Chapter 196: 195: Chen Yixuan Has Disappeared!<div>
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The Qualifying Contest is thest stage of thepetition that has subdivisions.
This time, the subdivisions are divided based on advanced cosmic nations.<div>
Each advanced cosmic nation is considered a subdivision, making a total of ten thousand subdivisions.
In the Pangu Continental division, thepetitors eligible for the qualifying contest are a total of ten thousand people who have advanced from the mid-level cosmic nations, as well as ny thousand people who have been selected from the maind of Pangu itself.
In the Pangu Continental division, a total of a hundred thousand people are participating in this qualifying contest, and the top hundred selected from them will qualify for the main tournament.
“Where is Chen Yixuan?”
“I’m not sure, he hasn’te to participate, seems like he’s still in that ruin…”
“This guy, he was the number one, doesn’t he n to participate in the Genius
Race anymore?”
“Impossible, he specifically came all the way from Peni Ind to our Pangu
Continent, isn’t it just to advance from here?”
“What do you mean?”
“Obviously, it’s because it’s hard to advance from Peni Ind, so he came to Pangu Continent…”<div>
“Ah? In that case, why didn’t Peni Ind send more people over…”
“What are you thinking, Chen Yixuan cane over because he has a branch here in the Pangu Continent. His family started from here, they have their ancestral home here, so he can participate in thepetition here…”
“There’s only five minutes left, is Chen Yixuan really noting?”
In the virtual universe, close to a hundred thousand people gathered on a not toorge ind, all werepetitors of the Pangu Continental Qualifier.
At this moment, there are two leaderboards at the top of this small ind.
One of them, disying the rankings of ten thousand affiliated medium cosmic nations, with Du Gang impressively in first ce. In his status column, in addition to his points andbat record, you can also see his online status.
The other, showing the rankings of the Pangu Continental division, Chen Yixuan was number one, his status indicated he was offline.
Just like that, five minutes passed. By thest second, no one saw Chen Yixuan appearing online.
“Oh my god, Chen Yixuan really didn’te!”
“Even though he’s number one, didn’t he end up neglecting it for a rickety ruin?”
“And not just him, didn’t you see, a lot of the top-ranking hundred in the Pangu division hadn’t joined up?”<div>
“Moreover, of the top five hundred people, at least over three hundred are not present…”
“Are these guys actually stuck in the ruins and don’t want to leave?”
Hearing these words, Du Gang touched his nose.
Those three hundred people were all staying in his own internal world, so even if they wanted to participate, they couldn’t.
“Ah, in that case, won’t I be the first ce in the Pangu division in this qualifying contest?”
A person who ranked a little over a hundred said excitedly.
“Be careful, among the ten thousand people who advanced from the affiliated divisions, the first ce is that Ancient God, his strength is not to be underestimated…”
“Ancient God? Is nothing but a Sector Lord at the first rank, even if he’s a genius, he is nothing more than a bystander this time!”
Hearing these words, Du Gang carefully looked at the name above the man’s head and memorized it.
“Meng Chang, watch your mouth, that Ancient God is right behind you!” Someone recognized Du Gang’s gaze, and quickly warned.
Meng Chang turned his head and saw that indeed, the Ancient God he had seen in the news before was standing not far away watching him, expressionless.<div>
“Heh!”
He sneered and said, “So what if he’s looking at me?”
“You are nothing but a mere Sector Lord at the first rank, and I’m a Sector Lord at the fourth rank. Even if you are a divine body, so what? This time, I, Meng Chang, will teach you a lesson!”
Du Gang grinned and said, “Kid, remember what you said, don’t cry for daddy when the timees!”
Just then, the system prompt appeared.
[The rules for the current phase are ‘knock out’, each participant will initially receive a thousand points. The maximum points awarded for winning are a hundred points, and the maximum points deducted for losing are a hundred points…] [Thepetition is about to start, the teleportation starts now!]
“Wow!”
As the system’s audio yed, countless shes of white light appeared, and everyone was teleported away from this waiting area.
