CHAPTER 1082: CHAPTER 1031: YE CHEN TAKES ACTION!

When Ye Chen began refining a new "Origin Star Aperture," time slowly passed by as well.

The next day.

The first stage of the Stellar Domain Genius Battle, the internal selection battle within the Divine Kingdom, officially began!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

At the instant the great battle officially commenced, the power that bound all the God Kings within the God King Battle Space vanished completely, allowing all the God Kings to feel free to move once again.

Instantly.

Within the hundred battle spaces, on a hundred continents, countless God Kings began to take action.

With only thirty days of battle time, one must enter the top one hundred within their respective battle space to have hope of advancing to the grand battle of ten thousand into one hundred.

Everyone started desperately searching for opponents, defeating them, and seizing the merit points on them to improve their ranking.

Even though the battle space continent was vast, the speed and explosiveness of the God Kings were so swift that they encountered each other almost immediately, leading to a great eruption of battles.

In an instant, some had already seized victory points, and the rankings began to rise.

Also, in an instant, some were eliminated!

"It has changed."

"The ranking on the shocking screen has changed!"

Almost as soon as someone seized merit points, the latest ranking results began to appear on the spectacular screens across various regions of the Wanmu Mountain Divine Kingdom.

Swipe! Swipe! Swipe! Swipe! Swipe!

The rankings continued to change.

Even with over a billion God Kings participating in the internal selection battles in the Divine Kingdom, with each of the hundred battle spaces containing millions of God Kings.

But the true strong ones only belonged to the topmost tier.

Soon, the true strong ones emerged.

"Bing Meng (Northern Region of Wanmu Mountain Divine Kingdom entry); Battle Zone: First Battle Zone, Current Points: 964 merit points."

"Yang Xuan (Supreme Divine Institute entry) ’Battle Zone: Eighteenth Battle Zone, Current Points: 865 merit points."

"..."

The rankings continued to change, but the names at the top began to stabilize, and as the battles went on, these people not only seized victory points from defeating their opponents but also took the existing merit points from their opponents, rapidly accumulating points.

In the spectator area of the Supreme Divine Institute.

At the moment the great battle began, Tao’er, Ye Chen’s parents, Jiang Yao’s parents and grandfather, along with other attendees, almost simultaneously stood up.

They looked towards the shocking screen, but quickly realized that Ye Chen’s name did not appear in the top ranks of the shocking screen.

When they looked closely at the First Battle Zone where Ye Chen belonged, Ye Chen’s name didn’t appear in the top one hundred of the First Battle Zone either.

It was as if Ye Chen had vanished from the great battle, not even a trace of his name, as if he hadn’t acquired a single merit point!

"What happened to the young master?"

On the Supreme Divine Institute’s side, they could only see the rankings and had no way of knowing the specific battle situation. Not seeing Ye Chen’s name on the list caused Tao’er and others to become worried.

Sovereign Jia Lan, on one side, saw the anxious looks on the faces of Ye Chen and Jiang Yao’s family, and laughed, "The whole internal selection battle within the Divine Kingdom, with a hundred battle zones, will last a full thirty days."

"Ye Chen, perhaps he hasn’t even thought of making a move yet."

"There’s no need for everyone to panic."

Sovereign Jia Lan’s words slightly eased everyone’s minds.

However.

As the days passed by one after another.

Ye Chen and Jiang Yao’s family still saw no sign of Ye Chen taking action, leaving their hearts hanging without relief.

Even though they knew Ye Chen’s tremendous strength, battles always had unexpected occurrences, and without seeing Ye Chen’s specific performance, they couldn’t rest assured.

Only those like Sovereign Jia Lan, who had witnessed Ye Chen’s prowess firsthand, remained calm.

Time flew by.

Before anyone realized it, twenty-nine days had already passed.

By the twenty-ninth day, in the hundred battle continents of the God King Battle Zones, the top rankings were almost entirely determined, with few major changes, and yet Ye Chen’s name was still absent.

Even Sovereign Jia Lan was becoming restless at this point.

"What on earth is happening?"

Although Sovereign Jia Lan continued to reassure the families of Ye Chen and Jiang Yao, unease was creeping into his own heart.

Not only Sovereign Jia Lan, but countless people from other places in the Wanmu Mountain Divine Kingdom were paying attention to Ye Chen, all eager to see his achievements, but none of them saw Ye Chen appear on the ranking list.

This left countless people feeling uneasy.

"What’s going on?"

"Isn’t it rumored that Ye Chen is the strongest God King in our Wanmu Mountain Divine Kingdom? He even has hopes of ranking among the top in the final grand universe-wide battle of numerous Divine Kingdoms; how come he didn’t even make it to the rankings in the internal selection battle of our own Divine Kingdom?"

"Did something unexpected happen to him?"

Some who had never met Ye Chen began to disparage him.

"That Ye Chen might be someone who merely appears impressive but lacks real substance; perhaps the rumors about him are all false."

The Wanmu Mountain Divine Kingdom was immensely vast.

The number of people who hadn’t seen Ye Chen or the Star Domain God King Ranking was innumerable; many had only heard of some of Ye Chen’s exploits, and seeing his lack of performance led them to begin losing hope in him.

"Thankfully, that Long Li truly is formidable!"

"It’s rumored she has a hope of achieving an excellent rank in the God Venerable Battle of the universe-wide final battle, and indeed, she possesses that strength, now from the start of the internal selection battle of the Divine Kingdom, she’s consistently been first!"

