After a long wait, the hour of Shen finally arrived.
A voice as loud as thunder suddenly rang out across the arena. It did not sound like an ordinary human voice; it seemed amplified by a formation, carrying for dozens of miles and making eardrums throb. "The battle is about to begin. The two combatants must fight within the red zone and may not leave it. Crossing the boundary counts as a forfeit. Spectators are strictly forbidden from entering the red restricted area."
As soon as the voice fell, a palm-sized formation plate, as black as jade, rose into the air. Streaks of red light shot from it, crisscrossing in all directions and, in an instant, marking out an area several miles across.
For the two about to fight, an area that large was hardly spacious. But since this was a challenge, there was no point in playing cat and mouse; the victor had to be decided quickly.
The red zone had just been formed when two figures dropped from separate dragon boats. They were undoubtedly Xu Yi and Old Zhong.
Neither rushed to attack. They stood nearly two hundred yards apart, watching one another from a distance. It was the first time either had seen the other's true appearance.
"Kid, you dare challenge me? How do you want to die?"
Dressed in white and standing tall and straight, Old Demon Zhong gazed coldly at Xu Yi. He was observing Xu Yi's qi and blood. At his level of cultivation, as long as Xu Yi had not taken a Body Concealing Pill, he could discern Xu Yi's current realm even without Xu Yi visibly stirring his qi and blood.
What worried him was the possibility that Xu Yi had concealed his cultivation. After all, two whole months had passed between