"The winner is Xiao Yan!"
Elder He looked at Bai Cheng, who lay unconscious on the Competition Stage.
Elder He flashed onto the Competition Stage and spoke calmly to Xiao Yan.
"Congratulations, young fellow."
"Sorry for the trouble, Elder!"
Xiao Yan bowed to Elder He, then exchanged a glance with Xun'er, who stood below the stage with worry in her eyes.
The barrier around the Competition Stage vanished, and Xiao Yan immediately hurried to Xun'er's side.
While on the stage, he had noticed her concern, but his fight with Bai Cheng had left him no room for distraction, so he had been unable to respond.
"I'm fine."
Xiao Yan took Xun'er's hand, then smiled at Hu Jia and the others before the two of them left.
He left Hu Jia to handle the Fire Energy and everything else he had earned from winning the challenge.
Seeing Xiao Yan leave, Xiao Fan lost any desire to stay. Before Hu Jia noticed them, he took Yue Yao's hand and quietly slipped away from behind the Pan Gate members.
By the time Hu Jia realized what had happened, only Wu Hao remained beside her.
Letting out a frustrated roar, Hu Jia stormed off to find those who had taken the bets and collect the Fire Energy from Xiao Yan's victory.
The fight between Xiao Yan and Bai Cheng seemed to have set off a wave of Strong Ranking challenges.
Half a month had passed since their battle.
Over that half month, seemingly under the influence of Xiao Yan's fight with Bai Cheng, the bottom few dozen places on the Strong Ranking had changed almost every day.
In particular, everyone ranked seventieth or below had been constantly challenging the experts ahead of them.
Someone who had only just squeezed onto the Strong Ranking