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After watching the battle between the Chu Yun Empire and the Mulan Empire, to be honest, everyone from the Jia Ma Empire felt a bit heavy-hearted.
Especially seeing Xie Bi Yan take on three opponents at once and defeat the three Mulan Elders without much effort; it cast a dark shadow over the hearts of the Jia Ma Empire's group. Similarly, after the match between the Chu Yun Empire and the Mulan Empire, there was a day of rest.
Actually, for the Jia Ma Empire, there should be two days of rest.
Because tomorrow, the Luo Yan Empire and the Mulan Empire would first compete for third and fourth place, and finally, the Jia Ma Empire and the Chu Yun Empire would face off in the finals for first and second place.
At this time, the Jia Ma Empire's group had already found a place to stay in North Desolate City.
However, no one intended to sleep so early; instead, they gathered in Yun Shan's room.
"I am already clear about your intentions. I can only say that when we face the Chu Yun Empire, I will do my best!"
Yun Shan did not dare to give everyone any guarantees now.
However, from the moment Yun Shan spoke, everyone understood that Yun Shan clearly had no confidence in whether he could defeat Xie Bi Yan. Otherwise, with Yun Shan's personality, why would he only use the phrase "do my best"?
After seeing the others off, only Xiao Lin quietly remained behind.
Since Xiao Lin chose to stay, he naturally had something to say to Yun Shan.
"If you face Xie Bi Yan, what are your chances of winning?"
Xiao Lin didn't drag his feet and went straight to the point.
"At most twenty percent!"
After a moment of silence, Yun Shan gave his answer.
This was mainly due to the fact that Yun Shan had only recently broken through to Dou Zong. One must know that Xie Bi Yan of the Chu Yun Empire was already at the cultivation level of a Two-Star Dou Zong!
Not everyone was like the Xiao Yan of the original story, able to fight across levels at will. In fact, once you reached the Dou Zong realm, the gap between one or two stars was already quite obvious.
"Only twenty percent?"
Hearing Yun Shan say this, Xiao Lin whispered to himself.
It could be said that if the Dou Zong battle was lost, then their Jia Ma Empire would basically be out of the running for first place. Unless the Jia Ma Empire could win every single one of the preceding battles.
But that was clearly unrealistic.
In fact, for the Dou Huang realm matches, the Jia Ma Empire was already as good as lost. On the Chu Yun Empire's side, the Imperial Ancestor Xia Yuan Gui was, like Jia Xingtian, a peak Nine-Star Dou Huang powerhouse.
Furthermore, the President of the Chu Yun Empire's Alchemist Association, Zuo Yan, had a cultivation level comparable to Fa Ma, the President of the Jia Ma Empire's Alchemist Association.
Aside from Zuo Yan, another member of the Chu Yun Imperial Family—specifically Xia Che, who had tried to intimidate Xiao Lin and the others before they entered North Desolate City—was also an expert at the Five-Star Dou Huang realm.
If Hai Bodong from the Jia Ma Empire had not gone missing, they might have been able to contest the victory of the Dou Huang battle with the Chu Yun Empire. Now, missing one Hai Bodong, their Jia Ma Empire absolutely could not compete in the Dou Huang battle at all!
Therefore, if they wanted to fight for first place, their Jia Ma Empire had to take the Dou Zong battle!
But the current Yun Shan was clearly still a notch below Xie Bi Yan.
"If you gave me another five years, I could definitely surpass that old fellow Xie Bi Yan!"
Yun Shan's tone carried a thick sense of unwillingness.
The reality was that he had only been practicing the Earth Class technique for two years. But Xie Bi Yan had already broken through to the Dou Zong realm for about ten years.
He lacked time!
"Sigh~"
With a sigh, Yun Shan also fell silent.
However, in his silence, Yun Shan would occasionally peek at Xiao Lin with the corner of his eye.
Looking at that expression, how could Xiao Lin not know what he was plotting?
"Fine then. Since you aren't confident in defeating Xie Bi Yan, then let me handle the Dou Zong battle when the time comes."
After thinking for a long time, Xiao Lin finally gave the answer that Yun Shan had been longing to hear. Since things had reached this point, if the Jia Ma Empire could fight for first place, Xiao Lin felt they might as well go for it.
Or rather, wasn't this why Xiao Lin came here tonight?
"That's great! Xiao Lin, what are your chances?"
At this moment, Yun Shan suddenly threw the question back that Xiao Lin had just asked him.
Of course, Yun Shan couldn't be blamed.
