Chapter 649: Luo Feng's Challenge

After surveying everyone present, Wang Jianqiang could not help but feel a bit surprised.

There were only one hundred and thirty junior Disciples participating in the Heavenly Fire Immortal Gathering in total, yet this Divine Fire Alliance was actually offering rewards for a full one hundred.

Was it showing off its wealth and power to display its muscles to the various sects?

Or...

Was it just foolish and rich?

Just as these thoughts flickered through Wang Jianqiang's mind.

The General Alliance Leader of the Divine Fire Alliance had already stood up from his seat.

"Fellow Daoist Friends, welcome to this Heavenly Fire Immortal Gathering hosted by my Divine Fire Alliance."

"Since the first Heavenly Fire Immortal Gathering was held three thousand years ago, the rules of the Heavenly Fire Immortal Gathering have never changed."

"You are all old friends and are already clear on the rules of the Immortal Gathering, so I, Ruan, will not waste any more words."

"According to custom."

"Before the Immortal Gathering begins, the juniors of each sect will engage in sparring."

"This sparring is not official; you may choose your opponents at will. Whoever speaks first has priority, and those who are chosen may not refuse."

"There will be two rounds of sparring."

"In the first round, the sixty-five victors will directly enter the reward list. Afterward, the losers will draw lots, with five drawing a bye. The five who draw the bye will enter the reward list."

"The remaining sixty will battle according to the results of the draw to determine the final thirty reward spots."

"A total of one hundred people can receive rewards."

"Now, the Disciples of each sect may choose their opponents."

After speaking, the General Alliance Leader of the Divine Fire Alliance sat back down.

After the voice of the General Alliance Leader of the Divine Fire Alliance fell.

The Disciples of the various sects began to eye one another, and Wang Jianqiang also revealed a thoughtful expression.

He prepared to choose a relatively weak opponent.

Just at this moment.

Several voices suddenly rang out.

"I want to battle Li Dabao."

"I want to battle him."

Feeling the several gazes that had landed upon him.

Wang Jianqiang was startled, then began to smile.

This Heavenly Fire Immortal Gathering.

The Disciples brought by each sect were all the top geniuses of their respective sects.

Almost all of them were at the Nascent Soul Stage Perfection.

Among them, he, a Cultivator at the Nascent Soul Late Stage, was definitely the softest persimmon to squeeze.

It was not strange that so many people wanted to choose him as an opponent at the same time.

However, what made him somewhat surprised was.

Among those who wanted to challenge him, there was actually Luo Feng.

This so-called challenge was actually a contest of strength between the new generation of the various sects.

It had the air of the various sects competing against one another.

Although there was nothing written in the rules.

Not challenging one's own sect members was a rule implicitly accepted by all forces.

Since the first Heavenly Fire Immortal Gathering, there had never been a precedent for challenging a fellow sect member.

Therefore.

Upon hearing that Luo Feng had actually spoken up to challenge Li Dabao, the Elders of the Divine Fire Alliance on the platform where the Divine Fire Alliance was located all frowned.

The General Alliance Leader and the Seven Great Alliance Leaders, however, remained calm, with no joy or anger visible.

The General Alliance Leader of the Divine Fire Alliance looked at Wang Jianqiang, "Since multiple people have chosen you as their opponent at the same time, the choice now lies in your hands."

"You may choose any one of these challengers as your opponent."

Wang Jianqiang nodded and turned his head to look at Luo Feng, "Since Senior Brother Luo is so eager to spar with me, a junior brother, then I must naturally fulfill Senior Brother's wish."

Seeing that Wang Jianqiang had accepted his challenge, a sharp glint flashed in Luo Feng's eyes.

In past Heavenly Fire Immortal Gatherings.

Although casualties in the battles of the younger generation were rare, they were not unheard of.

And the Heavenly Fire Immortal Gathering had never explicitly stated that casualties were not allowed.

Which meant.

