Du Gu Binglan then gracefully descended from the stone platform to Li Lin's side, offering a slight smile as if all these were within her expectations and nothing was a surprise.

"Fifteen thousand gold coins, huh." Li Lin smiled inwardly at that moment. With Du Gu Binglan's victory, the one thousand five hundred gold coins he bet turned into ten times that in just three days. He wished he had gathered more money to bet more.

"The second match, Li Shaohu, Yang Qing," announced the middle-aged official from Yunyang Sect, pulling out two jade slips from the box for the match between Li Shaohu and Yang Qing.

Li Lin observed Yang Qing, who was from the Yang family, followed behind Yang Miao, an eighteen-year-old youth in luxurious clothing with a hint of arrogance in his eyes. His cultivation was only at the second level of warrior, decent but not outstanding among the crowd, similar to Luo Fei who had just fought.

Li Shaohu smiled slightly, feeling inwardly pleased. Facing Yang Qing was definitely good luck for him; if it had been Wang Guang instead, that would have been unlucky.

Leaping up, Li Shaohu moved onto the stone platform with clean and efficient actions, his cultivation of the third level warrior giving him quite the advantage.

At that moment, Yang Qing's expression turned sour, aware of the impending bad luck but still elegantly stepped onto the stone platform.

"Yang Qing, step down," Li Shaohu commanded coldly as soon as Yang Qing stepped onto the platform. With true qi vibrating around his body, a surge of earthy yellow true qi quickly enveloped him, forming a qi barrier in front of him as he roared, "Earth Savage Fist!"

As Li Shaohu's shout fell, he formed hand seals, and his crossed hands swept forward, creating a fist imprint that tore through the air with a breaking sound. Carrying a powerful force, it thunderously attacked Yang Qing.

Yang Qing, sensing the opponent's strength, was shocked, his face slightly changing as he flicked his hand, striking back with a hand seal and swinging his right hand backward, releasing a fierce invisible force from his palm.

Both forces were strong, stirring up a windstorm across the stone platform as they collided.

"Boom!"

The collision of their fierce forces wrapped around them, forming a vortex of qi, like a small tornado. Then, Yang Qing seemed to falter, staggering back, the difference in their cultivation levels making him significantly disadvantaged in strength.

"Yang Qing, you're no match for me, step down," Li Shaohu coldly shouted again, his foot stomping the ground in an instant, his body shooting up as he launched another punch.

"Hmph, Li Shaohu, no need to be arrogant," Yang Qing shouted back, his body dodging to one side, barely avoiding Li Shaohu's punch.

"What does it matter if I'm arrogant? Your strength isn't enough," Li Shaohu coldly shouted again. As Yang Qing retreated, Li Shaohu stomped the ground once more, his figure shooting forward. His hand seals changed, summoning dozens of vines from a burst of green light in front of him, which tore through an invisible ripple in space, rapidly entangling towards Yang Qing, bringing with them a sharp sound of tearing wind.

Feeling the sharp wind and force in front of him, Yang Qing's face turned solemn. Dual-element warriors were indeed much stronger than ordinary warriors, with their unpredictable dual attributes.

"No wonder he's a dual-element warrior. The strength displayed is much more formidable than that of warriors of the same level," Yang Xiangfeng commented from the judges' seat, not surprised that Yang Qing was overpowered, as it was expected.

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"Chief Yang, doesn't your Yang family also have a dual-element warrior?" Li Dong said with a slight smile.

"That's still no match for your Li family. You have a triple-element warrior," Yang Xiangfeng replied lightly.

Meanwhile, on the stone platform, under the entanglement of numerous vines, Yang Qing sidestepped and hastily retreated. His true qi surged rapidly within him, and unknowingly, he grasped a large saber in his right hand. The blade shone with a cold light, and he immediately sliced at a vine.

"With a 'whoosh,' a vine was cut off, and with a swift movement, several more vines were severed.

"Break for me!" Yang Qing shouted, with a burst of true qi erupting from around him. The large saber in his hand vibrated, instantly wrapped in flames. Visible to the naked eye, an invisible fluctuation vibrated around Yang Qing. True qi was crazily injected into the saber, turning his complexion pale. This move seemed to be his trump card, powerful but consuming a lot of true qi.

Simultaneously, as the saber moved, the surrounding space danced with a bunch of fiery saber flames, flawlessly protecting Yang Qing.

The vines, as they crossed through space, were instantly devoured by the saber flames and vanished into white smoke in the air.

"Hmph, now, it's your turn to step down," Li Shaohu appeared in front of Yang Qing, a palm print emerging in front of him, with true qi rampaging through the space. The palm print moved through the air and then struck Yang Qing's shocked face, the air turning into a wild wind, whistling as it broke through.

At this moment, Yang Qing's pupils contracted, his expression horrified, unable to dodge. The shock in his heart flashed by, with fire-attribute true qi being injected into the large saber in his hands, the saber's light flaring up, but it was a step too slow.

In that instant, Li Shaohu's palm print directly penetrated Yang Qing's protective qi shield and then smashed onto his right shoulder.

"Boom!"

The space exploded, and as the sound fell, a figure was sent flying, crashing heavily below the stone platform, spitting out blood as everyone watched. Naturally, the one who landed in such a sorry state was Yang Qing.

"Li Shaohu wins." With Yang Qing falling off the stone platform, he was defeated, and the official from Yunyang Sect immediately announced the result.

On the spectator seats, Zhao Hui and many from the Li family showed smiles.

On the judges' seat, Li Dong also smiled broadly, happy to have successfully entered Yunyang Sect, but he soon started to worry. Among the remaining four, if Li Lin faced Wang Guang, that would be troublesome.

At this moment, the patriarch of the Yang family, Yang Xiangfeng, looked quite displeased. His clan member losing to someone from the Li family was not a happy matter.

"Hmph!" Li Shaohu leaped down from the stone platform, giving Li Lin a cold glance.

"Kid, keep being proud for now. When the opportunity comes, I'll cripple you. We'll settle this account later," Li Lin thought to himself, knowing that although they shared the same father, there was no brotherly love between them.

As Li Shaohu jumped down from the stone platform, the remaining four once again looked towards the middle-aged official from Yunyang Sect. The third round undoubtedly made everyone extremely nervous. Li Lin, Yang Miao, and Luo Jin from the Luo family all did not want to face Wang Guang. None of them were fools; Wang Guang was the strongest, and whoever faced him would be unlucky.