Another person challenged Wan Gufeng. Not only were Wan Gufeng's people paying attention, but also Ziyun Zhenren, the Central Sect Leader, the Elders, and the disciples of the other peaks who were not fighting were all looking at Wan Gufeng's side.
Wan Gufeng's performance today was too eye-catching. It was a surprise that Wan Gufeng's overall strength was not as good as Wan Gufeng's, but he still won.
Long Brow Spiritual Master frowned, but he was thinking about the gains and losses.
The other party's score was 103. Exchanging 97 for 103 seemed acceptable. If they could keep their score of 103, coupled with their previous results, and if they were lucky, their final result would be within the top 100, even if it was the 100th place.
At this moment, Long Eyebrows was no longer thinking about being in the top 300. With their current strength and results, getting into the top 200 was basically not a problem. Now, he was thinking about getting a higher ranking. If he could stay in the top 100, of course, that would be the best result.
"Gu Zheng, what do you think?"
Long Brow asked Gu Zheng before he agreed to the challenge. Although Gu Zheng was a newcomer in the early stage of Jin Xian, his performance had become the backbone of everyone. Even Long Brow, the peak master, had to ask for Gu Zheng's opinion.
At this moment, Gu Zheng was looking into the distance.
He was looking at another battlefield. The peak ranked 39th was challenging the peak ranked 35th. All the peaks wanted to improve. Although there was not much difference in the rankings of the top 100, the cultivation resources given to each level were different. In order to encourage everyone to improve together, the cultivation resources given to the top 100 peaks were very different.
All the peaks wanted to improve.
"Give it to them!"
After a while, Gu Zheng turned around and whispered to Long Brow, "Give it to them." That meant that they would give 97 to them, and they would surrender and take 103 from the other side.
At this moment, Gu Zheng had a bold plan in mind. He did not say it out loud, for fear that Long Brow and the others would think he was crazy.
"We don't accept the challenge!"
After Chang Mei answered, he let out a long sigh of relief. Even he himself couldn't believe that he could defeat Butterfly Orchid Peak. Facing the stronger Mount Wuzhi, he indeed didn't have much confidence. Their rankings weren't too different from his, so it wasn't an unacceptable result to take their rankings.
In that case, they had already been challenged twice, which meant that they had three more chances to be challenged. Once the three challenges were over, the final ranking would be the same as the one they had retained.
At this moment, Gu Zheng looked at the battle between No.39 and No.35. Their battle was very intense. One wanted to improve, while the other refused to give up. Moreover, they were fighting with fire.
The people from Mount Wuzhi happily left. Previously, Wan Gufeng's attitude towards Butterfly Orchid Peak made them think that they would have to go through a bitter battle to obtain this ranking. They never expected that Wan Gufeng would directly give it to them without a battle.
In this way, they could preserve their strength and protect their ranking. Or if something happened to the peak in front of them, such as a drop in strength, they could consider pushing forward.
No matter what, Mount Wuzhi was very satisfied to be able to take down Wan Gufeng without a battle.
Wan Gufeng giving up made the people from Butterfly Orchid Peak even angrier. However, they didn't expect that if they hadn't provoked Wan Gufeng too much, especially insulting Gao Shijie, Wan Gufeng might have given up on them. That way, they wouldn't have to fight and wouldn't have suffered any losses.
However, they soon didn't have time to pay attention to Wan Gufeng. The 137th peak actually came to challenge them, which made the people from Butterfly Orchid Peak even angrier.
After Wan Gufeng refused the challenge, he continued to rest. At this moment, Wan Gufeng's ranking had become No.103. It was a ranking that Long Brow and all the disciples of Wan Gufeng could accept.
"Junior Brother Long Brow, we're here to challenge you!"
Unfortunately, they didn't rest for long before the 112th peak came over. The 112th peak had challenged the 99th peak but had lost. Afterwards, they settled for the next best thing and prepared to challenge one of the later peaks.
Originally, Wangu Peak was publicly recognized as a soft persimmon. Previously, they were a little annoyed that Butterfly Orchid Peak had taken the lead. However, they didn't expect this soft persimmon to be so tough. Butterfly Orchid Peak's teeth were knocked out. Not only did they fail to snatch Wangu Peak's ranking, they also suffered a great loss. Now that other peaks were starting to challenge them, their final ranking this time would probably drop a little.
