With my nine meridians taken away, I will prove my invincibility with the Demon Seed!

Qin Xiong and a group of young men and women landed on the square.

Xiao Xiao, a member of Qin Yi's group, muttered to herself, "How did Ma Shang get involved with the Qin family of the Heavenly Court?"

The murderous glint in Qin Yi's eyes vanished. He realized that the young man standing next to Qin Xiong was Ma Shang, who would be competing with Ma Rulong this time.

Qin Xiong is ranked third on the Heavenly Ranking, so it's impossible for him to participate in this competition. He's obviously here to support Ma Shang.

"The Ruthless Sword" frowned and said, "Damn it, Qin Bao from the second branch of the Qin family in the Heavenly Court, and Qin Cailian from the third branch of the Qin family in the Heavenly Court have also arrived!"

"Qin Bao is a half-step Great Saint, ranked first on the Earth Ranking, while Qin Cailian is a Perfected Initial Saint, ranked second on the Earth Ranking."

Upon hearing this, the other three top-ranked geniuses that Ma Rulong had invited immediately became worried.

"Ma Rulong, it seems your preparations weren't very thorough either," Ma Shang said, staring at Ma Rulong and laughing loudly.

Ma Rulong remained calm. He already knew that Ma Shang and his group had reached a comprehensive cooperation agreement with the Qin family of the Heavenly Court.

The Qin family has three or four branches, and has always followed the lead of the second branch.

Therefore, it was within his expectations that these people would come to support Marshon.

On the surface, it seems that Ma Shang's side has the advantage.

But Ma Rulong also had his reasons for being confident.

Among the twenty-five people on the Heavenly Ranking he invited, there were several very low-profile geniuses.

As for the five people on the Earth Ranking, he placed all his hopes on Qin Yi.

He knew very well that Qin Yi had suppressed Ling Fei, a Great Saint Realm Level 2 cultivator from the Ling family of the Bloodlust Legion, in the Fire Cloud Cave in the Fire Star Domain.

Of course, this is only the information he could find out publicly.

During their trip to the Fire Cloud Cave in the Mars region, the Bloodlust Legion suffered a crushing defeat, and many details were hidden. However, Ma Rulong believed that Qin Yi must have played a crucial role throughout the entire process.

Therefore, in Ma Rulong's mind, Qin Yi's strength was probably equivalent to around the 800th place on the Heavenly Ranking.

Making Qin Yi participate in the competition for the Earth Ranking Martial Artists is a complete dimensional reduction attack!

"Let's talk after the outcome is decided. There's no point in talking nonsense now," Ma Rulong replied to Ma Shang, too lazy to waste any more words on him.

Ma Shang laughed smugly, "Alright, then I'll teach you a lesson with a crushing victory, my cousin. You'd better understand my good intentions as your older brother!"

Ma Rulong turned to the people he had invited to help and said, "Everyone, don't worry about the outcome. Just give it your all. Regardless of the final result, I will keep my promise to you all!"

At this time.

Standing next to Ma Shang, Qin Xiong walked towards Liu Ruyan.

With a smile on his face, he cupped his hands and said, "Sister-in-law."

Liu Ruyan's pretty face turned icy cold as she said, "Who's your sister-in-law?"

Qin Xiong laughed and said, "Who doesn't know how deeply my brother loves you? Some time ago, my brother even spent 2.5 million divine crystals to help my sister-in-law win the number one spot on the popularity chart."

"My sister-in-law is a peerless beauty in the heavens, while my brother possesses a powerful physique and has a limitless future. He is destined to create a legend and become a hegemon in the heavens."

"Therefore, my sister-in-law and my brother are a match made in heaven."

Liu Ruyan remained expressionless and said, "First of all, I am grateful to Qin Zhen for giving me 2.5 million divine crystals, but I did not ask him to give them to me."

Secondly, his future is none of my business.

"Finally, please stop calling me sister-in-law, so as not to cause misunderstandings."

Qin Xiong's face turned quite ugly, and he angrily said, "Liu Ruyan, you..."

Liu Ruyan interrupted Qin Xiong with an indifferent expression, saying, "If your brother regrets it, I can return any of the gifts he gave me that, after being divided in half by the Heavenly Ranking Space, ended up in my hands!"

At that moment, mocking voices came from all around.

"These people from the Qin family's second branch are truly shameless!"

"Do you want to take back what you've already given away?"

"It wasn't Fairy Ruyan who forced them to give it; they gave it voluntarily!"

"He thinks he can get Fairy Ruyan to repay him with her body just by giving him a few gifts? That's utterly shameless!"

Qin Xiong gritted his teeth, unable to utter a single word. He could only vent his anger on Qin Bingyan, who was standing next to Liu Ruyan.

"It must be you, you bitch, who whispered so many bad things about my brother in her ear. You people from the main branch are incompetent, but you're quite adept at gossiping and spreading rumors behind people's backs!"

