Chapter 164: One hundred sixty-four, His Highness of my household invites you!
Jade Pot Sect’s Outer Sect grand competition second round, in the end, still concluded.
Several were joyous while others were sorrowful; the defeated geniuses of the Outer Sect were inevitably downcast, while the faces of the few who won and advanced to the third round were not necessarily any better.
Especially those who were about to face Feng Hang and Shen Xiao in the third round, their hearts were truly conflicted: should they concede defeat proactively or, for the sake of pride, step onto the stage and fight a few moves?
To concede defeat willingly would undeniably project a lack of courage, yet to foolishly fight against opponents like Feng Hang and Shen Xiao, both ruthless and merciless, would be ill-advised.
Didn’t Song Tian and that other person who fought against Shen Xiao in the second round both end up with extremely tragic results? Even though Song Tian later turned misfortune into a blessing, who could ensure that they themselves would have such good fortune?
Between being despised and risking one’s life, perhaps those two would ultimately make the right decision, since the two slots for advancement to the Inner Sect have essentially been reserved by Feng Hang and Shen Xiao; any struggle would be futile.
One Outer Sect genius held a particularly conflicted expression, his gaze flickering as he watched the coarse-clothed youth disappear at the entrance of the Arena Hall, somehow feeling uncertain and apprehensive.
Yun Xiao, who walked out of the Arena Hall together with Tan Yun and Ling Wan, was unaware that he too had become an object of discussion; he only intended to use this night to restore his depleted Meridian Qi, to cope with tomorrow’s third round of competition.
Given the previous lesson where Xuan Zhi and Guan Tong switched draw numbers, Yun Xiao dared not guarantee that such an incident wouldn’t happen again during the third round.
If his own opponent were to switch draw numbers with Feng Hang, who was in the Early Stage of the Meridian Rushing Realm, then truly he would be in a tight spot. Although he had easily dealt with Guan Tong previously, facing a cultivator in the Early Stage of the Meridian Rushing Realm would likely yield an entirely different outcome.