Tang Tian ordered Tang Niu to step forward.
Though Tang Niu's name was plain and unassuming, he was a peerless prodigy, a Quasi-Saint Disciple of their Heavenly Firmament Sect.
At only thirty, he had already reached the Primordial Unity Early Stage, and his unrivaled combat strength far surpassed his peers. Even against a Primordial Unity Mid-Stage martial artist, he could hold his own.
Soon, a dark-skinned man built like a bear stepped forward, an enormous hammer in hand.
His gaze sharpened, and an aura like a towering mountain erupted from him. "I am Tang Niu," he declared in a rumbling voice. "Please instruct me."
On the Five Elements Sect's side, Xiao Changfeng hesitated before finally turning his gaze toward He Xinian and speaking slowly:
"Your cultivation is on par with this man from the Heavenly Firmament Sect. Go face him, and let them know that although our Five Elements Sect has declined, not just any riffraff can bully us."
He Xinian said nothing and silently stepped forward.
Although the Five Elements Sect had no titles such as Saint Disciple or Quasi-Saint Disciple, his strength had kept him second on the Heaven Ranking for years. By any reckoning, he was certainly a Saint Disciple-level prodigy.
Having a Saint Disciple-level prodigy fight a Quasi-Saint Disciple-level prodigy from the Heavenly Firmament Sect at the same cultivation level was somewhat inappropriate.
But there was no helping it. His opponent was in the primordial unity realm, after all. They couldn't send out their Saint Son or Saintess right from the start, could they?
Yun Mo did have the strength to defeat primordial unity-level prodigies, but he was still only at peak core condensation, so having him fight would probably be inappropriate as well. Thus, this match could only fall to He Xinian or Zhao Qingcheng.