An uproar erupted!
The entire arena was in an uproar at Xie Zhan's defeat.
Xie Zhan had once ranked sixth among the Ten Elites. After Lu Ren defeated him, he fell to seventh, but he later reached Marrow Cleansing before Lu Ren did, and everyone considered him the true sixth.
Yet after losing to Lu Ren, he had once again been defeated by someone ranked below him-and by Xu Yang, the one everyone had always thought least likely to succeed. "He even defeated Xie Zhan. He might really make the top three," Ding Xu said, his eyes wide.
Previously, he had not believed Xu Yang could reach the top three, because both Xie Zhan and Lu Ren had broken through before him.
Now that Xu Yang had defeated Xie Zhan, he only needed to defeat Lu Ren to secure a place in the top three.
And judging by the current situation, Lu Ren was quite likely to lose too.
"I was such a fool. If I'd listened to Su Jie, he would be the pride of the Yuan Family now, and our sea-stabilizing pillar in the future."
Watching Xie Zhan lose, Yuan Gang was overwhelmed with regret.
As it stood, the Yuan Family had no business trying to recruit a genius like Xu Yang. He would not even glance at the paltry scraps they could offer. Even Xie Zhan lost! Lu Ren was shaken.
He had fought Xie Zhan last year, so he naturally knew how formidable he was. Even this year, he had no confidence he could beat Xie Zhan.
Yet Xu Yang had defeated him, and seemingly with ease.
Although they had battled fiercely for over a hundred exchanges, Xie Zhan's saber had never struck Xu Yang.
"Even Xie Zhan is no match for him!" Su Zhe looked