"Venerate Lei is here!"
On the spectator stand, everyone looked towards the place where the sound came from.
Dou Venerate powerhouses are considered truly first-class in the Central Plains continent.
To establish a sect in the Central Plains, if there is no Dou Venerate powerhouse to sit in command, it won't be presentable.
Only by becoming a Dou Venerate powerhouse can one be called a mighty figure of a region, possessing the qualification to control dozens or even hundreds of cities.
Venerate Lei scanned around indifferently, a subtle smile appearing on the corner of his mouth.
This session of the Four Pavilions Grand Competition is more lively than the previous few.
The Wind Lightning Pavilion can have this honor, thanks to winning the last Four Pavilions Grand Competition.
It's just a pity... Venerate Lei frowned thinking of the variables this year.
Yao Chen's return directly raised the status of the Falling Star Pavilion to the transcendent level of decades ago, and even surpassed it.
And there is the Venerate Tian Huo of the Sky Fire Pavilion, able to destroy the Yellow Spring Pavilion with his own strength; his strength naturally cannot be underestimated.
Of course, this Four Pavilions Grand Competition is mainly a competition for young people, not requiring them, the older generation, to take action.
Whoosh!
Above the clouds, a flying sword pierced the air and arrived.
Venerate Lei turned to look at the newcomer.
"Venerate Sword, long time no see."
"Venerate Lei."
The Pavilion Master of the Ten Thousand Sword Pavilion, Venerate Sword, nodded to Venerate Lei.
"This session of the Four Pavilions Grand Competition is particularly lively."
Venerate Sword looked at the crowd and said.
Venerate Lei smiled.
Actually, a small half of these people came to watch the ceremony because the Falling Star Pavilion would participate in this grand competition.
But it doesn't matter. Anyway, being held in the Wind Lightning Pavilion, all these give them face.
Wow!
Firelight spread on the horizon, and an old man with a righteous face drove a flame exotic beast to fly over.
When approaching the Wind Lightning Pavilion, the flame exotic beast beneath him turned into a flame phantom and dissipated, while his main body slowly landed on the high platform.
"Your Excellency must be Venerate Tian Huo, right?"
Venerate Lei stepped forward and bowed.
"Meeting for the first time, I am Yao Tianhuo. Greetings to you two."
Yao Tianhuo returned a bow.
Venerate Lei looked up and down at Yao Tianhuo, secretly thinking as expected. With his eyesight, he actually couldn't see through Venerate Tian Huo's background.
This person's strength... is absolutely not below mine.
Venerate Sword looked at Yao Tianhuo, who had an extraordinary momentum in front of him, and felt a little more cautious in his heart.
Before, Venerate Huang Quan of the Yellow Spring Pavilion had the lowest strength among the four, so Venerate Sword never attached importance to him and even looked down on him a bit.
Now that the Yellow Spring Pavilion changed owners and an unfathomable Venerate Tian Huo came up, Venerate Sword naturally couldn't give the other party a bad look like before.
Although the Sky Fire Pavilion commanded by Venerate Tian Huo has been plain so far without making any name for itself, he is still the person who overthrew the Yellow Spring Pavilion. Venerate Huang Quan's strength was a bit poor, but wanting to kill him was not low in difficulty, especially the other party's dark attribute Dou Qi condensed into law power, which was superb in escaping. But even so, he was killed by Venerate Tian Huo.
Venerate Sword conservatively estimated that the other party had at least the strength of the peak of Three-Star Dou Venerate and possessed an extremely powerful offensive Dou Technique.
Yao Tianhuo didn't know what these two veteran Dou Venerates thought of him. He waited quietly for the arrival of his last old friend.
Under the gloomy thunderclouds, a green strong wind suddenly rose in the sky. The strong wind tore the thunderclouds and quickly swept towards the direction of the Wind Lightning Pavilion.
"It seems the one coming from the Falling Star Pavilion this time is still that old fellow Feng Xian."
Venerate Lei said, feeling relieved in his heart at the same time.
If the person coming this time was Yao Chen, his pressure would be very great.
The other party is, after all, the Medicine Saint, already completely above Dou Venerate. If he came, he himself would be inferior.
Feng Xian descended on the high platform, and the strong wind subsided instantly. He nodded to Venerate Lei and Venerate Sword in greeting, then looked at Yao Tianhuo aside.
"Your Excellency is Venerate Tian Huo, right? Meeting for the first time, I am Feng Xian."
Yao Tianhuo twitched his mouth, complaining in his heart: Starting to act so soon.
"I am Yao Tianhuo, a newcomer. Greetings, Venerate Feng."
The two had agreed beforehand to pretend not to know each other to separate the Falling Star Pavilion and the Sky Fire Pavilion, lest if things blew up later, both would fall into it.
"From the Dou Qi Venerate Feng just burst out, your strength has improved a lot recently."
Venerate Lei stepped forward and said at this time.
"Where, where, just a small improvement."
Feng Xian smiled gently.
