C18 Warming up

The wind whistled as it streaked past the faces of Long Xiaoyao and the youth.

Peace Town was the location where the competition would be held. It belonged to the region of the Sky Sun Country and was the closest town to the Demon race. Over the past thousands of years, the people of this small town fought with the demons. They had made several great achievements, and their reputation spread far and wide.

After flying for nearly six hours, Ling'er was obviously tired, but luckily the Peace Town was right in front of her.

Slowly landing on the ground, Long Xiaoyao patted Ling'er's back and said, "Five days later, come here to pick us up." Ling Er nodded her head as she understood. With a flap of her wings, she left.

"Let's go!" Long Xiaoyao pulled Luo Hua Yu's hand and headed for the town gate.

The city wall that was almost ten meters tall came into view. There were three words written on top of the wall. They gave off a powerful pressure: Peace Town. Long Xiaoyao and the other two looked and couldn't help but sigh. This Peace Town really did live up to its name.

Just as the two were sighing endlessly, a blue-haired man appeared out of nowhere. He carefully sized up Long Xiaoyao and asked, "Are the two of you here to watch the young martial arts competition?" Long Xiaoyao heard the question and nodded to the man. "I'm Long Xiaoyao. I'm indeed here to participate. May I know Mister's name?"

The azure haired man gave a light laugh and said, "My name is Sun Po and I am from this town. Since you are here for the competition, please follow me. There are already a lot of people in this town."

En, Long Xiaoyao nodded, and pulled Luo Hua Yu along behind him. Along the way, the three of them were quite silent. Only Sun Po would occasionally glance at Long Xiaoyao.

The three of them passed through a street and entered a large hall. Pushing the door open, Long Xiaoyao only felt his ears ringing, and when he looked out, the main hall was already filled with people. Seeing this, Sun Yaotian said, "This is the venue for the competition. I think the house will arrange it for you tomorrow. It will be the 204th on the west side. Brother Long only needs to look for it and you will know."

Alright, Long Xiaoyao smiled and nodded. It had to be said that the arrangements for the competition were very organized. The two of them now had a place to stay after a while.

After Sun Yaotian finished speaking, he left. Long Xiaoyao pulled Luo Hua Yu to a seat in the audience.

Dong! Right at this moment, a loud explosion shocked everyone on scene. Raising his head, he saw a man descend from above the great hall, and beneath his feet was a huge round stone.

Boom!" A muffled sound was heard as the huge rock collided with the ground. The man took a step forward and actually stood in the air.

A powerhouse above the Flame Essence!

When Long Xiaoyao saw this, his pupils constricted. From his point of view, this man definitely did not only have the strength of a Flame Essence, because Long Xiaoyao could feel the same aura as Xu Wanhua from his body. That was an aura unique to an Emperor Essence powerhouse!

The middle-aged man looked around and smiled, "Welcome to my Peace Town. I am Sun Yanlie, the town lord of Peace Town. The competition will be decided by me and the other three elders."

"As soon as these words were said, the entire arena erupted into a clamor of noise." I never thought that Sun Zhenren would be the referee himself! "

"This match even brought me to be the referee. What a surprise." The continuous discussion made Long Xiaoyao smile. He had heard of Sun Yanlie's great name many times before!

"This stone weighs three thousand Jin. Since the opening of the Peace Town Youth Martial Arts Competition, only our Hero Dragon Emperor has lifted it up. At that time, his strength was only at the middle stage of the Wood Essence Realm, and no one has been able to lift it again in every competition since then. I wonder if some talented young men will be able to make it this time."

As soon as Sun Yanlie's voice fell, many people in the audience began to stir.

"Let me try." A tall man jumped down from the audience stands and walked to the side of the boulder. Seeing this, Sun Yanlie hurriedly moved out of the way.

The man steadied his lower body, and his entire body's aura reached the late stage of the Wood Essence. Spreading his arms, the man clenched his teeth as his strength suddenly exploded.

"Rise!" The man shouted. The boulder actually trembled a bit.

"Waah!" "The man's face became extremely hideous as specks of bloody light appeared in his eyes.

The trembling of the boulder became weaker and weaker. In the end, it returned to its original state. As for the late stage wood spirit man, he fell to the ground and took deep breaths.

As many people saw this, they couldn't help but feel a chill run down their spines. Many of them knew that if that man had used his strength to attack them just now, he would have definitely been able to instantly kill an early wood spirit martial artist!

Seeing this, Sun Yanlie wasn't disappointed at all. He was already accustomed to this clock's failure.

"Is there anyone else who dares to challenge us?" Sun Yanlie asked in a loud voice. As the audience heard this, they shook their heads. Their strength was basically at the middle stage of the Wood Essence Realm. Long Xiaoyao also discovered that there were very few late stage Wood Essence Realm masters in the audience.

With such an example, no one dared to go up. Sun Yanlie sighed. At this moment, a voice broke the silence.

"Why don't you let me try?" Everyone looked over and saw that the one speaking was Long Xiaoyao. With a leap, the dragon floated to the side of the huge rock, and its power of an early wood spirit was released.

"Everyone who saw this could not help but laugh in ridicule." "This boy wants to die. That late stage wood spirit fellow failed just now. Is he blind?" Hahaha, I might be brain-damaged, but I can't say for sure. " Another person echoed.

When Long Xiaoyao heard these words, he wasn't angry at all. His usual practice was to use his strength to shut them up!

His right hand turned into a palm and he chanted an incantation.

"You will receive your orders!"

Boom! A loud sound rang out and the golden green light surrounding Long Xiaoyao's body exploded. The huge rock trembled slightly after his palm struck out, and then began to roll.

Pa! Long Xiaoyao slapped his left hand and the fiery sword flew out from his back and landed in his hand. With a thrust of his sword, the sword sank into the bottom of the huge rock. Violent energy howled crazily at this moment.

"Rise!" With an explosive shout, Long Xiaoyao sent the boulder flying with a single sword strike. The spectators all gulped when they saw this scene.

Boom!" The huge rock spun in the air for a while before landing on the ground.

"Alright!" Sun Yanlie couldn't help but cry out upon seeing this.

Phew, Long Xiaoyao heaved a long sigh of relief as his gaze fiercely shot towards the two people who were discussing him earlier. When the two saw this, fear appeared in their eyes. After that, Sun Yanlie announced the qualifications for the competition. Two hours later, the opening speech had finally ended and everyone had left the main hall. Long Xiaoyao also pulled Luo Hua Yu towards his room.

Sun Yanlie was the only one looking at Long Xiaoyao's back from a distance. The corner of his mouth curved up into a smile.

"Although I have borrowed the strength of an external force to strike the huge rock, a single sword strike was able to lift it up. This is truly not simple.

"This child will definitely become someone great in the future!"