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Mi He was rendered speechless by my question. He stammered out several "you"s, while even Peak Master Li grew solemn, apparently pondering how to explain the matter. However, his own several personal disciples had indeed brought their own weapons and magic treasures and won every match along the way. Those disciples who relied on artifact boosts and spell techniques were still somewhat better off; in several matches, the immortal power they expended was mostly used to activate their magic treasures and weapons. As for ordinary disciples, some had been blasted away before they could even survive the first exchange! That was even more incredible.
So everyone cheated. They did it openly and without the slightest shame. They simply couldn't stand seeing ordinary disciples win by relying on spell techniques, especially when those same moves had blasted elite disciples away. That was why they suspected fraud and felt that something was wrong. This was a classic case of "the magistrate being allowed to set fires while the common people were forbidden to light lamps." It was also the difference between the so-called personal disciples and ordinary disciples within the sect.
If this had merely been the usual martial competition between the peaks, there would still have been some semblance of fairness. It was normal for an ordinary disciple to fight their way into the top four sometimes. But when it came to critical moments where one's life was at stake, there was no fairness to speak of. There were always unspoken rules beyond the written ones; it was merely that ordinary disciples dared to be angry but not speak out.
"Very well. Fellow Daoist, if you want this child to continue competing, then if she loses, points will still be deducted. The deducted points will be added to the winner's