Chapter 431: Third

"Xu Yang, you bastard..."

Lu Ren climbed up from the ground in a rage, only to see Xu Yang had already retreated to the side.

"I concede!" Xu Yang looked at the footprint on Lu Ren's face and smiled and cupped his hands.

"You..."

Lu Ren's whole body shook, and only then did he remember that if Xu Yang hadn't restrained his strength, that kick would have been enough to flatten his nose.

He lost!

He lost to Xu Yang again, and in such a miserable way.

He saved the Negative Mountain Bear King Palm to fight Xu Yang, but he didn't expect that he couldn't even hold out for ten moves before ending in such a way.

He had waited three years for this battle, and he was the one who lost again.

"How could it be like this?"

Lu Ren simply couldn't believe that the one who lost would be him. All along, it was well known that his talent was even above Xu Yang's. When everyone talked about Xu Yang, they would only say that Xu Yang's talent was comparable to his, Lu Ren's.

But they fought twice, and both times the one who lost was him.

From all directions, he only felt that all the gazes looking at him carried mockery and disdain, as if saying, "So you are also a clown like Su Zhe, jumping fiercely but unable to withstand a single blow."

"I..."

Lu Ren wanted to quibble a few words, but he found he couldn't find words to defend himself. In this battle, he was in a peak state and was still defeated head-on by Xu Yang. Even if it were a life-and-death battle, the one who might die would be him.

"Don't talk, wipe the footprint on your face first. It doesn't look beautiful." Xu Yang kindly reminded.

"You bastard!"

Lu Ren's eyes spat fire. This dog thing must have stepped on his face on purpose.

Wiping off the footprint on his face, he glared at Xu Yang fiercely. He didn't say any extra words and turned and jumped off the ring unwillingly.

"Even Lu Ren lost to Xu Yang!"

"It turns out he is the real dark horse!"

"In the future, whoever says Xu Yang's talent is comparable to Lu Ren, I will be anxious with them. Lu Ren is simply not as good as him."

"The Ten Elites have been rewritten again. Xu Yang is the real sixth of the Ten Elites."

……

As Lu Ren jumped off the ring, the martial arts arena was boiling. No one expected that after Xu Yang defeated Xie Zhan, he also defeated Lu Ren, and the speed was faster than when he defeated Xie Zhan.

"He actually defeated Lu Ren again, and defeated him in a peak state. Lu Ren is really not as good as him." Zhang Yong was full of disbelief.

Among their batch of people, the one with the highest talent was actually not Lu Ren, but Xu Yang.

"Haha... I said my brother could suppress him once, he could suppress him twice." Xu Qing laughed very happily.

Sun Tao also laughed very happily: "Junior Brother Xu has made it into the top three!"

He only felt a trance. In the past, who would have thought that Xu Yang could make it into the top three in the Profound Heaven Sect's outer sect grand competition? Even until today, many people didn't believe it.

But he knew that Xu Yang's strength, even first place, wouldn't be a problem.

"Even Lu Ren lost to him. We were so stupid back then, actually drawing a line with such a person."

Liu Qian looked at the high-spirited figure and regretted it.

Third place in the outer sect grand competition, she wouldn't be able to achieve such an achievement even if she practiced for a few more years.

"Even Lu Ren lost to him. How is it possible for this mud-legged person? How could he get into the top three..."

Su Zhe was jealous to the point of going crazy. Why wasn't he the one who defeated Lu Ren and Xie Zhan?

If he had become the top three in the grand competition, he would be the hero of the Su family, the family pillar who turned the tide.

"He got into the top three and will definitely become an inner sect disciple. What else can my Ding family use to win him over?" Ding Yuan also felt regret in his heart.

If he had known earlier that Xu Yang had this ability, what would it matter if he didn't marry into the family?

There was no need to worry about this kind of person betraying his Ding family, because his Ding family simply couldn't take him for their own use; he would be a person of the Profound Heaven Sect for a lifetime.

Qin Ze, Qiao Yong, Zhou Zhichao, Yuan Gang, and others who had some involvement with Xu Yang also had their own reactions at this moment.

