And outside.
The Ten Great Sects of the Heavenly Xing Continent, the countless trillions of cultivators across the Heavenly Star Domain... fell utterly silent!
In the eyes of cultivators with slightly higher realms and exceptional discernment,
they could naturally see it.
Tian Yuan, the first to be eliminated, was merely mid-to-low among these three thousand True Inheritance Disciples—he could even be said to rank near the bottom!
Moreover, he had clearly been careless just now, attacking with contempt.
His opponent had seized the opening directly and crushed him in ten strikes!
Yet no matter how many excuses they searched for!
Tian Yuan was still a True Inheritance Disciple of one of the Ten Great Sects!
On planets beyond, he was a Prodigy capable of stunning history and shattering countless cultivation records!
Yet here... he had actually lost to an Outer Sect Disciple of this sect?!
"Th-this... gulp!" A cultivator swallowed tremblingly, his breathing in disarray!
"Isn't this too monstrous? That was an Outer Sect Disciple?!"
They seemed to understand why the Taiqing Hall Master's will had said that the second test of Combat Strength had to begin with Outer Sect Disciples!
Exaggerated!
Far too exaggerated!!
"What kind of sect is this?!"
"An Ancient Sect from antiquity?! Just how terrifying was it?!"
Countless voices were nearly wails of despair. They could not imagine how horrifying this sect must have been at the height of its glory!
At the same time!
Within the Suiyin Secret Realm, the other three thousand True Inheritance Disciples had also begun battling the True Inheritance Disciples of the Nine Extremes Sect!
The instant they clashed!
They were utterly aghast!!
"How is this possible?!!"
Who among those capable of becoming True Inheritance Disciples of the Ten Great Sects did not possess their own pride and confidence?!
Yet the