Directly into Fifth Place

"Silence!"

A booming voice rang through the entire Hidden Dragon Martial Arts Arena city.

The entire arena fell silent in an instant.

An old man descended from the sky and landed at the center of the Hidden Dragon Martial Arts Arena. He was the chief referee presiding over the Hidden Dragon Ranking.

"The Hidden Dragon Ranking of the Dragon Gate Grand Gathering officially begins. Apart from the top hundred, the ranked geniuses and unranked geniuses of the Hidden Dragon Ranking will be divided into nine groups according to their strength to compete. Those who wish to challenge higher on the ranking may choose to forfeit Arena Defense!"

As soon as the chief referee spoke,

over a hundred more referees immediately appeared and headed to the nine areas to oversee the matches from rank one thousand to rank one hundred and one.

Those wishing to challenge higher on the ranking did not need to accept challenges. However, if they failed their challenge, they would directly become unranked disciples, unable to enter the Hidden Dragon Ranking or receive the Dragon Luck Blessing.

Therefore, even those prodigies who wished to challenge higher had to proceed with utmost caution. Once they failed, they would no longer be able to enter the ranking.

Lu Ren naturally chose to challenge higher. After informing a referee, he waited to one side.

Soon afterward, Lu Ren spotted several old acquaintances challenging the Hidden Dragon Ranking. For instance, Ji Chi Yun had now cultivated to the fifth level of the Origin Venerate Realm.

Meanwhile, Tuoba Wuqing, as an unranked prodigy, directly went to challenge someone around the two-hundredth rank on the Hidden Dragon Ranking.

At this moment,

the prodigies in every group were competing fiercely. Many newcomers had once been unranked, yet now they rose one after another like