Although he had always known Xiao Lin was stronger than him since that transaction, he didn't know exactly how much stronger he was.
Even after breaking through to the Dou Zong realm, when he looked at Xiao Lin, he could still only see a surface cultivation of Four-Star Dou Wang. This made Yun Shan realize that his own cultivation was likely still a significant distance away from Xiao Lin's.
This was exactly why he had asked the question.
Furthermore, another reason Yun Shan felt happy about Xiao Lin's willingness to participate in the Dou Zong battle was that he wanted to finally witness Xiao Lin's true strength.
"What are my chances? Sect Master Yun Shan, you're joking. It's just fighting Xie Bi Yan; shouldn't anyone with hands be able to do it?"
Xiao Lin spread his hands, replying with a relaxed expression.
Yun Shan: "??????"
With a forehead full of question marks, Yun Shan looked down at his own perfectly functional hands and immediately fell into a state of self-doubt.
Wait, he felt like Xiao Lin was personally attacking him.
What did he mean by "anyone with hands can do it"? He had hands too!
But he felt like he couldn't beat Xie Bi Yan. It could only be said that Xiao Lin's words, when heard by Yun Shan, instantly felt like a stab to the heart.
"Alright, that's that. For the Dou Zong battle against the Chu Yun Empire the day after tomorrow, let me go meet Xie Bi Yan."
Having said his piece, Xiao Lin left Yun Shan's room.
"Is this what it feels like to just lay back and be carried?"
After Xiao Lin left, Yun Shan fell asleep feeling quite pleased with himself. Finally, the heaviest burden no longer rested on his shoulders.
Soon, the next day arrived.
The battle between the Luo Yan Empire and the Mulan Empire began. Beforehand, everyone assumed the Luo Yan Empire would emerge victorious. However, the result caught everyone off guard.
The Luo Yan Empire actually crashed and burned!
The reason for this was simple: Yan Luotian had tried to show off far too much.
Because Xie Bi Yan had pulled off a one-versus-three victory against the three Mulan Elders the day before, Yan Luotian thought he could do it too. Ultimately, Yan Luotian paid the price for his arrogance; he was picked apart and defeated by the three Mulan Elders!
This resulted in the Luo Yan Empire ending up at the bottom of the rankings for this Four Great Empires Sect Grand Meeting.
Instead, the Mulan Empire happily took third place. Finally, it was time for the two old rivals, the Chu Yun Empire and the Jia Ma Empire, to settle their scores. To this end, the Chu Yun Empire's side was brimming with confidence!
In fact, the Chu Yun Empire had performed very well in the previous matches. From the Dou Zhe level to the Dou Huang battles, the Jia Ma Empire had only secured a single victory in the Dou Wang matches.
Because of the presence of that "old schemer" Xiao Lin, the Jia Ma Empire's Dou Wang match was guaranteed never to lose!
As for the Dou Huang battle, it was quite interesting. Jia Xing Tian and the Chu Yun Imperial Ancestor Xia Yuan Gui fought to a draw, and Fa Ma fought the Chairman of the Chu Yun Alchemist Grand Association, Zuo Yan, to a draw as well.
In the end, since the Jia Ma Empire had no other Dou Huangs while the Chu Yun Empire had Xia Che as well as the current Sect Master of the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate, Xie Shan—who was also a Five-Star Dou Huang—as substitutes, they simply couldn't lose!
Finally, the moment everyone had been waiting for arrived: the Dou Zong battle between the Jia Ma Empire and the Chu Yun Empire!
Oh, right—because Xiao Lin had exhausted all his Dou Qi during the Dou Wang battle, he had been carried off to "rest."
This was something Xiao Lin had done intentionally.
"Yun Shan, come up. It's time for us to trade some blows."
At this moment, Xie Bi Yan had already stepped forward onto the arena stage.
However, Yun Shan remained unmoved. This caused everyone, including those from the Jia Ma Empire, to cast bewildered glances toward him.
"What's this? Yun Shan, are you chickening out? Preparing to surrender directly?"
Seeing that Yun Shan hadn't moved for a long time, Xie Bi Yan frowned and asked once more.
"Xie Bi Yan, your opponent isn't me!"
Under the confused gazes of the entire audience, Yun Shan spoke with a faint smile.
"Not you? Ridiculous! Don't tell me your Jia Ma Empire has a second Dou Zong?"
Xie Bi Yan was almost driven to laughter by Yun Shan's words.
"Congratulations, you guessed right. Unfortunately, there's no prize!"
As Yun Shan grinned, a figure dressed in black appeared on the arena stage without anyone even noticing.
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