World’s Best Martial Artist
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755 Chapter 753-chaos on top of chaos

Outside the crowd, Fang ping held the Maple King’s clone in his hand and had not said a word.

After a long time, Fang ping looked at Ji Yao and said in a deep voice,””The life King Clone has the strength of the divine Dao realm. Release the life King Clone and trigger the explosion of the origin Dao to kill them all!”

Ji Yao looked at him coldly and said,””Don’t you have the Maple King’s Supreme Dao clone?”

Ji Yao sneered,”you asked me to release it. What about you?” In the end, wouldn’t I be at your mercy?”

Fang ping shot her a look. After a long time, he said,”As you wish!”

“Bai Shanyue, do you dare to fight me?” Fang ping shouted again.

“You’re looking for death!”

Bai Shanyue roared and struck a rank-8 powerhouse with his ax. He laughed and said,””You dare to fight against me? Feng miesheng, you dare to fight me?”

Fang ping ignored him and looked at Ji Yao again. He took a deep breath and said,”Today, I’ll use all my trump cards and help you kill Bai Shanyue. I’ll leave Hua Yu to you! If I kill him, and you deliberately leak the news that these people are all experts of the heavenly plant imperial court, I will be in great trouble!

If you kill the people of Tianzhi Royal Court, I’ll kill the people of Tianming Royal Court!”

Ji Yao looked at him and frowned slightly. Where did this guy get the confidence to kill?

“I will use the ancestor King’s avatar! At this time, if I use both DAOs, I might be able to kill him!”

“You …”

Ji Yao frowned again and said after a while,””Alright!”

“You want to kill Hua Yu and the others!”

“Then the entrance …”

“Don’t worry, I’ll kill them. If I can ‘t, they won’t know anything, so it doesn’t matter if I kill them or not. ”

Feng miesheng’s frequent changes in plans made Ji Yao even more displeased.

“Then I’ll lure Bai Shanyue away to prevent the avatar from erupting and causing the others to die with it. We can’t afford to have too many of them die yet!”

“Alright!”

Ji Yao was happy that Feng miesheng was willing to lead Bai Shanyue away. She couldn’t wait for the two to die together!

However, Feng miesheng had better not die now. It was not the final moment yet.

“Bai Shanyue, come on!”

Fang ping rose into the air and shouted,”let him come over!”

“Your Highness, you can ‘t!” Liu Hao shouted.

“I, Feng miesheng, want to lead the Royal Court. If I can’t kill a mere Bai Shanyue, how can I become the king Lord? If I become a King Lord, I will definitely become the strongest King Lord in all of history!”

“Today, I will go against Supreme realm cultivators!”

“Arrogant!”

Bai Shanyue roared and golden light burst out from his body. It was extremely brilliant as he shouted,””I’ll kill you first, then I’ll kill that bitch Ji Yao!”

“You’re looking for death!”

Ji Yao was infuriated by Bai Shanyue’s words. The long sword in her hand pierced through the air and went straight for Bai Shanyue.

Fang Ping’s expression was dark!

F * ck, why do you have to cause trouble at this time? this woman is a sh * t stirrer!

Bai Shanyue laughed wildly and struck out with his axe again. The energy in the void exploded.

Not only that, the moment the axe was swung, it instantly turned into a giant crocodile.

The giant crocodile opened its mouth and bit at Ji Yao’s long sword.

“Ji Yao, you B * tch! It’s a waste even if you have a level-nine divine weapon. You’re not worthy to fight for the position of the Lord with me!”

Bai Shanyue’s disdain was evident in his words!

“If the Ji family wasn’t so powerful, it wouldn’t be your turn to point fingers at me, Bai Shanyue. Today will be the day you die!”

Bai Shanyue was indeed extremely powerful and had a great control over his divine weapon.

Divine weapon beast transformation was a realm that could only be achieved if one had great control over divine weapons.

The axe in his hand was also a ninth-grade magic weapon.

The giant crocodile had rank-nine strength when it was alive.

Although it had not fully displayed its power at the moment, it still possessed the strength of a peak rank-8.

With a bite, Ji Yao’s divine long sword creaked.

Ji Yao’s eyes flashed with anger. ‘As expected, these bastards never thought highly of me!’

Feng miesheng and the others were right. It was better to rely on himself than on Wang zu and his father!

