Primordial Star Scripture

As he walked over, Ye Chen used his Divine Sense to survey the situation within the circle.

He saw that the circle was surrounded by a dense crowd of martial artists, numbering in the hundreds. Most of them were Spirit Sea Realm and Rotating Pill Realm martial artists, with even several early-stage Heavenly Saint Realm powerhouses taking up half the space at the wide road's turn.

Inside the circle stood three Rotating Pill Realm young girls, clearly the reason why so many martial artists had gathered.

When Ye Chen's Divine Sense swept over these three girls, two of them, around eighteen or nineteen with fair complexions, didn't attract much of his attention.

However, the youngest girl, about fifteen or sixteen, caused even Ye Chen, who had seen countless beauties, to be momentarily stunned.

The girl was dressed in a snow-white vestment robe, her hair cascading like a waterfall. Her skin was extremely delicate, surpassing snow in its fairness. Her pert nose and rosy lips gave her an appearance of fresh beauty, and a mysterious faint fire mark between her eyebrows added a sense of mystique and allure to her.

Following the swan-like grace of her neck downwards, her perky chest pushed the white vestment robe up, outlining an enticing curve, and below her slender waist was a pair of straight, long legs creating a well-proportioned figure that was delicate and captivating.

Purity and allure.

Two completely different temperaments perfectly merged within this girl, causing anyone who saw her to be deeply attracted.

At such a young age, she was already so captivating; she would undoubtedly become a disastrously beautiful woman as she grew older.

Her beauty was only slightly less than Jiang Yao's, and among the countless young girls Ye Chen had seen, she would definitely be ranked in the top three.

Besides the girl's stunning beauty, what caught Ye Chen's attention was a notice beside the three girls.

After scanning the notice with his Divine Sense and listening to the surrounding martial artists' discussions, Ye Chen finally understood what was happening.

It turned out that these three girls were from the Leaving Fire Continent, one of the thirty-three continents. This was their first visit to Rift Sky City, where they had heard about the multitude of martial artists and so were inspired to challenge them in order to gauge their combat skills.

The three girls put forth three mystical treasures and extended an invitation to the martial artists to engage in a "betting fight".

Such betting fights were popular among martial artists across all the continents.

The way the betting fight worked was for the two parties to put up treasures of similar value as stakes, and then fight each other. The winner would take the loser's treasure.

The excitement of betting with treasures incited powerful fighters to use their true strength in such matches so as to win the other's treasure while avoiding the loss of their own.

The treasures put forth by the three girls were two clusters of low-grade True Fire and one cluster of mid-grade True Fire, both of the saint-level.

The girls had laid down the requirement for the betting fight: any Rotating Pill Realm martial artist could challenge them, and whoever defeated them would receive their corresponding treasure.

To Ye Chen's surprise, of the three girls, it was the stakes of the youngest and most beautiful that were the highest—defeating her would mean obtaining a cluster of mid-grade True Fire!

Defeating the other two would only reward the winner with low-grade True Fire.

The youngest girl, at the initial stage of the Rotating Pill Realm, dared to use mid-grade True Fire as her betting stake, which of course surprised Ye Chen.

After all, mid-grade saint-level True Fire was something even mid-stage Heavenly Saints would covet, and the girl must have immense self-confidence to wager such an item.

Also, to readily use mid-grade True Fire as a betting stake indicated that the girl's background was surely extraordinary!

Even Ye Chen, who practiced the Five Great Divine Arts with a focus on the fire-based art, had only obtained one cluster of low-grade True Fire, the "Little Blue Flame True Fire", which significantly enhanced the power of his Divine Arts.

Mid-grade True Fire was something Ye Chen hadn't found even in the vast Heavenly Sacred Palace and was something he longed for. Now, this girl had such a treasure.

If he could get that mid-grade True Fire and devour it, Ye Chen's fire-based Divine Art, the "Heaven-Devouring True Fire", would increase enormously in power, becoming tens of times stronger than just having absorbed the "Little Blue Flame True Fire".

At this point, Ye Chen could barely resist the urge to join the betting fight himself.

However, he did not rush to participate, choosing instead to observe further. It was his first time in Rift Sky City on the Heavenly Evolution Continent, and he wanted to assess the strength of martial artists from other continents.

As Ye Chen was observing, the other martial artists were also engaged in animated discussions.

"Leaving Fire Continent, these three ladies come from a land filled with the power of fire laws, no wonder they can offer True Fire as a betting stake."

"Saint-level True Fire. I want it too, but winning the betting fight won't be easy. Just a moment ago, three people went down and were defeated as soon as they made a move, losing the treasures they had staked. The two girls, although only at the mid-stage of Rotating Pill Realm, have combat strength close to that of the early-stage Heavenly Saints!"

"That youngest girl has even higher stakes and probably even more powerful abilities."

The crowd discussed fervently, but no one dared to make a move.

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen realized that there had already been failed challengers, which explained why no one else dared to step forward.

Rotating Pill mid-stage with the power nearing early-stage Heavenly Saint?

Ye Chen nodded, acknowledging that while their strength was incomparable to his, it was significant enough to be considered talented within the ranks of Heavenly Sacred Palace on the Barbaric Continent, where few Rotating Pill Realm martial artists could reach the level of Heavenly Saints.

