"Damn, she's way too arrogant and overconfident!"
"Right? She actually said that if her opponent could withstand one move from her without losing, she'd admit defeat. She clearly isn't taking him seriously at all!"
"The president of the Cultivation Society is at the Xiantian Realm! Just how conceited does she have to be to say something like that?"
"Exactly. She claims she can defeat someone with Xiantian cultivation in one move, and she's even letting him strike first... How strong must she be to have that kind of confidence?"
"I don't believe she's really that strong. She's probably just bragging."
"I think so too. Maybe she knows she's no match for him, and since she's going to lose anyway, she might as well talk big to intimidate him. As long as she can take one hit, she can simply admit defeat afterward. That way, he won't keep attacking her and leave her battered, injured, and humiliated. She won't have to suffer the pain, either. And she won't have backed down without a fight, so at least she'll save face. It's the best of both worlds!"
"Now that you mention it, that really could be what she's planning! If so, I have to admit this girl's pretty crafty."
Everyone buzzed with discussion.
Along with their surprise, many people speculated about what was going on, but few truly believed Zhu Xiyan was powerful enough to defeat Li Hongtian, who had Xiantian cultivation, with a single move.
In particular, when someone suggested Zhu Xiyan might be acting this way on purpose to save face, many people in the crowd agreed.
Li Hongtian had heard their discussion too.
When he'd first heard what Zhu Xiyan said, he'd been furious, feeling that she was looking down on and insulting him. But after hearing the