The Outer Realm Demon Race sent cultivators into the life-or-death challenges in order of cultivation level, from lowest to highest. Even after losing several matches, they didn't change the order of their challengers. This left Fairy Sword Ji, Ling Tian, and the others puzzled. Though Ling Tian had a vague idea of what was going on, he didn't say anything; after all, he hadn't confirmed his suspicions. He continued watching Fairy Sword Ji fight the other Outer Realm Demon Race cultivators.
Fairy Sword Ji was incredibly strong, even in close combat—especially after she reversed her Golden Core six times and reached the peak of the quasi-Sage sixth stage. The Divine Sword Cliff's cultivation arts focused on offense, and with her exceptionally pure Divine Yuan Power bolstering her, her combat prowess was astonishing. In close combat, she could even defeat God Devouring Bodies and Asura Bodies of the same level, let alone those Outer Realm Demon Race cultivators, including the ones at the peak of the quasi-Sage sixth stage.
In fact, with Fairy Sword Ji's strength, she had a good chance of defeating Outer Realm Demon Race cultivators at the quasi-Sage seventh stage. But unexpected things could happen, and this was a life-or-death challenge. She didn't believe that sparing those cultivators would make the Outer Realm Demon Race grateful and cause them to spare her in turn, so she didn't dare take the risk. She planned to leave opponents of that level to Ling Tian.
Besides, if they weren't challenging the Outer Realm Demon Race in front of Divine Sword Cliff's stronghold, Fairy Sword Ji would certainly have taken on the cultivators at the quasi-Sage seventh stage. With her strength, even if she couldn't win, escaping would be easy. But this was right in front of Divine Sword Cliff's stronghold, and