Chapter 2700: Escalation of the Radiance Hundred Sequence Selection! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios When the Death-Drawing Bladderworm was purifying death aura, it did not lower the amount of death aura in the environment. All it did was extract the impurities in the dead aura. Pure death aura was far deadlier than impure death aura. Once the vesicle case was broken, Liu Jie would cause issues rather than be of help. Not even Liu Jie would be able to handle being infected by pure death aura, much less the younger members participating in the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection. Both Liu Jie and Lin Yuan had demonstrated their capabilities. The sea of flowers and colony of insects were akin to two impenetrable defensive nets that had wrapped around the main areas where the ten leaders were located. Furthermore, the sea of flowers and colony of insects were expanding continuously. Liu Wencheng’s tightly furrowed brows relaxed when he saw this. With Lin Yuan and Liu Jie’s capabilities and the rate at which the death aura was being treated, this test of heightened difficulty could be completed successfully. In actuality, Liu Wencheng’s decision to raise the difficulty was also related to Liu Jie, Xia Qing, Long Tao, and the rest. Because he was aware of their powers, he was afraid that the intensity of the test would not be sufficient to achieve its intended effects. Aside from Liu Wencheng, the other members of royalty, Lin Yuan, Liu Jie, and the rest, who were aware of how harmful death aura could be, knew that Liu Wencheng’s test design was unreasonable. However, the Radiance Federation’s younger generation being tested had no idea. All of them were braving the abuse and doing their best to search for the locations of the leaders. Every one of them was displaying exceptional determination. There were even a few of them who had feys that demonstrated a resistance to death aura. One of the participant’s light-type feys was even able to cleanse death aura! Cleansing was a light-type ability that rarely manifested in feys. It could dispel dirt and impurities. Venom and death aura were all deemed as dirt and impurities by light-type feys. The contractor of the Cleansing Rain Sky Crane became a prominent figure and was seen as a shining light of hope by all of the participants. However, Yang Nuanxin was completely unaware of this. Being in the midst of the test, she did not have a bird-eye view and did not know that a spotlight was now shining on her because of the Cleansing Rain Sky Crane. Famous Star Web hosts had already mentioned her name and commentators multiple times. If she did know, she would definitely be overjoyed. However, at that moment, Yang Nuanxin was in a state of conflict. Two teams were fighting over her. One was a team formed by her schoolmates. The other was a team formed by a distant cousin from the main branch of her family. Yang Nuanxin had an indecisive personality, especially when it involved emotional matters. She did not want to abandon her schoolmates when she could be of help to them. However, there was more to consider aside from emotions when it came to her cousin. It related to the direct benefits and status within her family. Although the main branch of a middle-sized faction could not control the lives of the collateral branches, it could supervise them and restrict their inflow of resources. Yang Nuanxin could not guarantee that she would be able to stand out during the selection and become a member of the Radiance Hundred Sequence. Hence, she could not afford to burn the bridge between herself and her cousin. Before she could make her decision, the young man on her left grabbed her arm and growled, “Nuanxin, why are you hesitating? What are you doing just standing there when I need you? There are only 300 to 400 people left in your team. There’s no way they can protect you. “After encountering the dead spirits twice, there are still more than 800 people left in my team. We also have two spirit qi professionals with feys that had similar abilities to the Cleansing Rain Sky Crane. “If you join me, the three of you will receive the team’s full protection. You won’t have to clear the dead spirits. All you need to do is cleanse the death aura in the surroundings.” A vicious glint appeared in this short-haired young man’s eyes. Everyone knew that it was best not to get into conflicts with the other participants during this test that involved fighting dead spirits. In this environment where the humans and dead spirits were battling for dominance, any cracks in their unity would negatively impact the humans. However, killing intent had taken form in Yang Wenpeng’s mind. This was not only directed toward Yang Nuanxin’s schoolmates but Yang Nuanxin as well. This brat from the collateral branch had the gall to step on his pride. Even after extending repeated invitations to her, she continued to be wishy-washy. This