They had thought about it for a long time, but they couldn't find a suitable peak to challenge. In the end, they chose Wan Gufeng.
"Give it to them!"
Long Brow asked Gu Zheng. Gu Zheng once again replied. He was currently paying attention to another battle, where the 28th peak was fighting the 25th peak. However, the 28th peak was previously ranked 26th, so he had been challenged by the 28th peak and lost, giving his ranking to his opponent.
They didn't want their ranking to fall, so they went to challenge the 25th peak, which was ranked higher. The battle between the two groups was very intense.
There were quite a number of Jin Xian from the higher ranked peaks. For example, the 25th peak had a total of 24 Jin Xian, and eight Jin Xian in the later stage. They were very strong.
The 28th peak wasn't weak either. They were originally ranked 26th, and their strength wasn't much different from the 25th peak. However, the 28th peak had developed very well in the past 3000 years. They already had 27 Jin Xian, and eight Jin Xian in the later stage. In the end, the 28th peak was defeated.
However, their strength wasn't affected much by their defeat. They didn't want to fight to the death with the 28th peak, and they also wanted to improve this time, so there was no harm in letting them win. Gu Zheng watched their battle and didn't say anything.
After three challenges, Wan Gufeng's ranking had fallen to 112th. It was no longer possible for them to enter the top 100, but they were still able to maintain their position outside the top 100.
This result didn't seem too bad, Long Brow thought. He was a bit melancholy and worried about his gains and losses.
"Junior Brother Long Brow, we challenge Wan Gufeng!"
The fourth challenge came six hours later. This time, they were challenged by Feng Tou, who was ranked 139th. They had twelve Golden Immortals, but there were only three late-stage Golden Immortals, three middle-stage Golden Immortals, and the rest were early-stage Golden Immortals.
This kind of strength was indeed not weak. If it wasn't for the battle between Wan Gufeng and Butterfly Orchid Peak, everyone would think that they had won. However, with the previous challenges and the fact that Wan Gufeng's strength wasn't affected, many people didn't think that they would win.
Some people were still discussing why they had wasted a chance to challenge Wan Gufeng, who they couldn't defeat at all.
Others didn't know, but they couldn't do anything about it. If they wanted to improve their strength, there weren't any good peaks that they could challenge. Before, there was Wan Gufeng, but after Wan Gufeng displayed their strength, some peaks hesitated and didn't have any ideas about them.
After that, there was Butterfly Orchid Peak, whose strength had decreased. However, when they wanted to go, Butterfly Orchid Peak had already been challenged. Moreover, its strength had dropped below 130. Later, it was defeated by the 150th peak. Now, Butterfly Orchid Peak was ranked 150.
In the end, they had no choice but to challenge Wan Gufeng. They had seen Wan Gufeng give up twice. Perhaps he had suffered losses in the previous battles, so they wanted to test their luck and see if Wan Gufeng would give up.
"Accept the challenge!"
Gu Zheng stood up. He could agree to give up the previous two peaks because their rankings were relatively high and wouldn't affect his plan.
However, this 139th was too low. It wasn't the ranking he wanted. Wan Gufeng wasn't a pushover. Not everyone could come and bully him.
Wan Gufeng accepted the challenge. Long Brow, Tianming, and the others were all in high spirits.
The battle started and ended quickly. Although there were 12 Jin Xian at 139th peak, there were only three in the late stage. Gu Zheng summoned a giant dragon and made up for the difference in strength. After one of the mid-stage was eliminated, they hurriedly admitted defeat. If they continued to fight, their losses would be great. At that time, they wouldn't even be able to keep their 139th peak, let alone improve.
Wan Gufeng won the fourth challenge.
This battle was actually very easy for Wan Gufeng. They didn't feel any pressure at all and displayed their strength. The most dazzling was still Gu Zheng. When the two giant dragons were killing everywhere, he could actually summon an earth dragon and control it to fight.
Such a strong strength also deterred the peaks with ulterior motives. For a moment, no one dared to challenge them.
112th, they were safe for the time being.
