Never mind anyone else-even He Pingsheng himself found it somewhat unbelievable.
Apart from fighting a single seeding match against Ye Xiaodao, he had won all the remaining matches through his opponents' surrender.
Could you imagine that?
Luo Bingyao had surrendered, sending him into the final eight!
Ji Wuxin had surrendered, sending him into the final four!
Xin Baobao had surrendered, sending him into the top two!
Wang Dun had surrendered, handing him first place outright.
Who could have imagined taking first place through his opponents' surrender?
"The outcome has been decided!"
Immortal Emperor Zhenyi looked at everyone and said impassively, "I will now announce the results!"
"First place, Wang Dun!"
"Second place, He Pingsheng!"
"Third place, Han Houzhi!"
"Of course, under the competition rules, all the other contestants in the final sixteen still have the right to issue challenges!"
"If anyone disputes these results, you may come up and issue a challenge!"
"Me, me, me..." The moment the Immortal Emperor finished speaking, Kong Shengji raised his hand and shouted, "I want to issue a challenge! I want to challenge that trash Wang Dun!"
"I refuse to accept this! Why should he get first place?"
"I want to challenge him!"
Before Immortal Emperor Zhenyi even spoke, another elder said, "Holy Son of the Northern Rampart Kong Household, you should take a look at the rules for this round first!"
"You do indeed have the right to issue a challenge, but you cannot challenge first place directly!"
"You can only challenge third place!"
"Only after defeating third place can you challenge second place, and only after defeating second place can you challenge first place!"
"The same applies to everyone!"
At those words, Kong Shengji's face immediately darkened.
Third place?
Wasn't that Han Houzhi?
Me, fight Han Houzhi?
*There's no way I could