The Emperor of the Yellow Dragon Empire is known as Huang Ce.

Lotus Princess is one of Huang Ce's most favored concubines, and it's said that her actual status in the Yellow Dragon Empire is even a few notches higher than the Empress's.

Princess Hua Shao is the daughter of Lotus Princess, exceptionally delicate and beautiful, and resembles Lotus Princess in certain ways; hence, she is deeply adored by Huang Ce, although a bit willful and capricious.

As the saying goes, "like a treasure held in the palm, feared to be dropped; like a treasure held in the mouth, feared to dissolve," Princess Hua Shao is indeed the recipient of boundless affection and love, so being a bit capricious is quite normal.

Actually, the idea to observe this arena match came from Princess Hua Shao herself. As the Emperor of an empire, Huang Ce attending the competition of the Armor Snatching Tournament seemed somewhat beneath his dignity, but he couldn't resist his beloved daughter's wishes and thus agreed to come.

"Father, in this edition of the Armor Snatching Tournament, are there any particularly outstanding young talents?" Princess Hua Shao asked with great interest.

Looking down at the crowd below with a twirling of his beard and a smile, Huang Ce pondered for a moment and said, "I have heard there is a young man called Wang Xiaoqiang who is rather peculiar. Despite being at the True Immortal Realm Fifth Stage, he managed to win the third eliminator and enter the top thirty..."

"Eh..." Princess Hua Shao's beautiful eyes widened in astonishment as she interjected, "Impossible. With such mediocre cultivation base at the True Immortal Realm Fifth Stage and making it into the top thirty, doesn't that mean this edition of the tournament is terribly weak? These so-called top thirty seem hardly impressive at all!"

"It's not like that," Huang Ce said with a smile, waving his hand dismissively. "Among the top thirty, twenty-nine are experts at the Immortal Venerable Stage, only this Wang Xiaoqiang is at the True Immortal Realm Fifth Stage, which is why it's considered peculiar..."

"Eh, well then, I should pay attention to this Wang Xiaoqiang later to see if he is a dark horse or actually a white horse," said Princess Hua Shao, at the prime of her youth, her face full of anticipation.

At that time, the tournament had already begun.

Wang Xiaoqiang, accompanied by True Person Taiyi and the two ladies from the Yan family, went to the front to draw lots.

He drew lot number nine and was paired with a cultivator who drew lot number ten. This cultivator was in his forties, and his cultivation had reached the Twofold Body of the Immortal Venerable.

The two were arranged to compete on the platform number five.

Fifteen platform matches were held simultaneously, which dispersed the spectators' attention, so not every platform had strong drawing power, especially since there were beauties competing on two of the platforms.

Beauties are easy on the eyes, immediately drawing a large number of spectators away, which left fewer viewers for the matches between male cultivators.

However, the platform where Wang Xiaoqiang was fighting was special because, before arriving here, he had disguised himself as a cultivator at the True Immortal Realm Fifth Stage.

Now, he was facing an opponent with a Twofold Body of the Immortal Venerable, a significant discrepancy in power, thus adding some attraction to the event, and quite a few spectators gathered around to watch.

At the outset of the tournament, when the identities of the competitors were being verified, Wang Xiaoqiang had previously caused quite a stir in front of the Eight Desolation Mirror, and some people had a deep memory of him. So when they suddenly saw Wang Xiaoqiang stepping onto the platform, many recognized him.

Seeing this fierce and intimidating fellow unexpectedly advancing into the top thirty, and also being the lowest in cultivation among them, the crowd began to buzz with discussion and their faces showed signs of amused bewilderment.

As a result, platform number five attracted even more spectators.

In the Armor Snatching Tournament's arena matches, although the competitors hadn't signed a Life and Death Pact, just like in the elimination rounds of Yan Mountain, life and death are disregarded.

That is to say, once on the platform, beating your opponent to death or injury bears no consequences,

on the contrary, if you're defeated and killed, you can only consider yourself an unlucky ghost.

On platform number five.

At this moment...