“Bai Shanyue!”

In her anger, Ji Yao no longer cared about anything else.

In an instant, a giant dragon appeared in the void, and the giant void instantly merged into the body of the Phoenix. The Phoenix let out a long cry and turned into a golden giant beast in the blink of an eye. Its speed soared, and it went straight for the giant crocodile that was transformed from the divine weapon.

Bang Bang Bang!

The two giant beasts engaged in a chaotic battle in the void, causing golden light to explode.

Bai Shanyue’s face turned slightly pale. He had to consume a lot of mental energy to control the divine weapon.

On the other hand, Ji Yao was controlling the Phoenix in cooperation. This was the difference between a living thing and a dead one.

Not only that, but Ji Yao was also enraged. In the next moment, she spat out a mouthful of golden blood. As soon as the blood came out, it shone with a divine light.

Fang ping gulped!

Damn, I’ve underestimated this group of people!

Forget it, I’ll just watch the fun.

“Wang zu, lend me your divine power!”

“Die!” Ji Yao shouted in a low voice. The Golden blood instantly exploded and fused into her body. In the blink of an eye, the aura of a golden-body expert appeared on Ji Yao, who was originally at the commander realm.

“Return!”

In the blink of an eye, the ninth-grade longsword returned to Ji Yao’s hand. With the divine weapon in hand, another set of divine weapon armor appeared on Ji Yao’s body. She shouted angrily,””Bai Shanyue, you dare to underestimate me? I will definitely kill you!”

As she spoke, Ji Yao broke through the air and slashed down with her divine weapon before she even arrived!

Bai Shanyue’s divine weapon was entangled by the Phoenix. He roared and a suit of armor appeared on his body. He broke out of the encirclement and fought with Ji Yao in the blink of an eye.

Bai Shanyue, who was an early-stage rank-8, was actually being pushed back by Ji Yao without an offensive divine weapon!

“Stop her!” Hua Yu shouted from the crowd.”The divine blood of the life King can’t be maintained for long. Stall her!”

Fang ping felt like he was watching a show!

Ji Yao, a rank-7 martial artist, had become a rank-8 in the blink of an eye. Moreover, these guys all had divine weapons and armors. How extravagant!

“These two aren’t weak. Their physical strength is only at the first or second-grade of the eighth-grade, but with their divine weapons and armors, they’re probably at the third or fourth-grade of the eighth-grade …”

Fang ping was really emotional. These guys really had a lot of tricks up their sleeves.

It was not over yet. On the other side, Xuan Zhen suddenly roared and his body suddenly grew to three to four meters tall!

“Kill!”

Xuan Zhen, who was on the verge of collapse after being besieged by more than a dozen people, suddenly became extremely powerful. There was no divine weapon in his hand, but a pair of gloves as thin as cicada wings appeared on his palm.

“Die!”

Xuan Zhen grabbed a rank-7 martial artist. His palm was extremely huge and wrapped the other party in his hand. With a boom, he crushed the other party!

“Heaven raising palm! Profound King’s ultimate technique!”

Hu Feng shouted, his face filled with shock and anger. Then, he was overjoyed and shouted,”Kill him! He has the ultimate technique of a true king!”

As soon as he said that, even Hua Yu and the rest stopped in their tracks!

The ultimate technique of a fallen True Monarch!

They had thought that the secret art of the Xuan family was with Xuan Tong, but now it seemed that it should be with Xuan Zhen!

“Kill him! Kill Xuan Zhen, he just learned the ultimate technique. King Xuan is dead, but his divine Dao is not destroyed. He will definitely condense an origin crystal!”

These people shouted. Fang ping, on the other hand, was dumbfounded.

What did this mean?

“Kill!”

At this moment, Xuan Zhen was extremely brave. He grabbed another rank-7 martial artist. That person seemed to have nowhere to escape. He was caught in his hand and exploded immediately!

“You want to kill me?”

The huge Xuan Zhen roared with bloodshot eyes,””Just you guys? You killed Wang zu, and now you want to kill me, so don’t blame me for being merciless!”

“Feng miesheng, kill him!”

In the distance, Ji Yao, who was fighting with Bai Shanyue, shouted,””Kill Xuan Zhen! Seize the absolute art!”

Although Fang ping was confused, he knew what a true King’s ultimate technique meant!

