As Ning Zheng spoke, he praised Lin Bai.
Many powerful martial artists in the spectator stands also revealed looks of approval toward the Sword Demon's strength.
This left the other martial artists confused.
Clearly, Lin Bai and the Ghost Messenger had exchanged a single move and won through their own strength. Although the Ghost Messenger had unfortunately lost, he shouldn't have been inferior to Lin Bai, should he?
Hearing the doubts voiced by many martial artists, a powerful expert of the Apex Realm said coldly, "Hmph, what would a bunch of frogs at the bottom of a well know? That exchange just now may have looked like an extremely simple clash!"
"But in reality, it concealed a deadly killing intent!"
"When the Sword Demon punched at the Ghost Messenger, he deliberately exposed a weakness in his abdomen. This was the only weakness the Sword Demon had revealed in the thousands of moves he and the Ghost Messenger had exchanged!"
"It was also the only weakness the Ghost Messenger could seize upon to unleash a killing sword strike!"
"The Ghost Messenger knew that even if this sword struck the Sword Demon, Lin Bai would not die because of it. Instead, he himself would be killed by the Sword Demon!"
"But the Ghost Messenger also knew that after exchanging thousands of moves with the Sword Demon, the Sword Demon had not revealed a single weakness. If he gave up on this opening, he might never find another weakness in the Sword Demon!"
"And so, the two of them engaged in a gamble!"
"The Sword Demon was betting on whether the Ghost Messenger would seize this weakness!"
"And in the end, the Sword Demon won the gamble. The Ghost Messenger had disregarded everything and tried to kill the Sword Demon with that sword,