It was not just Chu Xiaoxiao. Everyone in the small viewing pavilion, including the Old Martial God Zhu Huai, wore a bewildered expression, as though they had fallen into a fog stretching for miles.
Xiahou You asked in utter confusion:
"This Blade-Catching Assembly was clearly added by Nine Abysses to target Eldest Brother Taiping's team. Why would the Dragon-Slaying Ranking suddenly add such an unfair competition?"
Xiahou Qingyuan shook his head and said:
"This Dragon-Slaying Assembly might not have been added by the Dragon-Slaying Ranking."
Xiahou You frowned.
"Besides the Dragon-Slaying Ranking, who else could change the rules within the Immortal Burial Ruins..."
Before she finished speaking, Xiahou You suddenly realized something. Her gaze sharpened at once as she said:
"The Demon Mother!"
Since the Demon Mother could even send the three from Nine Abysses into the Dragon-Slaying Assembly, it was naturally possible for her to change its rules and add a Dragon-Catching Assembly.
At that moment, the Old Martial God Zhu Huai, seated at the very front, also spoke with a grave expression:
"Judging by which side these rules favor, barring any surprises, this Dragon-Catching Assembly should be the Demon Mother's handiwork."
At another table, Zhang Moyan immediately asked with great concern:
"Has the Demon Mother actually become powerful enough to add a Dragon-Catching Assembly to the Dragon-Slaying Assembly?"
Duan Xiaoyu also said nervously:
"Doesn't that mean the three from Nine Abysses will be able to do whatever they please at the Dragon-Slaying Assembly?"
Xiahou Qingyuan shook his head.
"If the Demon Mother truly could do whatever she pleased, she wouldn't merely add a Dragon-Catching Assembly. She would expel Xu Taiping's team directly from the Immortal Burial Ruins."
Xiahou You nodded as well.
"Or strip Young Master Taiping of all his battle merit, or even trap him in the