Top-level Qi Luck: Leading My Clan to Cultivate-Chapter 1429 - 741 The Duel Ends_2

Just as the various cultivators were discussing, this duel continued.

Next, it was Wang Minghong, who had not yet made a move, who took the initiative to challenge the representative of the third place.

The strength gap between the two sides in this round of competition was quite obvious, so the process progressed very quickly.

In the end, Wang Minghong easily defeated his opponent, thereby securing the third place position.

From then on, the positions of the top three changed once again.

Among them, Lin Tianyun from the Lin Family successively defeated Xu Zuo and Liu Hongming, firmly securing first place.

Following the Lin Family, Liu Hongming from the Five Poison Sect remained in second place, and the third was taken by Wang Minghong from the Longqing Sect.

However, these top three positions were only temporary. As long as there were cultivators who had not yet faced each other willing to initiate challenges, successfully defeating their opponents would allow them to secure a higher rank.

Under such rules, many rankings could not be determined until the very end.

Thus, another round of duels continued.

Unknowingly, half a day quickly passed.

By this moment, the process of this competition had lasted for a whole half-day.

During this time, dozens of rounds of duels had been conducted. Out of the twenty representatives from various factions, more than half had undergone the process of cross-validation.

With the end of the final round of competition, the entire process came to a halt for a quarter of an hour.

During this time, all the representatives from the different factions looked at each other in surprise, and no one brought up the idea of initiating another challenge.

Since Lin Tianming defeated Liu Hongming, he had been observing the scene.

Under his watch, dozens of duels ended accordingly.

However, except for him, who did not take action, everyone else had already stepped in.

Including Liu Hongming, Xu Zuo, and Wang Minghong, each experienced two to three rounds of fierce battles.

After Wang Minghong took the third position, he was not satisfied with such a rank, thus initiating a challenge against the second-ranked Liu Hongming.

After an intense magic duel, Liu Hongming’s strength was indeed formidable, and ultimately defeated Wang Minghong, thereby guarding the second position.

Following that, Wang Minghong’s situation turned more dire.

Because Xu Zuo had successively lost to Lin Tianyun and Liu Hongming, according to the rules of the duel, since neither of them had been defeated by others yet, they could not challenge Lin Tianyun or Liu Hongming again.

The strength of Lin Tianyun and Liu Hongming had already been revealed in these few rounds of duels.

Given the current circumstances, among the dozens of Golden Core cultivators present, apart from those they successfully defeated, only Wang Minghong posed a certain threat.

However, this threat was not substantial.

In this scenario, as long as Wang Minghong slightly assessed the strength of his opponents and the current situation, it was unlikely for him to compete with Lin Tianyun and Liu Hongming.

On this account, under such rules, Xu Zuo had little to no chance to challenge the top two positions again.

Due to these factors, Xu Zuo, to protect the interests of the Liyang Sect, could only settle for less and aimed at securing the third position.

As long as he defeated Wang Minghong, there were few opponents left to threaten his rank.

By then, Xu Zuo would virtually lock down the third place.

Such an outcome, Xu Zuo should be able to reluctantly accept.

Xu Zuo was aware of this, and regardless of whether he was willing, he could only lower his expectations to ensure the basic interest of the Liyang Sect.

Thus, Xu Zuo indeed initiated a challenge against Wang Minghong.

Facing Xu Zuo’s challenge, Wang Minghong was quite helpless but ultimately had to accept it.

Under such circumstances, the highlights of this round of battle were significant, and the interests involved were considerable.

After all, the disparity in profit distribution between the third and fourth places was substantial.

As a result, whether defending champion Wang Minghong or challenger Xu Zuo, both would give their all in this round of battle.

True to expectations, in this round of duel, both parties were fully committed, with various tactics frequently appearing, thus creating a spectacular magic duel process.

In the end, due to the injuries sustained by Wang Minghong in the duel with Liu Hongming and the exposure of many trump cards and tactics,

he finally lost to Xu Zuo by a slim margin during their duel.

After this major duel concluded, the top three positions were basically determined.

After all, the top three experts possessed extraordinary strength. Lin Tianyun was beyond mention, even the second and third-ranked Liu Hongming and Xu Zuo were previously easily defeated by Lin Tianyun.

Liu Hongming and Xu Zuo also successively defeated Zhang Shun and Wang Minghong; even their victors were not Lin Tianyun’s match. Naturally, the remaining cultivators did not dare to challenge Lin Tianyun.

In this way, by winning just two rounds of duels, Lin Tianyun firmly secured the first spot, and it was an unshakable position.

For such a result, Lin Tianyun was extremely satisfied.

From his perspective, by claiming the first rank, the Lin Family would stand to gain immensely, fulfilling his plans.

With this mindset, Lin Tianyun continued to wait for the complete conclusion of the duel.

After half a day’s duel, as a quarter of an hour passed, no one stood out to challenge.

Witnessing this scene, as the organizer, Xu Zuo noticed the entire venue was silent, with no one speaking up for a long time, clearly indicating that no one was willing to continue the challenges.

Thus, Xu Zuo stood up at this moment, then swept his gaze across all the Golden Core Stage cultivators present.

Afterward, Xu Zuo cupped his hands all around before slowly speaking: "Fellow daoists, is there anyone else willing to challenge?"

"If not, then it might as well conclude this duel here."

After saying this, Xu Zuo once again looked at the group of Golden Core Stage experts, clearly intending to confirm once more with them.

At this time, most cultivators had been through several rounds of battles, many looking a bit pale, clearly showing significant energy consumption.

Some even appeared to have dwindling auras, with more or less injuries on them.

At this point, most people had reached their limits, nearly without any power left to fight.

Thus, when Xu Zuo looked at them, most had serious expressions, with no intention to speak at all.

Until Wang Minghong spoke, breaking the silence.

At that moment, Wang Minghong solemnly said.

"Fellow Daoists, I see everyone has expended a lot, and several are even injured."

"Given this, I think it’s best to just conclude it here."

As soon as he finished speaking, the fifth-ranked Zhang Shun also spoke, echoing: "I concur."

Hearing this, Xu Zuo nodded seriously, obviously sharing the same thoughts internally.

Snapping back to attention, Xu Zuo also looked towards Liu Hongming and Lin Tianyun, intending to gauge their thoughts as well with his gaze.

Feeling such a gaze, Liu Hongming’s face remained unchanged, then he slightly nodded, clearly not having any objections either.

Seeing this, even Liu Hongming had made his stance; surely, the first-ranked Lin Tianyun would have no objections.

Thus, Xu Zuo stood up at this moment, then loudly announced.

"Fellow daoists, since no one has objections, this competition is now officially concluded."

"As for the specific rankings, I believe everyone is already clear."

"Here, I can speak on behalf of several organizing sects; whoever acts two-faced, harboring malicious thoughts behind the scenes, will certainly face severe consequences from our organizing sects."

After saying this, Xu Zuo’s face turned solemn, and his aura bore a slight killing intent.

Seeing this, the representatives of the lower-ranked factions’ expressions changed, and the original little schemes in their hearts vanished.

With Xu Zuo’s public announcement and no opposition from the many cultivators, the results of this competition were considered finally and thoroughly settled.

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