Silence—
The arena fell completely silent.
Everyone's eyes widened. Some even could not help digging at their ears, wondering if they had misheard.
Challenge whom?
The first arena?
Did he even know who occupied the first arena?
That was a Marquis-King Lineage!
The Qin Clan's inheritor!
Quite possibly the most outstanding Star-Martial Prodigy of Azure River Satellite City's generation, without equal!
Had they not seen it? Even the inheritors of other great families and the true disciples of martial academies had tacitly avoided the first arena.
Though several martial academy true disciples still had no seats, none dared set their sights on Qin Tianyi...
"Whoosh—"
After the silence came an uproar.
Not only were the spectators shocked; even the prodigies in the arena, along with the many Starfire Realm experts in the stands, could not help staring over in surprise.
"Challenging the first arena? The kid's got guts..."
"Hmph, a newborn calf that fears no tiger, that's all. How can a mere lone cultivator compare to the inheritor of the mighty Qin Clan?"
"Hey, you can't put it that way. Our Azure Earth is full of crouching tigers and hidden dragons. Among billions of people, a hidden dragon or young phoenix may occasionally soar into the sky. He might not necessarily lose out to a Marquis-King Lineage..."
"Old Gu, do you believe that yourself? A hidden dragon from the common world appears once in a hundred years, perhaps one after generations upon generations. Do you think this man before us is one?"
"Hehe, then let us wait and see..."
"Old Gu, you think so highly of him. Could it be that you have some inside information?"
"Cannot be spoken, cannot be spoken..."
The representatives of the various great families and martial academies wore differing expressions and held differing opinions, but