"..."
White Crane Fairy almost thought she had misheard.
He was already so weak that he needed to lean against a tree to recover, yet he was still thinking about stealing her points?
She opened her mouth, intending to challenge him.
But when her gaze swept over the "corpses" of the Divine Dragon Mountain cultivators on the ground, she forcibly swallowed her words.
Reason told her one thing.
Until she could determine how much fighting strength Ye Li had left, she had better not provoke him any further.
After a brief silence.
White Crane Fairy nodded, almost despite herself.
"I'll do as you say."
Ye Li nodded in satisfaction.
He could clearly sense it.
Dozens of strands of Divine Consciousness were sweeping toward the Earth Demon Marsh.
But the lingering power of the Black Dragon Spatial Locking Nails prevented them from probing too closely.
They kept hovering nearby, refusing to disperse.
Clearly, quite a few contestants had already been drawn over by the commotion of the earlier battle.
None of them, however, had witnessed its outcome firsthand.
Even though they sensed Ye Li's weakened aura, no one was willing to be the first to show themselves and test him.
White Crane Fairy's arrival had given him a chance to keep up his act.
"..."
Bracing one hand against the ground, Ye Li slowly stood.
The weakness he had seemed unable to suppress earlier was concealed once more.
His expression regained its composure, and his aura was no longer overly erratic.
At the sight.
White Crane Fairy felt an inexplicable surge of relief.
Just as I thought!
He really did have strength to spare!
Thank goodness she had not attacked just now.
Otherwise, even if she could win, she would certainly have paid a heavy price.
"I'll be going now."
Ye