The competition began

Bai Xianxian said sarcastically, "What you want to do is none of my business. How powerful are you, Ruan Liusu?"

What advice did the mentors of the Genius Group give to everyone before they entered Blue Star University?

The mentor encouraged everyone to support each other, and if possible, to help students from Sunan Province as a way of giving back to the province. You were selected to participate in this Organ Refining Stage competition because the mentor nominated you and gave you this opportunity.

"Such a great opportunity for competition, and you abandoned so many fellow Sunan Province. Plus, last time during the Northwest Military Training, you neglected your own provincial team's tasks to help others with theirs. What do you call this behavior? It's treacherous, it's a white-eyed wolf!" Bai Xianxian had barely finished speaking when Ruan Liusu was about to retort when Chen Lie suddenly appeared in front of her in a Bai Xianxian. He raised his hand and slapped Bai Xianxian hard across the face.

Caught off guard, Bai Xianxian was sent flying through the air by a slap.

However, Bai Xianxian was, after all, at the Organ Refining Stage. The instant she was sent flying through the air, she regained her footing and crashed to the ground.

"You're asking for it!"

After landing on her feet, Bai Xianxian looked at Chen Lie, her eyes blazing with anger. Unable to control her rage, she struck Chen Lie with a palm. With a "boom," tens of thousands of pounds of blood and qi force crashed down on Chen Lie.

Chen Lie was about to retaliate, Ruan Liusu preemptively struck, knocking Bai Xianxian back with a palm strike.

At this moment, several students from the 6th Genius Class of the Sunan Province Genius Group gathered around.

Why did they start fighting on the field?

One of the young men, who seemed to be in the lead, noticed the commotion and was the first to speak up.

Upon seeing the young man, Bai Xianxian immediately pointed at Chen Lie and Ruan Liusu, saying, "Captain Yue, it was that bitch Ruan Liusu who colluded with outsiders to deal with me."

The young man glanced at Ruan Liusu and Chen Lie.

Chen Lie said calmly, "Slapping someone with a foul mouth is too lenient. You should be glad you're in the Sumeru Illusion Realm."

"How dare you! You ambushed me and still dare to spout such arrogant words?"

The young man frowned and looked at Chen Lie, his tone unfriendly. "Who are you? Not only did you injure someone, but you're also so arrogant?" "Who I am is none of your business. Perhaps you want to stand up for this woman?"

As soon as Chen Lie spoke, the young man's face turned cold.

Bai Xianxian added, "I heard you're the Martial Leader from some barbarian province. It seems you've been arrogant for a long time and don't even respect the number one in our Sunan Province."

Ruan Liusu then explained, "Chen Lie is the Martial Leader in our Sunan Province, and the captain of the provincial team during military training. Yue Lin is now the class monitor of our 6th Genius Class."

After saying that, Ruan Liusu turned to Yue Lin and said, "Captain Yue, Chen Lie is my friend. The argument with Bai Xianxian first. She brought it on herself!"

Yue Lin looked at Chen Lie with a cold expression.

As the Martial Leader in Sunan Province, he naturally had a temper. If it weren't for Chen Lie Ruan Liusu's sake, he would have taught Chen Lie a lesson just for the one sentence Chen Lie had said to him.

"Heh heh, I spoke rudely? If I said you were a traitor, would I have misjudged you?"

"When your mentor nominated you, he said that if possible, you should choose someone from your class to assist you as a partner. Who did you choose?" Bai Xianxian asked with a sneer.

"Are you out of your mind?" Chen Lie pointed at Bai Xianxian and said, "Ruan Liusu chose me as her assistant because I can bring her the greatest benefit and help her get into the top three. Who in your class can guarantee that they can get into the top three?"

You stand on your moral high ground to criticize others. Are you really that magnanimous and selfless? Then you could completely donate all your cultivation resources to those in need."

"You? You think you can get into the top three?" Bai Xianxian sneered.

"Alright, Chen Lie, no need to waste time with Bai Xianxian, let's go straight there."

Ruan Liusu tugged at Chen Lie's sleeve.

Chen Lie said no more, and walked to the venue with Ruan Liusu.

In the middle of the venue, many people were already waiting, all in pairs.

Upon arrival, Ruan Liusu whispered, "In this competition to hunt Illusion Beast, we randomly selected a member of the Genius Group from the Third Jingji Province of Blue Star, named Yang Futian. Although this Yang Futian is also in the Organ Refining Stage, he has already reached the Perfection of Organ Refining, meaning he has one foot in the Blood Refining Stage. The assistant he found is also a member of the Provincial Genius Group from the Jingji Province, with similar strength to him."

Among the contestants was the Blue Star Martial Leader from Beihuai Province, the eighteenth-ranked province on Earth. He was also a cultivator who had one foot in the Blood Refining Stage and was at the peak of the Organ Refining. His assistant seemed to be a Dual-Department Student of both Mental Power Department and Martial Way Department, a Martial Artist in the Organ Refining Stage, and also a late-stage first-tier Divine Sense Master. It is said that Divine Sense Master are several times more effective than Martial Artist of the same level in hunting Illusion Beast.

