Chapter 1740: A Newfound Respect

"Who cares about the rules? Today there's real excitement to watch!"

Bai Muyu wore an expression of watching the fun.

Yuan Tianyu realized for the first time that Bai Muyu usually seemed decent, yet was actually so cold.

Actually she was the same before, but now that she cares about Ye Liuyun and his group, her stance has changed.

"Now you decide for yourselves!"

Pei Yong finished speaking and then yielded the arena to the competing teams.

No team dared to step forward first; even after five battles, none could guarantee they would survive.

The arena was tense, with the audience and all teams watching to see which team would dare step forward first.

At that moment, Ye Liuyun, accompanied by several women, suddenly walked toward the center of the arena.

All eyes in the hall focused on them.

"It's them! Those women!"

Someone in the audience shouted in surprise.

The competing teams, however, were not particularly surprised.

Because Ye Liuyun brought a mid‑stage Black Panther, equivalent to six units of combat power.

If they all wouldn't step forward, then no one would dare.

Pei Yong silently nodded in his heart, quite pleased with Ye Liuyun's performance.

"Indeed, this kid is extraordinary!"

He thought to himself.

However, Ye Liuyun's subsequent action truly made him regard him with newfound respect!

Ye Liuyun waved his hand, and the Black Panther actually retreated!

Obviously, he didn't want to take that advantage.

All the competing teams were dumbfounded by this!

"What is he doing?"

"Is this kid courting death?"

The audience also watched the Black Panther leave, and then the whole arena erupted in enthusiastic applause.

"Well done! Even in death, die gloriously!"

"Alas! What a pity for those beauties!"

The audience seats were full of all sorts of comments.

Yuan Tianyu was so nervous she almost stood up.

As soon as the competition rules were announced, she kept watching Ye Liuyun and the others' actions.

The moment Ye Liuyun took a step, she began to worry.

But he thought that with an extra Black Panther, Ye Liuyun's group might still hold out.

Yet now Ye Liuyun actually sent the Black Panther back, refusing to take that advantage.

"Is he stupid?"

"Isn't this just courting death!"

Yuan Tianyu stamped her foot anxiously.

"They're looking for death themselves, so what of it! As long as we have a spectacle, that's fine! I bet they won't last more than three rounds!"

Bai Muyu said gleefully from the side.

The other youths also voiced their opinions: "If those two early‑stage Martial Cultivators of the second tier intervene, they wouldn't even last two rounds! Ha ha!"

Yuan Tianyu didn't even look at them, merely whispered, "It won't happen; they'll be fine!"

But at this moment, sweat already beaded in her palms from nervousness.

Bai Muyu only then noticed Yuan Tianyu's nervous state.

He curiously glanced at Yuan Tianyu, then at Ye Liuyun and the others, finally fixing his gaze on Ye Liuyun.

"Could it be that Tianyu knows this kid?"

He then recalled Yuan Tianyu's claim of mistaking someone yesterday, and instantly became jealous.

"Hmph! That kid is doomed!"

I really don't need to worry about it! After he came to terms, he comforted himself.

At this point, Pei Yong also began to worry.

He now has great confidence in Ye Liuyun, but the rule he set was actually to see whether Ye Liuyun, with the Black Panther, would dare to fight.

If Ye Liuyun didn't dare to fight, he would still name them to fight.

Only his mind would regard him a bit lower.

But now—

Ye Liuyun indeed didn't disappoint him, even far exceeding his expectations, by not even using the Black Panther.

That's indeed very upright.

But it's also very risky.

Ye Liuyun's group's strength is estimated to not last beyond three rounds; their True Essence would be exhausted.

He now feels a bit regretful, thinking he had underestimated Ye Liuyun, which caused Ye Liuyun to be in danger of dying here.

"Alas!"

Pei Yong slapped his own head hard, blaming himself for being thoughtless.

But Ye Liuyun stood there calmly as a gentle breeze, with not a hint of fear in his eyes.

The other few women were only a bit nervous because the audience was heckling and commenting.

The five of them just stood in the arena, left hanging for a while.

Ye Liuyun, not wanting to wait any longer, directly said to the two competing teams, "What?"

"Do you intend to let us die waiting?"

"Hahaha! This kid is really interesting!"

The audience, amused by Ye Liuyun's remark, shouted for the other teams to fight.

"Fight! Fight!"

Gradually the audience's cheers rose together, echoing through the arena!

"Damn, a bunch of cowards!"

Pei Yong also started cursing, venting his anger onto those people.

"A bunch of men, not even as good as women!"

In the spectator seats, various mocking voices also rose.

"I can't take it! We'll go up, still scared of a few women, right!"

A Martial Cultivator couldn't help but roar, leading his team out.

Their strength wasn't weak; they had two first‑rank late‑stage Martial Cultivators, two first‑rank mid‑stage Martial Cultivators, and only one first‑rank early‑stage Martial Cultivator, who was slightly weaker than Ye Liuyun's group.

"You conserve stamina; Ye Tiandao will cover me in dealing with those two first‑rank late‑stage Martial Cultivators!"

Ye Liuyun simply used Transmission Voice to tell the women.

They had fought countless battles together, their coordination extremely tacit.

It was immediately clear that Ye Liuyun intended to use the advantage of the Storage Yuan Stone to make them expend more.

When the opposing team approached, they suddenly launched a simultaneous attack.

Ye Liuyun rushed straight at a first‑rank late‑stage Martial Cultivator, with Ye Tiandao behind him, who did not act immediately.

Man Shu and Lei Ming charged at the two lower‑realm first‑rank mid‑stage Martial Cultivators, while Long Nv directly lunged at the first‑rank early‑stage Martial Cultivator.

The three of them fought the low‑realm Martial Cultivators with great ease.

Man Shu wielded a sword, having an advantage in weapons, so she used only a little True Essence; after briefly freezing the opponent, she decapitated with a single slash.

Lei Ming and Long Nv relied solely on Physical Body strength, blocking the opponent's attack, charging hard, and tearing the foe apart with bare hands, without using any True Essence.

Ye Liuyun was even more exaggerated, not defending at all, enduring the opponent's blow, and with a single Yi Dao pierced a first‑rank late‑stage Martial Cultivator, then devoured its Divine Soul Power.

Another first‑rank late‑stage Martial Cultivator, seeing a chance to kill Ye Liuyun, immediately struck at Ye Liuyun.

Ye Tiandao finally acted, a "Swish" Yi Dao slashing straight to the Martial Cultivator's throat, then the battle blade swung horizontally to block that Martial Cultivator's attack for Ye Liuyun.

Her weapon is a third‑rank divine artifact.

Although Ye Tiandao was also knocked flying, he was unharmed.

And in that moment of delay, Ye Liuyun eliminated a Martial Cultivator, leaving that first‑rank late‑stage Martial Cultivator no chance to ambush.

Ye Liuyun, without waiting for his blade to be drawn, swept horizontally; a blade flash burst from the opposite Martial Cultivator's body, sweeping toward another Martial Cultivator.

At the same time Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil flashed, and a Golden Crow swooped straight at that Martial Cultivator.

Immediately he used Primordial Spirit Secret Technique to suppress that Martial Cultivator's True Essence.

Another Yi Dao then swung down right after.