After a moment of stalemate, Meng Jueguang could only helplessly invite the Pavilion Master over again. Although he had learned from the previous mistakes, this was still outside the rules. The final verdict could only be decided by Hu Yunfeng. Others, including the judges, did not have this authority, and they could not afford to take this risk.
"It's these two again?" Hu Yunfeng heard the news and came over. Looking at Qiao Hongcai and Meng Tong, he was speechless.
He looked at Meng Jueguang, but this time, there was no room for private discussion with Meng Jueguang.
After all, the same situation had happened in the previous round. In order to maintain the glorious image of fairness, he, as the Pavilion Master of the Welcome Pavilion, could only follow the previous round's rules.
Otherwise, if he changed the rules, he would be slapping his own face in the next round. Not only would this matter become a joke, but it would also be fermented by people with ulterior motives. When the time comes, who knows how much of a storm it would stir up.
Although Meng Jueguang had now joined Young Master Xu's side, and Hu Yunfeng indeed had the intention to rope him in, the premise was that it could not affect his own future. Otherwise, when it concerned his own future, not to mention a mere Meng Jueguang, he might not even give face to Young Master Xu.
Clearing his throat, Hu Yunfeng then announced, "Although both sides were injured, according to the precedent of the previous round's winner, I hereby announce that the winner of this challenge is Qiao Hongcai from the 13th cave at the foot of the mountain."
Hearing this, Meng Jueguang's face instantly turned as black as the bottom of a pot. He did not hesitate to throw a Fourth Grade Recover Pill on Meng Tong. In the end, not only did he not kill Qiao Hongcai, but he was also given a taste of his own medicine by the other party. He forcibly snatched back four points and became the winner!
This kind of trivial matter, just thinking about it already made Meng Jueguang so aggrieved that he almost vomited a mouthful of old blood!
After all, this duel wasn't just between Meng Tong and Qiao Hongcai. Both of them represented Meng Jueguang and Lin Yi.
Meng Tong was the most capable newcomer under Meng Jueguang, but he had lost to a mere minion under Lin Yi. This made Meng Jueguang, the Eldest Senior Brother, lose face.
However, the matter was already settled. No matter how aggrieved Meng Jueguang was, he did not dare to raise any objection to Hu Yunfeng's words in public.
After all, Hu Yunfeng was also under Young Master Xu's faction. They both had the same backer, and their status and strength were far above him. Moreover, Hu Yunfeng was his direct superior. It was clear who listened to whom. If Meng Jueguang could not even understand this point, he would not have received Young Master Xu's recognition.
It was the same Qiao Hongcai and Meng Tong, and both were equally injured. In the previous round, Hu Yunfeng was unscrupulous enough to judge Meng Tong as the winner. In the end, it had only been three days, and he was immediately met with retribution. This situation was really ironic.
In the previous round, when Qiao Hongcai was judged to have lost, everyone at the scene felt a little sad. But this round, when the same thing happened to Meng Tong, not only did the crowd not feel that it was unfair, but they also felt that this slap in the face was very satisfying.
Don't forget, these newcomers were already under Meng Jueguang's command in name. They were in the same camp as Meng Tong. However, this self-proclaimed leader of the newcomers, Meng Tong's character was really too bad. His relations with others were just too bad.
Not only did Li Zhengming, who was repeatedly tricked by him, even the other newcomers did not buy it. If Young Master Meng knew of this result. It was really unknown how he would feel.
However, this situation was not entirely bad for Meng Tong. After all, at the same time that he had four points deducted, his cave ranking had also dropped back to cave number thirteen at the foot of the mountain, falling behind Qiao Hongcai and regaining the initiative.
And more importantly, although he had fallen into the awkward situation of being seriously injured again, and there was still Xiao Ran, Lin Yi's right-hand man behind him, once he was challenged, he would not be able to fight back at all. However, he had already been challenged by Qiao Hongcai once today. According to the rules of the challenge, he had the right to reject any subsequent challenges.
In other words, even if Xiao Ran wanted to hit him when he was down, at least he would not have the chance to do so in this round. This was a rare piece of good news.
With an experienced master like Meng Jueguang, Xiao Ran's strength in the early stage of Foundation Establishment had already been seen through when he fought against Cha Wu in the last round. According to the previous strength of the Perfect Stage of Heaven Stage, even if they were both in the early stage of Foundation Establishment, Xiao Ran's real combat power was probably above Qiao Hongcai.
This could be seen from the previous round when Xiao Ran threw Cha Wu out of the ring without any effort. If it was Qiao Hongcai who had also just succeeded in Foundation Establishment, or even Meng Tong who had been in Foundation Establishment for a period of time, they would not be able to do it as smoothly and easily as him.
Lumber Waste alone had already fought with Meng Tong in two rounds consecutively and both sides suffered. If there was an even stronger Xiao Ran, then whether it was Meng Tong who bore the brunt of the attack or Meng Jueguang who stood behind the scenes, they would only be at a disadvantage.
The most ironic thing was that these two people were only Lin Yi's underlings. Lin Yi did not even need to make a move himself. Just these two underlings were enough to force Meng Jueguang and Meng Tong into a mess.
The dignified Senior Brother who was in charge of the newcomers in Blue Cloud Pavilion and the future Third Pavilion Master of the Welcome Pavilion was in a terrible situation because of the underlings of a newcomer in the secular world. How could they endure this?
Although it could be said that Meng Tong had escaped this round due to the rules of the challenge, he was still helpless about what to do in the next round.
Qiao Hongcai was in front of him and Xiao Ran was behind him. Meng Tong did not dare to move at all when he was sandwiched by these two people.
If he continued to fight, he would either continue to fight with Qiao Hongcai or skip Qiao Hongcai and directly find a newcomer with a higher ranking in the cave abode to plunder more points. However, no matter what the situation was, after the challenge, either Qiao Hongcai or Xiao Ran would definitely take advantage of the situation.
If he stayed in the cave abode number 13 at the foot of the mountain, then Qiao Hongcai would not have the qualifications to take the initiative to challenge him. However, don't forget that Xiao Ran was blocking his way. When that time came, he would have to continue to fight with others and the challenge points he could get in the end would be pitiful.
Now in this challenge round, this idiot Lin Yi was trapped in his own trap. It was not easy for him to give Meng Tong a chance to overtake his points. If he continued to be entangled with these two underlings of Lin Yi, he would miss this golden opportunity.
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