The Body Sect's martial training ground.
The grounds where sect members had once tested their skills against one another had become the focus of the empire's attention today.
High on the viewing platform, Xue Heng sat upright, watching the scene below with an appreciative gaze.
Ning Zaichuan and Xuan Ziwen sat beside him, equally eager for the coming duel.
Below the platform, every Body Sect elder and core disciple, along with the important figures from other sects and families of the Heaven Dou Empire invited to attend, held their breath in concentration.
At the center of the training ground, two figures stood facing one another.
On one side stood Du Busi, his towering, powerful frame like a giant bear, his hair and beard bristling like halberds, his entire body radiating wild dominance.
On the other stood Huo Yuhao, dressed in azure, his figure as straight and tall as a pine.
There were no elaborate ceremonies, no unnecessary announcements.
Du Busi abruptly took flight, reaching the sky above first.
He growled, his voice like the roar of a ferocious beast. "Yuhao, let your master see just how far you've come!"
As his words fell, dark green light erupted from his body, and violent bloodline power surged into the heavens.
He transformed into an enormous giant a full hundred meters tall, then continued swelling until he finally stopped at a thousand feet.
Gold-level second awakening, Martial Soul Avatar!
Du Busi had brought out his greatest trump card right from the start!
The giant's phantom was incomparably solid, bearing the vast strength to suppress everything.
His enormous fist tore through the air like a falling star, accompanied by a piercing boom as it smashed down toward the head of Huo Yuhao, who had risen into the air!
This was the purest, most overbearing