Yuan Tong finally moved when the terrifying saber light had arrived less than 1.5m away from him. He took a step forward before he clenched his right hand tightly into a fist, and then he smashed his fist at the saber light. In an instant, a fist that was formed from energy shot out explosively. Under the gazes of anticipation that came from the surroundings, the fist and the saber light collided with each other in midair! Bang! An enormous bang rumbled and resounded on the arena, and then the fist formed from energy seemed like a sharp sword that pierced into rotten wood as it instantly blasted the saber light into dispersal. After that, it didn’t slow down at all as it arrived in front of Bai He before smashing onto Bai He’s chest. Under the astounded gazes of the spectators in the surroundings, Bai He was blasted flying. Or it should be said that he was directly blasted flying out of the arena.... After a short moment of being stunned, the crowd started shouting madly at Yuan Tong who stood on the arena. “Yuan Tong! Yuan Tong!” “One hit! One hit!” “Martial God! Martial God!” Countless voices converged together and shook the nine heavens. On the other hand, the remaining participants of the Ascension Rankings had solemn expressions on their faces. Yuan Tong’s strength could really be described as being unfathomable, and they felt that Yuan Tong was really being a bully by participating in the Ascension Rankings while possessing such strength! Yuan Tong grinned towards the spectators below, and then he leaped off the arena and returned to where he stood before the battle. If it wasn’t for his path to becoming the Martial God, he wouldn’t participate in the Ascension Rankings because the Ascension Rankings was like a game to him. It was truly not challenging at all. After Yuan Tong descended the arena, Li Si appeared on it once more. He gazed at the crowd that was cheering and seething with excitement, and his expression was slightly gloomy. If Yuan Tong really becomes the Martial God, then with his power and influence, a single call from him would definitely be able to make countless profounders follow him in the future. That’s extremely harmful to the Empire. When he thought about such a scene, Li Si couldn’t help but sigh lightly. It would be great if someone is able to stop Yuan Tong now. But is that even possible? Based on the strength Yuan Tong has revealed now, then not to mention these First Heaven Realm profounders here, even King Realm experts might not be able to defeat him. Perhaps only a Spirit Realm expert would be able to stop him.... Actually, it wasn’t just Li Si who wanted to eliminate Yuan Tong, the other powers that were hostile to the Origin School wanted to do so as well. It was even to the extent that even the Flower Palace and Snow Palace had such intentions. Because regardless of which power it was, all of them didn’t want to see the Origin School rise supreme above them for the next thousand years! But even though they wanted to do so, none of them dared to act. If any power dared to make a move against Yuan Tong, then the consequences would be suffering catastrophic revenge from the Origin School. In the southern territory, it was probably only the two titans that were the Grand Qin Empire and the Darkbeast Empire who could endure the frenzied revenge of the Origin School. However, even these two titans wouldn’t rashly lay hands on the Origin School’s ‘reverse scale’. Because once they’d offended this extraordinary sect, then even if they won the battle, they would suffer heavy losses and might even be completely destroyed.... In the southern territory, just possessing good natural talent and potential was insufficient because one could perish at any moment. Besides good natural talent and potential, one needed a powerful backing as well. So long as one possessed powerful backing, then one had the chance of maturing successfully into an expert. Just like Tang Ye right now. Because he didn’t possess formidable backing like the Origin School, everyone felt that he would definitely perish! In next to no time, the next battle began, and it was Leng Xinran who’d ascended the arena. Her opponent was that disciple from the Liu Clan, Liu Feng!Nothing unexpected occurred during this battle. After less than 10 exchanges, Leng Xinran had defeated Liu Feng! This caused the countless profounders below the arena to cheer endlessly once more. Besides Yuan Tong, Leng Xinran and Wenren Yue had the greatest popularity amongst the top 8. Of course, besides the strength they possessed, it was also because of their respective beauty. After all, beauties were always welcomed anywhere. Not to mention that they were formidable beauties from the two palaces! Unfortunately, Wenren Yue had admitted defeat and her journey had stopped at the top 8! “Lin Xiuran against the Brightmoon Sect’s Hao Ming!” Right at this moment, Li Si’s voice resounded once more by the side of everyone’s ears. On the arena, Lin Xiuran held the black iron sword as he gazed at Hao Ming who stood in front of him. Hao Ming’s figure was slightly chubby, and there was always a faint smile on his face. Unlike Yuan Tong’s smile, Hao Ming’s smile felt sincere, and it didn’t seem forced or faked at all! Of course, this wouldn’t make Lin Xiuran hold back! “Make your move!” Lin Xiuran spoke indifferently as he gazed at Hao Ming. Truthfully speaking, he’d never taken Hao Ming seriously since the beginning, and he felt that his opponents should be Yuan Tong, Wenren Yue, and Leng Xinran. Right, Tang Ye could be considered as one as well. As for Hao Ming, he really didn’t take Hao Ming seriously! Hao Ming wasn’t infuriated by Lin Xiuran’s contemptuous tone. He smiled before his figure flashed explosively towards Lin Xiuran. A wisp of disdain arose on the corners of Lin Xiuran’s mouth when he saw Hao Ming flash explosively towards him. With a light movement of his wrist, 1st level Sword Intent surged out and instantly enveloped Hao Ming. The appearance of Sword Intent caused Hao Ming’s speed to instantly slow down, and the disdain on the corners of Lin Xiuran’s mouth thickened when he saw this! However, right at this moment, Hao Ming’s speed suddenly rose explosively, and he flashed towards Lin Xiuran at a speed that was a few times faster than before. In merely an instant, he’d already arrived before Lin Xiuran, and then countless palms formed from energy covered the heavens and the earth as they enveloped down towards Lin Xiuran who was slightly stunned!