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"The rules of the duel are that there are no rules! Do you both understand?" As a neutral party, Daoist Gu was also one of the arbiters.
"Unless life and death have been decided, the Small World will not open." Daoist An felt some regret. This Sword Cultivator was also someone the An Household's True Person thought highly of, yet now he had fallen into such a meaningless death match.
"Once you enter, the Small Grotto-Heaven Small World will lock itself from within. You yourselves will be the keys."
"We will not go inside unless you come out yourselves."
Seeing both men nod, with the rules clear and no questions remaining, Daoist Gu waved a hand, opening the passage into the Small Grotto-Heaven Small World. Daoist An silently recited a secret incantation, and a faint radiance began to shine from the passage. They could enter now.
Without hesitation, the two passed through, leaving the six outside sitting cross-legged in silence before the Landscape Bonsai, awaiting the final outcome.
No one had any further interest in conversation. Within the Landscape Bonsai, two faint auras were prowling onward through forbidding mountains and treacherous waters. These were the auras of the two combatants, clearly perceptible from outside, though there was no way to know precisely which arts and techniques either man employed. This protected the secrets of their cultivation to the greatest extent possible.
Dueling within a Small Grotto-Heaven Small World was also a popular form of high-level combat on the Brocade Continent. Without some backing and strength, one would never receive such treatment.
Watching the two auras steadily approach