The instant Jiang Ye rose to his feet.
The Martial Practice Field, where shouts had shaken the heavens, fell silent.
Then-
"He's up! He's up!"
"Elder Jiang has stood up!!!"
"Elder Jiang is finally going to fight!!!"
The disciples in the spectator stands erupted into deafening cheers, their faces alight with excitement. The waves of sound surged even more fiercely than before, almost overturning the entire Martial Practice Field.
Hope rekindled in the eyes of those who had been sighing in despair just moments earlier.
"Elder Jiang..."
The Azure Sky Sect disciples stared fixedly at Jiang Ye, indescribable excitement written across every face.
Lv Ming was so excited that his chubby little face flushed red.
Zheng Feng, Wen Yueyao, and Chen Lili did not dare make a sound, afraid they might disturb Jiang Ye. Liu Qingyu gazed intently at the figure before her, his back straight as a spear, emotions churning in her starry eyes no less fiercely than anyone else's.
In the spectator stands.
The figure as cool and aloof as a sword began breathing a little faster.
An almost imperceptible smile lifted the corners of Pei Qinghan's icy lips.
"Finally going to fight?"
Then this trip really had not been in vain.
"Little Jiang..."
Lu Guizhou sat bolt upright, a brilliant light suddenly bursting from his aged eyes, which had dimmed somewhat after Hu Lingyu's defeat.
He was also overwhelmed with emotion.
Less than a year had passed since he had gone to Cloud Ridge Prefecture to escort the Azure Sky Sect members into the sect.
Yet Elder Jiang had already grown to a level he could no longer fathom. He had not been in the sect when Jiang Ye fought Zheng Lin.
When he returned and heard that Jiang Ye had utterly defeated Zheng Lin...
He