Chapter 194 This is unfair!
"These Xuanwu stakes started moving this morning, and there's no pattern to it. All of you need to be careful."
On a Xuanwu-shaped pillar, Zou Wan was giving instructions to the others.
There are currently fifteen disciples from the Nanling Sect participating in the competition.
Among them, Lan Yue, Yun Xi, and Yuan Shuo, along with her two junior brothers and one junior sister, participated in this competition.
Of course, Jiang Li wasn't included in that calculation, since his main purpose wasn't to participate in the competition, but to protect their safety.
The remaining disciples of the same sect were assigned to the competition three days later.
Those little guys from Junior Sister Lanyue are acting mysteriously, as if they've made a new discovery, and they haven't shown up yet.
She had two junior brothers and one junior sister with her, so she had to be very careful.
Just then, Zou Wan saw someone nearby challenging the person resting on the Xuanwu stake next to them.
This man had already challenged someone before and was given half an hour to rest, but he was still too badly injured. He was still pale and looked like he couldn't breathe.
Now it's the second day, and there aren't many people left in the Xuanwu Formation. Most of them don't dare to go down, so they're all staring at the location of the Xuanwu stake.
After all, on the Xuanwu Stake, if someone else challenges you, you can at least suppress your cultivation level and fight on an equal footing.
However, without the protection of the Xuanwu Stake, those Golden Core cultivators could snatch your identity token in an instant, and all your efforts would be in vain.
Therefore, most people are watching those who engage in tag-team battles, planning to challenge them again when they are injured, in order to increase their chances of winning.
Although Zou Wan somewhat despised this behavior, she had to admit that this challenge was very effective; many people around her were knocked down and replaced in this way.
This person is probably in great danger now.
She was right. The man quickly lost ground and almost had his identity token stolen.
The only option now is to surrender voluntarily and jump under the Xuanwu stake for a sliver of hope.
However, there were also many people watching under the Xuanwu stake, and those people would definitely not let go of this wooden sign that had been delivered.
Thinking of this, Zou Wan became even more vigilant.
Although this person is very pitiful, being targeted by a relentless barrage of attacks, who knows if she will be the next target?
Although she also had people of the same clan, their cultivation levels were not much different from hers, and if they wanted to help, they would have to jump under the Xuanwu stake, which would be a waste of their positions.
So Zou Wan was also a little worried, and of course she was even more worried about those little ones in Lan Yue.
A whole night passed without receiving any messages from the little ones, or even hearing Lan Yue's thoughts. She felt that the little ones had probably all been wiped out.
Just as Zou Wan was trying to find a way to contact Lan Yue using the sound transmission stone, two screams suddenly erupted from the Xuanwu stakes that were fighting not far away.
The two fighters disappeared one after the other, their eyes filled with fear and confusion.
Those watching from the sidelines were also somewhat incredulous.
When the others turned their attention to it, they found that the Xuanwu stake was completely empty; not only was there no identity plaque, but not even a single hair remained.
So what exactly happened? How did these two people disappear while they were fighting?
Because the incident happened very suddenly and was quite bizarre, those who had been staring at the Xuanwu Stake below didn't even make a move, not daring to act rashly.
"Senior Sister Zou, did you see that just now? Those two people just disappeared while they were fighting." The junior brother from the Southern Spirit Sect next to her also looked over curiously, and they discussed it with each other.
"Senior Sister Zou Wan, it seems that the identity plaques of those two people are gone, which is why they were ejected by the Xuanwu Formation. Could it be that the legendary elder has made his move again?" Si Ling asked in alarm.
She is currently at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage, but she feels that even a Golden Core cultivator would be unable to deal with that elusive elder, let alone a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
If this elder also attacks them, how will the rest of the competition proceed?
Aside from Senior Sister Zou Wan, who has already reached the Golden Core stage, will the other members of the Southern Spirit Sect be wiped out in one fell swoop?
Everyone looked horrified.
In fact, their Southern Spirit Sect team had more than one Golden Core cultivator, but the others were in the competition three days later. It was just a twist of fate.
