Ning Cheng smiled faintly, “I thought that Fellow Daoist knew me ……”
Ning Cheng did not make a blind remark, with his strength and status, it was reasonable to say that most of the people who came to the Xuanhuang Outer Heaven knew him. Even that newly arrived Strange Zu knew him, but he did not want Kong Zai to not know him.
Kong Zai said with an embarrassed look on his face, “I wanted to stay in the Xuanhuang Outer Heaven because I was looking for a little something I had lost. I only came here to sign up for the duel, but didn’t participate in anything else, nor did I bother to inquire about anything. That Strange Zeus probably guessed what I was looking for and he also coveted my magic treasure and kept trying to finish me off. We fought and killed our way to the Xuanhuang Outer Heaven, although I was slightly weaker than him, and he couldn’t help me.”
“I see, Fellow Daoist should want to borrow Strange Zu’s hand to sharpen his strength, right?” Ning Cheng guessed that Kong Zai did not necessarily want to stay in the Xuanhuang Heaven, but rather that Strange Zu did want to stay in the Xuanhuang Heaven.
Kong Zai grinned, “There are thoughts in this regard, but I do want to stay in the Xuanhuang Outer Heaven.”
Even though he was no match for Strange Zeus, in fact he did not fear Strange Zeus at all. It could be said that Strange Zeus would not be able to finish him off without finding someone to help him. And finding someone who was a threat to him, hehe, there weren’t many in this part of the universe yet.
Ning Cheng also smiled, “If I’m not wrong, if Daoist Friend wants to stay in the Xuanhuang Outer Heaven, what he is looking for should be the Taiji Human King Skill.”
Kong Jie’s face changed as he took a few steps back and looked at Ning Cheng with some caution, “You know who I am?”
Ning Cheng nodded, “Not only do I know that you are Kong Zai, the Human King Daoist Sovereign of the Five Tai Tai Realms, I also know in whose hands your Taiji Human King Skill is.”
In Ning Cheng’s opinion, what Kong Zai was looking for was definitely the Taiji Human King Skill. Kong Zai’s stay in the Xuanhuang Outer Heaven could also be explained, after all, the Xuanhuang Outer Heaven was the place where the realms of the major realms intersected. In this place, news was the most well-informed, and once Kong Zai’s Taiji Human King Skill appeared, Kong Zai would definitely be able to know about it as long as he stayed in the Xuanhuang Outer Heaven.
Kong Zai gave a polite fist to Ning Cheng, “I am none other than Kong Zai, and I would like to ask for Daoist’s honorific name, please instruct me.”
Ning Cheng waved his hand, “My name is Ning Cheng, as for the Taiji Human King Skill I have indeed seen it, not only have I seen it, but I have also fought with this magic treasure. At that time, the person who possessed the Taiji Human King Skill was too weak and was not my opponent.”
There was even a flash of excitement in Kong Zai’s eyes, “Brother Ning, please tell me in whose hands is the Taiji Human King Skill?”
From Kong Zai’s eyes and tone of voice, Ning Cheng sensed Kong Zai’s urgency for the Taiji Human King Skill. At the same time, Ning Cheng also had two major doubts, the first doubt was that Zhu Shen Yi had backstabbed Kong Zai, did Kong Zai not know about it? If Kong Zai knew about it, then he should have guessed who was holding the Taiji Human King’s Secret.
The second doubt was that since Kong Zai had been assassinated, his strength should be even lower than Zhu Shen Yi. The strength Kong Zai showed now was far stronger than Zhu Shen Yi.
“Don’t you know who sneaked up on you in the first place?” Ning Cheng asked in disbelief.
Kong Zai shook his head and said, “I don’t know, I only know that I was sneak attacked twice. After I was reincarnated and lost the Human King Skill. The first thing I had to do when I reached my current level of cultivation was to earlier the Taiji Human King Skill.”
Ning Cheng was instantly moved, after Kong Jie’s reincarnation, his strength had actually cultivated to this level once again. Moreover, if he was able to reincarnate, then he was not considered to have completely fallen.
