Lu Ren stepped onto the stage, drawing little attention from the crowd.

However, when the disciples of the Imperial Dao Sect saw that Lu Ren was matched against one of their own, they wore expressions of amusement.

"This Lu Ren is really unlucky, facing Li Tian in the first match. Li Tian has a Sixth-Grade Bloodline; he could probably cripple Lu Ren with just one move!"

"Hahaha, I heard the Azure Cloud Sect's leader promised Lu Ren that if he wins first place in the four major sects' inner sect competition, he would be granted the title of first core. But this time, forget about the first core; he won't even make it past the first round!"