When Du Gang reappeared, he was already standing on the battlefield.
His opponent is a Sector Lord at second rank, who looked incredibly excited to see Du Gang.
“Good man, I actually run into you, today, I will prove myself by ying a god…”
For such an arrogant guy, Du Gang couldn’t be bothered to respond to him, he remained silent and waited for thepetition to begin.
[Thepetition starts!]
The moment the system prompt fell, There was a slight tremor of Du Gang’s body. In the next second, his opponent instantly turned into a beam of white light and vanished.
“Where am I? Who am I?”
The opponent didn’t even know what was happening after he left the battlefield.
“The qualifying contest of Pangu Continent, it’s not challenging for me at all!” Du Gang defeated several people very easily, and said calmly.
Indeed, even Chen Yixuan, who was originally the top-ranked yer in the Pangu division, had been caught by him. How could there be any formidablepetitors?!
Shortly after thepetition started, Du Gang killed off his opponents quickly and won the highest points.
[Ranking: 1st ce, Du Gang, 1700 points…]
“Has Du Gang already won seven times in a row?”
“Not only that, he defeated the opponents in all seven matches within six seconds…”
“Look carefully, the second and third ces also have 1700 points, but Du Gang is ranked higher. This means that Du Gang kills his opponents faster than they do!”
“Is the Ancient God that strong? He’s only a Domain Lord Level Rank One…”
Some people could not help but exim in awe.
“Powerful? I don’t think he’s that formidable…
“If you guys had carefully analyzed Du Gang’spetition records, you would have found that he often takes the lead at the beginning of everypetition he participated in…”
“This is because his speed is very fast, allowing him a temporary lead.
However, in reality, he can’t maintain this for long!”
“Looks like it’s true. I’ve seen it myself. In previouspetitions, he always takes the lead early on, butgs behindter…”
Du Gang didn’t know about these criticisms, he was a little bored at the moment as his opponents were too weak.
More than three hundred of the top five hundred participants in this Pangupetition zone were caught by him in advance, making thepetitionpletely dull.
For these three hundred people not participating, let alone the ordinary participants and viewers feeling surprised, even the elders of their families were baffled.
“Is this the Cosmic Peak Talents Competition? Isn’t participating in thispetition more important than obtaining Saint Crystals in the ruins?”
“Exactly, it’s not like the family can’t spare one or two Sector Lords, yet they chose to stay in the ruins…”
“They are so foolish, for the family, their participation in the Cosmic Peak Talents Competition would be more beneficial…”
As thepetition progressed, with the passage of time, Du Gang’s score continued to increase, even creating a significant gap with the second ce.
“Who will be able to stop Du Gang?”
Online, there were still quite a few people with a strong sense of territoriality who didn’t want Du Gang to take the first ce.
They felt uneasy seeing a participant from a lower-ss star region taking the position that should have belonged to their natives.
“Can the participants of this generation seed or not?”
“Right, your generation is too bad, letting a participant from a lower-ss star region dominate the first ce for so long…”
On the inte, some older folks had already started criticizing the participants of this generation.
Although many of them hadn’t even participated in the elimination matches, this didn’t stop them from expressing their views. Suddenly, someone on the inte started shouting.
“Meng Chang is up against Du Gang!”
“They’re about to face each other. Meng Chang is a powerfulpetitor within the top 100. He is currently the highest-ranking participant in our Pangupetition zone!”
The audience was also helpless, as the top hundred participants in this qualifying contest had all entered the ruins and hadn’te out yet, therefore they were naturally considered to have given up thepetition. This left them no choice but to pin their hopes on Meng Chang.
“Meng Chang, take down Du Gang!” “Meng Chang, it’s time for you to prove yourself!”
“Bring honor to the Pangu Continent!”
Not that they needed to say it, at this moment Meng Chang, standing on the stage and confronting Du Gang from a distance, was constantly sneering. “Ancient God, do you think you’re so powerful?”
