Chapter 201: All Eliminated

At the same time, Song Yan and the others never expected their little junior sister's array formation talent to be this terrifying, nor did they imagine that she would, in the grand competition, make the other contestants confess to her.

Song Yan frowned slightly, a hint of worry in his eyes.

Xiao Lingwei smiled.

Cang Li clicked his tongue a few times.

Xue Jin showed an expression of approval and acknowledgment.

Ying Wuji seemed lost in thought.

And Xiao Zhufeng, Zhai Qingye, Ling Huya, Dongfangxiu, Weng Mingshu, Weng Mingbi, and the others all wore subtle expressions.

Seeing the white-clad girl on the platform controlling the array formation and able to toy with all the contestants in the palm of her hand, Weng Mingbi felt as if his heart had been struck hard by something.

In his gaze toward Yuan Yao, there was no longer disgust and provocation, but admiration.

Weng Mingbi excitedly grabbed Weng Mingshu's hand and said, "Sister, you must persuade Elder Sister Yuan Yao to accept me as her disciple!"

Yuan Yao's future strength will surely not be far below that of the Thousand Mountain Immortal Lord; if he truly becomes her disciple, then with the Thousand Mountain Immortal Lord and the Thousand Mountain Six existing, no one in the future will dare to bully the Weng family!

Everyone says he is a foolish good-for-nothing, but who says a good-for-nothing cannot find a backer?

In the future, the position of head of the Weng family will either fall into his hands or his sister's; it must absolutely not fall into the hands of a collateral branch!

Hearing this, Weng Mingshu stared at Weng Mingbi in shock and said, "What did you say?"

"I want to become Yuan Yao's disciple!"

As soon as Weng Mingbi finished speaking, Weng Mingshu slapped his forehead, "Are you stupid? Yao Yao is your age, and you actually want to take her as a master? She would never agree!"

"Sister, a master-disciple relationship has nothing to do with age!"

Weng Mingshu said with a cold face, "I know what you're scheming, but Yao Yao is my friend; I will absolutely not lobby for anything she disagrees with."

Upon hearing this, Weng Mingbi's lips twitched a few times, but in the end he swallowed all his words.

On the platform.

Yuan Yao set up a soundproof barrier for each of the ninety-nine contestants, preventing them from hearing each other's voices and reflections.

Yuan Yao knew that if they all knew each other's secrets, it would likely trigger a series of troubles in the future.

So it's better to have them confess separately.

Yuan Yao said, "I'll give you time to confess— a quarter hour, an hour, half a day, a day, or even longer; I can wait. As long as you can endure it."

Whoever refuses to confess will get beaten!

"Rest assured, besides me, no one will hear your confessions." She gave that assurance.

Upon hearing those words, the contestants who had already been attacked by the array formation gritted their teeth and began to confess.

The ninety-nine contestants spoke at once; some cried heart-wrenchingly, some recounted expressionlessly, some felt piercing pain, and some had a glint of sharpness in their eyes.

Each harboring their own thoughts.

The onlooking crowd, seeing this scene, instantly felt their scalps go numb.

Because the platform made not a sound, it was as if they were watching a silent play, yet the contestants' emotions were not unified, making them appear utterly disjointed.

Soon, two contestants were bounced off the platform by the array formation.

Then, one after another.

The crowd: "……" like dropping dumplings.

A few contestants who were confessing realized that Yuan Yao would eliminate those who sincerely confessed; their eyes flickered, and they already had an idea in mind.

They wanted to stall for time!

Stall until only ten people remained on the platform!

That way, they could smoothly advance.

But to their surprise, when there were still exactly thirty contestants left on the platform, no one was eliminated anymore.

And Yuan Yao also noticed that the remaining contestants were not sincerely confessing, so she directly controlled the array formation to beat them.

For a moment, they were beaten until they howled, rolling about in a sorry state on the platform.

When Array Formation Grandmaster Shen Jing arrived and saw this scene—

The contestants were beaten until their noses were bruised and faces swollen; some choked with sobs, and even a few knelt before that white-clad girl begging for mercy.

Shen Jing's brows suddenly knit tight.

"Grandmaster!" The three Array Formation Masters, with sharp eyes, spotted Shen Jing, hurried over to him, and explained the current situation.

After listening, Shen Jing furrowed his brows and fixed his gaze on Yuan Yao.

As expected, he saw Yuan Yao continuously deploying array formations, and even able to stack them.

His pupils contracted slightly.

Even he, a grandmaster, could not stack array formations, yet she managed to do it!

One of the Array Formation Masters said, "Grandmaster, this young lady is named Yuan Yao, the sixth disciple of the Thousand Mountain Immortal Lord."

"Since she can win this competition, why does she deliberately torment the other contestants?" Although Shen Jing treasures array formation talent, he does not approve of Yuan Yao's methods.

This act of hers is not righteous; it is more like something an evil-path person would do!

The three Array Formation Masters were originally also shocked, but from hearing the surrounding crowd's talk, they learned that this little girl Yuan Yao has a somewhat abnormal quirk.

An Array Formation Master explained, "Grandmaster, it is heard that Yuan Yao likes to make people confess and admit their mistakes to her. Moreover, the rules of the Array Formation Grand Competition do not state that soundproof arrays cannot be used. Therefore, these contestants cannot transmit the sound of 'I surrender,' and we cannot determine their victory or defeat."

"Confess? Admit fault?" Shen Jing frowned tightly; having previously been in closed-door cultivation of array formations, he had not left seclusion to watch the secret realm points competition, so he was unaware of this person Yuan Yao.

"Yes."

Shen Jing lifted his gaze, looking at the white-clad girl on the platform; observing her clear eyes and lack of bloodthirsty or wicked color, he judged she should not be a psychologically twisted person.

"Grandmaster, what do you think?"

"Let's first observe the changes." Shen Jing said that, then strode over to the judges' seats where the Array Formation Masters were, lifted his robe, and sat down.

And his appearance immediately drew exclamations from many array formation masters.

"Master Shen Jing!"

"Master Shen actually came! In past formation competitions, he always only showed up on the last day!"

"He definitely came for Yuan Yao!" a formation master said sourly.

The formation masters had varied expressions.

And the onlookers, seeing this, also realized more keenly how terrifying Yuan Yao's talent in formations was.

Someone said: "No wonder he's the disciple of Thousand Mountain Immortal Lord!"

"They say that among the Six Disciples of Thousand Mountain, none is mediocre in talent."

"Who exactly spread the rumor that Yuan Yao's talent is extremely poor, which is why she doesn't want to leave the Carefree Sect?!"

"I guess Yuan Yao isn't unwilling to leave the Carefree Sect; rather, the people of the Carefree Sect won't let her leave. The reason is this quirk of hers that makes people confess their sins to her. Once she leaves the sect, this quirk can't be hidden..."

Upon hearing this, the crowd reacted—some believed it, some were half‑believing, half‑doubting, and some just laughed it off.

At this moment, the competitors on the stage could no longer endure; they immediately mended their ways and sincerely began to repent!

About half an hour later.

The competitors' Awakening Values all reached 50.

Thereafter, Yuan Yao directly eliminated all the remaining competitors.

On the stage, only she remained.