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Immediately after,

before Chen Qiu could shift his gaze away from that group of people, he saw a young girl at the early stage of Golden Core followed by four or five attendants slowly making her way to the front of him, then stared at him with a face devoid of sorrow or joy.

"My sister died at your hands."

"I will avenge her."

"In the Heavenly Pride Secret Realm, we separate the strong from the weak and decide life and death."

Having said this, the young Golden Core girl turned and walked towards a seat to the side.

"..."

Chen Qiu was left somewhat baffled, wondering when he had killed her sister. He didn't recall killing many people—how could he have an unknown enemy?

Meanwhile, the Sect Master of Caotian Sect noticed the rather conspicuous insignia on the attendants' clothing and a flash of surprise crossed his eyes as he lowered his voice.

"They are from the Liu Family of the hidden families in Da Xia."

"Chen Qiu, how did you provoke them?"

"Hidden families are not to be trifled with. Each of these families has at least two powerful beings of the Golden Core Peak in their ranks. Only because they are desperate for a breakthrough, they are forced to shrink back into their small worlds, eking out a meager existence there."

"Every hidden family has its own small world."

"This is the strongest aspect of hidden families because you never know where they are hiding, yet they can emerge and strike at you at any time. You'll never be able to completely eradicate them, meaning you'll continuously face attacks from the Liu Family."

"Their family hasn't emerged for seventy or eighty years. I don't know why they suddenly sent the younger generation out again."

"They call that a hidden family?" Chen Qiu's eyebrows raised slightly.

In essence, wasn't it just an old family with an extra nearly-dead Golden Core Peak expert and a small world?

And they were coming out of their small world to ambush him?

Weren't they just delivering Spirit Stones to him? How could that be considered an ambush?

However, after seeing the mark on those two attendants, he recognized them. After leaving Fuzhou's "Furnace Peak," he had casually killed an old man and a youth, and the old man had the same mark on his robe.

So it was those two.

At the time, the pair had offered him a condescending 'opportunity' to serve them after he 'passed a test'... of course, he hadn't listened to the rest before he acted since he found it extremely irritating when someone talked about testing him and then telling him he could serve them if he passed.

If you can test me, then surely it's fair for me to test you. Unable to withstand even a single strike, you still dare to test others?

Chen Qiu casually glanced at the woman who walked away without giving her another thought. He would take his time to deal with it once inside the Heavenly Pride Secret Realm.
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It was at this moment—

All were seated, and the time for the opening of the Heavenly Pride Secret Realm was nearly upon them.

A middle-aged man dressed in a long robe stepped onto the stage, standing at the center of the square, and looked around with a warm smile: "The annual Heavenly Pride Secret Realm is about to commence, and in this iteration of Heavenly Pride Secret Realm, there will be..."

"First, I would like to thank His Majesty..."

"Secondly, welcome..."

After a series of formalities had been conducted.

"Lastly, let us introduce the strong contenders for this year's Heavenly Pride Leaderboard."

The middle-aged man took a deep breath, extended his flat palm towards the direction of Chen Qiu, and loudly announced with full confidence: "The first formidable contender —"

"Sect Master of Chao Tian Sect, Heavenly Dao Saint, Fifth-grade Heavenly Dao Golden Core holder, the one who single-handedly slain tens of thousands from the Evil Clan..."

"Chen Qiu it is!!!"

The man stretched out the last two syllables for a very long time.

Simultaneously, a beam of intense light descended from above and shone on Chen Qiu's seat, while the surrounding audience members also looked towards Chen Qiu and clapped continuously. However, the expressions on their faces were indeed varied.

Some were envious, some jealous, some admiring, some puzzled, some fierce, some helpless, and others resentful.

Indeed, the reactions were as varied as the people themselves, each unique in their own way.