Chapter 1870: Chapter 1870: A Hundred And Ninety-five Challengers

Hearing the boy's words, Augustus was quite confused. “What do you mean? Has Zen already ascended to the divine land? And is he currently on one of the Floating Islands?” he asked in confusion.

The boy threw a sharp look at Augustus. “If Zen had ascended to the divine land, then his ascension must have been guided by a member of the Jiang Clan. Do you think those Holy Beings would let him go? Why do you think Harold has been giving so much trouble to the Jiang Clan in the recent times?” he asked, his voice rising.

“Oh yes!” Augustus patted his forehead.

Although he was much more talented than his senior fellow disciple in terms of cultivation, he was quite slow as far as analyzing a situation was concerned.

Augustus then said, “So he entered the divine land in an illegal way. Since Zen is on one of the Floating Islands now, how about we bring him here? I will train him personally, and he is sure to make a rapid progress.”

“Augustus, can you really find him? Do you really think that he is as careless as you are? Let's just say that you found him, then what? Do you think that you can keep him safe on the Gu Clan's Floating Island?” The boy said impatiently, his tone indicated that he perceived Augustus as an ignorant person.

Bormley had been roaming the boundless chaos for countless years without coming back. If Zen entered the Gu Clan's Floating Island and the Holy Beings wanted to take him away, there was nothing anyone could do about it.

Although Zen knew that he was quite close to his two senior fellow disciples, Augustus and Hallet, he had no intentions of going to the Gu Clan's Floating Island.

The boy named Hallet carried the fishing rod on his shoulder and whistled. At this, the big cyan bull, which had been crawling on the side of the pond, slowly stood up and walked toward him. Hallet then jumped on the bull's back. “Take all the craps you've made and let's go from here,” he shouted.

Augustus was still pondering whether he should go find Zen or not. When he saw Hallet jumping on the bull, he asked, “Where are we going?”

“To the right place,” Hallet said solemnly.

Zen, on the other hand, saw Joy smiling at him when he got out of the Jade Wall of Legends.

Joy also knew what Harold meant with his words.

“How are you feeling now, Zen?” Joy asked. She wore a pretty smile which made her look quite attractive.

“To be honest, I don't feel anything,” Zen said dully. Although he was a bit excited, he felt a bit depressed as well.

He knew that his father's plan was working wonders as soon as he entered the divine land. He knew that he was indeed the most important person, around whom the whole plan was built. But the fact that he didn't know much about his father's plan saddened him.

“Well, I didn't expect Harold to say something like this. I'm afraid we have no choice but to change our initial plan,” Joy said with a sigh.

According to her plan, Zen was expected to win consecutive victories in the Arena of Legends in order to earn a great deal of points for the Purple Soul Hall. This could help the Han Clan raise the ranking of its Floating Island.

And with Zen's current strength and progress, it was very likely that he could accomplish this feat.

However, Harold gave a signal in his open battle against Rachelle and mentioned the Han Clan.

Although he also mentioned three other powerful clans, people were very likely to guess that Zen was the anonymous man if he won a great deal of points.

“But I am in an anonymous state, how on earth will they find out who I really am?” Zen asked with a curious expression on his face.

Up until now, no one in the Hall of True Gods really found out his identity. Thus, he thought that he would be safe regardless.

Joy gave a look at the Jade Wall of Legends on which the warriors' rankings kept changing. “When the points are being calculated, your points will go to Han Clan. Thus, they'd figure out who you really are,” she explained. Ɽ₳ΝꝊβʧ

“Oh, then what are we supposed to do?” Zen asked, his voice deep with concern.

“Here is an idea,” Joy said. “In the last match you can lose to Laquisha.”

Zen thought for a moment. It was indeed a radical solution to transfer a great deal of points to Laquisha. “But I need the points to get the treasure that is rewarded by the Han Clan,” he said.

“What treasure do you wish to acquire?” Joy asked with a smile. She thought of Zen as a stubborn fellow. She knew that he wouldn't ask her for help even if he needed it desperately.

It was quite true that Zen didn't like asking for help, no matter how dire the circumstances were. He had no plans of asking Joy for help.

“I want the Golden Beast Statue. After I accumulate enough points, I'm going to—” Joy interrupted Zen midway through his speech and said, “Hold on.” She gave her waist a sudden twist and disappeared.

A few seconds later she reappeared, making her way towards Zen. She had something in her hands.

Clang! She threw the mysterious object in her hands on the ground.

The Golden Beast Statue lay right in front of Zen.

He looked at the statue with astonishment. It was as big as a fully-grown human being. He didn't expect Joy to fetch the statue just for him.

Zen examined the Golden Beast Statue. He had an intense awareness in his inner world again. The target of the consciousness of his inner world was the mud at the bottom of the Golden Beast Statue.

