"What?"

"Jiang Chen once killed a Semi-Saint whose realm was suppressed down to Divine Infant Realm Peak?!"

"Damn, his combat power is that insane?"

Everyone on the peak changed expressions, exclaiming out loud.

Ming Yang and the middle-aged man beside him both had their faces drastically change, staring at the old man in disbelief.

"Hmph! So what if it’s a Semi-Saint?"

A cold shout rang out, and three figures appeared at Jiang Chen’s side.

Zhu Tianming looked coldly at the old man from the Nether Hall: "Semi-Saint is just Semi-Saint. This old man can pinch you to death with one finger, you believe it?"

The Nether Hall elder’s face changed, his heart couldn’t help sinking. These three had just cut down one Saint Monarch and five Saints, murderous intent rolling off them. The old man didn’t even dare meet Zhu Tianming’s gaze!

The peak instantly fell silent; no one dared make even the slightest sound.

"Nether Hall..."

Jin Ang raised a brow and said softly, "That old thing, the Nether Hall Hall Master, has stepped into that realm?"

"Not yet, only half a foot in!"

Zhu Tianming said indifferently, "Last year I even gave that old bastard a beating. Looks like in a few days this old man has to make another trip to the Nether Hall. Last time I blew his Nether Hall to pieces; this time I’ll see about making him rebuild it one more time!"

Hearing this, the three from the Nether Hall all froze. The old man’s brows furrowed as if he’d thought of something; suddenly his eyes widened. He clasped his fists toward Zhu Tianming and probed, "Senior, are you the Elder Zhu of Changling Academy?"

"This old man is Zhu Tianming!"

Zhu Tianming spoke with indifference.

The Nether Hall elder’s whole body trembled. He hurriedly bowed to Zhu Tianming: "This junior did not know it was Elder Zhu. I have greatly offended; I beg forgiveness."

Everyone on the peak was dumbfounded. When Zhu Tianming had said he’d given the Nether Hall Hall Master a beating just now, they all thought he was bragging. Now looking at this—damn, he really did?!

This Elder Zhu... how strong does he have to be!? The Nether Hall Hall Master has already half-stepped into that realm, and he still got beaten by this Elder Zhu. Then he...

At this moment, no one dared harbor any thoughts of dealing with Jiang Chen anymore!

What realm was that?

That was the realm that once blasted the continent apart, separating the outer Four Great Continents from the Origin Continent. That was the realm where a single person could rule an entire continent.

No one here had actually seen someone of that realm make a move, but they had heard of it. Back when the Canglan Great Emperor unified the Canglan Continent, over a dozen Saint Monarch Strong Ones resisted and were slapped to death with a single palm!

Yes, one slap—and over a dozen Saint Monarch Strong Ones died!

Who would still dare offend Jiang Chen? His grandmaster is a legendary existence who can slap over a dozen Saint Monarchs to death. Who would still dare mess with him!

Everyone’s hearts trembled violently. The members of all the Formation-path families were frantically recalling whether they had offended Jiang Chen at any point, while the others were all thinking whether they should go curry favor with him, and how exactly to do it.

Only Ming Xuanren knew that Elder Zhu hadn’t actually reached that realm yet. But...

He glanced at Jiang Chen and grumbled inwardly. Elder Zhu hadn’t reached it, but there was still someone standing behind him who had.

Thinking of that guy whose name was unreliable, whose behavior was unreliable, but whose fighting ability was very reliable, Ming Xuanren curled his lips and chose not to expose anything.

Whoosh!

A ray of light flared, and a figure flew out from within the Stele.

Ming Xuanren blanked for a moment. Damn, the Formation Grand Competition is still going on! I actually forgot about that!

Turning to sweep his gaze over the crowd, Ming Xuanren sadly discovered that for this Formation Grand Competition, which could be said to be famous across the entire continent, there really weren’t many people still paying attention!

"Next, Mu Linqing!"

A shouting voice rang out, and everyone snapped back to their senses. Damn, the Formation Grand Competition is still going! They’d almost forgotten!

