Hua Ying's body was flung out by Zhang Ergou, falling in a free fall not far from the disciples of Liu Hai Sect.
Soon, she was carried away.
"Elder, announce it. Hua Ying has lost her combat ability."
Zhang Ergou pointed to Hua Ying, who was being carried away.
The presiding elder's mouth twitched. Did he not want to announce it? It was just that he was shocked by this brat.
Just now, when Zhang Ergou was lying on the ground, not only did Hua Ying think Zhang Ergou had fainted, but even the presiding elder, who was supervising the battle, thought Zhang Ergou had fainted after being blown away.
He had even specifically scanned him with his divine sense, and only when he confirmed that Zhang Ergou had no life signs did he prepare to announce Hua Ying's victory.
But what surprised him was that Zhang Ergou had actually deceived him, a Nascent Soul stage mighty figure.
This showed that this brat's ability to disguise himself was not ordinary.
The presiding elder couldn't help but shake his head. Such a good seedling, yet not a disciple of Liu Hai Sect.
It was likely that with that person's disposition, he would definitely not watch such a good seedling as Zhang Ergou proceed smoothly.
Zhang Ergou would definitely be heavily targeted next.
The presiding elder even sighed for Zhang Ergou's future, what a good young man.
Zhang Ergou naturally didn't know what the presiding elder was thinking, looking at the elder sighing and shaking his head.
Did this old man have some serious illness?
"Next to battle is: Liu Hai Sect's Liu He against Misty Sect's Zhang Ergou!"
The presiding elder's faint voice echoed over the arena, but the spectators' reactions varied.
"What? It's Liu He!"
"Yeah, what was the sect thinking, actually using Liu He to fight Zhang Ergou?"
"It seems this brat Zhang Ergou is in trouble. Liu He is one of our sect's top ten disciples, and his cultivation is close to the late Golden Core stage. He is much stronger than Hua Ying, who just entered the mid Golden Core stage."
On the Liu Hai Sect's spectator stands, although the disciples didn't understand why the sect was doing this, they had already started to mourn for Zhang Ergou.
"Is that Liu He very powerful? Why are the people from Liu Hai Sect reacting so strongly?"
Lin Yue Ru and the others also noticed the reaction from the Liu Hai Sect's spectator stands and immediately asked in confusion.
"Liu He, a disciple in the top ten of Liu Hai Sect's inner sect, is also one of the strong contenders for the last few spots that Liu Hai Sect is vying for in this competition."
Shi Wu Hen said faintly, "It's just that I don't know why Liu Hai Sect would let Liu He enter the arena so early. Could it be that they saw Zhang Ergou's potential?"
Shi Wu Hen also frowned, he also felt that things were not going well.
As the host of this sect competition, Liu Hai Sect had the right to arrange the order of appearance of the participating disciples during the preliminaries, which was one of the privileges of the host.
The elders of the Misty Sect could only let Liu Hai Sect do this. This was a rule that had been passed down for many years. When Misty Sect hosted competitions in the past, Misty Sect also had this right.
So they couldn't say anything.
Looking at the restless spectator stands, Zhang Ergou narrowed his eyes. This Liu He didn't seem like an easy opponent.
Otherwise, the disciples in the spectator stands wouldn't have had such a big reaction.
Zhang Ergou stood on the arena, quietly waiting for his opponent to appear.
Not long after, a figure slowly walked up the steps onto the arena, his posture upright and his demeanor calm and composed.
It was as if he wasn't here to fight, but to give a speech.
Zhang Ergou's gaze sharpened. The opponent's calmness made him even more vigilant.
The most difficult opponents were not those who boasted about how powerful they were, nor those who pretended to be indifferent.
It was someone like this, from whom Zhang Ergou couldn't feel any dissonance.
It was as if his calmness was natural, a quality he was born with.
Zhang Ergou's frown deepened. Liu He gave him a sense of danger. The more he appeared unassuming, the more uneasy Zhang Ergou felt.
Zhang Ergou had experienced no less than a hundred battles of various sizes, and this was the first time he had encountered an opponent he couldn't fathom.
"Liu Hai Sect's Liu He!" After nodding to the presiding elder, Liu He cupped his hands towards Zhang Ergou.
"Misty Sect's Zhang Ergou!" Since the other party was so polite, Zhang Ergou naturally couldn't lose face and cupped his hands towards him as well.
"Please guide me!" Liu He said faintly, and then his entire aura changed.
A powerful aura spread out, and the entire person was like a drawn sword, giving two completely different feelings to those in front and behind.
Meeting the opponent's gaze, Zhang Ergou seemed to see two sharp swords stabbing towards him.
Zhang Ergou's heart tightened. This Liu He was actually a sword master.
...
"That Liu He is not ordinary. Zhang Ergou is in danger!" Shi Wu Hen said with a grave expression.
"Senior Brother, what happened? Why is Ergou fighting Liu He?"
Chi Yu, who had just returned after receiving Shi Wu Hen's message, encountered Zhang Ergou fighting Liu He.
She obviously knew Liu He too.
"Zhang Ergou just defeated a disciple named Hua Ying from Liu Hai Sect. It is likely that the elders of Liu Hai Sect believe Zhang Ergou will become an anomaly in the subsequent competition for spots, so..."
"Despicable!" Chi Yu cursed, clearly disgusted by Liu Hai Sect's manipulation of the matches.
But there was nothing they could do. This was a loophole in the rules that had been passed down for thousands of years, and they could only accept their misfortune.
"Look, Liu He is making a move!"
Lin Yue Ru exclaimed, and everyone quickly looked at the arena.
Indeed, Liu He, like a sharp sword, flew towards Zhang Ergou, treating himself as a killer sword.
"You want to confront me physically?"
Zhang Ergou didn't expect that the opponent would deviate from the usual path in his first move and actually wanted to fight physically.
Seeing the opponent pounce, Zhang Ergou was not flustered, neither dodging nor meeting him, but stood on the spot and quietly waited for the opponent to crash into him.
"Is Zhang Ergou so scared that he's dumbfounded? Why is he standing still?"
"It seems Liu He has put too much pressure on him, he must be too scared to move."
"It's also possible that Zhang Ergou didn't expect Liu He to be so fast and was shocked."
In the spectator stands, the disciples of Liu Hai Sect naturally taunted Zhang Ergou, all of them believing that Zhang Ergou had been scared silly.
"Why isn't Zhang Ergou moving? Can't he see the opponent is already in front of him?"
On the Misty Sect's side, although Leng Feng and the others had a lot of opinions about Zhang Ergou, they naturally hoped that Zhang Ergou could win for the honor of the sect.
"Alas! It's over, it's over. That Liu He is one of the top ten in Liu Hai Sect. How long has Zhang Ergou been in the early Golden Core stage? It seems our sect will lose this match again."
A sigh echoed from the Misty Sect's side...
"Kid, you're the first person to not dodge when I make a move!" Liu He's faint voice came, and his body was about to touch Zhang Ergou.
"How do you know I'm not doing it on purpose?"