After Zhou Ying conceded, she and Zhu Xiyan left the ring one after the other. Next, Song Jingchen and Tao Kecheng took the stage.
Song Jingchen had just suffered a crushing defeat at Zhu Xiyan's hands, and now he was seething with frustration. He knew the championship was already out of his reach.
But even if he couldn't take first place, he could at least claim second.
He glanced at Tao Kecheng across from him and said coldly, "You should do what your schoolmate did and concede. I may have lost to Zhu Xiyan just now, but you saw for yourself that I'm at the Forming Yuan Stage Third Level. You can't beat me!"
Tao Kecheng scoffed at Song Jingchen's words. "Concede? Heh, you think a little too highly of yourself. You think being at the Forming Yuan Stage Third Level means you can beat me?"
"What a pipe dream!"
Song Jingchen raised an eyebrow. "Oh? You're pretty confident in yourself! Fine. I won't waste my breath. If you're asking for a beating, I'll give you one!"
As soon as the words left his mouth, Song Jingchen blurred forward and launched himself at Tao Kecheng.
Tao Kecheng sneered and said disdainfully, "My cultivation may be a little lower than yours, but you're still not good enough to beat me!"
In the next instant, Tao Kecheng swiftly formed a seal with both hands.
A razor-sharp aura surged out of him.
He seemed to transform into a peerless sword, its edge bared. His keen presence shot straight into the clouds, sharp enough to cleave through anything!
Song Jingchen's expression changed as he felt the powerful, razor-sharp aura suddenly erupt from Tao Kecheng.
At that moment, Xuan Yuan Jingxiu nodded slightly from the reviewing platform. "The Immortality Sword Scripture Tao Kecheng practices is