Chapter 1224 - 718: Active Seeds, Pangu Hall, Storm Brewing in the Mountains
Days passed by one after the other, getting closer to the date of the World Youth Championship finals.
With the ongoing momentum from international media, online discussions about the "World Youth Championship finals" and the "top ten competitors" have been continuously fermenting, accumulating over ten billion related discussions.
Globally, whether in developed cities or remote areas, people are fervently watching and discussing this peak gathering.
Major online forums are continually refreshed, and even offline gatherings can’t escape talk about predictions for the event.
And among them, the most contentious and attention-grabbing focus—
Undoubtedly, is who will become the strongest in the world of this era, that is, the [First Generation]!
Each competitor’s supporters are eager to present evidence, even neutral audiences have their inclinations, with debates rendering no clear winner.
After all, these ten individuals are top-tier forces selected from billions of young people worldwide, representing the highest standards of youth in this era.
Behind each name is a testament to countless battles, a destiny interwoven with talent, perseverance, and fortuity.
Though the finals have yet to arrive, the tension of an impending storm overflows in every heated discussion...
Ultimately, after incessant debates day and night, people reluctantly reached a consensus:
"Chen Zhiming, Colby, and Liao Huo are renowned, carrying an undefeated record, deserving of holding the title of defending champions.
Seviss Long and Meng Chuan have risen prominently in competitions, also undefeated, making them dark horses in the race for the title."
Even with this, they total to precisely five people.
Another must be eliminated to commence the ’final showdown.’
Based on group distributions, everyone unanimously agreed...
"There’s no other option, Meng Chuan has to bear the hardship..."
After all, the first group, where Meng Chuan belongs, is a death group.
With Chen Zhiming and Liao Huo guarding the gate of the final showdown.
Meng Chuan wants to break through but finds it challenging.
As he is only a Martial Arts Master faced with the unfathomable strength of the other two, his probability of defeat is great...
Such a conclusion permeates major internet platforms today.
Even if Meng Chuan’s fans and the Lishan relatives argue vehemently, providing reasoned rebuttals, it remains to no avail.
In the first group, Chen Zhiming and Liao Huo advance.
In the second group, Colby and Seviss Long head to the final showdown.
People have thoroughly reached consensus on the lineup for the finals, and no matter how much Meng Chuan’s fans argue, there’s no changing it...
Moreover, among the ten finalists, most also held the same belief.
Only a handful thought Meng Chuan stood a chance.
Among the minority, excluding those conquered by the "True Martial" approach like Mu Nianxin.
There was one person, whom no one expected...
That is Seviss Long!
He always anticipated, most eagerly, to face off against Meng Chuan.
...
In Shangjing City, in a heavily guarded secret location, here is the residence of Ao Shuang, ambassador of the Dragon Realm.
Today, besides Ao Shuang, a man resembling an iron tower is seated directly opposite her.
His black and red patterned armor is being raised high by his muscles, his wild long hair draping over his shoulders, exuding a roaring vigor.
By appearance, this person is precisely Seviss Long.
"Sis, after the competition, I’ll be leaving, I must rush back to [Pangu Divine Hall], Kote Tiwas has already broken into the [Heaven-Opening Tower] 5th Layer, I need to hurry and try it again."
Seviss Long said, grabbing a watermelon the size of a human head from the table, biting into it whole, seeds and all, chewing it as its juice bursts forth in his mouth, his expression immensely satisfied.
The Dragon Realm lacks the conditions to grow these fruits, so on this trip to the Blue Star, he indulged in dragon fruits, watermelons, honeydew melons, and various other fruits.
His favorite remains watermelon, bursting with juice, splendid...
However, his sister Ao Shuang’s favorite is durian.
He doesn’t know what’s appealing about that stinky fruit, but every time Ao Shuang eats it, she looks immensely satisfied, just like now...
No doubt, the wild-looking Seviss Long and the cool, noble Ao Shuang were created by the same father, the two are siblings...
With different mothers but the same father, thus both have the surname Long.
Only Ao Shuang found the name ’Long’ to sound unpleasant, so she changed it to her mother’s surname Ao, a privilege of female dragons.
"Foolish brother, didn’t you disdain the rewards of the 5th Layer?"
Ao Shuang said, elegantly eating durian, with a somewhat playful tone.
Ignoring his sister’s tone, Seviss Long swallowed the watermelon and said casually:
"What rewards are there in the 5th Layer, Kote has told me before, it’s similar to the 4th Layer, the randomly opened Pangu treasure boxes, just with more precious items.
Yet, these are nothing but a drop in the ocean to the honorable Seth family behind my mother’s glory.
I wish to quickly conquer the [Heaven-Opening Tower] 9th layer, truly enter the [Pangu Divine Hall], and even compete for the power of the path of physical strength as well as the ultimate ownership of the Divine Hall..."
The Heaven-Opening Tower is the gateway of the Pangu Divine Hall, only accessible to those with the great power of "opening heaven and earth."
A great sage once said:
"The Pangu Divine Hall is named as Pangu Great God’s palace, managed by its Artifact Spirit, it is indeed more like a reflection where Pangu’s force of opening heaven exhausted, his body neither fell to earth but rather condensed into a supreme divine realm’s miniature."
His head, limbs, organs, and bones all form the core structures inside the hall.
Only after breaking through the 9th layer of the Heaven-Opening Tower can one formally unlock the hall’s permissions and access the core of the hall.
Reflecting on why Pangu disappeared, leaving behind only this palace, most people have gradually accepted this theory.
What is the [Heaven-Opening Tower]?
This tower corresponds to Pangu God’s lips and tongue, it is truly Pangu’s transmission of the path, the tongue carrying his heart’s intent and soul.