“The person who sneaked up on you was the Great Beginning Daoist Monarch of the Great Beginning Realm, who was sneaked up on by the Great Easy Daoist Monarch Xiao Yi and lost the Great Beginning Long Heaven Skill. Then he sneaked up on you and took away the Taiji Human King Skill. However, from what he said, it was not him who did it when you fell.” Ning Cheng did not hide anything and told Kong Zai directly.
Kong Zai froze when he heard Ning Cheng’s words, and it was only after a while that he muttered, “I have the best friendship with Zhu Shen Yi, how could he sneak attack me?”
Ning Cheng did not explain, he simply could not explain such things and did not know what was going on.
“No, I have to go to the Tai Shi Realm to find him now.” Kong Jie immediately made up his mind.
Ning Cheng suddenly said, “I hope that Fellow Daoist Kong can wait for me to finish dealing with the matters in the Xuanhuang Outer Heaven and then we can go there together.”
“Why?” Kong Jie looked at Ning Cheng in confusion.
Ning Cheng still did not hide anything and replied, “He also robbed my friend of the same thing, and although he was no match for me at that time, he took the opportunity to seal off the entire Tai Shi Realm through the method of merging realms. At that time, if I wanted to capture him, I would have had to break the seal of the Tai Shi Realm, which would have caused the fall of countless innocents. At that time, I held back from making a move and left the Tai Shi Realm.
At this time, I had succeeded in merging with the Dao, and I could easily grasp open that one-world seal of his. It was just that there had been so many things going on that I didn’t have time to go over there.
When Kong Zai heard Ning Cheng’s words, his face even showed respect as he cupped his fist at Ning Cheng and said, “Good, Kong Zai will definitely wait for Fellow Daoist Ning to go over together.”
What he respected the most was someone like Ning Cheng, and what he loathed the most was the kind of cultivator who disregarded the lives of others for the sake of his own selfishness.
Kong Zai and Ning Cheng met at first sight, chatted happily and eventually called each other brother. Kong Zai’s nature and Ning Cheng were very much alike, and as they talked along the way, before they knew it, they had arrived at the nineteenth floor of the Heavenly Gate Dao Tower.
When they reached the nineteenth floor, even if Ning Cheng’s body refinement was strong and he had the thunder spirit root and the ability to absorb thunder sources, he still had to sacrifice his magic treasure to resist. Luckily, although the Infinite Heavenly Thunder City was damaged, it was best to absorb thunder sources in such a place.
“This magic treasure of yours belonged to Supreme Lord Wuji, if Supreme Lord Wuji had not fallen, he might want to settle the score with you.” Seeing Ning Cheng’s Peerless Green Thunder City, Kong Jie said with a smile.
Ning Cheng, however, did not care, Supreme Lord Wuji had definitely fallen. Even if he hadn’t fallen, he wouldn’t be afraid of a Supreme Wuji, “Brother Kong, we don’t need to go up again, I’m afraid that this Heavenly Gate Thunder Tower wouldn’t have 36 floors, otherwise even the strongest person wouldn’t be able to reach the 36th floor.”
Kong Jie shook his head and said with a straight face, “Brother Ning, you are mistaken. Although the Heavenly Gate Thunder Tower is not an Innate Dharma treasure, it is only second to an Innate Dharma treasure. Not only does it have thirty-six layers, but it is actually thirty-six layers. However, the Daoist who controls the Heavenly Gate Thunder Tower, after I took a look at it, his strength is limited and he can only open at most twenty or so layers. As you said, there is no point for us to continue going up. When we reach here, we can definitely enter the top ten.”
Ning Cheng knew that Kong Zai definitely knew more than him in this regard, and since Kong Zai said so, it made sense. He suddenly remembered something and took out a pot ear remnant and handed it to Kong Zai and asked, “Brother Kong, there is a shadow of a giant bell inside this pot ear remnant, does Brother Kong know what kind of bell this is? Who owns the treasure?”
