The Newly Crowned Champion: Xianbei Hostage

Today's first update: Chapter 811! 1/3!

Xu Shao's mouth twitched. He glanced at Li Taibai, who had calmly retreated to the fourth seat as if nothing had happened, and felt utterly speechless!

Anyone with eyes could tell they were putting on a double act!

Murong Fu accused Li Taibai of not going all out, and Li Taibai responded with Thousand Mile Gale. The wind sounded fierce, but the rain barely fell. It looked like a raging gale sweeping through, yet the actual damage was barely more than a scratch...

The two of them played off each other, really treating the audience like idiots?

One sat there serene and unruffled, while the other lay there covered in wounds. And this was supposed to mean that continuing the fight would result in certain defeat?

"Ahem, the battle between Li Taibai and Xu Kun has shown us the legacy passed down through the outstanding students of the Wind Academy. First there was Gongsun Jing, then Li Taibai, and now Xu Kun, who has won fifteen matches in a row!"

"While we congratulate Xu Kun on ascending to the position of third place on the Dragon-Tiger Rankings, we also congratulate him on replacing Li Taibai as the new champion of the Wind Academy!"

Being the champion of an academy proved that one possessed the strength to dominate it. The most common way to firmly claim that position was through the Dragon-Tiger Rankings, defeating the previous champion, just as Li Taibai had once defeated Gongsun Jing to take his place!

A champion's position earned this way was the most secure and the most convincing. To challenge a newly crowned champion, one had to climb from the very bottom of the Dragon-Tiger Rankings step by step, ultimately defeating them to replace them. Otherwise, as long