Long Brow breathed a sigh of relief again. They only had one chance to be challenged. After losing their 139th peak, basically no one would challenge them. If the strength of those at the bottom wasn't enough, they wouldn't be afraid to challenge them. In this way, they were more likely to keep their 112th peak.
Together with their previous results, their final ranking was about 109th or 101st. The difference wouldn't be too big. They had dropped more than ten places from their original ranking. After their strength had decreased by more than half, they still had such a ranking. No matter if it was him or Wan Gufeng, they were already very satisfied.
After a few more hours, basically no one dared to challenge them. The battles of the other peaks were also very fierce, and people were constantly eliminated.
The rankings of the peaks were also constantly changing. Soon, the first peak that had used up their five chances to challenge appeared. They could only accept challenges passively. Not long after, the first peak that had been challenged five times also appeared. They gave up the opportunity to challenge and everyone could leave the battlefield.
The number of people on the battlefield continued to decrease.
"Senior Brother Long Brow!"
Gu Zheng, who had rested for 16 hours, suddenly stood up and walked towards Long Brow.
"Senior Brother Long Brow, do you want our ranking to be higher? Not just in the 100th or the 90th, but even higher?"
Gu Zheng asked softly. Long Brow stared at him with his eyes wide open, but his heart was beating faster and faster.
Tianmingzi and the others also came over and looked at Gu Zheng in surprise.
"You mean, we should challenge others?"
Long Brow was very smart. He immediately understood Gu Zheng's intention. However, he really didn't think about challenging others before. For people like them, it would be good if they could keep their ranking. They were not qualified to challenge others at all.
Their previous peaks all maintained their strength. In order to keep their ranking, they wouldn't go all out. There were very few like them. After all, the final ranking was the most important.
"Yes!"
Gu Zheng directly nodded. Long Brow and Tianmingzi looked at each other. Long Brow took a deep breath and finally asked, "Junior Brother Gu, who do you want to challenge?"
They were surprised that Gu Zheng wanted to challenge others, but at the same time, they felt that it was normal. After all, Gu Zheng had displayed his strength. With such strength, it was completely right to challenge others if he wasn't satisfied with his current results.
Speaking of which, they were the ones who dragged Gu Zheng down. If Gu Zheng's strength was at the previous peaks, he would have already challenged those higher up.
Gu Zheng stretched out his finger and pointed in a direction.
"23rd!"
Tianmingzi blurted out. Gu Zheng was actually pointing at Lotus Peak, which was ranked 23rd. Lotus Peak had 27 Jin Xian. There were 9 Jin Xian in the late stage, 10 in the middle stage, and 8 in the early stage. Their strength was very strong.
It wasn't that Lotus Peak didn't have any challengers this time, but they only accepted one challenge. They won the challenge, and only two of them were slightly injured. Their strength was still preserved.
This kind of strength wasn't something they could touch. The other party was like a boulder, and they were like eggs. Challenging them would be like striking a boulder with an egg.
"Junior Brother Gu, if we were already full of challengers, I would agree to let you challenge us. But we still have one more chance to be challenged. Isn't this too risky?"
Long Brow smiled bitterly and tried to persuade Gu Zheng. His meaning was obvious. He wanted Gu Zheng to give up.
They didn't have the strength to give up on challenging such a high ranking peak. Even if Gu Zheng was very strong, it wouldn't work. After all, Gu Zheng was only one person. Unless he was a Daluo Jinxian.
However, Daluo Jinxian weren't allowed to participate in the competition. Those who cultivated in Shushan and became Daluo Jinxian would be invited to the main peak to be an elder. They wouldn't stay in the side peaks and affect the balance.
Gu Zheng understood what he meant. They still had one more chance to be challenged. If they failed and suffered losses, it was possible that others behind them would take advantage of them and lower their ranking again.
"Senior Brother Long Brow, what was your initial expectation?"
Gu Zheng suddenly asked. Long Brow was stunned, but he still answered, "Within 300!"
"Even if we fail, even if we are challenged again and our ranking is lowered, how much can we lower?"
Gu Zheng asked again. They were now ranked 112th, and there were rules for the challenge. They could only challenge those peaks that were ranked within a hundred places of them. In other words, even if they were defeated, they would only be ranked in the 200s, and they could still maintain their ranking in the 200s.