Kong Zai took the pot ear fragment in Ning Cheng’s hand and swept his divine sense in, after a few moments, he handed the pot ear fragment in his hand to Ning Cheng with a grave expression and said, “Brother Ning, I have seen this bell before, it is called the Chaos Bell. The powerful person who owns this bell is called the Chaos Dao Monarch and is incredibly powerful. Even when the Chaos Bell collided with the Creation Indestructible Axe, it did not suffer any damage. After the first Creation War, both the Chaos Dao Monarch and the Chaos Bell disappeared, and the origin of this Chaos Dao Monarch was very mysterious.”
Ning Cheng was silent, this was another powerful person no less than the owner of the Creation Treasures or the Dao Sovereign of Destiny. If the Second Creation War were to take place and all these strong people came out as well, it might be difficult for him to even take a seat, not to mention fighting for the first place.
“Brother Ning, it’s still very early for the Second Creation War, let’s go out.” Kong Jie had amazing experience and could see Ning Cheng’s worries at a glance.
With Ning Cheng’s strength of being able to fight against Strange Zu at only the early stage of Dao Harmony, it would be abnormal if he did not look forward to taking a place in the Gate of Creation.
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When Ning Cheng and Kong Zai landed on the competition stage, not many people came out. On the Dao Rhyme Ranking outside the Heavenly Gate Thunder Tower, Ning Cheng and Kong Zai were both on the nineteenth floor, with Ning Cheng temporarily ranked first.
Ning Cheng did not see the figure of Strange Zeus, and he knew that Strange Zeus would definitely not stay here. Don’t look at the fact that Strange Zeus had won first place in the fourth fighting array, there was definitely a place for him to stay here. However, with the way Strange Zeus was seriously injured, even if he stayed here and gained a place, he would not be able to keep it.
Yu Xiangbing’s figure was also not on the tournament stage, and it looked like he had also left as soon as he came out.
Ning Cheng and Kong Zai waited on the tournament stage for about two hours before the many participants were teleported out by the Heavenly Gate Thunder Tower.
This time, because of Ning Cheng, that Strange Zeus was not able to go on a killing spree at the Heavenly Gate Thunder Tower. Even so, the number of people who came out was just over six hundred, and one or two hundred had fallen in the Heavenly Gate Thunder Tower.
Daoist Monarch Wang Shan landed on the tournament stage and nodded to Ning Cheng before he clasped his fist and said, “The first round of the fifth tournament is over, now please ask the top ten to stay on the tournament stage while the rest of the participants dismount.”
The top ten were already displayed in the Dao rhyme surround outside the Heavenly Gate Thunder Tower, so there was no need for Daoist Monarch Wang Shan to say it again.
Only after hundreds of contestants had left the stage did Daoist Monarch Wang Shan continue, “The first match of the second round will be between Ning Cheng of the Tai Su Realm and Lin Qi of the Shouyi Realm.”
Ning Cheng stepped onto the nineteenth floor, although Kong Jie also stepped onto the nineteenth floor. Because Ning Cheng had teleported out first, he was listed as the first in the first round.
Lin Qi’s Realm Creation Realm cultivation was just as fake as a realm in Ning Cheng’s eyes. Both Xiao Xinxi and Ao Ru’s Realm of Creation were stronger than Lin Qi’s.
“I concede defeat.” After Lin Qi knew that his opponent was Ning Cheng, he did not hesitate to choose to concede defeat. He happened to have seen Ning Cheng’s strength, and when Ning Cheng and the Sage Dao Sect Patriarch had teamed up against more than ten Third Step powerhouses, he had watched from the outside. Don’t look at the fact that he had climbed to the 15th floor of the Heavenly Gate Dao Tower, he knew very well in his heart that in terms of strength, he was definitely no match for Ning Cheng.
Lin Qi walked off the stage and no one felt that he had done anything wrong. Ning Cheng and the Sacred Dao Sect Patriarch had joined forces and defeated fourteen third-step powerhouses, which also included several great powers of the Harmonious Realm. There shouldn’t be any doubt about this kind of strength taking the first place. Everyone else who participated in the doujinshi was just trying for second and third.