Asura Mad Emperor

"How did Ning Pan get another chance to challenge after he went through the top ten on the list?"

The Second Elder asked furiously.

The elders of the Burning Heaven Sect echoed in agreement: "Exactly, Ning Pan has no more chances, Elder Ye should stop spouting nonsense."

Ye He, being scolded, didn't get angry and said indifferently, "Honorable elders, think again, your disciple named Lei Heng, was it him challenging Ning Pan, or Ning Pan challenging him?"

Upon Ye He's reminder, the elders of the Burning Heaven Sect were momentarily stunned.

Previously, when Ning Pan first stepped onto the martial arts platform, although he declared he wanted to challenge the top ten on the rankings, after he defeated Li Fan, who was in tenth place, he provoked everyone by saying whoever defeated him would get all his points.

At that time, Lei Heng didn't even wait for him to issue a challenge and went straight to the platform.

Strictly speaking, this challenge was indeed initiated by Lei Heng, not by Ning Pan.

Therefore, according to the rules of the competition, Ning Pan indeed still had one chance to initiate a challenge against someone.

The elders were so focused on Ning Pan challenging the top ten that they completely overlooked this point and let the other side exploit a loophole.

The elders, who had just seen a glimmer of hope, fell back into despair once again.

At that very moment, Huang Tian on the martial arts platform spoke: "Next, I challenge Ning Pan!"

As soon as the words "Ning Pan" were spoken, they immediately caused a sensation among the disciples of the Burning Heaven Sect.

"What—"

"What is Junior Brother Huang Tian thinking? He could have simply challenged Senior Brother Xiao Qing and securely surpassed Ning Pan."

"Ning Pan holds a Great Emperor's artifact in his possession, isn't Junior Brother Huang Tian giving points away by challenging him?"

The disciples of the Burning Heaven Sect shook their heads, unable to understand why Huang Tian would make such a choice.

But at this point, Huang Tian had already spoken, and there was no chance for regret, only continuous shaking of heads and sighs.

Xiao Qing also sighed deeply and said, "What a pity, originally our Fiery Sky Lineage could have suppressed the Heavenly Sword Sect and taken the lead—"
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Upon hearing Huang Tian's decision to actively challenge Ning Pan, Ye He and the elders of the Nine Great Clans were first taken aback, then burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, this kid, what makes him think he can?"

"How does he dare to actively challenge Ning Pan?"

Although Ning Pan still had one chance to initiate a challenge, in their eyes, there was no way Huang Tian would dare to actively challenge Ning Pan. Now that he had actually initiated a challenge against Ning Pan, it was surely a case of a mantis trying to stop a chariot, a mayfly shaking a tree, foolishly seeking his own demise, so they laughed in ridicule.

The elders of the Burning Heaven Sect also shook their heads, but deep down, they weren't too perturbed.

After learning that Ning Pan still had one chance for a challenge, they knew that Huang Tian no longer stood a chance. Now, whoever Huang Tian challenged, the outcome would be the same—defeated by Ning Pan; it was just a matter of time.

Only Qinchuan sat confidently in his rocking chair, with his eyes half-closed, completely unfazed.

Meanwhile, Ning Pan, holding his staff, stepped onto the martial arts platform.

With a look of scorn on his face and disdain for everything, he mocked, "Ridiculous, a mere Meridian Opening Realm ant daring to challenge this young master. Even if you could use real Divine Skills, you would not be my match, let alone with a fake Divine Skill."

Huang Tian, with his thin frame and a face full of grime but resolute expression, declared loudly, "Whether I can defeat you, one battle will tell."

Holding his staff, which gleamed like jade, Ning Pan said disdainfully, "Defeating you is like defeating a barnyard chicken, no need for a battle!"

As they spoke, Ning Pan had already suppressed his Cultivation Level to the First Layer of the Meridian Opening Realm.

In his eyes, there was no difference between the First Layer and the Eighth Layer of the Meridian Opening Realm.

