Star Martial Era: From Mortal to Emperor

After leaving the cave, Lin Chen decided to stop searching for top-tier treasures during the remaining time in the secret realm. Instead, he focused on collecting high-level spiritual materials and hunting down any stray ferocious beasts he encountered along the way. No one dared to stop him wherever he went.

All the contestants who encountered Lin Chen kept their distance and gave him their resources, fearing that they might anger this formidable figure.

The battles between the players in the secret realm continued unabated: some fought fiercely for resources, some teamed up to hunt down high-level ferocious beasts, some plotted behind the scenes to steal points, and some kept a low profile and developed steadily. Each player had their own plans.

Su Qingyue remained aloof and solitary, collecting items calmly without vying for anything, her pure white aura still radiating from her head.

After Zhao Xuan and Chu Tiankuo were defeated by Lin Chen, they were severely injured and their luck collapsed. They could only hide in a corner to recover in secret and dared not show themselves easily again.

As for Li Qiang and his group, they had already been discovered and carried out of the secret realm, and their fate became a laughing stock for everyone present.

Time flies, and four hours pass in the blink of an eye.

A bell rang in mid-air, and the hidden spatial rift in the secret realm reappeared, its spiritual light trembling, signaling the start of the countdown to the secret realm's closure.

Upon seeing this, all the contestants stopped what they were doing and began to turn back towards the exit of the secret realm.

The group left the secret realm in order and returned to the Martial Arts Hall Plaza. Everyone was covered in dust and had some injuries. Some were in high spirits and seemed to have gained a lot, while others were in a sorry state and had gained little and were disappointed.

When Lin Chen stepped out of the secret realm, all the contestants focused their attention on him, their eyes filled with awe.

Everyone could clearly see that a dazzling silver galaxy of fortune was floating above Lin Chen's head, with starlight flowing around it. This was an unprecedented peak of fortune in the martial arts world of Qingyang City in the past hundred years!

When Zhao Xuan and Chu Tiankuo saw Lin Chen, they quickly lowered their heads, not daring to meet his gaze.

The steward immediately tallied the combined scores of all the contestants in the secret realm, and the rankings were quickly compiled, updated, and published.

The quarterfinals have been finalized:

第一名：林辰（青阳三中），22600积分（星空本源核心10000+星空本源碎片6000+二阶凶兽内丹2300+灵材灵药4300）

Second place: Su Qingyue (Qingyang No.2 Middle School), 11200 points

Third place: Chu Tiankuo (Qingyang No.1 Middle School), 9500 points

Fourth place: Zhao Xuan (Experimental High School), 8800 points

The remaining 5 to 8 contestants are all top students from key high schools and long-established martial arts schools.

When the notice board showed that Lin Chen had secured first place in the Secret Realm Trial with an outstanding score of 22600, the entire audience erupted in a tremendous uproar!

No one present had expected that Lin Chen, a boy from a poor family with a low-ranking ordinary high school, who only qualified for the competition after his last mock exam, would be able to advance to the next round with a perfect record in the group stage, and then make a comeback in the secret realm. He first confronted Zhao Xuan head-on, then crushed Chu Tiankuo with his strength, forcefully seized the core of the starry sky origin, and condensed the silver star river luck that was only seen once in a hundred years. Finally, he won first place in the secret realm with an absolute advantage and made a strong entry into the top eight of the finals!

His score in this round of the Secret Realm Competition was more than double that of Su Qingyue, who came in second!

This is a desperate gap!

The stands at No. 3 Middle School erupted in cheers once again, with shouts echoing through the sky.

The students from No. 4 Middle School were ashen-faced and filled with resentment, but they no longer had the confidence to utter any sarcastic remarks.

On the high platform, Li Changfeng stroked his beard and smiled, his eyes filled with amazement. In his nearly hundred years of life, this was the first time he had ever seen such a magnificent and pure silver Star Martial Luck. This was definitely a peerless genius destined to reach the Earth Martial Realm or even higher. Wang Hu's eyes gleamed brightly; he had already made up his mind to recruit Lin Chen into the Mercenary Guild at all costs. The three guild leaders had different expressions, but all three were convinced of the same thing:

From that moment on, the martial arts world of Qingyang gained a promising young dark horse.

All the "lucky break in the group stage, getting a spot by chance, and being ridiculed by others" that others saw in him vanished.

Lin Chen proved with his own strength and the silver galaxy luck he had gathered that ordinary people can rise up and the bottom can reach the top!

Next, the top eight players will gather for a single-elimination tournament, a showdown of the best, and a final ranking to determine the true throne of glory in this year's citywide high school martial arts competition!