"Naruto, Daoist Qingyan and Wan Xiaoshan's Father left with that Golden-Robed Youth."
Below the arena, Karin spoke quietly to Naruto.
Naruto nodded, a hint of coldness curling his lips.
He could more or less guess what they were after. They wanted revenge, perhaps even to get rid of him.
They did not want to nurture a tiger only to suffer for it, watching a vicious beast like him grow strong enough to devour them.
"But you'd never guess that this vicious tiger will be eating people very soon!"
The remaining arena matches held no interest for Naruto, Hinata, and Karin.
After witnessing the three of them fight, no one dared challenge them again.
Starting with the second round, whenever any of the three stood in the arena, no one dared step up.
According to the rules, if no one challenged a contestant in the arena for one full minute, that contestant automatically advanced.
The second round, the third round, the fourth round...
Only when they reached the final round did someone finally challenge them.
The cultivators who made it to the final round were genuinely capable fighters, and proud ones at that.
They refused to watch Naruto and the others claim the final victory so easily.
Besides, they were very confident in their own strength.
Against Naruto and the others, however, they still fell short.
During this time, Naruto released the Pale-Faced Scholar whom Karin had sealed inside the Miniature Golden Pyramid, then killed him with a single slap and took the treasure that had made him famous: the White Folding Fan.
Karin returned the White Tiger Essence sealed by her Adamantine Sealing Chains to the Folding Fan. The fan changed hands and became hers to use.
She now had her first magical artifact, and it was a Top-Grade Magical