Looking at the two people inside the sealed array outside the palace, listening to their conversation, Xia Huang and Lü Dongbin, among the nine pure Yang true immortals, were no longer smiling.

  "This Zhuxiang is also fearless due to ignorance." Lü Dongbin shook his head and sighed, "In fact, those who watched this Immortal Fate Conference already have a good understanding of the strongest among these 96 people. On the other hand, these 96 people do not have an accurate perception of the strength of others."

  Indeed.

  Zhu Xiang was only instructed by the Heavenly Venerable of the Red Lotus Sect with a sentence: "This Ji Ning is one of the most difficult people to deal with in the Immortal Fate Conference, and you must use all your strength, not daring to be slightly careless." However, Zhu Xiang had never fought against Ji Ning before, so how could he know about Ji Ning's ferocity?

  Outsiders can see one bloody battle after another.

  The true masters of the Mingyue Shan Shui Tu are those who are confused by their own biases, even Ji Ning has only crossed hands with a dozen or so people out of the ninety-five.

  "This first round isn't very suspenseful." Xia Huang nodded, "In this first round, I separated the strongest ones and didn't let them clash head-on. This Ji Ning is indeed much stronger than Zhu Xiang."

  "Senior brother, I think you should hurry up and prepare the Immortal-grade artifacts. The first 48 people will each need one." Emperor Hao laughed, "By the way, are the 48 Immortal-grade artifacts you're preparing of lower or middle grade?"

  "Nature is inferior!" Xia Huang laughed and said.

  "I knew it." Emperor Hao nodded.

  "You think you can take out a low-grade immortal artifact? I have an immortal artifact of the highest grade that I carry with me to bestow upon others! At the very least, it's a high-grade immortal artifact!" Lü Dongbin glanced at Xia Huang, who immediately looked helpless: "I have so many troops under my command. And I also need to govern an entire vast world, it's not easy. This immortal artifact can't be thrown around carelessly either. Unlike you, Lü Dongbin, who is carefree and at ease."

  ……

  Under Ji Ning's explosive outbreak, the six divine swords chopped down Red Lotus Sect's Zhu Xiang directly, utterly defeated and without any power to fight back.

  "I give up." Zhang Xiang shouted loudly, and then stared at Ji Ning for a moment, as if to remember him in his heart, this defeat was really too miserable...

  "Hmm, a Xian-grade treasure has been obtained." Ji Ning quickly returned to normal and casually left the Sealing Grand Array. He walked towards the grand hall and returned to Yan Wang's side, standing close to his cousin, Yu Wei, and the others.

  ……

  Soon, all forty-eight battles came to an end.

  The overall battle in the first round was relatively easy, after all, Xia Huang was paired with one strong and one weak, and Xia Huang also tried to select the strongest.

  "You forty-eight people have won the first round of the duel, and each of you can get a Xian-grade treasure. Now, I will grant them to you." The Great Emperor of Daxia, sitting high above in the grand hall, waved his hand. Suddenly, powerful treasures flew out one by one: rope, flying sword, bell, plate, nail, long arrow, fine needle, large hammer, large seal, long stick, silk ribbon, duster, colorful clothes, sand grain...

  Forty-eight pieces of Xianjie's treasure flew towards each person separately.

  The flying sword was a divine sword, and the divine sword had an aura surrounding it that condensed into the shape of an old man, who looked at Ji Ning with curiosity.

  "This is..." Ji Ning reached out and grabbed the immortal sword, sensing it briefly.

  After all, he had seen Qing Si Shen Huo Pen and Qian Niu Sword before, so Ji Ning felt that this immortal sword was comparable to Qing Si Shen Huo Pen in terms of fluctuations.

  "It should be a lower-grade immortal sword." Ji Ning thought to herself. "However, it's a flying sword that excels at attacking and killing, so why would the Summer Emperor, who thinks I'm a Sword Immortal, specially bestow an immortal sword upon me? Hmm, I reckon it's worth around 30-50 million yuan liquid."

