There was a clear division of areas during the ceremony.
The Heavenly Lords were seated in one area, the Ascendant State guests of the Loulan family were seated in another, and Su Ping and the other guests were seated in another area. Those who were of a lower level, such as the lords of planetary systems and the leaders of interplanetary trade alliances, were seated in another area.
The rest of the guests were all seated in the stands outside of the auditorium. It was quite crowded.
Su Ping saw Six Lives Buddha, Lilian, Dragon Shepard and the others sitting among the Star Lords. Although they all had extraordinary backgrounds, it wasn't unfair for them to sit on equal footing with the Star Lords since they were only in the Star State.
On the other side of the platform — Su Ping saw Ye Ling, whom he had a conflict with earlier, sitting alone. He was only a Star Lord, but the Loulan family had treated him as an Ascendant State expert. The other Ascendants didn't have a problem with that. After all, Ye Ling had a high chance of reaching the Ascendant State in the future, not to mention that he had a remarkable background. It wouldn't be demeaning for them to sit with him.
Right then, exclamations were heard outside the venue.
Soon after, a few silhouettes could be seen flying over. They flew directly into the main viewing platform of the Loulan Clan. The person in the lead was dressed in a robe as white as snow. He looked elegant and ethereal, like an immortal in the mortal world.
Many Ascendant State experts recognized him; they instantly stood up.
The red-browed old man next to Su Ping exclaimed in a low voice, "It's Heavenly Lord Ye Lan! He's here, too! "
"Ye Lan?" Su Ping was curious.
The red-browed old man glanced at Su Ping and said, "This is Heavenly Lord Ye Lan, the top Divine Lord in the Crimson Shadow Star Zone five hundred years ago. I'm told that he's already in the Ascendant State after his seclusion. He also slayed ten Ascendant State wild beasts in the Unlucky Desolate Ring of the Crimson Shadow Star Zone. He's a new Heavenly Lord!"
"A newly ascended Heaven Monarch …" Su Ping was enlightened. He didn't expect that the Loulan Clan would be able to invite a newly ascended Heaven Monarch. It seemed like the Loulan Clan was indeed extraordinary.
The other representatives of the Loulan family were also surprised. The Ascendant State experts close to Heavenly Lord Ye Lan couldn't help but stand up, not daring to sit down. After all, Heavenly Lords were only second to Celestials, and some of the top Heavenly Lords couldn't even defeat Celestials!
Soon, the leader of the Loulan Family invited Heavenly Lord Ye Lan to take a seat.
As the ceremony progressed to the middle, the top celebrities from various galaxies left the stage. The rare pets that had enhanced the atmosphere were still hovering around the stage, making many people envious. Such a grand occasion would have been worth the trip just to feast their eyes on them.
Su Ping had nothing to do; he simply ate and drank as much as he could. The food on the table not only tasted amazing, but also contained abundant energy; it would have been a great tonic for ordinary people. He absorbed the energy while eating; he asked the beautiful girls who served him to join him.
The maids were all celebrities from various galaxies. Although they were also battle pet warriors, they had only reached the Ocean State. They were hesitant to accept Su Ping's invitation, but their eyes glittered after they ate with Su Ping; they were captivated by the food on the table.
Su Ping finished one table of food, then asked for another one to be served. It was free anyway.
While he was eating and drinking, he suddenly heard an uproar from the stage below. He looked in the direction of the noise, only to see several young men in strange clothes standing on the stage and looking around. Near the stage, where Six Lives Buddha and the others were sitting, many people were infuriated, and some even rose to their feet.
"What's going on?" Su Ping was rather surprised. Those young men were all Star Lords. How dare they cause trouble there?
"Those guys from the Blood Fiend Star Region are too arrogant. They're challenging the other Star Lords here." The red-browed old man glanced at the empty plates on Su Ping's table; his eyes twitched. He drank casually and said, "I've long heard that the people of the Blood Fiend Star Region are arrogant and bloodthirsty. It's true."
"Is nobody going to stop this farce?" Su Ping looked around at the Loulan family in the main auditorium.
The red-browed old man shook his head. "Our family leader invited the geniuses of various star regions to show them off on the stage. It's also a chance for the juniors of the Loulan family to show off in front of the Heavenly Lords and Ascendant State experts. However, those people seem to be Divine Lords of the Blood Fiend Star Region. Normal people would be at a disadvantage if they went up against them."