Wang Xiaoqiang and the burly man with the Twofold Body of the Immortal Venerable confronted each other,

The burly Immortal Venerable Twofold Body, seeing Wang Xiaoqiang, a cultivator of the True Immortal Realm Fifth Stage, actually making it into the top thirty, was also quite astonished,

He sized him up seriously, and when he confirmed that his cultivation base was indeed at the True Immortal Realm Fifth Stage, a scornful sneer of disdain appeared on the big man's face. Seeing that Wang Xiaoqiang was younger than himself, he adopted the posture of an elder and said to Wang Xiaoqiang, "Kid, I see that you are still young, so I want to advise you. Life comes only once. If you don't want to die, it's not too late to forfeit now."

With the big man's mockery, the crowd spectating below also began to discuss amongst themselves:

"One has a Twofold Body of the Immortal Venerable, the other a True Immortal Realm Fifth Stage; the difference is too huge, there's simply no comparison..."

"Yeah, someone at the True Immortal Realm Fifth Stage also coming to fight in the tournament, isn't this seeking death!"

"I think so too, I bet this kid can't even beat the other's avatar!"

"Hmph, there's no absolute in everything. Since he has made it into the top thirty, he must be capable. Who will win and who will lose is still hard to say!"

At this moment, not just the audience below was abuzz, but even those in the Emperor's Immortal Carriage in the sky turned their gaze toward the number 5 ring, or more accurately, they focused on Wang Xiaoqiang.

"True Immortal Realm Fifth Stage, he must be Wang Xiaoqiang," said Princess Hua Shao, pointing at Wang Xiaoqiang on the arena from afar.

"Hmm, it should be him!" Huang Ce nodded and spoke with interest. "Today, I indeed want to see what's so special about him!"

...

Atop the number 5 ring.

Wang Xiaoqiang responded with a cold laugh, "Uncle, you're quite old and still fighting in tournaments, don't you think that's outdated? Moreover, aren't you a bit too self-confident? It's somewhat presumptuous..."

After hearing Wang Xiaoqiang's words, the cultivator with the Twofold Body of the Immortal Venerable felt a mix of shame and rage. Without waiting for Wang Xiaoqiang to finish, he let out a cold huff and barked, "Divide!"

Suddenly, his body became ethereal, and a shadow separated from him,

Once separated, this shadow materialized into an avatar.

After separating from the main body, the avatar lunged at Wang Xiaoqiang to attack.

Wang Xiaoqiang smiled playfully, standing still. As the avatar lunged forward, he struck out with a palm.

A clap of thunder roared as a one-foot-long bolt of lightning surged from Wang Xiaoqiang's palm, repelling the lunging avatar and charring his chest.

After tumbling back three steps, the avatar felt an intense pain and numbness in his chest, grimacing involuntarily. A look of shock and disbelief flashed across his face.

The main body also showed a look of shock, thinking, could it be, this kid can actually produce lightning with his palm?! And the power is so tremendous! He couldn't help but become more cautious. However, having been defeated in just one exchange was a great blow to his dignity; his face reddened, unable to say a word more in embarrassment, he again barked sharply, "Divide!"

Instantly, the second avatar separated from his body, and together with the first avatar, they charged towards Wang Xiaoqiang.

The two avatars, one on the left and the other on the right, launched their attacks, each striking a palm towards Wang Xiaoqiang.

The sound of surging Gang Qi, each of the avatars' palms condensed a spiral-shaped Gang Qi.

Wang Xiaoqiang, still standing motionless, saw the two avatars' Palm Powers coming at him, and he struck with both palms, his left and right hands hitting towards each avatar to meet their attacks head-on.

Boom! Boom!

As the Palm Powers clashed, the spiral Gang Qi in the hands of the two avatars were shattered by the lightning erupting from Wang Xiaoqiang's palms. Both avatars were sent tumbling back three steps, their palms blackened, resembling two chunks of charred coal.

Seeing this scene, the audience below, as well as the four individuals in the Emperor's Immortal Carriage, were all taken aback.

Wang Xiaoqiang, a mere True Immortal Realm Fifth Stage trash, was actually able to fight against two Immortal Venerable avatars and not be outmatched, on the contrary, he repelled them in a completely dominating manner. This was truly impressive. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets at Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)

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