Wang Yuanyuan nodded and said, “That’s right, it should be skill. If its strength is only at the sixth rank, then we have no chance of losing. We’ve even won against seventh-rank powerhouses! How could we lose to a sixth-rank? Could it be that these are combat techniques passed down from the ancient era ten thousand years ago? But they’ve been lost to us now.”

Han Yu said, “Very likely. That’s the only explanation. However, the red skeleton’s skills are really too powerful. Especially its ability to create clones. Even with the leader using all his trump cards, he still couldn’t do anything about it.”

That’s right, Long Haochen had indeed used all his trump cards. Not only was the Holy Guidance Spiritual Stove negated by the red skeleton’s clone ability, but the same was true when he used Light Rain Hibiscus Thrust. Even locking skills would be exempted by its clone ability. It was precisely because of this skill that the red skeleton’s combat power was brought to the extreme, causing them to be wiped out.

Long Haochen said, “It should be like this. For example, have any of you heard of the Asura Slash and Asura Thrust skills that we learned before? Or seen them in the Saint Alliance treasury?”

Everyone shook their heads.

Long Haochen said, “Then, the skills we learned here are likely to be ancient martial techniques. Asura Slash and Asura Thrust are. The fighting style of this red skeleton with the soul of a strong person just now should also be. Skills can be learned, but combat techniques need to be explored on your own. It seems that we need to stay here with this red skeleton senior for a while longer. From now on, including Lin Xin and Chen Ying’er, we will all challenge this senior individually, no longer using team battles.”

“Ah?” Except for Cai’er, who couldn’t speak or hear, everyone else stared at Long Haochen in astonishment.

The seven of them working together couldn’t defeat the red skeleton, but now Long Haochen wanted them to go up one by one. How many seconds could they last?

Long Haochen said calmly, “What’s so strange about that? Did you think you could easily break through to the sixth rank without experiencing enough pressure and trials? Just like you said before, our spiritual power has increased too easily. So, when we encounter bottlenecks, it will be even more difficult to break through. Whoever has spiritual power left should take turns going up to ask for guidance. This red skeleton senior won’t really hurt us. It’s not easy to find such a good teacher! Especially for us melee combatants, if we can learn its flowing attacks, how much will our strength increase? I’m afraid we wouldn’t even be afraid of opponents one rank higher than us in one-on-one combat.”

Han Yu nodded and said, “The leader is right. Moreover, when we passed the fourth level, the trials of the first three levels disappeared. Then, after we pass this level, will the fourth and fifth levels disappear? Those levels can provide us with hundreds of spiritual power every day. After we break through to the sixth rank, we can also increase to five thousand spiritual power like the leader. We don’t know if there will be such opportunities later, but we definitely can’t give up now. Let’s work hard, everyone.”

In the following ten days, they were painfully happy in the red skeleton’s complete abuse… The word “happy” was only for Long Haochen… After all, whether he was training with Long Xingyu or with Ye Hua, he had experienced almost hellish training. Therefore, although he challenged the red skeleton the most times every day, he was the most determined.

Cai’er never complained either; she couldn’t speak at all. How could she complain?

As for the others, the fun was great. Each of them was tortured… The most shameless one was still Lin Xin. Every time he was blasted away by the red skeleton, he would shout, “So refreshing!” and then lie on the ground moaning.

However, in the torment, their progress was also very obvious. This was certainly not reflected in their spiritual power, but in their combat skills.

Being tortured every day by a skeleton with almost perfect combat skills, it was hard not to improve! Now they were competing to see who could last longer against the red skeleton.

For example, Lin Xin, from the initial three seconds, had now become more than ten seconds. The change was quite obvious. The shortest time to last was still Chen Ying’er. She was also the most innocent one. Every time, it was Mai Dou the little pig who had eaten the magic crystal that charged up. But after it was tortured, Chen Ying’er would inevitably take a hit in the end. At least so far, in the process of Mai Dou fighting the red skeleton, she had never been able to complete the chanting of the Gate of Life. But Mai Dou’s combat ability to use various skills had also improved significantly.

The longest time to last was still Long Haochen. In the face of the red skeleton’s attack, he could now gradually last for more than a minute. Moreover, his combat skills also gave people an increasingly smooth feeling.

Ten days later, Long Haochen and his partners decided to take a break and stop being abused for the time being. One reason was that they needed time to settle the previous gains, and the other was that the days for the opening of the Dream Paradise were getting closer and closer, and someone might come to them at any time. Taking advantage of this last time, Long Haochen finally took the Holy Spirit Pill and raised his spiritual power to six thousand.

