Chapter 101: Taking First Place
Other than Qi Ming, there were also many legacy disciples whose combat performance was not bad.
He was not the first legacy disciple to enter the third round of the puppet screening.
As everyone expected, three late-stage Nascent Soul realm ogre puppets appeared in the third round. Their bodies reached a height of nine meters.
They were like three huge giants that were very powerful and oppressive.
Such a lineup of three late-stage Nascent Soul realm ogre puppets was already very powerful.
It was basically impossible to pass without reaching the Nascent Soul realm.
Weaker cultivators could not win against them.
“Frost Crystal Maiden.”
Buzz!
Qi Ming waved his right hand and the Frost Crystal Maiden appeared. Huo Changqing was not summoned.
Because Huo Changqing was a human, if the elders of the Heaven Enlightenment Sect saw Qi Ming using a human as his spirit pet, they would probably attract trouble.
Only the demonic path would use humans as spirit pets.
In the past, although Huo Changqing had also shown himself and even helped Qi Ming buy a large number of spiritual herbs and sell various resources and medicinal pills, no one knew that Huo Changqing was Qi Ming’s spirit pet.
Cold air spread as the surrounding temperature fell drastically.
Frost appeared.
“Dark Dragon King.”
Roar!
Qi Ming waved his hand again.
The early-stage Nascent Soul realm Black Dragon King was summoned.
Of the three spirit pets, two had reached the late-stage Nascent Soul realm, and one had reached the early-stage Nascent Soul realm.
“This… this…”
“Could it be that Qi Ming has also cultivated as a Beast Tamer?”
“Three spirit pets!”
“Impressive.”
“This is too awesome.”
“…”
Everyone could not help but exclaim.
“Attack!” Qi Ming shouted.
Roar! Roar! Roar!
Rumble!!!
The battle erupted instantly.
Qi Ming’s spirit pets were very powerful. Even if the Black Dragon King was only at the early-stage Nascent Soul realm, their enemy was a rigid puppet and not a true Nascent Soul expert.
This battle was one-sided.
Boom!
First, the Frost Crystal Maiden attacked and froze the three puppets with the ice world. The Black Dragon King and the Dawn Dark Bat Demon attacked and crippled the puppets.
After the ogre puppets recovered, they immediately counterattacked and accumulated energy.
Roar!
However, the Black Dragon King’s dark dragon breath enveloped him first. The Dawn Dark Bat Demon transformed the power of dawn and dusk into a huge energy ball that smashed over.
Finally, the Frost Crystal Maiden had obtained a divine power spell technique when she advanced to the Nascent Soul realm, it was called: Frozen Space.
This move already involved the power of space.
Crack! Crack!
There were repeated explosions.
The three ogre puppets were all ruined.
“Done.”
Qi Ming clapped his hands.
He passed the puppet screening test perfectly.
From the beginning to the end, he did not attack.
He easily passed this screening test by relying on three spirit pets. Moreover, he was the first legacy disciple to pass the puppet screening.
First, the puppet remains were all teleported away.
It should have been sent for recycling.
Immediately after, directly ahead, light condensed.
A diamond-shaped token appeared. It was engraved with the phenomenon of the Green Cloud Peak. It turned into a stream of light and landed in Qi Ming’s hand. It turned into a mark and appeared on the back of his left hand.
This was the legacy token of this legacy competition.
With this legacy token, the Heaven Enlightenment Sect could find Qi Ming’s location at any time. They could also broadcast Qi Ming’s situation in real time so that the elders of the Heaven Enlightenment Sect could see.
Of course, this could also guarantee Qi Ming’s safety.
Then, another exquisite jade box landed.
Qi Ming raised his hand and the jade box flew into his hand.
He opened it.
This was a Heaven and Earth spiritual object.
It was called a ten-thousand-year Nascent Soul spirit.
This Heaven and Earth spiritual object could help a late-stage Core Formation realm cultivator’s core break into the Nascent Soul realm. It could increase the probability of success and also increase the quality of the Nascent Soul.
This was the reward for Qi Ming being the first to pass the puppet screening.
“Ten-thousand-year Nascent Soul spirit.”
Qi Ming smiled. He was quite satisfied with this reward. He put the ten thousand year Nascent Soul spirit into his inventory. In the eyes of outsiders, Qi Ming put it in his storage bag.
Buzz!
The next moment, a green light flashed.
Qi Ming was teleported out and returned to the square of the Heaven Enlightenment Sect’s legacy competition. Qi Ming looked around and saw that he was alone.
Immediately after, a green light soared into the sky.
A ranking list appeared.
On it, Qi Ming’s name was ranked first. This meant that he was the first legacy disciple to pass the puppet screening. He immediately attracted everyone’s attention.
“I’m actually the first to clear it.”
Qi Ming did not expect this.
In order to clear the level slower, Qi Ming specially let the spirit pets attack. From the beginning to the end, he did not attack. However, even so, he still obtained first.
“That’s why I’m not too strong, but the legacy disciples of these twelve peaks are too weak.”
Qi Ming shrugged.
He could only think so.
“First place! Junior Brother obtained first place!!!”
“That’s great!”
Lü Qingyan was surprised and delighted. “Moreover, Junior Brother has actually nurtured three spirit pets that have reached the Nascent Soul realm. He passed the three assessments smoothly and obtained first place.”
“Hahaha…”
Feng Zimu was also stunned for a moment, but he quickly reacted and laughed repeatedly, “Well done. As expected of the disciple I think the most highly of. He easily obtained first place in the puppet test.”
