Chapter 853 Aren’t you a human?

As long as someone comes out of the room in the stone building, the observation deck can see it clearly.

However, there was no movement in room 36, which everyone was paying attention to.

The difficulty of this first competition was not high. The contestants could easily defeat the monsters summoned in the room.

Therefore, the competition was about speed. Whoever could solve the target faster would have a better score.

As time passed, nearly half of the people had left the stone building.

And Jiang Chen was still nowhere to be seen.

"Chief Yi Tianyun, your disciple should spend more time practicing."

On the observation deck, a man in official uniform couldn't help but say.

"Almost half of the people have completed the first round of the competition. It is estimated that it will be difficult for the remaining young talents to get good results in this Hidden Dragon Conference."

A beautiful woman wearing palace clothes and a golden hairpin said delicately,

"There were also several geniuses in the past who finally ranked on the Hidden Dragon List with their unparalleled defense. Their first round of competition did not perform well."

The speaker was the prince who was holding a paper fan and dressed like a scholar.

"That's what I said, but the probability is very small, and at the age of fifteen, it's still too young after all."

An old man who looked like he was about to die said slowly.

"It shouldn't be. With Jiang Chen's strength, it's impossible for him to come out so slowly."

The second prince, who was wearing a luxurious purple robe, frowned and thought, with a little puzzlement in his expression.

Yi Tianyun stared at the stone building, with no expression on his face, and he was also a little confused in his heart.

Why didn't Jiang Chen come out?

At this time, in room 36, Jiang Chen was still meditating on absorbing the irregular black crystal.

He could feel a constant flow of magic power pouring out of it.

Although these magic powers were very violent and chaotic, they quickly stabilized after entering his body.

This black crystal picked up from the corpse of the hanging-eyed black tiger was "withering" at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It was as if it was weathered, gradually turning gray, and then breaking into fine powder, falling to the ground.

At the same time, Jiang Chen could also feel that the magic power in his body was rising, almost touching the threshold of two stars.

However, he still failed to reach the two-star level of the primary magician in the end, because this black crystal had been completely weathered and turned into gray powder.

"What on earth is this thing that can actually increase my magic power?!"

Jiang Chen also slowly opened his eyes and looked at the remaining powder in his hand with a look of surprise.

Immediately, he suddenly remembered that he was still in the first competition, so he ran out of the door quickly.

The next second, he left the room and saw that there were already hundreds of people standing in the square in front of the stone building.

Obviously, these were all contestants who had finished the competition before him.

"No. 36 Jiang Chen finished the competition, ranked 145th, and received negative 17 points."

At this time, a voice came from the identity card.

Jiang Chen quickly looked down and saw that in addition to his name, age, serial number and other basic information on the jade card, there was an extra line of text-

[Points: negative 17 points. ]

"It turns out that the competition of the Qianlong Conference is a points system. I didn't expect it to be negative..."

Jiang Chen muttered speechlessly.

Then, he left the stone building and stood on the square like everyone else.

After another three or four minutes, until the last person walked out of the stone building room, a loud bell rang, and the first competition was declared over.

Then, a roar came.

The stone building on the square slowly sank into the ground.

At this time, on the golden platform in front of the square, a middle-aged man in a brocade robe shouted loudly:

"Please all contestants with positive scores temporarily retreat to the sidelines to rest, and contestants with negative scores stay on the field and wait, and the melee will begin immediately!"

When this was said, Jiang Chen couldn't help but be stunned for a moment: "Melee?"

The man in brocade robe on the golden platform continued:

"When the melee begins, the identity card will block a fatal attack for you. If the identity card is broken, it will be considered death. The last ten people left on the field can enter the second round of competition."

"The melee will start in five minutes, please prepare all the negative players!"

When the man in brocade robe spoke, people left the square one after another.

Soon, the number of people left on the field was reduced by half.

"Half of the people have negative scores."

Jiang Chen looked around and found that there were still hundreds of people who had not left.

That is to say, there will be a melee of hundreds of people next.

And only ten people can stay in the end!

At this time, the negative players left on the field began to disperse, keeping a certain distance from others.

Jiang Chen also walked to the corner of the square, waiting for the melee to begin.

"Disciple, why have you stayed in the stone building room for so long?"

Suddenly, a familiar voice came.

Jiang Chen turned his head and found that Yi Tianyun had appeared behind him without knowing when, and immediately shouted: "Master, you are here too!"

"The competition is still going on. I can only talk to you briefly during the preparation time and answer your questions."

Yi Tianyun waved his hand.

"Yes."

Jiang Chen nodded and said quickly: "I killed a black tiger monster in the room of the stone building. I accidentally found a black crystal from its corpse. I saw a lot of magic power inside, so I tried to absorb it."

"That's the crystal core of the monster. You actually absorbed it?!"

Yi Tianyun's originally calm face was full of disbelief.

"What's wrong?"

Jiang Chen was stunned.

"The magic crystal core is the core of the monster. Although it contains a lot of magic power, it is extremely violent and extremely chaotic. It is definitely not something that humans can absorb!"

Yi Tianyun stared at Jiang Chen, his pupils trembling constantly, and then asked: "Are you okay?"

"Nothing."

Jiang Chen shook his head and said: "I feel that my magic power is about to break through from one star to two stars."

"How could it be?"

Yi Tianyun didn't believe it at all, and stretched out his hand and pressed it on Jiang Chen's chest.

Immediately, his eyes were blank, as if he was in a daze, and he muttered to himself: "It's really okay... I saw a ghost! Are you not a human?"

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