“Do you think you can always dominate the top spot with your score?” “I’m telling you, from this match onward, you’re going to experience your first defeat…”
“And you will keep losing, until you’re eliminated!”
Du Gang nced at Meng Chang’s score and calmly said, “I’m sorry, but with a score difference of about twenty thousand points between us, even if you beat me, you won’t make it to the top spot…”
He opened his mouth in a grin, and said, “Moreover, you won’t make it to the top spot either!”
His words were truly piercing.
Meng Chang red at him vehemently, “Kid, you have thirty seconds to act wildly. I’ll show you once the countdown is over!”
Du Gang smiled, “Well, you’ve taken all the lines. In that case, I’ll finish you in one second…”
Just like that, amidst their verbal spar, the match countdown came to an end and the match officially began.
“Die for me!”
Meng Chang, sporting a malicious grin, yelled out loud.
The next moment, white light flickered.
In the blink of an eye, he had already left the stage, implying, he lost!
At this moment, all the spectators who were focused on the match between Du Gang and Meng Chang, werepletely dumbfounded. “What happened? How did Meng Chang lose?!” “Exactly, how did Du Gang win?
“The match just began, where did he disappear to?”
Everyone was shocked, not knowing what had happened. “Was there some behind-the-scenes maneuver?”
“I suspect, it might be the work of the Kong Family…”
“Very likely, I heard that there are members of the Kong Family in the organizingmittee, this possibility can’t be ruled out…”
“Not just that, do you guys think Chen Yixuan and the others might have been taken away by the Kong Family?”
“I think it’s possible, the Kong Family may have used such methods to help the Ancient God advance…”
Suddenly, the inte was filled with suspicions about the fairness and impartiality of the match. The question of whether the Kong Family had aided Du Gang in cheating became a hot topic.
Standing on the waiting continent, Meng Chang was dumbstruck.
“Where am I?”
“Who am I?”
“What happened?”
The next second, he reacted. Furious, he eximed, “Organizing Committee, I want to appeal. I haven’t even fought yet. How can I lose?”
As a contestant, he had the right to appeal. However, to prevent malicious appeals from disrupting the order of thepetition and wasting the time of the organizingmittee’s staff, the penalty for a failedint was very severe.
[yer Meng Chang, do you have any objections to thest match and wish to appeal?]
“Yes, I’m sure. Thest match was rigged. I want to appeal!”
Meng Chang shouted, “No, I want to proceed with a public appeal!!” This kind of appeal was not only open to him but could be seen by everyone on the continent.
He was already sure that Du Gang must have cheated. So, he wanted to show Du Gang’s ugly face to everyone on the continent. He wanted to let everyone know that he, Meng Chang, was not inferior in skills, but had suffered unfair treatment.
This time, he wanted his name to spread across the entire Pangu Continent!
He wanted to leave his name in history!
Yes, for him, a sessful appeal, which would discredit the organizingmittee, was also a way to leave his name in history!
After all, the organizingmittee has always been very confident in their virtual universe algorithm. This time, he would p them in the face!
Everyone on the Pangu Continent saw Meng Chang’s appeal and the entire continent was boiling!
“Well done!”
“Good job, Meng Chang!”
“We should say ‘no’ to such unfair and unjust things!”
“What kind of a person is this Du Gang, I will social-shame him within a minute!”
“He dared to cheat, he deserves this!” “That’s right, let’s disgrace Du Gang!”
“Do you think it’s just him?”
“Not just him, even the organizingmittee seniors who helped him cheat will be out of luck this time!”
On the inte, there were overwhelming calls to disgrace Du Gang.
Everyone overwhelmingly supported Meng Chang.
Feeling this surge of support, Meng Chang was filled with pride. At the same time, he was d that he had encountered Du Gang and could expose a fraud. “Don’t worry, brothers, this time, Du Gang is finished!”
In this way, amidst the shouts of the crowd, the Organizing Committee released the video of the match between Du Gang and Meng Chang.
