But for Min Hong's group, they didn't even feel it in the slightest…

In fact, they even saw their total battle power surge by 40 percent, causing Kun Chao to sigh;

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"Imagine if we had challenged our trials with such a boost to our powers and morale."

"We would have finished the battle just like Long Sha and Fei Qing did."

Kun Lin felt the amount of power coursing through her meridians as she commented, absentmindedly...

But Min Hong was not done…

To better achieve his aim, he shrunk the area his gravity effect spanned and focused it within a range of about 20 feet from his position, and this centering focus made sure the effects of the gravity multiplied once again, to a power of three, and this meant that the force of gravity within a 20 feet radius from Min Hong's position was multiplied by a thousand times…

Boom!

The moment Shen Wang's foot crossed the 20 feet mark, it was abruptly plunged 2 feet into the ground, causing a spider web of crack to spread out from the point of contact…

"This kid is anything but ordinary…"

Sect Leader Lu of the Ghost King Sect commented when he saw what just happened on the stage…

Boom!

Shen Wang managed to take another step, but this time, his foot was plunged three foot into the stage ground…

"Hmph! If you think this is enough to stop me, then you must be dreaming, Fei Hong!"

Shen Wang blared as his aura erupted with Metal Dao;

"That's right… You would have been better off not using any of your Daos at all… Hehe he…"

Min Hong thought to himself as he laughed internally;

Boom!

The sound this time around was so loud, the birds on the trees outside the arena flew away in fear, but back on the stage, Shen Wang was more than knee deep into the ground and was still about fifteen feet away from Min Hong…

Boom!

Shen Wang once again erupted with his nascent soul power which was formed with an Intent Level Earth Dao; Boom!

This time around, it was way much easier for Shen Wang to move and raise his foot up, but the moment that foot landed, it plunged him shoulder deep into the ground, and it was at this point someone finally realized what Min Hong was trying to do;

"Is he trying to make Shen Wang bury himself alive!?"

The person murmured to himself, but everyone in his immediate surroundings heard it as clear as an earthquake…

"Come on! You are almost there… Just one more step…"

Min Hong literally bent down and clapped at Shen Wang with an encouraging tone and expression;

"Hmph! You don't need to tell me that…"

"Even if I end up 600 feet beneath ground level, as long as I cross the one foot mark, I will get out of here and have my attack…"

"If I don't spill your guts all over the floor by then, call me a dickhead…"

Shen Wang fumed like a bull that had been locked up in a metal room painted red…

"Hehe he, that's the spirit… I know you can do it…"

"Don't worry, I will keep my end of the bargain…"

Min Hong reassured Shen Wang once again…

Boom! Shen Wang this time around erupted out of the pit into the air, and when he found out that he had jumped about ten meters into the air with all his strength, he felt he had overcome, Min Hong's gravity effect as he bragged;

"Haha ha, I'm out!"

"Fei Hong, be ready to have your guts spilled everywhere!"

Shen Wang bellowed happily, but when he looked down to see Min Hong's face, he noticed that Min Hong was smiling nonchalantly, then he spoke;

"You know it is treason to be at a higher height than an Emperor, so get down here!"

Min Hong said leisurely, and the moment his sentence landed, Shen Wang plunged downwards like a meteor;

Boom!

This time around it was like a Level 40 magnitude earthquake rocked the arena…

Shen Wang plunged so deep into the earth, that he was nowhere in sight;

"Even if you were looking to commit suicide, do you have to bury yourself alive?"

Min Hong looked into the pit and asked, but people could hear the response of an angry Shen Wang from the depths of the pit;

"Fei Hong, I will kill your whole-"

"Okay, that's enough…"

Min Hong interrupted as he waved his sleeves causing all the debris and sand that had been blasted out to fill up the pit Shen Wang was in, burying him deep into the stage…

It was at this point that Min Hong used his Metal Dao to carve some words onto the stage, very close to where Shen Wang had been buried and it read;

"Here lies a dickhead; Rest In Peace… Shen Wang!"

Then he flicked his wrists and a flower appeared in his hands which he gently placed on the makeshift grave before commenting with a fake pained expression;

"You will be sorely missed, buddy!" Then he stood up and walked over the grave and looked at the rest of his nine opponents and asked;

"Are we going to stand here all day, or are we going to fight!?"

"…!"

The remaining nine opponent found out that they have all lost their voice as someone bellowed in laughter from the stands;

"Haha haha, this guy is a demon…"

The moment all the spectators heard this, they couldn't help but start looking at Min Hong in a new light…

"Pfft!"

Min Qing and Qing Tan nearly shed saw snort spill out of their nostrils as they tried to muffle their laughter…

Mu Bai could help but shake his head with a helpless smile, whilst Long Sha just stared at Min Hong and a spirit of rivalry surged within him…

Not as an enemy, but a friendly rivalry, one that he would later find out to be life-long…

"I admit defeat!"

Five of the remaining nine who knew they were weaker than Shen Wang said as they retreated out of the stage, leaving only the top four strongest disciples on the stage;

"Okay, what about you guys?"

Min Hong asked with a kind smile as the remaining four frowned their faces in utter fury;

"Shen Wang is a weakling, don't even think for a second that-"

"You're too noisy… Kneel!"

Min Hong sneered as he simply pressed his palm downwards forcing all four of them to their knees…

These four tried their utmost best to retaliate, but Min Hong began to walk towards them, and with each step he took, the stronger the gravity weighed on them…

When he was about four feet from them, the guy who was the fourth strongest disciple found himself so pressed to the ground that he bowed whilst kneeling…

Then when Min Hong reached the three feet mark, the third strongest disciple followed suit…

Then the same thing happened to the second strongest disciple at two feet…

But when Min Hong got to a feet away from the four, the strongest outer court disciple didn't bow, and even when Min Hong was standing right next to him, he still didn't bow…

Min Hong at that point was truly moved when he saw the guy still struggling not to bow in front of him;

"Why are you so persistent?" Min Hong asked out of sheer curiosity…

"Because I will never bow to anyone else other than my parent…"

That statement hit Min Hong hard and even Long Sha bent forward on his seat, almost on the verge of standing on his feet in respect…

"Haha ha, how do you like that-"

The third strongest outer court disciple who was the same one who Min Hong called noisy earlier tried to jeer Min Hong, but was interrupted by Min Hong who flicked his forehead with his middle finger…

But that middle finger was backed by Min Hong's full 1 Star Saint Stage battle power, cracking the boy's skull and sending him flying out of the arena;

"I am not that friendly…" Min Hong spoke calmly and nonchalantly as he looked back to the strongest outer court disciple and extended his arm;

"Friends?" He asked…