In the ninth round, Jin Chen was not the only one eliminated. Su Mianmian was eliminated too.
Su Mianmian had faced a cultivator at the great perfection of Qi Refining, only a single step away from Foundation Establishment. No matter how formidable she was, someone at the sixth Qi Refining layer could never defeat someone at the great perfection of Qi Refining, so she was not the least bit dejected when she stepped down from the arena.
Instead, she gave Jin Chen a thorough mocking.
"You have the nerve to laugh at me? You were eliminated this round too!" Jin Chen snapped.
Su Mianmian gave a soft huff. "I lost to a cultivator at the great perfection of the Qi Refining period. You lost to someone at the ninth Qi Refining layer."
Jin Chen pointed at Su Jiu and raged, "Is her ninth Qi Refining layer anything like an ordinary person's ninth Qi Refining layer?"
Su Mianmian's eyes danced. "I don't care. Judging by our opponents' cultivation levels, I won this time."
"Su Mianmian! I challenge you to a Challenge Match!"
Seeing that the two were about to come to blows, Su Jiu finally pulled Su Mianmian away.
Someone in the crowd murmured, "These Personal Disciples really are willful and spoiled. They want to fight over the slightest disagreement. Who knows how many people in the Inner Gate they've bullied?"
With a single Ice Spike, Su Jiu scored a thin, bloody line across the speaker's neck. She moved so quickly that he was stunned with fright. Only then did he seem to react, pointing at her. "Y-you-you-you! What are you doing? I'm reporting you to the Enforcement Hall!"
Su Jiu looked down at him, her eyes icy, without a trace of the warmth they held when she was with Su