Chapter 0401: Could This De Cheng Be a Soul Master?

After the first round of matches, the second round would be even more exciting, as those who advanced from the first round were undoubtedly stronger.
As before, Huang Long competed on the first day of this round.
“Huang Hai of the Luning Family,” Bishop’s voice rang out from the Platform of Forgetting. When he mentioned Huang Hai’s name, Bishop paused briefly, as he had last time, before saying with a strange expression, “Against Doug of the Gibran Family!”
Coincidentally, Huang Long was once again in the 90th competition area.
When Huang Long stepped onto the competition platform, he finally understood why Bishop looked so strange—this contestant was only average in strength, slightly better at most than the fat Francis, and far inferior to Fan Lending from the Terrence Family that Huang Long had defeated before.
Thus, the outcome of this match was predictable.
However, when Bishop announced, “The match begins,” Doug, the Gibran Family contestant, shouted, “Wait!”
This was clearly directed at Huang Long.
Huang Long hovered in mid-air, looking at him in confusion.
“Brother Huang, Huang Hai, hello!” Doug continued.
Hello? Huang Long remained silent and nodded.
“I surrender in this match,” Doug said, then turned to speak to the supervisor watching from below.
With Huang Long’s match in the 90th area, it naturally attracted the attention of many god-tier warriors and high-ranking members of the six major families. But Doug’s immediate surrender surprised everyone.
“Surrender?” Huang Long hadn’t expected him to give up so quickly.
However, knowing the huge disparity in strength, it was not unheard of for someone to surrender right away in the first round. After being surprised, everyone didn’t think much of it. On the Platform of Forgetting, Alje, the head of the Gibran Family, and the elders remained calm, showing no signs of annoyance.
After all, Huang Long’s strength was obvious to all. Although surrendering was somewhat humiliating, it was still better than Fan Lending being kicked off the platform. If Fan Lending could be sent flying with just one kick, then Doug likely couldn’t even withstand a single strike.
And so, with the opponent’s immediate surrender, Huang Long’s second-round match ended.
Yet, such an outcome left the trillions of god-tier warriors in the surrounding mountains, who had been eagerly anticipating today’s match to see a spectacular fight, deeply disappointed.
The second round of matches saw 3,000 contestants competing over five days.

Huang Long competed on the first day of the second round, while Chester did so on the third day. Just like in the first round, Chester narrowly defeated a member of the Stanny family and advanced to the third round alongside Huang Long. Five days later, the third round took place. By then, 1,500 candidates remained… After the third round came the fourth round, with 750 candidates left, and then the fifth round, with 375 candidates remaining. However, after the fifth round, no sixth round was held for the competition for those 300 spots. The six major families evaluated these 375 candidates based on their performance and strength in the first five rounds and directly eliminated the last 75. Of course, if those 75 eliminated candidates disagreed with this decision, they could challenge one of the candidates for the 300 spots; if they won, they could take their place. Thus, after the fifth round, those 75 candidates had three days to challenge their fate. During those three days, most of them refused to accept the decision, and nearly 70 of them challenged the candidates for the 300 spots. Most of them lost, but there were surprises—three out of nearly 70 challenges were successful. Chester was one of those three. Although Chester had narrowly made it through five rounds to become one of the 375 candidates, his performance and strength ranked at the bottom. It was highly unexpected that he could win after challenging again. Naturally, the higher-ups of the Runing family were delighted by this turn of events. For each additional spot among the 300, it meant one more chance to enter the Land of Forgetfulness in search of the Sacred Fruit of Heaven and Earth and the Abyssal Pearl. “Brother Huang Hai, thank you. Without your help, I never would have made it into the top 300,” Chester said gratefully inside Huang Long’s palace. In the end, Chester’s success in challenging his way into the top 300 was thanks to the array “artifact” given to him by Huang Long. He was well aware of his own strength; without the help of Huang Long’s array “artifacts” to boost his defense and attack capabilities by at least one level, he would never have made it into the top 300. Huang Long shook his head and smiled, “There’s no need to thank me. It was a small favor.”

Chestertown laughed and said, “It’s truly great news that Brother Huang Hai and Brother Chester have managed to get into the top 300 this time. Come on, the three of us should go celebrate.” But then he looked gloomy again and added, “I’m doomed. Every time I hear Grandpa calling for me, I’m terrified.”

Huang Long and Chester smiled at this.

Ever since Chestertown was defeated by Augus from the Terence family, Elder Barret, Grandpa Francis, has still been “pursuing” this matter, and Francis naturally gets scolded frequently.

With the opening of the Land of Forgetfulness, the descendants of the six major families are competing for the 300 spots. Naturally, the Runing family ranks first, with over eighty of their descendants entering, while the Terence and Bekkar families have around forty each.

The situation is pretty much the same as before.