In addition to the release, to cater to theizens, they kindly added a slow-motion feature of 10,000 times and 1,000,000 times.
Seeing that the organizingmittee had released the video, Meng Chang quickly opened the video and started watching it.
This time, almost everyone was rmed. After all, this was an appeal during the Cosmic Peak Talents Competition, an event that only happens twice in 10,000 years, naturally attracted many people’s attention.
Everyone, just like Meng Chang, opened the video and started watching the rey.
In the slow-motion video at 10,000 times: Du Gang was still standing in ce, but his hand seemed to have moved a bit.
“What’s going on? Just a hand movement?”
Everyone was confused. They quickly opened the 1,000,000 times slow-motion rey.
This time, everyone understood.
In the video, Du Gang turned into a blurry shadow, reached Meng Chang in an instant, then swung his arm and pped his face hard. Immediately after, Meng Chang turned into a ray of white light.
During this process, Du Gang even raised his other hand and gave Meng Chang the middle finger, a gesture he didn’t even notice.
Looking at thest frame of the video where the middle finger was shown, everyone felt an incredible shock.
This middle finger, without the appeal, themotion, and the 1,000,000 times slow-motion rey, none of them would have seen it.
But the result was just this…
At this moment, everyone who had questioned Du Gang felt their faces burning!
Among these people, the most heartbroken one was Meng Chang.
At this moment, he no longer cared about the imminent penalty from the organizingmittee. What truly tormented him was the gap between him and Du Gang.
“The gap is too great. The enemy made a move, and I didn’t even see it clearly before I died…”
“How ridiculous, I was taunting him before the match. This time, I really lost face…”
People on the inte didn’t know about Meng Chang’s remorse. Once they recognized Du Gang’s strength, they began to ponder a question. “Will Du Gang win this qualifying contest?”
“If Chen Yixuan and others were here, could Du Gang still be the first?”
Basically, everyone recognized that Du Gang was certain to be the first in this qualifying contest because he had nopetitors!
Even Meng Chang, who was currently ranked the highest and the strongest, lost to Du Gang in one move. Who else could stop him?!
And just like that, amidst everyone’s disputes, thepetition eventually reached its conclusion.
The first-ce victor was announced. This time, without defying anyone’s expectations, Du Gang emerged as the top contender, sessfully advancing to the Qualifying Contest!
Although he took the first ce, it was somewhat disappointing for the citizens of the Pangu Continent.
“If Chen Yixuan and the others were here, Du Gang certainly wouldn’t have taken first ce!
“Yes, if Chen Yixuan and the others hadn’t entered the ruins, or if they had returned to participate, Du Gang wouldn’t be the first…’
“If those guys came back, I reckon Du Gang wouldn’t even stand within the top hundred…’
“Actually, it’s mainly because Meng Chang is too trash, that’s why Du Gang stood a chance…”
At this moment, an online host suddenly stepped forward.
“Let me make this clear. Du Gang can never defeat Chen Yixuan as Chen Yixuan is not only a Fourth Rank Sector Lord but also has grasped a trace of the Original Law…”
“Do you know about the Original Law? It’s something only Eternal Level powerhouses canprehend…”
“Anyone whoprehends the Original Law at the Sector Lord Level would inevitably be a generation’s genius…”
Confronting some people’s doubts, Wang Jian confidently dered: “After this ruin concludes, Chen Yixuan and the others will definitely appear. By then, they will surely challenge Du Gang…”
“I can guarantee, Du Gang will definitely lose to Chen Yixuan!”
“If he could defeat Chen Yixuan, I would eat my keyboard!”
As for the vigorous online arguments, Du Gang didn’t bother paying too much attention. He didn’t have the leisure to dispute these matters.
At this moment, he was sifting through the internalwork of the Virtual Universe Company to select cultivation techniques.
With twenty days left until the ruins close,pared to going in to capture people or find Saint Crystals, Du Gang chose to remain outside to cultivatews.
