Chapter 920 - 383: Struggle for First Place

Seeing this, Lu Yuezhang turned to look at Du Xianming.

"Fellow Daoist Du, I think Nephew Chu’s words have some truth to them. How about healing the wounded first? What do you think?"

Du Xianming looked at Rong Zhangping, who at the moment had lost all his vigor and was obviously seriously injured, his expression extremely grim.

Upon hearing Lu Yuezhang’s words, he couldn’t say much more.

Despite Chu Ning’s words being quite irritating.

But Du Xianming also knew that when Rong Zhangping first made his move, he indeed didn’t hold back at all.

In the end, with such a result, it could only be said they underestimated Chu Ning’s strength.

Now that everyone on the Guiyuan Sect side was siding with Chu Ning, continuing to argue wouldn’t help.

Instead, he would lose more face in front of all the sects.

Having thought this through, Du Xianming gave Chu Ning a deep look through the restriction and then took a deep breath.

"Just as Fellow Daoist Lu said, saving people is the priority."

At this moment, Du Xianming found himself a graceful exit, implying mainly that he was giving face to Lu Yuezhang.

Upon hearing this, Lu Yuezhang immediately stepped aside.

And announced the result.

"This duel, Chu Ning of Jiuhua Sect wins!"

Chu Ning, hearing this, displayed no hint of pride on his face.

Instead, he quickly and cautiously flashed away, leaving the high platform and fly escaping towards Jiuhua Sect’s observation platform.

Although Du Xianming spoke nicely, Chu Ning wasn’t sure if his opponent might play some dirty tricks.

It’s wiser to leave first.

At this moment, almost everyone present focused their attention on Chu Ning, who had just fly escaped.

Especially the three Golden Core Cultivators from the Daluo Sect, whose eyes were almost spitting fire.

The result of this battle was too unexpected for them.

Ao Xuan and others never imagined that Rong Daoping would actually lose to Chu Ning.

Moreover, the defeat was so clean and decisive, faster than Jiang Cheng’s previous victory.

In fact, the surprise wasn’t limited to just the cultivators from Daluo Sect.

Cultivators from other sects had to reassess Chu Ning’s strength at this moment.

On the Guiyuan Sect’s observation platform, Jiang Cheng and He Feng exchanged glances, each with a flicker of interest in their eyes.

As Jiang Cheng said, even if he were to play, defeating Zong Daoping so easily wouldn’t be easy.

"This Fellow Daoist Chu’s attack is strong, and the power of his magical treasure flying sword isn’t small either."

For the first time, Jiang Cheng gave a comment on Chu Ning.

"Didn’t expect that within Jiuhua Sect, aside from Yu Changge, there would be such a formidable Golden Core Cultivator.

I am rather interested now."

Upon hearing this, Shi Xuerong immediately turned and spoke:

"Senior Brother Jiang, Fellow Daoist Chu has saved my life, if you face him in the future, remember to show mercy."

Jiang Cheng, upon hearing this, laughed and shook his head.

"Junior Sister, you’re overestimating me. I think Chu Ning hasn’t yet exerted his full strength.

If we face each other, it’s hard to say who might show mercy."

Shi Xuerong shook her head at his words.

"The Daluo Sect’s cultivator underestimated the opponent, so they were caught off guard by Fellow Daoist Chu.

Senior Brother Jiang, once prepared, how could Fellow Daoist Chu possibly be your match?"

Jiang Cheng didn’t refute Shi Xuerong’s words.

After all, he somewhat agreed with her.

Jiang Cheng believed that Chu Ning’s victory was mainly due to his escape technique, catching Zong Daoping off guard.

Although he and Zong Daoping were both at the Golden Core Late Stage Peak, he was confident he was stronger.

Additionally, knowing Chu Ning’s strength, he wouldn’t lower his guard.

Jiang Cheng indeed didn’t quite believe Chu Ning was stronger than him.

Of course, if Jiang Cheng knew Chu Ning hadn’t shown all his divine techniques.

Even when using the Fire Spirit Sword, he hadn’t used his full strength, perhaps he wouldn’t think this way.

Maybe because Chu Ning and Zong Daoping’s battle surprised too many people, coupled with the result being rather dramatic.

Thus, the discussion was too heated, and the magical combat of the following few cultivators didn’t attract much attention.

Until Zhuang Zhong was called out by a Golden Core Late Stage Cultivator, and once again, he defied rank by eliminating this Golden Core Late Stage Cultivator.

The crowd’s focus finally shifted to this Middle Stage Golden Core Cultivator.

Because both used fire attribute techniques, many even compared him to Chu Ning.

Chu Ning also couldn’t help but take another look at him.

"The cultivation techniques and spells of the Profound Fire Sect are indeed a bit marvelous, seeing its spell attack power far exceed ordinary fire attribute techniques."

Upon observing this, Chu Ning couldn’t help but marvel.

The second round of the competition proceeded slower than the first, mainly because the opponents were more evenly matched.

Regarding opponent choice, those ranked higher didn’t necessarily choose those ranked lower.

First reason being each opponent’s strength varied widely, making the rankings not representative of absolute strength.

Second reason being cultivators also consider whether their cultivation techniques are advantageous.

Overall, the top ten still won.

Except for Chu Ning and Zhuang Zhong, and another cultivator ranked eleventh defeating the tenth.

Both had close ranks and strength, making it not overly surprising.

Thus, the top ten were established.

However, according to the rules for obtaining the Myriad Laws Fruit, one more person among these ten would still be eliminated.