157: Meeting between the two powers

The Human Race had no idea what had happened to these Alien Races.

They felt no pressure from Ye Kong.

Ever since Ye Kong obtained the power of Shura, his Killing Intent could be emitted at will, capable of targeted attacks without affecting others nearby.

Just as a large number of Alien Race Geniuses knelt, Ye Kong retracted his Killing Intent.

The Ten Thousand Clans Tournament still had to continue, and Ye Kong didn't want to mess it up.

However, this was also Ye Kong's first time unleashing his Killing Intent using the power of Shura.

He didn't expect it to be so powerful!

Ye Kong flew down from the stage and returned to the Human Race's seats.

The cameraman recorded everything. Ye Kong's graceful posture drew applause and cheers from the crowd.

This was the Shura King!

Many who had never seen Ye Kong, only heard of him, now had to admire him and admit that the rumors were true.

"It seems you have already broken through to the Martial Saint Realm?"

A familiar voice came, and Ye Kong looked in its direction. It was Long Ao!

Instantly, everyone's gaze gathered on Long Ao again.

Long Ao appeared on the TV screen, which invigorated the people!

Long Ao was actually here!

Especially the people of the Great Qing Kingdom, who shouted!

"Golden Dragon Honored One!"

"Young Lord of the Long Family!"

Although Ye Kong and Long Ao didn't get along, in these days of resisting foreign races, Ye Kong didn't want to fall out with Long Ao.

At least in front of outsiders, the Human Race should appear more united.

Ye Kong stood up and responded to Long Ao's question.

"That's right, I have advanced to the Martial Saint Realm."

"I heard others say that you have already broken through to the Honored One Realm?"

Long Ao, facing the flashing lights of various media, naturally appeared graceful and said tactfully, "Though I am an Honored One, I have not yet had experience fighting a Deity."

Ye Kong chuckled and cupped his hands.

"Then I must congratulate you on breaking through to the Honored One Realm. When you become a Deity in the future, I hope you will continue to defend the dignity of the Human Race."

Long Ao also chuckled and said, "Speaking of defending the dignity of the Human Race, today you have awed the Ten Thousand Clans; the scene was truly moving."

"I must say, I admire your courage."

Ye Kong and Long Ao both secretly harbored competitive feelings, but outwardly, they praised each other.

Those who didn't know would truly think they were good friends.

In fact, both Long Ao and Ye Kong didn't want to lose their composure in front of the media, and they also wanted to show the unity of the Human Race in front of the Alien Races.

Seeing this scene, the Alien Races were naturally terrified deep down.

Long Ao was already troublesome enough for them, and now there was another Ye Kong. This Ten Thousand Clans Tournament suddenly became much more difficult!

The group of Alien Race Geniuses finally managed to stand up, their morale plummeting, and for a moment, they dared not speak.

As a reporter, Xiao Lu naturally understood the feud between Long Ao and Ye Kong.

The beautiful reporter Xiao Lu initially didn't expect Long Ao to personally attend the event.

After all, today's competition for the Human Race was undertaken by the Dragon Kingdom, and Long Ao represented the Great Qing Kingdom.

Long Ao's presence today could be said to be giving Ye Kong considerable Face.

Otherwise, Xiao Lu couldn't think of anyone else from the Dragon Kingdom who would be worth Long Ao personally attending to watch the battle.

However, since Long Ao had come, this was an interview subject not to be missed!

Xiao Lu quickly brought the cameraman over.

"To everyone in front of your televisions, you are now watching the live broadcast of the Ten Thousand Clans Tournament brought to you by Kyoto TV."

"I am your on-site reporter, Xiao Lu."

"I'm sure everyone is familiar with this gentleman; he is the Young Lord of the Long Family, one of our Four Great Families of the Capital, Long Ao!"

The audience in front of their televisions all smiled.

With Long Ao present, the Alien Races would surely not dare to be arrogant.

Many Human Race spectators at the scene also applauded.

The Geniuses of the Alien Races, however, were disheartened, watching the grand scene on the Human Race's side with resentment.

Their Alien Races didn't have much of a media industry, mainly because they considered it useless.

The Human Race, however, maintained this custom.

The beautiful reporter Xiao Lu walked up to Long Ao and asked, "Golden Dragon Honored One, Mr. Long Ao, do you have time to accept an interview from us?"

Long Ao, ever graceful, nodded in agreement.

Xiao Lu asked, "The opening battle of this Ten Thousand Clans Tournament is between the Geniuses of the Alien Races and the Geniuses of the Dragon Kingdom. As a representative of the Great Qing Kingdom, why are you here?"

"Is there someone worth your personal attendance to watch the battle?"

Long Ao glanced at Ye Kong and said, "I heard that the Shura King Ye Kong's strength is formidable, so I came to observe."

"As for the Ten Thousand Clans, I imagine there's nothing much to see there."

Upon hearing Long Ao's words, the Human Race all applauded happily.

Reporter Xiao Lu also laughed out loud.

It had to be Long Ao; he was excellent at suppressing the Alien Races' arrogance.

The Ten Thousand Clans, seeing the Human Race casting strange glances at them, didn't know what was happening and could only glare back.

Ye Kong's strength had just been slightly displayed, and now Long Ao was also present. The Alien Races were extremely wary and dared not provoke easily anymore.

"Thank you, Mr. Long Ao, for your support of Kyoto TV. Our station has just received news that the opening battle of the Ten Thousand Clans Tournament is about to begin. The referee and organizing management have all arrived."

The cameraman immediately turned the camera to the sky.

Several Voids opened in the sky, and from each Void, several people emerged.

Some were young and capable, while others were old and frail.

But without exception, they were all the strongest among the strong.

Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to control this Ten Thousand Clans Tournament, a gathering place of heroes.