Qin Bingyan frowned and coldly snapped, "Qin Xiong, watch your mouth!"

Qin Xiong snorted coldly and said with utter disdain, "What right do you have to yell at me? Believe me or not, I'll crush you with one punch!"

As he spoke, Qin Xiong suddenly raised his arm.

A tremendous dragon roar emanated from his body.

Immediately afterwards, the dragon's might erupted!

A lifelike illusory image of a blue dragon coiled around his raised arm, his fist transforming into the dragon's head, and his power locked onto Qin Bingyan's aura!

As a Great Sage of the Ninth Level and ranked third on the Heavenly Ranking, Qin Xiong was displaying an extremely powerful side at this moment.

Qin Bingyan's face turned pale as she felt pressured by the imposing aura.

Everyone around knew about the feud between the main branch and the second branch of the Qin family.

Most people wouldn't dare to get involved in something like this.

In the distance, Qin Yi's eyes narrowed slightly, and a chilling killing intent emanated uncontrollably from his body.

Ma Rulong subtly shifted to the side, blocking Qin Yi's path. He transmitted his voice to Qin Yi: "Don't be impulsive, I'll handle this!"

But they didn't have to wait for Ma Rulong to show up.

"Get out!" a soft shout rang out.

Liu Ruyan raised her hand and waved.

A gentle aura suddenly burst forth from within the white sleeves of her dress.

But when this gentle aura struck Qin Xiong's arm, the lifelike azure dragon phantom let out a mournful cry and then shattered with a crash.

"what!"

Qin Xiong let out a scream as his body flew backward uncontrollably and crashed heavily to the ground.

"I have no right to interfere in the affairs of your Qin family."

"But Bingyan is my best friend. I won't stand for it if you bully her in front of me."

Liu Ruyan's tone was icy.

Qin Xiong gritted his teeth and struggled to his feet.

He looked at Liu Ruyan, a hint of fear appearing on his face, and said, "You...you will definitely regret this. Once you know just how strong my brother is, you'll be begging him to sleep with you!"

"You're being disrespectful! You're asking for a beating!" Liu Ruyan shouted coldly, and with another wave of her arm, a layer of seemingly ethereal ripples spread out.

"what!"

Qin Xiong screamed again as he was thrown away.

At this moment, all eyes in the room were focused on Liu Ruyan.

Previously, people paid attention to Liu Ruyan because of her beauty; she was number one on the popularity charts…

But now... everyone is shocked!

Liu Ruyan easily suppressed Qin Xiong, who ranked third on the Heavenly Ranking...

Liu Ruyan's strength... is terrifying!

This was the first time anyone had ever seen this side of Liu Ruyan!

Even Ma Rulong found it unbelievable, saying, "Liu Ruyan's ranking on the Heavenly Ranking is only in the six hundreds..."

"But her strength... is probably comparable to Shen Tingfei, who is currently ranked number one on the daily list!"

"She is the center of attention because of her beauty."

"And now they've displayed such formidable strength..."

"Next, Liu Ruyan's popularity within the Heavenly Ranking Space will surge once again!"

"Liu Ruyan has received so much attention, yet no one has been able to figure out her background in the Heavenly Realm... It seems her background is quite extraordinary; only a powerful force could cultivate such a prodigy!"

Qin Yi's thoughts raced, and he thought to himself, "This Liu Ruyan is no ordinary person."

"Sister Yan and Liu Ruyan have such a good relationship."

"Even Ma Rulong doesn't know Liu Ruyan's background. Let's see if we can get some clues through Sister Yan."

Qin Yi became interested in Liu Ruyan.

It wasn't because of her beauty.

Liu Ruyan's beauty is too mentally taxing.

He simply felt that if he could bring the power behind Liu Ruyan to cooperate with the main branch of the Qin family, the main branch of the Qin family would gain another ally, which would bring many benefits.

After Liu Ruyan dealt with Qin Xiong, Qin Xiong became obedient. He could only grit his teeth and return to Ma Shang's side, remaining silent with a frighteningly gloomy expression.

At this time.

An elderly man with a powerful aura descended from the sky and arrived at the foot of the mountain in the middle of the square, a mountain whose height seemed immeasurable.

The noise in the room vanished instantly.

Ma Rulong and Ma Shang immediately stepped forward, approached the old man, bowed respectfully, and said in unison, "Greetings, Grand Elder!"

The eldest elder of the Ma family nodded and said, "Everyone is here, so let's begin."

"Yes!" Ma Rulong and Ma Shang immediately returned to the teams they had invited to help.

Ma Rulong looked at Qin Yi, "Ruthless Sword," and the other four, and said, "I won't make any arrangements; I'll follow Brother Sword Overlord's orders!"

After saying that, he reached out and patted Qin Yi on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "Brother Jianba, there's no need to worry."

Qin Yi nodded and said, "Leave it to me, don't worry!"

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