Defeating them one after another

The Wooden Man's words dispelled the concerns of many patriarchs.

If there were continuous battles, even the strongest person would not be able to withstand the relentless attacks. Now that the Wooden Man has come out to vouch for them, everyone can rest assured.

"When will the competition begin?" someone immediately asked, looking around at the arena, impatient.

Many people are also eager to try.

"Let's begin immediately!" the Wooden Man declared. "Four Great Arenas are now open. Each person will fight once. Losers will be eliminated, and winners will advance to the next round. This cycle will continue. Those who complete five matches will be ranked in the top ten based on their overall strength. After that, anyone who wants to challenge you must defeat your Pure Yang Imprint to be eligible for a ranking challenge. If no one challenges you, the rankings will be fixed, and rewards will begin."

Everyone listened quietly. The rules were actually quite simple: the rankings would be determined by playing five matches.

The rankings are based on a comprehensive assessment of the strength demonstrated in these five matches.

If you are not satisfied, you can challenge the Pure Yang Imprint of the opponent before you after the ranking is completed. Defeat the Pure Yang Imprint and you can challenge the opponent. Once you defeat the opponent, your ranking will rise.

Vice versa.

"No doubt, the competition begins. The Four Great Arenas will be used simultaneously." The Wooden Man delivered the final verdict, its resounding voice echoing throughout the Ancient Castle.

Then, pure sunlight curtains burst forth on the Four Great Arenas, isolating energy from overflowing. Whether it is a battle between patriarchs or a battle between venerables, the energy will only affect the arena area and will not harm the onlookers.

"Senior brother, I'll go to the Ancestor Arena first," Li Qingshan said in a low voice, then turned around and headed straight for the Ancestor Arena.

His goal was clear: to seize the initiative. No matter who his opponent was, as long as he did his best to use his swordsmanship, and fought five battles, the rankings would be determined.

After that, regardless of his ranking, he could challenge those ahead of him based on his own abilities.

Not only him, but the other patriarchs thought the same way, but they were all a step too slow, and Li Qingshan gained the upper hand.

The Jin Family Ancestor shared the same thought, his gaze fixed on the Ancestor Arena.

"Dao Friend, let's go to the Venerable Arena." After discussing it with the Jin Family Ancestor, Jin Jiuling wanted to go to the Ancestor Arena with Li Jiusheng to watch the spectacle.

But when he turned around, he found that Li Jiusheng was gone.

Looking up again, Li Jiusheng was standing prominently on the Venerable Arena.

Jin Jiuling was taken aback. When did Dao Friend get onto the Venerable Arena?

Li Jiusheng shared the same thought as Li Qingshan: since they were going to fight five battles anyway, why not seize the initiative?

He gave it his all. After five rounds, the Wooden Man will determine his ranking based on his overall strength. If his ranking is too low, he can continue to challenge.

In addition, Li Jiusheng wanted to win the other three arenas, except for the Ancestor Arena, which he couldn't participate in.

So he's in a real hurry.

In the Venerable Arena, Li Jiusheng swiftly seized first place, leaving other Venerables with no choice but to fight him if they wanted to enter the arena.

When someone saw Li Jiusheng's cultivation level, they sneered, "So what if he's quick to grab it? He's just throwing his life away. Venerable First Heaven dares to come here? He's just making a fool of himself!"

Before the words were finished, an elder at the Venerable Peak, his body moving like a startled swan, swept past the crowd and arrived on the arena.

The old man was very old, with completely white hair, but his face was rosy and he was very well-maintained. His skin was as elastic as a baby's, and it was clear that the long years had not left many marks on him. He must have paid great attention to his health and appearance.

The old man stepped onto the arena, and the battle began, leaving the other Venerables with no choice but to retreat.

"Young man, you've only just entered the Venerable Realm, you still need time to mature. Go down. In this fight, the difference between us is like heaven and earth. I don't want to hurt anyone, so don't deceive yourself." The old man at the Venerable Peak said coldly, not taking Li Jiusheng seriously at all.

