Chapter 1713: Chapter 8: Bursting Soldier Stream, Soul Tree, Firefly Tree, Emperor’s Gaze!

When it crashed heavily onto the seabed, it stirred up a large area of silt.

A master of the Yin Yang Dao Domain Realm in the water was taken down by the Green Poison Empress because it couldn’t escape.

"Hiss~"

Qiao Song had been keeping an eye on the condition of Mingyuan Mochi. At this moment, seeing that colossal body underwater, he couldn’t help but gasp.

Zhao Xing actually defeated a giant beast of the Yin Yang Dao Domain Realm?

What kind of monster did he create?

"If I were among them..." a Yin Yang Dao Domain Realm military officer beside Qiao Song couldn’t help but imagine, "if I were among them, I probably wouldn’t survive either."

"Perverse, it’s really too perverse!"

"No wonder he’s called the Mushroom King, the nickname really fits."

People under the Beihai Lord’s command all started discussing.

The Self Sect’s Minister of Agriculture has always been recognized for strong combat capabilities, but it’s still rare to see a Great Divine Power Realm defeat a Yin Yang Dao Domain Realm.

Now witnessing an example with their own eyes, though happening under limited conditions, it’s still quite shocking because the gap between the Domain Realm and the Origin Realm is significant.

"This is our Beihai Star System’s genius, Zhao Xing!"

"Look, his ranking is almost within the top five thousand."

...

In the Primordial Realm, within an ancient green city, Zuo Qiyu’s true body was drinking and playing chess with an elder dressed in dark green vestment robe.

The two had a star mirror displayed, occasionally glancing at the contestants’ unlucky scenarios to relax while thinking.

Just as Zuo Qiyu was contemplating his next move, the Five Poison Emperor glanced at the star mirror.

"Hmm?" Numerous images flashed across the star mirror before him, detailing ten years’ worth of slaughter scenes on high-level Star Land during the third round of the Primordial Conference, all captured by him.

"Oh? There are a few good seeds for using poison." The Five Poison Emperor suddenly took interest, "Old Zuo, take a look quickly."

"Why make a racket, don’t interrupt my thinking." Zuo Qiyu replied impatiently.

The Five Poison Emperor laughed, "Hahaha, Water Demon No. 12, was it arranged by your disciple? I remember you’re responsible for many affairs in this edition."

"So what if it is?"

"You’re too naive, look, Water Demon No. 12 with over three hundred water demons was taken down by a single mushroom."

"They didn’t even look to see if Mingyuan Toxic Chi was dead, haha, that’s some confidence, just like me."

Being told this by the Five Poison Emperor, Zuo Qiyu indeed shifted his attention to take a glance.

"That one named Zhao Xing? It seems I guided him; from the Beihai Star System; what, are you interested?"

"Of course, who doesn’t like good seeds?" The Five Poison Emperor laughed, "And it’s rare to find someone using poison soldiers."

"It’s indeed good, but can you stop secretly moving the pieces?" Zuo Qiyu turned his head to look at the Five Poison Emperor. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

"Nonsense!" The Five Poison Emperor immediately reacted, "Which eye of yours saw me tamper with the board?"

Outside, suddenly, numerous heads of Zuo Qiyu extended quietly, watching the Five Poison Emperor.

At the same time, a prism played the scene of the Five Poison Emperor’s antics.

Five Poison Emperor: "..."

Zuo Qiyu extended his hand, restoring the chessboard and placed his piece.

"Hurry up, stop dawdling."

"If you continue like this, the next edition of the Primordial Conference could start and we still might not finish!"

The Five Poison Emperor became more impatient than Zuo Qiyu and flipped the chessboard: "Urgent! Urgent! Urging you to an early death! Not playing anymore, get out!"

"Not playing?" Zuo Qiyu sneered, wiping his hands, and the chessboard returned to its original state, while behind him, thousands of Zuo Qiyus rushed forward, surrounding the city.

"Today you will play, whether you want to or not! Otherwise, I’ll dig out fifteen Emperor Seeds from your garden, you choose!"

"Hahahaha, try digging if you dare!" The Five Poison Emperor laughed, "I’ve already hidden them."

In a fit of rage, Zuo Qiyu caused the entire city to be uprooted; this very city was indeed a plant city.

"Five Poison, Qiyu, stop." Just then, a voice echoed in the room.

Zuo Qiyu and the Five Poison Emperor were both taken aback, halting simultaneously, as the voice belonged to Guluo River, whose seniority, status, and power were above their own.

The voice soon sounded again: "Five Poison, since you said you wanted to recruit disciples, go out and actually recruit them; this edition you are to participate in recruiting."

"Yes, I will definitely participate." The Five Poison Emperor stood up to receive instructions.

"Qiyu, you also participate in recruiting disciples." The voice commanded again.

"Yes." Though unwilling in his heart, Zuo Qiyu agreed.

...

[You rescued 12,325 ’hostages’, earning 10 points]

In the final year of the Primordial Conference assessment, Zhao Xing watched as beams of light flew away from a dry Star Land, and shadows within the beams.

Of course, a considerable number were considered as ’killed’ by Zhao Xing during the rescue process, which deducted many points.

"Check my ranking." Zhao Xing opened the star mirror.

[Current Ranking: 4295th]

"Still over four thousand, do those ahead all possess Sun Dojos and master multiple Great Divine Powers? Are they all peerless talents?"

"This edition is really intense." Zhao Xing couldn’t help but shake his head.

He had already given his all, even with the Green Poison Empress’s boost, but couldn’t break beyond nearly 3,000th place.

Due to the cooldown time for the Green Poison Empress, once in cooldown, his efficiency in the Domain Realm Demon Race region drastically decreased.

To tackle slightly tougher Domain Realm foes, using Five-Finger Mountain to slam was actually the fastest.

"This edition is truly filled with strong contenders, and with mutated techniques, World Techniques, dojos, parasitic laws, Life Magic Array flows... I still have many things I’m not skilled in. There’s a lot of room for improvement, while many geniuses enter the Great Divine Power Realm in mere hundreds of years, then spend a thousand or two specializing in Divine Skills."

Zhao Xing couldn’t help but marvel at the number of talents in the Red Star Empire, especially in this edition.

"I wonder if it’s because the Reincarnation Realm from Yuanhai Ancient Country have all transferred to the Red Star Empire." Zhao Xing thought to himself, "Though I’m certain to pass this third round."

With over four thousand points, even if he remained inactive for the next year, he couldn’t possibly drop out of the top 150,000.

"Fine, no more competing." After repeated attempts to rank higher without success, Zhao Xing began seriously focusing on another direction.

That was rescuing hostages.

"Next, I’ll try to rescue as many hostages as possible; these years, I’ve been deemed to have rescued fewer than I’ve accidentally harmed, which isn’t ideal."

"If during the disciple recruitment event in the Primordial Realm, some weirdo sees how many hostages I’ve accidentally killed and mistakenly takes me in thinking I’m also a weirdo, then the joke will be on me."

Nobody wants to apprentice to a nutcase, even if facing a teacher like ’Gong Fa’, Zhao Xing would find it difficult.

However, what Zhao Xing didn’t know was that due to his repeated use of the Green Poison Empress, he had already caught the attention of someone named the Five Poison Emperor.

...

Thirty years passed in the blink of an eye.

[Third round assessment concluded, Zhao Xing from Beihai Star System, you are ranked 5214th in the Self’s combat division assessment in Man Ya Star System.]

[Congratulations on entering the fourth round, which will be held in the Primordial Realm.]

[After exiting, you will immediately proceed to the Primordial Realm to prepare for the final test.]