Under everyone’s attentive gazes, Sun s.h.i.+hai and Zheng Ming walked towards the center of the great hall.
Due to the apprentices.h.i.+p ceremony’s ritual, a wide empty s.p.a.ce was left open at the center of the great hall, enough for these partic.i.p.ating disciples to display their strengths.
Standing at the center of the great hall, Sun s.h.i.+hai took out his low-grade grandmist spiritual weapon Dragon Devourer Spear, and channeled his G.o.dforce into it. Instantly, the inscribed heaven devouring beast on the spear’s body emitted a soul-shaking roar.
This sudden and startling roar shook everyone.
“It’s the Dragon Devourer Spear!” Azure Dragon Emperor Chen Jianwei blurted out.
His words sent another wave of shock through the great hall.
It was no secret that the Dragon Devourer Spear was a weapon that had followed Zhou Chen for as long as everyone could remember, hence it was no surprise that the Azure Dragon Emperor and other Emperors recognized it at a glance.
Azure Dragon Emperor Chen Jianwei looked at Zhou Chen and chuckled, “I hadn’t expected Old Brother Zhou Chen to have gifted the low-grade grandmist spiritual weapon Dragon Devourer Spear to Sun s.h.i.+hai ah.”
Zhou Chen chuckled with pleasure. “Although this Dragon Devourer Spear is quite powerful, it is not of much use to me now. So I gave it to s.h.i.+hai to protect himself.”
The Emperor’s Disciples and supreme G.o.dhead geniuses in the hall, including Zheng Ming, looked enviously at the Dragon Devourer Spear in Sun s.h.i.+hai’s hand—that’s a low-grade grandmist spiritual weapon ah!
“Tsk, tsk, low-grade grandmist spiritual weapon ah, this Ancestor Zhou Chen is really willing to support his personal disciple.” Even Chen Hao sighed in envy.
Huang Xiaolong nodded in agreement with a plain expression.
Inwardly, he was thinking, ‘Merely a low-grade grandmist spiritual weapon.’
If he managed to find the lower part of the Blood Eye Devil Stele, and refined it, the complete Blood Eye Devil Stele would be a top-grade grandmist spiritual artifact!
Though his Yellow Springs Magic Robe was damaged, before it had suffered the damage, it was also a higher grade grandmist spiritual artifact.
In short, Huang Xiaolong really didn’t put the so-called Dragon Devourer Spear in his eyes.
Low-grade grandmist spiritual artifacts may be rare but there were definitely more than a handful of it in the Divine World. In fact, one could occasionally find low-grade grandmist spiritual artifacts in auctions on Heavens Avenue, even though their prices were sky-high. Then again, Huang Xiaolong did not lack spirit stones.
Right at this time, a burst of cheers sounded in the hall. Huang Xiaolong looked towards the center of the Hall and realized that Sun s.h.i.+hai and Zheng Ming had begun to battle.
In a collision, Zheng Ming was sent staggering backward, and there was a big hole in his weapon!
The big blade in Zheng Ming’s hand was a top-grade chaos spiritual weapon, but compared to the low-grade grandmist spiritual weapon Dragon Devourer Spear, its quality was more than one level lower.
On top of that, Sun s.h.i.+hai’s cultivation was already at the early of Second Order G.o.d King Realm, infinitely close to advancing to peak early Second Order G.o.d King Realm. This was one order higher than Zheng Ming. The difference in strength was immediately obvious in that collision.
As Zheng Ming staggered backwards, Sun s.h.i.+hai leaped forward, closing in the distance between them in the blink of an eye, raising and thrusting the Dragon Devourer Spear forward. The spear struck Zheng Ming’s body and he immediately felt a pain in his chest, and others saw Zheng Ming’s body make an arch across the air.
“Yield.” Sun s.h.i.+hai stood with his chest puffed out as he cupped his fists at Zheng Ming while still holding his spear.
Zheng Ming stood up slowly from the floor as he forced a smile, “Many thanks to Brother Sun for showing mercy.”
Sun s.h.i.+hai had used the spear’s body to strike Zheng Ming, but had he used the tip of the spear instead, Zheng Ming’s chest would have been pierced through, resulting in heavy injury.
The Azure Dragon Emperor’s face looked a little ugly at Zheng Ming’s defeat. Sun s.h.i.+hai’s battle strength was higher than he had estimated, and Sun s.h.i.+hai hadn’t even resorted to the Celestial Blood Ape Physique. Not to mention, a disciple of his sect was defeated in two moves!
Two moves!
Initially, he had a.s.sumed that Sun s.h.i.+hai and Zheng Ming would at least exchange several hundred moves, and even if Zheng Ming would have lost at that point, the Nine Dragons Emperor Palace wouldn’t have looked so bad, as it did now. After all, Sun s.h.i.+hai’s cultivation realm was slightly higher than Zheng Ming, it was a given.
But losing within two moves was too ugly a defeat.
Contrary to Chen Jianwei’s current mood, Fang Gan, Zhou Chen, and others belonging to the Fortune Emperor Palace were smiling from ear to ear as they nodded in satisfaction.