The people from the organizing management were all representatives of absolute strength sent by various clans and great families, of course, not including Deities.

That is to say, these people were at least of the Honored One Realm.

As the organizing management descended onto the arena, the Ten Thousand Clans Tournament venue immediately quieted down.

"Welcome everyone to the Ten Thousand Clans Tournament, jointly organized by various noble families. I am Honored One Hu Tian from the Great Ming Kingdom, and I will supervise this competition and serve as the referee for today's opening battle."

Everyone's gaze focused on the referee as he delivered the opening speech for the Ten Thousand Clans Tournament.

Long Ao quietly walked to Ye Kong's side at this moment and whispered, "I hope you live long enough to fight me."

Privately, the two were still rivals!

Ye Kong sneered, not bothering to reply, only giving Long Ao a "who's afraid of whom" look for him to interpret.

"Now, I invite the first contestants from both sides to come to the stage," Referee Hu Tian said.

"During the battle, unless one party surrenders or loses the will to fight, I will not intervene."

"That is to say, life and death are your own responsibility; no blame will be assigned."

The camera turned to the arena. This arena was jointly crafted by skilled artisans from various clans and inscribed with Godly Laws.

Theoretically, once the Formation was activated, harmful substances like True Qi generated within the arena could not be transmitted out to threaten the audience.

Unless it was a Deity Realm, capable of using corresponding Laws to counteract the inscriptions in the arena.

The Alien Races finally waited for the competition to begin and started shouting provocatively.

"The Human Race is trash! Who dares to come up and fight us!"

"Trash, hurry up and get on stage!"

The Alien Races shouted wildly, and one Alien Race, fully clad in human armor, was the first to step onto the arena.

Then he turned his head and yelled at the Alien Races, "I, Ka Jie of the Crimson Serpent Clan, will cut one down for everyone to see!"

The Alien Races roared in support of him.

"Good! The Crimson Serpent Clan dominates one side and is protected by Deities! Killing these humans is like slaughtering pigs and dogs!"

The Genius of the Crimson Serpent Clan turned around and faced the Human Race's side.

He patted the armor on his body and said, "Useless Human Race, all of you watch carefully."

"This is the armor of one of your Human Race Martial Emperors. I killed him on the Ten Thousand Race Battlefield and obtained this treasure. How about it?"

"Doesn't it fit me perfectly!"

Upon hearing this, the Human Race's eyes were filled with anger, wishing they could immediately step forward and behead him.

A Great Sage Academy student carefully examined the armor and suddenly exclaimed, "It's my brother's armor!"

"Nine months ago, he entered the Ten Thousand Race Battlefield and disappeared. Our family sent people to search, but found nothing."

"I never thought he would be harmed by such a person!"

Everyone cast sympathetic glances at him.

A Great Sage Academy inner Disciple leaped onto the arena.

"Bold Alien Race, how dare you kill my fellow Disciple's brother? I will be your opponent!"

Below the stage, a Great Sage Academy mentor nodded and said, "This is my prized student, named Lu Ji, a Major Achievement Martial Emperor. I believe he will surely win the first prize for our Human Race!"

The students immediately cheered for Lu Ji, boosting his momentum.

"Go, Brother Lu Ji!"

"Strengthen the prestige of our Great Sage Academy!"

Referee Hu Tian used his Divine Sense to examine the bones and Bloodline of the two, confirming that their ages did not violate the rules and that they were of the younger generation.

"I, Hu Tian, reiterate: life and death are your own responsibility; no blame will be assigned."

"After the battle, neither party shall engage in combat outside the Ten Thousand Clans Tournament arena for any reason, unless they leave the Ten Thousand Clans Tournament venue."

The Crimson Serpent Clan Genius chuckled, "Stop wasting words. This kid opposite won't even live to get off the stage."

Hu Tian raised an eyebrow and looked at the Crimson Serpent Clan Alien Race, secretly hoping that Lu Ji of the Human Race would shut him up later.

"Begin!"

Lu Ji said no more, focusing his mind and gathering Qi. A large amount of True Qi rose from his Dantian, and with a push of his palms, a beam of light shot towards Ka Jie, the Genius of the Crimson Serpent Clan.

"Is that all your Human Race's combat power amounts to?"

Ka Jie puffed out his chest, clasped his hands, and his armor immediately glowed with an unusual light.

A shield instantly appeared in front of Ka Jie.

The light beam shot by Lu Ji struck this shield, causing almost no damage.

Ye Kong narrowed his eyes; this shield seemed familiar.

Lu Ji was greatly startled and quickly gathered several more waves of True Qi, launching them at Ka Jie.

However, Ka Jie's shield was simply too tough; repeated light waves had no effect.

Ye Kong's eyes widened. He remembered that this shield bore a striking resemblance to the shield released by the Deity he attacked with the Great Dao Heavenly Thunder.

It was indeed a tribesman of that Alien God; their Cultivation Technique was the same, but this shield was much weaker.

Ka Jie suddenly vanished from his spot, flew into the air, gathered strength, and formed a giant foot, pressing down on Lu Ji.

Lu Ji hastily resisted but was no match. In an instant, he was trampled under Ka Jie's foot.

Lu Ji spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, pinned to the ground, unable to move.

Ka Jie continued to exert force, and Lu Ji spit out another large mouthful of bloody foam.

"Enough, Lu Ji, come down now!" Lu Ji's mentor couldn't bear to watch and urgently shouted.

Lu Ji refused to surrender, preferring death over capitulation! Ka Jie laughed heartily and increased his force.

Lu Ji's bones broke, and he was on the verge of fainting.

"Enough! He has already lost, let him go!"

A furious roar, coupled with overwhelming Killing Intent, pressed towards Ka Jie, causing him to retreat repeatedly.