These two groups have very likely already secured their spots in the top three of the competition.

"Okay, I understand. But these two groups can only take second and third place at most; first place will definitely be ours."

Ruan Liusu chuckled. Although she thought she and Chen Lie wouldn't even make it into the top ten, she still said, "Alright, let's coordinate better later and try to take first place."

Chen Lie nodded in agreement.

At this moment, a middle-aged man dressed in gray clothes came out and walked to the center of the field.

Upon seeing the middle-aged man, Ruan Liusu immediately whispered to Chen Lie, "Chen Lie, that person is the vice president of Blue Star University. It's said that he's Martial Artist at the Ninth-Order Grandmaster level."

Chen Lie nodded. Within the Sumeru Illusion Realm, he couldn't see clearly. This middle-aged man was probably only in the early stage of the ninth-order Yuan Gang Alternation, Innate Gang Qi had not yet been completely transformed into Innate Primordial Qi.

Upon reaching the center of the arena, the middle-aged man said, "Hello fellow participants in the Organ Refining Stage. My name is Lou Xueru, the vice president of Blue Star University, and also the director of the Genius Class."

"Today, I will preside over this competition for hunting Illusion Beast Organ Refining Stage."

"Your instructors must have already explained the rules of the competition to you, so I'll just briefly repeat them now."

In this competition, each of the 57 randomly selected students can find a partner/assistant whose cultivation level cannot exceed the Organ Refining Stage. Of course, you can also find a Blood Refining Stage or a second-year Ranked Martial Artist as a partner, but the Crystal Core obtained from hunting the Illusion Beast will be calculated in half."

"The competition will be held from 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM. Return here before 12:00 PM and hand over the Illusion Beast Crystal Core. Failure to do so will result in disqualification. As for the competition rewards, the bottom twenty will all receive a consolation prize of 500 Star-Origin Galactic Coins."

For every place you move up from the bottom 20, you'll receive an additional 50 Galactic Coin.

The top ten will receive 1,000 Galactic Coin, plus 20 bottles of Star Dollar Liquid.

Obtaining the top five rewards you with two thousand Galaxy Coins, one SS-level martial arts crystal, and twenty bottles of Star Essence Liquid.

Third place: a bottle of Stellar Liquid and an SS-level martial arts crystal.

Second place: a bottle of Star Liquid, an SS-Grade Martial Arts Crystal, and a Second-Order Martial Dao Rare Treasure specifically for the Blood Refining Stage.

First place: two bottles of Stellar Liquid, an SS-grade martial arts crystal, and a second-tier martial arts treasure specifically for the Blood Refining stage.

Upon hearing about the two bottles of Star Liquid, Chen Lie's heart stirred.

The first time you take the Star Liquid, it has a remarkable effect. But if you take it continuously for a month, even if your Star Liquid Blood Qi Value are more than ten times higher, the Star Liquid will still have a great effect on you.

Chen Lie asked Ruan Liusu, "What are the channels for obtaining this Star Liquid?"

Ruan Liusu thought for a moment and said, "Joining the Super Genius Class and making it onto the Blue Star Blood-Qi Stage Martial Artist Ranking will both reward Blue Star University with a bottle of Star Liquid."

However, to obtain a large amount of Star Liquid, one must be among the top twenty on the Blue Star Blood-Qi Stage Martial Artist Ranking.

"I understand," Chen Lie nodded.

In the middle of the venue, Lou Xueru, the vice president of Blue Star University, continued speaking, "This is the Wasteland of the Comprehensive Zone of Five Stars of the Eastern Region. The map has been sent to you in advance. Please take a look at it carefully. Now the time is almost up, so please get ready."

At this moment, more than a hundred people in the area headed towards the Wasteland.

Ruan Liusu also Chen Liedao, "Chen Lie, let's go into the Wasteland first to familiarize ourselves with the environment. When the time comes, we'll start hunting the Illusion Beast on time." "Okay!" Chen Lie nodded.

After leaving the arena, Chen Lie saw only an endless Wasteland, and in Wasteland distance, White Illusion Beast, each over ten meters long, were almost everywhere. "The density of Illusion Beast here is indeed much higher than in the Blue Star Zone."

"Of course, this is Comprehensive Zone after all," Ruan Liusu agreed.

Upon arriving in the Wasteland, the more than one hundred contestants all fled into the depths of the Wasteland.

"Captain Chen Lie, aren't you in the Key Class? What brings you to the Genius Class's event?"

Just as Chen Lie was about to walk forward, he suddenly heard a voice.

He turned around and saw that the person speaking was Song Yixuan.

At that moment, Song Yixuan raised her small hand to her forehead, giving Chen Lie a salute.

"Chen Lie, is this a member of your East River Provincial Genius Group?" Ruan Liusu asked from the side.