Before, he was at the Four-Star Dou Venerate realm, but now he has stepped into the late stage of Six-Star Dou Venerate, just one step away from breaking through to Seven-Star and becoming a High-Level Dou Venerate.
There was no lack of Yao Chen's pill subsidies in this. Having an alchemist around and not having one are really two concepts.
The four major Dou Venerates gathered, and the Four Pavilions caused a sensation again. The competition was about to kick off.
"Teacher didn't come?"
On the ring, Xiao Yan murmured.
"What did Brother Xiao say just now?"
"Nothing."
Xiao Yan shook his head.
Teacher is now a Dou Saint, indeed cannot go out casually. He still has to guard the Falling Star Pavilion.
Senior Brother is still the freest. Although already a Dou Saint powerhouse, he can travel around.
Xiao Yan doesn't know the plan of Han Feng, Yao Chen, and others. His strength is not enough now, so he is kept in the dark.
In the future, if I can break through to Dou Saint, it's better to live a carefree life like Senior Brother.
Dong!
The bell rang again, and the contestants on the ring took their places, raising their vigilance one after another.
The competition of the Four Pavilions Grand Competition is very simple and also very difficult. Contestants who meet the conditions need to persist to the end in the melee. When only eight people are left, the first round ends, and the remaining eight people initially obtain rankings in the Four Pavilions Grand Competition.
As long as one enters the top eight, there will be rewards and one can spread one's own fame.
Then enter the second round.
The eight people fight one-on-one to select the strongest. The sect represented behind this strongest person will become the final winner of the Four Pavilions Grand Competition.
Generally speaking, the quota for the strongest person is selected from the Four Pavilions, without contestants from other small sects.
Besides the difference in the strength of the disciples themselves, there is another important reason, which is the purpose of the Four Pavilions Grand Competition.
The final winner can not only get rich resource rewards but also decide the location for the next Four Pavilions Grand Competition.
During this period, the Four Pavilions will publicly recognize this pavilion as the head of the Four Pavilions, and some major events jointly discussed will also be finally ruled by the Pavilion Master of this pavilion.
Of course, this is under the condition that the strength difference among the Four Pavilions is not large.
Like the current Falling Star Pavilion with transcendent strength, it naturally won't obey the decision of the Wind Lightning Pavilion.
But anyway, these are the rules handed down from before. Although secretly knowing the pattern has changed, on the surface, they still maintain the original appearance.
"Competition begins!"
With Venerate Lei's order, dozens of contestants on the ring began fighting one after another.
The representative disciples of the Four Pavilions each occupied a corner of the ring, gradually clearing out opponents.
The remaining contestants were surrounded in the middle. They began to duel each other, trying to eliminate the people in front of them with the least effort.
The battle gradually entered a fiery stage, and people began to be knocked out of the venue.
The four corners of the ring had now become restricted areas, empty, and no one dared to set foot. The four people representing the four pavilions had completed the preliminary clearing and sat watching the others carry out the final competition.
Xiao Yan and Feng Guang stood back-to-back in the center of the ring, repelling the cultivators who wanted to step forward one by one.
"Brother Xiao, can you still hold on?"
"I can, what about you?"
"I... can!"
Feng Guang gritted his teeth and increased the proportion of Dou Qi injected into the spiritual weapon.
Among the remaining cultivators on the field now, all are High-Level Dou Emperors. He, a Six-Star Dou Emperor, looks out of place here.
If it weren't for backing against Xiao Yan, who shared the pressure for him, Feng Guang would probably have been targeted and knocked off the ring by several people long ago.
The compass spread a Dou Qi shield to block the attacks of several people. Xiao Yan unhurriedly swung the Heavy Ruler a few times, and the huge force instantly repelled several people.
Although he is only a Seven-Star Dou Emperor now, his physical strength has become very powerful after a series of previous cultivation and the thunder body tempering in the previous month. He has no pressure fighting against Nine-Star Dou Emperors.
"Brother Feng, if you can't hold on, you can take two pills."
Seeing Feng Guang's Dou Qi beginning to fail, Xiao Yan threw two Qi Recovery Pills over.
"Thanks!"
Feng Guang opened his mouth and directly caught the pills flying in mid-air, without identifying whether they were real or fake.
On the high platform, seeing this scene, Feng Xian was slightly distracted.
Many years ago, he and Yao Chen also fought side by side like this.
Every time his Dou Qi was failing, Yao Chen would take out pills for him to recover.
"These two little guys..."
A smile appeared on the corner of Feng Xian's mouth.
Boom!
The Rank 5 Qi Recovery Pills entered his body, and Feng Guang's Dou Qi recovered rapidly. Spiritual light appeared in his eyes, and he injected all his Dou Qi into the spiritual weapon.
He knew that if they continued to delay like this, the two would soon become targets of public criticism, so it was better to give it a try.
"Inescapable Net!"
The Compass Spiritual Weapon released dazzling light, emitting powerful energy pressure around.