“The Golden Beast Statue is a real gem. Its full body was made from a special material, and it can transform into the shapes of thousands of beasts. After refining it, the user can skillfully resist the low-rank True Gods with it. But to you, I believe it isn't of much use as you can already defeat most of the low-rank True Gods easily. Therefore, I was wondering what use it is to you?” Her eyes lit up with curiosity.

“Well, I just have a liking for it,” Zen said.

Joy nodded but didn't quite believe Zen. He must have known something about the Golden Beast Statue, but since he didn't want to discuss it, she didn't pursue the subject.

Zen smiled triumphantly as she left.

The mud tray at the bottom of the Golden Beast Statue was of great importance to him.

Zen knew that he had to prove his Godly Way before he went to the Everest Spirit Mountain. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to enter the Cloud Dragon Ravine.

The mud at the bottom of the Golden Beast Statue was present in great amount, but he was not sure whether it was enough for him to smoothly condense his Godly Tile.

Zen gave the Golden Beast Statue one last glance and finally put it away.

He knew that he still had to fight against the low-rank True Gods. If he made a breakthrough in his cultivation base and became a low-rank True God himself, he wouldn't be able to earn a great deal of points by fighting other low-rank True Gods. Therefore, he decided to absorb the mud after the rankings of the Floating Islands were determined.

He had thirteen days before the rankings of the Floating Islands were to be decided.

This led to an increase in the number of open battles in the Arena of Legends.

The warriors who were fighting in the open battles were the consummate True Gods in the divine land. Their strength was second to that of the Holy Beings and the Demi-holy Beings on the various Floating Islands.

The disciples of the wealthy clans on the Floating Islands were quite keen on watching the open battles, and the arena was jam-packed with spectators every time an open battle took place.

Walton from the Tang Clan was successful in defeating Cora of the Zhou Clan.

Shahn from the Fang Clan completely wiped out Malisa from the Li Clan.

Zen was also quite keen on witnessing these open battles of the consummate True Gods. He had not missed a single battle till date.

He knew that the big clans didn't always get along with each other, and now he had a general understanding of the grudges among those wealthy clans.

The wealthy clans on the Floating Islands were divided into three factions.

One of the three factions was made up of several powerful clans which were responsible for the destruction of the Luo Clan. These clans were led by the Dongfang Clan.

Another faction consisted of clans which were neutral, like the Han Clan and the Li Clan. These clans were quite independent and didn't form an alliance with other powerful clans.

However, Han Clan seemed to have allied with Leng Clan recently, and the engagement between Laquisha and Langston confirmed the news. Yet to everyone's disbelief, Laquisha and Langston fell out with each other.

As for the Moon Clan and the Sword Clan, they were two powerful clans who were ranked second and third respectively. The warriors on these two Floating Islands came from the four divine trees.

The divine land had four angles. There were four trees of great importance that stood at the four angles that supported the divine land.

With the help of Sunset Tree, Ray Tree, Lofty Tree and Hidden Tree, many powerful warriors were born in the areas around these four divine trees. There were rumors that before the appearance of the Time Sea, the four great divine trees played host to strong warriors. As the Ruling Slate appeared, the strong warriors came to know the importance of rules. Thus, they established their own Floating Islands above the Time Sea, attracting warriors from all the directions in the divine land. This was how the Time Sea became the heart of the divine land.

Much to everyone's surprise, the two consummate True Gods from the Gu Clan refrained from participating in the open battles this time.

It was a fact that whenever the rankings of the Floating Islands were to be decided, the efforts of the Gu Clan's two consummate True Gods were quite commendable. The Gu Clan's Floating Island didn't have many disciples, due to which the Gu Clan's points were expected to be quite less than that of the rest of the powerful clans. However, Hallet's and Augustus' efforts were enough to rank the Gu Clan's Floating Island eighth in the Time Sea.

People said that if Augustus and Hallet were on the Floating Island of some other wealthy clan, that clan would have been in the top three.

However, Hallet and Augustus were nowhere to be seen this year. And the ranking of the Gu Clan was at risk of falling out of the top ten, if they decided not to fight in the Arena of Legends.

Three days remained before the rankings of the Floating Islands were to be decided.

Zen finally entered the Jade Wall of Legends. While in his own room, he noticed that there were one hundred and ninety-five low-rank True Gods that had challenged him to battle.

According to the rules of the Hall of True Gods, only the warriors who were ranked one to a hundred places higher or lower than Zen could challenge him. Zen was ranked 96th and only ninety-five warriors were ranked higher than him, and one hundred and ninety-five low-rank True Gods had offered to fight with him, which meant that everyone who was eligible to challenge Zen did so.