Asura Mad Emperor

"Break!"

Seeing the thunderbolt as thick as an arm coming down like a rip, Ning Pan roared, lifting his cudgel above his head.

The cudgel seemed to sense the danger.

Suddenly, a faint greenish glow emanated from the entire staff, soft and hazy, instantly transforming the originally ugly stick into a crystal-clear one. And from the tip of the cudgel, a surge of Dao's ultimate truth burst forth.

The thunderbolts coming through the void were instantly shattered by this surging wave of the Dao's truth and dissipated into smoke.

Not only that, from those materialized Dao patterns, there emerged an imperial might so profound that the disciples instantly felt a pressing pressure, under which they couldn't help but want to kneel and submit.

At that moment, the elders of the Burning Heaven Sect finally recognized the extraordinary nature of the cudgel in Ning Pan's hand and exclaimed.

"This is... a Half-Step Supreme Dao Artifact!"

The elders of the Burning Heaven Sect were astonished; this was just a sparring match between disciples, how could a Half-Step Supreme Dao Artifact appear?

Another elder looked at the cudgel in Ning Pan's hand, dumbfounded, involuntarily swallowing his saliva, shaking his head, and said with difficulty, "Moreover, it's not an ordinary Half-Step Supreme Dao Artifact. It's one that has been refined by a Great Emperor!"

On the Divine Wilderness Continent, Dao artifacts are also ranked. Ordinary Half-Step Supreme Dao Artifacts and Supreme Dao Artifacts that haven't been refined by a Great Emperor do not contain imperial might in their Dao patterns.

However, those Dao artifacts that have been refined by a Great Emperor, constantly nurtured by the Great Emperor, imbued with the aura of the Imperial Dao, interwoven with the emperor's law and reason, contain true Supreme Imperial Might. They dominate the Eight Desolates, possessing boundless strength, far surpassing ordinary Supreme Dao Artifacts.

Even a Half-Step Supreme Dao Artifact that has been refined by a Great Emperor can suppress an ordinary Supreme Dao Artifact.

This was also why Qinchuan, who carried the Spring-Autumn Pen and the Heavenly Metamorphosis Inkstone, had aroused the envy of the elders of the Jiuli Ghost Sect because both the Spring-Autumn Pen and the Heavenly Metamorphosis Inkstone were Half-Step Supreme Dao Artifacts refined by the Great Emperor Wu Tian.

Faced with the Thunder Dao Divine Power filling the sky, Xiao Qing's pupils contracted, revealing a trace of surprise on his face.

He finally understood the arrogance of the boy before him.

"A Half-Step Supreme Dao Artifact refined by a Great Emperor, looking at the imperial might in the Dao patterns, it's still strong. It must have been nurtured by a certain Great Emperor for a long time, its power far exceeds that of an ordinary Supreme Dao Artifact."

He felt great pressure; a Supreme Dao Artifact could make up for the difference in Realm between two people, not to mention that the opponent was wielding an emperor's instrument, stronger than an ordinary Supreme Dao Artifact.

With this thought, he moved rapidly, forming seals with his hands, and a beam of light rose to the sky.

Boom! Rumble! Rumble!

With a series of explosive sounds, the clouds of tribulation in the sky suddenly gathered more and more, eventually covering the entire sky, and the already gloomy world was completely darkened in an instant.

At the same time, purplish lightning filled the heavens and earth, bright rays turning the entire world into a realm of thunder.

In the sky, countless lightning bolts converged into a blue-purple thunder dragon.

"Roar——"

A dragon's cry was heard.

Then, the dazzling thunder dragon rolled and ascended in the thunderclouds, bringing with it flashes of lightning and roaring winds.

"Hmph, mere superficial divine power. Watch how this Young Master shatters you!" Ning Pan said disdainfully, with a cold snort.

Then, with a wave of his hand, from the jade-like cudgel burst forth innumerable truths of the Dao. They interwove in the air, and before long, they converged into a golden true dragon, radiating a thread of imperial might around its body, like an avatar of a Great Emperor, dominating heaven and earth.

"Roar——"

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"Roar——"

"Roar——"

In an instant, the two true dragons clashed and bit at each other at the top of the clouds.

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Although the thunder dragon appeared mighty, it naturally felt a trace of fear when facing the golden dragon imbued with the Great Emperor's law.

