At this moment, Ouyang Xiu's body shone with a dazzling golden light. She glared at Li Chengfeng with murderous intent, her eyes filled with anger and hatred. Li Chengfeng had forced her into this state!
In this battle, even if Ouyang Xiu won in the end, she would still be the biggest loser. Because she had actually used two trump cards in a row in this assessment battle. Moreover, these two trump cards were all extremely powerful trump cards that could only be used once!
These two trump cards were used to ensure that she could defeat Li Xuanming and Huangfu Song, but now … she had used them on Li Chengfeng!
In terms of wealth, Ouyang Xiu had lost at least thirty million silvers in this battle!
That was equivalent to a year's worth of taxes from a middle-class rich state!
It was equivalent to ten years of the Ouyang family's savings!
In less than half an hour, all of this had been reduced to nothingness!
Ouyang Xiu's rationality was almost completely consumed. She was furious and wanted to tear Li Chengfeng into pieces to vent her anger!
When Ouyang Xiu exploded earlier, her body was floating in mid-air. At this moment, her body slowly floated down and landed at the edge of the arena. She gritted her teeth and glared at Li Chengfeng. The murderous aura around her was so strong that the people around her could feel countless needles piercing their faces. The weaker cultivators subconsciously took a few steps back until they were out of the murderous aura. Only then did they stop, feeling much safer.
Everyone knew that Ouyang Xiu was about to unleash her bloody revenge. It would be a massacre!
But just as Ouyang Xiu was about to move, Li Chengfeng suddenly stretched out a hand and shouted, "Wait!"
Zhao Xiaobao, Han Tianxing and the rest almost rushed into the arena. They anxiously yelled, "Stop, stop!"
The Hidden Beauty Court cultivators were silent. They did not feel the same anger and hatred as Ouyang Xiu, because the money they lost was not theirs.
On the contrary, many of them were secretly delighted. Ouyang Xiu had lost two of her trump cards. This would definitely be a huge blow to her strength, and the decline of her strength would be great news to the other disciples!
There was only so much to a bowl of rice. Grand Senior Sister and Ouyang Xiu had been dominating the first and second positions for a long time, while the others could only share the leftovers. If Ouyang Xiu were to step down, it meant that the others would have the opportunity to take a step forward and eat more resources!
This was the cruel and cold-blooded world of cultivation. It was more about naked interests, and it was rare to see sentimental friendship!
When the referee heard Li Chengfeng's loud voice, he immediately thought that Li Chengfeng wanted to admit defeat. In a flash, he appeared between the two of them. At the same time, the assistant referee also appeared on the field, separating Li Chengfeng and Ouyang Xiu.
They all knew that once Ouyang Xiu went crazy, an arbitrator wouldn't be able to stop her!
Ouyang Xiu's murderous aura was blocked. She felt disgusted, as if she had just swallowed a fly. Anger and hatred surged in her chest but she had nowhere to vent it. She glared at Li Chengfeng and gritted her teeth, "I admit it!
Lost!!
Otherwise, die!! "
Li Chengfeng's eyes quickly glanced at Ouyang Xiu's feet and the edge of the arena. He propped himself up, took a few deep breaths and forced a smile. "Admit defeat?
No, Senior Sister Ouyang Xiu, I stopped the battle because … you've already lost! "
When he said this, everyone in and out of the field were stunned. Even Ouyang Xiu and the two arbitrators were stunned!
Ouyang Xiu looked like she had just heard the funniest joke in the world, while the two arbitrators looked at Li Chengfeng as if he was crazy.
The opponent's golden avatar is here, you're so weak that you probably don't even have the strength to lift your sword. How dare you say you've lost?
Based on what?
Based on what you've said?
The disciples at the side of the field were stunned for a while, then started to clamor. Some laughed loudly, some were sarcastic, some whispered to each other, some frowned and thought quickly.
Zhan Qisheng's face was full of shock as he looked at Li Chengfeng in disbelief. He knew his nemesis very well: this was a guy who would never speak without thinking!
If he dared to say that Ouyang Xiu had lost, then she must have lost!
But … in this situation … how could Ouyang Xiu lose?
How did she lose?
