Struggling to his feet amid the rubble, Chen Xin felt as though all his internal organs had nearly been knocked out of place. Blocking Li Ye's blow with his Martial Soul had also left it badly damaged, and he himself had suffered the backlash.
After taking a moment to steady his breathing and condition and force out the stagnant blood inside him, Chen Xin clutched his chest and walked out of the deep crater halfway up the mountain, one step at a time.
"Uncle Jian, are you all right?" Ning Fengzhi asked worriedly.
The moment Chen Xin lost, Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong had hurried toward him.
Seeing how badly Chen Xin was injured, Ning Rongrong lost all her earlier excitement and enthusiasm. She supported him while crying her eyes out.
After Ning Fengzhi treated him for a while, Chen Xin's condition finally improved considerably, and he barely mustered enough strength to walk over to Li Ye.
As for Li Ye, once he withdrew his Martial Soul, a smile appeared on his face again.
Although there had been a slight unexpected turn along the way, he had still won in the end. As for having used up so much Soul Power that less than a tenth remained, Li Ye could not have cared less. All he knew was that he had defeated Chen Xin, who had broken through to level 97, with two-thirds of his strength. Without borrowing Spear Old Demon's or Sword Old Ghost's power, he already stood at the pinnacle of this continent.
But while some rejoiced, others grieved. With Li Ye's defeat of Chen Xin, none were more upset than Ning Rongrong and the others from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while the happiest were Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and the others from Shrek Academy.
But