Wei Zhendong slowly raised his head, a savage expression on his face. Without wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, he stared fixedly at Guan Lie.
"You advanced to Dan Jin!"
"I condensed inner force a year ago. I only broke through today!"
"My defeat was not unjust!"
A faint smile appeared on Wei Zhendong's face as his body slowly fell backward. Bang! His body struck the ground, sending dust flying.
The sound was not loud, yet it crashed through everyone's hearts like a thunderclap.
"Dan Jin—Yunyang has produced another Core Strength Grandmaster!"
The expressions of the people from the four great martial arts families all changed.
The emergence of a Core Strength Practitioner would alter Yunyang's martial arts landscape. Core Strength Practitioners were known as Grandmasters.
What was a Grandmaster? One capable of founding a sect and establishing a school.
On planets where martial arts flourished or in major cities, a Grandmaster in a first-rate sect was nothing remarkable. But in a place like Yunyang, one was an invincible existence.
The appearance of a Core Strength Grandmaster was absolutely not good news for families like theirs.
Hong Jiantong's face turned pale as he slowly sat down. Guan Lie had become a Core Strength Grandmaster, which meant his title as Yunyang Martial Hall's number one expert was gone. From now on, all the martial halls would surely follow Guan Lie's lead.
"Good, wonderful! Guan Lie has become a Grandmaster—the Xiongying Martial Arts School is finished!"
Xiong Jiang clapped excitedly.
"Master!"
Only then did the people from the Xiongying Martial Arts School react. Several of them cried out and rushed forward to check Wei Zhendong's injuries.
Light flickered in Guan Lie's eyes as well. He understood how he had become a Grandmaster. If Senior Brother had not come, healed