Chong Lou and the others were proud and arrogant. This sparring match would likely decide a winner, and victory or defeat often meant death. Once that happened, neither side would stop until the other was dead—a prospect Xing Yang and the other elders certainly didn't want to see. Tian Ru's proposed rules for determining the winner solved the problem, and a team battle would better test each individual, so they all agreed to her suggestion.
What they hadn't expected was that the nearly hundred people with Ling Tian and Xing Zhan would split into just two teams. And apart from Lian Yue and the others, they trusted Xing Zhan's side more. After all, Xing Zhan was the heir to the Demon Spirit Palace, with extraordinary strength and an even greater reputation.
Long Xing of the Long Family and Dugu Yun Tian were also geniuses among geniuses, so many people chose to join Xing Zhan's team. In the end, Xing Zhan's side had two or three times as many people as Ling Tian's, putting Zi Tianfei and the others under considerable pressure.
Ling Tian, however, didn't care in the slightest. In just a moment, he'd devised a strategy: suppress the enemy with the soul song.
While Ling Tian's team was discussing their strategy, Xing Zhan's side was also conferring. Shi Ao briefly explained what he knew about Ling Tian and the others, including the strategy he expected them to use.
But Xing Zhan and the others clearly didn't believe Shi Ao's words. Still, they all knew how terrifying the Samsara Soul Song was, and they were somewhat worried. Then Dugu Yun Tian quietly took out some jade talismans and handed them to his teammates. After hearing his explanation, their worries vanished, and they felt far more confident about defeating Ling Tian's