Asura Mad Emperor

Ning Pan's gaze sharpened as he noticed an additional cultivator from the Spirit Martial Realm on the platform and taunted, "And who might you be? This young master does not waste his cudgel on nameless nobodies!"

"Grandfather's name remains unchanged, Lei Heng is my name!"

Lei Heng answered back angrily. Explore new worlds at My Virtual Library Empire

Ning Pan realized who it was and put away the dog-beating staff in his hand, pondering thoughtfully.

"So, you are the one ranked ninth on the leaderboard!"

Originally, Lei Heng was only at the Fifth Layer of the Spirit Martial Realm, but after Qinchuan's guidance, he had reached the Sixth Layer of the Spirit Martial Realm, and his Dao Heart had improved dramatically.

Because the Refining Spirit Valley focuses more on cultivating the Dao Heart and soul aptitude rather than realm, Lei Heng was able to rank within the top ten.

Knowing this, Ning Pan sneered once more and said, "It seems that the Burning Heaven Sect has really fallen. Even a trash from the Spirit Martial Realm can make it onto the leaderboard."

After he finished speaking, he retracted his aura, and his realm began to drop rapidly, soon suppressing it to the First Layer of the Spirit Martial Realm.

"To deal with trash like you, the First Layer of the Spirit Martial Realm is more than enough."

Many disciples and elders of the Burning Heaven Sect were both angry and distressed, yet powerless, while they secretly shook their heads.

Even Li Fan of the same realm was not his match, and Lei Heng was even less likely to be his opponent, even though Ning Pan had deliberately lowered his realm by a full six layers.

But they also knew that Lei Heng had no choice but to go up now. Lei Heng had proclaimed his intention to challenge the top ten of the Burning Heaven Sect, so even if he refused, Ning Pan would simply challenge the next on the list.

With the referee elder's signal, Ning Pan made his move.

Indeed, just as everyone expected, Lei Heng was knocked out of the Martial Arts Arena with a single move.

Below the Martial Arts Arena.

"Oh no!"

Ye He saw Ning Pan knock Lei Heng out with a single stick and slapped his thigh, pretending to shake his head in an exaggerated fashion, like a disappointed elder.

"What a rebellious disciple, really doesn't care about neighborly affection."

"Sect Leader Chi, Elder Qin, rest assured, when he comes down later, I will surely teach him a good lesson," he said.

Though he said this, the smile on his face couldn't be hidden, almost splitting his face; he was already overjoyed within.

Chi Shan knew that the opponent had come well-prepared, yet his heart still roiled with emotions; the disciple of the Heavenly Sword Sect had exceeded his expectations.

Qinchuan, meanwhile, lay back in his chair, squinting his eyes, seemingly indifferent to the fact that Ning Pan had defeated two major disciples in a row.

The competition continued, and true to his word, Ning Pan started his challenges from the tenth rank, progressively moving up, and before long, he had already challenged the second place, Yu Chiye.

Without any surprises, starting from the tenth all the way to Yu Chiye, the second rank, no disciple of the Burning Heaven Sect could withstand more than ten breaths, all were swept off the Martial Arts Platform with a single strike.

The disciples and elders felt increasingly suffocated as they watched.

"The ten great prodigies of the grand Burning Heaven Sect, is there really not one among them who can fight?"

Ning Pan stood on the Martial Arts Platform, triumphant and looking down on everyone, and spoke disdainfully.

No sooner had his voice faded than a figure sliced through the still air, leaping onto the Martial Arts Platform.

Ning Pan already knew who it was, the first in the Burning Heaven Sect's points ranking — Xiao Qing.

"I've long heard that the former Saint Heir of the Burning Heaven Sect, Xiao Qing, is a prodigy of a generation, with an Innate Thunder Body, boasting an unbeatable record of ninety-nine straight victories on the Tianyuan battleground, and known as one of the top ten young geniuses of the Tianyuan Nation."

"This young master has long wanted to see for himself the so-called top ten talents of the Tianyuan Ancient Kingdom, but unfortunately never had the chance."

