Having cultivated myself into an immortal, all I want to do is raise female disciples.

Jiang Shengxuan stared at the man who stood behind his junior sister the whole time, not daring to make a move, and shook his head disdainfully.

"Now, you're the only one left."

Where else can you hide?

……

Jiang Yuetian silently gripped the gun... his gaze involuntarily drifting towards the direction where Fan Luokui had been shot away—

My divine sense swept over it.

Fortunately, Junior Sister Luo Kui was not seriously injured...

Yuan'er is also fine.

Thank goodness.

He silently breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Jiang Shengxuan in front of him.

"I've never dodged it."

"what!"

Jiang Shengxuan looked at him mockingly, "I saw clearly how you were hiding behind your two junior sisters just now."

"I just listened to my junior sister's words—" He brandished his spear, calmed himself, and pointed the spear tip at Jiang Shengxuan. "She said she didn't want me to take action."

"Is this your excuse for cowering?" Jiang Shengxuan asked with a look of utter disdain.

"As the senior brother, it is only natural to fulfill the junior sister's requests."

A look of extreme rage flashed in Jiang Shengxuan's eyes again. He leaped forward, his spear aimed at piercing Jiang Yuetian's chest!

How could he share the same bloodline as such a person?!

"You useless piece of trash who only knows how to make excuses!"

I don't think so.

Long spears against long spears!

At this moment, they collided!

only……

There was no clash of forces, no burst of spiritual energy, neither side was defeated, and no one emerged victorious.

The two remained in that pose, as if frozen in time.

what happened?

Jiang Yuetian and Jiang Shengxuan were both taken aback, neither of them knowing what had happened.

Until they saw the magic circle gradually rising beneath each other's feet...

That's a teleportation array.

In other words—

Jiang Yuetian raised her head and looked up at the azure sky.

Above the sky, a huge, perfectly upright number appeared.

【100】

Yes, one hundred.

Unbeknownst to them, the number of people in the secret realm had been reduced from one thousand to one hundred. The eldest son of the empire had previously said that the second round of the battle of the myriad factions would end once only one hundred people remained.

This teleportation array... is proof that it's over.

The second round of the battle of the myriad factions... is over.

In other words, both Jiang Yuetian and Jiang Shengxuan... passed the second round.

"Tsk... You escaped this time."

Jiang Shengxuan angrily withdrew his spear, his gaze towards Jiang Yuetian still filled with disgust.

He held up his index finger to Jiang Yuetian and shook it—

You can't do it.

Jiang Yuetian knew what the gesture meant.

"But you won't be so lucky next time."

"See you on the list again."

After speaking, Jiang Shengxuan's figure disappeared along with the teleportation array.

As soon as Jiang Shengxuan disappeared, Jiang Yuetian collapsed into a seat, looking utterly exhausted.

He slowly disappeared into the secret realm as the teleportation array worked its magic, but the fear that had not yet dissipated still lingered on his pale face.

However, there was still a sliver of relief.

"Finally... we made it through."

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129. Please respect the game, okay?

After leaving the secret realm, Jiang Yuetian felt his vision go black, followed by waves of dizziness.

—This is the effect of spatial teleportation, which will produce certain side effects when teleporting the cultivators out of the secret realm.

A slight dizziness is nothing to a cultivator in the Transcendental Stage, and Jiang Yuetian quickly regained his senses, only to see Fan Luokui and Lin Yuan, who had just been teleported out of the Circular Secret Realm.

Both of them wore complex and indescribable expressions, including Jiang Yuetian himself.

This scene was witnessed without exception by a young man in a white shirt.

"Oh, everyone's back."

The calm yet familiar voice finally eased the expressions of the three disciples from Yuntian Academy.

Jiang Yuetian dared not make eye contact with Yun Ping, and kept her head slightly lowered.

Seeing him like this, Yunping didn't say anything, but just patted the boy on the shoulder, his tone still indifferent.

“I saw everything that happened. You don’t need to blame yourself. At least Yuan’er and Luo Kui were not eliminated. This is the best outcome.”

"But I almost dragged my junior sisters into this mess..."

Yun Ping waved his hand, a strange glint suddenly appearing in his dead fish eyes. "But if your junior sisters don't show up, you'll have to fight him, won't you? Facing your elder brother, if you don't reveal all your trump cards, you might not even last three minutes."

"Don't even think about facing him in the final ranking stage, you might not even make it past the second round."

Fan Luokui chimed in at this moment: "The teacher said that the second round is not the time for you to really face him, Senior Brother... Besides, Senior Sister Lin and I are fine, Senior Brother Jiang, you don't need to blame yourself."

It's nothing serious... huh.

Jiang Yuetian glanced at Fan Luokui's right arm, which was trembling slightly behind her back, and her abdomen, which was instinctively contracting to alleviate the pain...

From any perspective, Fan Luokui doesn't seem to be completely unharmed.

He still remembered Jiang Shengxuan's shot that forced Fan Luokui to kneel, and also remembered the kick that sent her flying over a hundred meters away.

How could nothing be wrong?

He also noticed that two or three strings on Yuan'er's well-preserved guqin were broken. Although Yuan'er herself was not injured, as a guqin player, the damage to her instrument would surely make her very sad...

The girl's calm expression was clearly an act; she was probably heartbroken over her broken zither.

A feeling of guilt welled up from the depths of her soul. Jiang Yuetian seemed to want to say something, but when she opened her mouth, she didn't know where to begin.

Yunping noticed this and smiled faintly.

"Alright, you've all worked hard today. Xiao Jiang, don't overthink it... Like I said before, the second round of the Ten Thousand Schools Showdown isn't your stage to fight your older brother..."

"To be ranked is the best."

"After all, our goal is to enter the Ranking of Storms. It would be too foolish to reveal all our trump cards here."

In fact, Yunping had already given Jiang Yuetian this instruction.

Unless absolutely necessary, never, ever reveal all your cards.

Given the methods employed by the Jiang family, it's highly likely they wouldn't target Jiang Yuetian during the final ranking stage.

Yunping would never believe it, not even if he were beaten to death.

If you can stay, stay; if you can avoid, avoid.

This is Yunping's strategy for Jiang Yuetian.

"I see."

Jiang Yuetian nodded, then realized that the circular secret realm where the near-level cultivator was located was still operating. He was startled and subconsciously thought of Zhang Ruoxue, who had encouraged him before the competition.

—Junior Sister Ruoxue's cultivation level is very low, and this battle of ten thousand sects is so dangerous, she should be alright, right?

Just then, he suddenly heard the exclamations of several cultivators not far away.

"Holy crap, isn't this woman ruthless?!"

"Which prestigious sect does this Taoist robe belong to? I've never seen it before!"

"Donghuamen is not a weak team. Could they have gone easy on them? This is too... terrifying."

Some strange words reached Jiang Yuetian's ears. He blinked and then asked.

"Teacher, how are Junior Sister Ruoxue and Junior Sister Yuchan?"

"Them?" Yun Ping raised an eyebrow, his eyes connected with his divine sense as he wandered through the secret realm, and replied lightly, "The two of them are currently playing the role of gods."

"immortal?"

Jiang Yuetian and the other two looked at each other, not understanding what this meant.

Yunping smacked his lips and explained, "It's roughly like having a cheat code... Hmm, let me think, to make a more vivid analogy..."

"It's a one-sided massacre."