"Phew..."
Gongsun Kunlun let out a deep breath and said, "Let me see..."
The Fourth Elder handed Gongsun Kunlun a jade tablet granting passage.
The jade tablet listed He Pingsheng's and Gongsun Kunlun's matches and competition records.
The more Gongsun Kunlun read, the colder his eyes became.
"This is bad!" he murmured, then paused before continuing, "He and I both have only our match against Shang Yong left!"
"He Pingsheng and I are both certain to lose that match!"
"So, if He Pingsheng wins his upcoming match against Shang Yong, I'll be in danger!"
Gongsun Kunlun's pupils contracted to pinpoints.
He had already lost six matches. Including his surrender to He Pingsheng, that made seven.
If he added his upcoming match against Shang Yong, that would make eight.
As it happened, He Pingsheng had beaten him but lost to the other seven among the top nine. If he lost to Shang Yong as well, that would make eight losses.
Then both of them would have eight losses and thirty-nine wins.
Their final scores would both be thirty-nine points!
The problem was that, in the event of a tie in points, the ranking depended on their head-to-head result.
And in their head-to-head match, he had lost to He Pingsheng.
He Pingsheng would end up ranked one place above him!
This was not good.
"What about the others?" Gongsun Kunlun looked at the Fourth Elder. "Fourth Elder, the records of the other eight among the acknowledged top nine!"
"Mm!" the Fourth Elder said. "So far, Shang Yong has won every match. Lan Miaotong has lost only once, to Shang Yong. Everyone else has both wins and losses!"
"Judging by the current rankings!"
"You... and He Pingsheng should be tied for ninth!"
The Fourth Elder had called it a tie for ninth to