Chapter 441 – Despicable

Translator: Coca5156

Editor: Drea

Hou Yunfei’s duel left a lot of people not knowing how to feel. All of them looked at Ruan Qingyan in shock.

The people from the Qisha Clan looked at her with hatred. In their minds, Hou Yunfei’s defeat was because this woman had used a sinister method. She had actually used Demon Plants. There were some that even went up to question the judge.

The lower-class True God who was the judge had also not faced a situation like this before. When it came to Demon Plants, anyone who saw it would take a detour around it. Who would think of breeding them? He could only temporarily pause the competition and fly to the main center of the competition to ask for help from one of the organizers of the competition.

Fifteen minutes later, the judge returned. His final verdict was to keep his original decision. The tournament did not restrict Martial Artists from using Demon Plants to fight. In fact, he encouraged those that were watching to control Demon Plants to fight if they had the ability to do so. It was only then that the Qisha Clan stopped arguing, but it was obvious that they were unhappy.

“Spirit Plants are also a form of ability. Your clan is one of the top 100 clans, why are you such sore losers?” With one sentence, Gu Lingzhi left the Qisha Clan speechless. Gritting their teeth, they focused on Dou Qiankun, who was up next.

The Gui Yuan Clan could count on the element of surprise to win the first round. However, they did not believe that after using their strongest, Ruan Qingyan for the first round, they could still win the second round!

Registering the Qisha Clan’s reactions, Ruan Qingyan laughed as she jumped on the battle arena. She then whispered something to the other two Martial Sages. When they saw who the Qisha Clan sent on next, the two of them exchanged glances as one of them laughed wickedly before jumping on the arena.

Originally, the other person was supposed to fight the second battle. But Ruan Qingyan’s words had made them change their mind at the last minute.

Ruan Qingyan said, “The second Martial Sage from the Qisha Clan is not their best disciple.”

Whereas from the Spirit Tribe, their strongest Martial Sage had gone up.

The result was nothing surprising. The Gui Yuan Clan claimed victory.

When the disciple from the Qisha Clan was shooed off the stage, he was still slightly in a daze.

He was clearly stronger than his opponent, but he was not as fast. He had run around the stage for a good portion of his battle because his opponent kept slipping away. When his spiritual energy had been depleted, he was then kicked off stage by his opponent and lost in a sullen manner. He was extremely indignant.

“Lu Can, help me get rid of the third person!” He shouted at Lu Can who was going up the stage. His rage flared, “When it is done, I will give you one hundred god stones.”

The look on Lu Can’s face changed. One hundred god stones were not much to True Gods, but to Martial Sages it was quite a large sum. Lu Can immediately agreed confidently, “Remember your promise, one hundred god stones.”

He then stepped onto the battle arena calmly. With every step he took, his peak-level Martial Sage aura was emanating. When he got to the centre of the battle arena, the energy about him was at his highest. His entire being was like a sword that had just been forged and the minute he sensed a trace of his enemy, he would go at them.

With his aura, even those that were watching were affected. Those whose cultivation was not as high as Lu Can all felt slightly subdued as they watched him. They could not help but pity the Martial Sage that was going against him.

This duel was going to result in a death...

Gu Lingzhi naturally felt his energy but had faith in Rong Yuan’s plan. She merely glanced at Lu Can before she said to Zhou Jinyan, who was the last to go on, “Go ahead, do what I told you.”

“Yes, Elder Gu,” Zhou Jinyan replied. He then hopped onto the battle arena without turning back.

Lu Can looked at the pretty-looking young man that came onto the arena. From his appearance, he must be pretty talented.

But no matter how talented he was, today was his end. Who asked the Gui Yuan Clan to cross a line?

As he thought till here, the energy over Lu Can’s body surged once again and reached an extremely frightening level. It was reaching close to the threat of a Demigod. He looked in satisfaction as the young man in front of him paled and took a step back. A sinister smile tugged at his lips.

“Lad, if you want to blame someone, blame the two others before you. I did not want to do this.”

As he spoke, Lu Can had already gone into an attacking position. All he was waiting for was for the judge to declare the start and he could end the life of this man in front of him.

The judge looked at Zhou Jinyan pitifully. He had so much potential, when he grew up, he might even become a True God. Unfortunately, his future was going to end here.

However, he was the judge and no matter how begrudging he was, he had to fulfil his duties. Shaking his head, he was about to declare the start of the fight when Zhou Jinyan raised his hand and interrupted him.

“Judge, I admit defeat.”

What?

The three words repeated themselves in everyone’s heads.

That’s not right. I was already prepared to see a body; did you just say that? Do you even have the honor of a Martial Artist?

Even the energy around Lu Can’s body wavered as he looked at Zhou Jinyan furiously.

“What did you say?”

How can he just not compete?

