Chapter 308: Not Optimistic About Her

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Hearing the judge announce the rules for the competition for the top ten, the other ninety people present were all stunned.

“If you can’t use Spirit Pets, then what about Spirit Beast Masters?” Someone whispered.

“Yeah! Spirit Beast Masters relied mainly on Spirit Pets to fight.
If they can’t summon Spirit Pets, then what do they use to fight with people.”

“Actually, Lou Mu Yan suffers the most from these rules.”

“Yeah, she has a lot of pills that can replenish Elemental Energy, and their quality is rather high.
If she can take pills, she may be able to tire the other party out.”

“Most of her usual battles, she uses Arrays to help.
Now that it’s stipulated that Arrays can’t be used, her strength has weakened by almost half.”

“Most importantly, she had several kinds of ferocious Tier 7 Spirit Pets.
If there weren’t these rules, then she can crush her opponents just by releasing her Spirit Pets to fight.”

“Except for not allowing the use of Talismans, the other three are all disadvantageous for Lou Mu Yan.
It’ll be difficult for her to advance in the rankings.” There was slight gloating in this voice.

“Even if she loses all the battles, she can still be ranked tenth.
At least better than us.” The man’s tone was slightly bitter.

The discussions below continued, most of which revolved around Lou Mu Yan.

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Because of the rules of this competition, more than two-thirds of the people present believed that Lou Mu Yan would lose completely.

The ninety people were then taken to a wide hall in the building with a crystal wall in front, and the situation inside was fed back via the Array.

That was to say, although these ninety people couldn’t participate in the last competition, but they could watch the battle through the crystal wall.

In the central castle, the Elders of the Six Major Sects also gathered to watch the competition.

“Why are the rules so harsh this time?” The Spirit Tamers Sect’s Elder furrowed his brows in dissatisfaction.

The power of them, Spirit Beast Masters, were all about their Spirit Pets, so how could they fight if they couldn’t summon Spirit Pets?

The expression of the Elder of the Eight Extremes Sect also didn’t look very good, “Exactly.
Why can’t you use Arrays? Isn’t this deliberately making things difficult.”

“You’re not even allowed to use pills.
The rules of the competition this time really are harsh.” The Elder of the Medicine Sect snorted coldly.

Although the people from the other three sects also felt that the rules were a bit harsh this time, but it didn’t involve themselves as much, so they didn’t open their mouths to express their dissatisfaction.

“These rules just seem to be aimed at Lou Mu Yan and basically blocked her path.
Luckily she was the first to reach the top of the mountain, otherwise it’d be difficult to even enter the top ten.” The Vast Mountain Sect Elder said.

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The elegant and wise-looking Elder of the Heavenly Secret Palace glanced at the complaining people, “The Organisers have already set the rules for the competition of the top ten ten years ago and there’s no such thing as targeting anyone.
It can only be said that Lou Mu Yan has bad luck.

“Furthermore, if you want to become a powerhouse of this land, or someone worthy for us to value in training, then you must not be too weak in your combat power.
Otherwise when the Sect organises them to go out for experience and training, or when they receive high-level tasks, they might die.
Then it’s simply a waste of resources we used to raise them.

“If none of these things could be used, they’re still capable of fighting, and that’s the genius elite worthy for us to raise.”

Then he added, “Of course, Lou Mu Yan’s situation is special and needs to be treated differently.”

“What do you mean by treated differently?” The Elder of the Sword Sect glanced at him suspiciously.

The Elder of the Heavenly Secret Palace took a sip of tea, moistened his throat, and said: “Even if she can’t win any of the battles at all, our Heavenly Secret Palace still wants her.”

“You old thing, you’re dreaming.” The Elder of the Eight Extremes Sect glared at him.
This damned old thing really had a great imagination, “With her excelling talent in Arrays, she’s not suitable for your Heavenly Secret Palace.
It’s only right to come to our Eight Extremes Sect.”

