Xiao Xiao actually never wanted to stand out, and she preferred to keep a low profile like in the past. However, she felt that she had no other choice because they would face many dangers in the future, and those dangers would get stronger every time they stepped forward.

"Xie Zuzhou." The woman’s expression underwent a subtle change for a moment before returning to calm, but it did not escape Xiao Xiao’s notice. "Do you think I don’t know about that?"

"You—" The woman stopped talking and looked at the ice that was starting to cover the arena. She trembled when she sensed the aura of a mythical beast from the ice, proving that the woman in front of her was a mythical beast. ’What kind of beast is she? Not many mythical beasts have this strong ice element, and one of them is—’

The woman’s eyes widened, and her body trembled violently after she realized that Xiao Xiao was an ice phoenix. However, she was also confused because the opponent in front of her also had a fire element, and it was as strong as her ice element.

’Could it be that she is the offspring of two mythical beasts?’

The woman was even more shocked after she realized something.

’She should be the offspring of the ice phoenix and the flame dragon!’

The woman wanted to escape, but she was too late because the arena was covered by an ice dome.

’Shit! I don’t want to die here!’

The audience was shocked to see the ice dome, which blocked their view into the arena.

The two sect masters of the Mysterious Heaven Sect and the Stellar Heaven Sect tried to look inside the ice dome, but something invisible blocked their senses from checking inside. They realized that something didn’t make sense; they looked towards the crowd of spectators, but they didn’t see any movement from those people.

They suddenly remembered Meng Xianzi and Xuanyuan Xue’er’s previous fight. They looked at the two women, but their gazes were not focused on them; instead, they stared intensely at Ling Yun, who was busy playing with Sheng Ai.

They had a hunch that Ling Yun was using something invisible to cover the arena, but they didn’t see him doing anything, and he was more focused on teasing his daughter. ’Who exactly is that young man? He was definitely no ordinary man; otherwise, all those strong women couldn’t possibly be willing to be with him!’

Unfortunately, they didn’t know that Ling Yun didn’t do that, and the culprit was the void spirit, Zhou Yu.

Sensing a sign of danger, the two sect masters of the Mysterious Heaven Sect and the Stellar Heaven Sect ordered their subordinates to investigate Ling Yun’s identity as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, their efforts would end in vain because he had no connection to any clans or sects in their domains, and the people from the Heavenly Star Sect had never revealed that his children had joined them.

"Do you understand now?"

Two daggers appeared in Xiao Xiao’s hands—one light blue and the other red—which were her Sun and Moon daggers.

The woman instantly collapsed to the ground as soon as Xiao Xiao released her aura. Although they were both beasts, the former was an ordinary demon beast, and the latter was a mythical beast born from two different bloodlines.

Unlike human cultivators, hierarchy in the beast race was judged by bloodline, and ordinary beasts could never win against mythical beasts, no matter how powerful.

"Ugh!" The woman exerted her strength to free herself from Xiao Xiao’s pressure, but the latter immediately increased the pressure on her bloodline. "Please spare me."

Xiao Xiao shook her head and stood in front of the woman. "Honestly, I rarely kill other people, so my victims are few. However, I cannot forgive you because you chose to be Xie Zuzhou’s subordinate, and you want to help him turn the cultivators on this island into devils. Since you have chosen the heretic path, you must bear the consequences."

"No... please... cough..." The woman spurted blood from her mouth as Xiao Xiao’s two daggers stabbed her body from behind. The sun dagger pierced her heart, and the moon dagger pierced her cultivation core. "Cough... cough..."

Xiao Xiao looked at the woman without pity. "Keep yourself away from the heretic path in your next life."

After Xiao Xiao said that, flame and ice enveloped the woman’s body, and her corpse disappeared without a trace. Besides, her opponent had already disappeared from the area, convincing them that the woman was dead without leaving her corpse behind. ’Tch! There are too many ruthless women in this year’s competition!’

The audience gasped in shock when the ice dome disappeared, and they saw Xiao Xiao standing expressionlessly in front of them, with her two daggers in her hands. She didn’t pay attention to those people, but she stared intently at the location of the two sect masters of the Mysterious Heaven Sect and the Stellar Heaven Sect.

The two sect masters of the Mysterious Heaven Sect and the Stellar Heaven Sect frowned, reading Xiao Xiao’s lip movements, which said that your turn would soon come.

