Today's contest had always been about life and death.
Qin Shaofeng's record of slaying three Five-step experts alone had left the people in the first group with little fighting spirit.
The second and third groups, however, were different.
Although Li Feng and Zui Linglong were also Five-step experts,
Their combat strength was utterly incomparable to Qin Shaofeng's.
The nine Ascension Realm Experts swarmed forward at once, each bringing out their trump cards, making even Li Feng feel the peril of the battle.
They fought for nearly half an hour straight.
Only then did the battle finally end.
Although Li Feng's cultivation was formidable, he had still needed to kill five opponents before finally claiming that hard-won victory.
By the time he returned, several wounds had already appeared on his body.
He did not even have time for a single polite word before dropping onto the ground, stuffing two pills into his mouth, and quickly regulating his breathing.
The brutality of the first battle was not the end. It was merely the beginning.
Every battle that followed was just as brutal.
In the end, every one of the twenty victors was an expert with at least three-step cultivation.
When Qin Shaofeng noticed the unfriendly looks every victor cast toward Li Feng, he could not help frowning as he said to Wen Tian, "Tower Master Wen, it seems you should also think of a way to deal with the coming battles. Your people will never withstand another nine-man beating."
Wen Tian gave a bitter smile. "How could I not know that? But what solution can I possibly think of? As the First Branch Tower, countless people want to drag this old man down. Now, I can only take one step at a time and see where it leads."
"Is that so..."
Qin