171: It's all garbage.

Chu Clan Ancestral Land, Central Plaza.

It was just as bustling as yesterday.

"The time has arrived! Why hasn't Your Majesty come yet?"

"Should we send someone to urge her?"

"Send someone to urge Your Majesty? Are you looking for death?"

"What kind of behavior is this? To be late for such an important event!"

"Is being an Emperor that busy? Busy all day long!"

Many heads of the Noble Families whispered among themselves.

Chu Yuehua was late!

Today she was supposed to speak, and since the Emperor herself hadn't arrived, the others didn't dare to make a move.

"Hum!"

Suddenly, the Void Realm rippled, a gate to the Void Realm opened, and two figures stepped out from within.

"They're here!"

"Greetings, Your Majesty!"

The heads of the many Noble Families in the lead breathed a sigh of relief and stepped forward one after another to pay their respects.

They looked up, their gazes sweeping over Qin Wushang, all complex and unreadable.

Chu Tianhai remained expressionless, his salute merely a formality.

Chu Yuehua swept her icy gaze across them, nodded slightly in return, and said nothing more.

Her figure flashed, and she stood in the center of the high platform, her Imperial Might naturally radiating, suppressing all the noise.

In an instant, the entire plaza fell silent!

Chu Yuehua began her speech!

"...According to the ranking of the tokens obtained in the Cang Realm, the top twenty Noble Families can each nominate three Prodigies to participate in the battle."

"The first place gets two additional slots, and the second and third places get one additional slot each, for a total of sixty-four people. They will draw lots to determine their opponents and duel in the Void Realm battlefield until the final rankings are decided..."

The rules were announced, and everyone below had different thoughts, calculating their own clan's luck in the draw and their strategies.

This was actually the old rule!

It hadn't changed much!

"Sixty-four people, fighting one-on-one, and it takes six rounds? Isn't that too troublesome?"

Qin Wushang appeared bored.

"Can't we just... fight six people at once?"

"Finish fighting earlier, finish work earlier, and everyone can go back to their own homes and find their own mothers."

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole place went silent.

The heads of the Noble Families nearby heard these words, their expressions tightening, feeling extremely displeased.

"Arrogant!"

"Ignorant child! How dare you speak such wild words?"

The head of the Ouyang family snorted coldly.

"Qin Wushang! Do you really think that having the Supreme Double Pupils makes you invincible in the world? How dare you look down on the heroes of the world like this?"

The head of the Li family shouted coldly.

This time it wasn't an ordinary grand competition; they had even released the Prodigies they had kept hidden.

Yet they were still being ignored and looked down upon by this person!

"Fight six at once? Do you think the successors we have carefully cultivated are good for nothing?"

"Yellow-mouthed child, ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth! You are simply a disgrace to our generation of Cultivators!"

Several hot-tempered heads of the Noble Families immediately rebuked him, their faces flushed red, so angry their beards were trembling.

Qin Wushang's words were not only a provocation to all the participating Prodigies, but also a naked slap to the faces of these Noble Families!

They couldn't take it anymore!

The Supreme Double Pupils were strong, but his Realm was what it was, and to want to fight six at once was truly ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth.

Facing the many rebukes filled with anger and pressure, Qin Wushang's expression remained indifferent, showing great disdain.

His gaze swept over the few heads of the Noble Families who were jumping the most, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

"Oh, sorry, I misspoke just now."

He paused, and just as everyone thought he was going to back down, he slowly spat out the second half of his sentence, his voice clear.

"I meant that those so-called Prodigies you selected... are not weak."

"They are trash."

"Boom—!"

These words were even more earth-shattering than before!

If the previous words were just arrogance, this was now the ultimate insult and trampling!

Countless gazes instantly became extremely sharp, staring fixedly at Qin Wushang.

"Yellow-mouthed child!"

Murong Yan snorted coldly.

If it weren't for Chu Yuehua sitting high above, suppressing them with her Imperial Might, he would have wanted to ignore the rules and shamelessly strike him away!

Even in Chu Tianhai's eyes flashed a hint of cold anger.

"That's enough!"

Chu Yuehua spoke at the right moment, her voice cold, instantly suppressing all the restlessness.

She glanced at Qin Wushang indifferently and said.

"Do not rely on your glib tongue and delay serious matters."

"Heads of the Noble Families, please join me in casting spells to open the Void Realm battlefield!"

She also whispered to Qin Wushang, saying: "Behave yourself!"

Qin Wushang shrugged, looking indifferent.

Immediately, including Chu Yuehua, over twenty Noble Family magnates, who were at least in the Saint Venerable Realm, simultaneously circulated their Sacred Power and cast mysterious incantations.

Boundless power gathered above the plaza, the Void Realm twisted violently, emitting a rumbling sound.

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, a huge spatial gate spanning the sky slowly opened!

Behind the gate was not a pitch-black Void Realm, but a strange world with thirty-two towering white jade arenas floating in it.

Clouds swirled, runes flickered, and it exuded an ancient, vast aura.

This was the Void Realm battlefield!

A woman dressed in the attire of a palace official flew into the Void Realm battlefield, stood at the highest point in the center, and her voice spread inside and outside through the Formation.

"grand competition draw! Once you receive your token, inject your Divine Sense to condense your name!"

As Qin Yulian spoke, she waved her hand, and thirty-two sets of tokens flew out like a meteor shower.

Many young people reached out and grabbed the incoming tokens!

Drawing lots on the spot is the fairest way, which can prevent some people from abusing their power to deliberately arrange certain matchups.

Qin Wushang did not move, and only the last token flew in front of him.

He slowly took it down, glanced at it: No. 1.

"That's quite random."

He murmured softly, injected his Divine Sense into the No. 1 token, and then his name appeared on it.

"The grand competition begins immediately!"

"Dong!"

Along with Qin Yulian's words, the sound of a bell echoed through the heavens and earth, and all the Prodigies participating in the grand competition were eager to try.

"Arena Number One!"

"Qin Wushang, against, Huang Yue!"

As the voice fell, the audience's gaze focused once again, landing on a young girl from the Huang Family camp.

The young girl, Huang Yue, turned pale.

"Why is it me!"

The other Huang Family Elders were the same.

Facing an existence like Qin Wushang, how could she, a True God, have any chance of winning!

"Go! Just do your best!"

The head of the Huang Family said.

Although he knew this was a doomed outcome, Huang Yue was his daughter, so she had to go on stage.

"Father! I..."

Huang Yue hesitated, somewhat unwilling.

Letting her fight Qin Wushang was like going to the latrine with a lantern at night—just asking for death!

"Go!"

The head of the Huang Family shouted coldly.

As Qin Yulian's words continued to fall, figures appeared on the other arenas one after another.

Qin Wushang stretched lazily, and his bones made a crackling sound.

He looked up and grinned at the expressionless Chu Yuehua on the high platform, and she glared at him.

"Do not kill!"

Chu Yuehua sent him a voice transmission, reminding him.

Qin Wushang did not answer, and unhurriedly, he took a step, his figure turning into a stream of light, shooting into the Void Realm gate.