"Haha, isn't that perfect?" The tall, thin elder beside Madam Golden Flower laughed. After a pause, he analyzed the situation. "Du Chengfeng was still at the early Golden Core stage a few years ago. He must have advanced only recently, while Xu Shao advanced several years ago. Naturally, Xu Shao has a chance of winning this match. As long as he wins, we can voluntarily forfeit the match against Iron Lady. The two early-stage cultivators left shouldn't be a match for us."
"Ah, aren't you taking too much for granted, Grand Elder? I hear that even when Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong were only at the Core Condensation stage, their divine abilities already far surpassed those of ordinary Golden Core cultivators. Now that they've advanced to the Golden Core stage, surely they won't be that weak?" Madam Golden Flower froze, then shook her head after a moment's thought.
"Rest assured, Family Head," Grand Elder Xu said, beaming. Seeing Madam Golden Flower looking at him, he continued with a smile, "I've observed them carefully. Those two boys appear to have profound magic power, no less than that of mid Golden Core cultivators, but there's no treasure radiance about them. Presumably, they advanced only recently and haven't had time to refine their own personal magic treasures. Cultivators without magic treasures are nothing to fear. Wouldn't you agree, Family Head?"
"Ah, is that really true?" Madam Golden Flower exclaimed in delighted surprise. Then she hurriedly added, "Still, with your Spirit Eye divine ability, Grand Elder, you surely couldn't be mistaken."
"Let the match begin!" the Golden-Armored Cultivator announced just then.
Whoosh! Green light flashed in Du Chengfeng's hand, and his Green Staff magic treasure appeared in his palm. It was the very same high-grade wood-element magic treasure he had used when fighting Li