Because he has already captured more than 300 geniuses, based on 200 Saint Crystals per person, he could gain at least 60,000 Saint Crystals. This abundant energy is more than enough for him to advance from the Sector Lord Level to the Eternal Level.
This time, after winning the first ce in the Pangu Continentpetition, he didn’t participate in any assessments and was directly promoted by the Virtual Universe Company to the status of a personal disciple.
The only difference between him and the other disciples was that others had a master, but he did not!
Just as Kong Xu said, because he was an Ancient God, no one dared to take him as a disciple!
However, Du Gang wasn’t particrly interested in taking a master. He didn’t mind this at all.
He was currently selecting cultivation techniques on the internalwork. After being promoted, thepany naturally granted him the privilege to select two cultivation techniques, and both of these techniques were of high rank.
This meant that he could directly choose techniques that were apanied by nine mysteries!
Such advanced techniques are truly worth it.
So, Du Gang casually chose two Gold Element techniques, both possessing nineyers and apanied by nine different Gold Element Laws mysteries.
“Ultimate Gold Secret Book,” Du Gang casually picked up this technique and began to cultivate.
As early as when he advanced to the Domain Lord Level, he realized that he
couldn’t continually rank up through energy alone.
Aside from energy, he also needed to fullyprehend these Law mysteries.
Therefore, even if he has enough energy to advance to the Eternal Level after twenty days, he would still be unable to ascend if he doesn’tprehend the Laws in ce.
Unlike the spear techniques he had learned before, the “Ultimate Gold Secret Book” was purely about Laws mystery cultivation methods. Eachyer contained only the cultivation method for a mystery and didn’t include any associated attack methods.
Perhaps because he had previously cultivated the nine Gold Element Laws mysteries to perfection, or it could be due to him having a glimpse of the Gold Element Original Law mysteries, Du Gang made rapid progress when cultivating new Gold Element Laws mysteries.
Previously, it took him an average of about ny days or three months to cultivate a Laws mystery to perfection, now it only takes him nine days to achieve it.
When he reached the thirdyer of “Ultimate Gold Secret Book”, the artifact ruins, which had been open for a month, finally started to copse.
Those who were inside finally exited.
What shocked everyone was that this time, a vast number of Sector Lords entered, probably over a million, but the number of those who exited was halved.
These signify that at least half of the powerhouses inside the ruins had perished!
However, undoubtedly, everyone who came out seemed satisfied, clearly indicating that they had gained numerous treasures.
Butizens were more interested in Chen Yixuan than these events.
“Where is Chen Yixuan?”
“Chen Yixuan, hurry up and challenge Du Gang!”
Merely in a day’s time, the trending topic of #ChenYixuan challenges Du Gang hit the top spot on the Pangu Continent.
“What’s going on?”
Many of those emerging from the ruins were perplexed and didn’t know what was going on.
Not until someone broke it down for them did they shockingly discover that Du Gang had actually won the Qualifying Contest in the Pangu Continent Competition area!
“How is that possible? He was clearly at Rank One of the Sector Lord Level, how did he get first ce?”
“Exactly, if I remember correctly, during the elimination rounds, the worst of the 90,000 contestants who advanced to the Qualifying Contest from our Pangu Continent were also at Rank One of the Sector Lord Level, there even existed a Fourth Rank Sector Lord. Howe Du Gang won?”
Everyone was perplexed.
Rank at the Sector Lord Level isn’t the same as before. At this level, every rank represented vast differences in strength. Winning the first ce across three realms?
Almost everyone’s attention was on Du Gang, unconsciously overlooking the second ce.
Nobody paid attention to, or subconsciously forgot about the second ce.
The runner-up of the Qualifying Contest was Qiao Jin, another person from the White Dragon Mountain like Du Gang.
At this moment, he showcased a Fourth Rank Sector Lord’s strength, ultimately securing the second ce.
But just as everyone was waiting for Chen Yixuan to challenge Du Gang, the Chen family suddenly announced: “Chen Yixuan has gone missing. He didn’t leave the ruins….”