No one had expected Chen Shi'an to win, much less grievously wound Gu Qingyao and even destroy one of her precious Demon-Sealing Talismans.
In the stands, Qianshan Xue and Xiang Li were both delighted and excited.
Without realizing it, they clasped hands.
But Qianshan Xue quickly came to her senses. A rosy blush spread over her lovely face, and she hurriedly pulled her hand away.
Xiang Li simply kept grinning foolishly.
Meanwhile, a figure leaped swiftly down from the stands and landed before Gu Qingyao. It was Qiu Shuang.
"Qingyao, are you all right?"
Qiu Shuang hurriedly took a porcelain bottle from inside his robes, poured out some fine yellow powder, and sprinkled it over the wound on Gu Qingyao's arm.
Soon, the bleeding stopped, and the wound began to scab over.
Having done this, Qiu Shuang turned toward Chen Shi'an and said through gritted teeth, "You dared hurt Qingyao! I'll make sure you never leave Desolate Suppression City!"
Chen Shi'an flicked the blood off his Windbreaker Saber, sheathed it, and leaped straight down from the arena to stand before Qiu Shuang.
Qiu Shuang was only at the Second Grade Early Stage and could not even defeat Zhu Fenglang. Seeing Chen Shi'an approach, his arrogance instantly vanished, and he involuntarily took two steps back, saying in a trembling voice:
"Chen Shi'an, what are you trying to do? This is Desolate Suppression City! If you dare touch me, you'll suffer for it!"
Expressionless, Chen Shi'an looked calmly at Qiu Shuang. "This is a grudge between Gu Qingyao and me. It has nothing to do with you.
"I don't want to make an enemy of you, but you'd better stop taking a mile when given an inch."
As he spoke, a chill had already crept into his voice.
Qiu Shuang swallowed. He