If Heaven hadn't given birth to me, I would be arrogant.

"dead?"

There was a buzz of discussion among the audience, with everyone whispering amongst themselves!

Below the stage, most of the attendees were students from the outer academy. Even life-or-death battles between outer academy students were unlikely to attract the attention of the inner academy.

Now, suddenly Ni Haotian appeared, and with his legendary madness, not a single person in the audience dared to speak loudly!

On stage, Zong Ze naturally didn't care!

"I really want to know!"

If one is truly afraid when threatened like this, then Zongze would not be Zongze.

"How did I die?!"

Zong Ze sneered!

"You may not believe it, but I know for sure that you will die a horrible death. Although I don't know who you are, I do know that my name is Ni Haotian. If you dare to talk to me like that, you are already a dead man!"

"Noisy!"

Zong Ze frowned. He had naturally heard of Ni Haotian's reputation. He really didn't expect that his battle with Zhang Dashan would bring out such a figure!

"very good!"

When Ni Haotian heard that Zong Ze dared to call him noisy, his eyes revealed endless killing intent!

"You're really bold, I admire you, but that's all. Now, release Zhang Dashan and use your Life and Death Bamboo on me!"

Ni Haotian looked coldly at Zong Ze. He firmly believed that Zong Ze would compromise. He had done this many times before. No one dared to ignore his words, let alone a freshman, because he would challenge him!

If anyone refuses my challenge, I'm sorry, I will personally go to their family. The Wood God Tower behind me is not to be trifled with, and besides, I am the young master of the Wood God Tower.

"Release Zhang Dashan?"

Zong Ze was taken aback for a moment, but then, after thinking about the rumors about Ni Haotian, he laughed again: "Who do you think you are? You want to interfere in the matters of the life-and-death arena?"

After saying this, Zong Ze slammed the club in his hand hard into Zhang Dashan's waist.

"puff!"

Zhang Dashan opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood. The audience below could see very clearly that the mouthful of blood contained many pieces of internal organs!

Clearly, Zong Ze had shattered Zhang Dashan's internal organs with a single blow; Zhang Dashan was doomed!

"You forced freshmen to join Shimen, and you wantonly beat, killed, and insulted those who disagreed. A person like you doesn't deserve to be a senior. In your next life, go and be a new person!"

Looking at Zhang Dashan, who was barely breathing, Zong Ze slowly lifted his foot from Zhang Dashan's face!

To be honest, although Zong Ze initially had murderous intent towards Zhang Dashan, he was not an executioner. Especially after eliminating his inner demons in the dream world, Zong Ze's state of mind became more stable!

Therefore, if Zhang Dashan were to beg Zong Ze for mercy, Zong Ze might actually let him go, after all, they were classmates.

However, after Ni Haotian appeared, Zhang Dashan's eyes made Zong Ze realize that this kind of person could not be allowed to live. If he did, Shi Tou and the others would definitely suffer in the future.

Therefore, despite facing Ni Haotian's threat, Zong Ze still decisively took Zhang Dashan's life!

"You have some nerve!"

Below the stage, Ni Haotian's pupils contracted rapidly. He had no intention of fighting, yet a mere newcomer dared to disregard his words and actually killed Zhang Dashan, the deputy sect leader of the Stone Gate Outer Palace, right in front of him.

At the same time, a golden light suddenly emanated from the outer prefecture ranking list on the three stone tablets in the Great Competition Valley. After the light shone, everyone discovered that Zhang Dashan's name, which was ranked fifth on the ranking list, had disappeared!

Instead, a new name was given: Zongze!

After glancing at the changes in the rankings, Ni Haotian turned back and said, "Very good, your name is Zong Ze, right?"

After saying that, Ni Haotian waved his hand, and a huge character for "death" appeared in mid-air!

It's the Life and Death Bamboo again, but this time it was an inner court student who issued it.

"Just as I thought, it seems Zongze is really in danger!"

The senior student who had spoken earlier muttered to himself again, "This wolf is really too shameless. The thirty-first-ranked student in the Inner Court actually issued a life-or-death challenge to a freshman from the Outer Court!"

"Take the Bamboo of Life and Death, and I'll leave you with a whole corpse!"

Ni Haotian stared coldly at Zong Ze!

"Ni Haotian, what you're doing doesn't seem to follow the rules. How about I challenge you?"

Seeing Ni Haotian's arrogant behavior, Teacher Tang couldn't stand it anymore. He was the head teacher of the freshman class, and Zong Ze was a freshman. He had an obligation to protect his student!

"Hmph, Teacher Tang, it was I who issued the Life and Death Bamboo, not you. If you wish, you are free to come to the Inner Court to challenge me. However, for now, you are merely an instructor in the Outer Court and have no right to restrict my freedom!"

Ni Haotian didn't take Teacher Tang's words seriously at all. In his eyes, even if the people from the outer palace were mentors, they were just a bunch of trash.

"you……"

Teacher Tang was shut down by Ni Haotian's words.

"Ni Haotian, are you an idiot?"

Just then, Zong Ze on the stage suddenly spoke up: "You, an inner court student at the Divine Wrath Realm, actually challenge me, an outer court student at the Incarnation Realm? Do you think I'm stupid enough to accept your challenge?"

"You don't have to accept it!"

Ni Haotian remained unmoved. Even when Zong Ze called him an idiot, his face showed no emotion: "However, I will go back to find your family and keep searching until you agree to accept my challenge!"

"Hahaha!"

Just then, a burst of arrogant laughter suddenly erupted from the crowd, followed by a red figure leaping onto the stage!

"Ni Haotian, you idiot! You think you're so great just because you're the young master of the Wood God Tower? What do you think you are? Zong Ze is absolutely right, you really are a moron!"

After the red figure jumped onto the stage, a bright bald head was revealed. It was none other than Xing Lu!

"hiss!"

Seeing Xing Lu's performance, everyone below the stage gasped: "This batch of students is too fierce! It's understandable that a monstrous version of Zong Ze could ignore Ni Haotian. After all, Zong Ze has a reputation and the ability to challenge opponents of higher levels. He is a true prodigy!"

The academy naturally protects prodigies, so it's understandable that this sect dared to go against Ni Haotian.

But how dare this bald freshman challenge Ni Haotian and even insult him? Could it be that this freshman is actually a prodigy like Zong Ze, and is so confident that he can be protected by the academy that he dares to step forward?