Chapter 92

The numbers on the jade slip kept jumping, and Ye Qinghan couldn’t help but curse under his breath. Even without looking at the jade slip, he knew the situation wasn’t in their favor.

Everyone knew that Ye Qiao was stalling for time to help Mu Chongxi and the others. Using two sects to hold back three, she had successfully pulled it off, turning the tables brilliantly.

Even Song Hansheng couldn’t help but start reminiscing frantically.

—How did things develop into this?

Ye Qiao: “Keep stalling. Don’t be afraid of having your identity token crushed. If it’s crushed, worst case, we’re out. It doesn’t matter if we’re eliminated; the others are still in.”

“Hold them off.” Ye Qiao coordinated with Zhou Xingyun, one sticking talismans and the other striking them away. Right now, the identity tokens were the least important thing.

As a result, the scene became somewhat chaotic.

Ye Qiao said, “Go all out, brothers.”

Immediately, the five sects launched into an unprecedented, ruleless brawl, with no one able to predict what the others would do next.

Qin Huai tried to slip away to find some beasts to contribute to the rankings, but he was spotted by the sharp-eyed Liu Yun.

“Stop him.”

Trying to sneak out under the alchemist cultivator’ spiritual sense was particularly difficult.

Qin Huai’s face darkened.

“You’re courting death.”

Ye Qiao threw a bomb with precision and speed towards Song Hansheng, who was sneakily trying to set up an formation. “Today, no one leaves.”

If Song Hansheng hadn’t been alert and prepared, Ye Qiao’s accurate throw would have nearly hit him.

Now, he didn’t even have a chance to set up an formation. Ye Qiao kept a close eye on their talisman cultivators, destroying their talismans with lightning-fast sword strikes before they could even throw them out.

“You’re so annoying,” Song Hansheng said, his expression dark.

“Thanks for the compliment,” Ye Qiao replied with a slight smile.

Everyone was enveloped in a thick fog, making the scene so chaotic that even the elders couldn’t clearly see what was happening.

They could only see the teleportation arrays appearing continuously.

“Su Zhuo is out, Si Miaoyan is out, Shen Ziwei is out… Damn, are they really fighting that fiercely?”

“Wait, Ye Qiao is eliminated too.”

“Hilarious, totally expected.”

“I’m curious if she’ll get beaten up when she goes out. Besides Si Miaoyan, everyone else on the elimination bench is her enemy.”

“It’s normal if she gets beaten. Look at all these despicable things she’s done. None of them wronged Ye Qiao.”

If it weren’t for her, there’s no way so many people would be eliminated on the last day.

This was probably the highest number of eliminations in a single night in the history of the cultivation world. Ye Qiao’s all-or-nothing tactic was quite effective—on the last day, no one would survive; everyone would be eliminated together.

This was her first elimination, and she walked slowly to the elimination bench. The spectators’ screams nearly blew her away.

“Ahhhh, Changming Sect is first!”

“We’re number one, Ye Qiao!”

Ye Qiao touched her ear but hadn’t opened the jade slip yet. She was about to sit down on the elimination bench when she noticed something amiss.

She turned around and met the death stares of several other core disciples.

Ye Qiao forced a friendly smile, trying to calm them down. She realized she needed to say something, or she might really get beaten up by disciples from the three other sects. Thinking quickly, she said, “What a coincidence. You all made it to the elimination bench too?”

“Don’t worry, I’m with you. We’ll all sit on the elimination bench together.”

As soon as she finished, she noticed their glares became even colder.

Ye Qiao: “…”

“Someone’s coming out,” someone shouted.

“The secret realm has ended.”

Ye Qiao breathed a sigh of relief. Although she didn’t mind making enemies, she didn’t enjoy getting beaten up. The end of the secret realm meant her other senior brothers would be coming out.

She quickly took the opportunity to slip away.

Mu Chongxi had quite a bit of demonic beast blood splattered on his face, and his hand was so tired he could barely hold his sword. Ming Xuan was in a similar state, dirty and with some blood on his ear.

This was the result of overextending their spiritual senses.

“Are the results out?”

Miao Miao asked urgently.

“They’re out.”

Ye Qiao waved her jade slip and announced, “We’re first, with three hundred points. Yueqing Sect is second, and Bishui Sect is third.”

Bishui Sect’s rise to third was purely due to Miao Miao. Since they had to cooperate, it was impossible to let Bishui Sect be at the bottom. After Mu Chongxi injured the beasts, Miao Miao would finish them off, securing the third place.

It was the first time Bishui Sect had ever placed third.

Miao Miao was excited: “Thrilling!”

So thrilling!

“See, I told you. Following Ye Qiao, we can totally be carried to victory. Next time we team up, Ye Qiao has to lead, and I can be the other member!”

You don’t even have to do much.

Qin Huai was the most furious. He never imagined Ye Qiao could lead a group of alchemist cultivator to turn the tide. If everything had gone as expected, their Chengfeng Sect would have been third.

But Bishui Sect came out of nowhere, and he sneered, “Disgraceful! Even for alchemist cultivator, this is shameless.”

Alchemist cultivator were usually quite proud. Bishui Sect members had always been that way. Qin Huai was both shocked and disdainful of Miao Miao’s words.

“Senior Brother, how can you say that? The thing is—” Shen Ziwei wiped his face sorrowfully: “Who wouldn’t want to team up with the best?”

Following Ye Qiao, even Bishui Sect could turn things around. Why didn’t they get such a good opportunity?

Shen Ziwei was very envious.

Qin Huai couldn’t help but glare at his junior brother.

Useless.

“Ye Qiao,” Su Zhuo said indignantly, “You weren’t like this before.”

His tone sounded like he was accusing a scumbag, making Ye Qiao raise her eyebrows: “That’s because I’ve changed.”

Song Hansheng glared coldly at Ye Qiao, “Despicable and shameless. None of us righteous disciples would use such tricks.”

“Yeah, yeah,” Ye Qiao nodded dismissively, “When you win, you brag, and when you lose, you make excuses. That’s Yueqing Sect for you.”

“You all stay away from my little sister,” Ming Xuan forcefully squeezed in, raising his chin: “Yueqing Sect is the dumbest dog.”

“A little bit!”

“…”