Chapter 1008

The densely packed crowd parted, standing on the left and right sides.

In their midst, an empty path was cleared.

A red-haired youth clad in tight red attire stepped out from the protective circle of the crowd, his aura formidable and his sharpness fully displayed!

This person...

Jiang Yan's eyes narrowed, and a significant interest instantly arose in his heart.

This interest did not stem from the opponent's strength.

But rather from the... Strange Fire within the other's body!

Strange Fire?

That's right!

Relying on the terrifying effect of the Emperor Flame Saint Body, known as the King of Ten Thousand Fires.

With merely a slight perception, he could see through the underlying details and know that five clusters of Strange Fire were coiled within the opponent's body.

The strongest among them was, shockingly, a mid-grade Heaven Tier!

It must be known that up until now, he had never fought against a cultivator possessing Strange Fire.

Now that he had finally encountered such a person, how could he not feel interested?

Just then, voices from the surrounding crowd rang out, revealing this person's identity.

"I recognize this person; his name is Ji Xiuping, the Second Prince of our Crimson Flame Imperial Dynasty!"

"Hiss~ Could it really be him?"

"Rumor has it that Ji Xiuping was born together with his elder brother Ji Xiutian, manifesting auspicious signs simultaneously! Although his natural talent is inferior to his elder brother's Imperial Body, he still far surpasses countless cultivators, being a genuine Five-Flame King Body!"

"I once heard a senior brother in my sect say that this person utilized precisely that physique to master five types of Strange Fire! Four of them are top-grade Earth Tier, and one is mid-grade Heaven Tier!"

"Indeed, it is said that this Ji Xiuping just completed a breakthrough not long ago; he now possesses a cultivation base of the seventh level of the Sun Wheel Realm, ranking fifth on the Eastern Region Prodigy List!"

"Mastering five types of Strange Fire simultaneously while also harboring a cultivation base at the seventh level of the Sun Wheel Realm; the combat power of this person is simply unimaginable!"

"Heh, does this surprise you? If it weren't for his elder brother Ji Xiutian breaking through to the Primordial Spirit realm three years ago, leaving the ranks of the younger generation and officially entering the sight of the great experts to become a mighty capable of holding ground alone, how could today's Eastern Region Prodigy List allow a mere Jiang Chen to dominate the top?"

"That is true; moreover, it is not just Ji Xiutian; as long as figures like the former Shangqing Sect Walker, the First Prince of the Moon Hua Imperial Dynasty, the Second Princess of the Great Jin Imperial Dynasty, the Holy Maiden of the Nether Nether Sect, the Cangtian Sword Sect Walker, and the Dao Son of the Wuya Dao Sect remain, Jiang Chen would be unable to seize the first place!"

"Indeed, all these people have been world-shaking geniuses shaking our Eastern Region lands for the past five hundred years; even placed in the Central Region where prodigies are as numerous as clouds, the strength of their qualifications would still allow them to rank highly."

"Looking at it this way, this Jiang Chen has indeed caught a good timing; with various geniuses successively stepping into the Primordial Spirit realm, there is no one left among those remaining capable of contending with him."

"No one to contend? In my opinion, that is not necessarily so; after all, that Tianwu Sect Walker cannot be underestimated, hailed by countless cultivators as no inferior to Ji Xiutian, and expected to suppress all the great prodigies of the Eastern Region until they can hardly breathe within the next fifty years..."

The crowd gazed at Ji Xiuping's figure while discussing.

Upon hearing these remarks, Ji Xiuping's eyebrows twitched, and he immediately felt displeased!

What did they mean by inferior to his elder brother?

And why did everything they discussed have to include the name Ji Xiutian!

Ji Xiuping clenched his fists tightly, and a trace of fury already mixed into the depths of his pupils.

He hated this name the most in his entire life!

Whether inside the palace or outside the palace!

Ji Xiuping turned his head slightly, sweeping a wolf-like fierce gaze across the crowd, instantly scaring the speaker into trembling all over and obediently shutting his mouth!

After doing this, he withdrew his gaze, strode into the circular barrier, and confronted Jiang Yan!

Seeing that after hearing his title, the other party did not show any fear on his face, but on the contrary, even revealed a strange smile.

Ji Xiuping became even more infuriated to the extreme!

At this moment, he increasingly felt that the smile on Jiang Yan's face was exactly like that of his good elder brother!

Both were equally detestable to him!

Ji Xiuping gritted his teeth, raised his hand and waved, summoning a pitch-black long sword.

"This sword is named Lu Ying; it is a low-grade Heaven Tier magic treasure; is it qualified to serve as the wager for our spar!"

Having spoken, a pair of eyes filled with raging fire stared straight at Jiang Yan.

He was now impatiently eager to immediately beat that disgusting stinking face to a pulp!

Although Jiang Yan was somewhat puzzled as to why the other party harbored such hostility toward him right from the start.

He did not care.

Gazing at the Lu Ying Sword before him, his eyes suddenly turned, and he formed an idea.

Jiang Yan first casually took out a low-grade Heaven Tier magic treasure.

Then, pretending to be profound, he said: "Qualification is naturally there, but..."

Ji Xiuping's heart skipped a beat; he instinctively felt something was strange, but he could not specifically say what was strange.

He could only grit his teeth and say: "Spit it out quickly!"

Seeing this situation, Jiang Yan no longer felt any burden about tricking people in his heart.

He shrugged his shoulders, a meaningful smile appearing on his face: "As the saying goes, good things come in pairs; if there is only a single wager, it will inevitably be somewhat monotonous; why don't we both add another wager; what do you think?"

Although Ji Xiuping could not quite gauge the other party's thoughts.

But harboring trust in his own strength.

He naturally did not mind obtaining an additional wager from this sucker Jiang Yan.

"Good!"

Having spoken, he prepared to summon a new Heaven Tier magic treasure to serve as the wager.

But just at this moment, Jiang Yan spoke out to stop him: "Wait!"

Ji Xiuping's actions paused.