Brother Cheng almost didn’t recognize the two kids upon seeing them again.
Ah Huang had her hair disheveled and was covered in marks all over.
Whereas Xiaobai had a bruised and swollen face, with a black ring circling his left eye.
"What the heck happened to you two?"
He was a bit in disbelief.
Wasn’t it their first time meeting?
"Did you two have a fight?"
"Didn’t I teach you to be kind and loving towards each other?"
Ah Huang giggled, "Mom, you’ve misunderstood. We were just teasing you."
With that, she spun around on the spot, golden light spots gracefully draping around her like ribbons.
The whole process looked like a moment of transcendence, and then the girl transformed, looking completely refreshed with no signs of disarray.
Brother Cheng clicked his tongue, impressed by the girl’s flashy special effects, wishing she could do that for him as well.
Xiaobai, off to the side, rolled his eyes inconspicuously.
He also waved his hand, flashed with white light, and returned to his previous pristine appearance.
As if the bruised and swollen face belonged to someone else.
"Dad, it’s my turn to fight now. I’ll be right back!"
Brother Cheng glanced at the bubble in the field. At this moment, the Essence Core of Zhanxiao City had already appeared in it.
This Essence Core didn’t take a childlike form, nor even humanoid, but was a monster with only two legs and a massive gaping mouth.
Though the monster wasn’t large, similar to an adult man, its huge mouth took up almost half of its body.
But looking at its sharp teeth and constantly drooling mouth, Brother Cheng started to sweat torrents.
Such a stark contrast between cute and fierce, isn’t the comparison too brutal?
"With your small frame, can you beat it?"
Xiaobai coolly lifted his chin, proudly saying, "It’s just a bunch of weaklings. Watch me defeat them with a laugh!"
Brother Cheng’s body trembled with excitement.
Indeed, in the Cultivation Realm, power is never solely judged by size.
Otherwise, the first place in the Lower Realm Ten Thousand Realms would belong to the Celestial Demon Domain, not the Desolate Domain.
Seems like his son is exceptionally talented too!
Brother Cheng was overjoyed, casually using 1 point to conjure a bowl of wine.
"Warrior, please drink this bowl dry; your father cheers for you on your quest!"
The only ones who could make Brother Cheng willingly give up the spotlight were his own kids.
Without saying a word, Xiaobai took the bowl, chugged it down, and then smashed the bowl to pieces.
He turned around and charged straight towards the battlefield!
Brother Cheng was delighted rather than angry.
He even gave Ah Huang a thumbs up.
"Look at the spirit your brother has before the battle; it resembles my own bold style."
Ah Huang covered her mouth, not sure what she was laughing about.
Afterward, Brother Cheng witnessed a tragic scene.
Inside the bubble, Xiaobai had no chance to fight back, constantly battered by the monster, the beating was brutal.
Soon he was bruised and swollen again, looking like a pig’s head.
He was even shouting, "I only let you have three moves!"
"Don’t push it, my patience has its limits!"
"You think I’m a weakling?"
"Hey, don’t you know when to stop?"
"Don’t force me to use my ultimate technique!"
After hundreds of hits, Xiaobai’s so-called ultimate technique was never seen; it was entirely a one-sided beating.
Laughter erupted from the other side, their victory of the third round was sure.
The Ascension Battle, that’s how it went, in three rounds, two wins out of three.
Brother Cheng was dumbfounded.
So his son in the Essence Core was actually just a weakling?
The only impressive thing was his talking abilities?
"Ahem, Dad just said that offhandedly."
Feeling a bit embarrassed, he looked towards his daughter and once again advised, "Don’t learn from him, pretending to be competent without actual skill will only lead to beating. What he did was a mistake."
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Brother Cheng felt a bit embarrassed: "Your brother got beaten so badly, how can you be so gloating? At least show some sadness for me?"
"Mom, do you want him to win?"
Brother Cheng was startled, then delighted: "Do you have a way?"
"I can’t beat that monster either, but we can gang up on it."
Jiang Cheng hadn’t reacted yet when Ah Huang flew out and soon appeared inside the bubble as well.
The monster inside was chasing Xiaobai, not expecting a third person to appear.
Unprepared, it was kicked in the air, spun twice, and heavily slammed into the ground.
Xiaobai, who had been running away, reacted quickly and rushed back to deliver two more fierce kicks.
However, the monster got up, turned, and bit his arm.
"Ow ow ow, that hurts, it hurts!"
While Xiaobai screamed, Ah Huang jumped onto the monster’s back again.
She grabbed the monster’s hair, which was as stiff as steel needles, and performed a shoulder throw.
This move threw both Xiaobai and the monster away.
With a crash, the monster was left dazed and confused.
Then, the siblings pounced on it, furiously pounding the monster with all their might!
Under their combined attack, the situation was finally turned around.
The monster was quickly left toothless on the ground.
Xiaobai finally glowed with pride.
"I told you I’d let you have three moves, but you just got addicted, didn’t you?"
"I told you my patience has limits! You just had to provoke me!"
"You forced me to unleash my ultimate technique!"
Watching from afar, Brother Cheng beamed with satisfaction.
Ah yes, that’s the way to do it!
This aligns with the proper style!
As for the notion that two-on-one is dishonorable?
He didn’t even consider that; he even cupped his hands into a makeshift megaphone and shouted to the field.
"Siblings united, their strength can break gold!"
The other side was dumbfounded.
Each city only had one Essence Core, even Five Seas City, which was ranked first, was no exception.
Every time, the third round had always been Essence Core vs. Essence Core, a single match.
For millions of years, so many Ascension Wars had been , without exception.
Under the constraints of the rules, not even they, let alone Immortal Kings, could intervene in the third-round battle.
Who was the girl who jumped in there?
"This breaks the rules!"
"How can this be happening?"
"Something went wrong, it must be a mistake in the Ascension Battle!"
Seeing their victory slipping away, with the Essence Core Monster being battered nearly to death, they couldn’t remain still any longer.
Each flew from the Ascension Platform, attempting to intervene in this battle.
But they couldn’t get in.
Rules set by the Immortal Emperor couldn’t be broken by mere Profound Immortals.
With no other option, they could only activate their Magical Treasure to summon the Essence Core Monster back.
However, upon activation, the General was shocked.
"It can’t be summoned back!"
"The Essence Core has lost connection with the Magical Treasure, isolated by some mysterious power..."
"How, how, how did this happen?"
Under normal circumstances, if the Essence Core was losing, it could be summoned back instantly.
Even if not recalled, the Essence Core could effectively exit on its own.
But now, the monster seemed stuck and unable to return.