The Clan Tournament was a matter that concerned the clan’s reputation. Which Martial Artist that participated did not want to have their chance at fame? Even if not for the clan, they should think about themselves. Under so many people’s watchful gazes, was he not even going to try before admitting defeat? Where was his self-respect?

Zhou Jinyan did not seem at all pressured by this point. Addressing Lu Can’s question, he explained nicely, “Looking at you, I can already tell that you are stronger than the previous two. On the other hand, my abilities are the lousiest among the three of us and I will definitely not be able to beat you. Since I am already destined to lose, why do I have to go through the extra trouble of fighting?” What more when you intend to kill me?

Of course, Zhou Jinyan did not voice out the last sentence.

When this lad talked, although it seemed like he was praising him, why was he still so indignant? So angry?

He had wanted to exchange his head for the one hundred god Stones! His god stones that were almost in his hands were now gone like that!

No matter how unhappy Lu Can was, the competition had to go on and he could only carry his energy with him and step off the battle arena unhappily. The look that he gave Zhou Jinyan was one that looked like he wanted to swallow him whole.

“What animosity does he have against me? I am just not fighting him. I already admitted defeat, what else is he unhappy about?” Zhou Jinyan mumbled to himself.

He did not lower his voice on purpose and everyone around could hear him clearly. Their expressions changed.

He had made his opponent spend so much time generating his energy and putting on airs. He then told him that it was all for naught. Who wouldn’t be angry?

The people from the Gui Yuan clan did not think the same way as they all went to comfort Zhou Jingyan.

“Xiao Yan, don’t be upset. It is okay to admit defeat, there will be a lot more chances in the future. You are bound to win back all the points that you lose.”

“That’s right. Xiao Yan, don’t be afraid. If that person finds trouble with you after this, I will help you. How old is he to still bully a child? Does he have no shame?”

Everyone was dumbfounded. It seemed like the people from the Gui Yuan Clan did not belong to the same world as them. Even their mindsets were so weird.

After the Martial Sage duels ended, it was now time for the Demigod duels.

Because the Qisha Clan had lost to battles the previous round, for this round of the Demigod, they had no choice but to treat it seriously. The first one up was Mu Tong, who was the strongest among their Demigods.

On the outside, Mu Tong may appear to be a handsome and kind young man as he did not emanate the same overpowering energy as Lu Can. However, those that knew him were aware that Mu Tong’s personality was very different from his appearance. He was a very powerful person.

At this moment, as he stood in the battle arena, he looked down at the Gui Yuan clan from above and said plainly. “I wonder who the Gui Yuan clan is sending up? I hope we can learn from each other.”

“I won’t dare to teach you anything. Who doesn’t know Mu Tong from the Qisha Clan? You are an extremely well-known figure of your rank and even the Demigods from the top ten clan find it troublesome when they meet you. I think I won’t need to go up and lose face. After all, I am going to lose. I want to lose beautifully, so I shall admit defeat.” Yu Jinjin said despondently. Yu Jinjin had gone up to the stage to say these few words before heading back down to the rest area of the Gui Yuan Clan. He had admitted defeat so quickly, he wondered if he had imagined it.

“A-admit defeat?”

The Gui Yuan clan had admitted defeat twice, didn’t they want to grasp the opportunity? No matter how strong the Qisha Clan is, shouldn’t they try before admitting defeat? How could their clan elder let them do this?

The truth was that the audience worried too much.

Yu Jinjin who had admitted defeat so quickly was not reprimanded by the elders of his clan at all. Instead he was actually comforted as if they might blame themselves for not trying and take it to heart. This made those that were watching as well as their opponents have a feeling of disbelief.

This made everything think that when the second Demigod from the Qisha Clan stepped up—would the Gui Yuan Clan admit defeat once again?

However, the truth was that the Martial Artists of the Gui Yuan Clan still had some kind of courage. At least, the Demigod from the Gui Yuan Clan did not admit defeat this time and actually had a proper fight.

Eventually, the result was surprising. The Gui Yuan Clan had won.

Faced with this result, the people from Qisha Clan fell silent.

During halftime, the person in charge of leading the Qisha Clan is this tournament shouted. He suddenly stood up and scolded angrily, “Despicable! You are cheating!”

Cheating?

A good majority of the people were confused as to what he was talking about. Only a minority suddenly came to a realization after they got past their confusion. They suddenly thought of something critical as they silently scolded, similar to the person, “Despicable!”

The Gui Yuan Clan was afraid of facing the Qisha Clan head-to-head and was actually using a plan to accept one loss in exchange for two. By placing their weakest disciple with the strongest opponent from the Qisha Clan, they will eliminate their strongest opponent, bearing a loss. With their two other stronger players, they then fight against the remaining of Qisha’s participants. This was an effective plan.

When the Gui Yuan Clan did this, they did not even try to hide. When they admitted defeat, they did it so quickly that it could not help but make everyone suspicious. They were simply despicable...