Zhan Qisheng's mind raced. In this situation, Ouyang Xiu was not fatally injured and was conscious, so it's impossible that she couldn't continue because of her injuries. There was only one reason why Ouyang Xiu would lose … She had stepped out of the arena!
But now, everyone could clearly see that Ouyang Xiu was standing at the edge of the arena, she had not stepped out of the arena!
Zhan Qisheng could not understand it no matter how he thought about it. This made him anxious because he realised that he still could not keep up with Li Chengfeng's battle strategy. He had always treated Li Chengfeng as an imaginary enemy, so he had watched every battle Li Chengfeng had fought since the assessment. Every change in Li Chengfeng's battle strategy, Zhan Qisheng had predicted it all. This boosted his confidence.
But in this battle, Zhan Qisheng realised that he had completely miscalculated. He could not figure out how Li Chengfeng could turn the situation around under such circumstances.
This made Zhan Qisheng feel like 'I'm not as good as him'. This was unacceptable to the arrogant Zhan Qisheng!
Many felt the same way Zhan Qisheng felt. Only Grand Senior Sister was watching quietly from the sidelines, frowning in thought for a while. Her gaze suddenly fell on the edge of the arena and her eyes widened in disbelief. Then, she looked at Li Chengfeng with shock … and a hint of admiration that was hard to detect.
The referee glared at Li Chengfeng and shouted sternly, "Li Chengfeng, how can you judge the outcome of the battle?!
Step down, the outcome will be decided! "
Li Chengfeng was not intimidated by the referee's authority. He smiled and said, "Sir referee, the outcome will be decided by the public. Please look at Senior Sister Ouyang Xiu's feet!"
When the crowd heard this, they immediately looked at Ouyang Xiu's feet to see her standing at the edge of the shattered arena. She had not fallen off the arena. They were shocked and confused.
At this time, the arena had long been smashed into smithereens due to the huge battle. A part of the arena had been blown away and disappeared, while another part of the arena was densely covered with rocks, with no place to hide. The only part that was still considered intact was the part where Ouyang Xiu and Li Chengfeng stood, but it was also filled with cracks.
But no matter how broken the arena was, as long as it did not go beyond the boundaries of the arena, it would not be considered out of bounds …
When the crowd thought of this, their eyes suddenly widened as they looked at the edge of the arena beneath Ouyang Xiu's feet!
At this moment, someone could not help but point at Ouyang Xiu's feet and scream, "Out of bounds, out of bounds!"
The confused cultivators were in an uproar as they stood on tiptoes. Xiaobao and Han Tianxing could not see because of their angle, so they could only look at each other, anxious and surprised.
Yuehan seemed to be deep in thought as she nodded slightly, a smile of admiration on her face.
When the referee heard this, he also looked at Ouyang Xiu's feet. The referee saw that although Ouyang Xiu was standing on the edge of the arena, she was still standing firmly on the bluestone slabs. She was about two inches away from being out of bounds.
The referee's face darkened as he turned to scold Li Chengfeng. Suddenly, the assistant referee's eyes widened as he pointed at Ouyang Xiu's feet as if he had seen a ghost. His voice trembling, he said, "Out of bounds … she really is out of bounds!"
Ouyang Xiu could not help but look down to see that she was indeed standing on the bluestone slabs that raised the arena. However, the boundary that was drawn using stone powder was half a foot from the inner side!
Some disciples who could not see clearly asked anxiously, while others who could see clearly and were familiar with the rules proudly explained to their juniors while looking at Li Chengfeng with admiration and confusion.
"Look, the entire arena has moved half a foot to the west. This has caused the edge of the arena, which was originally at the boundary, to be out of bounds."
"But Senior Ouyang Xiu did not see this boundary at all. At the same time, this boundary is covered by the bluestone slabs of the arena, so it's even more impossible to discover. So, not only her, no one here noticed this!"
"But, isn't she still in the arena?
Why is she out of bounds again? "
"You guys, I told you to work harder but you didn't listen! You haven't even understood the basic rules!"
"Listen up!
