Chapter 256 Three Firsts
Elder Sheng took out a pitch-black iron bead from the ring. The surface of the iron bead was extremely smooth, and it did not seem to have any luster at all. The black color gave people an extremely heavy feeling.

At the same time, Elder Sheng slowly explained, "This is a bead made of soul steel, called a soul-testing bead. This kind of thing, if you hold it in your hand, seems very light, but to the soul, it is like a thousand pounds of weight."

"After the soul control begins, many soul-testing beads will fall from the ceiling. You will not use your fighting spirit, but your soul power to support them. Afterwards, whoever receives the most soul-testing beads will be ranked accordingly."

"The record of this soul control test was also left by Cao Ying. She took on 89 souls at once. This record has not been broken to this day."

The first item is the test of soul value. The amount of soul value represents the strength of an alchemist's soul power.

This second soul control represents an alchemist's control over soul power.

Seeing that the five people nodded, Elder Sheng spoke:
"In that case, let's start the second test. I'll give you a reminder. Don't try to catch multiple iron beads at once, as this will disperse your soul power. This is the most foolish thing to do in this kind of test."

After saying that, Elder Sheng was seen retreating quickly. Not long after Elder Sheng left the scene, densely packed black holes appeared on the ceiling above the hall.

A moment later, a blanket of pitch-black iron beads poured down from above like a rainstorm.

Seeing those pitch-black iron beads falling, Qiu Ji, Bai Ying, Cao Xiu and Dan Xuan were caught off guard for a moment, and then began to use their own methods to catch those pitch-black iron beads with their soul power.

Seeing this, Xiao Chen's soul power surged out and turned into an invisible soul hand to catch the falling black iron beads.
One, two, three.
As time passed, pitch-black iron beads were floating around Xiao Chen.

Twelve, fifteen, seventeen, nineteen.
The soul's giant hand kept grabbing the falling iron beads. At the same time, the iron beads floating around Xiao Chen were constantly increasing.

On the other side, Qiu Ji, Bai Ying, Cao Xiu and Dan Xuan, as time passed, their faces began to turn pale and their breathing became heavier. After a few minutes, the results of the four came out.

Qiu Ji, soul-testing beads, 31 pieces!
White Eagle, soul-testing beads, 43!
Cao Xiu, soul-testing beads, 56!
Danxuan, soul-testing beads, 66 pieces!
Obviously, the amount of soul value represents the length of time a few people persist.

Watching the four people leaving the field one after another, Xiao Chen's soul power transformed into a big soul hand, which kept grabbing the falling iron beads.

Because Xiao Chen had practiced the "Soul Art", his control over soul power was much higher than the other four, and his soul power was already higher than the other four.

"Ninety-seven, ninety-eight, ninety-nine"

His lips moved slightly, and when the soul hand was retracted, Xiao Chen stopped controlling the soul hand to continue grabbing the iron bead.

Looking at the field where the winner had been decided, Elder Sheng entered the field again. His cloudy old eyes looked at Xiao Chen, who looked normal. After Elder Sheng looked around the field, he announced:

"The second test, soul control, Xiao Chen, soul testing beads, 99, ranked first, Dan Xuan second, Cao Xiu third, Bai Ying fourth, Qiu Ji fifth."

Hearing Elder Sheng's announcement, the smiles on the faces of Ye Zhong and Ye Xinlan, who were sitting at the Ye family's seat, became more and more intense.

However, Qiu Ji, Bai Ying, Cao Xiu, Dan Xuan and the people behind them all looked unhappy.

In the main hall, Elder Sheng pointed to a red circle that was ten feet wide and explained with a smile:
"Soul power is the foundation of an alchemist, but our assessment not only requires testing the soul, but also requires demonstrating the soul's aggressiveness. After all, this is also one of the alchemist's means of attack."

"The third test is very simple. The five of you enter this circle and fight each other using soul power. If anyone is knocked out of the circle, they will be ranked according to the order of being out of the circle. The last person left in the circle will be the first."

"However, if Xiao Chen enters the top three in this final assessment, the Ye family will retain the position of Danta elder."

Elder Sheng's last sentence made many people in the room look strange.

This is a melee, which means Qiu Ji, Bai Ying, Cao Xiu, and Dan Xuan can join forces to get Xiao Chen out of the circle first, so that the Ye family will lose the qualification of the elder seat in Danta.

As expected, Cao Ying's sweet laughter sounded at an inopportune time.

"Elder Sheng, the Cao family wants to change people midway, is that possible?"

Hearing this, Elder Sheng was startled and frowned slightly.

Cao Ying continued, "Haha, Elder Sheng, according to the rules, the family of the previous champion is eligible to change one person. Don't worry, I won't do anything reckless. I just want to give it a try. You can also consider the Cao family as having waived the right. In the end, we only need to eliminate the Cao family, which will not affect the results of the assessment. How do you think?"

