Hearing this, the Inner Court Elder who had favored Xiao Kongming from the very beginning immediately shouted, helping Xiao Kongming force Chen Chen to accept the challenge.
Seeing that the elder had spoken, another voice immediately rang out, equally deep and resonant, though still far inferior to Xiao Kongming's.
"Inner Court disciple Chen Chen is here!"
As soon as the words fell, a disciple had already stepped onto the platform and looked toward Xiao Kongming.
"I, Chen Chen, accept your challenge!"
After hesitating for a moment, Chen Chen still spoke.
Although the late stage of nascent soul realm was indeed frightening, asking him to believe that someone who had once been trash now stood above him in cultivation was less convincing than testing it himself.
"Very well, the challenge begins now!"
With the elder's shout, both sides nearly vanished from where they stood at the same time.
Void Slash!
Since he did not know Xiao Kongming's true strength, Chen Chen immediately used his strongest battle technique.
Chen Chen and Xiao Kongming reappeared in the middle of the arena. Accompanied by Chen Chen's furious roar, his palm transformed into a sharp blade and slashed straight at Xiao Kongming's arm.
Xiao Kongming neither dodged nor evaded. He simply stood there, as though he were thinking about something.
In a flash of lightning and spark, clashes between battle techniques lasted only an instant. Since Xiao Kongming had failed to dodge in time, it meant that he had no choice but to take the attack head-on.
Though astonished by Xiao Kongming's actions, Chen Chen had no intention of showing mercy. Instead, he added several more degrees of force to his hand, intending to defeat his opponent in one strike.
Suddenly.
Just as Chen Chen's hand blade was about to touch Xiao Kongming, Xiao Kongming's