After the middle-aged man in blue robes finished speaking, the atmosphere around the stone platform grew increasingly grave.
The High-level Sacred Object known as the Immortal Sky-Opening Axe still floated quietly at the center of the stone platform.
Its dark-gold axe body was ancient and unadorned, yet it exuded an overbearing aura capable of suppressing heaven and earth.
"Since that is the case, let me have a try first!"
A rough voice rang out as a burly man with a bare upper body strode forward.
This man was an expert from Giant Strength Continent, a continent near Wuji Continent. He possessed Peak Lower-level Earthly Supreme cultivation and was renowned for his physical strength, enjoying considerable fame throughout the surrounding region.
The burly man strode onto the stone platform and approached the battle axe, his eyes burning with desire.
"Come up for me!"
He shouted as his fan-sized hand seized the axe handle. Muscles bulged all over his body and veins stood out as he tried to lift the battle axe directly!
However, at the instant his palm touched the axe handle—
Boom!
An indescribably terrifying force erupted from within the battle axe!
The force was pure and domineering, like the first ray of light at the dawn of Heaven-Opening Earth-Splitting, sending the burly man flying backward at once!
Pfft!
The burly man spat out a mouthful of blood. His body crashed down like a broken sack over a hundred zhang away, blasting a deep crater into the ground as his aura instantly withered.
The entire crowd erupted in uproar!
"Just being thrown back was enough to seriously injure a Lower-level Earthly Supreme?!"
"The lingering will of the Immortal King is actually this terrifying!"
Everyone sucked in a breath of cold air. The greed in their eyes faded somewhat, replaced by