System's Super Sect Chapter 946 - 889: I Am the Number One in the Red Domain

"Lucky for us, Yang Lele headed to the Heaven-Supporting Domain; if not, he’d likely fail even the preliminaries." Wen Ping let out an awkward chuckle.

Yang Lele had merely reached the Divine Profound Lower Realm.

The preliminaries would knock him out right away.

Training in Tier Four Thunder Magic wouldn’t help him at all.

From the other side of the sound transmission stone, Chen Xie burst into laughter while thinking it over deeply.

After a brief exchange of words, the pair stopped their idle talk. Wen Ping warned Chen Xie to keep watch on the Domain Lord’s Mansion activities before storing the sound transmission stone away, then joined the crowd in staring fixedly at the ten massive gateways.

Yet, Wen Ping’s attention stood apart from the rest. As others marveled at the grand ten gateways, his gaze locked onto the You Country warriors positioned behind the stone gates.

Rows of Mountain Suppression Upper Realm powerhouses guarded behind the ten gateways like stone statues. Each one was backed by an Earth Unrestricted Middle Realm expert.

Using the system, Wen Ping checked their basic details, confirming they were all Divine Generals from Jisheng Hall, just as anticipated.

Though Qian Jun and his group fell to the Sword Demon, Jisheng Hall moved swiftly to replace them with three new Divine Generals.

Ten gates, ten Divine Generals!

One had to admit the Domain Lord’s Mansion held true might. A single hall under its command boasted power rivaling a Five-star Giant Influence. Wen Ping turned his eyes from the ten Divine Generals, scanning the surroundings; besides You Country soldiers, no other Upper Realm figures appeared present.

Though no Upper Realm experts caught his eye, Wen Ping noticed Red Leaf Sect members. Several kilometers off, they glared at him from atop a Middle Realm Demon God’s back, their hostile stares fixed and unrelenting.

Beyond that, seven or eight Wing Race Demon Gods floated behind the Red Leaf Sect group. Several among them eyed the Immortal Sect’s position.

Witnessing this, Wen Ping gave another awkward chuckle, "Looks like they’ve set their sights on the Immortal Sect."

Pulling back his gaze, Wen Ping brushed off the enmity from those folks.

Let them stare if they wished.

Good looks always attract eyes; he’d grown used to it long ago.

Moments ticked by slowly, swelling the throng around the ten grand gates until the crowd stretched endlessly into the distance. It boggled the mind how many cultivators joined this Seven Domains Celestial Ascension Ranking.

Even with seventy percent cut in the preliminaries, the surviving thirty percent would form a staggering force.

All at once, a deep hum rose from the ten towering gates, akin to a swarm of bees whizzing by. Attention snapped toward them, and Wen Ping shot a look at Red Leaf Sect and their allied forces.

Sure enough!

Eyes remained locked on him!

Golden barriers shimmered up from the towering gates as crowds of entrants poured inside, yet Red Leaf Sect’s people kept watching him without haste, as though anticipating something.

Right then, the sound transmission stone vibrated once more.

Chen Xie again.

Wen Ping took up the sound transmission stone, hearing Chen Xie’s voice transmit over, "Sect Leader, Black Shadow has uncovered Red Leaf Sect’s scheme. Red Leaf Sect’s leaders commanded all their Seven Domains Celestial Ascension Ranking entrants to trail the Immortal Sect through the identical towering gate. That way, entering one gate lands them in the same zone for competing on the Seven Domains Celestial Ascension Ranking, guaranteeing clashes post-preliminaries."

"They aim to wipe us out completely—how intriguing." Wen Ping swept his eyes over the Immortal Sect group, his gaze finally settling on Yun Liao.

Yun Liao posed no worry, no matter the schemes from Red Leaf Sect and its allies; his might as a Five-Element Mage shone too brightly.

Schemes amounted to mere passing clouds.

But those 80 members troubled him.

Strength they had in spades, yet even a mighty tiger falls to endless wolves.

For the system task’s success, Wen Ping refused to risk those 80 lives.

Chen Xie hurried on, "Sect Leader, I’ve got a plan. Though it might trouble Elder Yun a bit."

Yun Liao cut in right away from nearby, "Elder Chen, speak freely; I, Yun Liao, won’t shy from a little hassle."

Chen Xie replied, "You'd be openly proclaiming your aim to seize first place in the Red Domain, drawing ninety-nine percent of the foes' focus onto yourself. Next, pick a grand towering gate to step through right before everyone's eyes. But come that moment, Red Leaf Sect won't be alone in targeting you—Yin Yang Family and Xuan Court Pavilion will join the hunt too."

Upon hearing the scheme, Yun Liao wasted no time, "Let’s do it!"