The days spent in cultivation were boring, but also very peaceful. Especially feeling his cultivation constantly improving and with Cai’er by his side, Long Haochen didn’t feel lonely at all.

It can be said that the past year has been the fastest time for his cultivation to improve, even more than the years before combined.

Dad, Mom, wait for me, I’ll be looking for you soon.

Slowly opening his eyes, the quiet room was peaceful. Long Haochen looked at Cai’er beside him, who was also cultivating. Since no longer entering the Eternal Tower, Cai’er had rarely communicated with Long Haochen these days, devoting herself wholeheartedly to cultivation. Long Haochen vaguely had a feeling that Cai’er seemed to be not far from breaking through.

“Haochen, are you there?” A gentle knock came from outside the door.

“Huh?” Long Haochen got up lightly, trying not to make any noise to disturb Cai’er, opened the door, and slipped out.

It was Han Qian who had come.

“Grandmaster, why did you come in person? Cai’er is still cultivating, so I won’t invite you in.” Long Haochen said apologetically.

Han Qian smiled and said, “It’s okay, cultivation is the most important thing. Well, looking at you, it seems that you have made some progress again recently.”

Looking at the disciple in front of him, Han Qian couldn’t hide his surprise at all.

Long Haochen in front of him seemed to have grown taller again. At the age of fifteen, his height was already close to 1.8 meters. The changes in his figure were not very obvious, but the changes in his temperament and eyes were obvious.

He was still so handsome that even women would be jealous, but he had less childishness and more maturity. With long arms and a slender waist, his black hair hung over his shoulders. If you just looked at his eyes, Han Qian would never think that the child in front of him was only fifteen years old. Long Haochen’s eyes were still clear, and there was no trace of impurities in his golden eyes, but his eyes were very calm and restrained, like a middle-aged man. His spiritual power was restrained, and Han Qian couldn’t feel how much his current cultivation had reached. But he could clearly feel that compared to twenty days ago, his disciple had made great progress again.

Son of Light, no wonder he’s the Son of Light! This child is already at the sixth rank. Perhaps he will reach his cultivation level before he is thirty years old.

As the first Son of Light in the history of the Knights’ Temple, he will surely create history. In the known history of the Knights’ Temple, the youngest Divine Seal Knight was thirty-seven years old. Obviously, Long Haochen shouldn’t take that long.

“Haochen, I came to you this time because there is a change in the matter of entering the Dream Paradise.”

“Ah?” Long Haochen was shocked. He knew that all the preparations he and his partners had made these days were aimed at entering the Dream Paradise. To suddenly say there was a change made it a little difficult for him to accept.

Han Qian said in a deep voice, “Don’t worry, the main change is because there are too many monks and not enough porridge! A total of forty-two demon hunter groups came to support Zhennan Pass this time. Except for the Emperor-level and King-level demon hunter groups, the rest are Commander-level and below. And most of the Commander-level demon hunter groups’ members are at the sixth rank of cultivation. Therefore, there was a problem when selecting the candidates to enter the Dream Paradise.”

“After all, this is a once-in-a-hundred-year opportunity, and everyone wants to strive to enter. And there are only ten places in total. But more than a hundred people can participate in the competition. So, there may be a problem with the internally designated places for you and Cai’er.”

After hearing Han Qian’s words, Long Haochen nodded slightly and said, “Indeed, this is not fair to others. Grandmaster, then how does the alliance plan to allocate these ten places now?”

Han Qian said, “There is no way. For the sake of fairness, we can only conduct a selection competition. Alas…” Speaking of this, he was also a little helpless. Although he came to represent the Holy Alliance this time, the Temple Alliance has always been known for its fairness, and there are many things that he cannot decide. What’s more, there are those Emperor-level demon hunter groups and the people from the Zhennan Pass Priest General Temple watching. That’s why the two originally scheduled places had a problem.

“Grandmaster, don’t worry, we’ll participate in the selection competition. I have confidence.” Long Haochen comforted Han Qian instead.

Han Qian smiled bitterly and said, “Silly child, it’s not that easy! Anyone who can become a Commander-level demon hunter group has crawled out of a pile of dead people. Moreover, the upper limit for entering the Dream Paradise is 10,000 spiritual power, and you have just broken through to the sixth rank. Among those Commander-level demon hunter groups, there are no shortage of sixth-rank peak youngsters.”

Long Haochen chuckled and said, “Grandmaster, what is destined to be will be. How will we know if we don’t try? What are the requirements for registration for this selection competition?”——

(To be continued)