Elder Sheng turned his gaze to Xiao Chen. Elder Sheng knew that Cao Ying was coming for Xiao Chen.

The only ones who can compete with Cao Ying here are Xiao Chen and Dan Chen from the Dan family.

"Since Miss Cao Ying wants to play, then let's play." Xiao Chen said indifferently.

Seeing that Xiao Chen agreed, Cao Ying looked at Cao Xiu with her beautiful eyes and said softly, "Brother Cao Xiu, let me play."

Hearing this, Cao Xiu shook his head helplessly. Cao Ying had a very high status in the Cao family, and even the clan leader had to take her words extremely seriously.

Moreover, this trip also solemnly confirmed the Cao family team, headed by Cao Ying, and any of her words were regarded as orders. Therefore, although he knew that Cao Ying's move was a bit willful, he could only slowly exit the field and return to the Cao family seat.

Elder Sheng looked at Xiao Chen, Qiu Ji, Bai Ying, Cao Ying, and Dan Xuan with a cloudy gaze, and said slowly:
"Everyone has understood the rules, so let's start the third test!"

Within the red circle, five people stood in five different places and sat cross-legged. This was a competition of soul power rather than fighting spirit.

Moreover, for people who have reached this level, their soul power can leave the body and attack others, so there is no need to move the body.

With his dark eyes, Xiao Chen scanned Cao Ying, Dan Xuan, Bai Ying, and Qiu Ji, and said calmly:
"Four of you, I want the first place!"

Although Xiao Chen's voice was very soft, everyone in the audience heard it.

As Xiao Chen finished his words, with a "bang", a majestic and vast soul force rose out of nowhere in the field.

The soul power turned into four giant soul dragons that were between illusion and reality, and the sizes of the four soul dragons were different.

Four giant soul dragons rushed towards Cao Ying, Dan Xuan, Bai Ying and Qiu Ji respectively. The soul dragon that rushed towards Cao Ying was dozens of feet in size.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Three sounds sounded in the field at different times. Looking for the sound, Qiu Ji was the first to be hit by the soul dragon that rushed towards him. The dragon's tail twitched and knocked him away. His face was pale. Blood spurted out from his mouth, and he finally fell heavily outside the field.

The second was White Eagle. When the Soul Dragon pounced towards him, White Eagle only resisted for a moment, and was finally swept out of the circle by the dragon's tail. He was also pale and bleeding.

In the end, Danxuan, when the soul dragon rushed towards him, Danxuan resisted for a longer time than Qiu Ji and Bai Ying, but the result was still the same.

However, Danxuan was not as embarrassed as Qiu Ji and Bai Ying. After being swept out of the circle by the giant dragon, Danxuan's face was just a little pale, with a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth, but his body was standing firmly on the ground.

Unlike Qiu Ji and Bai Ying, who fell heavily out of the red circle like kites with broken strings, and spider-like cracks appeared under them.

Danxuan, Baiying and Qiuji were quickly defeated by Xiao Chen, leaving only Cao Ying.

At this moment, in front of Cao Ying's delicate body, a soul phoenix was desperately resisting the fierce attack of the soul dragon.

Cao Ying, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, kept moving her body backwards. She frowned slightly, and a solemn expression appeared on her charming face. She said in a delicate voice:
"I underestimated you, Soul Seal Palm!"

Cao Ying was seen quickly forming a strange hand seal, and then, a powerful and vast soul power was rapidly taking shape in his palm, and a moment later, a faint hand seal appeared.

Seeing this, Xiao Chen shouted in his heart: "Soul Fight, Soul Capture!"

As Xiao Chen finished speaking, an invisible soul wave quickly swept towards Cao Ying.

Cao Ying had just formed a handprint and was about to control it to slap Xiao Chen when suddenly an invisible soul streak swept across her body.

Cao Ying only felt her body tremble, her mind became dazed, her brain went blank for an instant, and her beautiful eyes were lifeless.

When Cao Ying came to her senses, her delicate body had already been pushed out of the red circle by the soul dragon, and the soul handprint that was formed also disappeared.

Seeing that she had actually lost, Cao Ying looked at Xiao Chen with her beautiful eyes and asked in a tender voice:
"You also know soul skills?"

"Why should I tell you?"

Xiao Chen's snotty answer made Cao Ying grit her teeth and raise her brows slightly.

Seeing that the winner had been decided, Elder Sheng reappeared on the field, looked around, and announced loudly:
"For the third assessment, Xiao Chen ranks first!"

First place in three items, this achievement was only achieved by their Ye family during their peak period.

"The Ye family is saved."

At the Ye family seat, Ye Zhong and Ye Xinlan had smiles on their faces, and Ye Zhong was even more excited.

"This kid is so strong!"

At the Cao family seat, Cao Dan was a little bit incredulous, his eyes wide open, and said.

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