Chen Xie pressed on, "I'll dispatch Jingzhi Tower members to stir up the buzz."

Those words spoken, the sound transmission stone went quiet.

Down below, however, discussions swelled louder and more fervent.

"Over there—the Immortal Sect!"

"That's the Sect boasting they'll surely claim first in the Red Domain—what nerve!"

"Seriously? They're claiming definite first place in the Red Domain?"

"Who's spouting such wild words? Let me check them out!"

From the throng, ever more exclamations rang out, pulling countless gazes toward the Immortal Sect.

Combined with the Immortal Sect's recent feats in the Red Domain that had eclipsed even Red Leaf Sect, curiosity surged for this bold claimant vowing to lock down first place. In merely one hour, Wen Ping sensed at least several tenths of the crowd below fixing their eyes on them.

Yet soon, the chatter shifted, as taunts flew at the Immortal Sect folks who'd bragged about snatching the top rank with ease.

"Who's this overconfident fool!"

"Hey, Immortal Sect braggart claiming surefire first in the Red Domain—step up and face me! What makes you so superior?"

These jeers echoed far, when suddenly a Demon God of the One-Winged Race drew near the Immortal Sect's flying ship—a man forever with eyes shut tight.

His arrival stunned the masses.

"Wu Yan!"

"Wu Yan himself!"

Wu Yan, famed across the Red Domain as a peerless powerhouse, had his fighting spirit blaze upon hearing of the Immortal Sect's vow to dominate the Red Domain rankings.

High in the skies, his voice boomed deep before the vast crowd: "Does that arrogant soul from the Immortal Sect dare to step forth?"

Wen Ping clapped Yun Liao's shoulder, declaring, "Your moment has come."

Yun Liao promptly unleashed sword control to soar upward, confronting Wu Yan amid all the stares, then shot back icily, "Here I am—what's your move?"

Right then, Yun Liao sensed myriad divine senses sweeping over him—over a thousand from Earth Unrestricted alone.

The onlookers froze in shock.

"Divine Profound Realm? How?"

"Impossible—a Divine Profound Realm cultivator talking so boldly?"

Red Leaf Sect members scoffed in contempt.

Wu Yan mirrored their disdain.

"You alone?"

With that, Wu Yan wheeled about to depart.

But Yun Liao's following words halted him cold, sparking delight and astonishment across all faces.

"I seek just one top spot in the Red Domain—don't rile me for nothing. You're no tougher than Ji Daoshi to slay."

Wu Yan stood frozen.

Five-star forces' members gaped in disbelief.

The masses below reeled from the declaration.

Suddenly, Jin Zhi Lou folks burst forth yelling in awe, "Sword control! Sword control! He's using sword control flight—that's the enigma who slew Ji Daoshi in Jianshui City that day!"

The revelation hit like thunder, shocking everyone anew.

More than a thousand Earth Unrestricted powerhouses locked eyes on Yun Liao, refusing to blink.

Ji Daoshi—acknowledged everywhere as a lock for Red Domain top ten!

A genuine prodigy!

Slain right before the Seven Domains Celestial Ascension Ranking commenced.

Its reveal in the Immortal Daily had left the world agape.

Lately, endless guesses swirled about the killer's identity.

Who'd have thought it was an Immortal Sect member!

And none other than this very swaggering figure now gunning for Red Domain's number one!

Yun Liao shot a scornful look toward the Red Leaf Sect, seizing the perfect instant to bellow, "Extreme Heaven Sealing Heart, do you see now how laughable your boasts from days past were? How far superior are you to Ji Daoshi?"

His words done, Yun Liao descended via sword control.

He boldly strode along the crowd-cleared path, paused briefly before the gate to heaven, then declared once more, "I had no intention of appearing before you, I only wish to quietly take first place in the Red Domain, yet you insist on appearing like clowns before me."

With those words spoken, Yun Liao strode through the gate to heaven.

Before the gate to heaven, a vast crowd erupted into commotion.

Red Leaf Sect members, Extreme Heaven Sealing Heart and his group included, seethed with rage, teeth clenched in fury.

Just then, hordes of young prodigies rushed toward the gate to heaven Yun Liao had entered.

Within that group stood five or six standout prodigies!

The Red Leaf Sect deployed their elite young geniuses, sparing only a handful to handle the leftover Half-Step Mountain Suppression Realm disciples from the Immortal Sect.

To them, did those Half-Step Mountain Suppression Realm foes even warrant their top young geniuses?

Uniting now to crush Yun Liao comes first!

(Thanks to Vince for the ten thousand rewards... Thanks to Qiang Jing Feng for the five hundred rewards... Good night, everyone.)