"Is this the *** Chen Ke? Why is she wearing a mask? She's acting so mysterious."

"Is she ugly?"

"Impossible, there are no ugly people in the legendary Shen family."

"This time, the Tianzhou forces are coming with great force."

After the Tianzhou team took their seats, the atmosphere at the scene became extremely heated, with people whispering to each other and discussions rising one after another.

The leaders of all the major forces were extremely wary of 'Chen Ke'. When they thought that the Tianzhou Divine Sword was in 'Chen Ke's hand, they became more concerned.

After all, it is a peerless artifact, who doesn’t want to get it?

At this moment, the leader of Jidao Sect stared at the direction of Chen Ke with a gloomy expression. Last time in Linghuang Secret Realm, he was tricked by Chen Ke, and the anger in his heart has not subsided yet.

Once the elders' group competition begins, he will definitely make Chen Ke pay the price.

About a quarter of an hour later, all the registered forces had arrived and the entire empty stage square was packed.

One of the referees appeared on the stage. He wore a leaf-shaped green mask and glanced indifferently at the crowd. Finally, he said, "On behalf of the Island Master, I hereby declare the Changming Festival officially open. Next, the power ranking competition will begin. The ranking competition is divided into two groups: the Young Group and the Elder Group. The Young Group will compete first."

"This year's competition will continue according to previous rules. Each faction will send 100 young players to the waiting area."

As the referee finished speaking, the atmosphere in the field suddenly became heated.

Various forces began to call out the names of talented disciples and asked them to step out and enter the waiting area.

All of a sudden, there were more than 12,000 people in the waiting area.

As the two referees raised their hands, countless points of light flashed like stars, and then teleported towards the people in the waiting area.

The young disciples raised their hands to catch these light spots. When they touched the light spots, they quickly turned into exquisite tokens.

They looked closely and saw that the tokens were engraved with their identities and the emblems of their sects or families.

The referee said, "Next up is the initial elimination round for the young group. You will enter the Secret Assessment Realm. There, you will face fierce competition and battles with other contestants. The key to elimination is crushing their tokens. This means that only those remaining at the end will advance. Also, there will be a power ranking within the Secret Assessment Realm, ranked by the number of tokens crushed."

"At the same time, to prevent unfairness, alliances between different factions are prohibited in this elimination round. Once discovered, they will be eliminated. Everyone, please fight for your own sect, school, and family."

The young disciples were inexplicably excited when they heard the last sentence.

In the crowd, Zhuge Youlin quietly asked, "Is this just the preliminary round?"

Yu Changying smiled and said, "Of course it is."

"What will the final be about?" Zhuge Youlin asked curiously.

Jiang Xianyue said, "I heard from Master that the finals will be a competition, and the rankings will be determined one by one."

At this time, the referee said again: "This secret realm assessment elimination tournament will eliminate 10,000 people. When 10,000 people are eliminated, the secret realm assessment elimination tournament will end."

Ten thousand people?!

Everyone's eyes widened in shock.

Is this too much?!

Someone said in surprise, "Doesn't that mean that as long as one can pass the elimination round of the secret realm assessment, their sect or family will be listed among the major forces in the Changming Realm?"

Everyone nodded in agreement, but at the same time, someone sighed, "This is too difficult."

Others echoed, "Yeah, small forces like us probably won't be able to make it onto the power rankings again this year."

After a few sighs, someone suggested, "Ah... forget it, let's just treat it as a fun event and witness the emergence of the new power rankings in the Changming Realm."

The others agreed, and one sighed, "That's right. How could we possibly compete with powerful forces like the Jidao Sect, Chengyun Palace, and the Hengzhou Lu Family?"

However, unlike ordinary disciples and small forces, the mentality of the Jidao Sect's leader and other powerful people at this time is completely different.

They are full of confidence in the talents of their own forces and believe that they will be able to achieve excellent results in this secret realm assessment elimination round.

At this moment, a strong white light emerged from the waiting area, so dazzling that people could not see clearly.

When everyone saw clearly, all the young disciples who were originally in the waiting area were teleported into the secret realm of assessment.

At the same time, the ten referees gathered their spiritual power together.

Soon, a huge crystal screen appeared right above the arena.

You can see the current situation in the secret realm of assessment from it.

"Here it comes, look!" someone exclaimed.

Almost everyone's eyes were on the crystal screen, and the first person they saw was Lu Chao, the young master of the Hengzhou Lu family.

"It's Lu Chao!"

Everyone stared at the screen in amazement. The young man in the picture was dressed in a gorgeous red robe of exquisite quality, which only accentuated his tall and upright figure. He had a handsome face, and his brows revealed a sense of uninhibited confidence. A strand of his black hair was braided into an exquisite braid, adding a unique charm.

He held a magic sword in his hand - Ziwei.

"It's indeed Lu Chao. Didn't he say he was recuperating at home from an illness? Why is he participating in the Changming Festival?"

"His illness should be cured."

At this moment, the Palace Master of Chengyun Palace, who was sitting above, also noticed Lu Chao. He turned his head to look at the Patriarch of the Lu Family not far away and said with a smile, "Lu Chao's illness has unexpectedly healed. Patriarch Lu, which physician is so skilled that he could have cured him?"

Lu Jingcheng's face was calm as he replied calmly, "Chao'er's injuries aren't serious."

"Oh?" Palace Master Chengyun raised his eyebrows slightly, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes. "When your Lu family was searching for a famous doctor, I thought Lu Chao was seriously injured. I didn't expect that I was overthinking it."

Seeing that Lu Jingcheng was silent, the Chengyun Palace Master smiled again and said, "Lu Chao, this child, has inherited your talent. At such a young age, he actually has such cultivation and strength."

At this time, the leader of Jidao Sect, who was sitting not far away, sneered: "You are just too confident."

These words made Lu Jingcheng's face darken slightly.

The leader of the Jidao Sect looked at Lu Jingcheng and said sarcastically, "Master Lu, you are a forgetful person. I didn't expect that after your Lu family was attacked, you didn't take any action to retaliate. Are you afraid of the Tianzhou forces? Or are you afraid of Chen Ke?"

Lu Jingcheng said coldly, "Master Nanrong, aren't you also a forgetful person? Have you forgotten that Chen Ke teased you in the Linghuang Secret Realm?"

The Jidao Sect leader's face suddenly turned cold.

At this time, the people from the Lu family and the Jidao Sect felt an extremely oppressive atmosphere, and were so scared that they didn't dare to speak at all.

The Lord of Chengyun Palace smiled but said nothing.

The leader of Jidao Sect said with a forced smile: "Of course I will not let Chen Ke go."