Su Ping was enlightened. So, it was a prearranged event.
So, he simply stopped caring about it. He ate and drank while observing the other Star Lords on the Divine Lord Rank of the other star regions.
"What's wrong? There are so many people here, but none of them can fight?" The young man in the middle, who was wearing a strange red robe and had a vertical red mark on his eyebrow, looked around and sneered.
"Humph. Let me teach you a lesson!"
A man suddenly jumped onto the stage; it was a brawny Star Lord. His armor had strange patterns and a special style. Although he was speaking in the universal language, his accent was obviously weird.
An Ascendant State expert of the Loulan family immediately stepped forward and covered the stage with a barrier.
On the stage — the two people next to the young man in the red robe moved to the edge of the stage and stood still. A battle broke out instantly. The brawny young man and the young man in the red robe unleashed their small worlds and fought each other.
The power of faith flew out like dragons. Both of them summoned rare top Star Lord pets, which made the stage shake nonstop. Had it not been for the barrier, there would have been a crater of a hundred kilometers in diameter.
None of the geniuses on the Divine Lord Rank seem to have an Ascendant State pet.
Su Ping observed in silence. He had noticed the same problem when he challenged the Divine Lord Rank. Even the top ranker had a Star Lord pet.
Theoretically speaking, Star Lords could sign contracts with Ascendant State pets.
Is it because the gap between the two levels is too huge? Even if the contract is signed, the pet could easily backfire? Su Ping speculated, but he didn't think that was the case. There could be other reasons.
After all, while the pets were brutal, it wasn't a problem for the top geniuses to raise a loyal pet. They had the resources and connections to ask for the help of Transcendent trainers.
Also, Ascendant State pets were already psychic; they could ask the big shots behind them to suppress and intimidate them. Normal Ascendant State pets would surely succumb.
Su Ping thought about it and directly asked the old man with red eyebrows about this.
"You don't know?"
The red-browed old man was surprised. He didn't realize that Su Ping wasn't teasing him until he saw how serious he was. He said with a weird expression, "It's actually very simple. Ascendant State pets have formed Divine Seals, and their consciousness will be connected when they sign a pet contract. The closer they are, the greater the interference will be. That is to say, the Divine Seals formed by Ascendant State pets will interfere with their masters, which can be fatal for Star Lords; it will affect their enlightenment and their ascension."
"The more talented a Star Lord is, the less he dares to sign a contract with an Ascendant State pet. It will be difficult for him to free himself if he is too deeply influenced by other paths. The pets will be a constant distraction. You can't sign a contract with an Ascendant State pet unless you've already reached the Ascendant State. That would be the end of your path to the Ascendant State!"
Su Ping was stunned for a moment, not expecting such a reason. He asked curiously, "Is there any way to block the influence?"
"Not yet." The red-browed old man shook his head. "After all, the Ascendant State is a very mysterious level. It's hard for the Federation to figure out its roots with our current technology. As for the Star State and even the Star Lords, the Federation can study them and even develop artificial Star Lords, but the Ascendant State is different."
Su Ping raised his eyebrows and looked down. He suddenly thought of something and asked, "Wouldn't it be more dangerous for a Star Lord to sign a contract with an Ascendant State pet if they don't have any hope of reaching the Ascendant State?"
"You can think of it that way." The red-browed old man nodded. "That's why the Star Lord State is a complicated level. Don't piss off the seemingly ordinary Star Lords, or you might fail miserably. However, such Star Lords are rare. It's already hard for a Star Lord to control an Ascendant State pet.
"Such pets are usually given by the seniors behind the Star Lord to help suppress them. However, think about it; Ascendant State wild beasts are brutal and intelligent. Even if someone helps suppress them, who can find them when they find a chance to escape? The universe is so vast that even a Heavenly Lord might not be able to hunt down an Ascendant State wild beast, as long as the beast is determined to hide. "
Su Ping was enlightened. So to speak, he had to be wary of the regular Star Lords. If they were backed by a major force, an Ascendant State wild beast would be like carrying a nuclear bomb!
"However, I have the Clear Sky Mirror. I can escape even if I run into an Ascendant State expert, let alone a wild beast. At the very least, I'll be able to survive until my master comes to rescue me." Su Ping's eyes flashed.