This was especially true for the ultimate technique of the fallen monarch!

This meant that he might be able to walk the path of the fallen True monarch’s origin Dao!

And step into the true king realm!

Fang ping actually did not know much about this. He felt that many people knew the true king’s ultimate technique. He had not seen everyone shouting to kill, but old man Li knew it.

Xuan Zhen had learned it, but he was being hunted down by others. What was going on?

Fang ping did not know much about this, but the others had a clear idea.

As long as the true king was alive, the absolute art would be passed down. The others could only say that they had learned combat techniques and not the origin Dao.

Killing the others was actually of no use.

However, if the absolute art was passed down after the death of the true Monarch, then the person who learned the absolute art would have the true monarch’s Dao of origin condensed in their body. Even if it was just a wisp, it was enough to make people pay attention to it.

After killing Xuan Zhen, the secret art would continue to be passed down!

Fang ping was not too sure about this.

Back when the Yang family’s patriarch had fallen, the Yang family’s only thought was to seize the remains. In Fang Ping’s opinion, the true king’s ultimate technique might be of some use, but it should not be of much use.

But now, it seemed that there might be some differences.

Even though he did not know what was going on, Fang ping still shouted,”Surround and kill Xuan Zhen! Hurry up!”

As for himself, forget it. If he attacked now, he would be waiting for everyone to kill him.

He didn’t know Feng miesheng’s combat techniques.

The war was getting more and more chaotic!

Hu Feng led a group of people to surround and kill Xuan Zhen. Xuan Zhen unleashed his ultimate technique, which was also extremely powerful. The people from Hu Feng were forced to retreat.

Ji Yao, on the other hand, was beating Bai Shanyue up so hard that he kept flying backward and gained the upper hand.

Liu Hao led his men to surround and kill Yang Sheng. Yang Sheng then started to meet up with Hua Yu.

Ziyue, on the other hand, led her men to fight the other rank-7 martial artists. They were also engaged in a fierce battle.

“Zi Yue, go kill Feng miesheng!” Hua Yu shouted.

As soon as he finished speaking, the divine weapon in Hua Yu’s hand transformed into a giant tree. The giant tree swept across and swept away several rank-7 martial artists in front of Zi Yue.

Zi Yue did not delay. With a thin sword in her hand, her figure moved and she charged straight at Fang ping!

Fang ping sighed. ‘I wanted to kill Bai Shanyue!’

Ziyue, that poor bastard, actually came!

Isn’t this just causing trouble?

“Men, surround and kill her!”

Fang ping continued to retreat. He was not willing to fight with the purple Moon.

Fang ping flew backward for a while. At this moment, he had already sensed the two groups of Feng Ji people rushing over. He shouted,”Feng Ji, kill Hua Yu’s men. They colluded with Fang ping and tried to kill Ji Yao and me. Do it now!”

On the two sides of Feng Ji’s group, there were also a few people from Hua Yu’s group.

As soon as he said that, a battle broke out not far away in the blink of an eye!

The entire regional wall was in complete chaos.

On Ziyue’s side, they were also extremely ferocious. Together with a rank-8 martial artist, they quickly blew up a rank-7 martial artist who was blocking their way. The two of them then surrounded and killed the other rank-8 martial artist.

At this time, with so many experts gathered together, the killing continued, and people fell one after another.

Screams of pain rose and fell!

In terms of killing, Xuan Zhen was the one who killed the most. It did not take long for him to kill four to five rank-7 martial artists. He was extremely brutal.

Hu Feng couldn’t hold on any longer. He suddenly roared and a seal-like object suddenly appeared in his hand.

“Go to hell!”

“Die!” Hu Feng roared. A figure suddenly appeared in the void of the Royal battle Ground!

The human figure was extremely illusionary, but the pressure was incomparably powerful.

Without saying a word, the figure threw a punch at Xuan Zhen.

Seeing this, Xuan Zhen’s face was filled with fear and surprise!

Hu Feng actually had a true king Clone with him!

……

At the same time, Fang ping was also extremely shocked!

I’ll go!

These guys all had some hidden tricks!

Several times before, everyone had taken out their avatars to save their lives, except for Hu Feng. Even Ji Yao thought that Hu Feng didn’t have a true King’s avatar, but he did!

