A person on the fifteenth tier can exchange blows with someone on the thirteenth tier, but how many blows they can last depends entirely on the opponent's strength. Xu Yuehuai is taking a risky move; if the person on the fifteenth tier ends up seventh in this round, then she will have made a grave mistake.
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Ji Yuanchi stood on the stage, facing the remaining sixty enemies. It would be a lie to say that she wasn't panicked, but she wanted to win even more. However, there was not only a huge disparity in strength between them, but also a difference in mentality.
As the match officially began, everyone sprang into action, as if they had chosen their targets. All the people from Qingtao Valley were targeted, but when they suddenly realized that they were all attacking the same person, they changed direction and began to attack the people next to them, their movements perfectly synchronized.
Fortunately, they didn't forcefully target the people from Qingtao Valley, presumably because they felt their strength was relatively low and they could deal with them later, so they allowed them to survive in the cracks for a while.
Ji Yuanchi encountered a short-eyed man who kept hovering in front of her, trying to find her weakness to launch a powerful attack. However, Ji Yuanchi defended herself fiercely, and the man, unable to find a way to break through her defenses, became furious. In a fit of anger, he stepped forward and chopped down on Ji Yuanchi's spiritual energy shield with an axe.
The attack was incredibly powerful, purely violent, causing Ji Yuanchi to take two steps back. His actions gave the man unprecedented confidence, and he wanted to continue attacking her. However, Ji Yuanchi was not a fool who would just let others attack her, and she began to launch a counterattack while the attack was concentrated.
Her spiritual energy was being depleted rapidly, and soon she felt it was becoming unbearable. Xu Yuehuai sat in the stands, her brows furrowed with worry, but she couldn't show it too obviously, otherwise it would shake the morale of the troops.
The Qingtao Valley disciples on the stage did not give up their attack just because they were at the fifteenth level and there was a two-level difference between them and their opponents. Instead, they became more courageous in the face of setbacks.
Xiao Feng gave a passionate speech, "We saw a unique force in our lineup that was unstoppable! They were very persistent and did not give up despite the wind and rain. As you can see, at the beginning of the competition, almost everyone was heading towards them, but they were separated by other teams in the middle."
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The competition was fierce. Qingtao Valley suffered a lot of injuries this time, almost more serious than the injuries of the other two teams, and only managed to get fourth place.
This finally eased Xu Yuehuai's anxiety a little. She quickly took out several bottles of pills and handed them to Nangong Yu, who immediately understood what she meant. He then took the pills and distributed them to the wounded.
The competition suddenly became interesting. Qingtao Valley has now secured a fourth place and two first places. How well they will fare in the final competition remains to be seen in the next twelve matches.
The person on the tenth step undoubtedly won after taking the stage, remaining in first place. When they came down, they had a smug and cheerful expression on their face.
Xu Yuehuai was not surprised at all. In the following fifth and sixth matches, after careful consideration, she took the stage in order, with the people on the eleventh and twelfth steps going on stage one by one.
The other teams will take the stage in the order of eleventh and tenth tiers.
When the competition results came out, the Qingtao Valley disciples had a high morale beforehand, and their overall performance was above average, ranking second or third.
Suddenly falling from first place, Elder Zhan in the sect leader's private room finally couldn't help but speak up with a sarcastic remark, "Sigh, what a pity, how come they didn't get first place? But second and third place are already pretty good. It's just that the overall results are really... falling behind too quickly."
Elder Zhan didn't explicitly name anyone, but he was practically speaking frankly. No one else knew what grudge the two had against each other, but they seemed to be at odds. They subtly cast their gazes toward Zi Sangyi.
But when everyone saw that Zisangyi was completely unfazed and didn't seem inclined to say anything, they were all a little confused about what was going on.
Seeing that he didn't get an answer, Elder Zhan glanced at him and anxiously added fuel to the fire, "I didn't mean to mention Qingtao Valley, so please don't overthink it, Sect Master Zisang."
Everyone was speechless for a moment. They were all old foxes, why were they pretending to be monks, and why did they have to say something so unnecessary that it made people hear it?
Zi Sangyi seemed to only then come to her senses, "Oh dear, who was calling me just now?"
Elder Zhan's face darkened further upon hearing this. It seemed that this person hadn't been listening to what he was saying. Elder Zhan, who had lost face, was determined to embarrass Zisangyi. "Sect Leader Zisang, there's no need to worry too much about the ranking. Moving from fourth to second or third place is still a very good improvement. If you work a little harder next time, you might be able to go even further."
Zi Sangyi ignored Elder Zhan again, and now everyone understood that he was doing it on purpose, deliberately trying to make Elder Zhan suffer and regret it. For a moment, everyone watched the two of them fight with a "let's have a good show" mentality.
The sect leader of Wanzhang Sect probably felt too ashamed and reprimanded Elder Zhan, which made the man who was frantically trying to target Zisangyi quiet down a bit.
Time passed by, and Xu Yuehuai's performance in the following matches was fairly average, no different from the others.
Qingtao Valley's ranking has consistently hovered around second, third, or fourth place, never falling below fourth, which is sufficient.
The higher you go, the stronger everyone becomes, until finally, even Xu Yuehuai has to re-evaluate the strength of the others.
Compared to Nangong Yu, it was like a small fry compared to a big fish. All the spiritual energy and spirit beasts intertwined on the stage, dazzling the eyes of the audience.
"This is the kind of competition we should be watching. Those earlier matches were just child's play. Just because Qingtao Valley got a few first places and good rankings doesn't mean they can get good rankings in the future."
"Shut your mouth, don't say whatever comes to mind and make yourself seem ignorant!" A person who had sided with Qingtao Valley tried their best to defend Qingtao Valley.
While speaking on the round platform, Xiao Feng unconsciously steered the conversation towards Xu Yuehuai, "Why did Qingtao Valley go from a risky fighting style at the beginning to a steady advance later? What are our senior sister of Qingtao Valley planning? Can you guess?"
Xu Yuehuai looked at the man on the round platform. He had handsome features and a gentle and refined personality, but he was a chatterbox who could never stop talking.
By the tenth round of the competition, Qingtao Valley had only secured three first-place finishes, with the rest hovering around second, third, and fourth place.
This puts immense pressure on the people on the next five steps, but Xu Yuehuai doesn't seem to have this problem.
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