"Bang!"
As he abruptly raised the blood qi of his Dragon Whale Physique to the Soaring Dragon Realm, Xu Taiping stamped forward, the force beneath his foot making the Golden Scale Platform shudder so violently that even the runes protecting it emerged.
"Crack, crack, crack!"
Then, amid the grinding of joints and muscles, Xu Taiping let out a long breath and assumed the fist stance of Great Sage Fist: Baxia Form.
As his qi and blood burned, the blood on Xu Taiping's body turned into blood mist, rising in wisps.
Seen from afar, his figure resembled a pillar of fire standing at one end of the Golden Scale Platform.
And merely by assuming a fist stance, he made everyone in the surrounding stands distinctly feel the heavens' force throughout the Golden Scale Pool begin to gather into Xu Taiping's fist force.
This process took only one or two breaths.
While everyone marveled at the changes in Xu Taiping, he, whose mind had been immersed in his fist intent, abruptly opened the Lotus Eye in his left eye.
"Boom!"
The aura previously concealed by the Lotus Eye swept across the entire Golden Scale Pool in an instant, like a volcanic eruption.
"Ye Feiyu, do you dare contend with me?"
Just as everyone was filled with terror, Xu Taiping's voice suddenly exploded across the Golden Scale Platform like a thunderclap.
That cry made many of the martial artists present understand at once.
Among them was Zhang Moyan, seated beside Lu Rushuang.
"To think we would witness a contest of martial dao ultimate intent at the Golden Scale Assembly. My younger uncle's judgment really was right."
Seated in his chair, Zhang Moyan leaned forward slightly, staring unblinkingly at Xu Taiping on the Golden Scale Platform.
Lu Rushuang had likewise understood long before, but