Top three in the grand competition!

Such a person, among the hundreds or thousands of outer sect disciples of the Profound Heaven Sect, only three appeared every year.

In the evening, the Profound Heaven Sect's annual outer sect grand competition ended.

Han Feng was first, Xiong Kun was second, Xu Yang was third, Lu Ren defeated Xie Zhan again and ranked fourth, and Xie Zhan lost four matches in a row and ranked fifth.

Xu Yang didn't fight Xiong Kun, too lazy to act, and conceded without going on stage, making Xiong Kun, who had high fighting spirit, speechless.

For him, winning the top three to exempt the assessment task was enough; there was no difference between second and third.

Ding Xu didn't come to find him again, because they knew Xu Yang no longer relied on a great family.

Entering the inner sect, his backer was the Profound Heaven Sect, and he didn't need to fear any great family in Qingyang City.

"Junior Brother Xu, winning the top three, you have to treat us." Sun Tao and Zhang Yong walked over with a smile.

Soon, Qiu Wenjie, Xu Qing, and Tian Li also walked over.

"Go to the restaurant, let's not get drunk tonight." Xu Yang laughed.

"Brother Xu, don't you call me for a drink?"

Jiang Fan walked over with large strides and cupped his hands: "Congratulations to Brother Xu for winning the top three in the grand competition. I didn't expect you to hide deeper than me."

The two looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh loudly.

Several people hurried to the restaurant. Along the way, everyone they met greeted Xu Yang with a smile, affectionately calling him "Senior Brother Xu".

Xu Yang didn't care whether he knew them or not, and cupped his hands in response, only sighing that the disciples of the Profound Heaven Sect had actually become kind and enthusiastic.

He stepped into the restaurant with Jiang Fan and others, not knowing that the influence of his winning the top three in the grand competition had just begun.

……

Departing Fire Peak!

Facing the evening glow, Gao Lin walked out of the fire field. He was the eldest disciple of Elder Huoyun, and the affairs of this lineage were almost handled by him alone.

Passing by a roadside pavilion, he heard several inner sect disciples talking about "Xu Yang" and "the biggest dark horse," so he walked in curiously and said: "Several Junior Brothers, what happened to Xu Yang, why are you talking about him?"

Seeing Gao Lin walk in, several people bowed and saluted one after another. One of them said: "Senior Brother Gao Lin, are you busy to the point of dizziness? Don't you know that today is the last day of the outer sect grand competition?"

Gao Lin was stunned and shook his head: "I really don't know. You know Master's temper. All things are thrown to me, and I have no time to pay attention to the outside world. You are talking about Xu Yang, is his performance in the grand competition not good?"

If he remembered correctly, Xu Yang was challenged by Su Zhe again this year. Was he defeated by Su Zhe?

The person before laughed: "His performance is not bad, it's simply too good. He has already cleansed his marrow, and he defeated Lu Ren and Xie Zhan in succession, winning third place in this year's outer sect grand competition."

Another person said: "Senior Brother Gao Lin doesn't know, his reputation now is even bigger than Han Feng and others. After hibernating for three years, it can be said that he became famous in one fell swoop."

What?!

Xu Yang won the top three in the outer sect grand competition.

Gao Lin simply couldn't believe his ears: "Are you not joking with me?"

That cautious, greedy for life and afraid of death person who didn't even dare to enter the Yunling Mountains was so fierce? Not only did he cleanse his marrow, but he also defeated the people ranked ahead of him and won the third place in the grand competition?

He only thought these Junior Brothers were joking with him.

"Senior Brother Gao, how dare we joke with you about this? If you don't believe it, you can go down the mountain and ask, or ask Master. He also watched today's grand competition."

Hearing this, Gao Lin finally confirmed that he hadn't heard wrong. Xu Yang did indeed win third place in the outer sect grand competition.

"Good boy, I'm afraid he had the confidence to win third place back then, so he said those things to me. He really hid it deep."

Gao Lin revealed a smile and turned to leave. ===== CHAPTER 432 =====