In the stands.
Huo Gang and the other Core Students were also keeping a close eye on the match, their eyes bloodshot. After all, Xia Ping had swindled them out of a fortune, and they hated him to the bone!
Fortunately, the kid was seriously injured and had almost no chance of winning. That meant they were sure to win their bet with Qiu Xue and get the Infinite Dragon Sun Pill. At least something good had come out of this disaster.
If they lost that bet too, they would probably go insane.
"Qiu Xue, what do you think of this match?" Su Mei asked beside her. "What are his chances of winning?"
Qiu Xue replied calmly, "Why even ask? He'll definitely win."
"You certainly have a lot of faith in him."
Su Mei blinked. "But he really is something. He actually forced those Core Students to back down and willingly pay two hundred billion Federal Coins in compensation. That's impressive."
She had learned the inside story through various channels and was astonished.
An Elite Student at the Martial Master Realm had managed to force a large group of Grandmasters to back down, apologize, and suffer a huge loss. No one would believe it if they heard the story.
"That guy's full of dirty tricks." Qiu Xue was speechless. She had heard all about Xia Ping's exploits long ago, and people who crossed him rarely came to a good end.
But even she hadn't expected the Core Students to get swindled so badly. She'd heard that some of them were so furious they nearly injured themselves.
At the competition venue.
"Xia Ping, you're quite the celebrity."
Lian Zhengshun stared at Xia Ping. "You've been in the limelight these past few days. You could say you're the most famous person