Published: February 26, 2025
Tan Yun sincerely transmitted, "Thank you, Brother Kong, for letting me know. I am honored to have you as a friend."
"Hahaha, great!" Kong Xing transmitted back, "Come visit Confucian Sage City when you have time."
"No problem," Tan Yun replied.
"Brother Xiao, can you tell me honestly what you are planning next?"
"Brother Xiao, could you honestly tell me how much of your strength you just used?" Kong Xing transmitted curiously.
"That's hard for me to say," Tan Yun transmitted, considering the other person's feelings and not revealing that he had only shown a fraction of his true power.
"Then, Brother Xiao, do you have confidence in winning the championship?" Kong Xing asked, his gaze hopeful.
Tan Yun's eyes were firm, and he transmitted with a rather domineering tone, "No one should think they can stop my path to victory! No one!"
"Brother Xiao, you can definitely do it. I'm going down first," Kong Xing transmitted before gliding off the Heavenly Battle Platform, then transmitted to Kong Sheng, "Father, I have decided to be friends with Xiao Zhang."
At this moment, whether it was the Gods observing the battle in the Heavenly Sky Dojo or the spectators in the vast mountains outside the city, they all looked toward Tan Yun on the Heavenly Battle Platform, their eyes filled with shock.
This included the Western Continent Emperor on the Divine Pavilion.
Almost everyone had previously thought that Tan Yun, who was at the first layer of the ancestral sage realm, would be easily defeated by Kong Xing, who was at the eighth layer of the daoist realm.
However, they never expected Tan Yun's ability to challenge those of a higher level to be so formidable.
"Dao Qing Grandmaster, Xiao Zhang is indeed the most talented person present," the Western Continent Emperor transmitted with approval. "Anyone present who is also at the first layer of the ancestral sage realm would definitely not be able to defeat Kong Sheng's son."
"Indeed!" Dao Qing Grandmaster transmitted, "Your Majesty, just watch, with my senior brother's true inheritance of the four arts, Zhang'er might truly have a chance to win the championship."
...
At this moment, on the second battle platform, Qi Kong glanced at Tan Yun and thought to himself, "This dog servant has some skills."
"But that’s fine; as long as he can hold on and not be eliminated, I will have the chance to encounter him and kill him myself."
...
"Ah!"
Suddenly, a terrible scream echoed, as a young man at the great perfection of the daoist realm on the sixteenth battle platform was pierced through the chest by a sword from Ke Gu, who was at the eighth layer of the daoist realm, and fell to the ground, spitting blood.
"Wow!" The young man spat blood and looked at Ke Gu on the platform, saying, "Thank you, Second Young Master Ke, for sparing my life."
"You're welcome," Ke Gu replied flatly, his gaze cold as he looked at Qi Kong and Tan Yun across the battle platforms.
At this time, on the eighteenth battle platform, Lu Chen, who was only at the seventh layer of the daoist realm, moved like a ghost, causing a young man at the great perfection of the daoist realm to retreat steadily.
The young man, holding a Divine Sword, desperately fought back while retreating, but Lu Chen was fighting with his bare hands and had not drawn his sword from the beginning!
"Boom!"
In an instant, the sky collapsed, and Lu Chen's fist struck the young man's chest.
"Bang—Crack!"
The muffled sound was swallowed by the clear sound of bones cracking as the young man's ribs shattered, his chest caving in. He spat out a mouthful of blood and fell unconscious to the ground below the eighteenth battle platform...
Almost simultaneously, on the other battle platforms, the sons of the grand marshal of Xizhen, Zheng Rufeng, and the two sons of the grand marshal of North Town, Situ Yu and Situ Quan, easily defeated their opponents!
Following closely, the two nephews of Empress Liu, Liu Kongsheng and Liu Konglong, also defeated their opponents without a scratch.
At this moment, whether it was Qi Kong or Lu Chen, Ke Huang, Ke Gu, Situ Yu, Situ Quan, Liu Kongsheng, Liu Konglong, or Zheng Rufeng, none of them regarded Tan Yun as being on the same level as themselves.