Seeing this scene, the crowd grew even more excited.
As the saying went, onlookers always wanted the show to get bigger. Though Chu Feng had defeated Ximen Feixue, the gap between them had been far too vast — their battle, while it showcased Chu Feng's overwhelming strength, had hardly been thrilling to watch.
But these two from the Heavenly Dao Palace were a different matter entirely. Both of them possessed God-given bodies, and they were blood brothers to boot. Their God-given bodies even shared a resonance.
It was precisely that special resonance that made their God-given bodies far more formidable than an ordinary person's.
So even though their fighting strength might not match Chu Feng's, in the eyes of the crowd, this pair of brothers could still put up a real fight against him.
"How utterly brazen!!!"
Just as everyone was settling in to enjoy the spectacle, a furious shout suddenly descended from the heavens. The piercing sound made everyone's eardrums sting.
The two brothers from the Heavenly Dao Palace felt it the most — they grimaced in pain and hurriedly clamped their hands over their ears. That voice had clearly been directed at them.
Not long after that shout fell, a tremendous wave of oppressive might descended from above, enveloping the entire area.
With the arrival of that pressure, the very void warped and distorted. Every person present felt an enormous weight bearing down on them, enveloping both body and soul.
The power behind that aura was such that there was no hope of escape — with a mere thought, the other party could reduce them all to dust, obliterated in both body and spirit.
A Martial Emperor. And not an ordinary one at that — the cultivation… was absolutely above that of the four great Imperial Clan heads. Otherwise, such overwhelming power would have been impossible.
Shocked, the crowd looked up — and only then did they discover a figure treading upon the void, standing tall against the horizon.
Upon seeing this person, Chu Feng and the others all felt a surge of reverence in their eyes.
This was none other than the phantom figure that had appeared before the great gate opened — that mysterious man.
Only, what stood before them now was no phantom, but his true body. And the intimidating presence of his true body was clearly several times more overwhelming than the phantom's had been.
"Before the competition has even begun, engaging in unauthorized sparring is an insult to the hosts."
"The Ximen Imperial Clan's ignorance of the rules would be one thing, but does the Heavenly Dao Palace not know the rules either?" The man fixed his gaze on the two brothers from the Heavenly Dao Palace and spoke in a severe tone.
"…"
Upon hearing those words, the blood-streaked face of Ximen Feixue twisted in anguish. Though the words were aimed at the Heavenly Dao Palace brothers, they were in truth an insult to him as well.
But the other party's strength was far beyond his reach, and this was their territory to boot. Right now, he had no choice but to endure it silently. He had truly suffered more humiliation today than he had in his entire life.
"Senior, we were only joking with Chu Feng. We never actually intended to fight him," the two brothers from the Heavenly Dao Palace said with ingratiating smiles.
"See that it stays that way." The middle-aged man nodded, then swept his gaze over the crowd and said, "Listen well, all of you — the competition officially begins tomorrow. Until then, you had all better behave yourselves. No private fights are to be permitted."
"Anyone who disobees will have their right to compete revoked and will be thrown out of here immediately."
…………
Hearing these words, the crowd was startled inwardly. This man's attitude was truly iron-fisted.
Though everyone present was young and their strength far inferior to his, they were all figures of significant standing. The youngsters might fear him, but the forces backing these youngsters were not necessarily so easily intimidated.
Yet this man's uncompromising tone and his utter lack of concern for saving face made it abundantly clear that he did not regard the powers standing behind these young participants in the slightest.