Come at me! All at once!

The martial arena was thrown into an uproar. All of Wanzhou was in an uproar as well, as nobody could believe what they had just heard. Letting all the talents of Qingzhou and Nanzhou fight him together?

How arrogant! Was he thinking that he was more monstrous than the legendary An Qinghan? Who was this Zong Wu?

Cangzhou was actually a small state, and it wasn't as famous as Yongzhou or Yunzhou. Many people had never heard of Zong Wu, so everyone was curious about him.

Anyone who dared to speak like this in such a situation was either a madman or an absolute prodigy. Of course, they leaned more on the latter. After all, he had two Qingzhou Tokens, meaning that if he survived, then he wouldn't have to fight in the third round!

The entire competition was going to end in just the second round!

Incredible! Could he be another rising monstrous prodigy?

The Academy Chief of Nanzhou's Guanxuan Academy frowned deeply at the sight.

Zhu Qiu looked at Zong Wu with an unreadable expression, but his hands were clenched into fists.

Meanwhile, the talents from both Qingzhou and Nanzhou were stunned when they heard Zong Wu's words. They had never expected that someone from Cangzhou would be so arrogant.

"What a show-off!"

A physique cultivator from Nanzhou stepped forward, glaring at Zong Wu. "I'll take you on."

he leaped into the air like a cannonball and plummeted toward Zong Wu.

Zong Wu raised his hand and swung his fist.

Bang!

The physique cultivator from Nanzhou was sent crashing to the ground, and a massive crater was formed in the ground. The physique cultivator's figure was beaten black and blue, and blood poured out of his orifices as he lay unmoving.

He was defeated in one punch!

Everyone in the arena was stunned.

Once they regained their senses, those from Cangzhou cheered wildly.

A dark horse!

The faces of Ye Zhuxin and Ye Chen fell. Zong Wu's strength had far surpassed their expectations. Zong Wu glanced at everyone and said, "Let's not waste time. As I said, you can all fight me together."

Ye Chen stepped forward and looked up at Zong Wu without saying a word.

Then, he transformed into a streak of sword light that shot into the air.

Schwing!

A crisp noise pervaded the air as a sword let its sheathe.

Zong Wu raised his hand and swung forward.

Bam!

The sword light shattered with a deafening boom, and Ye Chen fell straight to the ground. The earth trembled violently and cracked open like a spider's web.

The people of Wanzhou inhaled sharply, stunned.

Even Ye Chen couldn't withstand one punch from Zong Wu?

Song Fu stood up, and his gaze was fixed on Zong Wu. Ye Chen was the strongest among the younger generation in Nanzhou. If he couldn't even defeat Zong Wu, then it meant that Nanzhou had no hope of winning!

Ye Guan glanced at Zong Wu in surprise.

Zong Wu's strength was indeed terrifying.

Ye Chen was in the Time Immortal Realm and was already a Sword Emperor. His sword intent wasn't pure, but it was solid and formidable for someone of his age.

Despite that, Zong Wu had shattered it with a single punch!

Spectacular!

The faces of Ye Zhuxin and the others changed drastically. They realized that they had greatly underestimated this talent from Cangzhou.

Zong Wu glanced at Ye Chen and the others with indifference. "Stop wasting time. You can all come at me together."

Ye Chen looked up and transformed into a streak of sword light that shot into the sky. His sword intent and sword aura surged crazily, surpassing the Sword Emperor Realm to reach half a step into the Sword Saint Realm!

Everyone was stupefied at the sight.

He wasn't a true Sword Saint, but a half-step Sword Saint was still incredibly powerful!

Zong Wu stepped forward and stomped.

Boom!

The heavens and the earth trembled, and a streak of sword light shattered.

Boom!

The earth shook and exploded.

The crowd turned toward the pit and saw Ye Chen using his sword as a cane to support himself. Blood was pouring out from the corner of his mouth; clearly, he was injured.

Everyone in the arena revealed solemn faces at the sight.

They looked up at Zong Wu in the sky.

Zong Wu was dressed in a flowing black robe, and his long hair billowed out in the air. While he wasn't emanating any terrifying aura, his presence was as oppressive as a mountain, suffocating those around him.

He looked down at the crowd with an indifferent face. Then, he raised his right foot and stomped with immense force.

Boom!

A terrifying power surged toward the crowd, crushing and pressing down on them like a mountain.

He was going to take on all of them alone.

Ye Zhuxin's eyes flashed with a cold gleam. Without warning, she transformed into a streak of sword light and soared into the sky—Sword Breaking The Sky!

Ye Zhuxin had gone all out, and her attack carried a momentum that was as unstoppable as a bolt of lightning.

When her sword light collided with Zong Wu's attack, however, it shattered with a thunderous boom. The overwhelming power suppressed Ye Zhuxin, causing her to fall straight down.

Upon dealing with Ye Zhuxin, the attack ruthlessly swept toward the others instead of dispersing.

The talents from Qingzhou and Nanzhou had no choice but to join forces. One by one, they vanished from their spots and shot into the sky.

Boom!

The heavens and the earth trembled violently once again. In the eyes of the spectators in Wanzhou, all those who had soared into the sky were suppressed and sent crashing back to the ground.

The earth cracked open beneath them!

Everyone outside the arena was stunned. The combined strength of the talents couldn't even come close to defeating Zong Wu? No one could believe it.

A young man in the shadows was staring intently at Zong Wu.

He was Han Yuntian. He fixed his gaze on Zong Wu and said solemnly,

"Master, his strength is terrifying. He's much stronger than me."

A mysterious voice responded,

"His power is a bit unusual."

Han Yuntian's expression grew more serious.

"He probably hasn't shown his full strength yet…"

"Let's watch and see for now."

Han Yuntian nodded quietly.