In the upcoming battle.

He could completely "accidentally" beat Li Dabao to death!

Thinking of this.

An impulse to start the battle immediately surged in his heart.

As long as this Li Dabao died.

Ruier would definitely return to his side!

Hearing that Li Dabao had accepted Luo Feng's challenge.

On the other twelve jade platforms, everyone revealed expressions of amusement.

On a jade platform beside the Divine Fire Alliance, the person in the lead was an old man dressed in golden robes.

He looked toward the General Alliance Leader of the Divine Fire Alliance, revealing a trace of an inexplicable smile.

"Ruan Chiyun, the juniors of your Divine Fire Alliance are quite interesting."

"Heh, your own people fighting your own people; is this perhaps the essence you taught them?"

Hearing these words.

The leaders of the other eleven factions all had their expressions shift, the smiles on their faces becoming playful.

Ordinary people might not know how Ruan Chiyun obtained this position of General Alliance Leader.

But at their level, it was crystal clear.

Back then, in terms of both talent and strength, Ruan Chiyun was not the strongest person in the Divine Fire Alliance.

The successor to the position of General Alliance Leader was someone else.

Ruan Chiyun appeared to be on good terms with that legitimate successor, but was actually scheming against them in secret.

During an outing, he joined forces with several experts and suddenly launched a violent attack.

That legitimate successor, caught completely off guard, was besieged and fell.

Afterward, Ruan Chiyun even cold-bloodedly wiped out all of that person's bloodline descendants, causing rivers of blood to flow within the Divine Fire Alliance.

This matter.

In the circle of top experts in the Tianhuo Domain, it was no secret.

At this moment, the unbearable past was being publicly mentioned.

Ruan Chiyun's face, which had been calm all along, could not help but twitch.

His gaze swept over the crowd, then landed on the platform to the side.

He said indifferently.

"The juniors are watching."

"If the juniors haven't started fighting yet, but we elders have already made a move, I'm afraid we'll be laughed at by the juniors."

The old man in golden robes heard this and smiled faintly.

He did not continue to expose the shortcomings.

Ruan Chiyun withdrew his gaze.

He looked at Li Dabao, then looked at Luo Feng, and said calmly, "Since he has already chosen you as his opponent, then let us begin."

Although Ruan Chiyun's tone was calm.

Luo Feng heard a trace of dissatisfaction in it.

This dissatisfaction was not directed at Luo Feng's act of challenging a fellow sect member.

It was because Luo Feng had almost caused him to lose face.

Luo Feng's heart skipped a beat; he jumped off the platform without a word and landed on the Square below.

After him.

Wang Jianqiang also came to the edge of the stone platform and leaped down.

Seeing Li Dabao appear opposite him, a flash of ruthlessness crossed Luo Feng's eyes.

To teach this Li Dabao a lesson, he had even caused the General Alliance Leader to have a bad impression of him.

The price for this was not small.

This battle.

This Li Dabao must die!

He pointed his finger.

A streak of Spiritual Power shot out.

His attack looked simple, but within this streak of Spiritual Power, it contained a strange force.

This force spread throughout every part of the finger strike like bone meridians, causing the power of the finger strike to soar.

First-tier Will Level?

Wang Jianqiang's expression shifted.

If he were to go all out.

Even relying only on the Spiritual Power intensity of a Nascent Soul Late Stage Cultivator, he could easily defeat a First-tier Will Level Cultivator.

But if he did that.

His identity would very likely be exposed.

Although this possibility was not high, he did not want to take the risk.

More importantly.

There was no need.

He casually flicked out a Jade Bead.

Boom~

The Jade Bead exploded.

The violent power instantly swallowed Luo Feng's finger strike, then spread wildly.

Before Luo Feng could react, it had already swallowed him whole.

A moment later.

The violent power dissipated.

Luo Feng had already disappeared.

Only a ball of flame remained in place, quietly hovering in mid-air.