"Senior Brother Liu, you can do it!!"
Cheers rose from the stands from time to time.
Applause and cries of approval rose one after another.
The first match pitted Ding Yan, a disciple of the Azure Cloud Sect, against Liu Hong, a disciple of the Three Thousand Isles.
Both were in the middle stage of the fourth rank, pure Qi Refining Practitioners and outstanding members of the younger generation.
Both entered determined to win, but for a while, neither could get the better of the other.
Their power kept rising, and their auras continued to climb.
The battle grew fiercer, their moves increasingly ruthless.
Half a cup of tea's time passed.
The fight finally reached its climax.
Ding Yan of the Azure Cloud Sect used a magical treasure to slice off one of Liu Hong's arms.
Liu Hong of the Three Thousand Isles did not stop moving because of the lost arm.
With his other hand, he flung out several talismans.
Vast magical power gathered in his palm, transforming into Thunder in the Palm!
That palm strike was like the thunder god's wrath.
Carrying an overbearing, berserk force, it surged toward Ding Yan.
Ding Yan had no time to dodge, let alone defend.
If that blow landed, it would mean death or crippling injury.
Just then, the head referee abruptly intervened.
He stopped Liu Hong's Thunder in the Palm.
"Victory goes to Liu Hong of the Three Thousand Isles!"
On the second level, the Azure Cloud Sect's people sighed softly.
The people from the Three Thousand Isles did not look pleased either.
Though they had won this battle, Liu Hong had also suffered grievous injuries.
He probably could not take the stage again.
Immediately, people hurried over to carry Liu Hong away.
The surrounding cultivators watching the spectacle suddenly fell