Watching Mu Ziqing and Ji Yunfei on the Arena, half-hidden by the flames, many spectators could not help but look shaken.
"She lost?"
"Era Yunfei of the Heavenflame Continent, who's no weaker than Wu Xuan and ranks eleventh on the Points Ranking, actually lost?"
Some stared in a daze, still unable to accept the result.
Before the battle, everyone had believed Mu Ziqing was certain to lose.
After all,
Mu Ziqing and Ji Yunfei had different rankings and different potential. One was considered a contender for the Top Ten; the other, merely a contender for the Top Twenty.
Yet now,
Mu Ziqing, whom no one had favored, had won!
Era Yunfei had not been knocked off the Arena or killed by Mu Ziqing, but that was only because Mu Ziqing had shown mercy.
Otherwise, Ji Yunfei could never have withstood the Fire Filling the Sky.
"I lost."
On the Arena, Ji Yunfei panted heavily, her chest rising and falling as she stared at Mu Ziqing with a deeply conflicted expression.
Era Yunfei had not expected this outcome either.
But thinking back... when she had unleashed the Green Vine Giant Tree, Mu Ziqing had conjured a Phoenix Divine Beast. The moment its divine fire surged forward, her Green Vine Giant Tree had caught alight.
What terrifying flames!
Even though Ji Yunfei's Green Vine Giant Tree could heal its own injuries, it could not endure such a blaze. And these were no ordinary flames—they held a trace of the Undying Phoenix Divine Beast's divine fire!
The Green Vine Giant Tree had been unable to heal itself at all.
In the end, defeat had been its only fate!
Era Yunfei fell silent for a moment, then turned and jumped off the Arena.
A loss was a loss. Era Yunfei would make no excuses.