Chapter 26

At this moment, Huang Wei also looked over, his eyes meeting Huang Xiaolong’s. A sneer curled at the corner of Huang Wei’s mouth, his eyes filled with intense hatred.

After returning from Li Family’s birthday celebration, Huang Wei’s hatred for Huang Xiaolong grew day by day. Whenever he thought about Li Lu holding Huang Xiaolong’s hand in front of him, and the scene of Li Lu hugging Huang Xiaolong and crying, begging him not to leave, Huang Wei wished he could tear Huang Xiaolong to pieces.

Their eyes met, then moved away.

Huang Xiaolong, along with his father Huang Peng and mother Su Yan, sat down opposite Huang Ming and Huang Wei.

Not long after, Grandfather Huang Qide arrived.

Seeing Grandfather Huang Qide appear, Huang Xiaolong naturally understood the reason for his participation in this annual meeting. He had devoted himself to cultivating Huang Wei, but at the last annual meeting, Huang Xiaolong severely beat Huang Wei, which somewhat tarnished his face. This time, he came to see Huang Wei defeat Huang Xiaolong and regain his dignity.

When Huang Qide arrived, everyone stood up to greet him.

"Alright, everyone, please sit down," Huang Qide said with a smile, pressing his hand down.

Everyone sat back down.

As in previous years, the head steward, Chen Ying, stood up and began the opening speech. After receiving Huang Qide’s nod, he loudly announced, "The annual meeting begins!"

The annual meeting began!

The grand hall fell into a brief silence, then one by one, the disciples who awakened their martial souls this year stepped up to the stage to compete and exchange skills.

Huang Xiaolong, Huang Wei, and others who awakened their martial souls in previous years could only wait until all the disciples who awakened their martial souls this year had finished their matches before they could step up to the stage.

Everyone in the grand hall watched the matches of the disciples who awakened their martial souls this year, but their expressions were distracted, clearly waiting for the match between Huang Xiaolong and Huang Wei.

Last year, Huang Wei, the most talented genius of Huang Family Village, who was carefully cultivated by the old patriarch, was beaten into a pig's head by Huang Xiaolong. What about this year?!

Grandfather Huang Qide, sitting on the main stage, was also full of anticipation.

Soon, under everyone's anticipation, the disciples who awakened their martial souls this year finished their matches. When the matches ended, the grand hall fell into a brief, eerie silence. Almost simultaneously, everyone's eyes turned to Huang Wei and Huang Xiaolong.

Unlike last year, this time Huang Xiaolong stood up first. After standing up, he slowly walked to the center of the grand hall, stepping onto the martial arts platform.

Seeing Huang Xiaolong step onto the stage before Huang Wei, everyone felt somewhat surprised.

Huang Xiaolong stood on the platform, looking down at Huang Wei and said coldly, "What? Afraid to come up?"

Huang Wei suddenly stood up, laughed, and leaped to stand in front of Huang Xiaolong. "Afraid to come up? What a huge joke! Huang Xiaolong, last time you ambushed me and won by a stroke of luck. Do you think you'll be so lucky this time?"

When Huang Wei finished speaking, the grand hall fell silent.

Everyone had a strange look on their faces.

Ambush? Won by a stroke of luck?

Huang Xiaolong didn't expect Huang Wei to have such thick skin.

Huang Wei ignored everyone's expressions and turned to Huang Qide, saying, "Grandfather, according to the rules of the annual meeting, no one can interfere in the disciples' matches, right?" After saying this, he looked at Huang Peng on the platform, clearly afraid that Huang Peng would intervene and stop him when he beat Huang Xiaolong half to death.

"Correct, no one can interfere!" Huang Qide nodded, his tone decisive and unyielding. Everyone knew that the old patriarch was warning Second Patriarch Huang Peng.

Huang Peng and Su Yan couldn't miss the meaning in Huang Qide's words. Although they were angry, they were more worried about their son.

With Grandfather Huang Qide's assurance, Huang Wei was completely at ease. He turned to look at Huang Xiaolong, his eyes flashing with a bloodthirsty light, and the hatred he had suppressed for a year erupted.

"Huang Xiaolong, I'll show you the difference between my tenth-level martial soul and your seventh-level martial soul! I'll show you how terrifying my current strength is!" Huang Wei's voice was low, and his martial aura surged like a flood, fully revealed to everyone. At the same time, his martial soul, the three-eyed black tiger, appeared behind him.

Compared to a year ago, the three-eyed black tiger had grown twice its size, its body glowing with black light, more majestic and imposing. The innate pressure from the martial soul emanated from the black tiger.

"Such powerful martial aura! This is third rank, no, it's peak mid-third rank! Oh my God, it's peak mid-third rank!"

"Lord Huang Wei's talent is too incredible! He advanced from second rank to peak mid-third rank in just one year!"

In the grand hall, all the elders and stewards of Huang Family Village were shocked, some even standing up from their seats.

On the main stage, Huang Qide, seeing Huang Wei's peak mid-third rank strength, smiled brightly, even laughing out loud.

Below the stage, Huang Ming also smiled, nodding at his son on the platform.

Huang Wei, fully revealing his peak mid-third rank martial aura, looked at Huang Xiaolong with a smug sneer. "Huang Xiaolong, seeing my current strength, are you very afraid? Don't worry, it's normal to be afraid, and no one will mock you! Now, you finally understand the gap between our talents? The gap between us can't be bridged by your dog's luck and eating three Yang Fruits!"

"Fear?" Huang Xiaolong looked at the smug Huang Wei, shaking his head inwardly, and said coldly, "Is this all your strength? Go ahead, attack. This time, I'll beat you so badly that even your father won't recognize you, and neither will your grandfather!"

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but shake their heads. They didn't believe that Lord Huang Xiaolong could win against Lord Huang Wei, who was at peak mid-third rank.

On the main stage, Huang Qide couldn't help but feel angry. This grandson, Huang Xiaolong, was simply too insolent!

"Is that so?" Huang Wei sneered, his eyes shooting out fierce light. In an instant, he was in front of Huang Xiaolong, both fists suddenly smashing out with all his strength.

"Xiaolong!" Seeing Huang Wei's fists about to hit Huang Xiaolong, Huang Peng and Su Yan's faces changed, and they couldn't help but stand up. At this moment, Huang Qide, who was angry at Huang Xiaolong's insolent words, released his aura, locking onto his son Huang Peng, his eyes sharp, and shouted, "Who dares to interfere? They will be punished according to the family law!"

At this moment, Huang Qide suddenly noticed that the atmosphere in the grand hall had become strange. He saw all the elders, stewards, and disciples staring in shock at the central martial arts platform. Curious, he followed their gazes and saw that Huang Wei's fists, which were originally heading towards Huang Xiaolong, were now being held by Huang Xiaolong's hands, blocking them!

Under the watchful eyes of Huang Qide and everyone else, Huang Xiaolong looked at Huang Wei coldly and said, "Since that's the case, I'll show you a part of my current strength!"