The man felt aggrieved. He had agreed to Fu Ziyi's challenge because he thought Fu Ziyi wouldn't be his match. But to his utter surprise, while Fu Ziyi was indeed not his match, he was not Fu Ziyi's match.
The elder deacon hesitated, glancing at Fu Ziyi before finally choosing his words, "Fu Ziyi, he refused."
Fu Ziyi raised her eyebrows slightly and parted her red lips, "What good would his refusal do? Doesn't our competition rule say that you can't refuse? It also doesn't say that you can't challenge someone twice."
Fu Ziyi's words were reasonable and well-founded. The elder in charge looked at Zi Sangyi. In the past, there were many loopholes in these rules, and no one cared. After all, no one would do such a thing. But today they met this troublemaker who didn't care about fame or reputation and just wanted to beat someone up.
As the elder in charge looked in the direction of Zi Sangyi, Fu Ziyi also looked over, but he was looking at Xu Yuehuai.
Zi Sangyi then looked at Xu Yuehuai sitting to the side and asked, "What do you think? Should we agree?"
Xu Yuehuai shook her head, "Adding rules on the spot is no different from humiliating fellow disciples, it's unacceptable."
Zi Sangyi nodded, then turned to the crowd below and said, "If it's not in the rules, then I'll add it here. Fu Ziyi, if you want to challenge others, you can talk to the elder in charge. If not, then get off the stage."
Fu Ziyi clenched his fists at his sides, glaring angrily at Xu Yuehuai. He couldn't understand why she wouldn't agree. Weren't they friends? She wouldn't even help with this little thing. Even if they didn't have a deeper friendship, they had spent so much time together. He had saved her and taken care of her. Was Xu Yuehuai really going to hold nothing back?
Xu Yuehuai met his gaze directly, her eyes calm and indifferent, like a stagnant pool of water, without any ripples.
Fu Zi also compromised.
As if nothing had happened, the elder deacon relaxed a bit and chose another person as his target. His tactics were the same as Baili Xiuwen's; Baili Xiuwen was very good at long-range combat, so he would find someone who could fight at close range.
He swung his sword and fought for a long time, but he couldn't even see Fu Ziyi's men. The ghosts in front of him kept haunting him, making it impossible for him to escape.
Finally, having exhausted his spiritual power, he jumped off the stage.
Sitting on the high platform, Yu Ze scoffed disdainfully, "What good are these low-class people who use such underhanded methods to win the game?"
Upon hearing this, Nangong Yu spoke up with a different voice, "Junior Brother, I cannot agree with what you say. He won the competition through his own ability. How can you call it underhanded? Did he use dirty tricks or even kill someone?"
Yu Ze looked at Nangong Yu, who was arguing with him, and since the other elders were there, he couldn't refute her. "Senior Brother is right."
The elders were quite optimistic about Fu Ziyi and Baili Xiuwen's ability to win by playing to their strengths and avoiding their weaknesses. After all, if they didn't have enough strength to restrain their opponent and bring that person to their side, then the advantages that Fu Ziyi had chosen for himself would become weaknesses.
Unsurprisingly, Ji Yuanchi and Pu Erge also chose the same method. The four people who came up from the lower realm were promoted to inner disciples, while the remaining few were too timid to step forward.
Xu Tian was unconvinced. He hadn't used up all his chances, but he was utterly humiliated on his first appearance, which made him hesitant to make any rash moves. With only one chance left, the people he envied had already become inner disciples. In the future, when he saw them in the sect, he would have to respectfully address them as "Senior Brother" or "Senior Sister." This was practically rubbing his face into the ground!
Xu Tian stepped forward and stood on the stage, his face grim. "I want to challenge... Ji Yuanchi!"
At this moment, Xu Tian did not make a mistake by choosing Fu Ziyi and other geniuses. Among these four people, Ji Yuanchi was the weakest. The battle she had just fought had already exhausted her strength, and she was now completely worn out.
After stepping down from the stage, she quickly consumed several bottles of pills before her condition improved. She had learned this method of taking pills by the bottle from Xu Yuehuai. Xu Yuehuai's expression remained completely unchanged upon hearing those words, acting entirely like an outsider.
Ji Yuanchi looked coldly at the person standing on the stage who shouted that he wanted to challenge her.
The surrounding disciples all felt sorry for Ji Yuanchi.
"This female disciple is quite strong, but she encountered a scoundrel and was seriously injured. If the opponent has even a little bit of strength, Ji Yuanchi will definitely lose."
Ji Yuanchi walked onto the arena with a determined look in her eyes, holding a long sword. "Don't cry later if you lose."
As she spoke, her sword flashed, aiming for Xu Tian. Xu Tian dodged to the side, the sword twirling in his hand before heading straight for Ji Yuanchi's shoulder.
Ji Yuanchi reacted quickly, withdrawing his hand and slashing his sword to the side, thus dodging the attack.
Xu Tian's cultivation was not as good as Ji Yuanchi's. Although he was also injured, he had a lot of good pills given to him by Yu Ze. After resting for an hour, he recovered to about 70-80%.
Everyone could see that Ji Yuanchi's hand movements were much slower than before when she was fighting Xu Tian, which allowed Xu Tian to easily dodge her attacks.
"It seems that this time, that disciple named Xu Tian is really going to get the benefit of the fittest."
Xu Tian discovered that Ji Yuanchi had great stamina. Despite multiple rounds of attacks, he was unable to harm her. Xu Tian's eyes were dark. He held his sword in his right hand and hid his left hand under his sleeve, seemingly engaged in some kind of stunt.
Ji Yuanchi wasn't blind; she was close by and noticed this. When Xu Tian charged at her again with his sword, the man suddenly raised his left hand, sending several flaming hidden weapons flying towards Ji Yuanchi's face.
Seeing that the sword had a chance to pierce Xu Tian's body and seriously injure him, Ji Yuanchi was unwilling to dodge it. She condensed a magic seal to form a protective shield, blocking the first few silver needles that came at her, and then quickly attacked Xu Tian again.
Xu Tian was caught off guard when Ji Yuanchi's sword pierced his body. His eyes were glazed over, and he spat out a mouthful of blood. Ji Yuanchi, who was standing opposite him, was not much better off, clutching her shoulder with a pained expression on her face.
One of the silver needles missed and pierced her body, penetrating her shoulder. She could even feel the needle piercing through her bone.
Ji Yuanchi drew his sword and kicked Xu Tian off the stage, thus determining the winner of the arena.
Even the elders in charge were stunned by what they saw. Ji Yuanchi had taken a huge risk to stab Xu Tian in order to win the victory.
"This man is utterly despicable! Bullying a seriously injured girl is bad enough, but he even used hidden weapons! How can someone like this be worthy of our sect! He's a cancer in our sect!"
The female disciples greatly admired Ji Yuanchi's perseverance and began to condemn Xu Tian, this despicable and wicked man.
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