126: Long Aotian: Grand Elder, please give up your seat.

“Palace Lord, can our Cloud Palace lead its own team to participate in the Heaven Ruins Millennium Grand Tournament of Martial Arts?”

“…”

Everyone was momentarily stunned by Long Aotian’s words.

Lead their own team?

This kid really dares to dream.

Fen Juechen, one of the three Grand Elders, couldn't help but say, “To lead a team to participate in the Millennial Martial Arts Tournament of the Sky Ruins Continent, one must at least be a State-Level Giant Cultivation Faction to qualify!

And to meet the standard of a State-Level Giant Cultivation Faction, there must be one expert at the Ascension Realm and ten Tribulation Realm Experts.

The Cloud Palace only has eight Tribulation Realm Experts in total, and the highest cultivation level is Grand Elder Huo, who is only at the Tribulation Transcendence Realm Late Stage. The overall strength of the Cloud Palace can at most barely reach a quasi-State-Level Giant Cultivation Faction. How can it be qualified to lead its own team?”

“…”

Frowning slightly, Huo Rulie, with his fiery red hair, had a different opinion: “Actually, the most important factor is an expert at the Ascension Realm. Whether there are ten Tribulation Realm Experts is secondary. Without an expert at the Ascension Realm leading the team, one cannot even enter the venue.”

“What if there’s an expert whose combat power reaches the Ascension Realm leading the team? Will that work?”

Long Aotian still insisted on his opinion.

He also knew about the Heaven Ruins Millennium Grand Tournament of Martial Arts after browsing Ao Zhan’s tens of thousands of years of memories. When entering, six experts at the Ascension Realm would forcefully exclude cultivation factions that were not qualified to participate. This first battle was at the Ascension Realm level, and the participating Giant Cultivation Factions had to at least fight one of the six Ascension Realm experts to a draw to enter.

If it wasn't an Ascension Realm expert forcibly leading the team, it wasn't impossible, but they would at least be attacked by three Ascension Realm experts. Only if they could defeat them would they have the qualification to lead the team in. This was the attitude of the Heaven Ruins Millennium Grand Tournament of Martial Arts towards cultivation factions that broke the rules. They also gave the other party a chance, but this kind of chance was obviously very slim, as good as none.

Therefore, among the Giant Cultivation Factions leading teams to participate, basically none were not led by an Ascension Realm expert… However, the reason Long Aotian proposed this so calmly was precisely because of his formidable combat power. Even if the six Ascension Realm experts attacked him together, he was fearless. This was his true confidence in wanting to lead the team to participate.

“Hmph!”

Wu Ming, one of the three Grand Elders, said somewhat unhappily, “Deputy Peak Lord Long, are you implying that we three Grand Elders and the Palace Lord are incompetent, or do you think you can lead this team, taking yourself too seriously?

Don't forget, you are currently just a small Deputy Peak Lord. There are many people in the Cloud Palace who can easily crush you, let alone go to the Heaven Ruins Millennium Grand Tournament of Martial Arts to fight experts at the Ascension Realm. That's simply an ant trying to shake a tree, overestimating oneself, rushing to reincarnate!”

“Hehe, kid, you just became a Deputy Peak Lord, don’t get carried away!”

Tang Bolong subtly mocked him at the opportune moment.

“Oh?”

Long Aotian was slightly surprised, yet still looked directly at Wu Ming with a calm expression, his eyes narrowing slightly, and said with a hint of provocation, “That's strange. There are many people in the Cloud Palace who can easily crush me, Long Aotian?

How come I don't know?

Who are they?

If you have the guts, step forward!

Or is it just Grand Elder Wu Ming who thinks so?

Hehe, if that's the case, then I'll have to properly experience whether Grand Elder Wu Ming truly has the strength to easily crush me like an ant!”

Possessing invincible Physical Body strength!

Possessing invincible Divine Sense strength!

Possessing invincible movement speed!

Possessing invincible combat power!

