Though they had playfully set up a wager, the water ape's defeat in mere moments wiped some of the smiles from their faces.
"That water ape talked big, but his skills were no joke. He had a few tricks up his sleeve. Even if we could beat him, it wouldn't be this easy..."
As soon as these words were spoken, a round-faced, broad-bodied man chimed in:
"Exactly. That spirit ape has an extraordinary bloodline and excels at water arts. He also cultivated the immortal foundation 'Hidden Scale Wave,' which lets him tread the sea and raise waves, command water to cover his scales, and form armor. Those ape arms swung so tightly that not even wind could slip through. He had the ability to back up his boasts."
No matter how stubbornly they talked, everyone could still judge the situation. It was not that the ape was useless, but that the man on the platform truly was a monstrous prodigy.
"Which fellow Daoist would like to take the next bout?"
The hall fell quiet. Those drinking wine kept drinking; those sipping tea kept sipping.
"All right, everyone. Rather than each turning things over in our heads, why not lay our cards on the table?"
Everyone in the side hall had their own agenda, so someone simply brought matters into the open.
Among them, Qin Dingying's eyes flickered. Several times, she felt the urge to act, but whenever she remembered the horrific sight of her elder sister Qin Dingyi being cut in half before her, the courage she had just mustered immediately drained away by a third.
She was not Qin Dingyi, that madwoman whose brain had been invaded by baleful qi. The cleverer a person was, the more easily they overthought things, hesitating over what lay ahead and behind.
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