As the two spoke, Elder Lu of the Profound Elixir Palace announced loudly once again:
"Of all the teams in this Ranking Ascension for the Dragon-Slaying Assembly, first place goes to the Dongfang Clan. Its team members are Dongfang Yuejian, Xuanzhi, and Xu Taiping."
Elder Lu began announcing the rankings of all the teams participating in this Dragon-Slaying Assembly.
Hearing this, Xiahou You's lips curved slightly as she said:
"I heard that the team whose Same-Boat Chain has the strongest spiritual power will receive an enormous gift at the start of the Dragon-Slaying Assembly. It looks like Young Master Taiping and the others have an eight or nine in ten chance of taking the championship this time."
Although Xiahou Qingyuan was somewhat unwilling to admit it, judging by the current situation, the Dongfang Clan team Xu Taiping belonged to did indeed have a strong chance of winning.
"Second place goes to the Tianshui Chu Household. Its team members are Chu Hanshi..."
"Wait!"
Just then, before Elder Lu could finish, an abrupt voice interrupted him.
Immediately afterward, three figures appeared out of thin air below the platform.
All three wore black robes, and their bodies exuded the sinister, icy aura found only on demon cultivators of the Nine Abysses.
Boom!
In just an instant, that aura of icy malice spread to every corner of the Dragon-Suppressing Platform.
After a brief moment of stunned silence, a cultivator among those present suddenly shouted:
"Demon cultivators from the Nine Abysses have broken into the Dragon-Suppressing Platform!"
Almost as soon as the shout rang out, both the ranked cultivators on the Dragon-Suppressing Platform and the spectating cultivators in the stands instinctively stirred their true essence and qi and blood in unison. Every one of them braced as though facing a formidable enemy, ready for battle.