While Qi Yuan was exchanging words with the Hei Lu Martial Lord, nearly four hundred Peak Martial Kings gathered beneath the Tower of Heaven's Apex.
These Peak Martial Kings, hailing from various strongholds, now stood together in silence, forming into distinct factions.
Since the Ancestral Blood Strife was of paramount importance, no one dared to speak loudly or act out of line.
On the surface, they seemed calm, but in reality, their hearts were extremely excited, their gazes varied, some filled with wild ambition.
At that moment, a serpent-like creature spoke, its voice mechanical, "The examiners have arrived, pay respect to the examiners!"
Following its voice, thirty-six robust beams of light descended from atop the tower.
Within each beam of light was the representation of a powerful Martial Lord.
These Martial Lords sat atop the tower, with only a wisp of their aura leaking out as a beam of light.