From the Carp that Brings Children to the Celestial Officials

Chapter 272 Second Level

On the mirror stand, bells and drums resounded, causing the void to tremble.

Many cultivators slowly awoke from their cultivation. Some looked bewildered, as if they had not yet fully grasped the guidance of the Lens Platform, while others were overjoyed, clearly having gained a great deal.

But in any case, the sword dueling tournament continues.

Everyone, get ready to start the second stage.

Lu Boyang glanced at You Ming's position. This little carp must have used some strange magic or supernatural power. Its originally handsome appearance had become ordinary and even looked a bit grimy.

But the little carp remained deep in thought with its eyes closed, and there were even faint ripples around it, indicating that it was having an epiphany.

Even with Lu Boyang's experience, he was slightly stunned at this moment.

These juniors are truly extraordinary! This is enlightenment, not some common vegetable. They can achieve enlightenment in such a noisy environment, and even the [Mirror Platform] cannot awaken them.

Lu Boyang would naturally not deliberately wake You Ming.

After all, this would be an act that cuts off someone's path to cultivation. If he really did that, then he would be locked in a life-or-death struggle with You Ming.

Therefore, after glancing at You Ming, he gently tightened his robes and looked up at the crowd.

Everyone was solemn. Although most people already knew what the second round of the competition was, they still looked at Lü Boyang with great anticipation.

With a flick of his sleeve, Lü Boyang caused the void to ripple, and golden chains of stars fell from the sky, like an inverted Milky Way, swaying with starlight.

He looked around and spoke loudly, his voice resonating in the ears of every cultivator.

"The Mirror Platform of the Great Void, the second test: the Star Pulling Test, begins immediately!"

"This test is not just about physical strength or the raw power of blood and qi, but about the fusion of magical power, willpower, and physique."

“The cultivator stood on the mirror platform and exerted force on the Golden Star Chain to draw various strange beasts from the Mirror Sea.”

"Based on the appearance of the strange beasts you are leading, the strength of your abilities will be determined."

Most cultivators already knew the rules of the second level, but Lü Boyang still explained them to everyone again.

To put it simply, the second stage is actually a fishing competition.

There are golden chains of stars in the sky. Each person can throw these golden chains into the Mirror Sea by releasing their magic power or directly using their physical strength, and drag out the strange beasts from them.

Their strength is determined by the number of beasts they drag out and the quality of their species.

The mythical beasts are divided into four types: ox, tiger, elephant, and dragon.

In the secular world, a person with great strength is generally described as having the strength of nine oxen and two tigers.

However, among the cultivators participating in the [Tai Xu Qing Jing Tai], if someone only uses the Golden Rope Star Chain to drag out nine oxen and two tigers, their strength is definitely not very great; it can only be described as mediocre.

"Who will be the first to take the lead in the Star-Drawing Trial?"

Lu Boyang stood with his hands behind his back, looking up at his surroundings.

Many people, confident in their strength, were eager to try.

"I'll come first!"

Excitement gleamed in Chen Xiujie's eyes, and he was the first to jump out.

He suddenly leaped up from the lotus platform, without using any magical power, seemingly relying solely on his physical strength. Lü Boyang merely glanced at him, showing no surprise.

Chen Xiujie is a disciple of the Great Wilderness Furnace Sect. He is skilled in blacksmithing and weapon forging. Not only is his magical power abundant and unfathomable, but his physique is also incredibly powerful. Although he is not a body cultivator, his physical strength is comparable to that of many demons in the demon beast path.

"drink!"

Chen Xiujie suddenly exhaled, and his body gradually expanded, his skin becoming as hard as iron and gold, and his height reaching twelve feet, exuding an aura of strength and power.

Without uttering a word, he simply raised his arm, flicked his wrist, and grasped a chain horizontally in his palm. Then, the countless golden star chains that had been floating in the void suddenly sank and fell into the Mirror Sea.

"boom."

These golden star chains are extremely heavy. If one is not strong enough, one might not even be able to lift these chains, let alone use them to lift up alien beasts.

"Clang clang".

Those golden star chains that sank beneath the Mirror Sea seemed to be constantly being dragged down by something underwater, and they kept sinking.

The veins on Chen Xiujie's arms throbbed like pythons, and his muscles piled up like mountains.

He wrapped the chains around his arms, and these constantly falling golden chains seemed to drag him into the water as well.

The golden star chain seemed to be being weighed down layer by layer, becoming heavier and heavier, while Chen Xiujie's arm trembled more and more violently.

"collapse!"

Without gathering any strength or relying on any magic, he simply used his flesh and blood and magical power to pull suddenly!
The star chain drew a streak of light in the sky, like a golden dragon turning over and heading straight out of the Mirror Sea!
The next instant, golden ripples surged in the Mirror Sea, the surface of the water exploded, and a huge column of water rose up!

The golden star chain that had been submerged underwater was pulled up by force.

All that could be seen was that nine bronze divine oxen, with four hooves as hard as rocks and two horns as sharp as blades, were forcibly pulled out of the mirror sea by him, their bellows shaking the heavens, still struggling and rolling!
In addition, nine enormous iron-spine tigers hang one after another on another row of golden star chains.

On the next row, there were nine robust eight-tusked elephants!
Nine oxen, nine tigers, and nine elephants!
The cultivators were in an uproar. Many powerful cultivators only meant that they had a lot of magical power and could fight for a long time, but their combat strength was not necessarily strong.

But someone like Chen Xiujie, whose magical power combined with physical strength, was able to drag nine oxen, nine tigers, and nine elephants.

This demonstrates that its combat power is equally terrifying.

As expected of a disciple of the Great Wilderness Furnace Sect, his ranking in both the first and second stages is among the top, which means his overall strength must be extremely extraordinary.

"No, he doesn't seem to have finished dragging it out completely!"

Just as everyone was stunned by his series of strange beasts, they discovered that a section of the Golden Star Chain was still submerged underwater, seemingly being slowly struggling beneath the surface by an enormous being, while Chen Xiujie's body remained tense.

"out!"

Chen Xiujie's eyes widened, and he uttered a single word.

Then, in an instant, the mirror stand trembled, the heavenly lock rattled, and the golden rope tightened as if about to break.

A blue-scaled dragon, its tail whipping with stardust, roared angrily, its body as large as a mountain, struggling wildly! It seemed ready to break free of its restraints at any moment, acting with utter madness.

Chen Xiujie suddenly shouted, throwing the other strange beasts up, and then pounced out, his feet firmly planted on the ground like pillars, his hands wrapped around the dragon's tail, veins bulging on his forehead, and he actually dragged the azure dragon from under the mirror stand to the top of the mirror stand inch by inch.

Canglong originally intended to resist, but after just one or two punches, he began to wail and his struggles subsided.

The power of a dragon!
Most cultivators' methods are not particularly adept at combat, and a cultivator who possesses the power of a dragon is probably even rarer than one whose magical power reaches the sea.

(End of this chapter)