Looking at the shocking screens in numerous regions, aside from seeing the rankings of the Battle of the God Kings, one could also see the rankings of the God Venerable Battle and the True God Battle.

In the God Venerable Battle, in the one hundredth Battle Zone, Long Li’s name stood prominently at the top, and she had left the second place far, far behind!

It can be seen that almost every moment, Long Li’s merit points begin to skyrocket.

Clearly, every time Long Li encounters someone, she can defeat them and seize half of their merit points.

Even on the twenty-ninth day, those remaining in the field are strong, with numerous merit points and formidable strength, yet they are entirely not match for Long Li!

Long Li, has gained the most acclaim in almost every corner of Wanmu Mountain Divine Nation!

While Ye Chen, in many places, has started to be doubted by people.

Among countless regions, only those in the Divine Mountain, including the Northern Territory King, Divine Kingdom master, and the two Great Emperors, can specifically see the battle situation and know the current status of Ye Chen and Long Li.

By now, the twenty-ninth day has passed, and the final day of the ranking battle among the hundred combat continents has arrived.

Seeing the current battle results, the two Great Emperors in the Divine Mountain keep nodding incessantly.

"Long Li is truly very strong."

"It’s feared she hasn’t even used one percent of her combat power, and others are entirely not her opponents."

"The internal selection battle of Wanmu Mountain Divine Nation is not really the stage for her to shine. Here, there’s absolutely no one who can be her opponent, not even someone who can match her."

"Long Li can easily kill every Divine Venerable and Sovereign of Wanmu Mountain Divine Nation!"

What discerning eyes the two Cosmic Emperors have.

They saw Long Li’s extraordinary nature with each of her actions.

Even they couldn’t tell how many trump cards Long Li still has not played.

However.

When the crowd, who praised Long Li endlessly, looked at the other side of another light screen, they were puzzled.

"Ye Chen, why hasn’t he moved at all?"

Others can’t see the specific battle scenario, but the experts on this Divine Mountain saw Ye Chen’s every move these past days.

"In the first few days, it could be seen that Ye Chen seemed to be cultivating."

"But later, he stopped cultivating completely, yet still remained in place, hardly doing anything."

"He wouldn’t be unprepared to seize the rankings, would he?"

The Sovereigns, Divine Masters, and even Cosmic Emperors have no doubt about Ye Chen’s strength, but they were completely oblivious to the specific reason for Ye Chen’s inaction.

"I also don’t know what Ye Chen is thinking."

Even Sovereign Xuechen, Northern Territory King, East Territory King, and others shook their heads.

They don’t know exactly what Ye Chen is waiting for.

But they know Ye Chen definitely won’t continue to be like this, after all, Ye Chen still needs to fulfill the third requirement of Sovereign Xuechen and Northern Territory King during the final confrontation of the Stellar Domain Genius Battle across the universe; he can’t just quit halfway with his strength.

"Let’s wait and see."

Sovereign Xuechen finally said.

Then another half day passed.

In Ye Chen’s combat continent, only a few thousand people remained.

These few thousand are the strongest several thousand God Kings, with many having similar strengths, all knowing that a battle with each other would likely result in mutual destruction. They spent the first twenty days eliminating weaker opponents and prepared to seize the top hundred ranks at the end.

Only the strongest group has absolute confidence in grabbing the top hundred ranks, carefully waiting for the battle to end.

Even the strongest group stayed far away from one particular area.

That place is where Ye Chen meditates!

"That’s Ye Chen!"

When they saw Ye Chen in the first combat zone, the strongest God Kings of the first zone were utterly shocked!

They knew Ye Chen could get the top ranks in the Cosmic showdown Battle of the God Kings, so seeing Ye Chen in their battle zone was alarming beyond measure.

Even the second strongest God King in the field, who could beat all others, did not dare to approach Ye Chen.

He feared that Ye Chen would defeat him, leaving him unable to accumulate points for a higher rank, which would spell doom.

However, what slightly relieved these strong individuals is that Ye Chen hadn’t targeted them.

Even until the last day, Ye Chen hadn’t made a move, making everyone curious.

"Why hasn’t Ye Chen taken action?"

"Is he waiting until the very end to act?"

"That’s possible. The last individuals have many merit points; even defeating the current first place could earn half the points and enter the top ranks."

While everyone was puzzling over this, while the Sovereigns, Divine Masters, and Great Emperors on the Divine Mountain were waiting, and while Ye Chen’s family at the Supreme Divine Institute was extremely worried.

Ye Chen moved.

Boom!

In an instant, Ye Chen flew from the ground into the void.

Followed by his voice, which began to envelope the entire continent.

"I’ll give everyone the last two hours to determine the rankings."

"Then, I will take action."

"At that time, all of your points will be halved, and you will be eliminated."

"If you haven’t fought for a top rank by the time I act, and are ultimately eliminated by me, you can’t blame me."

Ye Chen’s calm voice enveloped the entire continent, echoing in the ears of every God King still on the continent.

Instantly, all God Kings understood.

Ye Chen wasn’t unwilling to act previously; he was giving everyone a chance to grab the rankings first.

If not, once he acted, everyone would be eliminated, and at that time, many might not achieve the rank they anticipated.

Ye Chen possesses the ability to determine everyone’s ranking!