Zhan Qi's departure was a victory achieved through everyone's hard work, and everyone jumped and danced with excitement. It was something worth celebrating. After being eliminated, Zhan Qi collapsed on the stage, his abdominal wound still bleeding profusely, the blood staining his clothes red. His eyes were open, filled with resentment.
Sect Master Zhan abruptly stood up from his seat, his face filled with anger, and glanced fiercely to the side. "If anything happens to Zhan Qi, I will never let this go! My disciple suffered such serious injuries, and none of you will escape responsibility!"
His voice was very deep and resonant, reaching the ears of everyone present. Sect Master Yan, always eager for good things, smiled and said, "Hey, this is just a competition. Don't get angry. His loss only shows that he is not strong enough. This is no one else's fault."
Sect Leader Yan's words were tantamount to putting Sect Leader Zhan on the hot seat. His face turned from black to white to pale, and he quickly stepped forward to feed Zhan Qi a pill. At this moment, Zi Sangyi also spread her hands and spoke up, "Wait, aren't you being a little too adept at shifting blame? Did your disciple do it because of someone from our Qingtao Valley? My disciple stood by the side the whole time and didn't do a thing. Don't start spouting these slanderous words!"
Zi Sangyi waved his hand dismissively, as if to say, "Don't try to scam me." This only fueled Sect Leader Zhan's anger. But right now, the most important thing was Zhan Qi, so he kept feeding him rare pills.
The Zhan family has invested so much in Zhan Qi, and this investment cannot be wasted. Therefore, no matter what, Zhan Qi must survive, and survive with his hands and feet intact.
As the only hope of the Zhan family, if Zhan Qi dies like this, the Zhan family will never be able to get back anything.
Zisang saw this but didn't want to stop. He still held a grudge. "Look at this, what are we going to do? He actually fainted. Besides, wasn't your eldest disciple killed because of his own evil deeds? He had no strength but still made threats, making everyone disappointed in him."
"Sect Leader Zhan, you really don't know how to look for the reasons within yourself. Don't you think that he has only himself to blame for his current state? Look at the people in your Wanzhang Sect, none of them are helping him. What does that prove? None of your other disciples support him." Zisangyi's words were designed to strike at his weak points.
As for what kind of punishment those Wanzhang Sect disciples would receive after they came out, that was completely none of his business. It wasn't something he should be responsible for. Besides, those disciples weren't entirely innocent. The reason so many of his Qingtao Valley disciples were eliminated was because the Wanzhang Sect ganged up on those Qingtao Valley disciples who were alone and sent them all out.
So, this can be considered a big gift he gave to these petty scoundrels.
Zhan Qi was taken away to receive treatment, but Sect Leader Zhan was not allowed to leave.
While they were arguing, Sect Leader Ning stared at Xu Yuehuai with a sinister look in his eyes, as if he wanted to tear her apart and devour her.
Xu Yuehuai felt a gaze on her. She turned her head and, upon seeing him, simply nodded, even with a smile on her face as she nodded.
Sect Master Ning was furious. Ning Xi, his daughter, was dead, and the culprit was still sitting in his seat, laughing. How dare he do that! Sect Master Ning felt that all of this was unfair. He was not satisfied with this outcome and did not want it to be this way!
The competition continued, and after eliminating Zhan Qi, the atmosphere eased for a while as everyone moved forward. However, a new round of problems began to emerge.
Those who were walking in front were doing so against their will, not of their own volition. Now that they have the chance not to walk in front, they are naturally starting to shrink back.
Everyone wants to use connections to increase their chances of survival and ranking.
But after those people left, no one was willing to be the first to step forward. They looked at each other and someone shouted, "Someone should lead the way! How are we supposed to get around without someone to show us?"
"You make it sound so easy. Why don't you go first? Does it matter who goes first? Why don't you go first and insist on letting others go first?"
Upon hearing this, the first person fell silent, lowering his head and hiding himself in the crowd.
Looking at this group of hypocritical people, Ji Yaocen suddenly found it quite laughable. Did they all get the rankings to save the second floor or to get to the first floor? She could figure out the answer even with her toes. If these people went to the ruins, would the second floor still be salvageable?
Ji Yaocen felt a pang of sadness. While they were still debating who should leave first, she left so quickly that no one could see her clearly. She didn't want these cowardly people to follow her.
A person who only talks the talk doesn't deserve to be associated with her.
Ji Yaocen was capable of walking on her own, but there were too many people blocking her way. This secret realm was not as big as she had imagined, and everyone was crowded together. She could only stay at the back. Now that she had finally made it to the front, she naturally wanted to leave this troublesome place as soon as possible.
After Ji Yaocen left, everyone looked at each other, as if they had all realized that this was not a team competition and they did not need to stay together. Those who still had a lot of spiritual energy in them started running forward, not caring about the lives of those behind them.
But it was only then that they remembered that this was an individual competition. Why hadn't they thought of this when they were using the fire-attribute people?
Such is human nature, and reality is bleak.
Ji Yaocen looked at the road ahead and left without hesitation or slowing down, the fleshy creature behind her couldn't catch up with her at all.
Xuan Chi and the others hesitated about whether to go in or not. Mei Ming kept his head down. It wasn't that he was cowardly, but he just hoped that nothing bad would happen if necessary.
"Since the fire is moving, why don't we make it stationary?" Mei Ming, who had been silent for a long time, finally voiced one of his opinions.
When he voiced this opinion, everyone looked at him in surprise. "What are you going to do? You can't possibly control him, can you?"
Qian Qiqi was confused, never expecting that his solution was to follow the old path.
“If we set this mountain on fire, no matter how the fire moves, it will still be in the fire.” When Xuan Chi said this, he looked at him and the two of them smiled inexplicably. At that moment, their thoughts suddenly combined, and they had a different kind of tacit understanding.
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