A great emperor master every day—the good-for-nothing young master is having a blast!

"Chen Yue, you'd better not draw a seven."

Chen Ming stared intently at Chen Yue's hand, trying to see the persimmon on the round ball.

"One? The first match."

Chen Yue flipped the sphere over and saw the number on top.

There were 26 people in total, divided into 13 sessions.

The numbers on the spheres represent the order of battle.

"Please, the two people with number one, stay on the stage."

"Everyone else, step down and wait!"

Chen Yue stayed on the stage and threw the ball numbered one back into the box.

Before stepping off the stage, Chen Ming looked at Chen Yue, who remained on the stage, and couldn't help but feel regretful, having lost the opportunity to humiliate Chen Yue on stage again.

Given Chen Yue's abilities, he had no chance of surviving the first match.

Chen Yue glanced at Chen Ming's departing figure with a look full of disdain.

"If we still don't meet in the second round, then we can only pray that you make it to the finals."

On the stage, the judges' gazes toward Chen Yue were somewhat complicated.

The once-proud prodigy of the Chen family once again stands on the stage.

Where did he get the courage? Five years have passed, and he's still basking in the glory of his past as a genius?

The referee didn't say much, just did his job.

He took out two wooden plaques from the wooden box, leaped up, and placed them on the far left of the white cloth.

"The first match is between Chen Xing and Chen Yue!"

The people of Jiangcheng in the audience sighed with emotion when they saw Chen Yue standing on the stage.

In his early years, Chen was the pride of the family. After being deposed, he became addicted to wine and women and refused to pay his debts.

Many people were present at the scene of the Qianshanlou incident some time ago.

When Lin Sheng saw that familiar face, a fighting spirit ignited in him subconsciously, but it quickly vanished without a trace.

It was he who personally crippled Chen Yue back then.

This turned Chen Yue, who was once an unparalleled genius, into a well-known good-for-nothing.

"A cripple dares to go on stage? He's insane."

Chen Yue clasped his hands in a fist and said, "Chen Yue, please give me your guidance."

The gray-clad youth looked at Chen Yue with a mocking gaze.

He ignored Chen Yue's greeting.

He walked up to Chen Yue and patted his chest twice.

"Brother Chen Yue, I've heard so much about you! I never expected a good-for-nothing like you to have such confidence."

"A cripple dares to participate in the competition."

"You're lucky you met me."

"If it were someone else, you might already be dead."

Chen Xing's words were extremely harsh and clearly carried a sarcastic tone.

"It seems I have to thank Brother Chen Xing for saving my life."

Chen Yue smiled and returned the two heavy blows.

Chen Xing's expression hardened, and he slowly looked down at his chest.

Those two light, airy fists struck like two giant hammers.

With a few cracking sounds, his ribs broke and injured his internal organs. Chen Xing looked up and met Chen Yue's eyes.

The previous contempt had vanished completely.

"How is that possible? I'm at the third level of Body Tempering!"

Chen Xing uttered those words reluctantly, finding it utterly unbelievable.

"Body Tempering Level 3? I reached Body Tempering Level 3 when I was six years old."

The oppressive aura of the fifth level of the Condensation Realm quickly enveloped Chen Xing.

With a thud, Chen Xing knelt down in front of Chen Yue.

This was not his intention, but the terrifying pressure that descended was like a towering mountain.

His legs were forcibly pressed to the ground, forcing him into a kneeling position.

The audience below the stage was completely baffled by what they saw.

"If you're going to fight, then fight. Why did you kneel down as soon as you went up?"

"Isn't Chen Yue on the field the Chen family's prodigy who was crippled back then?"

"That incident happened four or five years ago, right? Is Chen Yue really that oppressive towards the Chen family?"

“None of you understand, only I saw it. Chen Xing was planning to lower Chen Yue’s guard so that he could strike a fatal blow.”

The murmurs and noise from the audience reached Chen Xing and Chen Yue's ears.

Chen Yue put on a guilty expression, walked up to Chen Xing, and squatted down.

"Brother Chen Xing, aren't you trying to embarrass me?"

"He knelt down on stage in front of everyone in Jiangcheng. What will others think of me?"

Chen Yue grasped Chen Xing's hand as he lay on the ground, pretending to help him up.

From Chen Xing's perspective, Chen Yue is like a vengeful demon.

"No! Don't come any closer!"

A dark red source of energy sealed Chen Xing's mouth.

Chen Yue said softly, "Don't be afraid, it will be quick."

With a slight exertion of force, Chen Xing's fingers, which were lying on the ground, broke one after another, making a series of crisp sounds.

“Ugh! Ugh!!”

Chen Xing's mouth was glued shut, and he could only manage a few sobs no matter how hard he tried.

He was still just a boy, and having been sheltered by the Chen family for many years, he could hardly bear the pain of his bones being shattered.

Two streams of tears, which I couldn't control, welled up in my eyes and spilled out.

"Brother, you're the brother, I was wrong!"

After much painful reflection, Chen Xing wondered how the supposedly useless person had suddenly become so powerful.

Why was he notified of such important news?

He thought that beating Chen Yue was like beating an ant, but he didn't expect that he himself was the ant.

Chen Yue remained silent, staring intently at Chen Xing.

He withdrew his source power and kicked him in the chin.

Chen Xingfei performed on the martial arts stage, a beautiful crimson arc streaking across the sky.

He fell to the ground, revealing an expression of utter despair.

With his third-level Body Tempering cultivation, Chen Yue was no different from an ordinary person.

Chen Yue slowly walked off the martial arts stage and returned to the crowd, waiting quietly for the next battle to begin.

It seemed that what happened on stage had nothing to do with him.

Chen Xing, who was lying on the ground, noticed the strange looks coming from all around him and staggered to his feet.

He fled the scene in a panic, looking extremely disheveled.

The first battle was ridiculously rushed.

To the audience below, what just happened was that Chen Xing inexplicably knelt down.

Chen Yue squatted down, intending to help him up.

But then he kicked him away and slowly walked off the martial arts stage.

Simple and brutal, the entire fight, including the exchange of threats, lasted no more than three minutes.

The imagined thrill of a fierce battle, the tension of a stalemate where neither side can gain the upper hand?

Nothing happened. The first battle ended with Chen Yue kicking Chen Xing out of the arena.

"Chen Yue wins the first match!"

The referee came to the white cloth, put away Chen Xing's wooden sign, and moved Chen Yue's wooden sign upwards.

This move means they have successfully advanced to the second round.

Chen Yue returned to the crowd, and his three family members were genuinely happy for him.

It was as if they themselves had been the ones standing on the stage just moments before, easily defeating Chen Xing.

"Xiao Yue, are you alright?"

Luan Xinying carefully examined Chen Yue and was relieved to find that he was not injured at all.

Su Yi gave Chen Yue a thumbs up, "Young Master, that one-hit kill was so cool! I want to be cool like that once too."

"I'm not handsome yet, let me go first!" Xiaoxuan said with a smile.

Chen Yue looked at the other junior participants, and apart from Chen Ming, they were all training in body tempering.

"Too weak. In my opinion, the Chen family is not far from its demise."

After discussing Chen Xing, the topic of conversation naturally shifted to Chen Yue.

The prodigies from the three major families were particularly surprised by the result of the first battle.

Behind the martial arts arena, Mr. Shan, the head of Jiangcheng Auction House.

He recognized Chen Yue at a glance; he was the one who sold him the incomplete Heavenly Rank manual.

Since he is a member of the Chen family, why should Chen Ming spend tens of millions of high-grade source stones to buy him?