Even Venerable First Heaven dares to step onto this arena. To put it nicely, he has great ambitions; to put it bluntly, he is courting death.

"You talk too much nonsense." Li Jiusheng was too lazy to argue with the other party. He immediately threw a punch, his whole body surging with energy. The Dragon Elephant Power roared and transformed into an ancient divine elephant and an ancient True Dragon behind him. They were extremely ferocious and roared fiercely. With Li Jiusheng's punch, with a bang, the Savage Elephant and the True Dragon suppressed him.

This punch was so powerful that it distorted the surrounding sky and air.

Bang!

With a deafening roar, a sonic boom echoed between heaven and earth, compressing space. Extremely pure energy emanated from Li Jiusheng's body, directly striking the elder at the Venerable Peak.

This attack instantly changed the expression of the elder, who was at the Venerable Peak.

Just by looking at the force of Li Jiusheng's punch, he knew something was wrong.

The young man before them Venerable First Heaven, seemed to be playing dumb to deceive others.

However, by the time he went all out, Li Jiusheng's fist was already upon him. In an instant, the old man at the Venerable Peak was blown out of the arena by the combined power of Li Jiusheng's Two Thousand Five Hundred Dragon Elephant Power, like a drifting catkin.

Puff!

Falling off the stage, the old man at the Venerable Peak had a flushed face, and his blood and qi surged wildly as if an earthquake had struck. In the end, he could not control it and coughed up a mouthful of blood.

"How is this possible? You're only at the Venerable First Heaven, yet your power is so terrifying?" The elder at the Venerable Peak couldn't believe it, his pupils widening as he stared intently at Li Jiusheng on the arena.

The crowd around Li Jiusheng, who were about to laugh at him, suddenly fell silent, as if a pause button had been pressed.

Look at Li Jiusheng on the stage, and then look at the Venerable Peak below the stage.

For a moment, they couldn't tell who had a higher level of understanding and who had a lower level.

A powerful expert at the Venerable Peak realm was actually knocked off the stage by a single punch from a Venerable First Heaven, and was defeated.

If such a thing hadn't happened in front of them, or even if they had only heard about it, everyone would have just taken it as a joke.

But now, it's happening right before their eyes.

For a time, they all found it hard to accept.

On the arena, Li Jiusheng stood with his hands behind his back and calmly said, "Next."

He was able to defeat Venerable Peak even at the Great Grandmaster Realm. Now, having broken through to the Venerable Realm, even if it's only by one level, the increase in power and the Rebirth brought by this rebirth make Li Jiusheng completely fearless of any enemy within the Venerable Realm.

Therefore, he didn't take the Venerable Peak seriously and only wanted to finish the five matches quickly.

"I'll have a go at you!" At this moment, another elder at the Venerable Peak swiftly arrived on the arena.

Boom!

The old man had a ruddy complexion and a large body, like a fierce general on an ancient battlefield. Although he was old, his momentum was not diminished at all. As soon as he entered the arena, he gave Li Jiusheng a shock. His surging power and momentum combined together, accompanied by bursts of golden light, and rushed over, lifting the hem of Li Jiusheng's clothes and hair.

"A master of Body Refinement!" Li Jiusheng raised an eyebrow. This old man was at the Venerable Peak, just like the old man from before, but their paths were completely different. The old man from before must have been a cultivator, and his physical body was no match for this one.

"That Daoist master underestimated you. His arrogance led to his defeat, but I will not. There are extraordinary talents in this world who can defeat enemies of higher levels, let alone those within the same realm. Young man, judging from your age, you should be no more than a hundred years old this year. To have such a realm and strength already qualifies you as a prodigy. However, there is no place for you on this arena." The Venerable Peak, like a fierce general on an ancient battlefield, spoke with a voice like thunder and an aura like a tiger. He did not underestimate Li Jiusheng at all, treating him directly as an enemy from the same realm. He gave him a strong warning as soon as he entered the arena, and then attacked first, throwing a punch that carried a powerful and majestic force, as well as Dao Rhyme of Daoist energy, as it struck.