However, Hu Feng was also furious and was the first to release his Tiger King avatar.

In the air, energy began to stir restlessly.

On the energy layer, the chaos origin Dao was also starting to become restless. However, the Tiger King avatar was not too strong and had yet to trigger an attack from the chaos origin Dao.

……

“Damn it!”

At this moment, outside the Royal battlefield, a figure suddenly staggered and shouted,””Bastard! Who dares to touch the descendant of the Tiger King!”

Hu Feng had used his clone!

Once he used the clone, the spiritual power that he had cut off would no longer have any connection with him and would soon shatter.

Xuantong, who was traveling with him, had a change in expression. She immediately said,””My Lord, Hu Feng used your clone?”

“Dammit!”

The Tiger King ignored him, grabbed him, and quickly flew towards the king Battle Ground.

At this moment, the Tiger King still did not know that the clone that his grandson had used was against Xuan Zhen.

……

On the mountain of Royal sea.

“Let’s go!”Zhang Tao’s face changed as he said. The Tiger King had arrived. There was a slight change in his mental energy. Someone had used his split body! A bloody battle has erupted on the Royal battlefield!”

“You can sense the change in his spiritual power from 3000 miles away?” Li Zhen asked in surprise.

“What’s wrong? Illegal?”

“……”

“Don’t f * cking change the subject!” Li Zhen said angrily.”Did you walk out of the second path or not? I didn’t feel anything out of the ordinary!”

“That’s because you’re a piece of trash. I have a great path that leads to the heavens. Why do I need to take a fork?”

Li Zhen’s face turned black. What an arrogant old man!

Just wait and see!

I’m about to step into the second great Dao. Let’s see how you can still be so arrogant in the future!

However, Li Zhen was still a little speechless. So fast?

How long has it been!

Even the true king’s clone had been used, so what exactly was going on in the king Battle Ground?

……

“Don’t even think about killing me!”

King Battle Ground.

Xuan Zhen’s body continued to expand, and in the next moment, he passed through space and blended into the crowd.

BOOM!

A rank-7 martial artist in front of him was smashed into pieces by a punch from the Tiger King’s clone.

Xuan Zhen’s mouth was also bleeding. He laughed and said,””How can you kill me so easily before you reach the divine Dao realm?”

The Tiger King did not use much spiritual power to cut, and the clone’s strength was not too strong.

At this moment, Xuan Zhen was not weak. As long as he waited for the Tiger King’s avatar to dissipate, the danger would be resolved.

At this time, Fang ping once again had an understanding.

It turned out that the true king’s clone was not invincible!

And it was old Zhang’s bull clone!

Killing rank-9s like cutting melons!

Tiger King and the others did not even manage to kill a rank-8 martial artist. It was unknown whether it was because the amount of mentality they could cut was too little or because they were useless to begin with.

“Feng miesheng!”

Hu Feng roared!

You’re still watching a show at this time?

Attack!

Fang ping was helpless. ‘Everyone’s here. If I make a move … Isn’t that just asking for death?’

However, if he didn’t make a move, he would be telling others that he had a problem if he continued to hide when the true king’s descendants were already starting to fight for their lives.

“These people have no patience at all! As important characters, we should have a final battle!”

Fang ping did not waste any time. The halberd in his hand reappeared, and he threw it out.

“Damn bastard!”

Hu Feng cursed!

At this time, Feng miesheng was still preserving his strength. Damn it!

He could not be bothered to curse anymore as he quickly charged towards Xuan Zhen. The Tiger King’s avatar, which had yet to dissipate, once again punched out!

“Hua Yu, Yang Sheng, Bai Shanyue!”

Xuan Zhen roared!

However, no one paid him any attention!

It would be best if Xuan Zhen died. With his death, he would be able to get rid of the Tiger King’s avatar, and he would have two less opponents.

Even if a true King’s clone was slightly weaker, it was still a true King’s clone.

Xuan Zhen had escaped the first time, but he could not escape the second time.

BOOM!

A loud explosion was heard. Xuan Zhen was unable to dodge this time. His chest was pierced through and his golden flesh was instantly turned into dust.

However, Xuan Zhen had not died yet. On the other hand, the Tiger King’s avatar was gradually dissipating.

Fang ping did not make a move this time. However, in the next moment, Hua Yu and Yang Sheng suddenly attacked the heavily injured Xuan Zhen!

