Shua –

The Sword Sect Master immediately arrived. He hugged the spirit lizard tightly in his arms, disregarding the blood that dyed his robes red. With a pale face, he looked up at the dark star ice serpent and said, “On behalf of the spirit lizard, I thank you.”

Judging by the final eruption of strength revealed by the dark star ice serpent, if it really wanted it could have ended this battle before the spirit lizard completed its final attack.

The Sword Sect Master turned around, holding onto the spirit lizard’s corpse as he flew back to the platform. “We’re leaving.”

Whoosh –

Whoosh –

The Sword Sect cultivators followed behind him. In the blink of an eye they had flown far away.

The Limitless Sword Sect’s supporters were all silent. At this time, even they couldn’t find any words of complaint to say.

The spirit lizard had given its all. For this reason, it had even paid with its remaining lifespan and died here on the battlefield.

If there really was something to blame, they could only blame the dark star ice serpent for being too strong, so strong that it left all others wallowing in desperation.

At this time, the battle between the phoenix luan and moon praying beast was still continuing. The two formidable spirit beasts were evenly matched, and every second of the battle was fierce and tumultuous.

But looking at the situation, it was clear that victory and defeat wouldn’t be decided any time soon.

The Radiance Temple Master Bei Qing furrowed her eyebrows. The power of the dark star ice serpent was beyond her imagination. Even though she made extra preparations, if she continued to consume the phoenix luan’s strength by having it fight the moon praying beast, she feared everything she had done would be for naught.

At that time, her troubles would be great.

The Moonkeep Tower Master was expressionless. Her ordinary-looking face became increasingly unpleasant and hard to look at. She faintly glanced at the Hidden Fog Sect cultivators who were cheering and jumping in joy, and ridicule and pity flashed deep in her eyes.

What a bunch of pitiful fools!

The Moonkeep Tower Master lowered her head, hiding her face from everyone’s line of sight. Her lips moved as she sent out a sound transmission.

Across the arena, the Radiance Temple Master’s complexion changed. After some uncertainty, she finally nodded.

The Moonkeep Tower Master raised a hand, “We admit defeat!”

Simple, clear, and without any explanation. As for the moon praying beast that was in fierce combat with the phoenix luan, it didn’t show any resistance to this order at all. With a loud roar it backed off from the phoenix luan. It stepped upon moonlight and flew away from the martial field, returning to Moonkeep Tower’s platform.

The crowd was in an uproar!

This was especially true for the large number of supporters standing behind Moonkeep Tower. They were completely unable to accept this result.

“How can this be?”

“Today, it isn’t just the benefits of Moonkeep Tower that are involved. If you do this, then where does that leave the rest of us!?”

“Look at the Limitless Sword Sect’s spirit lizard. Even though it died it still stood until the very end. This battle is only in an evenly matched state and yet they actually admitted defeat!”

“They have gone too far!”

The Moonkeep Tower Master had a calm expression. “The moon praying beast’s strength is limited and it cannot compare to the Sword Sect’s spirit lizard. If we don’t admit defeat now, even if we were to face the dark star ice serpent it would be a dangerous situation for us.”

She glanced around, “I betrayed the trust that you placed in us. It is indeed Moonkeep Tower’s fault. But, we are also helpless. I hope that you may all forgive us this one time. Moreover, all of our supporters will receive a gift from Moonkeep Tower as a way of expressing our apologies.”

The restless crowd quickly quieted down.

That’s right. Even the strong spirit lizard died on the spot, so what did it matter if the moon praying beast won? This was a completely reasonable and logical decision. And coupled with Moonkeep Tower’s gift and the tyrannical strength of the seven great sects, everyone decided it was better to stop here than to keep complaining.

This was an effective way of dealing with the situation!

Across from them, the Radiance Temple people had blue complexions. Moonkeep Tower had clarified the matter and confessed that they believed it would be dangerous for the moon praying beast to face the dark star ice serpent. But if the phoenix luan’s strength was similar, how much better could its result be? The tiny bit of joy they felt thoroughly vanished.

Bei Qing’s complexion sank. She had been placed in a difficult position by the Moonkeep Tower Master once again. Not just that, but she would have to pay a steep price later. This was the cost of having Moonkeep Tower admit defeat.

Feeling the eyes of the sect’s cultivators on her, Bei Qing felt even more aggrieved. She took a deep breath and barely managed to suppress her racing thoughts.

She said, “I believe that the phoenix luan will have a chance to win!”

As long as they won, all of the distrust and censure would disappear. Everything that Radiance Temple paid would be taken back twice over.

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