Blue Phoenix Chapter 40 – Shadowbird

The arenas marred by all the preliminary battles were now left empty as the final eight participating students had been found. These top eight students all had engaged in closed-door training during the few days of rest which followed. Each and every one of them wished to refine the final bit of essence in the hope that it might be the drop that could shift the tide of victory to their side.

The fact that Rong Ming lost his battle shocked the entire audience as he had been the top seed for the entire competition. His loss, in turn, brought on a lot of theories as to who would rise up and become the champion of the tournament.

Currently, there was two nine star Disciple ranked participants. One was Gao Yan, and the other was Li Shing. Li Shing was the oldest student now standing within the tournament, and his age and high rank gave him an absolute advantage. Therefore, most people expected Li Shing to win.

Some of the audience assumed that the winner would be Wang Ju Long considering his ability to deal with Rong Ming. The majority of the supporters of Wang Ju Long were nobles who attempted to build up a relationship with the Wang family.

Other nobles were betting on Gao Yan. The theory was that since he always moved around with the Rong twins, he was likely to have learned some middle ranked martial arts skills. If his skills were superior, then he was liable to win the match.

And then there were still others who were expecting Hui Yue to win. These were mainly the people who had remembered, from the leaflet, that Hui Yue still had an attack he had yet to use and that he had never before been seen going all out.

It was obvious to everyone within the audience that Hui Yue had a past which had provided him with significant advantages. Nevertheless, he was still a Student ranked cultivator.

During these discussions, Hui Yue had ignored everyone who came to greet him. Instead, he focused solely on the sword-form of his Transforming Weapon skill. A smile appeared on his face, quickly to be replaced with a frown.

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