How can I have a heart of a demonic god in my body?!
Chapter 650: 0645: The Bet Between Two Clans, Ranking of Slaughter

Chapter 650: Chapter 0645: The Bet Between Two Clans, Ranking of Slaughter

At this moment, at the base of Sky-reaching Peak, besides the two sect forces and those who had passed the first trial, all others were isolated far away, unable to step foot without facing immediate execution by the two great sect forces.

Even so, as Chen Yu glanced over, he felt the area beneath Sky-reaching Peak was packed with people.

“Is this the grand assembly of a three-and-a-half-star force? Drawing countless people to surge forth, the number of those who have passed the first trial is actually this many!”

With a cursory sweep, Chen Yu realized that thousands had passed the first trial from both forces, totaling to an impressive five to six thousand!

The trials by Black Demon Valley and Heavenly Jade Sect were indeed challenging, with a fifty-year age limit and strength requirements to boot.

Yet still, so many had passed.

From this, one could imagine just how vast and boundless the entire Southern Domain, even the whole Great Yu Realm, was.

This was truly what one could consider a vast realm!

In comparison, Kunyun Realm indeed seemed nothing but a mere speck of land.

A surge of passion suddenly arose in Chen Yu’s heart, longing to carve out a place for himself in this vast and boundless realm.

“The number of people from Heavenly Jade Sect is slightly greater than those from Black Demon Valley,”

whispered Yang Fenghou, standing beside him.

Within the Yang Family, only Yang Fenghou had managed to pass the first trial and earned the right to participate in the second one.

“Indeed so!”

Chen Yu nodded in agreement.

Even though he had fended off nearly twenty Cui Clan geniuses on the Heavenly Ascension Ladder, as long as they were healed from their injuries, they could still take the trial.

With so many participants, the situation was hardly something one or two individuals could change.

However, while Chen Yu was observing the numbers of the two forces, he detected a considerable amount of hostility from many within the group from Heavenly Jade Sect when they looked his way.

Chen Yu believed that at most he had conflicts with the Cui Clan from Heavenly Jade Sect and should have no connections with other family forces.

Moreover, he also noticed some hidden hostility on the side of Black Demon Valley.

“Brother Chen? You’ve arrived!”

A burly man walked over, none other than “Shi Wwei,” who had previously taken the initiative to befriend Chen Yu.

“Guest Elder, the Shi Family to which Shi Wwei belongs is a two-and-a-half-star family.”

Yang Fenghou secretly transmitted his thoughts.

Coming from a family, when one meets anyone, the first consideration is their background before deciding whether to befriend them or not.

But Chen Yu didn’t care about that, for when it came to making friends, he only considered the person’s nature; getting along was all that mattered.

“The second trial is about to begin shortly, and Brother Chen, as long as you meet a certain standard, you can directly become an Inner Valley Disciple. Truly enviable,”

Shi Wwei spoke animatedly.

“Do you know what the specific content of the second trial is?”

Chen Yu asked curiously.

“Hehe, I’ve heard some rumors about it!”

Shi Wwei said with a proud smile, before he continued, “I hear the second trial tests combat ability, and the specific content seems to be related to the wager between the two great sect forces!”

Chen Yu had already heard about the wager between Black Demon Valley and Heavenly Jade Sect.

But that was a matter among the higher echelons of the two forces; ordinary people knew nothing about the details.

“It is said that the core of the conflict between the two sect forces this time is over a minor realm.”

“It is rumored that the minor realm was first discovered by Black Demon Valley, but Heavenly Jade Sect learned of the news at the same time, and they fiercely refused to let go. In the end, somehow, the two sect forces bet on the outcome of this disciple recruitment, seemingly agreeing that the winner will get the minor realm.”

“Of course, all of this is just hearsay, Brother Chen, you shouldn’t take it for the absolute truth,”

Shi Wwei concluded, showing a hint of uncertainty himself.

Atop Sky-reaching Peak, a few more formidable individuals had joined those in the two palaces.

“Time is up, let’s get started.”

urged the long-bearded old man from Heavenly Jade Sect.

“What’s the hurry.”

Elder Wei coldly retorted without a care.

“What’s the matter? Is Black Demon Valley scared of losing, reluctant to hand Stone Cloud Realm over to us?”

prodded the blue-garbed beauty from the Cui Clan with a smiling sneer.

“Haha, as if your Heavenly Jade Sect has already won!”

laughed a black-robed elder from Black Demon Valley, emanating an astonishing aura.

“Remember, Heavenly Jade Sect, if you lose, you’ll have to cede half the mining rights of the Ice Cold Stone Vein to us.”

someone asserted.

Indeed, between Black Demon Valley and Heavenly Jade Sect, there was a stake centered around Stone Cloud Realm.

If Black Demon Valley lost, they would hand over Stone Cloud Realm to Heavenly Jade Sect.

If Heavenly Jade Sect lost, since Stone Cloud Realm had been discovered by Black Demon Valley first, they could no longer contest for the minor realm and would also need to give up half the mining rights of the Ice Cold Stone Vein to Black Demon Valley.

…

“The second trial starts now!”

At the summit of Sky-reaching Peak, suddenly a resounding and authoritative voice echoed, deafeningly loud.

“I wonder what the contents of the trial will be?”

The multitude assembled at the base of Sky-reaching Peak began to discuss, as the second trial was critical to their chance of joining the three-and-a-half-star force!

At that moment.

Humming with energy!

Above Sky-reaching Peak, a massive Array power rippled, and a dense tapestry of runes twisted and surged.

Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi gathered frantically, and after ten breaths, spatial power fluctuated from within!

The next moment.

Swoosh!

