“Hao’Er?”
“Little fool?”
Along with the instinctive cries of Ye Tiannan and Ye Qingxian, Jiang Hao snapped back to reality.
He sharply raised his head, glaring at the Qi Family expert charging toward him with terrifying power.
Meanwhile, in the Tang Family stands, an incredibly imposing figure suddenly snapped awake and let out a cold snort.
He slammed his hand against the desk and soared into the air, carrying a terrifying might as he clashed head-on with the Qi Family expert.
BOOM!
A massive explosion rocked the entire venue.
The two terrifying figures collided, and both were sent flying backward as fearsome Spiritual Power rippled through the heavens and the earth.
It wasn’t until this deafening blast that countless Cultivators finally snapped out of their daze, every single one of them thoroughly shaken.
The two stalwart figures retreated after a single exchange, landing in front of and behind Jiang Hao.
The Qi Family expert narrowed his eyes, glaring venomously at the terrifying figure from the Tang Family.
“Tang Xiaofeng, what is the meaning of this?” The Qi Family expert’s eyelids twitched, his gaze brimming with murderous intent.
Tang Xiaofeng was the Acting Patriarch of the Tang Family, one of the three Great Cultivation Races of Xingyue City, and one of the ten great titans of the Xingyue City Earth Realm.
“To attempt to kill the Alchemy Dao champion in broad daylight, the Qi Family is acting a bit too hastily, aren’t you?” Tang Xiaofeng’s lips curled into a faint smile, a flash of disdain passing through his eyes.
At his words, the members of the Qi Family all furrowed their brows.
Jiang Hao, however, breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Evidently, the Tang Family was honoring the agreement he had previously reached with Tang Xiao.
The stalwart figure from the Qi Family stared back with eyes as cold as ice, instantly realizing what was happening.
“Tang, you want to protect him?
Just you alone?”
As soon as he finished speaking, Tang Xiaofeng slowly shook his head and offered a faint smile.
“You are mistaken.
It isn’t me who wants to protect him, but rather—the Tang Family!”
RUMBLE!
The moment Tang Xiaofeng’s voice fell, streaks of terrifying figures tore through the air.
They vaulted onto the stage, forming a tight protective circle around Jiang Hao and firmly securing him within the Tang Family’s ranks.
Every single person who took the stage possessed a terrifying aura.
Their vitality surged overwhelmingly, releasing a fearsome pressure that was absolutely terrifying.
At this moment, the Qi Family finally understood.
“No wonder the Tang Family sent so many Unity Realm experts to spectate the grand competition.
So this was your true purpose,” the Grand Elder of the Qi Family spoke indifferently from the Qi Family stands.
He slowly raised his eyes, his murderous intent undiminished.
“It seems the Tang Family learned of this boy’s world-shocking Alchemy Dao talent before we did.
“But even so, what of it?
In this Xingyue City Earth Realm, it isn’t difficult for our Qi Family to kill a Tier Two Third Grade Alchemy Master who has yet to fully rise.”
“Oh?
Is that so?” Tang Xiaofeng retorted, the aura around him climbing even higher.
Seeing this, the Qi Family’s Grand Elder remained entirely fearless.
He took a deep breath and said flatly, “No need for further words.
Kill him!”
BOOM!
Upon his command, boundless Spiritual Power instantly erupted from the Qi Family stands.
Several terrifying figures moved in a flash, surging toward the Battle Platform for the kill.
Witnessing this scene, countless Cultivators’ faces paled in sheer terror.
“Oh no, it’s a battle between Unity Realm experts!
Run for your lives!”
CLATTER!
The vast ocean of the crowd barely had time to react before scrambling away in a blind panic.
On the competition stage, the thousand-plus new generation Pill Masters turned pale with fright and hastily fled into the distance.
Tang Xiaofeng quietly watched the incoming tide of Qi Family experts with complete composure.
It was obvious this wasn’t the first time the two sides had clashed.
“Everyone, hear my command!
Protect Jiang Xiaoyou.
Do not let a single hair on his head be harmed,” Tang Xiaofeng ordered coldly.
Following his words, the dozens of terrifying Tang Family experts narrowed their eyes and viciously launched their counterattack.
RUMBLE!
In an instant, the competition venue was transformed into a chaotic battlefield.
Experts from both sides clashed furiously, turning the entire Battle Platform into the eye of a violent storm.
Endless waves of terrifying Spiritual Power erupted outward, shaking the very void itself.
As the Qi Family and Tang Family waged war against each other, the vast sea of Cultivators retreated into the distance, staring at the spectacle in dumbfounded shock.
