No sooner had Cai Qiuying stood firm than thunderous cheers erupted outside the Martial Arts Arena.
With her valiant, dashing bearing, coupled with her sixth-place ranking on the Heaven's Chosen List, Cai Qiuying was hugely popular throughout the entire Cold Mountain Domain. There were even many Realm Lords who admired her.
Clang!
With a ringing cry, the Moon Piercing Halberd appeared in Cai Qiuying's hand, and her aura changed again in an instant.
Domineering. Forceful.
The faint warmth and gentleness she had shown before vanished completely from her.
"Before we fight, let me ask you something. How did you cultivate your High-Grade Earth God Skill?" Cai Qiuying asked, looking at Chen Fei.
Cai Qiuying bore Chen Fei no ill will. Challenges on the Heaven's Chosen List were perfectly normal, even if Chen Fei had proposed three kinds of Spiritual Materials as the wager.
But a wager belonged to both sides. Whoever lost in the end would have to put up those three portions of Spiritual Materials.
If Cai Qiuying won, then even if she could not use those three portions herself, she could hand them over to the Azure Cloud Sect in exchange for a large amount of Contribution Points.
As for the confidence Chen Fei displayed, that certainty of inevitable victory—every prodigy who had challenged her before had possessed the same confidence, right up until she swept them out of the arena with a single halberd. Only then did they become thoroughly well-behaved.
In Cai Qiuying's view, there was no need for things like anger between cultivators. Only strength was the truest existence. After one fight, it would be clear who was right and who was wrong.
And in this match, Cai Qiuying was confident that the one who would finally become well-behaved would be Chen Fei, this Realm