"This …" Xue Jianfeng choked and forced himself to say, "That's also against the rules!"
"Well, if you insist, you can report it to the Archaic Alliance." Xin Yijie glanced at him.
Xue Jianfeng snorted and gave up resentfully. Of course, he could not let go of Xin Yijie's weakness, but even if he really reported it to the Archaic Alliance, it would be useless.
Because this was human nature. Except for the shameless Lie Yingzu, what Xin Yijie did was a happy thing for everyone else. The Archaic Alliance would never come forward to punish him, otherwise, it would be seen as encouraging Lie Yingzu's shameless behavior.
After a while, Leng Leng finally succeeded in breaking through. Under the envious gaze of the crowd, she officially advanced to the Foundation Establishment Perfected Realm and became the person who truly stood at the top of all the disciples of the Archaic Alliance.
He had the Shattered Ice Physique to begin with, and now, he had become a legend. Other than Ling Tianyou and Xue Jianfeng, there was no one else present who could compare to him. Even Duanmu Yu and the others might be slightly inferior to him. This was the true meaning of having boundless prospects.
"Miss Leng Leng, I'm really sorry just now. I apologize to you on behalf of the Green Cloud Sect of the North Island." Xin Yijie walked in front of her and bowed deeply with a solemn expression.
"Ah?" Leng Leng was stunned. She was fully focused on breaking through just now, so she did not notice Lie Yingzu's little action at all, and did not know what happened after that.
It was only until Lin Yi walked over and explained in a low voice that Leng Leng finally understood. She quickly said, "Master Xin, you're being too serious. You don't have to apologize to me. Actually, I should be the one thanking you properly. No matter what, you're the one who protected me."
Even if Xin Yijie did not step forward, Lie Yingzu could not hurt Leng Leng at all. After all, Lin Yi was watching. However, Xin Yijie still did her a big favor. No matter what his consideration was, Leng Leng was the biggest beneficiary. There was no doubt about this.
"Miss Leng Leng is too polite. That's what I should do." Xin Yijie smiled bitterly and nodded to Lin Yi. He then announced to the crowd that the competition would continue.
The rest of the competition was uneventful, and a day later, it was Lingshan and the others' turn. This time, most of them passed without any mishap. After the first round, they were much more used to the new level of foundation establishment, and the counter moves Lin Yi had taught them were much more proficient as well. Naturally, they were more at ease when facing opponents of the same level as them.
This time, other than their own people, the only one who lost was Ziyu. This girl got Yu Bing in the first round and got a win for free. It looked like she was lucky, but it was actually a loss.
If she had gone all out in the first round like the others instead of just going through the motions, she might not have lost the second round. Strictly speaking, her opponent wasn't that strong, and the only reason she lost was because she wasn't used to the early phase of foundation establishment and the atmosphere. She still had to pay the tuition fee.
But this wasn't a bad thing. After this loss, Ziyu had matured a lot. Compared to success, most of the time, failure was more motivating. Especially for a little girl like Ziyu who didn't know how high the sky was, this experience was even more valuable.
Lin Yi smiled as he looked at Ziyu, who was training extra. This was good, too. No matter how strong he was, he couldn't always protect everyone under his wing. If even the youngest Ziyu was starting to realize this, then the others wouldn't slack off either. After all, if they couldn't even beat Ziyu, then they'd really lose face. This was quite a pleasant surprise.
In the third round, the number of people who signed up for the cross-level challenge was less than half of the second round. There were only three people in total.
At this time, everyone had more or less understood each other. In order to succeed in challenging someone of a higher level, other than having sufficient strength, there was another crucial condition, and that was to catch the opponent off guard. Only then would it be possible for the stronger opponent to fail miserably. Otherwise, if everyone knew each other thoroughly, the originally small chance of victory would be even slimmer.
Just like that, many of the disciples who had the impulse to challenge him gave up spontaneously. However, even though the number of people had decreased, the challengers had clearly become much stronger. Those who still had the guts to challenge him at this time were naturally not easy to deal with.
Of the three cross-level battles, although only one of them succeeded in the end, from the looks of it, the other two battles were also evenly matched. The two challengers' chances of winning were actually not low. It was just that their luck was not too good, which led to them losing in the end.
"I didn't think so at first, but now that I look at it, the rules of this tournament are really cruel." One of the disciples sighed, and the others sighed as well.
Even Lin Yi couldn't help but nod. There were a total of six people in the three battles, but there was only one winner out of the six, and that was the challenger who succeeded in the cross-level challenge. As for the other five, they probably didn't have a good ending.
The one who succeeded in the cross-level challenge didn't need to be mentioned. According to the rules, he was already eliminated. As for the remaining four, the results weren't as direct, but the process was too intense. All four of them were injured quite badly, and unless they had some strong elixir like the Great Recovery Pill, they wouldn't be able to recover in a short period of time.
If this trend continued, not only would they not be able to win the third round, but even the fourth and fifth rounds wouldn't be good either. If they lost all three rounds, they would naturally be eliminated.
Just three rounds had eliminated five people. It wasn't an exaggeration to say that the rules were cruel. The higher-ups of the Archaic Alliance had racked their brains to come up with these rules. Those who were able to stand out under these cruel rules, no matter how strong they were, at the very least, they weren't weaklings unless they were extremely lucky.
But then again, for a trial like the Archaic Trials that was full of chance, luck was also a part of one's strength. To put it nicely, luck was also a part of one's strength.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
