The battle for the number one prodigy!

Jiang Xuan initially tested the power of his Divine Ability and was quite satisfied, but to maintain Lu Renjia's persona, he still wore a faint expression:

"Just an ordinary Ultimate Skill. Let's go, take me to find the next one."

Hearing this, Pang Jinghai was somewhat surprised:

"Brother Lu, you're not trying to challenge all the Prodigies from the Yan School Alliance and the Three Great Martial Arts Halls, are you?"

Jiang Xuan calmly retorted:

"What's wrong?"

Although his expression was calm, for some reason, it made Pang Jinghai shrink his neck in fear and say timidly:

"N-nothing. It's just, Brother Lu, if you beat them, you're not allowed to beat me, okay?"

Jiang Xuan felt a little amused in his heart. He didn't expect the usually boisterous Pang Jinghai to have a moment of weakness, so he deliberately replied indifferently:

"Since you consider me a friend, rest assured, I won't lay a hand on a friend."

Pang Jinghai relaxed and then burst out laughing:

"Good, haha! I knew it, someone as handsome as Brother Lu is definitely loyal!"

He reached out to pat Jiang Xuan's shoulder but, remembering the fierce power Jiang Xuan had just displayed and his cold personality, he immediately pulled his hand back.

Jiang Xuan pretended to be oblivious to his strange behavior and said faintly:

"Let's go, find Li Qingshen first."

As soon as these words came out, they first caused an uproar among the surrounding crowd.

"Oh my god, I, I didn't mishear, did I? This Lu Renjia is actually going to challenge Li Qingshen now?"

"It's not that I'm saying his Dragon-related Ultimate Skill isn't powerful, but challenging Li Qingshen rashly is no different from seeking death."

"Haha, there's a show to watch. Li Qingshen's sword is probably about to add another Prodigy."

Whether based on what Pang Jinghai said or the discussions Jiang Xuan vaguely overheard from the surrounding competitors, he was basically certain that Li Qingshen was the number one Prodigy under twenty years old in the Yan School Alliance and the Three Great Martial Arts Halls.

In other words, he was the number one person under twenty in the City of Flame.

As for those freaks from Planet-level Families, they naturally didn't count, because they belonged only to their own Family, to the Human Federation, and not to any country.

In fact, putting everything else aside, Li Qingshen's ability to reach the Realm of a Three-Star Martial Emperor at just nineteen years old already made him the undisputed number one.

Therefore, Jiang Xuan was very curious and wanted to know exactly how strong Li Qingshen was.

On the other hand, since he was always ready to confront Xuanyuan Feng once he became strong enough—although Xuanyuan Feng was an Eight-Star Martial Emperor at eighteen, far stronger than Li Qingshen—he figured fighting Li Qingshen first would help him establish a benchmark to judge Xuanyuan Feng's strength.

Hearing that Lu Renjia, Jiang Xuan's Incarnation, wanted to find Li Qingshen, Pang Jinghai couldn't help but be stunned, as if confirming:

"Brother Lu, I... I didn't mishear, did I? You really want to find Li Qingshen?"

Jiang Xuan nodded coolly:

"Yes, what's wrong?"

Pang Jinghai couldn't help but swallow:

"That guy... Brother Lu, you might not necessarily beat him. Not only is his martial dao talent extremely high, but he's also considered invincible among those of the same Realm in combat. He possesses a Grandmaster-level longsword and has mastered a full five Ultimate Skills. Let me put it this way, if he had attacked the Subduing Dragon Saber Emperor just now, the Subduing Dragon Saber Emperor would have fallen even faster!"

Jiang Xuan could tell that Pang Jinghai's words were from the heart, as fear and worry were evident on Pang Jinghai's face.

The fear was naturally directed at Li Qingshen, while the worry was for him.

But precisely because of this, Jiang Xuan became even more interested in Li Qingshen.

Judging by this, if he defeated Li Qingshen, then the number one Prodigy under twenty in the City of Flame would become him, right?

Although he didn't care about these empty titles, they were an important basis for judging his own strength.

Thinking this, he spoke again, and to prevent Pang Jinghai from being long-winded, he deliberately added a tone of unquestionable authority:

"It's fine, I want to try. Alright, lead the way."

Pang Jinghai opened his mouth, as if wanting to say something, but ultimately sighed:

"Alright, but Brother Lu, take my advice: if you can't beat him, run immediately. It's not shameful. Otherwise, it'll be troublesome if Li Qingshen cuts off your limbs."

Seeing Pang Jinghai's fear of Li Qingshen reach such a degree, Jiang Xuan became even more curious.

This time, Pang Jinghai finally stopped talking and flew directly back towards the front playground, seemingly always knowing where Li Qingshen was.

Jiang Xuan immediately followed behind him. To his surprise, the hundreds of people who had watched his battle with the Subduing Dragon Saber Emperor also followed.

"Looking at this, they're giving up, knowing there's no hope of competing for the martial dao sacred remains? No, I also need to guard against those looking for an opportunity..."

In fact, as soon as he heard the Martial Saint's will remaining in the martial dao sacred remains announce the rules of this competition, Jiang Xuan had already guessed that many people would give up.

There was no way around it; these rules completely disregarded the weak, being an absolute winner-takes-all scenario.

After all, it was simply impossible for an ordinary Martial King to defeat a Martial Emperor, even if both were suppressed to the Realm of a One-Star Martial King.

But Jiang Xuan could also understand why that Martial Saint decided to establish such rules before his passing. Undoubtedly, the stronger and more talented the person who absorbed and assimilated the martial dao sacred remains, the better they would be able to utilize the benefits gained from the martial dao sacred remains, thereby giving the Human Race a higher chance of gaining another Saint, or even a more powerful existence.

Just as he was thinking, Pang Jinghai suddenly stopped.

At this moment, Jiang Xuan followed him back to the front playground, arriving in front of a ping-pong table.

Jiang Xuan's gaze swept over and he saw a young man on the ping-pong table, wearing a loose green robe, his hair tied up with a wooden hairpin, a sword placed beside him, and his hands clasped behind his head, sound asleep on the ping-pong table.

He gave the impression of not being a modern person, but rather a lazy ancient Sword Cultivator.

The young man slept soundly as if no one else was around, seemingly unafraid of anyone ambushing him while he slept.

And miraculously, no one dared to ambush him.

"This is Li Qingshen, Brother Lu. Take your brother's advice, you really need to be careful."

Pang Jinghai spoke softly, his tone so cautious that he seemed afraid of even waking Li Qingshen.

Jiang Xuan was a little puzzled. Putting everything else aside, with Pang Jinghai's strength, couldn't he just go up and punch Li Qingshen directly in a vital spot to knock him out?

What exactly was he afraid of?

As if to confirm this thought, at that moment, a sneaky figure quietly approached Li Qingshen.

The figure wore strange clothing, had a Western appearance, and was covered in metal pieces. It was clear at a glance that he was not from Xia Country, nor even from Dayan Star, but rather somewhat resembled someone from Griffin Planet.

"Foolish fellow, daring to sleep so carelessly. Then don't blame me..."

The foreigner mumbled, and then suddenly delivered a fierce, ruthless hand chop towards Li Qingshen's neck.

But at that very moment, something unexpected happened.