Pfft!

A long saber slashed across Xuan Zhen’s head, causing the Golden skull to explode!

“You bunch of animals!”

Xuan Zhen’s mentality let out a cry, but no one paid any attention to him. Even Zi Yue, who was charging toward Fang ping, no longer cared about Fang ping. She went straight for Xuan Zhen.

Even Ji Yao and Bai Shanyue, who were fighting, rushed over in the blink of an eye.

Everyone attacked!

BOOM!

The Xuan Zhen golden body exploded!

The moment it exploded, all the flesh and blood suddenly condensed into the pair of gloves, which glowed with an intoxicating radiance.

“The true king’s Secret art!”

Fang ping finally understood!

Xuan Zhen was dead, but his supreme art of a true king didn’t dissipate because of his death. Instead, it condensed again!

Perhaps … This was not an absolute art, but the true king’s Dao of origin inheritance!

“What’s the situation?”

Even though he did not know the reason, Fang ping did not hesitate. It was not good for him to make a move, but he controlled the halberd with his mentality, and it flew toward the glove instantly. He wanted to take this thing away!

No wonder these guys didn’t care about Xuan Zhen’s life or death. After killing him, they could actually get a treasure. This was a good thing.

The few of them charged toward the gloves, ready to seize the true king’s unique skill.

Profound Jade True Monarch had just died not long ago. If he switched to profound Jade True monarch’s technique now, he might be able to step into the origin Dao very quickly!

At that time, even if he didn’t become a King Lord, he might still have a chance of becoming a true king.

Having two choices was the best!

They were all snatching. Fang ping thought about it and decided to withdraw the halberd. ‘Go ahead and snatch it. It’ll be mine sooner or later.’

At this time, not far away, two teams gathered.

There weren’t as many people as before they set off. The two teams only had less than 40 people.

When he saw these people, Hua Yu suddenly shouted,””Kill Feng miesheng, and I’ll guarantee that you’ll enter the divine general realm!”

“Kill Hua Yu and the others!”

Fang ping shouted as well. Feng Ji and the rest exchanged glances. Without much hesitation, they quickly charged toward Hua Yu’s men!

Among the crowd, there were more people from the direct line of descent of the Maple Palace than Hua Yu ‘s. They had already killed Hua Yu’s subordinates.

The other neutral sects could only follow the crowd.

Hua Yu’s eyes flashed when he saw this. He looked at Yang Sheng and shouted,””Release your clones!”

“You!”

Hua Yu gritted his teeth and said,”do you want to die together?” You released a clone. I promise I won’t kill you this time! I swear on King Hua’s name! I’ll get the king Lord’s position, and you’ll get the profound King’s absolute art!”

“I’ll leave mine to deal with Feng miesheng,” he shouted.”The Maple King is stronger than you think!”

Then, he looked at Ziyue and shouted,””Ziyue, you attack too! Kill them all! Without the true king’s clone, Feng miesheng and Ji Yao are nothing!”

Zi Yue did not care about him, Hua Yu and Xu Kong nuo were the only ones.

He had become the king Lord, Yang Sheng had obtained the true king’s unique skill, but what about her?

“If you agree, you will be the Queen and rule the Imperial court together!” Hua Yu said angrily.

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that they were still hesitating. Hua Yu suddenly shouted,”Attack!”

As soon as he said that, Ziyue and Yang Sheng, who had been hesitating a moment ago, released their clones one after another. They did not target Feng Ji and the others who had just charged over, but instead, they charged toward Fang ping!

To capture the bandits, first capture the king!

If he killed Feng miesheng, the others would fall apart!

Hua Yu’s roar was just to divert Feng miesheng’s attention.

Seeing this, Fang ping looked helpless. Damn it, why did he hit me?

However, it seemed that killing him … Could indeed solve all the problems!

In the air, the two shadows had already started to condense.

Fang ping did not dare to hesitate. He had wanted to keep the Maple King’s clone, but it seemed like that was not possible now.

The Maple Leaf in his hand was suddenly thrown out by Fang ping.

BOOM!

The chaos origin Dao seemed to be on the verge of erupting. The apparition of the Maple King instantly appeared on the spot. It seemed to be even stronger than the true king’s clone that Zi Yue and the other man had thrown out.