  The Xian Jie Fa Bao given is also a lower-grade Xian Jie treasure, as expected.

  After all, it was given twelve billion kilograms of yuan liquid.

  The first forty-eight... granting a lower immortal rank is just reasonable.

  "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

  Ji Ning and the other forty-eight people knelt down again, saying in unison. Some of them had uncontrollable joy on their faces.

  Lower-ranking immortal?

  They are not all as lucky as Ji Ning! Many scattered immortals do not have a magical treasure of the Immortal Tier, and having one is already extremely impressive.

  "Haha~~~" Xia Huang smiled and nodded, and suddenly colorful raindrops appeared above Ji Ning and the others. The raindrops fell on Ji Ning and the others, restoring all their depleted yuan power and divine power. Those who were injured also recovered immediately. Although everyone had some spiritual pills, since Xia Huang personally took action, Ji Ning and the others were still somewhat excited.

  "Everyone, return and rest for now, prepare for the next trial." said Xia Huang.

  Ji Ning and others all returned one by one, Ji Ning and Zuo Ci naturally returned to Yan Wang's side.

  Soon, Xia Huang issued an order and started the second round of battle.

  "Next is the second round of the duel." Xia Huang said calmly, "The first match is Xiang Tian Shi vs. Xiang Tian Xiao against Kun Shui Shi Kun Shui Gan."

  Xiang Tian smiled... He was the only one left from the Xiang Tian clan in this Immortal Fate Conference. Quan Shui Gan, similarly, was the only remaining descendant of the Quan Shui clan in this Immortal Fate Conference.

  Both ancient tribes hope their sons can win.

  However, this battle only lasted for a short while before the outcome was decided, with Xiang Tian Xiao defeating Gan Nu with a relatively clear advantage.

  "This is quite impressive." The slovenly true person looked out of the palace and praised.

  "Uh-huh." Ji Ning nodded, "He's walking the Great Dao of 'Blade Dao', a Dao that can rival Sword Dao... even more overbearing and domineering. This Xiang Tian Xiao indeed has a heroic spirit in his bones, and his blade technique is just like him... truly a formidable opponent."

  "It's a worthy opponent." The lazy immortal also nodded.

  "The second match is between Hei Shi Zhen Ren of San Xiu and Dong Hai Dan Zhu Zhen Ren." Xia Huang said.

  That was like the Moon Palace Immortal's Danzhu True Person, who upon hearing this, furrowed his brow, but still walked towards the outer seal of the Grand Temple. And Heishi True Person remained as usual, barefoot and bald with dark skin, holding a curved cane, with a serene smile on his face, just walking out like that.

  "Xia Huang actually let Dan Zhu Zhenren and Hei Shi Zhenren fight each other? Judging from the first round, Xia Huang usually puts the strong and weak together, so that the strong won't meet too early." Ji Ning shook his head, "It seems that in Xia Huang's eyes, Dan Zhu Zhenren's strength should be among the last 24 of the 48 people."

  "Yes, Danzhu True Person's reputation is indeed great, but after all, she is not a divine demon cultivator." Zhaotou True Person also said, "Compared to the divine demon cultivators, the Qi Refining Sect is still at a disadvantage, especially since this time's Immortal Fate Conference is attended by all the top-notch geniuses, making the shortcomings of the Qi Refining Sect even more apparent."

  Ji Ning nodded.

  Yes.

  This is still now, the divine demon's body refining has become a heavenly god after crossing the tribulation, and the heavenly god is at the same level as the pure yang true immortal! It can be seen how great the advantage of the divine demon's body refining is in the later stage!

  ……

  Kuroishi and Danzhu's battle was a very strange one.

  Hei Shi Zhen Ren defeated Dan Zhu Zhen Ren with just the Fu Xi formation, leaving him no room to counterattack. From start to finish, Hei Shi Zhen Ren did not engage in close combat.

