(﹃) Come on, let's hurt each other!
The next day's competition went just as Annie had predicted. Some of those crafty old men had clearly come prepared. Zhang Chulan and Zhang Lingyu had fought fiercely, each showing off their skills, and their secret Yin-Yang lightning techniques from Longhu Mountain had left the audience dumbstruck and enthralled. Just as the two looked ready to land their final blows and decide the winner for real, something unexpected happened.
The situation was more or less this: Zhang Lingyu unleashed his Yin lightning technique with all his might, preparing to clash head-on with Zhang Chulan, who was using Yang lightning, and settle the match in one blow. But out of nowhere, the qi in his body went out of control as he released his full power. Before the two could even collide, he fell to the ground and lost control of his qi.
And just like that, Zhang Chulan won the match in a way that was somewhat baffling, yet also reasonably plausible. Even the Inhuman spectators who had been unhappy with him couldn't find anything to object to.
However, Annie, Xu San, Xu Si, Feng Baobao, and a handful of others could all see what had really happened. Some shameless old bastards had secretly used a despicable and discreet method to bring it about.
But regardless, since they had technically kept their word and let Zhang Chulan win the competition, there was nothing to be done about it for now.
Xu San and Xu Si were satisfied with the outcome, as was Feng Baobao, who had been worried all along. So they finally managed to be just a little more understanding of Annie's decision to withdraw from the competition on her own and give up the "Eight Extraordinary Skills."
They had little choice