Once ready, with the command of an elder, the battle between the two officially began.

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"Break—"

Huang Tian made the first move, his Fist Intent condensing in the void, with the Azure Dragon and the White Tiger alternating in appearance. The continuous roars and growls, although imposing, did not differ from the technique he had used just before.

"Hmph, if you don't have any trump cards, you can only get lost!"

Seeing that Huang Tian was still using the same Fist Technique, Ning Pan scoffed disdainfully.

After he spoke, he casually swung the dog-beating staff in his right hand, sweeping it forward, with the top of the staff surging with traces of Great Emperor patterns.

Although this Half-Step Supreme Dao Artifact could only be activated by cultivators of the Dao Palace Realm and beyond, to unleash its fullest potential, the mere natural pressure exuding from the artifact was already beyond what any Meridian Opening Realm Cultivator could withstand.

Just then, Huang Tian's Invincible Fist Intent had already reached Ning Pan. But the oppressive force from the dog-beating staff in Ning Pan's hand had already started to spread out, seemingly about to send Huang Tian flying with one strike.

"Ah—"

"Such a pity—"

The disciples of the Burning Heaven Sect shook their heads, and many closed their eyes, unwilling to watch Huang Tian getting swept away by the staff.

But in the next moment, the scene on the Martial Arts Platform took everyone by surprise.

Just as the dog-beating staff was about to strike Huang Tian at his waist, Huang Tian suddenly turned his punch into a claw, with a faint gold light emanating from within, and fiercely grabbed at the staff, instantly taking it into his hand!

Instantly, whether the elders from the Burning Heaven Sect or the Nine Great Clans, everyone inhaled sharply, showing shocked expressions on their faces.

"Hiss—"

"What is happening?"

"Huang Tian actually caught Ning Pan's dog-beating staff barehanded."

The dog-beating staff in Ning Pan's hand was a Half-Step Supreme Dao Artifact refined by a Great Emperor, even if Ning Pan was not invoking its power at the moment, merely relying on the Half-Step Supreme Dao Artifact's own strength could crush Huang Tian tens of thousands of times over.

Not to mention Huang Tian, even cultivators of the Myriad Manifestation Realm would not dare to use their bodies to forcefully resist a Half-Step Supreme Dao Artifact, especially one refined by a Great Emperor.

And now, not only was Huang Tian not swept away, he had actually caught it barehanded, which naturally shocked everyone.

All this happened in the blink of an eye. The onlookers only saw Huang Tian catching the dog-beating staff with one hand, but it was not actually so.

It was because, when the staff was three inches away from Huang Tian's waist, it suddenly stopped, not moving any further, and the majestic Badao of the Emperor's Law within the staff also dissipated without a trace in that instant.

That's why Huang Tian was able to catch the dog-beating staff with one hand.

Although no disciple in the field could see it clearly, Ning Pan, as the one involved, felt it very clearly.

Just now, just as his dog-beating staff was about to knock Huang Tian off the Martial Arts Platform, Huang Tian suddenly uttered a strange phrase.

After that phrase, he distinctly felt the staff in his hand no longer under his control, and its sweeping momentum being dispersed by the staff itself.

Not only that, but when he tried to control the staff with his True Qi, he suddenly felt a slight resisting force from within the staff.

"You—"

"You... what did you do?"

Seeing Huang Tian holding one end of the dog-beating staff, Ning Pan felt a growing resistance from it, as if it was on the verge of breaking free.

He was both shocked and angry.

At that moment, Huang Tian was overjoyed.

Just then, Qinchuan had whispered a method in his ear. Initially, he had his doubts about it, but remembering that Qinchuan was the benefactor who had repaired his soul, he decided to follow the advice.

Unexpectedly, when he spoke that phrase to the dog-beating staff, everything unfolded precisely in the direction Qinchuan had described.

Considering this, Huang Tian's body shook, and the power of Descending Dragon Subduing Tiger surged forth from his palm once again.

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