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The hall fell into absolute silence, nobody responding.

"Damn you, I'm coming!" the Fourth Elder roared furiously, slamming his right hand on the handle before transforming into a gust of wind and appearing on the battle stage.

Everyone was taken aback; at this year's annual tournament, even an elder from the Qianye Family had joined the fray, something unprecedented in previous years.

After the Fourth Elder took the stage, the atmosphere amongst the crowd reached its peak.

The elders of the Qianye Family were all powerful cultivators, and the cultivation level of the Fourth Elder was even stronger than that of most offerings. Moreover, he had cultivated a summoning spell, and even cultivators stronger than him might not necessarily win against him.

"Today I will chop you into pieces of meat," the Fourth Elder said ominously, drawing a large katana. Then, remarkably, he raised the katana above his head with both hands and began to move in strange dance steps, muttering incantations.

"Soul Summoning Spell, the Fourth Elder is casting the Soul Summoning Spell."

Someone exclaimed.

Before long, gusts of chilling wind swept through the sky above, accompanied by the heart-clenching, piercing howls that constantly sounded. The onlookers on the viewing stand looked up in terror.

"Woo~"

Specters began to materialize under the broad daylight, drawn to Li Xiaoyao by the Fourth Elder's summoning and control, hurtling towards him.

Li Xiaoyao stood still, not budging an inch. As the ghosts came within half a meter, they suddenly let out a bone-chilling scream.

The people could clearly see wisps of white smoke rising from the bodies of these specters.

The Fourth Elder was taken aback for a moment, before he began to control even more specters to swarm around him.

But no matter the number of specters, as soon as they got within half a meter of Li Xiaoyao, they would immediately be scorched by a blistering, fiery aura.

Li Xiaoyao's powerful blood and his Undying Golden Body meant that even without consciously using his cultivation level, the boiling blood in his veins alone was enough to vanquish these cold, ghostly specters.

If specters were considered the ultimate embodiment of Yin, then Li Xiaoyao was the ultimate embodiment of Yang, a perfect counterbalance.

Nevertheless, the Fourth Elder remained oblivious, still manipulating more specters to repeatedly assail Li Xiaoyao's body.

...

Qianye Lizhi was walking to the Tournament Arena with another clan member, nearly arriving when suddenly the sounds of ghostly wails reached her ears, startling her.

"What's that sound?"

"It seems to be coming from the Battle Arena, there must be a fight going on."

"Let's hurry over, the Great Elder will be displeased if we're late."

The two quickened their pace and soon arrived at the spectator seats, taking their place next to the empty seat beside the Great Elder.

The Great Elder glanced her way and, seeing it was Qianye Lizhi, smiled faintly, asking, "Li Zi, are you feeling better?"

Qianye Lizhi was pleasantly surprised, nodding repeatedly, "Much better, thank you for your concern, Great Elder."

"Hmm, good," the Great Elder replied before turning his attention back to the battle stage.

Just then, Li Xiaoyao was preparing for a counterattack, and Qianye Lizhi, who turned her gaze to the battle stage as well, saw Li Xiaoyao readying his response.

When she saw the man battling the Fourth Elder, she gasped, unable to hold back from crying out.

"Ah!"

Qianye Lizhi covered her mouth, her eyes wide as she stared at Li Xiaoyao.

The Great Elder's long eyebrows knitted together slightly as he inquired, "What's the matter?"

Qianye Lizhi pointed at Li Xiaoyao, her stupor lasting several seconds, before she said, "It's him, it's him..."

"This is a guest brought in by the Third Elder. His cultivation is very strong; just moments ago, Tengno Shin died at his hand," the Great Elder explained patiently to her.

"He..." Qianye Lizhi summoned all her courage before finally uttering, "He is Li Xiaoyao!"

"What?"

The Great Elder was stunned for a moment before his pupils contracted and he asked, "What did you say?"

"Li Xiaoyao, he is Li Xiaoyao, I recognize him!" Qianye Lizhi explained, "He looks nothing like his photograph."

The Great Elder abruptly stood up from his seat, his gaze shooting toward Li Xiaoyao like lightning.

Feeling this gaze, Li Xiaoyao glanced over, and when he saw Qianye Lizhi, a cold sneer flashed across his eyes.

"Has my identity been exposed?"

With a cold laugh, Li Xiaoyao's hand cut through layers of ghosts and precisely grabbed the Fourth Elder's neck, not giving him a moment to breathe, and squeezed hard.

"Crack!"

The Fourth Elder's neck was snapped, his life force rapidly fading away.

"What!"

As the Fourth Elder was killed, the other Elders also immediately stood up, and even a hint of killing intent flashed in the Clan Leader's eyes.

They could ignore Li Xiaoyao killing Tengno Shin, but they could not sit idly by as he killed the Fourth Elder.

The Great Elder stepped down, his eyes fixed on Li Xiaoyao, and rebuked, "You are Li Xiaoyao?"

"Li Xiaoyao?"

When the other Elders heard this name, they first paused, and then cried out in shock, "What? He is Li Xiaoyao?"

The Clan Leader's pupils shrank, saying, "Li Xiaoyao! So you're Li Xiaoyao!"

At this moment, the crowd on the viewing platform was like a calm body of water hit by a torpedo, exploding thunderously.

"He is Li Xiaoyao? No, that can't be right, I've seen Li Xiaoyao's photo, and he doesn't look like that."

"He must have disguised himself, otherwise how could he look so different?"

"Who would have thought that Li Xiaoyao was so powerful, even the Fourth Elder was no match for him."

"Heh, now that his identity has been exposed, there's no way he's leaving here alive today!"

Li Xiaoyao faced the crowd, his eyes slowly moving to Clan Leader Qianye Chuan, and asked coldly, "Where is Zhang Meng?"

Although Qianye Chuan was already over eighty years old this year, he showed no signs of age.

"You indeed have some nerve, sneaking into the Qianye Family like this, but now that you've been discovered, leaving will not be so easy."

Li Xiaoyao asked again, "Where is Zhang Meng?"

"That woman?" Qianye Chuan laughed coldly, "She is already dead, you want to see her, then go join her in death!"

"Dead?" Li Xiaoyao's body shook, and that instant, rage uncontrollably surged within him, his eyes became surrounded by blood-red, and his voice turned low, word by word, "She is dead, and I will have the Qianye Family join her in death!"

"Arrogant!" The Second Elder shouted lowly as he swept down toward the stage like the wind, "I will be the one to kill him!"

Li Xiaoyao suddenly looked up, and the blood-red in his eyes made the Second Elder's heart tremble, his mind instantly compromised, his body wobbling and nearly collapsing.

Li Xiaoyao's hand seals rapidly changed, the Thunder Commanding Art was created almost in the blink of an eye, the sky became covered with dark clouds, and lightning serpents flickered.

"Boom!"

Lightning leapt, and Li Xiaoyao pointed at the Second Elder, "Die!"

A twenty-centimeter-thick bolt of black-purple lightning fiercely struck down, crashing into the Second Elder. Overwhelmed by the horrifying pressure, with no way to avoid it, he was directly blasted into oblivion.

In the past, even Gui Hai of the Spirit Condensation Realm had not dared to face Li Xiaoyao's Thunder Commanding Art, let alone these weaklings whose cultivation levels hadn't even reached the Golden Core Realm.

As Li Xiaoyao cast the Thunder Commanding Art and brought down Heavenly Thunder, the entire arena once again fell into silence.

A wave of fear was rapidly spreading.