"It's Sect Master Xiao!" someone below shouted.
Everyone looked up to see Sect Master Xiao standing in front of them at some unknown moment.
With a wave of his right hand, spiritual energy filled the sky and condensed into an azure shield that enveloped everyone.
Then Xu Zimo's attack arrived, and another boom exploded through the void.
That entire stretch of heaven and earth seemed to sink deep into the void.
Xu Zimo clasped his fists and watched the scene within the void with great interest.
When the attack ended, the shield around Sect Master Xiao also shattered with a series of cracks.
Though frightened, everyone emerged unscathed. They all sat in midair, gasping heavily.
"Enough. This match is over," Sect Master Xiao said calmly.
He lowered his head to look at his right hand. It had actually gone somewhat numb.
Although he had suffered no real injury, an attack from someone in the Imperial Meridian Realm had actually made a Divine Meridian Realm cultivator like him feel this way.
What was more, he knew Xu Zimo had not even activated the First Battle Body.
It truly defied all reason.
"May this era produce an emperor," he murmured softly.
"This still isn't enough," Xu Zimo said, shaking his head.
"Sect Master, you intervened. Doesn't that count as breaking the sect's rules?"
"The sect's rules never allowed you to beat them to death during a match either," Sect Master Xiao replied blandly.
"One is bound to slip up now and then," Xu Zimo replied with a smile.
"But they offended me. They should pay some price for that."
"What do you mean?" Sect Master Xiao asked with a frown.
"How about this? My demand isn't excessive. Each of them takes one punch from me," Xu Zimo said.
"That will be their