The Corruption Dragon God: Lust System-Chapter 592 - The Cosmic Dawn Sect (05)

Elder Shen had expected the young master Guo Tianhao to be the one to step forward, but to his surprise, he merely looked away arrogantly, ignoring Qingyi’s presence.

The other nine inner disciples exchanged glances, and after a moment, one of them stepped forward.

"Due to the difference in cultivation, the inner disciple will not use Qi, only his brute strength and senses.

Do your best to win, but if you lose, it doesn’t matter." Elder Shen declared, gesturing to Qingyi and the inner disciple before him.

The two young men exchanged formal greetings and then stepped forward.

To the inner disciple’s surprise, Qingyi also did not dare to use Qi.

’This bastard in the Astral Body Realm wants to compete in brute strength against someone in the Celestial Ascension Realm?’ The inner disciple was unable to hide his shock.

He wasn’t particularly powerful, but wasn’t Qingyi underestimating him too much?

Neither of them drew their weapons; fists flew freely toward one another.

The punches collided in the air, which collapsed into a powerful shockwave, the dust of the arena rising in a whirlwind around the two.

To everyone’s surprise, Qingyi took only three steps back while the inner disciple took one.

It looked like a victory for the inner disciple, even considering the difference in cultivation between them.

Wasn’t that a bit absurd? Even without the inner disciple using his full power, it was still hard to imagine such a scenario.

"Uh... I’ve always heard about the strength of black dragons... it wasn’t a lie." The inner disciple sighed, calming his heart.

He could have ended the fight right there, Qingyi had passed. But...

He wanted a little more.

Exchanging glances with Qingyi and realizing that the handsome young man felt the same, the disciple smiled.

Elder Shen covered the arena with his Qi as the bodies of the two young men vanished.

In just a second, their fists collided dozens of times, thunderous explosions engulfing everything around them, the arena floor reduced to dust.

No one dared make a single sound, the other participants in the selection watching that exchange in shock.

Without even using Qi, yet causing such destruction and shockwaves...

Were they really on the same level?

It certainly didn’t seem so.

In the end, after just over thirty exchanges, the two reappeared, both panting, soft smiles on their faces.

"Approved, junior brother." The inner disciple turned his back.

He had won every single exchange, and if he had been using Qi, he could have easily crushed Qingyi.

But this time, he swallowed his pride and admitted defeat.

"Thank you for the teachings, senior brother." Qingyi clasped his fists before returning to Chen Wei’s side, who was watching him with shining eyes.

"What’s up?" Qingyi asked, stretching.

"Even if that inner disciple was holding back, do you know how strong an inner disciple is? He must have even received direct training from an elder for some time!"

Qingyi didn’t pay much attention to those words, simply relaxing.

Yes, he was powerful, and it had been a good fight, but he didn’t dwell on it for long.

For now, his only priority was to grow stronger without his lineage of the Corruption Dragon God being discovered.

Receiving silence in response, Chen Wei just sighed.

He was among the first to pass the test, so it would soon be his turn to fight as well.

The following fights were far less interesting.

Chen Wei and Young Master Luo fought one after the other, both receiving approval.

The young man who had finished the trial right after Qingyi was also approved, despite having faced Young Master Guo Tianhao.

In the end, after long minutes of duels, Peng Tao fought, and was thrown out of the arena with a single slap, receiving a failing grade.

With teary eyes and a flushed face, he returned to his young master Chen’s side.

Of the slightly more than sixty youths, fifteen received approval from the inner disciples.

The others could still take up combat positions, but were better suited as training masters or in other production roles within the sect.

Gathering the youths in a corner, Elder Shen led them out of that place, which was immediately swallowed by a concealment array, erasing it completely.

That location was used only for recruitment every few years, spending most of its time hidden.

"Stay in formation and wait." The elder rose into the air, looking up.

On the horizon, among the clouds, a vessel tore through the skies toward them, propelled by powerful Qi thrusters and covered by a thin barrier that seemed to serve both to keep oxygen inside and to regulate gravity.

’A spaceship...’ Qingyi’s heart raced, nearly leaping out of his chest.

He had seen so much, defeated so many enemies.

But still, seeing that ship tearing through the skies toward them, the heat from the thrusters making his long black hair flutter...

Faced with that, he was like a child.

’Ruxue... how much would it cost for me to build my own spaceship?’ Qingyi asked, barely able to hide his excitement.

[Hm... when we have some free time, I’ll take you to one of the shipyards belonging to my creator’s family... some people there still owe me favors, if they’re still alive.]

’Thank you, love...’ Qingyi flashed a genuine smile.

Arriving before them, the spaceship, just over two hundred meters long and with room for thousands of disciples, landed.

Dust swirled up, fluttering everyone’s robes; a terrifying pressure overwhelmed them for an instant before subsiding.

The ship’s hatch, bearing the sect’s symbol, slowly opened, revealing the interior.

The elder stepped inside, and the disciples immediately followed him.

"Country bumpkins." Young Master Luo growled through clenched teeth, watching as Qingyi and Chen Wei gazed at the spacecraft in awe.

Quickening his pace, he stood side by side with Guo Tianhao, who gave him a gentle smile.

Fortunately for Young Master Luo, Tianhao, whose background was incomparable to his own, had shown him great goodwill.

So what if Chen Wei was friends with Qingyi? He had Tianhao by his side!

That alone was enough to guarantee him glory and wealth that even someone as powerful as Qingyi could never even begin to imagine.