"Yes, during military training, I was a soldier under Captain Chen," Song Yixuan said with a smile.

Member of the East River Provincial Genius Group, in the Organ Refining Stage?

What the hell is this?

Ruan Liusu pondered for a moment. In their Sunan Province Genius Group, the Organ Refining Stage was already considered top-tier. How could East River Province, one of the lowest -Blue Star ranked provinces on Earth, have so many at this stage?

She initially looked down on the so-called East River Martial Champion because she knew that in such an impoverished province, even the Martial Leader was mostly only at the Tendon Refining Period.

If even East River Province can have two Organ Refining Stage, how are the other provinces in the top twenty of the Blue Star supposed to cope?

"I'm here to assist," Chen Liedao.

"Alright, then I wish you the best of luck in winning first place, Captain. We're off now, bye-bye!"

After finishing her speech, Song Yixuan waved and walked into the depths of the Wasteland.

"Chen Lie, East River Province has really done a great job this year. When the Martial Artist Association headquarters evaluates the Blue Star Index rankings next time, I think East River Province's ranking will improve by at least twenty places."

After Song Yixuan left, Ruan Liusu said.

"Perhaps." Chen Lie nodded.

"Then let's go deeper into the Wasteland; there should be more Illusion Beast there."

"Good!"

As they talked, Chen Lie and Ruan Liusu walked together for more than ten kilometers into the depths of the Wasteland.

Time quickly passed to 8:30, and the competition to hunt Illusion Beast officially began.

"Chen Lie, there happens to be a Illusion Beast here that's about 12 meters long. Let's join forces and make sure Sanhua doesn't escape."

Chen Lie followed Ruan Liusu's finger and saw Illusion Beast with a dog's head and a fish's tail.

With the help of Ruan Liusu, Chen Lie struck the Illusion Beast beast's head with a palm strike.

With a loud "boom".

The force of over 24,000 jin exploded, and Chen Lie shattered half of the Illusion Beast's dog head.

"Roar!"

The dog- Illusion Beast, struck hard, roared in fury.

The dog-headed Illusion Beast sprouted a pair of giant horns from its head, and at the same time, its body grew larger and four limbs appeared, before launching an attack on Chen Lie.

"Whoosh!"

The dog-headed Illusion Beast's sharp claws slashed at Chen Lie, Chen Lie immediately unleashed more than a dozen palm strikes, each one hitting the Illusion Beast hard.

Seeing Chen Lie being attacked head-on by the Illusion Beast, Ruan Liusu immediately intervened.

"Gold-Slicing Cloud-Folding Palm!"

"Boom boom boom!"

Ruan Liusu unleashed a powerful punch, repeatedly striking the Illusion Beast with a force approaching 30,000 jin.

Caught between two attacks, the dog-headed Illusion Beast let out a miserable howl.

In just over a minute, Chen Lie and Ruan Liusu each delivered over a hundred heavy blows to the Illusion Beast.

Soon, the Illusion Beast was on its last legs and transformed back into its dog-headed, fish-tailed form.

"Let me!"

Upon seeing this, Ruan Liusu swung a hand chop, and the blade of qi and blood struck the dog-headed Illusion Beast.

The dog-headed Illusion Beast suffered a fatal attack and vanished instantly, leaving a Crystal Core in Ruan Liusu's hand.

Ruan Liusu put away the Crystal Core and said with a bright smile, "Our teamwork was absolutely perfect. We took care of that Illusion Beast in just over a minute."

"This should be the lowest-level Illusion Beast, right?" Chen Lie asked.

"Yes, White Illusion Beast are the lowest grade. Above them are Black Illusion Beast, but Black Illusion Beast are very difficult to deal with. If we want to hunt Black Illusion Beast, even if we exhaust all our strength, we may not be able to hunt it successfully, wasting time and effort." Ruan Liusu said.

"About what is the strength of the Black Illusion Beast?"

"Logically, the Black Illusion Beast should be at the Blood Refining Stage stage. However, for some reason, the Illusion Beast in the Sumeru Illusion Realm exert combat power far below their actual strength. We have a chance to successfully hunt the Black Illusion Beast we need, but the probability is not high. Ordinary people, even those at the Organ Refining Stage Completion, rarely choose to hunt Black Illusion Beast, for fear of wasting their efforts."

"If we encounter Black Illusion Beast later, we'll hunt one down to test the waters."

"That's fine too. Even if the hunt fails, it won't have much of an impact on us."

"But if the hunt is successful, the Crystal Core of one Black Illusion Beast is equivalent to the Crystal Core of ten White Illusion Beast." Ruan Liusu nodded and said.

Chen Lie and Ruan Liusu continued forward, searching for and hunting Illusion Beast.

In about twenty minutes, the two of them successfully hunted down seven White Illusion Beast.

After hunting down a Illusion Beast that was over ten meters long, Chen Lie picked up the Illusion Beast's fallen Crystal Core and asked, "Does the Illusion Beast's length affect the quality of the Crystal Core?"