Inside the great hall.
Gu Chenfeng, Mu Chen, and Panyue communicated in secret, already sharing a tacit understanding.
When this assessment battle began and Liaogu, the Qiongqi Race expert, stepped forward to fight.
The three had already secretly discussed a strategy.
Panyue would fight the first round.
If Panyue defeated Liaogu, Gu Chenfeng would take on the blond burly man.
Gu Chenfeng was highly confident he could defeat him.
As long as they secured two victories, Mu Chen, whose injuries had yet to heal, would have no need to fight.
However, Panyue's narrow defeat disrupted their original plan.
Mu Chen had originally intended to stake his life on a desperate fight against the Infinite Sword Sect expert.
But Gu Chenfeng secretly persuaded him otherwise, taking on the Mountain-Moving Demon Ape Tribe's Supreme Elder himself.
Mu Chen did not want to leave such a powerful opponent to Gu Chenfeng.
But Gu Chenfeng remained adamant, saying he was confident he could handle him, and Mu Chen could only agree.
Although Mu Chen's cultivation surpassed that of the Mountain-Moving Demon Ape Tribe expert.
His opponent was, after all, among the very strongest in the early Source Venerable Realm.
Moreover, his opponent knew he was injured.
Faced with this situation, Mu Chen chose to end the fight quickly.
With his very first strike, he directly summoned all the power he could currently unleash and slashed without holding anything back.
Injuring the blond burly man was secondary.
More importantly, he needed to instill apprehension in his opponent, making him believe Mu Chen had fully recovered and was at his peak.
After that strike, however, the injuries inside Mu Chen's body were no longer suppressed, leaving him at risk of a backlash.
Had the blond burly man chosen to meet him head-on and counterattack with all