This ranking was already better than Long Brow's initial expectation.
Chang Mei was stunned. He already understood Gu Zheng's meaning. Since he had already reached his expectations, why not try again? If he succeeded, he would be able to obtain a higher and better ranking. Even if he failed, the worst result would still be within his expectations.
If they won, they would be ranked 23rd. Combined with their previous results, they would definitely be in the top 30. The top 30 was a threshold. Only the top 30 peaks could be beside the main peak. The peaks below 30 were all behind them.
Moreover, the top 30 could get many more cultivation resources and various benefits than the top 100. Long Brow kept thinking, and his breathing became heavier and heavier.
"Junior Brother Gu, just tell me, how sure are you?"
After a while, Long Brow suddenly gritted his teeth and asked Gu Zheng. He knew that it was absolutely impossible for them to defeat this peak. However, it was different with Gu Zheng. Everything depended on Gu Zheng.
"If they fight desperately, I'm not sure. But if it's just defeating them, I'm at least 70% sure!"
Gu Zheng looked at them and said slowly. A challenge was not to kill all of the opponents. They were ranked 23rd and had only accepted one challenge. Gu Zheng saw this point. They would not fight recklessly with Gu Zheng. If they lost too much, even if they won, they would be challenged by other peaks later.
If they were smart, once they found that Gu Zheng had the ability to cause them serious losses, they would probably admit defeat and give up their ranking. Then they would challenge other peaks to get their ranking back.
In this case, Gu Zheng was really confident. That was why he asked Long Brow to challenge them.
This was an opponent he had carefully selected. Some of the other opponents had been challenged many times and did not have many chances to be challenged. Some had challenged others many times and did not have many chances to challenge others again. If they challenged such a peak, they would only fight desperately. Even if they won, they would have to pay a price. After that, it would be difficult to keep their ranking.
Gu Zheng had been waiting for others to challenge them and use up their five qualifications. However, no one came to challenge them. In addition, it was very likely that another challenger would appear, so he did not want to wait any longer.
"Let's do it!"
Long Brow suddenly said seriously. Gu Zheng was right. They had reached their expectations. Why not take a gamble? He also knew that the other side would not fight with them to the death.
Once they won, they only needed to try their best to keep their ranking. If they could really keep their ranking, they would enter the top 30. For Wan Gufeng, it was absolutely a step to the sky.
Even if they failed, it would be fine as long as they could protect Gu Zheng. If they could protect Gu Zheng, others would have scruples when challenging them. They still had a great chance to maintain their ranking of 112.
Taking a step back, if they really failed and fell to the top 200, that would be a better result. It would not disappoint them. If that was the case, he did not dare to take the gamble. He was really too timid.
Long Brow was the person who founded Emei. How could he be timid? It was just that he had a lot of scruples after becoming a peak master. Now that Gu Zheng had 70% confidence, there was no harm in taking a gamble.
"Let's do it!"
Tianmingzi yelled out excitedly. This was a challenge to the twenty-third ranked Lotus Peak. Lotus Peak had twenty-seven Golden Immortals and three thousand disciples. Even if they were at their peak, they wouldn't be able to match up to half of Lotus Peak. Now that they were going to challenge them, it was like a snake trying to swallow an elephant.
However, the more it was like this, the more exciting it was. They were all from Earth and had all been sect masters or great elders. They had fought countless times on Earth. They had fought against the Shushan branch and the Demon Gate. When had they ever been afraid?
Gu Zheng wanted to challenge the strong this time, which had stimulated their blood. They all agreed. Since they all agreed, Long Brow did not have any scruples or hesitation. He led the people of Wan Gufeng and flew directly in the direction of Lotus Peak's people.
Many people were very curious to see Wan Gufeng's people move. Purple Cloud Sage and the others were also very curious. They had been staring at Wan Gufeng's people for a long time. Wan Gufeng's people had always been passive in accepting challenges. They had never challenged anyone. Everyone thought that Wan Gufeng's people wouldn't challenge them this time.
Many people were curious about who Wan Gufeng was going to challenge. They were also guessing who would be Wan Gufeng's challenge target. But when Wan Gufeng's people flew to the front of the people who wanted to challenge, everyone was stunned, including Purple Cloud's people.
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