The Life-and-Death Arena challenges ended that afternoon. Xu Yang, Sun Tao, and the others took the wounded Wu Xiuyuan and Gu Qingfeng back to their courtyards before going their separate ways.
The day's battles had been brutal. A full six Eighth Heavenly Origin experts had died, and both Wu Xiuyuan and Gu Qingfeng had killed their opponents at the cost of grievous injuries.
Among the challenged students, only one genius with a perfected bone root from Xu Qing's cohort had been killed in the arena. Everyone else had won.
Of course, apart from Xu Yang, almost all of them had won by the skin of their teeth.
Gu Qingfeng and Wu Xiuyuan were both badly wounded. Even with the Great Restoration Pills provided by the powers backing them, they would need nearly a month of recuperation to recover completely.
Some patches of flesh had been blasted clean away. Even a Great Restoration Pill could not regrow that flesh immediately.
Apart from Xu Yang, Yang Ao had suffered the lightest injuries. He would recover in a few days.
Li Yunfei had fared the worst. In his very first match, he had been wounded to the brink of death and lost an arm.
Three people had challenged him, but he could not continue after just one fight.
Still, although he had declined the remaining two matches, he had kept his Dragon Ascension slot. Xu Yang reckoned that when the Life-and-Death Arena next emerged, no one would dare challenge him.
"Here!" Once they returned to the courtyard, Xu Yang tossed Xu Qing the Supreme-Grade Spirit Weapon he had taken from Han Hu.
Xu Qing had initially practiced with a sword. But Heavenly Strategy Academy's sword techniques were not particularly strong, so she had followed Xu Yang's lead and begun practicing with a saber.