It opened its giant mouth, as black and deep as an abyss, issuing a fierce roar toward Lin Xuankong!

In the next moment, its body wriggled, and Second Prince Chang Li, who was protected beneath it, slowly floated up!

Although the protection from the Initial Tier Demon King Earth Dragon was timely, the explosion was too sudden. Consequently, many flames and lightning strikes still hit Second Prince Chang Li!

These fierce flames and wild lightning strikes turned his originally pristine white robe into tatters, covered in filth and black soot. His hairpin, which held up his long hair, was completely destroyed in the explosion. His face was also covered in charred blackness, making the once elegant Chang Li look extremely miserable, as if trampled by a hundred horses!

Of course, these were not what angered Second Prince Chang Li the most. What filled him with the most anger, causing his facial muscles to twist with rage, making him want to devour Lin Xuankong alive, was the fact that he, the distinguished third-place finisher in the initial trials, a revered Cultivator of the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect, having activated six Tier Nine Fire Spirit Cauldrons, was defeated by a single strike from Mu Shiba in front of more than 100,000 Cultivators!

As Second Prince Chang Li floated up, the Initial Tier Demon King Earth Dragon below him suddenly took a deep breath, and its body started to rapidly expand!

The body of an Initial Tier Demon King was already hundreds of times larger than that of a Same Tier Earth Immortal. Under its full transformation, its body grew immensely. In the blink of an eye, the Initial Tier Demon King Earth Dragon's body stretched thousands of feet long and nearly a hundred feet thick. Its brown, mucus-covered tentacles transformed into hundreds of thousands!

If not for the immense size of the Martial Arts Arena of the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect, it wouldn't have been able to accommodate this Initial Tier Demon King Earth Dragon!

Even so, after its transformation, it still occupied most of the Martial Arts Arena. Of the hundreds of fighting arenas originally present, over one hundred were now directly covered by its body!

The Cultivators fighting on those hundred-plus arenas were instantly horrified, their expressions changing drastically as they fled from the fighting arenas, scattering in all directions!

Despite the importance of the battles, their lives were even more important! They knew very well that if the Initial Tier Demon King Earth Dragon launched a full-scale attack, at least dozens more arena Arrays would be destroyed. In that situation, if the Earth Immortals of the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect couldn't rescue them in time, they could be directly crushed by the Initial Tier Demon King Earth Dragon!

In mid-air, Huang Liutao, a Late-stage Second-Grade Earth Immortal of the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect, watched this scene somewhat helplessly, shaking his head and chuckling, "These arena Arrays will all need to be rearranged after the battle between Mu Shiba and Chang Li!"

Sect Leader Li of the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect also shook his head slightly. Stroking his long, three-stranded beard, he smiled and said, "Old Huang, these tasks are your duty as Grand Chief Steward. After their duel, quickly assign disciples to rearrange the Arrays. Remember to set them according to the upper limits of Initial Tier Earth Immortals this time!

"I've already told you that this disciple recruitment competition involves many talented disciples from various Immortal Sects. The Arrays must be arranged to Initial Tier Earth Immortal standards. Otherwise, they definitely won't withstand the full-power attacks from these youngsters, but you simply didn't believe me!"

Late-stage Second-Grade Earth Immortal Huang Liutao sighed, "I was just trying to save some Profound Truth Jade for the Sect. Arranging Arrays to the upper limits of Initial Tier Earth Immortals requires a lot of Profound Truth Jade!"

Spiritual Crane Fairy Qu Qiao'Er couldn't help but laugh upon hearing this. "Junior Brother Huang, you're being a bit stingy. This time, the participants of the disciple recruitment competition come from various Dynasties and Immortal Sects. If our Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect's arena Arrays aren't arranged properly, it's no surprise these youngsters will wreck them! How would that look for us?"

Saying this, her gaze fell on Lin Xuankong and Second Prince Chang Li. "Senior Brother Li, Junior Brother Huang, who do you think will emerge victorious if these two give it their all?"

Late-stage Second-Grade Earth Immortal Huang Liutao frowned slightly. "This Mu Shiba is somewhat surprising. He must have mastered an extremely strong beneficial Divine Technique; otherwise, it's impossible for him to possess a body comparable to an Initial Tier Earth Immortal! Normally, such temporary strength-enhancing techniques are Demonic Technique from the Profound Yin Demon Sect. However, this Mu Shiba has no trace of Demonic Qi. It's very peculiar!"

Sect Leader Li of the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect looked curiously at Lin Xuankong. "Such a powerful Beneficial Technique definitely consumes a vast amount of True Qi. However, Mu Shiba has not used any Grade-Entering Profound Truth Jade until now! It seems Mu Shiba has a special Talent, likely a rare one for increasing his True Qi Amount. This kind of Talent is extremely uncommon and not inferior to Chang Li's Dragon Blood Talent at all! No wonder Galin Bodhisattva of Spirit Platform Buddhism is interested in him. If he reaches the Earth Immortal Realm, this Talent will be amplified even more, making Mu Shiba even stronger!

In my view, if he has an Initial Tier Immortal Artifact and such a powerful Beneficial Technique, as long as his True Qi is sufficient, he might indeed surpass Chang Li's Initial Tier Demon King Earth Dragon... Hmm, wait, what is Chang Li doing?"

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