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nThe biting winds flooded the air.

nYue’er’s blade stabbed at the sky, gathering all the yin around into a single blow.

nA gloom set in and the sky darkened as the temperature dropped. The space itself trembled with the coldness.

nThe elders and venerables shuddered inside. This girl’s Yuan Qi purity is insane.

nJust a peak Profound Heaven cultivator yet with the power of a 4th layer of Radiant Stage. Not even Hu Mei’er could beat that, wounded as she was.

nA shame such a great move had a glaring weakness.

nThe oldies sighed.

nThe outcome was clear…

nXie Wuyue squinted, feeling something was off. A shame for all those items to be wasted on a greenhorn.

nHu Mei’er’s eyes flashed, waiting for her to finish working up to her peak. Only acting just as the blade was about to drop.

n“Ha-ha-ha, let senior sister teach you one simple truth. Accuracy is more important than strength. It doesn’t matter how tough you are if you can’t hit anything! “

nHu Mei’er mocked, turning into dozens of images, coming upon Yue’er from everywhere, “Low profound ranked movement art, Fox Phantom Trail!”

nYue’er’s brow shook, looking around for her target yet not finding her.

nYue Ling was worried, “Yue’er, stop and defend!”

n“Hi-hi-hi, it’s a bit late for that.”

nHu Mei’er giggled, full of herself. She appeared in Yue’er’s face and struck with a red claw at her waist.

nYue’er simply stared at her, too late to defend.

nYue Ling’s heart was in her throat, while the oldies sighed at the outcome.

nThe girl has everything, advantage and gear, but if there’s one thing she lacks is experience.

nHu Mei’er’s sharp claw came along with her stuck up smile, “Girlie, one last lesson, in a life and death battle, everyone pays attention to offense and defense. With you focusing all your Yuan Qi on attacking me, it left you wide open for my attack! Time for you to get your just desserts, you will die for challenging me!”

nHu Mei’er’s claw inched closer to Yue’er under the sighes of the audience.

nYue’er calmed down and sported a vague smile.

nCrack!

nHu Mei’er’s deviant claw struck something hard and very much solid.

nHu Mei’er cried out, but had no time to panic as Yue’er shone golden and blinded the audience.

nRoar!

nA golden dragon gushed out and flicked its tail, capturing Hu Mei’er’s claw.

nWhen the glow ebbed, the audience stared in shock, their eyes popping.

n“What is that?” One disciple pointed at Yue’er.

nOnly some oldies, gulped at the resplendent golden glow, “Well **, it’s an 8th grade defensive demonic treasure!”

nIt sure was. Yue’er came packing a golden armor with a golden dragon wiggling all over it, stopping Hu Mei’er’s fine dainty hand from marring this work of art.

nXie Wuyue’s face twitched, “She focused on attacking on purpose, because she had the bead for soul defense and armor for her body as well. For god’s sake, she’s just an outer disciple. This is too much, Zhuo Fan! With his endless list of items, I’m better off just hitting him and he’d drop something!”

nXie Wuyue had come to a decision.

nVenerable Shi’s side were sporting long faces.

nOh, come on, moneybags much? An 8th grade demonic treasure for attack we can take, but two more defensive ones, and even superior ones at that? That’s just plain cheating.

nYou can challenge elites with that setup!

nVenerable Shi and company sighed…

n“What the hell?”

nHu Mei’er panicked, unable to extricate her dainty hand.

nYue’er jeered, “Sister Mei’er, you fell for it. Any strike on the 8th grade demonic treasure Dragon Locking Armor will hold the attacker in place. Let’s see you run now!”

n“Y-you did it on purpose to draw me in!” Hu Mei’er’s eyes shook watching Yue’er’s sharp eyes.

nYue’er grinned, “Oh, sister, how can you forget the simple truth that if you give up in a challenge, you’d be safe? It would give your master an excuse to save you. The only way to kill you is with a definitive strike, but thats hardly possible at my level; which leaves trickery as the only option.”

nHu Mei’er was incredulous, “Since when did you develop a mean streak?”

n“Just now.”

nYue’er grinned and let her blade fall on the defenseless Hu Mei’er, “High profound ranked martial art, Black Wind blade!”

n“N-no…”

nWith the eerie blade reflecting in her eyes, Hu Mei’er cried out her denial.

nBut the blade cut off not only her voice but her life as well.

nBoom!

nThe ring shook as cracks spread all over it, as Hu Mei’er lay splayed in two.

nAll that was left was a deep fear etched in those charming eyes.

nGui Hu shuddered and sighed. Liu Xu watched the show pale and overwhelmed.

nHu Mei’er died, but this blade’s power was not something even he could take.

nHe felt overcome with sadness at her death.

nKui Lang and Yue Ling were floored by this unbelievable outcome, surprised by Yue’er’s progress.

nThe fox got done in, in one strike.

nVenerable Shi and the elders were brooding. They had planned on using the elites as a way to skim the sect only to find one of their choices was laying dead.

nAnd a disciple’s failure translated into the master’s failure.

nLooking at Hu Mei’er’s wide open stare, Xie Wuyue laughed, “The challenge has come to an end, with a great inner disciple done in by a single strike of an outer disciple. She’s not worthy of being an elite. It only proves that this inner disciple batch is sub par…”

nSect Leader was not about to miss this chance to mock the others.

nVenerable Shi bowed, “Sect Leader, Hu Mei’er’s death came from her poor skills. It does not speak for the rest! The other disciples are still viable for being elites.”

n“Shameful, do you want to go to the Double Dragon Gathering with such disgraceful elites? Just take the top disciple and that’s it?” Xie Wuyue snorted, “With the inner disciples’ inadequacy more than visible, this inner competition’s result is now void. We will be holding another one in three months!”

n“Sect Leader…”

n“Enough, what I want are elites, not paper mascots.” Xie Wuyue cut Venerable Shi off, his decision final.

nVenerable Shi had no choice but to nod.

nToday’s results proved that the Sect Leader was on the move, using the disciples’ competition as a way to strike at the old man’s greed.

nHu Mei’er’s was simply a victim to him, of no importance at all. Now all this old man cared about was what would Sect Leader cook for the competition three months from now.

nSo Venerable Shi shouted at Yue’er, “Outer disciple Yue’er, since you’ve defeated Hu Mei’er, you are now in the inner sect. Who is to be your master, speak! Which elder or Venerable will take her?”

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