Hu Yunting passed away peacefully.
In the private box high above the arena, River City's three most powerful figures were still seated: Perfected One Nagiko, Hu Hanyi, and Daoist Jiefeng.
Although Perfected One Nagiko and the Hu Family were now like fire and water, their struggles were still beneath the surface. When the two sides met, they maintained a facade of harmony.
Perfected One Nagiko had gone to check on Lan Zhi's injuries after she was wounded. When she returned, Hu Hanyi smiled snidely. "What a shame. The Supernatural Affairs Bureau's two captains were stopped in the quarterfinals and the top sixteen. It seems the competition in River City is fierce this year. Even your disciples couldn't secure a spot, Perfected One."
Perfected One Nagiko snorted. "They're only my registered disciples. It's perfectly normal for their skills to fall short. Your son is a true disciple of Famous Sword Middle School, isn't he? Let's hope he doesn't come unstuck today."
Daoist Jiefeng smiled and smoothed things over. "This is a good thing. In previous years, both captains would certainly have been strong enough to secure spots. Their early elimination this time doesn't mean they're weak, but that this generation of young talents in Jiangcheng City has grown stronger overall."
He was telling the plain truth. Although everyone called Qi Dian the bottom of the heap this year, he had mastered heavenly net nine-turn astral qi and reached the middle Astral Realm. With those stats, he would even have had a chance to compete for River City Captain in previous years.
That went doubly for exceptional geniuses like Yue Wen and Hu Yunting, who truly could compete against the Four Seas heavenly prodigies at the Ascendant Dragon Assembly. River City scarcely saw their like once in a century.
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