"All that talk is nonsense. You try taking a punch from me." Li Jiusheng was too lazy to talk. He simply clenched his right fist and punched forward.

To outsiders, this strike was not even as powerful or imposing as the punch that had just landed.

Only the old man in the midst of the battle knew that this punch seemed to have grasped the true essence of the fist technique, touching the most fundamental core, returning to the true path, and containing supreme truth in a simple punch.

In an instant, the light from that punch illuminated the entire arena.

He directly crushed the Venerable Peak, who was like a fierce general on an ancient battlefield. His profound and powerful strength, as well as the Dao Rhyme, were no match for Li Jiusheng's fist technique.

Boom!

With another loud bang, this venerable figure, who resembled a fierce general on an ancient battlefield, was blasted away by Li Jiusheng, crashing heavily to the ground below the arena, spitting out a mouthful of blood as well.

A stark silence fell over the surroundings.

Another punch!

Another Venerable Peak has been knocked off the stage.

Moreover, this Venerable Peak's style is completely different from the first Venerable Peak One. The first one clearly followed the Daoist magic, while the second one cultivated both Martial Dao.

Two Venerable Peak with different styles couldn't even withstand the second punch.

Are these young men in the ring really that strong?

Some elderly venerable ones stared intently at Li Jiusheng on the arena.

In their eyes, a hundred years old is merely the starting point of cultivation; Li Jiusheng's appearance is truly as young as can be.

Li Jiusheng himself never expected that he, who could be a patriarch in the Shangqing Palace, would become a young man in other people's eyes when he came here.

"Third one, come up!" Li Jiusheng said, standing on the arena and looking around.

"I'll take you on!" From the crowd, a thin, stern-faced old man stepped forward and went straight to the ring.

"Sword Cultivator!" The moment Li Jiusheng saw the old man, he understood the path the man had taken.

He was quite curious, even somewhat inquisitive, wanting to know if the paths taken by Sword Cultivator from Outer Domain and Sword Cultivator from the Old Land were the same.

Back when he was at the Great Grandmaster Peak realm, Li Jiusheng encountered a Sword Cultivator at the Venerable Peak. The other party was nearing the end of his life, his body was old and decaying, but his primordial spirit fire was brilliant and his Sword Dao was almost divine.

Li Jiusheng fought with all his might to defeat his opponent.

That battle brought him countless benefits and also allowed him to learn how Sword Cultivator in the outside world progressed.

Now, Li Jiusheng is looking forward to fighting against the Sword Cultivator from Outer Domain.

The Sword Cultivator from Outer Domain stepped onto the arena without uttering many words.

He was tall but thin, with a serious and stern face. He carried a long sword on his back. Facing Li Jiusheng, he showed no contempt but rather a solemn expression.

He had witnessed Li Jiusheng's two punches just now, and they were terrifying.

But upon closer reflection, he realized that his sword was no weaker than his opponent's fist, so he went up on stage.

"Dao Friend, please enlighten me!" the elderly, rigid, and serious Sword Cultivator said.

Li Jiusheng nodded, which was his way of responding to the other party.

Clang!

With a sword's cry, the longsword on the Sword Cultivator's back was drawn, its chilling Sword energy overflowing, making him come alive and vibrant.

With the longsword in hand, his aura was sharp and imposing, as if he and the sword had become one.

A burst of Pure Yang Sword Energy erupted, and in an instant, the sword light shone brightly, like a startled swan soaring through the sky, directly cleaving through the night and sweeping across the arena.

He wants to break through all laws with a single sword strike.

No matter how powerful the young man's punches were, this sword could still slice through him.

However, Li Jiusheng did not throw a punch at all. When his opponent used a sword, he used his finger as a sword and instantly raised the Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique.

The next moment, a dazzling sword light pierced the night sky, directly intertwining with the opponent's Sword energy, entangled together, and collided fiercely.

