Azure Demon had lost.
This battle had failed to achieve a heaven-defying result.
Though both controlled Golden Battle Puppets, Wan Mo's control ability was a hundred times better than Yang Ping's. Though both were Golden Battle Puppets, Wan Mo's flesh-and-blood puppet, the Cannibal Troll, was a hundred times more powerful than Yang Ping's Golden Subdragon, Ridgeback. The same combo attacks and the same moves worked on Yang Ping, yet were completely useless against Wan Mo. Able to attack and defend, provide support and buffs, and even heal itself, the flesh-and-blood puppet displayed its power for the first time!
If Ji Wuri had not set such a dazzling precedent, people might even have considered Wan Mo's flesh-and-blood puppet the strongest Battle Puppet in the past decade.
Even Ran Feng's Platinum Battle Puppet, unveiled earlier, seemed somewhat inferior.
Unlike Hauge, who had battled Ran Feng bitterly for hours, Azure Demon, after realizing half an hour into the fight that it was futile, unexpectedly turned and conceded to the arbiters, withdrawing from the match.
Although he had failed to defy the heavens and lost the battle,
Azure Demon's reputation remained untarnished.
If anything, this battle made the students acknowledge Azure Demon's overwhelming strength even more.
Had it not been Azure Demon—had it been any other opponent—they likely would have been beaten by Wan Mo from the very beginning until they wished they were dead...
"Why did he stop fighting?! Silver can't contend with Gold, but Azure Demon still has two Golden Battle Puppets! Instead of fighting Wan Mo to the death, he just stepped down like that? He got off far too easily!" Chi Mu grumbled unhappily. He knew Azure Demon possessed at least two Golden Battle Puppets. And with Yue Yang's freakish ability to simply "plant" Battle Puppets out of the ground,