“Are you serious?”

Kong Feichen found it hard to accept, his brows furrowed.

“Yes.”

Yang Jing nodded slightly, but did not give a reason.

“You’re no match for me.”

“Under normal circumstances, indeed. But if I use two-part divine art, it might not be the case.”

“Is it necessary?”

Faced with Kong Feichen’s question, Yang Jing did not respond. The former clenched his fists in anger, but eventually calmed down.

“I understand.”

After saying this, Kong Feichen raised his hand, conceding defeat.

The audience below was in an uproar.

The referee teacher from Danzhu Academy immediately went on stage to confirm if there was any other reason, but Kong Feichen simply said he didn’t want to fight anymore.

Although they knew there must be a hidden story, the situation where a student voluntarily conceded, especially in such an important semi-final, made the referee teacher feel awkward.

He couldn’t help but look at the Taoist master in the red robe.

It was up to this big boss to make the decision.

“May I ask why you conceded?”

The Taoist master in the red robe sat in his seat, his face calm, but his tone was heavier than when he had questioned Chen Mobai and Gong Xiangyu.

“If she goes all out, my chances of winning are not high. If both of us end up injured, wouldn’t it benefit the other person in the final?”

Facing the Golden Elixir Taoist master’s question, Kong Feichen met his gaze directly and candidly stated his reason.

“If that’s the case, then as you wish.”

If it were his own disciple, the Taoist master in the red robe would definitely scold him, but since it was an irrelevant disciple, he didn’t bother to delve deeper after asking, and simply nodded to the referee teacher to announce.

“Due to Kong Feichen’s forfeiture, the winner is Yang Jing.”

When this result came out, the hundreds of spectators around the peak arena began to discuss. Almost ninety-nine percent of people did not believe the reason given by Kong Feichen.

“Could it be because of love?”

“These two come from the same high school and both have unique spiritual roots. They might have been deeply in love for a long time.”

“This is the opportunity to enter the Four Taoist Academies, the only chance in this life, which can change one’s destiny. To give up for a woman is really foolish!”

Many people were disappointed, but among the young students, many admired Kong Feichen for possibly giving up because of love.

“Old Chen, if you were in Kong Feichen’s position now, and your opponent was Qing Nv, what would you do?”

Lu Hongsheng suddenly couldn’t help but turn his head and ask.

“I would fight with all my might!”

Chen Mobai did not hesitate at all and expressed his inner thoughts.

Entering the Four Taoist Academies was a chance to ascend to heaven in one step.

Moreover, his relationship with Qing Nv was just that of ordinary friends, not to that extent yet.

Besides, there was plenty of time for romance in the future.

If he could successfully establish his foundation, he would have more than two hundred years to pursue a Daoist companion and propagate his lineage. If he was lucky enough to form a Golden Elixir, or even a Nascent Soul, he would have a lifespan of over a thousand years.

Chen Mobai’s dream was still to succeed in cultivation and take control of the three halls of the Immortal Gate.

“I’m starting to doubt, did Qing Nv chase after you?”

Lu Hongsheng, hearing Chen Mobai’s straightforward words, said admiringly, which earned him a roll of the eyes from the latter.

He had already said they were just ordinary friends.

Chen Mobai saw Kong Feichen and Yang Jing meet up with Qing Nv after they stepped down from the stage. He wanted to ask what was going on.

Didn’t we agree to meet in the final?

Why did you break your promise?

Who am I supposed to vent my fighting spirit on?

“The next two contestants, please come on stage.”

At this moment, the referee teacher on the stage called out, and Chen Mobai had to suppress his doubts for the time being.

Yan Feng made a very grand entrance, stepping onto the stage with the cheers of the crowd.

Chen Mobai walked up step by step, taking a full half minute.

When he was in position, Yan Feng frowned slightly. He had been ready, waiting for his lucky opponent to come on stage so he could defeat him in one fell swoop, demonstrating his undisputed number one strength in this competition.

But watching Chen Mobai slowly walk for half a minute, his momentum was directly halved.

“Please advise.”

After Chen Mobai got on stage, he smiled and saluted him. The latter had to return the salute out of courtesy.

“Begin.”

The referee teacher said this and immediately retreated to the side of the stage.

Whoosh!

Yan Feng didn’t say anything, even if his long-accumulated momentum was halved, he directly pointed his right hand like a sword at Chen Mobai and slashed out a terrifying finger sword.

Chen Mobai’s water element shield moved with his thoughts, turning into a vortex-like ripple, wrapping up the terrifying finger sword that was stabbing at him.

Spells collided.

With a “bang”.Everyone only felt a slight tremor in their eardrums, as if they had heard a muffled thunder. They saw that the swirling water gathered by Chen Mobai on the stage had not completely dissipated all the power of Yan Feng’s finger sword.

Chen Mobai had no choice but to use the wooden shield talisman again.

However, the green wooden shield only blocked for a second before it was shattered. In the end, Chen Mobai had to reassemble the water element shield. Only with three layers of defense did he completely block Yan Feng’s first finger sword.

“Not bad, since the start of the duel, you are the first person to block my sword.”

Yan Feng withdrew his finger sword, a look of surprise appearing on his stern face.

“If I’m not mistaken, your strength lies in this sword. As long as I block this sword, even if you strike ten, a hundred, or a thousand more swords, their power will not be stronger than this first one.”

As Chen Mobai spoke, he held a talisman between his fingers. Six Qi arrows, like bullets being fired, targeted Yan Feng’s head, chest, and limbs.

“Heh!”

Yan Feng sneered, raising his finger sword to casually swipe at the six incoming Qi arrows.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

With six bursts of Qi, his arrow talisman was easily broken by a single finger sword, turning into a sky full of spiritual light, dissipating on the stage.

“You don’t need to test me. After reaching the seventh level of Qi Refining, I started practicing the ‘Thirteen Swords of the Heavenly Sea’.”

“This sword technique allows one to condense a sword Qi at each level starting from the seventh level of Qi Refining. I am currently at the ninth level, but I have condensed four sword Qis.”

“What you just blocked was my first sword. There are three more to come. If you can block all of them, I will admit defeat.”

As Yan Feng spoke, he raised his right hand again, with a sword talisman at his fingertips.

Chen Mobai couldn’t identify the talisman, after all, in the previous six rounds, no one had forced Yan Feng to use his second sword, let alone use a talisman. There was no information.

With a whoosh!

The sword talisman burned, a faint glow lit up at Yan Feng’s fingertips, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into a hazy sword Qi that was half a meter long and as wide as an arm.

The second sword slashed down!

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