Divine Seal: Child of the Elements, starting with a contract with Gu Yuena.

Time flies, and the Demon Hunter Selection Tournament arrives as scheduled.

Actually, this isn't really a selection process; it just proves that you're qualified to participate in the selection process.

To save time and resources, in order to participate in the main competition, one must first obtain the qualification to participate, which means going to the Alliance border and killing five demons.

As for the Magic Temple, Elder Yu will help him pull some strings. In the preliminary rounds, each temple will select its own participants, and the Alliance will not interfere. As long as the top ten are selected, they can participate in the final competition.

With his status as a Dharma God, this little matter is nothing to him.

The ruling hall of Brahma City.

The five leaders—the branch temple masters of the Knights Temple, the Warriors Temple, and the Magic Temple, the military commander of Brahma City, and the governor of Brahma City—came together to bid farewell to the young talents participating in the Demon Hunter Selection Competition.

Besides Gu'ao and Na'er, there are four other contestants, two from each of the three major branch halls.

For any city, having its young people selected to join the Demon Hunter Corps is a tremendous honor. If they achieve good results in the selection competition, the city's governor, military commander, and branch temple master will all receive rewards.

Five years ago, when Gu'ao left Zeus City, he decided that he would participate in the competition as a representative of Zeus City, which could be considered as repaying part of the debt of gratitude.

However, plans can change quickly. Although Gu'ao will participate in the battle, he will not be a magician, but a knight.

This would make it difficult to go to Zeus's city. Firstly, it wouldn't explain why he was chosen as a knight instead of a magician. Secondly, Gu'ao was going there specifically to prove him wrong.

In this way, he gained a reputation for the city behind him, but whether it was a good reputation or a bad one was unknown.

To avoid bringing a bad reputation to his hometown, Gu Ao still chose to participate in the competition in Brahma City, but he felt a little sorry for Palace Master Ouyang Cheng.

Fortunately, there is Na'er. With her strength, winning first place in the Warrior Temple preliminary round is a piece of cake. She is truly capable of bringing glory to Brahma City.

Brahma City prepared equipment for the group, all of which were magic-level. Gu Ao was an alchemist, and all his equipment was of a level lower than spirit-demon. In addition to her weapon, the Silver Dragon Spear, Na'er also had other types of equipment prepared for her by Gu Ao.

Everything was ready. The inspector sent by the Alliance to oversee the Brahma branch had arrived; he was a seventh-tier mage.

More importantly, this magician, Gu'ao, knew him!

The inspector nodded subtly to Gu Ao, who knew perfectly well that this man was sent by Elder Yu.

Gu Ao felt a warmth in his heart. Even though he had embarked on a path outside of his teacher's plans, Master Yu still did his best for his disciple.

His seventh-level cultivation far exceeded the Alliance's requirement of a sixth-level inspector, so even in the event of an accident, he was more than capable of protecting them throughout their journey.

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Alliance border.

Brahma City is located in the interior of the Alliance, quite far from the border. It took Gu Ao and his party several days to get close to the border.

At this moment, the six men were fully armed.

Gu'ao was dressed in armor and held a long sword; Na'er was dressed in light silver armor and held a long spear.

The other four are: the guardian knight Shen Lie, who wields a sword and a shield in each hand; the axe warrior Shi Jian, who is burly and wields a battle axe; and Zhao Ling and Zhao Yue, twin sisters from the magic branch, both of whom are water mages.

Gu Ao and Na'er are well-known figures in Brahma City, especially Shen Lie and Shi Jian, who are both in the Knight Temple and Warrior Temple respectively, and are very familiar with their talents.

Whether it's the young people or the bigwigs of Brahma City, Gu'ao and Na'er are a match made in heaven, destined to enter the Demon Hunter Team finals.

Just as everyone stepped into the core area of ​​the border, preparing to search for traces of the demons, Gu Ao's expression suddenly changed, and his powerful mental energy instantly detected a faint tremor coming from underground.

"There's an ambush!"

With a loud shout, almost the instant his voice fell, a layer of pale golden light-based spiritual energy screen instantly bloomed, like a solid barrier, enveloping all six of them.

The fourth-tier Guardian Knight skill, Holy Light Shield, was unleashed by Gu'ao, the Elemental Child who included the Child of Light, making its defensive power far exceed that of other knights of the same tier.

At the same time, Gu Ao flipped his wrist, and his long sword plunged into the yellow sand beneath his feet, piercing straight into the ground, with intense golden light shining through from the ground.

A violent roar came from underground, and then more than a dozen purplish-black figures suddenly broke through the yellow sand and leaped out of the ground, surrounding the six people.

"It's the Luke race! And there's even a fourth-tier one!" Shen Lie's pupils shrank, and he exclaimed in shock.

They were a group of grotesque creatures with ferocious appearances and human-like features. They were about 1.7 meters tall, with bare upper bodies and their lower bodies covered with fine black scales.

Its upper body skin is purplish-black, it has three eyes on its head, and most peculiarly, it has four arms.

Each of these monsters has four arms, each shaped like a sharp cone. The forearms are completely keratinized, resembling three-edged thorns, with the tips emitting a faint, cold light.

Six thousand years ago, seventy-two demon god pillars suddenly descended upon the Holy Demon Continent, causing a large number of creatures to mutate, which gradually evolved into various combat forces of the demon race, mainly consisting of more than twenty races.

The Luke tribe that appeared before everyone at this moment was one of them.

Compared to humans, the most terrifying aspect of demons lies in their combat talent; regardless of gender or age, they can all engage in battle.

The talents of demons far surpass those of humans, a race in general; even without any training, they can become powerful warriors.

Of course, the demon race is powerful because they are fixed in their level; they are born at a certain level and remain at that level for life, making it extremely difficult to break through.

In layman's terms, it means that their development potential is not as good as that of human professionals.

The most typical example is the Seventy-Two Pillar Demon Gods. They have existed for six thousand years, and their ranking has remained basically unchanged. This is because they are limited by their race and find it difficult to break through the shackles of their bloodline to reach a higher level.

At this moment, there were twelve or thirteen Luke warriors surrounding Gu'ao and his six companions. Several of their spikes had not yet emerged from the ground and had already perished in Gu'ao's earlier attack on the ground.

Of these dozen or so Luke tribesmen, the majority were at the third rank, with one or two at the fourth rank.

The assessment requires each person to hunt five demons, referring to those below the fourth rank. One fourth-rank demon is equivalent to five.

Once this group of Luke people is dealt with, the assessment is basically complete.

Shen Lie assumed a sword and shield stance, Shi Jian gripped his battle axe, and the Zhao sisters raised their hands to gather water elements. The four of them instantly assumed a stance to fight together.

However, two figures had already shot out like arrows released from a bow.

The ancient longsword was drawn without using any magic; the sword light flashed like a meteor, piercing the forehead of a Luke tribesman, killing him instantly.

Na'er's spear moved like a dragon, her silver hair flying in the wind, and with each thrust of the spear tip, the cold light accurately struck the vital points of the Luke tribe.

In just a few breaths, seven or eight of the dozen or so Luke tribesmen were gone, all lying in pools of blood, unable to even struggle.

Shen Lie, Shi Jian, and the Zhao sisters stood frozen in place, while the Luke tribe, which had not yet been attacked, were also stunned.

No, is that right?