Huang Wuji's words left everyone astonished.
After all, Hua Huayue was a disciple Huang Wuji had personally promoted as an exception.
Moreover, Hua Huayue's performance over the years had not actually been poor. To advance from the sixth level of the First Void Realm to the ninth level in thirteen epochs was already remarkably fast, an extraordinary achievement. Yet, this achievement apparently still failed to satisfy Huang Wuji.
Of course, they also knew that Hua Huayue's rapid cultivation to the peak of the ninth level of the First Void Realm was inseparable from the abundant resources granted to core disciples and the continual supply of Long Rainbow Power.
Everyone knew that core disciples of the main hall received a supply of Long Rainbow Power.
That fact alone was enough to make the position of core disciple something the inner and outer sect disciples could only gaze upon from afar, beyond their reach.
And how could Huang Wuji not understand this?
With Long Rainbow Power at her disposal, Hua Huayue still had not reached the Two Principles Realm after thirteen epochs. There was simply no excusing it.
It was precisely because of this that he made such a decision.
"Tell me, can this Azure-Scaled Golden-Horned Savage Ox defeat Hua Huayue?"
"What's going through that head of yours? Didn't you see the earlier assessment? This Azure-Scaled Golden-Horned Savage Ox has even greater potential than Hua Huayue."
"Besides, the Azure-Scaled Golden-Horned Savage Ox already holds the advantage in cultivation. How could it possibly lose?"
"That may be true, but I still feel Hua Huayue is stronger. After all, she was someone Huang Wuji made an exception to promote into a core disciple. She must have received quite a bit of cultivation among the core disciples."
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