at it from, their faces don't look like they were in the thirties, and were more inclined towards the twenties.

However, in the Heaven's Pride Ranking, he was sure that they were not Sky Realm cultivators that looked as young as they did.

There was only one explanation for this, and he looked towards the Supervising Elder to confirm his guess, "Supervising Elder, are they both Chosens of the Sect?"

The Supervising Elder lightly nodded his head in response.

Long Chen was rather perplexed by something, "Supervising Elder, isn't this Treasured Combat Hall only for Inner Disciples? Why are the Chosens also fighting here for?"

"Are the Chosens not part of the Inner Sect too? They can choose where they want to fight, and it is also quite beneficial for the Sect if they fight here, because the rest of the Inner Disciples will be able to gain some comprehension from their battles. We don't discourage or prevent them from fighting here, so some of them come here often to exchange pointers. " The Supervising Elder slowly explained in a low voice, without turning his gaze from Arena 5.

Long Chen nodded his head in understanding, then continued to study the battle.

Because they were from the Sky Realm, they were able to fly and have increased maneuverability when battling.

The battle process was also much more exciting and interesting as compared to the fights for those below the Sky Realm, where their movement was only restricted to the ground.

The battle continued for quite some time, and Long Chen was thoroughly engrossed by the wide variety of moves that had been displayed by both sides.

They were not only powerful and swift, but also executed with precision.

As the young lady took advantage of an opening the youth had left open, the fight finally ended, with the win obviously handed over to the young lady.

The youth and young lady both landed onto the ground after that strike, as they cupped their fists while bowing to each other in proper battling courtesy.

And as the result was announced, the entire crowd went ballistic, and Long Chen heard the name "Goddess Feng!" being echoed throughout all four corners of the hall.

Long Chen's eye drums nearly burst out from the loud roars of the crowd, and he even softly cursed out as he wondered how a person's popularity could even be so frightening high.

On the arena, the youth had a warm smile on his face as he praised, "Looks like Senior Sister's Flying Sword Dance has seen some improvements since your breakthrough. You really deserve my respect. "

The lady also wore a soft smile as she commented, "I don't deserve this praise. If not for the fact that I had made used of your mistake, I would never have won this fight."

"Senior Sister, there is no need to be so humble with me. You were once weaker than me, but now, you are indeed stronger. I wholeheartedly acknowledge my loss." The youth waved his hands in denial, while he smilingly replied.

Meanwhile, Long Chen turned his head towards the Supervising Elder, and questioned, "Supervising Elder, who are those two people? They seem rather powerful to me. "

The Supervising Elder gave a light smile, and answered after a while, "The youth on the left is called Xiao Tian, while the young lady on the right is called Feng Xin. They are two of the most talented disciples out of all the Chosens, especially the young lady who had won."

'Feng Xin?' Long Chen kept his name within his mind, mentally reminding himself to exchange pointers against her in the future.

He could distinctly sense the intensity and power of her Flying Sword Dance skill, and he wanted to use that to gain comprehension and strengthen his own sword skills.

"Now that the fight is over, Long Chen, who do you want to fight against?" The Supervising Elder looked towards Long Chen and mildly asked.

"You know my name?" Long Chen was slightly surprised.

"Look at your own face and the cultivation that is leaking out of your body. Who, within the Combat Department, will not know your name?" The Supervising Elder bluntly stated.

"Oh." Long Chen did not think too much on this, then raised his voice and eplied, "I would like to challenge Ceng Hun, Rank 50 on the Heaven's Pride Ranking."

"Not present." The Supervising Elder plainly answered.

"What do you mean by that?" Long Chen creased his eyebrows while asking.

The Supervising Elder gave Long Chen a look, and said in a matter-of-fact tone, "Do you think that all the disciples on the Heaven's Pride Ranking are your own personal toys that you can summon whenever you want to? Chen Hung is currently doing a mission and is out of the Sect, so choose another person, unless you want to wait for him to come back."

"I would like to challenge the 51st Rank then." Long Chen listened to the Supervising Elder's words and did not hesitate in his decision.

"Not present. He is in closed-door cultivation"

"52nd Rank."

"Not present. He is visiting his parents."

"53rd Rank."

Long Chen stared up at the Supervising Elder, and saw that he was not responding. This was a good sign.

The Supervising Elder similarly stared at Long Chen, then took out a challenge slip from his pockets and sent it towards the direction of the 53rd Rank disciple.

And Long Chen clearly saw the challenge slip float into the hands of one of the audience who was still fiercely cheering for Feng Xin, and that person simply stuffed the challenge slip within his pocket without taking a single look, before he continued to loudly shout out "Goddess Feng!"

The corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily as his face darkened.

He turned towards the Supervising Elder, who in turn, had averted his gaze away.

He continued his stare towards him, and it slowly turned into a glare, until the Supervising Elder finally gave in.

The Supervising Elder dryly coughed, then rose up from the ground and loudly announced, "The Elite Disciple, Long Chen, has issued a challenge to the Chen Hun, the 53rd Rank on the Heaven's Pride Ranking. May Chen Hun come up to Arena 4 to begin the fight!"

His voice had disturbed the cheers for a moment, which momentarily paused when they heard the name 'Long Chen'. They were not unfamiliar to it, but rather had heard too many stories about this person.

Peeling their eyes, they wanted to see which person was so great to have so many stories revolving around him.