All hail dragon lord Zhou

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It's been a year now,and everything's been running smoothly,Zhou didn't do much to improve his cultivation level as he only focused on improving his knowledge on the three scrolls he got from the floating pagoda,which were all about formation making,forgery,and pill making.all these fields also have their ranks,which are done in numbers,the highest rank one could achieve was that of rank 10,nothing more,nothing less,the only way to improve,was to pass through the final world laws tribulation which was that of a divine emperor.but Zhou was currently way too far from that level.due to his amazing feat at comprehension,Zhou was able to achive the stage of a rank 3 amateur crafts man in all three fields which was mind blowing,the Star lou continent highest rank of any of the three fields was that of rank Seven,if anyone knew he had achieved rank three,they would have wanted to take him straight to the hanging board,since no one would believe him,moreless believe that he did it within a year,that would even be regarded as a crime,since impersonating a level three amateur crafts man in any field was seen as a treasonous act.Zhou had at least reached the advanced evolving stage of the primordial essence comprehension stage,and had gained a little enlightenment about teleportation formations,his first and current skill was know as void escape,it worked when one set an array connection for the receiveing spot,so that a person could descend from only those two connected spots,one could only teleport from 500 metres away,as the skill was only limited to to level one,Zhou could not make formation cards yet,so anyone else could use his formation array without his permission,the only way to prevent that was to destroy the formation completely after each use.

Inside a room with a scroll hanging from his hands,Zhou was currently memorizing the skill of formation making when a loud bell woke him from his state of comprehension "it begins now",said Zhou as he swiftly got up and speed in a flash towards the bells location.

"welcome to the annual mythical ruins battle ceremony,a booming voice called out from the skies,as fourteen figures landed on the stone platform above the ground.there were currently fourteen stone seats already prepared for them.with the Seven sub-gaurdians seats being a little bit more larger than that of the grand elders,"Ten selected warriors have been selected for this years mythical ruins battle,and you all know that the tournament of the sky pavilion tower is soon approaching,he paused as he continued, due to the tight shedule and time,this year's competition would be a little different,those who get an outstanding result during this battle would be chosen as one of the three that would represent us at tournament this year.the atmosphere suddenly went into turmoil as the entire place Was filled with whispers,as you know continued the voice,the tournament only accept those who are already at the primordial essence activation stage,and even a Transformation king realm expert is accepted,so do you best to improve your strength with this opportunity,good luck".the booming voice receded leaving the surrounding spectators perplexed,","for the participants,added the commentator,you will all have to pass through the challenges that await you throughout your journey,the battle will be officially started when each and everyone of you reach the mountain peak in the center of the mythical ruins. eliminations are allowed before the main battle in oder to fish out those who can survive under pressure,the 10 red dots that you can see on the the light screen represents your participants token,the minute you feel you're in any danger you can crush it and you'll be sent out immediately thus eliminating you from the competition,there are also wild beast to watch out for,so be on the look out,again good luck","who do you think will win",Wen Li of course",what about Ren Hao","it possible, but I still bet all my money on Senior Wen Li","what about sister Lin Lan"we I'll just have to wait and see".

standing before ten entrances,that would lead them towards different directions when they enter into this mysterious world,Zhou gazed at the portal in front of Hi as he tried to inspect the nodes which connected the formation he was seeing before his eyes,he was even trying to make out its workings,but it was too no avail as It was something way above his level."Begin".boom violent auras sprouted from the bodies of the ten figures as they dashed straight into the strange world.loud cheers could be heard from behind them as they departed.

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standing in a swampy kind of forest,the first the first thing Zhou thought of making was formation flags,as he prepared Void escape,descending and receiving point....being done with that,Zhou was about to depart to his next connection spot when suddenly Hongyue appeared,"why are you here","what,can't I be here".retorted Hongyue as she paid Zhou no more heed,she walked towards a lake which was in front of the swamp when suddenly,boom!!!a huge long centipede looking like creature burrowed through the ground as it rose up from the water,"Hongyue watch out"cried out Zhou as he watched Hongyue narrowly dodge one of Centipede strike,boom!!! but the black lash from the corrosive mushy looking liquid on it's body did some damage to her,making her body go paralyzed instantly,cold sweat appeared,on Zhou's back as he thought"what potent poison,"oh no"yelled Zhou as he saw the centipede swing it's tail straight as Honguye,not having time to think Zhou jumped right in front of Honguye to take the hit,he was blasted away as a piece of amour appeared on his body neutralizing the attack,he was still able to grab Honguye as he was flung into the distance,using the momentum to flee.

Still holding Honguye at hand Zhou quickly asked,"are you okay,what happened,did it hurt",different kind of questions escaped his mouth,he was currently haveing a worried look on his face right now,Hongyue's pale face went slightly red as she uttered,"you can let go now,it was not until now that Zhou realized he was holding on tightly onto Honguye's delicate and slim waist.Zhou face instantly changed color as he quickly retracted his hand,but still held on to her shoulder for support,the look in Honguye's eyes had changed now when she looked towards Zhou,it was filled with complicated feelings as she swiftly said"am going back in to take a rest and neutralize the poison said Hongyue in a soft tone but Zhou hadn't realized this change of tone yet,she quickly disappeared into the dragon realm,leaving him a little bit at loss by the way she had swiftly deserted him,Zhou sighed as he looked towards the center if the mythical ruins where the battle ground was situated,he then became more vigilant as he sat down cross legged to recover his spirit and energy,when he noticed something happening.