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On top of the battle stage, the three young geniuses faced each other from afar and the aura on their bodies continued to rise. It was just as Hong Ling had said, Zhang Huang's aura was even deeper than Zhou Kuang's, and even more unfathomable.

"Brother Zhang, it looks like you were holding back before!"

Zhou Kuang felt the endless waves of Authentic Qi on Zhang Huang's body, his eyes were filled with concentration. With just the total number of Authentic Qi, he was afraid that Zhang Huang was no weaker than him, who had the talent of the sixth stage of the Spirit Dao.

"No, Brother Zhou is too serious. I'm just concealing my own talent during the awakening!"

Zhang Huang held onto a spear, he casually waved it, and the spear brought about a tyrannical Qi flow within the battle stage, which caused Hong Ling's and Zhou Kuang's clothes to flutter.

"You're also at the sixth level of the Martial Dao!"

Zhou Kuang said with a dark expression. He could feel that Zhang Huang had the same martial talent aura as himself.

Zhang Huang nodded his head and did not speak anymore. The two of them looked at Hong Ling and the killing intent in their eyes could be seen clearly. For the young man who kept provoking the three families, their tolerance had reached its limit.

Now, they were taking advantage of this opportunity to teach him a lesson. They were going to let him know that the prestige of an aristocratic clan was not to be violated.

Zhou Kuang's Authentic Qi was operating at its maximum capacity. He looked at Hong Ling, then at Zhang Huang, and did not move. Everyone knew that if they were to make a move now, it would attract the other two people's attacks.

He and Zhang Huang were both cultivators at the Great Circle of the Essence Refinement into Qi, and it was easy for them to deal with a cultivator who had consumed pills and had reached the late stage of the Essence Refinement into Qi for a short period of time.

Just because they did not make a move did not mean that Hong Ling would not make a move. The young man himself was somewhat surprised that he could consume the Heavenly Blood Calamity Pellet, as his current Authentic Qi was at the late stage of the Essence Refinement into Qi. Naturally, he had to make good use of it.

"Since you two are not going to take action, then I will have to take the initiative!"

Hong Ling casually waved his hand, and a long sword appeared in his hands. The youth's Authentic Qi rushed into the sword body, bringing with it a wave of sharp sword aura.

Zhou Kuang and Zhang Huang looked at each other, both seeing disdain in the other. A brat in the middle stage of the Essence Refinement into Qi, even if he obtained late stage Essence Refinement into Qi cultivation through elixirs in a short period of time, did he really think that he could become their enemy?

Although he had luckily defeated Wan Hong, who was at the great perfection stage of the Essence Refinement into Qi, Wan Hong's talent was only at the fourth stage.

"Are you certain you really want to become enemies with us?" Zhou Kuang's eyes were filled with mockery, "I had originally thought that after the Large Competition, I would take you under my command and become my Daoist on the road of martial arts. I didn't expect you to be so terrible that you wouldn't see the situation and blindly provoke the strong!"

"Fine, a person who doesn't know his place. Even if I accept you, I will only cause trouble everywhere. Since that's the case, I might as well cripple you!"

Zhou Kuang seemed to be recounting a matter that made him feel great pain. He looked at Hong Ling with dissatisfaction, as if he hated him for not being able to meet his expectations.

Hong Ling was speechless. This Zhou Kuang was truly too arrogant, did he really think that the rest of the people in the world, as long as their cultivation was weaker than his, would have to submit to him?

Moreover, if someone like him, who had broken through the ninth level of World Barrier, were to submit to a cultivator with only the sixth level of martial talent, he would probably become a laughingstock!

"Humph!" The youngster let out a cold snort, and the Authentic Qi on his body instantly erupted. His silhouette flashed, and he arrived in front of Zhou Kuang, sweeping out with his sword.

At this time, Zhou Kuang was holding onto a horse chopping blade. He lightly turned his hand and with a swing of the long blade in his hand, a resplendent blade light flew out, striking towards Hong Ling's long sword.

Bang! When the blade light clashed with the sword, Hong Ling was immediately pushed back ten meters. He stopped sliding and a tinge of excitement flashed past his eyes.

After reaching the late stage of the Essence Refinement into Qi, it was already easy for him to face off against a perfect Essence Refinement into Qi. It was to the point where even Zhou Kuang, who was at the peak of the Essence Refinement into Qi, could not hurt him in the slightest with a single strike.

"Is that all you've got?" Zhou Kuang's face was filled with ridicule, "If your skill ends here, then it's best for you to obediently surrender. I can give you another chance to be loyal to me, and as long as you kneel down and give me your soul fire, then I won't mind your offending the three great families!"

Hong Ling laughed, he had never thought that this Zhou Kuang, with just a single strike, would feel that he could only be loyal to him.

Clang! Hong Ling threw the sword in his hand onto the stage, he glanced at the two Heaven's Pride disciples and slowly retracted all of his Qi.

"Has he finally admitted defeat of his own accord!" Zhou Kuang's face was full of smiles, "Get the hell over here and kneel down obediently. Don't tell me you want me to invite you over!"

Hong Ling's face instantly filled with anger. This Zhou Kuang had touched his bottom line repeatedly, humiliating him, did he really think that he was being crushed like mud?

