Throne of Seals: Underworld Priest, Demon Nightmare

Chapter 12: Cai'er's Jealousy! An assassin beating a priest? Easy peasy!

The next day, the first two rounds of the preliminary rounds of the Pastor's Temple competition had ended, leaving only a dozen or so contestants.

Meanwhile, Priest No. 1 Chu Zichen and Priest No. 2 Lu Xi, who had previously received a bye, also appeared together in the first row of the contestant area.

"Priest Number One vs. Priest Number Twenty-Three".

In the first match of the third round, I drew Chu Zichen, and my opponent was a fourth-tier female priest.

"I surrender!"

However, as soon as the two sides entered the arena, the female pastor voluntarily conceded defeat.

The difference in cultivation level was obvious; the gap between the two sides was simply too great.

Chu Zichen was somewhat helpless about this. He had originally wanted to show off his skills in the preliminary round, but now he had directly advanced!

After all, there are very few participants in the Priest Temple competition, and after three rounds of preliminary rounds, the top ten spots have already been decided.

Since that's the case, we'll just have to let the contestants from the other temples experience their underworld skills.

At the end of the day, the preliminary rounds of the Priests' Trial Grounds finally came to a close, and ten of the most outstanding priests were selected.

Chu Zichen ranked first, Sima Xian ranked second, and Lu Xi ranked third.

The next day, 60 contestants from the six temples gathered together in the small council hall of the Temple Alliance government.

Accompanying them were a group of high-ranking officials from the six great temples, who gathered on the second floor of the council hall to watch the contestants below.

"I wonder who will be the champion of this year's Demon Hunter Team selection competition?" Lin Chen, the deputy temple master of the Magic Temple, stroked his beard and said with a smile.

"This year, our Knights Temple has produced three fifth-tier members, the most of any Demon Hunter Selection Tournament to date. We are practically guaranteed the championship," said Han Qian, the Holy Knight Commander of the Knights Temple, with confidence.

With Yang Wenzhao, Duan Yi, and Long Haochen, the Son of Light, the Knight Temple is truly full of talent in this year's Demon Hunter Team selection competition.

"A large number doesn't mean anything. Although our Assassin's Temple only has one fifth-tier assassin, we will never lose to any of you." Ying Suifeng, the deputy temple master of the Assassin's Temple, sneered.

With their Assassin's Temple's Saintess Cai'er here, what are the other fifth-tier professionals?
The deputy temple master of the Warrior's Temple, Kuang, remained silent.

Although their Warrior Temple also has two fifth-tier War Venerables this year, warriors are already at a disadvantage compared to knights because they don't have mounts, so it's really difficult for them to compete with knights.
San Shui, the deputy temple master of the Soul Temple, also remained silent.

Their Soul Temple finally produced a Soul Saintess named Chen Ying'er, who possessed an innate spiritual power of 92 points and the legendary Chaotic Body.

However, this constitution also makes it difficult for her to learn any summoning magic before reaching the seventh rank. Although she can cast the Gate of Life, she has no control over the strength of her summoned beasts and can only rely on luck.

As for Ruoshui, the deputy temple master of the priest's temple, she was subconsciously ignored by the higher-ups of the other temples.

After all, anyone with a brain knows that a priest could never win the finals of the Demon Hunter selection.
It's unlikely that they'll even make it into the top three or even the top eight.

In the past Demon Hunter selection finals, it's considered incredibly lucky for a priest to even make it into the top sixteen.

Ruoshui paid no attention to the discussion among the other deputy hall masters, but instead focused her gaze on her beloved disciple Chu Zichen, revealing a faint smile.

Let's wait and see how things unfold!

……

"Chu Zichen! I knew I'd meet you in the finals!"

When Chu Zichen found a seat, a long-absent, dashing figure appeared beside him.

"Wang Yuanyuan, it's been a long time!"

Chu Zichen smiled and greeted her.

Wang Yuanyuan was originally only at the fourth level, but after these few days of preliminary rounds, she successfully broke through to the fifth level, greatly increasing her strength.

Just as Chu Zichen and Wang Yuanyuan were chatting casually, "Zichen."

A cold voice suddenly rang out. Chu Zichen turned around and saw that it was Cai'er.
Cai'er glanced at Chu Zichen, then at Wang Yuanyuan, and her face immediately turned frosty.

This girl is obviously jealous!
Wang Yuanyuan also sensed an unusual chill emanating from Cai'er, and was secretly alarmed.

"Everyone is here. Now we will begin the draw for the final group, with 10 people in each group."

Just then, Ren Wokuang, who was in charge, announced in a deep, booming voice.

"The first group of the finals will be held at the Temple Alliance Knights' Trial Grounds. The roster is as follows: Knight Number One, Warrior Number Two, Warrior Number Sixty-Seven, Priest Number One..."

"The second group of the finals..."

Soon, the draw for the six groups in the finals was completed.

Chu Zichen was assigned to the first group in the finals.

Cai'er was in the second group of the finals, and Wang Yuanyuan was in the third group of the finals, so they did not meet in advance.

"I'm leaving now... I'll wait for you at our usual spot after the match."

Cai'er stood up, whispered something to Chu Zichen, and then turned and left.

Her tone still carried a hint of inexplicable bitterness.

There's no way around it, I'll have to explain this to Cai'er properly after the competition!
"Is she Assassin Number One? She's really strong! It's a pity we weren't paired with her, otherwise I'd love to challenge her too!"

Wang Yuanyuan watched Cai'er leave, a fighting spirit burning in her eyes.

But what bothered her even more was, what exactly was the relationship between Cai'er and Chu Zichen? They seemed very close!
"Come on."

Chu Zichen also stood up, bid farewell to Wang Yuan, and followed the first group of contestants to the Knight Trial Grounds.

There were many experts in his group, among whom the strongest was undoubtedly Knight Number One, Yang Wenzhao, a fifth-tier punitive knight, who was also the grandson of Yang Haohan, the leader of the Temple Alliance.

In addition, there was Magician Number One. To his surprise, this year's Magician Number One was not Lin Xin from the original story, but another female magician named Li Xuefei, a fifth-order wind magician and the direct disciple of Li Zhengzhi, the master of the Magic Hall.

(In the original work, her name was Tan Wan, but in the anime, it was changed to Li Xuefei.)
They arrived at the Knights' Trial Grounds, where the first group drew lots again to determine the order of the matches.

According to the competition rules, the group stage will last for nine days, with five matches each day, and the ten participants will fight against each other.

The final rankings are calculated based on the number of wins.

The top two teams advance, and the third-placed team also has a chance to advance if they have a high enough number of wins.

"The first match is between Priest Temple Chu Zichen and Assassin Temple Wolf Fang."

As the referee announced the name of the ring, Chu Zichen and Langya stepped onto the ring together.

Wolf Fang was dressed in all black, wearing a half-green eye mask. His weapon was not the dagger commonly used by assassins, but a pair of retractable wolf-tooth bronze claws, which were probably also a valuable Spirit Demon-level equipment.

"What good luck, the opponent is actually a priest."

Upon seeing the priest's robes worn by Chu Zichen, Wolf Fang couldn't help but sneer.

An assassin can easily defeat a priest, isn't that a simple task?

So what if the opponent is a fifth-tier priest?

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(End of this chapter)