Ning Cheng heard his name called and hurried onto the stage. He was already fast enough, but there was someone even faster. A man dressed in yellow, like a shadow, beat him to it and swiftly landed in the middle of the ninth competition stage.
"Contestant number three thousand is really unlucky to have encountered Wu Zhuo."
"Even if he hadn't met Wu Zhuo, given his mid-stage Mysterious Dan Realm cultivation, it should still be difficult for him to advance, right?"
After both Ning Cheng and Wu Zhuo had stepped onto the stage, some cultivators below who knew Wu Zhuo began discussing in low voices.
Seeing that both contestants were on stage, the cultivator hosting the competition on the ninth stage called out lazily, "The match begins."