Mu Linqing had just recovered as well. He gave Jiang Chen a deep look, then his figure flickered as he entered the Myriad Array Chart.

The Formation Grand Competition continued, but many people’s minds were no longer on it. The first place was already decided: Jiang Chen, nine straight battles in a wheel fight with no defeats!

For the first time in this final round of the Formation Grand Competition, the moment the number one contender finished, everyone lost their sense of anticipation and interest in watching.

"Your very existence makes everyone of the same realm despair, and leaves everyone who joins a match with you feeling helpless!"

Su Qingluan rolled her eyes at Jiang Chen. "A lot of people were counting on this Formation Grand Competition to get noticed. But you, from the very first round, have been stealing all the attention. Up to the end, the one everyone’s watching the most is still you. This time, I’m afraid that even when the competition’s over, the major Formation families and major powers still won’t be able to decide which Spirit Array Grandmasters they should recruit!"

"That’s not my fault. I don’t go looking for trouble, but trouble keeps coming to me on its own. What am I supposed to do?"

Jiang Chen also shrugged somewhat helplessly.

Su Qingluan thought for a moment, then lightly nodded.

True enough. Before even reaching Zhen Yuan City, this guy was already being ambushed. At the city gates he got targeted, and even after stepping onto Array Peak he was still being targeted. This guy is just born to be targeted!

"After the Formation Grand Competition, I’ll go to Canglan City with you."

Su Qingluan spoke softly.

"Hm? You’re also going to observe Princess Chang’s tribulation?"

Jiang Chen froze slightly, asking in surprise.

"I’m not qualified yet. I’m going to attend the auction held by the Canghai Trade Alliance, see if there’s anything I need, and also wait for the final grand competition to arrive!"

Su Qingluan said softly.

"Auction... looks like I’ll have to go see Pang Guang. I promised to give him something to auction and still haven’t handed it over!"

Jiang Chen said quietly.

"I think you should start looking for some Formation Diagrams. You can already condense Qing Ying now. The grand formations you’ve mastered, while not weak, are about to fall behind. Especially now that you grasp the free-combination Formation-path—if you had a few powerful grand formations, even if it was just one extremely powerful array as the core, and you then fused other grand formations into it and planned it out well, Slashing Union Path at the Peak of Integration really wouldn’t be impossible!"

Su Qingluan said softly.

"True!"

Jiang Chen nodded lightly. "The Five Elements Emperor Slaying Formation targets the Void Refinement Realm; the Four Symbols Seal Demon Array is mainly a Trapping Formation, and its killing power at most is on par with an early Unity Realm Stage cultivator’s strike. The Nine Revolutions Qiankun Slash may be an Ancient Formation, but its power is about at its limit now. I really should look for some formation diagrams with greater power."

Pausing for a moment, Jiang Chen chuckled. "Looks like I still have to ask Brother Pang for help. Since they’re about to hold an heir-contender-style auction, they’ll definitely bring out all the good stuff! Just relying on the rewards from this competition probably won’t cut it!"

"The Canghai Trade Alliance is indeed a good choice. Or else..."

Su Qingluan hesitated for a moment, then sent a voice transmission: "If you have a good relationship with the Royal Family, you could ask the little princess for a bit of help. In the Royal Family’s treasure vault, there’s basically everything!"

"You really dare to think!"

Jiang Chen looked at Su Qingluan with amusement. Aiming straight for the Royal Family’s treasure vault—now that’s gutsy!

"You have the Crown Prince’s Message Transmitting Jade Slip; you have the right to request their assistance... Forget it, better save that for when your life’s on the line. Favors like that get used up one at a time. You’re so good at attracting trouble, it’s better to keep it for saving your skin!"

Su Qingluan continued sending voice transmissions, but halfway through her persuasion, she stopped herself.

Jiang Chen gave a helpless wry smile. How am I the one attracting trouble? It’s trouble that keeps coming for me, okay?