He could challenge ordinary Tribulation Transcendence Realm Late Stage experts across realms without using the Divine Dragon Five Styles!

Using the second style of the Divine Dragon Five Styles, the Dragon Palm, his combat power would surge tenfold, allowing him to slap an Ascension Realm expert to death!

The current Long Aotian, with his terrifying comprehensive strength, was definitely not someone to be casually bullied, even if the other party's contempt was merely verbal, and even if the other party was a Grand Elder of the Cloud Palace, it was unacceptable.

Having grown to his current level, he could almost be said to be nearly invincible in the Lower Realm, and there was no longer any need to continue hiding or enduring.

Of course!

There are always people stronger than oneself, and heavens beyond heavens.

With the case of Ao Jingtain, Long Aotian also thought that perhaps some Prodigies who were Reincarnations of great powers, or Ascension Realm experts with formidable cross-realm combat abilities, might be able to threaten him, but such terrifying experts were basically in Central State or other states; there were absolutely none in the Eastern Wasteland.

His current Divine Sense range could cover an area of 290 million li, and four-fifths of the Eastern Wasteland was within his Divine Sense coverage. He only needed to perceive with his Divine Sense to get a rough judgment of whether there was any existence that could threaten him.

“…”

Long Aotian's words, laced with a contemptuous arrogance that looked down on everyone, caused the expressions of the Cloud Palace's high-ranking officials to change drastically after hearing him. Most of them showed a hint of anger.

Arrogant!

Arrogant!

Absolutely too arrogant!

Especially Huo Rulie, Fen Juechen, Yue Yunzhan, and Wu Ming, these four Tribulation Transcendence Realm Mid to Late Stage experts, subconsciously believed that they now had the absolute strength to crush Long Aotian.

The other four Peak Lords whose cultivation had reached the Tribulation Transcendence Realm—Peak Lord Qian Chen of Thunder Peak, Peak Lord Si Jin of Water Peak, Peak Lord happy of Gold Peak, and Peak Lord Ruohan of Ice Peak—also had very unpleasant expressions. Although Long Aotian was very strong, they still believed that they currently had the absolute strength to crush Long Aotian.

Long Aotian’s words were a serious provocation to them, even suggesting he didn't put them in his eyes. How could they have good expressions? How could they not be angry?

However, no one who could become a high-ranking figure in the Cloud Palace was a simple character. Although Long Aotian's words included everyone present, they were mainly directed at Grand Elder Wu Ming.

Therefore, the person who should be most displeased with Long Aotian should be Grand Elder Wu Ming.

It was clearly not their turn to teach Long Aotian a lesson.

Watching the show with cold eyes, wouldn't that be even better?

“Arrogant!”

Indeed!

As expected, Grand Elder Wu Ming was enraged: “Ignorant child, with a little achievement, you dare to spout such nonsense here. If I wanted to destroy you, I would only need one finger!”

“Is that so?”

Long Aotian looked at Wu Ming with a slightly scornful gaze and said indifferently, “Then please, Grand Elder Wu Ming, try to take one of my Dragon Palms. If you can take it, I, Long Aotian, will immediately return to Dragon Peak to reflect for three hundred years and not come out. If you can't, well, if I defeat Grand Elder Wu Ming, will you trouble Grand Elder Wu Ming to give up a seat when we come to the Cloud Palace Great Hall for meetings in the future?”

“Arrogant!”

“Presumptuous!”

“Simply courting death!”

“Interesting!”

“…”

The hundreds of Cloud Palace high-ranking officials had varying views on the matter. Some were angry at Long Aotian's disrespect, some found Long Aotian's suicidal behavior amusing, and some were curious about Long Aotian's calm demeanor… The hall immediately erupted in an uproar.

“Hmph, just bring it on!”

Wu Ming's eyes narrowed slightly.

This kid named Long Aotian had successfully enraged him today.

He wants him to give up his seat?

Heh!

He really dares to dream!

That was the seat of a Grand Elder!

If he gave up his seat, what would that imply?