The moment the three Shadows condensed and took form, Fang ping did not even look at them. He broke into a run.

He hoped that the Maple King was powerful enough!

One against two, it would be better to get rid of the two clones.

In this short period of time, the scene had already become extremely chaotic, and the true king’s clones appeared frequently.

The others quickly retreated. Three true king clones, just the aftershock was enough to make them suffer.

Everyone retreated, including Ji Yao and the others.

At that moment, the pair of gloves had already been taken by Ji Yao. After taking the gloves, Ji Yao did not even look back. She no longer cared about Bai Shanyue and quickly ran in the direction that Fang ping had escaped to.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The three Shadows fought in midair. These clones were all under the control of the controller, so there were no signs of killing randomly.

However, although the three avatars with ninth-grade strength had not reached the level of the origin Dao, the battle at this time also caused the entire King Battle Ground to tremble.

Hong long long …

A series of explosive sounds rang out, and the terrain of the entire Royal battlefield began to change rapidly, as if it was greatly affected.

……

Outside the Royal battlefield.

The Maple King’s body trembled slightly, but he soon said coldly,””Dammit!”

His clone moved out!

In the next moment, a sword radiance pierced through the air. The Maple King snorted and said coldly,””Nether King, since you dare to make the first move, don’t blame us for attacking the land of rebirth today!”

“Kill!”

“Then try it!” Li Zhen said indifferently. King Qian isn’t here, do you think you’re worthy of it?”

Kachaa!

The two of them exchanged blows in an instant, and cracks appeared in the void in the blink of an eye.

In the distance, Zhang Tao chuckled and said,”it’s just sparring for fun. Don’t take it seriously!” The rest of you, leave so you don’t get implicated!”

There was no need for him to say anything. At this moment, the martial artists who were standing guard below were running faster than anyone else.

Even though Ji Nan was worried about Ji Yao, he still ran as fast as he could.

The true Kings were exchanging blows!

If they got angry later, they would all die. They had to run far away first.

Zhang Tao didn’t care about the two of them. He broke through the air and instantly arrived a hundred miles away. He laughed and said,”You guys, don’t get involved, let them play … Oh, Huai King, you trash can go, Li Zhen said he wants to fight two on his own!”

“Bastard!”

King Huai was so angry that his lungs almost exploded!

What did that mean?

“Kill him!”

King Huai let out a furious roar. At this moment, he had gathered King moduo and King Qingping together. The three great kings were together, and they would talk after killing Zhang Tao!

King Huai had just spoken these ruthless words when in the next moment, a figure appeared beside Zhang Tao. It was an old man who slowly said,”Huai King, why are you so angry? since Li Zhen wants to play with you, then you can go.”

“You guys!”

King Huai’s face was purple!

These guys really looked down on him!

Forget about the martial King, how could the valley King look down on him?

King Huai didn’t say a word and slapped the Chen family’s ancestor who had just arrived!

Zhang Tao pouted. ‘This guy bullies the weak and fears the strong. Forget it, you guys fight. I won’t get involved.’

Zhang Tao stared at the other two true Kings not far away and said with a smile, “There’s no hurry. Let’s just watch the show. These people are too angry. I’ll give you a chance to call for reinforcements. This number of people isn’t enough. It’s not worth it to die Here. ”

King Mordor and King Qingping looked at each other. They didn’t make a sound, nor did they attack.

In a two-on-one battle, they might not be a match for a martial King.

Since that was the case, he would have to wait and see.

Zhang Tao smiled indifferently, but he was cursing in his heart!

Fang ping, these bastards, hurry up!

If he didn’t come out, he would be in big trouble!

The Tiger King was about to arrive. Not only the Tiger King, but there seemed to be true Kings from other regions rushing over as well. Was something big happening inside?

“Little brat, I’ve shouted everything I could! If we can’t beat them … Then we’ll just run!”

Zhang Tao sighed in his heart. Chen family ancestor, Li Zhen, Nan yunyue, he had already called them all he could.

Since when did he have to whistle and call for so many people to help when a few rank-7 and 8 martial artists were in trouble?

“F * ck, I’ve never called so many people even when I’m in trouble!”

As Zhang Tao was thinking, he stared at the entrance of the king Battle Ground. At this moment, the entire regional wall of the king Battle Ground seemed to be shaking.