His original target was the Qingzhou Token in Zong Wu's possession. When he arrived, Zong Wu had already swept through everyone and had taken the Qingzhou Tokens for himself.

He rushed over and arrived just in time to see what was happening.

Han Yuntian was a physique cultivator and martial arts cultivator, but his strength was far inferior to Zong Wu's.

Just then, Han Yuntian sensed something and turned around sharply. Not far away, he saw a steady figure. He was the only person standing, and he was unscathed, to boot.

He was none other than Ye Guan!

While everyone else had engaged in battle, Ye Guan hadn't made a move.

At this moment, many spectators in Wanzhou noticed Ye Guan.

On the observation platform, Yue Qi's gaze was fixed on Ye Guan. Her hands were clenched into fists. Naturally, she hoped Qingzhou would come out on top.

Zong Wu landed and turned to Ye Guan. He smiled faintly as he said, "I knew you were pretending to be a weakling. Good. This makes the game more interesting. I hope you won't disappoint me."

With that, he swung his fist, throwing a punch at Ye Guan.

Boom!

A terrifying wave of raw physical strength shot toward Ye Guan.

Ye Guan thrust out with his sword.

Bang!

The overwhelming attack shattered into pieces.

A Sword to Break All Techniques!

Yue Qi stood up abruptly with a solemn gaze.

Zong Wu had been relying on his raw physical strength to overwhelm his enemies. His physical strength demanded crushing anything in his path, but when Zong Wu swung his fist, Ye Guan had not only blocked it but had also found the flaw in Zong Wu's attack.

Ye Guan exploited that flaw and shattered Zong Wu's attack with a slash.

The Academy Chief of Qingzhou Guanxuan Academy, Zhu Qiu, stared at Ye Guan with a stoic face.

The people of Qingzhou erupted into cheers upon seeing a glimmer of hope.

Yang Yian was overjoyed as well, and she ate two steamed buns to calm herself down

Zong Wu's brows furrowed. Ye Guan had effortlessly neutralized his attack.

"Interesting, very interesting…" he muttered. Then, he charged forward, flying toward Ye Guan with the momentum of an entire mountain.

Zong Wu threw punch after punch, each one capable of splitting the earth and rendering the sky. However, Ye Guan dodged every blow with ease as if he could predict Zong Wu's every move.

Yue Qi's expression grew solemn at the sight, realizing that she had greatly underestimated Ye Guan.

Bang!

Zong Wu was blasted several dozen meters away. As soon as he stopped, blood seeped from the corner of his forehead. Zong Wu wiped away the blood from his glabella, and he looked at Ye Guan with disbelief. "How are you doing this? How are you neutralizing my power?"

Ye Guan didn't attack again. He had actually shown mercy to Zong Wu.

Ye Guan's previous sword attack could have killed Zong Wu, but the former had decided to spare the latter. In his eyes, Zong Wu wasn't evil, so there was no reason for Ye Guan to go all out against him.

For him, it'd be great if the Guanxuan Universe had more prodigies.

Zong Wu roared in fury and charged forward once again, throwing another punch at Ye Guan.

There was a flash of sword light, and Zong Wu was blasted away.

When he stopped, a blood-red mark appeared on his glabella.

Zong Wu stared at Ye Guan in disbelief and with his hands clenched tightly. Just as he was about to attack again, a mysterious voice sounded in his mind, "

You are no match for him."

Zong Wu's figure slightly, and his eyes glimmered briefly with a golden light.

Ye Guan's brows furrowed, realizing that the Zong Wu in front of him was no longer the same Zong Wu whom he had been fighting all this while.

"Zong Wu" stared at Ye Guan and transmitted.

"You've really surprised me."

Ye Guan narrowed his eyes.

"Who are you?"

"You don't need to know me; just now that you have two choices: forfeit the match, and I'll give you an Imperial-grade sword technique. I can also help you enter the Main Guanxuan Academy or even the Main Sword Sect."

In Qingzhou, Sky-grade techniques were the strongest available techniques. The Immortal and Saint grades were above Sky, while Imperial was after both Immortal and Saint.

Imperial-grade items were incredibly precious, even in the Main Guanxuan Academy. For a small state like Qingzhou, Imperial-grade items had legendary status.

Ye Guan felt a torrent of information entering his mind. It was the first part of an Imperial-grade sword technique.

Ye Guan stared at him.

"Do you know what you're doing?"

"Zong Wu" laughed, "There's actually a third choice. And it's your death."

Ye Guan's eyes grew colder.

"Do you know how many people are watching?"

"Young man, I'm not one for small talk. I know that someone your age with this much strength is definitely not ordinary. But it doesn't matter to me who you are or who stands behind you.

"Even if the ones backing you are powerful, they cannot compare to us. Now, you can choose. If you choose the second option, everyone in the arena will die. If I have to make a move, then I won't leave anyone alive."

Ye Guan stared at him coldly.

"There are people from the Ye Clan and the An Clan here. Are you sure you want to go that far?"

"Zong Wu" chuckled softly.

"The Ye Clan? The An Clan? While they are powerful in your eyes, they are nothing in our eyes."

Ye Guan was silent for a moment before responding,

"I'll think about it. Give me five minutes."

"Zong Wu" stared at Ye Guan for a while and chuckled. "Buying time? Too bad. You've made the wrong decision."

Boom!

A strange and eerie power engulfed the battlefield at once, and…

The Cloud Recorder malfunctioned!

The aura of "Zong Wu" standing in front of Ye Guan surged crazily until it reached the Divine Dao Realm with ten percent divinity! "Zong Wu" had instantly broken through eighteen realms in the proverbial blink of an eye.

A Divine Dao Realm cultivator in Qingzhou was a mythical figure, and someone like them was considered a top cultivator even in the Great Zhou Civilization.