was a blow to his clout. He had invested a lot of thought and effort before gathering his teammates and securing the team’s leader position. Once his clout was compromised, he would be replaced as the leader. Many people in the team were gunning for this. Frankly, there was another course of action that Yang Wenpeng could take, which was to invite Yang Nuanxin’s schoolmates as well. The issue would be resolved as long as he could convince them to join his team. However, Yang Wenpeng despised Yang Nuanxin’s schoolmates. A tall and skinny man whose hair reached his earlobes said mockingly, “Wenpeng, isn’t this your cousin from a collateral branch of the family? Who knew that you have so little sway as a member of the family’s main branch? A member of the collateral branch isn’t even willing to listen to you!” The tall and skinny young man whose hair reached his earlobes was one of Yang Wenpeng’s rivals and had been secretly working against him in the team. Yang Wenpeng had managed to hold his ground in their past few confrontations. Still, his rival was now seizing his window of opportunity and was trying to use this situation to disparage Yang Wenpeng’s formidability. The tall and skinny young man was well aware that a large-scale clash between the two teams would definitely affect one of the participants’ evaluations. Yang Wenpeng was irritable and could not handle being provoked. If he could trigger a fight between Yang Wenpeng and the other team, Yang Wenpeng might be able to retain his clout, but his impression in the eyes of the members of royalty would be blemished. This would allow Wei Haodong to kick one of his threatening rivals out of the running. Wei Haodong thought himself to be extremely intelligent, but he had no idea that two members of royalty were already frowning at his provocative behavior. Wei Haodong might have failed to deduce the members of royalty’s perspectives, but he had successfully grasped Yang Wenpeng’s character. Yang Wenpeng was already on the brink of exploding with anger. His grip on Yang Nuanxin’s wrist increased in strength, and she felt pain shoot up her wrist. Yang Nuanxin was not very familiar with Yang Wenpeng. The Yang family’s main branch rarely interacted with the collateral branches, and it was difficult for the collateral branches to catch the attention of the main branch. Nonetheless, Yang Nuanxin had heard rumors about the Yang family’s Eldest Young Master Yang Wenpeng. He was bad-tempered and easily agitated. Many members of collateral branches had met with horrible ends after offending him. If she did not agree to his invitation, her parents and sister would end up suffering! At the thought of her parents and sister, Yang Nuanxin made her decision. She had no choice but to abandon her schoolmates and join her cousin. Just as she was about to make her decision known, the leader of her schoolmates’ team stepped out. “Haha, your team is still left with so many people after encountering the dead spirits twice while we lost many of our members to just one wave of the dead spirits. If we didn’t have Nuanxin with us to help us cleanse the air, at least 40 more of our team members would have died. “The dead spirits are our common enemy. We still don’t know where the ten leaders are. We don’t even know if we are headed in the right direction. Why don’t we join forces? There is power in numbers. “Since you have more people on your team, you can have the decision-making power. We only want to retain the right to separate from you if we don’t agree with your opinions. What do you think of this proposition?” The person who spoke was a young man with a buzz cut. He was rotund and had a very contagious smile. This tempted Yang Wenpeng. After this team of more than 300 people joined him, his team would comprise more than 1,200 members. They would be able to hold on even after encountering another two waves of dead spirits. The young man’s statements were true. Yang Wenpeng did not know where the ten members of the Radiance Hundred Sequence were selected or if he was even going in the right direction. Given the situation, the more power he controlled, the better. After the team of more than 300 people joined, all Yang Wenpeng needed to do was suggest that they reform teams, and he would be able to disrupt them. Even if he gave them the autonomy to leave when they wanted, they could not use it! “Go and inform your subordinates then. We will join forces and head north!” While Yang Wenpeng and Du Xing were communicating, Wei Haodong frowned and glared at Du Xing. This fatty was ruining his plan! He had already agitated Yang Wenpeng and was a hair’s breadth away from his goal. As the leader of a team with more than 1,200 members, Yang Wenpeng had to have hidden skills. Wei Haodong did not know that Night Leaning Moon had already eliminated him and Yang Wenpeng despite not having died yet. Rather, Du Xing, who was able to sacrifice some of his profits