The Tenth Place!

Drool dribbled from the corner of Yang Hongxia's mouth as she lost herself in thought again, completely forgetting to maintain her image.

Luckily, no one was paying attention to Yang Hongxia just then.

Everyone's attention was fixed on Fang Yue in the ring.

That was because this time, Fang Yue was facing the guest representative of the Bugu Merchant Group, ranked tenth in the Heavenly Merchant Alliance.

There was no question about the strength of a guest who represented the Heavenly Merchant Alliance's tenth-ranked Merchant Group.

Though she was still only at the intermediate human level, she was far beyond the three Cangshan Sect disciples from earlier.

As someone in this position, the guest had access to enormous resources and represented a formidable accumulation of capital.

That kind of accumulation could raise even a complete loser to a certain level of strength.

And the Bugu Merchant Group had chosen her as its guest and entrusted her with defending its position in the rankings, which showed how much confidence they had in her.

"Bugu Merchant Group guest, Tan Jingmi."

The woman cupped her hands. Though she was a guest of the Bugu Merchant Group, she was very polite.

"Great Yang Merchant Group guest, Night Dawn."

Fang Yue returned the greeting politely.

"Please?"

"Please."

At the referee's announcement, the fight began.

Tan Jingmi had looked down on Fang Yue from the start and hadn't taken him seriously at all.

But after Luo Yijie had issued Fang Yue a challenge, she began paying much closer attention to him.

And as she observed him, she gradually realized that Fang Yue really was strong enough to warrant Luo Yijie's attention.

But that was all—he was merely strong enough to warrant it!

"I should be the only one worthy of that esteemed person's attention!"

A flash