Zhang Xiaofan looked at the scoreboard, the shocked opponents around him, and his teammates' hopeful gazes.
His heart was utterly calm.
He came from a small city that had never made it past the group stage at the Ascendant Dragon Assembly. In terms of size alone, Meijiang City was even a little smaller than Jiangcheng City.
Originally, he had merely been an overlooked disciple of Meijiang City's White Cloud Sect, looked down on at every turn and unnoticed wherever he went.
Until one day, he suddenly acquired a treasure-a pitch-black short staff with a strange pearl at its tip that could devour the blood essence of living beings.
That blood essence could be converted into his cultivation.
After obtaining the staff, he did not dare feed on living people, so he went into the Wasteland Zone to find evil spirits to feed on, allowing his cultivation to advance at tremendous speed.
Not only did he quickly distinguish himself in his sect, but he also repeatedly defeated powerful opponents in the subsequent City Heroes' Battle, claiming the position of City Hero.
Without him, Meijiang's strongest contender this time would have been the peak Astral Realm cultivator who had scored 160 points. But because of him, Meijiang City had an Appearance Realm cultivator this year.
And one at the middle stage, at that!
Although his cultivation was high, he had always kept a low profile. He knew that an unorthodox magical artifact that devoured living beings' blood essence was an outright demonic cultivator's tool, so he never dared publicize it.
Previously, he had deliberately suppressed his cultivation, doing only enough to guarantee victory in his arena. Today, he had no choice. To advance from the group stage, he had to unleash his full strength!
Zhang Xiaofan did a rough calculation. Ancient Flame