A dark golden cloud instantly gushed out of his chest, forming a dark golden Five-clawed Golden Dragon behind him. That huge dragon had nearly occupied the entire space behind the youth. With a roar, it rushed into Hong Ling's body, and disappeared.

A dark golden halo of light extended out from Hong Ling's body, and wherever it went, layers of dark golden Dragon Scale were born, and slowly covered his body.

Within the young man's body, countless dark golden inscriptions instantly appeared on his originally white bones. His blood also turned dark golden as lightning surrounded Hong Ling, making him look like a young god.

Lian Chengyu stood up, and stared deadly at Hong Ling's figure. His eyes were filled with ecstasy, as he felt an extremely tyrannical fluctuation of bloodline from the youth's body.

Moreover, this power was merely the tip of the iceberg that had been activated by Hong Ling. There was still an even greater power hidden within the bloodline that had not been developed yet, but just this much already made Lian Chengyu tremble in fear.

"I knew it, that Hong Ling would definitely hold back. I never thought that he was actually a bloodline cultivator, and that his bloodline would be so strong!"

The Patriarchs of the three great families all stood up at the same time, and their gazes at Hong Ling were filled with shock. To them, Bloodline Cultivators were like a distant legend to the aristocratic families that were relatively more at peace. However, today, one had actually appeared in the Tianhuang City, so how could it not shock them?

"Be careful, Zhou Kuang! He's a bloodline cultivator! Now that he's used his bloodline, his power has risen by at least one rank! We can't afford to be careless!"

Hmph." Zhou Kuang snorted coldly. No matter how powerful a bloodline cultivator was, if they didn't have powerful talent, then they would still be trash. He had the ability to be arrogant, and even if Hong Ling used his bloodline, he wouldn't be able to withstand a single blow from his sixth level of martial talent.

His body swayed, and the Zhanmadao in his hand drew a mournful crescent in the air. He had trained diligently for many years in this move, and he had the absolute confidence to directly injure a perfect level of Essence Refinement into Qi.

Even if Hong Ling used her bloodline, she would at most be on par with him, in front of this blade, she would definitely not be able to stop it, but it was a pity that there would always be accidents, or perhaps, everything would never happen according to the will of the weak.

Hong Ling was currently in the state of Dragonform, so no matter if it was strength, speed or adaptability, it was far out of his normal state. He casually grabbed out, and with a clang sound, a bright spark instantly flashed on his dragon claw.

Zhou Kuang was dumbstruck as he looked at the blade edge that was being grabbed by Hong Ling's dragon claw. He was overwhelmed with shock, he really couldn't understand, how could a human's strength block such a fatal slash.

Kacha, Hong Ling gently twisted the wide horse chopping blade, instantly ripping off a steel plate the size of a bowl.

Zhou Kuang instantly retracted his long blade, he quickly retreated, and increased the distance between him and Hong Ling. Right after he retreated, the spear in Zhang Huang's hand that was originally watching the show, surged with a berserk Authentic Qi, sweeping towards his waist.

Zhou Kuang held the broken Zhanmadao in his hand and blocked the violent attack with a clang. His expression changed as he looked at Zhang Huang angrily.

"Brother Zhang, what is the meaning of this?"

Zhou Kuang could not understand why Zhang Huang would be the first to attack him and not Hong Ling. His Zhou family and Zhang family were originally allies, but this guy actually dared to attack him without caring about anything else.

He never had the intention to let Zhou Kuang go, even Hong Ling was looked down upon by him. He was going to rely on the Heavenly Desolate Martial Arts Conference to create a great reputation for himself, and from now on, he would use this opportunity to join a few big powers.

The Authentic Qi in his hands surged, and as he watched Zhou Kuang retreat, he flung him away.

Zhou Kuang clenched his teeth, the Zhanmadao in his hand danced and formed a huge barrier, blocking Zhang Huang's attack. Hong Ling saw that his two fights were in an uproar, with a flash, he had already joined the battle.

The three of them clashed back and forth, bringing about bursts of berserk Qi flow. Their power was in no way inferior to the battle between the Qi Refinement into Spirit cultivators.

Hong Ling was carrying a Dragon Scale, so Zhou Kuang and Zhang Huang's weapons could not harm him at all.

Zhang Huang and Zhou Kuang looked like they were in a life and death battle, but they still maintained their restraint. They did not dare go all out, afraid that Hong Ling would take advantage of them.

Watching the stalemate in the battle stage battle, everyone below the stage started to discuss.

"I wonder which one of these three will obtain the final victory?"

I think highly of Zhou Kuang, the Heaven's Pride of the Zhou Family, not only is his strength at the Great Perfection Stage, his talent is also at the terrifying sixth stage. With him here, Zhang Huang and Hong Ling from the Zhang Family will probably lose!

"I think Zhang Huang would do better. According to the news released by the Zhang Clan, he has the talent to reach the sixth layer. Moreover, the cultivation technique he cultivates has reached the pinnacle of Xuan class. The other two are incomparable to him!"

"I feel that City Lord's Mansion's Hong Ling is the strongest, he has already created several miracles in a row, this time using his bloodline, he is stronger. Although Zhou Kuang and Zhang Huang are top ranked in terms of talent and cultivation, compared to this handsome youth, they are not weak at all!"

Everyone below the stage were quarreling. Even the descendants of the three families were wavering, not daring to say that their young master would be the final victor.