Of course, the biggest surprise is that Huang Long and Chester from the Runing family have managed to make it this time.

There was no conversation that night.

The next day, the sunlight warmed everything in the Netherworld once again.

Today is the first day of the competition to determine the top 300 spots.

Early on, the godly strongmen who came to watch had already chosen their seats.

Huang Long, Chester, and the other over eighty descendants of the Runing family, led by Kennedy and others, arrived at the competition site on the Platform of Forgetfulness.

By now, the Platform of Forgetfulness had changed greatly compared to when the competition for the 300 spots first began. Not only were each competition platform nearly ten times wider than before, but powerful array restrictions were also set between them, clearly intended to isolate the intense battles between platforms and ensure that the competitions weren’t affected.

Previously, there had been 100 competition areas for the 300 spots, but now there are only ten.

Under the supervision of the leaders of the six major families, a rotating wheel is used to select ten groups, with thirty people in each group.

Then, the first-place winner from each group will compete for the top ten spots.

Coincidentally, Huang Long and Chester are in the same group, in Area 6.

After selecting thirty people for each group, the competition within each group begins.

“Area 6: Huang Hai from the Runing family vs. Decheng from the Demos family,” came Bishop’s voice from the Platform of Forgetfulness, and many godly strongmen turned their gazes toward Area 6.

During the competition for the 300 spots, Huang Hai defeated his opponents in all five rounds except the second, when his opponent simply gave up. So, what about this time?!

However, Decheng from the Demos family is one of the strongest descendants of the Demos family participating in this competition. Even if he can’t make it into the top ten, his place among the top thirty is beyond doubt.

The battle between Huang Long and De Cheng sparked widespread discussion among the godly-level powerhouses. Many descendants of the six major families gathered around the sixth competition area below the arena. Shortly after Bishop’s voice faded, Huang Long and De Cheng, a member of the Demos family, simultaneously leaped onto the sixth competition platform. Once on the platform, they stood facing each other.

“Deli, who is he to you?” Huang Long asked.

De Cheng reminded Huang Long of Deli from the Demos family he had met in the Sea of Wind and Thunder. Back then, Huang Long and Brade had stepped in to save the three of them, after which four Wind and Thunder Beads appeared. Instead of showing gratitude, the three of them turned hostile, attempting to seize the beads and even harboring murderous intent toward Huang Long and Brade.

When Huang Long asked this, De Cheng was momentarily stunned before responding, “He’s my third brother.” He didn’t understand why Huang Long was asking about his brother—could it be that Huang Hai knew him?

“Third brother?” Huang Long’s eyes turned cold. What a coincidence. De Cheng turned out to be Deli’s younger brother.

At that moment, De Cheng suddenly dashed at Huang Long without warning, moving at incredible speed. He arrived right in front of Huang Long, raised his hands, and swung his top-tier divine weapon sword downward, unleashing powerful earth-based divine energy. At the same time, a mysterious force struck Huang Long before his attack even landed.

“Huh? Soul attack! Is De Cheng a Soul Master?!”

“I never expected De Cheng from the Demos family to be such a powerful Soul Master!”

The mysterious force De Cheng used before attacking was noticed by some Level 8Nether King warriors in the surrounding mountains, who were shocked and immediately caused a stir.

Soul Masters were a symbol of nobility among the godly-level powerhouses.

On the Platform of Forgetfulness, Herbert, the head of the Terence family, also noticed what was happening. He said to the head of the Demos family, “Head Adri, I never thought your family’s De Cheng would be such a powerful Soul Master. Congratulations! With his soul attack, defeating Huang Hai shouldn’t be difficult.”

The appearance of a Soul Master among the descendants of the six major families was also a cause for celebration. After all, even among ten million godly-level powerhouses, it might not be possible to find a single Soul Master with soul mutations and the ability to launch soul attacks.

Head Adri of the Demos family smiled and said, “De Cheng is indeed a Soul Master, but his soul power isn’t strong—nothing worth mentioning.” His words were humble, yet his face showed pride as he glanced at Kennedy beside him.

Kennedy frowned.

Just then, suddenly, an even more powerful and intense mysterious force erupted from within the Yellow Dragon, shooting straight at De Cheng who was flying toward it. Then, everyone saw the Yellow Dragon leap up, and amidst thunderous applause, it slammed a fist hard into De Cheng’s chest. De Cheng let out a pained cry, flew backward, and crashed violently onto the competition platform, remaining motionless thereafter.
Another instant defeat!
The entire competition area, including the platform and the surrounding mountains, fell into complete silence.
“Soul attack?!”
“Is this Huang Hai also a Soul Master?!”
As the gods were shocked, recalling the mysterious force that had erupted from the Yellow Dragon earlier, some godly strongmen couldn’t help but exclaim in astonishment.