Zhang Shenxiao's declaration sent an uproar through the crowd. Gazes filled with surprise, awe, envy, and jealousy turned toward him as discussions broke out everywhere.
"Zhang Shenxiao is challenging the Divine Prison Spear Lord? Now this will be a good show!"
"Hmm? Why does the Divine Firmament Young Master call the Divine Prison Spear Lord his junior brother?"
"Heh! You don't even know that? Young Master Zhang Shenxiao and Alliance Leader Hong share the same lineage. Both inherited the legacy of Daoist Dragon Tiger."
A seasoned wanderer familiar with the inside story explained with a smile, "Daoist Dragon Tiger's legacy split into two branches: the Dragon-Subduing Sect and the Tiger-Subduing Sect!"
"But neither the Dragon-Subduing Sect nor the Tiger-Subduing Sect counts as a major sect in the martial world. They're only somewhat known, and the Tiger-Subduing Sect in particular has declined in recent years."
At this point, the old wanderer sighed, envy showing on his face. "But who could have imagined it? Perhaps their heavenly fortune has arrived, and this dragon and tiger are destined to rise. Both branches actually produced an exceptional prodigy in this generation, each joining the ranks of the world's finest at such a young age."
"A clash between dragon and tiger!" The martial artists who heard him marveled again and again.
Some gang leaders and sect masters turned unfriendly eyes on their own disciples, frustrated that iron had failed to become steel.
Those they had brought to the martial gathering were the finest of their younger disciples, and ordinarily quite satisfactory. But compared with Zhang Shenxiao and Hong Yuan, they were mere candle flames before the radiant moon.
The Dragon-Subduing Sect and Tiger-Subduing Sect were not necessarily stronger than their own organizations. In fact, they were considerably weaker in some respects.
Yet members of those