There are two important criteria to determine whether one is out of bounds in the arena: First, has one crossed the boundary? Second, has one's body touched the ground? This ground includes and is not limited to hard objects such as rocks. "
"In other words, if one falls out of bounds, and that person steps on a protruding rock, then that is also considered out of bounds. Because the concept of the ground is very broad, all kinds of hard objects on the ground are considered part of the ground."
"Unless you're like Li Chengfeng, using flowers and trees to grab your body in the air so that no part of your body comes into contact with natural hard objects such as soil, bricks, and gravel on the ground, then you're considered out of bounds.
Or, to be more straightforward, you can fly in the air. That way, even if you cross the boundary, it's not considered out of bounds. "
"Therefore, when Senior Ouyang Xiu stepped on the edge of the arena, it looked like she was not out of bounds, but in fact, she had already crossed the boundary and her body had touched hard objects on the ground.
So according to the rules, she's … already out of bounds, so she's judged to have lost! "
These two rules were obviously set up to make it easier for cultivators to fight in the air.
But it was also because of these two points that Ouyang Xiu was now in a very awkward and strange situation!
Strictly speaking, she was still in the arena, but she … had indeed gone out of bounds!
Because the entire arena had shifted by half a foot!
At this time, most people had already understood, but a bigger question followed.
How could the entire arena shift by half a foot without a sound?
Ouyang Xiu was extremely shocked and furious. As the person involved, she immediately understood everything. She looked at Li Chengfeng in shock and said with a trembling voice, "You … pulled me up to the sky to divert everyone's attention to the sky above us?"
Li Chengfeng stared at Ouyang Xiu. Although he was extremely weak, and even a child's knife could stab him to death, the confident smile on his face revealed an incomparably powerful aura and power!
This was the power of intelligence and strategy!
Li Chengfeng smiled. "Not only that, I purposely destroyed the entire arena in order to break the pine tree on the arena. Then, while I was attracting your attention and attention, I used my insect puppets and the power of flowers and trees to quietly move the stones on one side of the arena to the other side, causing the arena on this side to 'grow' by half a foot …"
Everyone was dumbfounded. They had all been looking up at the sky. Who would have noticed the empty arena?!
Ouyang Xiu was dumbstruck. She said in a daze, "Then … you attacked fiercely all the way to force me here?"
Li Chengfeng nodded. "You're too unpredictable. I don't know what other trump cards you have up your sleeves. That's why forcing you to the location I've calculated was the perfect choice.
Luckily … I did it at the last moment. If … you exploded just a little earlier, maybe … the result would have been different! "
At this moment, everyone in the surroundings held their breaths in concentration, and they were perfectly silent as they listened to the conversation between the two of them. Only now did everyone understand what had happened and the cause of the entire incident!
They now understood that from the beginning, Li Chengfeng had been thinking three steps ahead of him. He had laid out layers upon layers of traps, interlocking with each other. You thought you had dodged the first trap, but there was a second trap waiting for you. Just when you thought you had dodged the second trap, you realised that everything you did in the first and second traps was to prepare for the third trap. The third trap might seem the most inconspicuous, or even stupid, but Li Chengfeng exploited everyone's blind spot to do something bold: he moved the entire arena in broad daylight, right under everyone's eyes!
But it was this bold idea that allowed Li Chengfeng to have the last laugh. He had defeated this seemingly invincible opponent!
If someone had cast a Momentary Time Reversal spell, they would have seen Li Chengfeng's plants and insects quickly moving the stones and bricks while everyone was focused on the arena. They were densely packed together, carrying the seemingly heavy stones and bricks. No one noticed that their tiny bodies contained such immense power, just like their master, Li Chengfeng!
At that moment, everyone was completely awed by Li Chengfeng's bold yet unconstrained imagination, his exquisite control of the situation, and his ability to deceive everyone in front of everyone!
So, you can fight like this in a battle?!
They looked at Li Chengfeng with mixed emotions. Some were in awe, some were in awe, some were in awe, some were in awe, some were in awe, and some were jealous.
But at this moment, all of them had the same thought: this was how a genius like no other was supposed to be!
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It's been a long time since I've spoken, and it's been a long time since I've written 4000 words. I'm not going to break it up, so everyone can read it in one go.