"A battle of attrition..."
Xu Xiaoshou frowned.
He had always watched Su Qianqian grow up as if she were his little sister. Naturally, he could not stand by and watch something like this happen.
She was indeed a genius, indeed a Sword Sect cultivator.
But none of the people here were mere nobodies either.
At the very least, Xu Xiaoshou had already spotted several ruthless figures.
The only reason these people seemed so dim was because his own presence shone far too brightly.
If the two people in the arena had not had someone like him overshadowing them, many among the younger generation would still have been able to bloom with their own brilliance.
Su Qianqian was a lone young tiger. She could not fend off a pack of wolves! "There's no need to worry too much. If it really comes to that, just announce the name of Brother Xiaoshou here. It should be enough to cow some of them." Xu Xiaoshou chuckled.
Su Qianqian laughed along with him, but the worry buried deep in her eyes still refused to disperse.
"Relax, don't worry too much. It hasn't come to that yet!"
As Xu Xiaoshou spoke, he gazed into the distance and said meaningfully, "Who knows which will arrive first—an accident or tomorrow?"
"Maybe a huge meteorite will suddenly fall from the sky and smash the banquet hall senseless. Then no one will even have a place to issue their challenges."
"Heehee." Su Qianqian was finally amused. She had never expected that the most innocent one of all would actually be Brother Xiaoshou.
"That's that."
Xu Xiaoshou rose and rubbed the girl's head.
"Where are you going now?"
Mu Zixi immediately went on alert.
Su Qianqian might have thought Xu Xiaoshou was joking, but as the only person who truly