“She can contract so many high-level Spirit Pets, which means her talent in taming beasts isn’t weaker than Arrays, so she’s naturally more suited for our Spirit Tamers Sect.” The Elder of the Spirit Tamers Sect snorted.
Those old things even want to snatch a Spirit Beast Master from him—that’s just too much.

The Elder of the Medicine Sect couldn’t resist saying: “Her ability to control fire is very strong.
It would be a waste to not be an Alchemist.
As long as she comes to our Medicine Sect and raised well, she will definitely become an Alchemist above Grade 3 in the future.”

“Her physique and fists are very tough.
It’s rare to find a Body Cultivator.
She has no future with you all.
It’s only reasonable for her to come to our Vast Mountain Sect.”

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The Elder of the Sword Sect disapproved: “It’s obvious that she has higher talent in Sword Skills.
At this age, she can even set up a Sword Array.
She’s most suited to be a Sword Cultivator.”

Immediately, the several Elders started arguing, all revolving around where Lou Mu Yan should go.
In the end, the Elder of the Eight Extremes Sect and the Elder of the Vast Mountain Sect almost fought with each other.

But it could be heard from the tones of the several people that they didn’t have hope in Lou Mu Yan advancing into the top few ranks.
They were only glad that she reached the top of the mountain first, which meant that at worst.
She could be ranked tenth in this Continental Tournament for Hegemony.

Meanwhile, Lou Mu Yan, who had already entered the arena, didn’t even know that she was now a fragrant bun1, and the Six Major Sects all wanted to take it for themselves.

After walking along the path through the first door for a while, she walked to a battle stage and jumped up.

After a while, a young man she didn’t know walked in.

When the man saw that his opponent was Lou Mu Yan, joy flashed in his eyes.

He had the same understanding as the people outside.
Lou Mu Yan, who was now without pills, Arrays, and Spirit Pets, wouldn’t be able to do anything.
She would just be a steppingstone for his advancement.

The man followed suit and jumped onto the stage.
He cupped his hands at Lou Mu Yan politely and said: “This one is He Xu Feng, please give some advice, Young Miss Lou.”

“Young Master He, please!” Lou Mu Yan responded with a faint smile.

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An elderly man sat cross-legged on a stone pillar on the battle platform.
When he saw that the two were ready, he said, “No killing is allowed during the battle.
Whoever gets knocked out of the battle platform or admits defeat, the opponent will win.
Let’s begin.”

As soon as the elderly man’s voice fell, He Xu Feng mobilised his longsword and poured his Elemental Energy in, then slashed towards Lou Mu Yan not far away.

Lou Mu Yan appeared completely carefree, and when the sword aura was about to hit her body, she flashed and dodged easily.

He Xu Feng had long heard that Lou Mu Yan’s footwork was like a ghost.
Seeing it today, he realised that she was indeed extraordinary.
He didn’t dare to underestimate her and be careless either, so he directly used his killer move.

Ice wolves formed from condensed ice attribute Elemental Energy attacked Lou Mu Yan one after another, and the temperature around them dropped rapidly.
Four ice walls suddenly emerged from the ground and surrounded her.

The ice wolves were as if alive, and even howled.
With their sharp claws, they attacked menacingly.

Lou Mu Yan’s eyes were filled with interest.
This person’s ice attribute Elemental Energy had already reached the Understanding Realm, which was rare among the younger generation.
No wonder he entered the top ten.

However, although the opponent had a strong comprehension in his element, but his cultivation base was only at Middle-Phase Sword Sovereign.
In addition, he usually relied on his ice element condensation to battle.
Lou Mu Yan didn’t even bother to use her Sword Array against him.

She snapped her fingers and clusters of crimson flames sprang out from her fingertips, instantly turning into mighty, majesty fire lions, roaring as they met the ice wolves that pounced over with their sharp claws. 

1that she was highly desired by people.