Chapter 81: Preliminaries-4!

"Hahaha, Looks like your sect mates are smart enough to know your true face now. What, Did you expect them to team up with you and help you eliminate us? But look, now you are alone and your plan has backfired. It has turned into a sixteen vs one battle and even your cultivation is lower than us!" The Crimson Sky sect's leader disciple mocked, laughing out loud.

The sect leaders who saw this couldn't help but express their opinion:

"It seems that they didn't agree to team up with Ashen to eliminate the others after all. Well, it's good for us!" Thunder Peak Sect Leader commented.

"But shouldn't the sect take priority for them? If they had teamed up, then their sect's winning chances would only increase, right? Isn't there a saying that goes - First take care of the enemies outside before taking care of the internal conflict!?" Sword Shilla sect leader expressed his opinion on the matter.

"Well, what can you expect from Feng Xue's Sect? It is just this genius's bad luck that he chose to join the sect of disciples who couldn't even see that much, right Feng Xue?" Chen Lao taunted in a playful tone.

Feng Xue chose to remain silent, opting to not react to him as she continued to watch.

"Leave it Sect leader Chen Lao. It is good for us that they are not that intelligent. Now, Ashen will get eliminated by these foolish disciples and we can go and persuade him to join one of our sects. He will surely not want to remain in a sect where disciples are this foolish." Thunder Peak Sect Leader suggested with a smile.

And this suggestion was enough to worry Feng Xue as she turned and scolded: "No, You'll not do that. He has already joined the Phoenix Feather Sect, why are you after him even now?"

"Hahaha, calm down Feng Xue. You should also understand our feelings. A disciple with an 8-star spirit is sure to grow powerful and make a name for himself. And with his name resounding all around the world, his master's name will also become more famous and renowned. We also want that for ourselves.

Also, with him, any sect can rise in the rankings in the future, so anyone would want him for their sect.

Additionally, It is a disciple's choice if he wants to change his sect, you can't force him to stay!" Chen Lao explained.

Feng Xue understood that these sect leaders weren't joking around and hence, said seriously: "I recognize that the disciples of my sect are in the wrong to put their own feelings above the sect's reputation. If Ashen really holds a grudge against them, I'll banish them from the sect as punishment to show that the sect is not unjust.

If he wants to leave even then, then I'll not stop him from joining your sects but till that happens, please don't comment about that again!"

"Alright, we hope that you'll stay true to your words" the Sword Shilla sect master commented before returning his gaze to ring number 26.

As the light increased in length, its brightness dimmed correspondingly.

Now, most of them were able to open their eyes, though squinting a bit.

Soon, in Ashen's hand rested a 2 and a half meter staff with gold bands at each end.

"Grow!" Ashen muttered softly, holding it horizontally while aiming its tip at the disciples in front.

Ruyi Jingu Bang extended rapidly with his width and length extending at rapid speed.

Vi Ling witnessed the golden end approaching him at extreme velocity, increasing in circumference too.

Most disciples jumped out of the way while Vi Ling didn't have that privilege, instead, he, at the last moment conjured Phoenix Origin fist and attacked the incoming spirit.

Boom!

And as expected, he was sent flying out of the arena with the spirit extending even longer than the arena.

Like this, Vi Ling was eliminated.

"W-What?" Everyone shouted in disbelief with eyes wide open in shock and disbelief.

What just happened?

This was the question reverberating in their minds while Ashen simply ordered the spirit to come back to its original size with a smile!

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(A/N - Thanks for reading. ^..^)