He had obtained the Clear Sky Mirror from the Heavenly Star Pavilion and had been carrying it with him all the time. He had tested its power in the cultivation sites; it was very good at escaping; it could travel through all kinds of spaces and create clones that could block disasters for him.
While Su Ping chatted with the red-browed old man, the outcome of the battle had been decided. The red-robed young man had won a thrilling victory; he had been wounded. Judging from the exclamations of the audience, his opponent seemed to be a famous person on the Divine Lord Rank. Unfortunately, he was defeated.
"Who else is there?"
The red-robed young man stood in the arena and looked around. He was both covered in his own blood and his opponent's, which made him even more intimidating.
"Damn it!"
Shouted a girl from below the arena. She seemed to be quite bad-tempered. A graceful woman dashed into the arena; she was covered in tight armor and had a voluptuous figure. Although she was dressed conservatively, it was hard to hide her sexy figure.
"Heh. You're too arrogant!" The red-robed young man sneered. "I don't hit women easily, unless you piss me off. You'd better know your place!"
"Let's see how strong the fifth on the Divine Lord Rank of the Blood Phantom Star Zone is!" The hot woman snorted and attacked.
"She seems to be Shi Xiaofeng, the fourth on the Divine Lord Rank of the Flying Clouds Star Zone!"
"One of them is the fourth, and the other is the fifth. Tsk, I bet the one with the bigger breasts will win!"
"Do you have a death wish? She'll skin you alive if she hears you!"
Whispers were echoing below the arena. Many people cheered for Shi Xiaofeng; it was obvious that they were infuriated and disgusted by the red-robed young man's provocation.
Following the jeering, the two people on the stage had already begun to fight intensely. The various powers they displayed caused the voices below the stage to gradually die down. Everyone was shocked by the terrifying power of the two people.
They were all Star Lords, but they were much stronger than the Star Lords present.
Many Ascendant State experts from other star zones and the Loulan family were observing from above. After all, the top geniuses on the Divine Lord Rank would be tricky to deal with if they did advance to the Ascendant State in the future.
"So strong!"
Loulan Lin watched in a daze. The two of them had completely different fighting styles, but they were both horrifying. Their small worlds were indestructible, and their power of faith was as immeasurable as an ocean. However, that was only the basics. The power of their constitutions and the secret techniques they had activated were each more powerful than the other.
"World Burning Flames!"
Shi Xiaofeng suddenly roared. Her small world was instantly filled with endless flames, like a burning ball. The entire small world was pressed forward like a meteorite.
The blood-robed young man's figure floated around like a ghost. His miniature world was also faintly discernible, constantly changing between reality and illusion. His figure suddenly split apart and shot out from Shi Xiaofeng's back, his attacks containing a strange killing intent.
A phoenix cry was heard from Shi Xiaofeng's back. Her battle pet had dashed out of the fusion and attacked the red-robed young man.
"What a smart battle pet!"
"The secret techniques of the Blood Phantom Star Zone are truly unstoppable!"
Many Ascendant State experts nodded.
All of a sudden, someone exclaimed. In the midst of Shi Xiaofeng's blazing miniature world, a trace of blackness suddenly appeared. Next, this blackness was like a sharp thorn, piercing through her miniature world. The world that was burning like a meteor exploded, injuring Shi Xiaofeng. At the same time, the blood-robed young man charged out from the blazing flames, his body riddled with wounds.
A gloomy dagger emitting a murderous aura was pointed between Shi Xiaofeng's eyebrows.
The battle was frozen, and so was the outcome.
There was silence below the stage. Then, exclamations were heard.
Nobody had expected that Shi Xiaofeng, who seemed to be unstoppable, would be defeated so quickly.
Everybody found it hard to believe when they saw the wounds all over the red-robed young man's body. When did he sneak into Shi Xiaofeng's small world? Did the man who attacked her from behind do it on purpose?
"Fifth of the Flying Clouds Star Zone? You're just so-so! "
The red-robed young man retracted his dagger and put on a scornful smile.
Shi Xiaofeng's face was pale. She glared at him after hearing that. Her chest heaved violently, but she didn't say anything in the end.
Nobody in the audience had anything to say about the red-robed young man's attitude. He was indeed arrogant, but he did have what it took to be so!
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