"It's over, even the Wrath of Thunder Jie can't do anything against the half-step Supreme Dao Artifact nurtured by the Great Emperor."

The elders felt a jolt in their hearts and shook their heads in secret.

"Xiao Qing really is no match for him."

Indeed, before long, the thunder dragon was torn to pieces by the golden dragon.

The purple thunder dragon instantly transformed into a sky full of lightning, and within a short time, it dissipated between heaven and earth.

At the same time, the sky-obscuring clouds of tribulation were blown away by a breath from the golden dragon, clearing the murkiness instantly and restoring tranquility to the world.

"Get down!"

After dispersing Xiao Qing's Divine Skills, Ning Pan swung his dog-beating stick, releasing Dao and principle in a torrent, and a tremendous force immediately struck Xiao Qing, sending him flying off the Martial Arts Arena, spitting blood continuously, evidently severely wounded.

"What, Brother Xiao has actually lost?"

"How is that possible? Brother Xiao is the most outstanding genius of our sect in a millennium, and he's only one step away from reaching the Holy's Realm. How could he be defeated?"

The hearts of the disciples of the Burning Heaven Sect felt as if they had been fiercely smashed. Their pride, their number one genius, was defeated so easily!

"The Heavenly Sword Sect is truly despicable—"

"To suppress our Burning Heaven Sect, they actually lent a disciple a half-step Supreme Dao Artifact refined by a Great Emperor!"

At this moment, Chi Qing and Chi Shui could no longer hold back and cursed loudly.

"Hehehe, the two elders are mistaken. The half-step Supreme Dao Artifact in Ning Pan's hand was obtained by his own abilities, not by the Heavenly Sword Sect."

Ye He said with a stroked beard and a laugh, which was obviously a pretext. How could a disciple possess a Magical Treasure of the level of a half-step Supreme Dao Artifact? Clearly, the Heavenly Sword Sect had temporarily entrusted it to Ning Pan to ensure his victory.

"You—"

Chi Qing and Chi Shui were speechless with anger but could do nothing against Ye He. The opponent insisted that the half-step Supreme Dao Artifact was Ning Pan's own and they had no way to refute it, and now they could only watch helplessly as Ning Pan occupied the top position on the leaderboard.

At this point, even if their Burning Heaven Sect were to find another disciple and grant them a Supreme Dao Artifact to challenge again, it would be too late, because a Supreme Dao Artifact isn't something one can refine just like that; at the shortest it takes months, at the longest it could take decades, and there are those who spend hundreds or thousands of years unable to refine a Supreme Dao Artifact.

"Young Master Qin, what should we do?"

Seeing Ning Pan dominate the disciples, Chi Shan couldn't help but ask Qinchuan in a low voice, even though he knew Qinchuan had some tricks up his sleeve.

Qinchuan glanced indifferently at Ye He, who was almost grinning to his ears, and said coolly, "He's just a jumping clown, let him stay on the leaderboard for a while. Continue the competition!"

Hearing Qinchuan say this, Chi Shan finally settled down and announced that the competition would continue.

The tournament continued and Ning Pan now stood atop the leaderboard with 3,721 points, a score that would place him only below Qinchuan even among the elders.

In the subsequent matches, no one dared to challenge Ning Pan, who wielded the Emperor's treasure.

And the remaining eight major sects had already agreed among themselves not to challenge each other, they all targeted the disciples of Burning Heaven Sect. Similarly, most of the Burning Heaven Sect disciples also shared a common hatred and refrained from challenging their own, continuously aiming at the disciples of the eight major sects.

Still, there were a few Burning Heaven Sect disciples who didn't challenge disciples from the other eight sects but specifically targeted their own.

Qinchuan saw through this; these were not actually disciples of the Burning Heaven Sect but undercover plants from other forces.

As the competition proceeded, most of the disciples had used up their challenge chances, and there were some changes in the rankings on the leaderboard.

Ning Pan comfortably held the top spot without question, with the second-placed Xiao Qing having accrued 1,300 points, a full 2,400 points less than Ning Pan.

In the top ten of the leaderboard, besides Xiao Qing, only one disciple named Dao Shisan ranked eighth, the rest were from the eight major sects.

"Many among the nine sects are not actually from the sects but are from the Jiuxiang Ancient Country! Otherwise, sects like the Zhi Yan Sect, the Coldwater Gate, could never make it into the top ten."

Qinchuan narrowed his eyes and thought to himself.

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