From this point on, even if Ye Xuan killed him on the arena, no one would intervene. At most, they would impose some token punishment afterward.
"This isn't fair! This isn't fair!"
Zhao Linglong gripped the railing, her pretty face flushed crimson.
Qingxiao sighed inwardly.
There has never been any fairness in this world. If you have a Heavenly Spirit Bone, you are destined to stand above others from birth. If you have only a mortal bone, you are destined to become a tiny speck of dust in this world.
"Junior Sister, I'm stepping away for a moment."
After several breaths of silence, Qingxiao patted Zhao Linglong's shoulder.
"Second Senior Brother?"
"Senior Brother Qingxiao!"
Zhao Linglong and Ziyan sprang to their feet.
Both had guessed what Dugu Qingxiao intended to do.
"If I do not do this, my Dao Heart will know no peace either."
Qingxiao glanced at the two of them, then resolutely left his seat.
Clearly, he intended to go down and stop this Sword Inquiry.
At this sight, the corners of Jin Hezhi's mouth suddenly lifted into a smile that said everything was within his grasp.
On the arena.
"Xu Taiping, are you willing to concede?"
Amid the deathly silence, the gray-robed elder at the edge of the arena suddenly frowned and prompted Xu Taiping.
Naturally, he also understood that Xu Taiping had been made a whetstone for Ye Xuan, who stood before him. But having watched Xu Taiping's entire bout at close quarters, he could not bear to see this young man of tremendous perseverance lose his life here.
Xu Taiping, who was peeling away his scorched clothing bit by bit, felt warmth well up in his heart at those words.
As perceptive as he was, he had naturally already seen that the Azure Profound