One Slash, Still One Slash

Generally speaking, when two people of the same major realm sparred without fighting to the death, the one with the lower cultivation realm would strike first.

After all, if you were one or two levels above someone else and still struck first, then even if you won, it would not sound good once word got out.

Zhou Chaoyang knew that Song Zhong was one cultivation realm below him, but the sight of Song Zhong killing Ren Youzhi yesterday had been far too terrifying. He still chose to strike first.

He raised a hand and grabbed, and a massive azure banner appeared in his grasp. Embroidered upon its enormous surface was a great tree.

Song Zhong had no idea what kind of tree it was. He only felt waves of dense life aura pour from the banner, surging outward in every direction.

Below the arena, disciples from the various sects immediately revealed looks of surprise.

"A banner?"

"Banners are generally used by demonic cultivators, evil things like Soul-Calling Banners. Yet this banner carries no evil aura at all."

"A banner like this is truly rare."

"The more unusual a Divine Weapon like this is, the more powerful it tends to be."

Amid the discussions, the spiritual energy within Zhou Chaoyang's body had already surged to its peak. The raging spiritual energy all poured into the great banner.

At once, the azure banner flew into the air and rapidly expanded, like an azure great flag that completely covered the arena.

At the same time, the huge tree within the banner became even more lifelike, as though a real ancient tree had appeared in the void. Waves of ancient, desolate aura poured from the massive tree.

Beneath the great banner, Zhou Chaoyang stretched out both hands with a grave expression and fiercely swept