“Any other Brothers would like to enlighten me and vice versa?” Sun s.h.i.+hai cupped his fists towards the various Emperor Palace’s Emperor’s Disciples in the hall. Proper and decent, Sun s.h.i.+hai was akin to a crane standing in a flock of chickens, attracting the gazes of more than half the young women in the great hall.
“I am the Eternal Emperor Palace’s w.a.n.gu Xiaoyao. I would like to exchange some pointers with Brother Sun s.h.i.+hai.” At this time, a das.h.i.+ng young man stood up and greeted Sun s.h.i.+hai with cupped fists.
The Eternal Emperor Palace!
Huang Xiaolong was surprised as his gaze fell on the young man. He was surprised to find that the young man’s cultivation realm was at the peak late-First Order G.o.d King Realm. Judging from his appearance, he seemed a little stronger than the Nine Dragons Emperor Palace’s Zheng Ming.
In front of everyone’s undivided attention, w.a.n.gu Xiaoyao disappeared in a blur, and reappeared at the center of the hall, standing opposite to Sun s.h.i.+hai.
Both of them stood straight and saluted each other.
It started with a loud bellow from w.a.n.gu Xiaoyao as he seized the initiative to attack.
w.a.n.gu Xiaoyao’s fist whistled across the air like an endless rumbling thunder, and sparks of lightning flew out from his body, whirling around him—w.a.n.gu Xiaoyao had the rare lightning element G.o.dforce.
All the spectators nodded inwardly with appreciation. It was clear from this punch that w.a.n.gu Xiaoyao was stronger than Zheng Ming. No wonder he dared to challenge Sun s.h.i.+hai.
Sun s.h.i.+hai advanced instead of dodging w.a.n.gu Xiaoyao’s punch as he too punched out. An eerie blood-red glow enshrouded Sun s.h.i.+hai’s fist. This clearly showed that he had activated the bloodline power of his Celestial Blood Ape Physique.
Bang! A thunderous boom shook the hall. Next, everyone saw w.a.n.gu Xiaoyao being repelled back.
Sun s.h.i.+hai swung out his fist again.
w.a.n.gu Xiaoyao was not using any kind of weapon, thus Sun s.h.i.+hai had also chosen not to use his Dragon Devourer Spear.
As Sun s.h.i.+hai and w.a.n.gu Xiaoyao exchanged fists for fists in the melee, booming sounds echoed continuously throughout the hall.
Their movements were extremely fast, thus most of the disciples could merely see blurry images.
Suddenly, the two meleeing figures separated and everyone saw a blood-colored palm print on w.a.n.gu Xiaoyao’s chest. There was bloodstain at the corner of his mouth, and he was looking a little sorry, whereas Sun s.h.i.+hai was calm and composed as he stood there with a faint smile on his face.
“Yield.” Sun s.h.i.+hai smiled and cupped his fists at w.a.n.gu Xiaoyao.
“Many thanks for Brother Sun’s mercy.” w.a.n.gu Xiaoyao cupped his fists at Sun s.h.i.+hai in thanks, and then retreated back to his seat.
Watching this, the guests murmured softly in shock.
Truth be told, the majority of them had thought that w.a.n.gu Xiaoyao would last for a longer time, but unexpectedly, w.a.n.gu Xiaoyao had not even lasted for half of the time they had estimated. From the time w.a.n.gu Xiaoyao had taken the initiative to attack until the fight was over, each person had barely made more than nine moves…?
The smiles on Fang Gan, Zhou Chen, and the others’ faces widened at this result.
Sun s.h.i.+hai truly did not disappoint them.
“I am the Solitude Emperor Palace’s Chen Zheng, Brother Sun, please enlighten me!” A young man clad in green robe stood from his seat and walked towards the center of the hall.
……
Geniuses from various Emperor Palaces went up to challenge Sun s.h.i.+hai one after another but none of them were able to last for more than ten moves, and all of them were defeated in less than ten moves by Sun s.h.i.+hai.
Another challenger stood up to challenge Sun s.h.i.+hai. He was an early Second Order G.o.d King Realm disciple named You Leng from the Dark Spirit Emperor Palace. But he too was defeated in nine moves.
Seemingly, the stronger the challenger, the stronger Sun s.h.i.+hai was.
From the beginning until now, thirteen supreme G.o.dhead geniuses from other Emperor Palaces’ forces had lost to Sun s.h.i.+hai, and the lively atmosphere had turned tepid. No other supreme G.o.dhead geniuses from other forces wanted to challenge Sun s.h.i.+hai anymore.
Standing at the center of the hall, Sun s.h.i.+hai stood tall as a mountain, like an undefeated G.o.d of war. His gaze swept over the guests; he saluted as he asked, “Which Brother is interested to come up to challenge me?”
However, Sun s.h.i.+hai received silence as the answer to his question and the hall was quiet as none of the Emperor Palaces forces’ disciples stood up.
Just as Fang Gan was about to announce the end of the sparring compet.i.tion challenge, clapping sounds came from outside of the great hall and a voice rang in the quiet hall, “Marvelous, absolutely fascinating.”
Everyone was alarmed by the sudden interruption. Turning around, they saw a young man clad in black brocade robe walking into the hall. On the chest of this young man’s black robe was the emblem of a skull, an ember-colored skull.
Everyone’s faces tightened when they saw the ember skull emblem.