Chapter Forty-Two Rules
Once the first person was identified, other strong individuals followed one after another on the list.
For a moment, cheers and jubilation filled the arena. Su Yang looked at the innate experts who appeared one after another and curled his lip.
They all looked impressive and full of imposing manners, but whether they could still be so formidable in a real fight remains to be seen.
It wasn't that Su Yang looked down on the martial artists of the world, but rather that these innate realm cultivators were simply not worthy of his attention.
Having cultivated for decades, he is not only at the Innate Realm, but he can't even rank among the top in a single academy's ranking list. What qualifications does he have to compete with him?
"Look! That's Lin Wuya, number one on the Tiger List and number thirty-seven on the Dragon Tiger List! I wonder if he'll make it onto the Dragon List today!"
"Four years ago, he was already at the sixth level of the Innate Realm. After these four years of honing his skills, he's probably capable of challenging the top experts on the Dragon Ranking!"
"Not necessarily. The Dragon Ranking is for geniuses of another level. Although Lin Wuya is extremely strong, he should not be able to compare with those kinds of beings."
Hearing the sounds around him, Su Yang also looked at the martial artist who had just come out. His appearance was somewhat similar to Lin Qianhao's, and given that the other party's surname was Lin, Su Yang knew what was going on.
However, since he had already promised the Lin family not to cause trouble for their prodigy, this person was naturally not among his targets.
As he continued watching, no one from the Dragon Ranking appeared after Lin Wuya, which puzzled Su Yang.
A quick glance around at the faces and expressions of those around me revealed the same thing.
Why haven't the top talents on the Dragon Ranking shown up?
Some people, having not seen any of the Dragon Ranking experts for a long time, began to call out.
Then, a figure in blue descended from the sky; it was an old man with white hair.
Upon seeing the old man, Su Yang was surprised, because it was none other than Xia Fengxing, the dean of the outer academy, whom Zhao Yan had introduced to when he enrolled.
He is undoubtedly a grandmaster-level expert.
Xia Fengxing's appearance caused even the Tiger Ranking experts in the arena to bow their heads and clasp their fists in greeting to him.
Regardless of their status or strength, they deserve our respect.
Xia Fengxing stood on the stage, looking down at the sea of people. He did not show any power, but a voice appeared in everyone's ears at the same time.
The sound wasn't loud, but it was very clear, enough for everyone to hear clearly.
"Starting this month, the Dragon and Tiger Challenge has changed some rules. First, the monthly challenge opportunity has been canceled and replaced with one challenge per April, lasting seven days each time."
Secondly, those who are not ranked on the Tiger List may not challenge those on the Dragon List.
To prevent anyone from becoming arrogant and making a fool of themselves as in the past, starting today, the Dragon and Tiger Ranking Challenge will adopt a sequential challenge system.
After Xia Fengxing finished speaking, a murmur of discussion arose from the audience.
Su Yang frowned as well. The first point was irrelevant to him, but the second point was very relevant to him.
This means that if he wants to climb the Dragon List, he not only has to get on the Tiger List first, but he also has to fight his way up from the bottom of the list to the top of the Tiger List.
In other words, he would only be qualified to challenge the Dragon Ranking after defeating seventy-two Tiger Ranking experts.
"If there are no objections, let's begin now."
Xia Fengxing's voice was indifferent. As a Grandmaster-level expert, naturally no one dared to object to what he said.
But glancing at the crowd below the stage, he could tell that someone was somewhat dissatisfied.
After thinking for a moment, he said again, "Don't be unconvinced. Everyone on the Dragon Ranking has the strength to overturn the entire Tiger Ranking. If you can't even do that, then there's no point in thinking about those meaningless things."
Xia Fengxing spoke without any mercy, and even glanced at the spot where Su Yang was standing at the end.
Feeling the old man's gaze on the stage, Su Yang shrugged. It wasn't that he was unconvinced, but he just found it troublesome.
Seeing Su Yang's reaction, Xia Fengxing chuckled inwardly.
He didn't actually have any ill feelings towards this disciple of the Carefree King, but the other party was ultimately too young, and the talent he displayed was too outstanding.
If we don't find a way to put him in his place and deflate his arrogance, he's bound to suffer a major setback in the future.
Indeed, Xia Feng's actions were simply to ensure that Su Yang could clearly understand his own strength in this Tiger Ranking competition.
He even changed the rules specifically for Su Yang, just so that Su Yang wouldn't challenge the Dragon Ranking right away and cause him to lose too badly, thus hurting his invincible spirit.
It could be said that she was extremely worried about Su Yang, wanting to give him a hint so that he would know that he was not invincible.
But I don't want him to suffer an unavoidable defeat that would ruin his path, because that would not benefit him in achieving the supreme imperial throne in the future.
"Kid, after today, you should have a general understanding of your own strength."
Your talent is the strongest I have ever seen! If you don't break through your mental barriers, you will surely become a supreme expert in the human realm in the future. I hope you will not waste your talent.
Thinking this to himself, that was all he could do.
The notice that was issued already indicated that Xia Fengxing did not stay to watch the challenge.
As Xia Fengxing left, the entire arena instantly erupted in excitement.
Ninety-nine percent of the people were just there to watch the spectacle; what the dean said was none of their business.
They only want to see a battle between innate powerhouses!
According to the rules, the top spot each time should be a battle among the strongest players on the Dragon and Tiger List.
However, after a round, no one challenged the leaderboard, indicating that the top players had no intention of moving up in rank.
Indeed, having fought every month before, most people were well aware of their own strength. Unless they had a fortuitous encounter, few could suddenly defeat someone ranked higher than themselves.
Because while you are making progress, others are also making progress.
Therefore, with the top experts on the Tiger Ranking remaining unchanged, the order naturally shifted to those outside the rankings.
Standing at the back of the crowd, Su Yang did not make the first move.
Although he is proud, he is never blindly arrogant; he always assesses the strength of others before speaking.
Sure enough, not long after, a burly man with a crew cut leaped onto the stage numbered 108.
The first person to make a move received cheers from the audience, which made the burly man on stage feel a surge of pride!
Then, looking at Zhao Yan, who was wearing a dark blue martial arts uniform, the burly man clasped his hands in a fist salute: "Shi Qianfan!"
"Zhao Yan".
Rules cannot be broken, and Zhao Yan clasped his hands in return.
Upon hearing the burly man's name, the audience erupted in enthusiastic discussion.
"It's actually Shi Qianfan! He's a master ranked 112th! I heard he broke through to the Innate Realm last month. I didn't believe it at first, but it turns out it's true!"
"To challenge Zhao Yan on stage right after breaking through to the Innate Realm is a bit too presumptuous."
"You don't know, but there's a rumor that Shi Qianfan, with his ninth level of Acquired Realm cultivation, once fought against a first level of Innate Realm expert! Although he ultimately lost, he wasn't injured. Now that he's broken through to the Innate Realm, his combat power must be stronger than that of other martial artists of the same level!"
"So, he might not be any worse than Zhao Yan!"
"It's hard to say. Zhao Yan entered the Xiantian realm quite some time ago, so it's still uncertain who will emerge victorious."
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