Once the fairies finished their matches, the suitors' arena bouts naturally came next. This was the fiercest part, and the spectacle countless onlookers loved most. Many had come specifically to watch it.
The stronger a fairy's suitors were and the more opponents they defeated, the higher her score would be.
This score accounted for a full thirty percent.
Soon, a sword cultivator leaped onto the stage and cupped his hands in greeting. "I represent Fairy Zhen. I welcome all challengers!"
His name was Gao Qiu, the senior disciple of the Heavenly Sword Sect, and he was also a suitor of Zhen Yanqing, who had made the top twenty in this Heavenly Immortal Ranking.
As his sect's senior disciple, he was naturally brimming with confidence. He also hoped to perform well in this competition, giving him a chance to become Zhen Yanqing's cultivation partner.
After all, this was the cultivation world. Such a display was bound to win a goddess's favor.
Many men who managed to become their goddesses' cultivation partners had done so by making those goddesses see them in a new light at crucial occasions like this.
Gao Qiu was no slouch. He ranked near the top of the younger generation in the Nine Abyss Sacred Domain.
In all sorts of secret realm trials and sword competitions, he consistently ranked among the best and had even taken the crown.
His arrival made quite a few people who had wanted to take the stage begin to shrink back.
Seeing the younger cultivators around him acting like such cowards, Gao Qiu could barely suppress his grin. He kept glancing toward his goddess, Zhen Yanqing, as though saying, Goddess, did you see that?
In his eyes, Zhen Yanqing was already all but designated as his cultivation partner.
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