"Huh? What's going on? How did the young man who used fists become a swordsman?" Many of the onlookers were astonished.

On the arena, Li Jiusheng remained completely unaffected. His longsword strikes were imposing, dazzling, and intensely bright, tearing apart everything in its path.

The Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique, an unparalleled sword technique comprehended by the Sword God of the ancient calendar millennium, is appearing for the first time outside the Outer Domain.

The sword strike, delivered mid-air, cleaved through the opponent's Sword energy with its dazzling light, then collided directly with his longsword. With a clang, the opponent's longsword trembled violently, carrying a terrifying force that sent the swordsman flying.

Bang!

Just like his previous two opponents, the swordsman was blasted off the stage and fell to the ground.

The longsword in his hand was still trembling, his tiger's mouth was split open, blood spurted out, and his entire arm was twisted irregularly.

Li Jiusheng's sword shattered his sword intent, tore open his tiger's mouth, and shattered his entire arm.

The intense pain caused the elderly and stern-looking elder to frown, and then he began to use his cultivation techniques to heal his injuries in front of everyone.

"Next!" On the arena, Li Jiusheng looked around calmly.

All three Venerable Ones couldn't withstand a single move and were sent flying. Such a record was so terrifying that for a moment no Venerable One dared to go up on stage.

However, there was also a brave warrior, a cultivator from the Floating Continent, who let out a sudden roar and leaped onto the arena, revealing his true form. To everyone's surprise, it was a black tiger.

The black tiger was enormous, its fur gleaming, and its eyes held a hint of intelligence. It stared intently at Li Jiusheng and spoke in human language, "I've come to meet you."

The appearance of the Black Tiger immediately drew gasps from some native cultivators of the Floating Continent.

"Master Tiger is here! Master Tiger is invincible!"

"Master Tiger is here! He's the second most powerful expert on our Floating Continent after our patriarch. In his human form, he's already invincible, and in his beast form, he can even exchange a few blows with our patriarch. We should have a good chance against him."

The crowd was abuzz with discussion, all believing that Master Tiger, a powerful figure native to the Floating Continent, could put up a fight against Li Jiusheng.

Master Tiger stepped onto the stage but did not attack immediately. He revealed his true form, and a dense demonic aura filled the arena. He swayed from side to side, his tiger eyes fixed on Li Jiusheng, searching for his weakness.

Li Jiusheng looked at Master Tiger, a smirk playing on his lips. "You just married your 27th concubine, why aren't you nestled in your harem? What are you doing here?"

Black Tiger was taken aback, then frowned as he looked at Li Jiusheng: "No matter how good a concubine is, she's just a plaything. This Pure Yang Energy River is my target."

Having said that, the black tiger suddenly leaped up and bit directly at Li Jiusheng's throat.

Rumble!

With a sudden leap from the black tiger, the surrounding demonic energy transformed into a dense aura of slaughter, surging forth.

This attack was incredibly swift, like a black light piercing straight through, arriving before Li Jiusheng in an extremely short time, intending to defeat him decisively.

Sizzle!

Li Jiusheng unleashed a sword strike from mid-air, instantly causing the Sword energy to surge and slash fiercely downwards.

Annihilation Sword!

The sword strike that the Wooden Man on the Ancient Castle just now used— Li Jiusheng had only a basic understanding of it, and his skill was only superficial, not even one-tenth the power of the Wooden Man.

But even if a sword strike only scratches the surface of a Venerable One, it would still be invincible.

With a loud bang, Black Tiger leaped forward so fast that no one could see it.

But he was struck by that Annihilation Sword, his body flew out, splattering blood, and he moved even faster.

With a thud, he crashed to the ground below the arena, blood pooling in a puddle. Black Tiger immediately transformed into human form, a burly man clutching his abdomen, his face pale as he stared at Li Jiusheng on the arena, his eyes filled with disbelief.

Even in his true form, he unleashed a full-force attack, yet was defeated so easily.

This centenarian is only at the Venerable First Heaven; he is not at the Ancestor Realm.