After saying that, Xiao Xiao flew out of the arena and went to Ling Yun’s side to join the others. The audience, who were already jealous of Ling Yun because of Meng Xianzi and Xuanyuan Xue’er’s actions earlier, became even more jealous.

Sheng Ai immediately moved onto Xiao Xiao’s lap and praised her. "Mommy Xiao is so amazing! You’re just as good as Mommy Xianzi and Mommy Xue’er!"

"Haha," Xiao Xiao softly laughed and rubbed the little girl’s head. "They are much more experienced than me in fighting, Little Ai."

"Hehe," Sheng Ai giggled.

"Lu Yi is quite fierce, and she killed that heretic without batting an eye." Ling Yun agreed with Sheng Ming. "Lu Shen and You Ya will begin their match against the two heretics." 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Ling Yun narrowed his eyes as he sensed something different from Lu Shen’s opponent. "Shen’er’s opponent is a devil in disguise, but she won’t have any difficulty defeating him. Ya’er’s opponent is much stronger than cultivators at her level, but he is still weaker than her."

"Is You Ya’s opponent also a devil, husband?"

"Yes," Ling Yun nodded to Xuanyuan Xue’er. "Since the early matches, only demons appeared, but the devils have started to appear now. Their appearance makes me think that Jian Xieshen and Xie Zuzhou are already close to this domain, and they will probably appear soon, so we have to prepare for the worst."

Sheng Ming, Xiao Xiao, Meng Xianzi, Xuanyuan Xue’er, and several other women agreed with Ling Yun.

As Ling Yun had expected, Lu Shen and You Ya had no difficulty defeating their opponents, and the two women instantly killed them before the eyes of the audience.

Subsequent battles ensued, resulting in the deaths or kidnappings of several cultivators at the hands of their opponents, who belonged to the demon and devil races. The cultivators who watched all the matches felt sorry for those who died, but none of them tried to help them because they were afraid of dying themselves.

All of Ling Yun’s wives and children still did not face any significant difficulties in dealing with their opponents. None of their opponents were not heretics, and they gave up as soon as they could not continue the matches.

Night fell quickly.

The atmosphere on the island was quite gloomy and scary because so many cultivators had died in today’s matches, and the people thought that they might become victims in tomorrow’s matches.

After talking with Huang Hao, Huang Lingzhu, and the three female immortals, Ling Yun joined all his wives and children. He could see that they were eagerly awaiting tomorrow’s matches, and he had no problem with that, but he reminded them to always be careful because they might be fighting those heretics tomorrow.

Ling Yun looked at Nu Huang, who looked dispirited. "Why is your expression like that, Huang’er?"

"Oh." Nu Huang looked up at his father. "I’m fine, Father. I’m annoyed with myself because I almost lost control in my previous match, and I almost killed my opponent."

Ling Yun raised an eyebrow. "What did you feel when you fought your opponent earlier?"

"I seemed to hear the sound of a flute in my previous match, but I couldn’t find the source, and the sound almost made me lose control of myself."

Yun Shengxia immediately chimed in. "Speaking of the flute sound, I could hear it in the match too. However, I immediately used my light element to dispel it, and my mind became clear again."

"Hmm?" Ling Yun looked at his other children. "Did you guys also hear the sound of the flute?"

"We didn’t hear it, Father." Yun Qingfeng, Yun Longhun, and Yun Shengyun answered in unison.

Meng Ke’er thought for a while. "I heard the sound of the flute, but it only lasted for a split second and disappeared, Father."

"I also heard the sound of the flute for a moment, Father." Xuanyuan Yue and Lian Ziyue answered.

Ling Yun nodded slightly and turned to Yun Jingqiu. "How about you, Qiu’er?"

"Huh?" Yun Jingqiu looked up at Ling Yun, blinking her eyes. "Are you asking me, Father?"

Ling Yun sighed inwardly and pulled Yun Jingqiu to his side. "What are you thinking about, Qiu’er? Since this morning, I’ve seen you having trouble concentrating, and you almost lost to your opponent in the previous match."

"I didn’t think about anything." Yun Jingqiu denied with a shake of her head. "I just feel like something has changed in me, but I can’t find the cause."

"Close your eyes." After Yun Jingqiu closed her eyes, Ling Yun hurriedly checked his daughter’s body and soul, but he didn’t find anything strange about either of them. "When did you feel the change in yourself?"

Yun Jingqiu thought for a moment. "When I heard the sound of the flute."