A small spatial vortex slowly formed at the center of the Array, resembling a gaping black maw that slowly opened, exuding a strange spatial aura.

“For the second trial, you will be sent to a minor otherworldly realm to slaughter, and you must accumulate one hundred Slaughter Points within a month to pass the second trial.”

Elder of Black Demon Valley announced the rules for the second round of the assessment.

“An otherworldly hunt!”

“I like this, I wonder which minor realm of an alien race it will be!”

Many geniuses expressed their thoughts.

The Great Yu Realm is incredibly powerful, ruling over many minor realms, some of which are enslaved.

Certain mighty three-star families also have slave realms, where they would hunt the creatures of other races during some events.

The realm passage that the two sects have now opened leads to one such enslaved realm, where all creatures within are their prey!

Some creatures in slave realms know they are enslaved and would resist, but the result is often tragic.

While some creatures in the slave realms are completely unaware of this fact.

Moreover, ‘alien race’ is a general term for all non-human races.

“Here are the specific rules.”

An elder of the Heavenly Jade Sect waved his hand, and a mist of white light slowly condensed into lines of text in the air.

The first is the rule for Slaughter Points that everyone is most concerned about.

“Killing a peak Middle Stage Guiyuan Realm cultivator only earns two Slaughter Points!”

“Killing a Late Guiyuan Realm cultivator earns ten Slaughter Points!”

“Killing a Late Stage Guiyuan Realm Peak cultivator earns twenty Slaughter Points!”

“Killing a Half-step Sky Sea cultivator earns fifty Slaughter Points!”

“Killing a Sky Sea Realm cultivator earns two hundred Slaughter Points!”

The elder of the Heavenly Jade Sect announced the rules.

“Only ten Slaughter Points for killing a Late Guiyuan Realm cultivator? It means I need to kill ten Late Guiyuan Realm aliens to pass the assessment!”

“That’s too difficult!”

The geniuses who were initially satisfied or even happy were now stunned.

The difficulty of this second round of the assessment is rather high!

There were also some who felt the Slaughter Points allocation was unreasonable, believing the points for killing Sky Sea Realm were too high, while too low for killing peak Middle Stage Guiyuan Realm cultivators.

However, these rules were decided upon by the higher-ups of both major sects, and they would not change just because some of the participants opposed them.

In reality, the set of rules does not affect fairness.

For those who only just reached the fiftieth step of the Heavenly Ascension Ladder, or those who aren’t high up the ladder, it’s simply impossible for them to slay Half-step Sky Sea or Sky Sea Realm cultivators; they must dutifully hunt Late Guiyuan Realm creatures.

If these geniuses hunt peak Middle Stage Guiyuan Realm creatures, they would appear incompetent, hence the low Slaughter Points set for them.

For talented cultivators with high cultivation level and strength, like You Lie, killing ten Late Guiyuan Realm aliens is a breeze, and there’s no need to worry about the Slaughter Points settings.

Overall, if the goal is merely to pass the assessment, this set of rules does not impact fairness.

“Hehe, too easy.”

Cui Yan’er chuckled lightly, finding the second round of the assessment somewhat uninteresting.

Just casually killing a few weaklings would be enough to pass the assessment, isn’t that easy?

“Another point, this time Black Demon Valley and Heavenly Jade Sect will also establish a ‘Slaughter Points Leaderboard’, with higher ranks earning additional rewards upon entering the sect!”

The bearded elder said with a smile.

“A leaderboard for Slaughter Points?”

“It looks like the two major sect powers are going to use this leaderboard to decide the winner.”

Many speculated the reason the Slaughter Points Leaderboard was established.

Most people were already aware that the two major sects had placed a “huge bet” on this disciple recruitment process.

“Oh? Now that sounds interesting!”

Excitement sparkled in You Lie’s eyes.

Upon hearing this, the rest of the powerful top-genius cultivators present suddenly became enthusiastic.

With the Slaughter Points Leaderboard, there was competition, and with no upper limit, it was even more motivating!

“Let me state another rule: those who passed the first round above eighty steps must accumulate five hundred Slaughter Points in the second round to become Inner Sect Disciples!”

This rule targeted only the geniuses who surpassed eighty steps in the first round.

“Five times more than the average person?”

Chen Yu pondered.

Calculating it, the difficulty seemed to be quite high.

This was another strategy by the sects, forcing top geniuses to hunt down more powerful alien creatures, as this was related to the stakes between the two major sect powers.

Overall, the bet placed by the two major sects would mainly be decided by two factors.

The first: the Slaughter Points of top geniuses.

Only those powerful top geniuses could slaughter extensively, accumulating more Slaughter Points.

Those who barely passed the first round should simply focus on achieving the target of one hundred Slaughter Points.

The second: the number of participants.

The side with more participants still held a slight advantage.

“Alright, all of you enter now!”

The elder of the Black Demon Valley shouted loudly.

Whoosh—

Countless figures surged forth, heading for the “Stone Cloud Realm”.

Chen Yu was among them.

“Chen Yu, while the Stone Cloud Realm is just a minor realm, it also contains some special treasures. It’s said there’s a treasure called ‘Earth Primordial Crystal’ inside, which can aid cultivators in breaking through to the Sky Sea Realm.”

The voice of the Sharp-nosed Elder Liao Sifeng suddenly echoed in Chen Yu’s mind.

“There’s such a treasure?”

Chen Yu felt inwardly pleased, as he wasn’t far from reaching the Sky Sea Realm himself.

As for why this information was not announced by the elders and was instead secretly told to him by the Sharp-nosed Elder, it was probably because the two major sects did not want too many people to know.

After all, the ownership of the Stone Cloud Realm had not yet been decided, and neither sect wanted disciples from the other to sweep away all the treasures within.