"This guy is too much, isn't he? Even before the Four Sects Martial Meeting began, he was already planning to assassinate Senior Brother Mu. Now that the Defender's Arena matches have started, it's just a friendly sparring, yet he goes this hard on Brother Wei!"
"Exactly. When we from the Heavenly Sword Faction get our turn, let's challenge the Liuyun Sect as much as possible and show them what a major sect's foundation really is!"
"This guy severely injured Brother Wei, and he didn't even show an ounce of remorse. How nonchalant!"
"But his strength is indeed formidable. Brother Wei had once almost caught up with Brother Yun and nearly became the chief senior disciple of this term. If it hadn't been for Senior Brother Mu, he probably would have been the defender this time. But now..."
After that last comment, the previously agitated Heavenly Sword Faction crowd all fell silent.
Indeed, Wei Ziping is quite strong and has comprehended an Intent Domain. If the Heavenly Sword Faction hadn't coincidentally recruited Mu Jinyu, Wei Ziping might have defeated Yun Ge and become the defender this time.
However, Wei Ziping has now lost to Yun Ge...
Doesn't this mean that the head senior disciple of a small sect is stronger than them?
This left them unable to accept it and in slight panic.
They wondered if the prestige of the Heavenly Sword Faction might be overtaken by a small sect like the Liuyun Sect?
Di Shitian completely ignored the shouts of the Heavenly Sword Faction crowd below. He looked towards Mu Jinyu's Combat Platform, wanting to probe his strength!
At this moment, Mu Jinyu was wielding the Sacred Wood Branch, engaging with Wu Feng of the Blood Sword Sect.
Originally, Mu Jinyu intended to take it slowly, to see how the Blood Sword Sect's Unique Skills fared through his duel with Wu Feng.
But soon, he heard the news of Wei Ziping's defeat.
And hearing the excited shouts of his juniors, it seemed Wei Ziping had ended up heavily injured.
Hence, Mu Jinyu's eyes narrowed, no longer holding back his probing, and unleashed a killing move!
"Clang!!"
The Long Sword Magical Treasure in Wu Feng's hand was struck by Mu Jinyu's sword, rendering him unable to hold onto it, and it flew out of his hand immediately.
His face turned ashen, and he prepared to retaliate with his fists, but the sharp end of Mu Jinyu's branch was already at his throat.
Initially, Wu Feng looked down on Mu Jinyu's branch. When the sharp end of the branch was at his throat, he even thought of using hard Qi Gong to directly shatter the branch into powder.
But just as he was about to do that, he inexplicably felt a sense of panic, keenly sensing that if he did so, he would surely die!
Therefore, Wu Feng's face turned pale, he gave up resistance, and sighed, "I admit defeat!"
Seeing Wu Feng admit defeat, Mu Jinyu said nothing polite, put away the Sacred Wood Branch, and flew down from the platform straight to the side of Wei Ziping and others.
"Let me take a look!"
Mu Jinyu said to Wei Qingfeng and the others.
Wei Qingfeng, Nie Chu, and others knew that Mu Jinyu was Elder Cheng's disciple and had quite a number of Life-Saving Pills with him. He even gave one to Yun Ge not long ago.
Hearing Mu Jinyu's words, they immediately made way for him to check Wei Ziping's injuries.
Mu Jinyu came to Wei Ziping's side, indicating for everyone not to support him, to lay him flat, and then squatted down, placing his hand on Wei Ziping's pulse to start his examination.
Upon examining, Mu Jinyu's face immediately turned extremely grim.
Di Shitian's bout with Wei Ziping was extremely vicious. A strong Fire Elemental Energy was attached deep within Wei Ziping's meridians. At first glance, it seemed like he just had fire poison, which could be cured with some time.
But in reality, after some time, that Fire Elemental Energy within Wei Ziping would gradually ignite and become increasingly intense, eventually burning Wei Ziping to ashes!
This was a clear attempt to kill!
Mu Jinyu stood up and waved towards Xie Chenkun and Zhou Taiping.
Xie Chenkun was already concerned about Wei Ziping's injuries. Seeing Mu Jinyu rise with a gloomy expression and wave at himself, his heart skipped a beat, feeling things were going to be bad.
He glared viciously at Fang Xiuyuan and other Liuyun Sect higher-ups at the spectator seats, his eyes filled with killing intent, then he rose and flew to Wei Ziping's side.
"How does it look?!"
Xie Chenkun asked Mu Jinyu while letting Elder Cheng check Wei Ziping's pulse.
Mu Jinyu revealed Di Shitian's sinister method against Wei Ziping to Xie Chenkun.
"So he's a Fire Spirit Root user? No wonder he's so fierce!"
Upon hearing Mu Jinyu's words, Xie Chenkun's first reaction was to understand Di Shitian's performance in the Sword Mountain Fiery Sea and why he could defeat Wei Ziping.
His second reaction was to get angry and hostile towards Di Shitian!
How dare he use such a method to trick Heavenly Sword Faction's disciple, what a scoundrel!
Such thoughts made him want to seek justice for Wei Ziping and also destroy Liuyun Sect's path to rise beforehand!
At this point, Elder Cheng also checked under Mu Jinyu's guidance and confirmed Wei Ziping's injuries were as severe as he described.
"Sect Leader Fang, what do you have to say for yourself?"
Confirming Elder Cheng's findings, Xie Chenkun turned back furiously, looking at Fang Xiuyuan who had followed, and asked in a cold voice.
Fang Xiuyuan broke out in a cold sweat, swallowed hard, and stammered, "Di Shitian, it was his first time dueling with someone, so he didn't have good control, I'm really sorry. I will compensate you..."
Mu Jinyu didn't care about their argument. After letting the Sect Leader acknowledge the gravity of the situation, he squatted back down, took out a pill, and gave it to Wei Ziping randomly.
Then, placing his hand on Wei Ziping's Dantian, he began using Life Source Energy to expel the insidious fire elemental poison from his meridians and treat his injuries.
Over at the Liuyun Sect's side.
The originally courageous Gu Yu, who had just intended to challenge Dao Wuming, stopped in his tracks at seeing the situation, giving up the challenge.
He didn't care whether Fang Xiuyuan thought highly of him or not.
Given the current circumstances, if Dao Wuming was also displeased with Di Shitian's methods, challenging him now would be like seeking death!
It was better to stay low-key.
The dispute between Fang Xiuyuan and Xie Chenkun quickly ended. Fang Xiuyuan felt immense bitterness as Di Shitian's reckless actions made him compensate the Heavenly Sword Faction with several high-quality pills and one Life-Saving Pill.
It made his heart bleed!
The Liuyun Sect had only gathered a few Life-Saving Pills from the relic; each use meant one less. Now, thanks to Di Shitian, he had to give one away!
This made him furious, and he began to resent Di Shitian!
Di Shitian didn't care; he had already decided to leave the Liuyun Sect afterward.
For now, he hadn't had a chance to strike at Mu Jinyu fatally, so when Fang Xiuyuan pressured him to apologize to the Heavenly Sword Faction, he humbled himself and apologized to Xie Chenkun and others.
As Di Shitian apologized, and Mu Jinyu continued to treat Wei Ziping's wounds and expel the fire poison
the only battle remaining on the Combat Platform, a clash between the third and second rank on the Heaven's Pride list, finally concluded.
Unexpectedly to everyone, the defender Lin Tianxue was defeated by Yun Ge!
The entire venue burst into an uproar!