Jiang Chen passed the next two rounds of the game with ease.

Although his cultivation level is lower than that of his opponent, when the Ghost Fire Technique reaches the third level, with the help of green-haired zombies, and two initial defensive magic weapons, the opponents are defeated after several rounds.

By noon, all four rounds of the quiz knockout round had ended, and the top 20 were newly released.

The number of rings in the square was reduced to twenty, and they were labeled with numbers such as "one, two, three... to twenty".

After these top 20 disciples rested for half an hour, Sima Xinfang, who was the host, walked onto the stage and announced loudly: "The knockout match has now ended, and the ranking competition is about to begin. The top 20 students in the small exam will get a temporary ranking based on their cultivation level to determine their own guard ring! Now I announce: Ding Lei goes to the No. 1 ring, Zheng Yiran goes to the No. 2 ring, and Yan Nanzheng goes to the No. 3 ring..."

As he called out the names of his disciples, the twenty disciples who entered the ranking battle walked onto their corresponding arenas in turn and stood solemnly.

Their rankings are based on their cultivation level. Ding Lei from the No. 1 arena is the highest among all the disciples participating in the competition. He actually reached the peak of the sixth level of the Qi Refining Period, only one line away from breaking through the seventh level. He was a casual cultivator who was introduced to the sect and was also considered a member of the Xiao Sect.

Zheng Yiran, who went to the second arena, was a woman in her twenties, wearing light green clothes and beautiful faces, and was also a casual cultivator. She was introduced into the sect by Sima Xin. Sima Xin has never participated in factional struggles, so she can be regarded as a neutral sect.

Yan Nanzheng, standing on the third arena, was a 10-year-old young man. He was big and thick, with big arms and round waist. He was wearing his upper body, his arms were bulging, and he was carrying a giant axe in his hand.

Yan Nanzheng is a casual cultivator of Liu Qingchuan's sect. He joined the sect two years ago. He is also a few disciples in the sect and are not majoring in the ghost realm.

Ding Lei, Zheng Yiran, and Yan Nanzheng were all at the peak of the sixth level of the Qi Refining Stage, but among the three, Ding Lei had the highest cultivation level, Zheng Yiran followed, Yan Nanzheng ranked third, and there were only subtle differences in the cultivation level between the three. Only cultivators at the Golden Pill stage like the Demon Soul Ancestor can tell who is stronger and who is weaker.

The three people with the highest cultivation level are all casual cultivators, which fully demonstrates the strength of casual cultivators in this small exam. In addition to their older age and higher cultivation level, rich combat experience is also an important factor.

Therefore, although the number of casual cultivators is only one-tenth of all the registered disciples, they occupy half of the seats in the last twenty.

Next, from fourth to nineteenth place, the cultivation level ranges from the sixth to the fifth level of the Qi Refining Stage, and there are not many remarkable points.

The 20th disciple is self-evident, and it is Jiang Chen, the biggest dark horse in the knockout round of this small exam.

He entered the top 20 with his cultivation level in the fourth level of the Qi Refining Stage. Among the twenty disciples participating in the ranking battle, he was the only one in the fourth level of the Qi Refining Stage.

After the twenty disciples who participated in the ranking battle stood on the ring, Sima Xinfang nodded with satisfaction and announced the rules of the ranking battle.

"In this small test ranking battle, each person has only two qualifications to challenge. I hope everyone will cherish it and make good use of it. There are several principles for the challenge and cannot be violated, otherwise they will be invited out of the competition! These principles are as follows..."

"First, you must not challenge people who are lower than you!"

"Second, disciples who have already fought once cannot fight again!"

"Third, if the challenge is successful, the challenger and the challenger will be interchanged! If the challenge fails, the ranking will remain unchanged!"

"Third, if the defender receives more than two challenges at the same time, the former will be preferred, and the latter will be given the option to give up the challenge or challenge others instead. If he insists on continuing to challenge this person, he will be postponed for the competition."

"Fourth, if the challenged person also challenges others in this round, the challenge will be postponed and the competition will be held after the challenged person is over!"

"Fifth, the rules during duel are the same as those of the knockout match. After a duel, both sides participating in the battle will have a recovery time of incense. If one side admits defeat during the battle, the other side shall not continue to take action, otherwise the punishment will be imposed..."

"Did everyone hear it clearly?" Sima Xin asked loudly.

"I heard it clearly!" The twenty disciples participating in the challenge replied in unison.

At this time, Sima Xinfang waved his hand, and twenty green lights shot out from his sleeves and fell into the hands of the twenty disciples on the ring.

Jiang Chen looked closely and found that it was a green bamboo stick.

"Now, you write down the opponent's rankings to challenge in the first round on the bamboo sticks and hand them over! If there are several people in the same ring that challenge them, the person with the top ranking will be given priority, and the person with the bottom ranking will be returned. At the same time, it is notified which are the other rings that have not been challenged, so that they can choose another person to challenge! Of course, you can also continue to challenge this position, and you will be honored!"

Sima Xin said loudly at this time: "Okay! Give you half an incense stick to consider who you want to challenge. After half an incense stick, you will hand over the bamboo stick to the number signboard! Otherwise, you will be judged as giving up the challenge!"

Jiang Chen thought to himself, I was afraid that after everyone's two challenges were used up, the ranking at this time would be the final ranking.

He then began to think about which stage he should challenge.

Everyone came to win the qualifications of an outer disciple in this small exam, so they are the safest. Even if others want to challenge the 20th place, they can't challenge it.

No one will challenge the eleventh to 19th place, after all, there are no rewards to the eleventh place.

In terms of results, there is no difference between the eleventh and the disciple who lost in the first round of the knockout round.

Therefore, Jiang Chen decided that the first round of challenge would still attack the top ten.

However, it is more sophisticated to challenge the top ten.

Theoretically speaking, the tenth place should be the worst in strength, and if you challenge it, you should be the most confident.

However, since he wanted to get this, others must also want it.

There must be many people who challenge this position. I am the last in the top 20. According to the rules of the game, even if it is my turn to play, I am afraid it will be my turn to go very far.

Moreover, the current temporary ranking is only divided by cultivation level, and the disciples' magical instrument quality, magical powers, corpse servants and ghost servants are not considered. The tenth place may not be worse than **'s name.

So, Jiang Chen thought for a moment, observed the situation of the disciples on the top ten arenas, and finally filled in the words "Ring No. 6" on the bamboo stick.
Chapter completed!