for the team’s sake, showed more leadership qualities. Night Leaning Moon decided to keep an eye on Du Xing. Yang Nuanxin looked at Du Xing gratefully. His decision meant that she did not need to explicitly choose Yang Wenpeng and abandon her schoolmates. The team of more than 1,000 people would allow Yang Nuanxin to unleash the Cleansing Rain Sky Crane’s abilities to a greater extent and allow her to stand out even more in the test. Du Xing gave his team simple instructions before they joined forces with the other team. Du Xing’s expression had not changed. It still carried amicability and a smile. But in actuality, he was complaining to himself. This feeling of being coerced was not pleasant at all. However, it was the only choice that his team could take. This Radiance Hundred Sequence selection was a miniature version of a society living in the dead spirits crisis. With every passing second, there were teams fighting each other, as well as others that were joining forces. There were constantly capable, intelligent, and powerful people distinguishing themselves during this test and capturing the audience’s attention on Star Web. In such an environment, power, character, and other qualities that made up a person were being displayed through the constant clashes and cooperation. Those in the midst of the test had no idea that every one of their actions was being broadcast. The Moon Empress nodded to herself. She approved of this broadcasting method and conducted the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection. The Radiance Federation already intended to turn the members of the Radiance Hundred Sequence into the standard and the pillars of the Radiance Federation. The Radiance Hundred Sequence’s members needed to be supervised. The Radiance citizens were all judges of the Radiance Hundred Sequence’s members. The Moon Empress did not observe the Radiance Hundred Sequence selection from the beginning. She had just finished participating in the second meeting of the Major Federation Union. The main theme of the last Major Federation Union meeting was for the Radiance Federation to inform the other federations of the imminent arrival of the dead spirits crisis. The main theme of this Major Federation Union meeting was the other federations asking the Radiance Federation for help. The Moon Empress had already decided to help them. The demon insects were reproducing at a rate that was beyond the Moon Empress’ imagination. They could now be delivered to the other parts of the main world. Due to the urgency of the matter, the Moon Empress decided not to try to control the federation leaders and directly announced that the Radiance Federation would be helping the other federations. During the last Major Federation Union meeting, the other federations were afraid of the Radiance Federation’s power. But this time, they were reliant on the Radiance Federation and saw them as their last hope. The Moon Empress could sense this. As the Radiance Federation continued supplying help to the other federations, this attitude would become the norm, and the Radiance Federation would become the true head of all the federations! The Mirror God and God of Fools had had conflicted emotions throughout the entire Major Federation Union meeting. They were the strongest experts in all the federations, after all. Although the Spacetime Elder had also set his spirit fire alight, his soul was tied to the Radiance Federation, so he could never leave and had to protect the federation forever. As long as they did not enter the Radiance Federation, they would not have to worry about being bothered by the Spacetime Elder. But the sudden explosion of dimensional lifeforms from the Class 6 marsh dimensional rift into the Freedom Federation had left them in dire straits, and they had had no choice but to ally with the Radiance Federation. Yet, it turned out that the Radiance Federation had commandeered the marsh dimensional lifeforms and had turned them into captives. Even now, the Mirror God and God of Fools felt as though they were dreaming. However, too many things had happened recently. The Radiance Federation’s saving of the main world caused the Mirror God and God of Fools to submit to the Moon Empress, as well as her all-powerful disciple. The Mirror God and God of Fools did their best to help the Moon Empress with the Major Federation Union’s affairs and alleviated a significant portion of her burdens. The two of them dutifully allowed the Moon Empress and the rest of the Radiance Federation’s royalty to have the decision-making power. They also resolved to change the Freedom Federation. With the dead spirits crisis as a form of cleansing, the Freedom Federation would become a completely new federation. The Azure Federation’s 12 aristocratic families had all arrived in the Radiance Federation in order to express their respect for the Moon Empress and noticed the Mirror God and God of Fools’ changes..