Victory and Defeat
Those who watched the match between Yi Yun and Chu Xiaoran were at a loss for words on how to describe it.
The arena, that could hold thousands of people, had become so silent that one could hear a pin drop.
Although they were also elites, when they compared themselves with Yi Yun and Chu Xiaoran, they felt that there was a huge gap between them and this duo. In front of this duo, they did not dare to refer to themselves as elites. They felt more like they were ordinary people.
“Chu Xiaoran is frightening. It is a surprise that she hid so much of her power. Not only does she have extraordinary perceptivity, she has even formed Aspect Before Yuan. Even her battle tactics were well-planned. She almost managed to corner Yi Yun!”
“That Yi Yun is also ridiculously strong. After receiving such a combo attack, he was still able to handle Chu Xiaoran’s final attack, though he did receive injuries…”
Yi Yun was now in the middle of the stage, his body covered with plenty of bloody wounds. One could see that Yi Yun’s blood was in chaos, it was most likely due to Chu Xiaoran’s Frost Qi entering his body!
In contrast, besides some messy hair and a bit of damage to her clothes, Chu Xiaoran was not injured at all. Yi Yun’s final attack, Killing At Its Core, had been suppressed by Chu Xiaoran’s “Azure Blue Frost Sea, Ephemeral Beauty”!
Chu Xiaoran held the absolute upper hand in the final blow!
The Saber Truth’s 32 Words were profound, allowing Yi Yun to touch the genius of the saber truths, but… Yi Yun did not have enough time to gain further insights into the saber truths.
No matter how heaven-defying the Saber Truth’s 32 Words were, Yi Yun had gained far too little insight in them until now. His saber attack was not as powerful as Chu Xiaoran’s final sword attack.
“Will Yi Yun… lose to Chu Xiaoran?”
Seeing this situation, Chu Xiaoran clearly had the advantage. Yi Yun was already injured and he was still standing inside Chu Xiaoran’s ice array!
People looked forward to seeing either Chu Xiaoran’s unstoppable stance, where she would use her advantage to defeat Yi Yun or Yi Yun reversing the situation and obtaining victory with a counterattack.
As for what people were hoping for, no one expected what was to happen next. Chu Xiaoran suddenly turned to the referee and sighed, “I admit defeat!”
What!?
When Chu Xiaoran said this, the entire audience became stupefied.
Chu Xiaoran admitted defeat!?
She clearly had the upper hand. She had completely overwhelmed Yi Yun with her final blow. Why did she admit defeat?!
Chu Xiaoran did not bother to explain and merely began walking off the stage. Just as she was about to step off the stage, she turned around and looked at Yi Yun.
“My loss to you today was due to my unrefined skills. In the future… when I have consolidated my Aspect Totem, and when I am able to fully control the ice forest array, I will battle you once more!” After having said that, Chu Xiaoran walked straight to the arena’s exit.
She was leaving just like that!
People were shocked. What was going on? In what aspect did Chu Xiaoran lose? Why did she admit defeat?
Was there something in the last move that they did not understand? For example, did Yi Yun have the opportunity to take Chu Xiaoran’s life, but because of the no killing rule, or because he had tender feelings for women, he deliberately stayed his blade?
People began speculating.
Yi Yun and Chu Xiaoran’s strengths were stronger than a vast majority of them. It was normal for them not to understand certain aspects of the battle.
But amongst these speculations, someone disagreed.
The person who disagreed was a veteran cultivator, who was ranked in the top 1000 of the Earth roll.
“It is none of those…” The person shook his head, “It’s stamina! Chu Xiaoran had injected all of her Yuan Qi into her final attack. It was her killing blow and her only attack. By not defeating her opponent, she lost! The attack’s power may have been very strong, and it had great understanding of the laws contained within it, but… as a Purple Blood realm warrior, she had used the Aspect Totem that Yuan foundation realm warriors use. This had already caused a great strain on her Yuan Qi consumption. Not only that, she also formed the ice forest array, which further increased her strength, but it also used more of her Yuan Qi.”
“After using those techniques, it was already a miracle that Chu Xiaoran could attack twice. But that was her limit. Chu Xiaoran must have learned this move recently, so there would be many limitations to using it…” Hearing the person’s explanation, people were dumbfounded.
Stamina! So that was it!
It made sense. That type of terrifying attack was definitely not one that someone could use again and again.
“But… Yi Yun should also have been greatly drained! Chu Xiaoran spent so much of her stamina, so there’s no reason why Yi Yun should have that much more left…”
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