  "How terrifying is the Blackstone True Person." This made Xia Mang, Zi Shan, Ji Ning, Jiu Si True Person, Cang Wu Xuan and a group of geniuses secretly take note.

  ……

  A match after another.

  There are also figures that make Ji Ning and others secretly wary, even some who are not very familiar with them, such as the "Golden Crow True Man", the "Returning to the Origin True Man", the "Qianyi True Man" and so on. In fact, at this point in time, anyone who can kill their way into the top 24 is extremely formidable.

  "The twenty-fourth match, Sanxiu Knife Slave True Person versus Po Tian Sect Blood Demon True Person."

  This is the last match of the second round.

  Xuě Mó Zhēn Rén is a rather dazzling one, his bloodthirstiness, his madness, have long been etched in the memories of onlookers.

  But...

  He lost terribly!

  Only two knives! The first knife, the Blood Demon True Person stumbled backward, still trying to continue fighting. But with the second knife, his body was already cut in half! The halved Blood Demon True Person immediately shouted "I surrender".

  "What?!"

  "How is this possible!"

  Ji Ning, the sloppy Immortal, Xia Mangzi Shan, Heishi True Person, Jiushi True Person and others were all greatly shocked, their eyes revealing a deep, heavy color.

  Powerful enemy!

  An absolute formidable foe! Not a single person dares to say they have an absolute guarantee of defeating this mysterious 'Katana Master'.

  Dao Nu True Person is a black-robed man holding a knife, cold and speechless, standing there without any sense of existence. However, this time when dealing with the Blood Demon True Person, he revealed his sharp edge!

  "This loose cultivator... should be a disciple of one of my good friends. Previously, he was silent and unassuming, I thought it was just a coincidence that our Dao numbers were the same. But those two knives earlier, combined with his identity as a loose cultivator, there shouldn't be any doubt now." Lü Dongbin's eyes lit up, smiling in praise, "My good friend once told me about this disciple of his, saying that he had given himself the Dao number 'Knife Slave', vowing to dedicate himself to the 'Way of the Knife', to merge all other Dao into the 'Way of the Knife', willing to be a slave to the Way of the Knife!"

  "Oh? Interesting." Akatsuki no Miko's eyes lit up, "Donghua, who is this friend of yours?"

  "Ah, today's weather is really great." Lü Dongbin suddenly raised his head and gazed at the endless void above.

  Chi Yan's face turned red with anger and he was at a loss for words.

  Xia Huang and the others couldn't help but smile wryly, but they also figured it out - Lü Dongbin didn't want to reveal this friend's identity. It was likely that this friend belonged to an opposing camp of Lü Dongbin's master! Lü Dongbin was a man who had friends all over the three realms, and he even dared to befriend some enemies and evil demons.

  "This time, there are several loose cultivators." Xia Huang said, "The Knife Slave True Person is also one of them. Some of these loose cultivators are truly loose cultivators, while others may be from other worlds. Regardless of where they come from, since they participate in this Immortal Fate Conference, they must be treated fairly."

  "But this knife slave suddenly burst out with such strength, which is a headache for me." Xia Huang shook his head and said, "I had an understanding of their strength before, and I had a plan for the third round match, but the last battle of the second round, the strength of this knife slave, made me don't know how to set it."

  "I have an idea." Lü Dongbin said suddenly.

  "Huh?" The others all turned around.

  "This knife slave should be the strongest of the remaining 24 'knife way'." Lü Dongbin sighed, "And my favorite little girl's Dao partner Ji Ning is the strongest in the 'sword way'. One is a sword immortal and one is a knife demon. Letting them compete would definitely be very exciting."

  Xia Huang also laughed: "These twenty-four people are indeed impressive, and the real person of Knife Slave is a headache for anyone to fight against. Since Lü Dongbin has spoken... then let Ji Ning and Knife Slave have a battle."

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