Published: January 7, 2025
"This kid, accepting all the challenges, what exactly does he want to do?"
Inside the Heaven-Piercing Extreme Fire Pillar, in a dark palace, a shadowy figure murmured, revealing a look of confusion in their eyes.
"However, no matter what, this matter must be reported to the ancestor. I can use the infiltrators to challenge Qin Chen, truly identify his strength, and prepare for what comes next."
This black figure emanated a terrifying heaven venerable aura as they whispered.
This was a spy from the Demon Tribe lurking within Tian Gong, a strong vice hall master who had naturally been alarmed by Qin Chen's actions. It could be said that almost everyone in Tian Gong had heard of Qin Chen's name by now.
"Hmph, for the sake of a little contribution, he dares to challenge all the experts in the Heavenly Work Headquarters Secret Realm. Is he not afraid of completely revealing his strength?
What an idiot!"
In this person's eyes, Qin Chen's behavior was simply foolish.
For a strong fighter, the most important thing is to hide oneself. How could one be like Qin Chen, completely exposing their strength?
Meanwhile, in a palace within the headquarters secret realm.
"Heh, this Qin Chen really knows how to stir things up. I want to see what this kid is up to. Contribution points should just be a facade, right?"
This figure murmured, showing an expression of contemplation.
Qin Chen, of course, was unaware of all this.
Early the next morning, the true word earth venerable and venerable radiant light could no longer wait and knocked on Qin Chen's palace door.
"Qin Chen, how many challenges in total?"
The true word venerable asked nervously, staring eagerly at Qin Chen.
When they left Qin Chen's palace yesterday, he had already received over seven hundred challenges, and today, almost everyone who was supposed to challenge him would do so. Therefore, the true word earth venerable was very curious about the total challenges Qin Chen had received.
Qin Chen was speechless; this true word earth venerable was even more anxious than he was.
"Let me see... Hmm."
Qin Chen showed a look of surprise.
"How many?"
The true word earth venerable couldn’t wait to ask.
Qin Chen replied, "One thousand three hundred sixty-seven."
"What?"
Both the true word earth venerable and venerable radiant light gasped in shock. One thousand challenges—did all the strong fighters in the headquarters secret realm initiate challenges against Qin Chen?
However, Qin Chen was not surprised at all. Over the years, all the top refiners had gathered in the Heavenly Work Headquarters Secret Realm, and this number of over one thousand was likely just a fraction of those present.
The true strong fighters in the headquarters secret realm must be significantly more than this number. Not to mention, just the number of palaces that Qin Chen had seen was countless.
"According to the list of Demon Tribe spies I received from Feather Demon Earth Venerable, those seven elder-level spies and eighteen deacon-level spies are all included in this challengers' list. This means my strategy is indeed effective; the Demon Tribe spies want to challenge me to figure out my strength."
Qin Chen smiled.
From these conclusions he had drawn, Qin Chen instantly understood that the spies had not yet received the news about his true dragon tribe identity from Yuanmo Ancestor. Otherwise, these elder and deacon-level spies would never challenge him, as it would be a guaranteed loss.
"It seems I need to seize this opportunity to figure out all the spies early."
Whoosh! Qin Chen flew directly out of his residence, heading toward the dueling arena.
"Qin Chen... he actually smiled just now."
The true word earth venerable was in a daze; how could he still smile at a time like this?
In the dueling arena.
Qin Chen entered instantly, inserting his identity token. At the same time, he sent a group message to the over one thousand challengers, announcing the start of the challenges.
"Is it starting already?"
"Qin Chen is already on the dueling arena. Whoever arrives first can challenge him."