“What’s there to be proud of? He’s only relying on spirit pets.”
“That’s right.”
“It’s only a puppet screening. So what if he takes first place? It’s not a true legacy competition. It’s still early.”
“Yes, yes.”
In the surroundings, the legacy elders of the other peaks said eccentrically.
“This Qi Ming…” Yang Li wondered, “When did he nurture spirit pets?”
Daoist Azure Dragon and the others did not know how to answer.
They did not know either.
“Qingyin, are you confident?” Yang Li asked.
“…Yes.”
Su Qingyin lowered her head and replied weakly. However, she was thinking about Qi Ming’s battle scene in her heart, making her a little nervous and uncertain.
During this puppet screening, Qi Ming did not attack at all, his spirit pets did everything.
Su Qingyin could not determine Qi Ming’s true strength, but faced with her master’s question, she could only brace herself and answer.
However, for some reason, Su Qingyin felt that she could not defeat Qi Ming at all.
It was like an instinctive warning.
“First place in the puppet screening.”
Buzz!
Daoist Azure Dragon controlled the azure dragon to announce the result, and his voice entered the ears of everyone present, “Green Cloud Peak’s legacy disciple, Qi Ming! You have obtained the reward and qualifications.”
“Qi Ming! Qi Ming! Qi Ming!”
At this moment, in the Green Cloud Floating Palace, there were elders shouting Qi Ming’s name. More and more of them appeared. Although they looked very childish, they were actually cheering for Qi Ming.
“Damn it.”
In the surroundings, the expressions of the elders and Peak Masters of the other peaks were a little ugly.
Swish! Swish!
In the square, the second and third place were only separated by half a second.
“I’m first!”
“I’m first!”
After they came out, they saw each other and could not help but argue.
“Cough cough.”
At this moment, Qi Ming coughed lightly, attracting the attention of the two of them, “The two of you, look up. There’s a ranking on this.”
“Where’s the ranking list?”
“First place, Green Cloud Peak’s legacy disciple, Qi… Qi Ming…”
The pupils of the two legacy disciples constricted.
Their gazes landed on Qi Ming at the same time, and their gazes carried deep meaning. They sized him up a few times and said in a low voice, “Qi Ming? That’s you?”
Qi Ming smiled and nodded, “Don’t be surprised. It’s indeed me.”
On the rankings, in second place was the legacy disciple of the Numinous Sky Peak, Dong Yuan.
Third was the legacy disciple of Ethereal Peak, Qiu Wenshi.
“You are Qi Ming, the one who has mastered the Chaos Green Lotus Sword Scripture.”
Dong Yuan examined Qi Ming as if he wanted to see any flaws in him, “I’ve indeed underestimated you. I originally thought that you had just become a legacy disciple for too short a period of time and that your cultivation level would not be too strong, so even if you master the Chaos Green Lotus Sword Scripture, you won’t be a threat.”
“Now it seems, you’re a huge threat!”
“I was arguing with Dong Yuan about first place just now.”
Qiu Wenshi had already recovered his calm. He said indifferently, “I didn’t expect that the first place had long been taken by you, Qi Ming. We have made a fool out of ourselves.”
“In that case…”
“Then let’s fight in the true legacy competition.”
“I’ll be waiting.” Qi Ming shrugged.
On the square, the conversation of Qi Ming, Dong Yuan, and Qiu Wenshi fell into the ears of everyone present. Everyone present basically saw and heard it.
Numinous Sky Floating Hall, Green Cloud Floating Hall, Ethereal Floating Hall.
In the three floating palaces, the three Peak Masters looked at each other.
Although he did not say a word, there was a faint smell of conflict.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!!!
Not long after, legacy disciples were teleported out.
On the rankings, the top ten were all listed.
The fourth legacy disciple of the Golden Root Peak, Wei Wenbao.
The fifth legacy disciple of the Immortal Progression Peak, Lin Xian’er.
The sixth legacy disciple of the Hidden Sword Peak, Ma Shilun.
The seventh legacy disciple of the Jade Luster Peak, Zhan Mengyun.
The eighth legacy disciple of the Nine Extreme Peak, Tian Feng.
The ninth legacy disciple of the Heavenly Peak, Guo Zixin.
The tenth legacy disciple of the Smelting Divine Peak, Cheng Zhixuan.
…
No legacy disciples from the Tyrant Saber Peak and Martial Illumination Peak entered the top ten in the first round of the puppet screening.
Time passed.
An hour later, the puppet screening ended.
218 legacy disciples failed to clear the first round of the puppet screening.
Most of these legacy disciples were at the late-stage Core Formation realm and had not reached the Nascent Soul realm. In the third round, they could not defeat the three late-stage Nascent Soul realm puppets and could only fail.
1,012 legacy disciples passed the screening.
“Junior Brother, you… you… you actually passed.”
Fan Zhong was very shocked. When he raised his head and saw Qi Ming, who was ranked first on the list, he was even more shocked. It could be said that he was shocked, “First… First place! You’re the first to pass the puppet screening!”
“Gasp…”
Fan Zhong could not help but gasp.
“Junior Brother Qi’s cultivation level is at the late-stage Core Formation realm. Not only did he pass the screening, but he also obtained first place. This… This is simply… is a miracle…”
Wu Changchun did not know how to describe it for a moment. He could only describe it as a miracle. It could be seen how surprised he was at this moment.
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