In the small courtyard of the inn, a figure continuously flickered, fist shadows transforming and fist force dancing in the air, completely pushing away the airwaves. Amidst this figure, there was an unexpected sense of slow rhythm.
After completing a set of fist techniques, the figure stopped, and the surrounding figures immediately disappeared. The fist force dissipated, revealing Chu Ming’s fair face, covered with fine beads of sweat. He had just practiced the Blast Flame Fist hundreds of times in a row, but the effect of the Blast Flame Fist was getting worse and worse. By the end, it was almost negligible in enhancing his body strength.
This time, when I go back, I should use contribution points to exchange for a high-tier Profound Level fist technique. However, high-tier Profound Level martial techniques require a significant amount of contribution points, at least two hundred thousand. Right now, the demon beast right ear and two demon cores Chu Ming had on him were worth nearly fifty thousand contribution points.
Just when Chu Ming was about to return to his room, the ground suddenly began to shake continuously, and at the same time, countless demon beast roars came from afar.
"Brother Chu, a beast tide has occurred!"
Red Moon and three others ran over to Chu Ming and said, Chu Ming had already anticipated it in his heart, and immediately led the four of them to the city gate of Ironfire City. At this time, the other people in the inn also reacted and scrambled toward the city gate.
When Chu Ming and the others reached the city gate of Ironfire City, it was already overcrowded. Most of the martial artists were in the Transcendence Realm. Among them, Chu Ming saw many teenagers wearing the Inner Sect garb of the Five Great Sects.
The leader of the other Cyan Yang Sect team was Liao Wu. In the team, Chu Ming also saw many familiar faces. Seeing Chu Ming and the others’ arrival, they greeted each other. Liao Wu smiled lightly when he saw Chu Ming.
"This time, because Ironfire City is relatively close to the Cyan Yang Sect, there are two teams from Cyan Yang Sect here, while the other four sects only have one team. Let me introduce the other sects’ teams to you. Be very careful when you encounter them!"
Liao Wu said to Chu Ming calmly. The contention among the sects, both overt and covert, made it easy to encounter incidents during a beast tide. Moreover, Chu Ming was highly sensitive at the moment. Rumors in the martial world called him the number one genius of the Great Yan Kingdom, which many geniuses and resentful people from other sects didn’t accept.
Hearing this, Chu Ming nodded. Although his current strength was invincible on the Cyan Yang List, it wouldn’t hurt to listen more about other sects’ geniuses.
"There’s no need to introduce the Celestial Star Sect’s team. Their leader is Purple Sword Wang Yun. You saw his duel with Yan Qingfeng, but it is said that his strength has improved over the past month. Be careful of him!"
Chu Ming cast his gaze towards the Celestial Star Sect’s team, indeed seeing Purple Sword Wang Yun standing at the forefront, followed by his junior brothers and sisters.
"The Burning Fire Valley is the most dangerous. Their leader is Hao Donglin, known as Little Fire Palm. This man is extremely dangerous. Even I can’t hold up ten moves against him! Don’t provoke him lightly."
Speaking of the Burning Fire Valley’s team, Liao Wu’s face became serious. Following Liao Wu’s gaze, Chu Ming looked at the Burning Fire Valley’s team. At the forefront stood a cold-faced teenager, indifferent to everything. As if sensing Chu Ming’s gaze, Hao Donglin also looked at Chu Ming with countless sharp gleams in his eyes.
Chu Ming snorted coldly, instantly shattering the sharp gleams in Hao Donglin’s eyes. Hao Donglin’s face changed, and he couldn’t help but take a few steps back.
"Brother Hao, what happened?"
Hao Donglin’s movements did not escape the eyes of his junior brothers and sisters. Immediately, a pretty junior sister asked with concern, also supporting Hao Donglin.
Hao Donglin said coldly, withdrawing his hand. The pretty junior sister’s face immediately showed disappointment. Hao Donglin was the second-ranking Inner Sect disciple in Burning Fire Valley, and his looks were also good. Many girls in the Inner Sect admired him, including the pretty junior sister. She originally thought something might happen between them this time, but found Hao Donglin was indifferent to everyone, making it very difficult to approach him.
Despite his cold exterior, Hao Donglin was shocked by Chu Ming’s strength. The brief encounter, though seemingly insignificant and not even a true confrontation, had already greatly impacted him, marking Chu Ming as a dangerous person in his mind.
Chu Ming retracted his gaze. If Hao Donglin could defeat Liao Wu within ten moves, then his strength should be on par with Banruo on the Cyan Yang List.
The contest between Chu Ming and Hao Donglin was very secretive, unnoticed even by the disciples from other sects, not even by Liao Wu standing beside Chu Ming.
"The leader of the Martial Extreme Sect’s team is Li Qing. His ’Thousand Leaves Swordsmanship’ is at the level of Mastery, no weaker than Purple Sword Wang Yun. Moreover, he is very disdainful of geniuses. It is said that he once fought Tianxing Zi, but the result is unknown. A month ago, when the news of you defeating Tianxing Zi spread, he claimed he wanted to duel you."
Following Liao Wu’s introduction, Chu Ming turned his gaze towards the Martial Extreme Sect’s team. Coincidentally, Li Qing was also looking at Chu Ming, his eyes burning with intense battle spirit. Behind him, Chu Ming saw a familiar figure, Huang Liangping.
At this moment, Huang Liangping was already a Transcendence Realm Seventh Layer martial artist. Looking at Chu Ming, his eyes showed a hint of complexity. Although he knew Chu Ming was an exceptional genius, he didn’t expect that in just a few months, news of Chu Ming had spread throughout the entire martial world. When he first heard that Chu Ming had defeated Tianxing Zi, his first reaction was disbelief. Finally, after repeated confirmations, he reluctantly accepted the truth.
"The leader of Cyan Nether Mountain’s team is Zhang Yue. Although she is merely a woman, she has mastered Cyan Nether Mountain’s ’Cyan Nether Mountain-moving Technique.’ Her strength is around seventy tigers, not to be underestimated!"
Chu Ming was slightly surprised on hearing this. He currently had strength exceeding sixty tigers but hadn’t yet reached seventy tigers. This meant that Martial Extreme Sect’s Zhang Yue’s physical strength surpassed his.
Each team’s leader was formidable. When Liao Wu introduced them, someone was also introducing Chu Ming to them. To be honest, although Chu Ming’s name had spread in the martial world, few had actually seen him.
Looking at Chu Ming, some were jealous, some indifferent, some resentful. Others had flickering eyes, calculating unknown schemes.
Outside the city, seven figures stood quietly. Just standing there, they emitted an unspoken aura. Their robes fluttered without wind. These seven figures were the True Dao martial artists in Ironfire City.
Leading them was the City Lord of Ironfire City, Ling Fan, the highest in cultivation among them, at True Dao Realm Seventh Layer. Without him, Ironfire City would have long been overrun.