Ye Chen was even more curious about the youngest and most beautiful girl's abilities. However, he had not heard others speak of her, and it was quite likely that the youngest girl had not yet fought.

Seeing that everyone was just talking and no one else was stepping forward, the beautiful young girl looked at the hundreds of martial artists surrounding her and said with a smile, "What's the matter? Is no one daring enough to challenge us?"

"It seems that not many strong individuals have gathered in Rift Sky City on the Heavenly Evolution Continent. Isn't the adventure to the Five Elements Mountain about to begin? Haven't the real powerhouses arrived yet?"

"No one dares to challenge, which is quite disappointing to me."

The girl's voice was charming and pleasant. As she spoke, she extended her fair hand and a small purple bottle appeared in her palm, "It looks like I won't be able to give away this 'Purple Flame Spirit Fire'."

Hum! Hum! Hum!

The moment the girl took out the small purple bottle, the eyes of several warriors at the early stage of the Heavenly Saint realm in the audience blazed with desire. Clearly, they recognized the True Fire in the bottle as a valuable item, likely the saint-level mid-grade True Fire that the girl intended to stake in the duel.

Each of these Heavenly Saints wanted to participate in the bet, but the girl only accepted challenges from those at the Rotating Pill Realm, so they didn't qualify. Of course, the gap in their realms was too great for a fair contest; the girl obviously wanted to find a genius of the same realm to compete for the strongest power at an equal level.

Upon seeing the True Fire within the small purple bottle in the girl's hand, two of the Heavenly Saints at the early stage even entertained the thought of snatching it away.

But they weren't foolish.

The fact that the girl was so boldly displaying the True Fire indicated she wasn't afraid of it being stolen. Clearly, she was prepared, and if they acted rashly, they could find themselves in big trouble.

The several Heavenly Saints' eyes shone hotly, and many other warriors in the crowd, recognizing the value of the True Fire, couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

When the girl revealed the small purple bottle, Ye Chen's heart was already tossing with monstrous waves.

Ye Chen felt that, as the True Fire within the purple bottle leaped, all the fire-based divine pill patterns on the 352 Five Apertures Rotating Pills in his Qi Sea started to stir.

He wanted it!

He wanted that True Fire very much!

Ye Chen felt that his fire-based Five Great Divine Arts could hardly wait to devour this Purple Flame Spirit Fire, to further increase his combat power.

Just as Ye Chen was preparing to enter the fray and issue a challenge, a man in a white vestment robe holding a folding fan preempted him by stepping forward.

"I'll challenge you and engage in this gamble. That 'Purple Flame Spirit Fire,' I'm claiming it!"

The man in the white vestment robe was at the late stage of the Rotating Pill Realm, and he confidently said to the youngest and most beautiful girl.

"Indeed, treasures are attractive." Seeing that someone finally stepped up to challenge, the girl's beautiful eyes sparkled, yet she shook her head at the man in white, "To duel me, you must first defeat my two sisters. Beat them, and then you'll qualify to challenge me."

After finishing her statement, the girl put away the small purple bottle.

"Challenge the two of them first?" The man in white looked at the two girls beside the youngest one, "Alright, then I'll defeat the two of them first."

"I'll use this 'Dragon Blood Jade Pendant' as my stake. The pendant contains the Jiao Dragon True Blood from the early stage of the Heavenly Saint realm, its worth is surely on par with that saint-level inferior True Fire."

"Dragon Blood Jade Pendant?" The oldest of the three girls took the red jade pendant handed over by the man in white, examined it, and then returned it to him, "Alright, we'll use this as the wager."

"Let's have our duel then. Only if you can defeat me will you earn the right to battle our young lady!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

After the two of them settled on the items for the duel, everyone in the crowd stepped back, making room for them to fight.

Swish! Your journey continues with empire

The man in the white vestment robe unsheathed a treasured sword.

But the oldest girl simply flipped her palm, and a clump of verdant True Fire appeared at the center of her hand.

This girl from the Leaving Fire Continent had put up True Fire as her stake and, astonishingly, the Martial Skill she used also involved True Fire.

Once the two of them officially started fighting, the reality of the clash shocked the onlooking crowd once again.

The man in the white vestment robe's swordsmanship was nearly at the level of the early stage of the Heavenly Saint realm, but ultimately, after dozens of moves, he was defeated by the woman, losing the duel.

He did not only lose the right to challenge the youngest girl but also his stake, the Dragon Blood Jade Pendant.

With the man in the white vestment robe retreating from the circle of gamblers with a heavy expression, no one else dared to issue a challenge.

It was evident to everyone that the youngest girl was not to be trifled with, and the two slightly older girls she wanted them to challenge first were similarly fierce and difficult to defeat.

These three girls from the Leaving Fire Continent had the courage to establish such a challenging duel, truly formidable.

"Anyone else wishes to challenge?"

Seeing that the man in white was no match at all, the youngest girl, although she had won the duel and gained a Dragon Blood Jade Pendant, showed not a hint of joy. Instead, she felt somewhat disappointed at not finding an opponent.

"Could it be that there really aren't many formidable Rotating Pill warriors who have come to the Five Elements Mountain this time? It seems I may have to change the rules and find a Heavenly Saint to spar with."

As the youngest girl felt disappointed, Ye Chen from the crowd stepped forward, "I'll give it a try."