"Since we've encountered each other here, this young master is indeed curious to see just how formidable the number one talent of the Burning Heaven Sect really is. Is he truly a genius as the rumors suggest, or is he like the trash below, all show and no substance?"

Ning Pan looked down upon the crowd with disdain in his eyes, regarding the disciples as nothing, extremely arrogant.

"Arrogant—"

"Ignorant child—"

"How dare someone from the Myriad Manifestation Realm challenge a brother in the late stages of the Dragon Transformation Realm? I don't know where this child gets his confidence from. He really doesn't know how high the sky is or how deep the earth is."

Even though Ning Pan had already achieved nine consecutive victories without defeat, the disciples still had full confidence in Xiao Qing. Seeing Xiao Qing leap onto the Martial Arts Platform, they were instantly exhilarated.

Xiao Qing was already in the late stages of the Dragon Transformation Realm at a young age, and reaching the Holy's Realm was within sight. Furthermore, judging by his points, his talent in the path of the Soul far surpassed that of most elders within the Burning Heaven Sect.

Now, Xiao Qing had become the last hope of the Burning Heaven Sect.

"Brother Xiao, go for it!"

"Show this kid a lesson!"

"Let him know that our Burning Heaven Sect is not to be trifled with."

The disciples of the Burning Heaven Sect were uproarious, and their voices surged one wave after another.

Chi Shan was also somewhat nervous at this point. He hadn't expected that a random disciple from the Heavenly Sword Sect could actually sweep through nine of the top ten on the points leaderboard. This was, without doubt, a harsh slap to the face of the Burning Heaven Sect.

Now he also hoped that Xiao Qing could defeat Ning Pan in one fell swoop to reclaim some dignity for the Burning Heaven Sect.

Qinchuan remained calmly seated at this moment, seemingly seeing through Chi Shan's thoughts, he shook his head and said, "Xiao Qing is not his match."

Upon hearing this, Chi Shan's heart sank to the bottom of the sea.

He did not doubt Qinchuan's discernment at all. If Qinchuan said Xiao Qing was not his match, then there probably wasn't any suspense in this battle.

However, the elders behind him felt displeasure upon hearing Qinchuan's words.

Immediately, an elder coldly humphed, "Why does the Supreme Elder bolster someone else's morale and destroy our own prestige? Xiao Qing's realm suppresses Ning Pan by two whole realms. Even if Xiao Qing were to restrain himself to the Myriad Manifestation Realm, his Soul Dao Heart is not something any ordinary Myriad Manifestation cultivator can compare to."

Xiao Qing stood upright, his aura suddenly bursting forth, indeed at the late stage of the Dragon Transformation Realm.

His entire body flashed with Lei Mang, and dazzling thunderbolt lightning continuously burst forth from him, forming a field around him filled with the mighty power of the Great Dao of Thunder about a zhang in radius.

Ning Pan's eyes narrowed into slits, "Late stage of the Dragon Transformation Realm, worthy of being an Innate Thunder Body, you do have some ability." But his tone changed immediately, disdainfully saying, "However, defeating you will be as easy as reaching into a bag and taking what I want."

"You don't need to suppress your realm either, let's just start!"

"Arrogant!"

The usually stoic Xiao Qing was also somewhat moved at this point. Ning Pan's arrogance had exceeded his imagination, and now he even wanted to challenge a True Dragon Practitioner with the Myriad Manifestation Realm.

"Then I shall grant your wish. Let me show you the gap between the Dragon Transformation Realm and the Myriad Manifestation Realm!"

"Kill!"

With an angry shout from Xiao Qing, he condensed Qi into a fist, with thunderbolt lightning.

In an instant, the sky roared with Tian Lei, the air filled with the brilliant light of thunder. Vast Thunder Spiritual Power converged around him, and thick beams of electric light emerged around him, flickering with dazzling Lei Mang.

The previously cloudless blue sky suddenly became filled with rolling storm clouds, darkening the world around.

Boom! Rumble!

An earth-shattering rumble suddenly erupted as the tumbling storm clouds were suddenly tinged with streaks of profound purple thunder.

As the storm clouds filled with purple thunder, deep purple bolts of lightning lashed down, hissing towards the top of Ning Pan's head.@@novelbin@@