Anyway, they were quite scared, feeling that this competition was absolutely terrifying!
"Don't be afraid. Even if your identity card is taken away, it's no big deal. You can just leave the competition. Anyway, that elder is so powerful, there's nothing we can do. I'm powerless to help him either."
"I can't help it," Zou Wan said helplessly.
Why is this competition so difficult? This is only the first match; there are two more to come, and I wonder what they will be like.
As the group was discussing, they suddenly heard several terrified shouts. Looking up, they saw that two more cultivators who were competing had vanished on the spot, along with their identity tokens.
Not long after, two more unlucky guys, who were fighting there, refused to believe in the superstition and were once again brutally murdered.
Soon, the situation spread throughout the area, and the people stood there nervously, no longer daring to fight each other.
Who knows if that legendary elder will suddenly appear and steal all their identity tokens? Wouldn't that make all their efforts go to waste?
A man in yellow complained, "This is so unfair! They had to let that elder make the move. His cultivation is so high. Whoever he wants to attack will be bounced off the formation."
"If he has selfish motives and wants to keep the people he knows and eliminate everyone else, wouldn't that be very easy?"
However, he had only uttered two complaints when others suddenly covered his mouth.
"Xiao Ma, you'd better say less. That elder might still be watching us from the shadows. If you keep talking like this, you'll definitely offend him." His companion was very uneasy.
"So what if we offended him? This is unfair. How high is that elder's cultivation? We have no power to resist him at all. Why did he send such a powerful person to steal our identity tokens?" Marlow was furious.
"Let me tell you, even if he's deliberately targeting me today, I'm going to expose him..."
However, he had only uttered half of those words when a golden light shone from his body and quickly disappeared.
"There must be something going on! Senior Brother Hua, you wait here. Once we get outside, I will definitely report this to our sect leader and have him uphold justice for us!" Ma Luo used the last moments to blurt out everything he had on his mind.
However, not long after, all the senior brothers and sisters around him disappeared.
The space around them suddenly emptied out, and even the person standing on the Xuanwu pillar behind them abandoned their position and ran away.
After leaving, Marlowe was furious. He bypassed the elders around him and went straight to the sect leader, quickly recounting the unfair competition he had experienced that day.
He had only spoken half of his sentence, and before he could even react, familiar faces appeared one after another in front of him, leaving everyone looking at each other in bewilderment.
"It really was that elder who did it. He must have known that we saw through his plot. In order to avoid being exposed, he sent us out ahead of time. Sect Master, you must do justice for us!" Ma Luo burst into tears.
"We're participating in such a formal competition between the North and South Regions, yet the people from the Northern Ridge Holy Land are allowing their elders to break the rules. Isn't that protecting their own people?"
"I just saw with my own eyes several people from the Northern Ridge Holy Land who were completely safe from beginning to end and were not targeted!"
After he finished speaking, the other senior students nodded in agreement.
"Such a situation exists? I'll have to ask the people from the Northern Ridge Holy Land what exactly happened in this competition." The Sect Master of the Taiyun Sect frowned and stood up from his seat.
Their sect is a first-class sect in the Northern Region, how can they be bullied like this?
Do the people of the South and North Ridge Holy Lands think they can control everything?
Just after the sect leader led his disciples away in a menacing manner, a voice came from the sky.
"Sect Master Taiyun, please sit back down. Let's talk slowly and avoid hurting our relationship." The Holy Master of Beiling walked over from the steps not far away, his smile gentle.
The Taiyun Sect Master's face was grim: "We, from both the North and South Domains, trusted your Northern Ridge Holy Land so much, and this is how you organize the competition?"
At this moment, other people who had lost their identity tokens and were ejected by the Xuanwu Formation also appeared nearby, complaining to their sect elders.
The elders were naturally furious. They all came over and stood behind the Taiyun Sect Master, demanding an explanation from the Northern Ridge Holy Land.
The Holy Lord of Beiling was extremely helpless, and in the end he had no choice but to take out the Qiankun Mirror from his spatial ring.