Those powerful figures shared Bi Fan's thinking. They tried to avoid fighting opponents of the same rank; even if they won, it would only waste time.
The competition had only just begun. There was no need to rush.
After defeating ten powerful opponents in a row, Bi Fan began looking for stronger challengers.
Only a little over three hundred people had entered the competition, and not many remained. Those left were all formidable figures.
Now he had to face true powerhouses and take the identity tokens from them.
Each of the remaining contestants carried quite a few tokens. Defeating even one of them would bring a good haul.
Bi Fan moved quickly, searching for an opponent. Before long, he spotted a high-grade Primordial Adept.
This time, Bi Fan didn't avoid him, and the other Primordial Adept had no intention of backing away either.
The man was one of Ming Longdu's subordinates, named He Lingtu. He was arguably the strongest of Ming Longdu's followers.
Before the competition, Ming Longdu had instructed He Lingtu to teach Bi Fan a good lesson if he ran into him.
Now that the chance had come, He Lingtu looked excited. "Nie Yun, I've finally found you."
"Is that so? Running into me might not be such a good thing for you." Bi Fan smiled.
He Lingtu flew into a rage. He was a high-grade Primordial Adept and had been one for more than ten thousand years. Bi Fan, by contrast, was only a mid-grade Primordial Adept who had broken through not long ago. The gap between them was enormous—or so He Lingtu believed.
The two attacked almost simultaneously, each unleashing his strongest assault in the blink of an eye.
They both wanted to end the fight quickly and move on to find other opponents.
Bi Fan's