Qian Xunji naturally wouldn't believe what Qi Ling said at this moment. After all, Qian Xunji always habitually chose to doubt anything his enemies said.
Therefore, the three of them were not swayed in the slightest by Qi Ling's words. Instead, they seized every opportunity to try to defeat Qi Ling in this attack, but naturally, they failed.
At the end of this round, Xiluo suddenly appeared before everyone, stopping the fight and saying, "Everyone, the match is over. Your fighting is meaningless now. As the referee, I have to stop you."
"What? The competition is over?" Qian Xunji exclaimed in surprise. "What does this mean? We didn't do anything, so why is the competition over? Where is the Ye Mingzhu?"
"All the Ye Mingzhu have returned to my hands, a total of forty-eight, no more, no less. Everyone's scores have also been determined. This round of the competition is officially over!" said Xiluo.
Upon hearing the result, Qian Xunji and the others couldn't help but laugh. He himself even showed a relieved expression, seemingly happy that he had defeated Qi Ling for the first time.
" Xue Qinghe, hurry and find Shaliwa and the other two!" Qian Xunji said triumphantly, "Such good news must be shared with more people!"
So Xue Qinghe immediately took action and quickly found the other three. After Qian Xunji confirmed the information, he also received a definite answer from Shaliwa: Kurumi had been held up by him and was unable to move at all.
As for the other two, they also stated that they had taken all the Ye Mingzhu and divided them equally among the three teams, so in this round of competition, each of their teams should have a higher score than Qi Ling.
"Great! Qi Ling, I never thought you'd have a day like this!" Qian Xunji clenched his fist, looking triumphantly at Qi Ling in the distance, seemingly eager to know his score.
Seeing Qian Xunji and the others looking so happy, Qi Ling couldn't help but quietly ask Kurumi beside her, "You were alright just now, weren't you? Did you make any mistakes?"
"Who knows? Maybe they'll stop me and I won't get a single point?" Kurumi laughed. "After all, I'm just a frail woman, how could I possibly handle a competition like this?"
Qi Ling wasn't sure at first, but seeing Kurumi like this, Qi Ling became confident that Kurumi would definitely do something that would surprise everyone.
When everyone had gathered and was waiting in front of Xiluo for the final scores to be announced, Xiluo slowly said, "There are a total of forty-eight Ye Mingzhu, so you can get a total of forty-eight points. Your final scores are 8 points, 8 points, 9 points, and 23 points!"
Upon hearing that someone had scored 23 points, Qian Xunji couldn't help but feel smug. It seemed that the two people were quite perceptive, knowing that they couldn't win, so they gave him all their points to curry favor with him.
But then Xiluo's words completely stunned Qian Xunji: "Congratulations, Qi Ling, your group is in first place again! Your current score is 43 points!"
After regaining his senses, Qian Xunji said in disbelief, "Impossible! This is absolutely impossible. How could he have obtained so many points? We clearly, we clearly..."
" Shaliwa! Did you stop that woman? And you two, did you manage to bring all the Ye Mingzhu back?!" Qian Xunji shouted at the three of them.
However, Shaliwa repeatedly stated that he had definitely stopped Kurumi, and as an archer, he was absolutely certain that it was Kurumi herself, not a clone of her!
The other two also confirmed that they did bring the Ye Mingzhu back and gave it to Xiluo, and told Xiluo that the points should be divided equally among the three teams!
"Damn it, how could this be, how could this be..." Qian Xunji said in despair, then pointed at Kurumi and said, "What did you do! Why did this happen!"
"Ugh, Qi Ling, look how fierce he is!" Kurumi said with a laugh, "He's so rude, he scared her."
Qian Xunji as Chihiro was completely baffled as to what Kurumi had done, Xiluo suddenly said, "I can ignore everything else, since that's your own freedom of action! But as the referee, there's one rule about the competition that I must correct!"
"I never said that your points could be gifted! In other words, the points belong to the team that retrieves the Ye Mingzhu; there's no such thing as splitting points equally!"
Even after hearing Xiluo's explanation, Qian Xunji was still puzzled. Even so, shouldn't all these points have gone to those two cannon fodder? How could they have gone to Qi Ling?
Just then, Shaliwa appeared before them, facing Kurumi and saying, "I think I know what you did. The problem isn't with me, because the you I'm facing is indeed your true form."
"But just because I'm facing the main body doesn't mean you can't create clones elsewhere! If I'm not mistaken, the judge Xiluo who delivered the Ye Mingzhu was forged by you using a clone, wasn't she?"
Upon hearing Shaliwa's words, everyone suddenly realized that the other two did not possess Shaliwa's observational abilities. Therefore, when faced with Kurumi, whose strength and realm were far superior to theirs, they were completely unable to distinguish her clones and transformations.
So it's like the two of them painstakingly carried the Ye Mingzhu out and handed it to Kurumi, while Kurumi effortlessly handed it over to Xiluo Ye Mingzhu gained points!
All of this was based on Kurumi's understanding of the enemy and the enemy's underestimation of her, which is why the conspiracy was able to succeed. This is exactly what Qi Ling wanted to express - never underestimate Kurumi!
"Damn it, Qi Ling, damn it!!" Qian Xunji felt so angry that he was about to vomit blood. He had actually lost to Qi Ling again, and this time the loss was so thorough and humiliating!
Qi Ling smiled indifferently and said, "Sigh, it's no fun. I've beaten you too many times, and now winning against you doesn't feel like anything anymore."
" Qian Xunji, you should just give up. I can't just give up on you willingly, can I? Sigh, it's just too difficult for me to lose to you."
Although Qian Xunji wanted to retaliate against Qi Ling with more powerful words, at this moment he wished he could dig a hole and bury himself. Who told him to be so arrogant before, thinking that he had Qi Ling in the bag!