Bi Fan challenged them again, but no one accepted. They left.¹
However, news that Bi Fan would fight Jing Si soon spread.
The two had each placed a separate wager of ten billion Seven Star Soul Jades.
Experts from the other factions also placed their bets. Even more people believed Bi Fan would win, so more money was wagered on him.
Land of Dreams merely provided the venue and the referee, yet it was raking in money. Its take from the fees alone was substantial.
Hua Yunlin and the others learned what was happening, and their hearts grew heavy again.
Jing Si's greatest strength was his spiritual sense attacks, especially Universal Salvation. No one knew how many experts he had converted.
The three Hua brothers were most afraid that Jing Si would use Universal Salvation and Bi Fan would be unable to resist.
Five billion Seven Star Soul Jades was no small sum. Losing the Seven Star Soul Jades would be one thing, but if Bi Fan were converted, Huajian Sect's favorable position would vanish in an instant. Zhang Tianba might even dissolve his alliance with Huajian Sect.
So what they feared most was Bi Fan losing the match.
When they returned to their lodgings, they didn't dare disturb Bi Fan's cultivation. They waited until early the next morning to tell him about Jing Si.
After hearing about Jing Si, Bi Fan felt confident.
He knew Universal Salvation very well, since he often sparred with the three Xukongs.
When it came to spiritual sense attacks, Bi Fan had nothing to fear. They were his greatest strength; even his physical power couldn't compare.
If it came down to it, he could also draw on the spiritual sense power within the Two-Colored Strange Lotus to attack his opponent.
On top of that,