“How could this happen?
Mother, how did that piece of trash gain the recognition of the Alchemy Stele?”
“Heavens, can someone tell me what just happened?
That loser refined a Myriad Phenomena Establishment Pill?
He obtained an Alchemy Mark?
And now he’s provoked two Great Cultivation Races into going to war?”
“Judging by the Tang Family Acting Patriarch’s words, that trash had already reached some sort of agreement with them.
How could a nobody like him even get in touch with the Tang Family?”
Countless Xingyue City Cultivators watched the shocking developments from afar, utterly astounded.
It all happened too fast, leaving no one with enough time to process the situation.
In the crowd, Wang Jiang—who had long since distanced himself from the Battle Platform—suffered an unprecedented blow.
He continuously shook his head, muttering to himself.
“Impossible…
This is absolutely impossible!
How could this be?
“He’s nothing but a piece of trash who couldn’t even awaken a Martial Soul!
How could he be a Tier Two Third Grade Alchemy Master?
How could he have ties to the Tang Family?
Impossible.
It’s impossible!”
Even if Wang Jiang refused to believe it ten thousand times over, the reality of the situation was playing out right before his eyes.
In just a few dozen breaths, that stretch of heaven and earth was completely engulfed by battle.
The terrifying fluctuations chilled everyone to the bone, enveloping the surroundings and plunging the area into apocalyptic chaos.
“Little fool…
Father, the little fool will be alright, won’t he?” In the crowd, Ye Qingxian was so anxious she was on the verge of tears.
A battlefield of Unity Realm experts was simply not something they could interfere with.
The same went for Jiang Hao, who was currently standing right in the center of the storm.
If even a fraction of Unity Realm power brushed past him, it would instantly pulverize him into a mist of blood.
Ye Tiannan was equally fraught with worry, but he could only offer comforting words.
“He will be fine.
With the Tang Family’s experts there, they will definitely keep Hao’Er safe.”
Despite his reassurances, Ye Tiannan felt deeply uncertain in his heart.
At this moment, the gaze of the Cultivators of Endless Star Moon City toward that young man underwent an earth-shattering transformation.
On the competition stage right now, aside from the bloody skirmish between dozens of Unity Realm experts, only that remarkably striking young figure remained standing.
The terrifying shockwaves of the battle whipped up gale-force winds, making the young man’s robes billow and his black hair flutter wildly in the air.
Yet, the youth remained as steady as a mountain.
He stood tall in the epicenter of the storm, quietly watching the relentless assault of the Qi Family experts and feeling their resolute killing intent.
“What terrifying mental fortitude.”
Standing before the Alchemy Stele, Bai Wufeng couldn’t help but tremble inwardly as he looked at that perfectly tranquil figure.
If it were anyone else—let alone a young boy, even a seasoned elder—standing in the dead center of a Unity Realm battlefield, they would be shivering in fear with weak knees.
Yet Jiang Hao acted like a complete outsider, calmly observing the scene.
One had to know that this was a battle between Unity Realm experts.
Even a single stray wisp of residual power could obliterate anyone below the Unity Realm in the blink of an eye.
It wasn’t just Bai Wufeng who noticed this; almost all of the Xingyue City Cultivators realized it too.
For a moment, a collective shudder ran through the vast sea of people.
It was incredibly difficult to connect the youth before them with his previous reputation as a piece of trash.
Was this really the number one loser of Xingyue City?
In the Ye Family camp, countless members of the Ye Clan watched the scene, thoroughly awestruck as they stared blankly at Jiang Hao.
This was especially true given that in just a few dozen breaths, the Unity Realm experts of the Tang Family and Qi Family had escalated into a genuine death match.
One side attacked with reckless abandon, while the other defended with frantic desperation.
Within a hundred exchanges, some had already sustained severe injuries, coughing up blood as they were forced back, yet neither side yielded an inch.
Even the Qi Family’s Grand Elder and Tang Xiaofeng had personally joined the fray.
“The Tang Family is actually going this far to protect that loser?”
Liu Ruyue’s eyes were filled with horror, as if she simply couldn’t accept the reality before her.
He was clearly just a piece of trash, yet he had single-handedly caused two Great Cultivation Races to erupt into a fierce war.
It completely shattered her worldview.
Just as the battle was about to reach a fever pitch, a voice that seemed to disdain all of creation casually echoed across heaven and earth.
“To think that the loser from back then could actually make it to this point.
“Jiang, I (Qi) truly underestimated you.”
As the voice faded, the boundless Cultivators all jolted in shock.
“The Qi Family’s Qilin Child?”