Chapter 430: Spectating the Battle
In the crimson flower bud, Ye Tianfan saw Dai Tianxin surrender, so he dispelled the flower bud. Although this flower bud appeared quite fragile, it consumed a massive amount of Spiritual Qi.
After all, the Fire Lotus Sword itself is an offensive Magic Sword. While it's not impossible to use it as a shield, the sword inherently carries a Defensive Immortal Technique, which is the defense of this flower bud.
However, since the quality of this Magic Sword isn't top-notch, if not for Ye Tianfan's abundant Spiritual Qi, this rather useless Immortal Technique could have directly drained him.
After stepping down from the ring with Dai Tianxin, Ye Tianfan needed to draw lots, so Dai Tianxin returned to the Taijin Peak's stands first.
After drawing lots, Ye Tianfan returned to the Taijin Peak stands. Since he and Dai Tianxin finished their fight relatively quickly, more than half of the platforms in the Martial Arts Arena were still competing.
"Junior Brother, what number?" Third Senior Brother Liang Tianqi asked as he saw Ye Tianfan return.
"Third Senior Brother, I drew number eight. The opponent should be number nine," Ye Tianfan replied.
"Number nine? I wonder whose luck is bad enough to face you tomorrow," Liang Tianqi said with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Ye Tianfan smiled and didn't say anything. After all, it's not suitable for him to say it himself; others need to set it up.
Tian Chu Zhenren saw Ye Tianfan return and intended to leave, as both disciples of his competition lineage had returned, and there were no more of his lineage's disciples on stage. Staying would serve no purpose.
However, just as Tian Chu Zhenren was about to rise to leave, Master Li Wan tugged at him, whispered something, and then Tian Chu Zhenren, looking a bit impatient, sat back down.
Seeing that Tian Chu Zhenren wasn't leaving, Ye Tianfan focused intently on watching the stage, observing the fighting styles of others. After all, his opponent for tomorrow was among them.
Ye Tianfan spotted Bai Feng among these platforms, who was still fighting an opponent wielding a giant hammer.
The giant hammer in the strong man's hand, one red and one blue, looked impressively appealing.
The strong man controlled the two giant hammers to smash towards Bai Feng, but of course, Bai Feng casually summoned a small shield to block it, even reflecting the giant hammers back several meters.
Seeing his hammers reflected skyward, the strong man ceased distant control, flipped into the air, grabbed both hammer handles tightly, and, using the hammers' momentum, fiercely charged at Bai Feng.
Bai Feng calmly pulled out a small turtle shell from his chest and tossed it at the strong man.
The small turtle shell swelled with the wind, growing to human height in the blink of an eye. The shell grew some daunting spikes, directly blocking the strong man's path.
Helpless, the strong man swung his hammer at the turtle shell; otherwise, if he crashed into it, he'd likely be injured or worse.
The result, of course, was that the strong man couldn't break the turtle shell's defense and was instead pushed back by it, crashing into the array at the edge of the platform and falling down.
At this point, the strong man was on the verge of tears. The opponent was too tough—not just the turtle shell, but at the beginning, a ball enveloped him, and after finally breaking through that, another small shield was pulled out, and he still hadn't broken through the defenses.
When he was pushed back by the small shield earlier, the strong man pondered how to break it. And then, before finding a solution, an even tougher turtle shell was brought out.
What troubled the strong man most was that he only had this one Magical Treasure, the Ice and Fire Ninefold Urn Golden Hammer, which was crafted with much pleading to a senior brother of the Taiqi Peak lineage.
He didn't expect to encounter another Taiqi Peak senior brother in this tournament and to be completely suppressed.
Thinking of surrendering? But he couldn't bear to lose that Space Ring. But if he didn't surrender, he truly had no strategy to contend with this Taiqi Peak senior brother.
Bai Feng saw that the strong man hadn't surrendered and was still contemplating defeating him, and he smiled slightly. Not in despair yet? Then let's spice it up a bit more!
Bai Feng smiled, reaching into his chest for another item.
Seeing this, Ye Tianfan turned his head directly towards other platforms, deeming it unnecessary to watch any longer, as the strong man was bound to lose.
Ye Tianfan observed an intense battle on a nearby platform, with lightning flashing and the ground shaking, the fight seemed very fierce.
"Don't be fooled by the intense fight over there, it's all for show," You Tianjiao explained to Ye Tianfan as he noticed his gaze on the most intense platform.
"For show? Fake?" Ye Tianfan squinted to examine, but he couldn't tell it was fake. Could Senior Brother be mistaken?
"Senior Brother, how do you know it's fake?" Ye Tianfan asked You Tianjiao, though he initially thought Senior Brother might be wrong, his curiosity led him to ask.
"They're a pair of twin sisters. Years ago, during a drought, their parents couldn't support them and wanted to exchange them for some food. But Elder Yun Chu happened to pass by and took them back to the Taichu Sect." You Tianjiao didn't directly explain why it was fake, but rather recounted the sisters' past.
"Though they're twins, they joined different mountain ranges. The elder sister is named Cai Yu, and the younger one is Cai Wen; one joined Taijin Peak, and the other went to Taitu Peak. Despite the distance between the peaks, they're very close and can't bear to harm each other. Now, fighting so fiercely, it would be life-threatening if careless; do you think it's a real fight?" You Tianjiao said.
"So that's the story! Couldn't tell at all!" Ye Tianfan had to admire You Tianjiao's discernment; he could deduce even this.
"Mainly, I asked Master before, and that's what he told me." Originally thinking highly of You Tianjiao, Ye Tianfan realized it was all credited to his master's insight.
Ye Tianfan shook his head and turned his eyes back to that platform. If not for knowing the truth now, he might have genuinely been fooled by their acting.
But is it good to continue like this? Ye Tianfan didn't quite grasp the twins' strategy's purpose. Sooner or later, they have to determine a winner. Prolonging like this, even if the fight is fake, the Spiritual Qi consumption is real, especially with such flashy Immortal Techniques, the Qi drain is really substantial.
However, things aren't exactly as You Tianjiao said. Actually, the sisters weren't acting and were deciding the winner in another way—each used a move consuming equal Spiritual Qi to see whose Qi ran out first, as their fake fights in previous tournaments had already displeased the Elders.
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