The faces of several cultivators changed greatly. None expected a Six-Star Dou Emperor to actually erupt with such powerful energy.
Two Seven-Star Dou Emperors who were originally somewhat injured had their defenses instantly broken by this shock, their bodies flying backward and leaving the ring.
Xiao Yan, in the center of the energy pressure, saw this and nodded secretly. Knocking two Seven-Star Dou Emperors out of the field, Brother Feng is still quite capable.
The energy pressure slowly dissipated. Feng Guang lacked strength and almost fell to the ground.
At this time, in the central position of the field, only five people were left, meaning one more person needed to leave the field before the first round ended.
Feng Guang panted heavily, looking at the three menacing people opposite.
Just now he originally wanted to decide the victory with one blow and eliminate the three people so that he could win, but unexpectedly only eliminated two people.
He swallowed his saliva and raised his somewhat trembling arm.
His strength hasn't recovered yet. It seems he's going to leave the field again this time.
Just one move short, just one move short...
In his poor state, he is obviously the easiest one to eliminate among the five remaining people.
An Eight-Star Dou Emperor with blood escaping from his mouth came to Feng Guang at the fastest speed. He was almost knocked out by Feng Guang's move just now, so while feeling lingering fear, anger also arose in his heart.
A mere Six-Star Dou Emperor...
Just when the fist was about to fall, Xiao Yan moved.
His movements were fast, much faster than this Eight-Star Dou Emperor. Before everyone could see clearly, they saw that Eight-Star Dou Emperor flying backward.
Xiao Yan withdrew his fist and rubbed his wrist.
"Competition over."
Feng Guang stared blankly at Xiao Yan, feeling Brother Xiao was so handsome now.
While rubbing his wrist, Xiao Yan suddenly noticed some blood on his knuckles, so he casually wiped it on Feng Guang's clothes.
Feng Guang: ...
"First round of competition ends!"
Venerate Lei's voice came from above.
The rules on the field didn't disallow helping each other. Even if there were, Xiao Yan said he just didn't like the look of the opponent and threw a punch. The opponent had no choice and could only blame bad luck.
"Brother Xiao, thanks just now."
"It's nothing. Also because you performed well. If you didn't use that Inescapable Net move, even if I helped you, it wouldn't convince the public."
Xiao Yan waved his hand and said.
"Good luck in the second match. If you encounter me, don't expect me to go easy on you."
Feng Guang watched Xiao Yan's back walking towards the Falling Star Pavilion camp and smiled gently.
"Brother Xiao is truly a wondrous person."
When Xiao Yan walked to the Falling Star Pavilion team, everyone looked at him with new eyes.
Knocking an Eight-Star Dou Emperor flying with one punch, Xiao Yan's current strength is considered first-class even among inner sect disciples.
If he were to participate in the Falling Star Pavilion Disciples Competition again, he could probably get a top five or even top three ranking.
"Young Pavilion Master's punch just now was really beautiful."
The Dou Ancestor elder of the Falling Star Pavilion smiled.
Some people didn't see Xiao Yan's punching movement clearly just now, but this elder saw it perfectly.
Such swift and fierce speed is no weaker than some powerhouses who just entered Dou Ancestor.
Even more commendable is that Xiao Yan controlled the force of the punch precisely, without unleashing overly violent power.
Otherwise, that Eight-Star Dou Emperor wouldn't just leave the field so simply; whether he could survive would be an unknown.
Such exquisite power control, the Young Pavilion Master has improved too much compared to when he first entered the Falling Star Pavilion a few years ago.
"Young Pavilion Master, I wonder if you have understood the intelligence of the disciples of the other three pavilions?"
"No, how about you tell me, Elder?"
"Okay!"
The Falling Star Pavilion elder told Xiao Yan the intelligence of the disciples of the three pavilions one by one.
Xiao Yan listened carefully. Actually, he originally didn't care about this because as a Five-Star Dou Emperor, he wouldn't go fight Peak Dou Emperors.
But now, with the help of the Heaven Mountain Blood Pool's energy, he stepped into Seven-Star Dou Emperor, belonging to the high-level tier, so he doesn't lack the hope of winning.
On the high platform, Venerate Lei looked at Xiao Yan, narrowed his eyes seeing him walk into the Falling Star Pavilion camp.
"Venerate Feng, is that young man named Xiao Yan a disciple of your Falling Star Pavilion?"
Feng Xian smiled and nodded: "What, Venerate Lei took a fancy to him?"
"Strong physique, precise power control, indeed a rare talent."
Venerate Lei said: "If Venerate Feng is willing, I am very happy to accept him into the Wind Lightning Pavilion."
Feng Xian shook his head: "He is my nephew; staying in the Falling Star Pavilion is more suitable."
Venerate Lei smiled and didn't speak anymore.
Half an hour later, the bell rang again.
"Second round of competition, begins now!"
"First match, Falling Star Pavilion Xiao Yan against Ten Thousand Sword Pavilion Tang Ying!"