Chapter 51

"You should just surrender. You're so injured; I really can't bear to hit you anymore."

Qian Duoduo shook his head. Although he didn't know the girl in front of him, looking at the injuries on her body, her determined and fierce eyes, and the terrifying scars on her small frame, he still felt sorry for her.

Heaven knows how much suffering this girl had endured.

"What's your name?"

"Ba'ernu!"

This couldn't be concealed. The projection outside had the name of every participant. Qian Duoduo could easily find out after going out.

"Alright, Ba'ernu, nice to meet you. My name is Qian Duoduo."

"I know."

"You know me, and you still want to fight me?"

"I won't admit defeat."

"But I won't let you go either."

"Then let's fight."

"Don't get me wrong. When I say I won't let you go, I don't mean I want to kill you.

Right now, there are only ten thousand people left on the field, each one an elite among elites. You've survived this far thanks to luck and your ferocity.

But from now on, you won't have such good luck. Anyone could defeat you.

I don't want to watch you continue to compete. I won't kill you, but that doesn't mean others won't. If you fall into someone else's hands, with your unyielding personality, you'll die sooner or later.

I don't want to see someone like you die. With your talent and temperament, you're bound to achieve something in the future."

"Hypocrite, you just want to defeat me to add to your kill count, right?"

As soon as these words came out, the three young men behind Qian Duoduo immediately flew into a rage and were about to attack Ba'ernu, but Qian Duoduo stopped them.

"Heh,"

Qian Duoduo smiled wryly. His reputation in the Central Region had always been excellent. How could this little girl always be so cynical?

"Ba'ernu, I truly value talent. I said I wouldn't kill you, and I definitely won't. And I can guarantee that I will recommend you to join my Yin Yang Sect and become an inner disciple, saving you years of hard cultivation.

Now, can you finally believe that I sincerely want to help you?"

Ba'ernu pondered for a long time about Qian Duoduo's words. Indeed, being able to go to the Yin Yang Sect, to the Nine Great Powers, was the dream of every participant. She wasn't stupid; she also had great ambitions.

But she didn't believe in free lunches.

Her experiences since childhood had taught her that to get something, you had to pay a price, even ten or a hundred times over.

She would never believe that this Qian Duoduo would be so kind as to help her for no reason.

And she would never think it was because she was good-looking and Qian Duoduo had taken a fancy to her.

Moreover, she had said that wherever Wan Lei went, she would go.

"Thanks, but I can't make the decision."

"Your own affairs, and you can't make the decision? Who else can make the decision for you? Or do you have a family behind you?"

"No, it's none of your business."

"Sigh… alright then, you should crush the token yourself. If I defeat you and then eliminate you, you'll have to suffer some more physical pain."

"Are you annoying or what? Nagging on and on. If you want to fight, then fight; if you don't, then get lost! You're as long-winded as a woman!"

Ba'ernu had completely lost her patience. This was the first time in the half-month since she had entered that she had encountered an opponent who talked so much.

Qian Duoduo smiled wryly, reached out his hand, and moved forward.

Ba'ernu immediately became vigilant, raising the long blade in her hand, like a leopard ready to fight other fierce beasts, completely focused.

"Yin Yang, Cultivation Seal!"

A Taiji Yin Yang Diagram appeared in Qian Duoduo's hand and he pushed it towards Ba'ernu.

A fierce glint shone in Ba'ernu's eyes, and she raised her blade to slash at the Yin Yang Diagram.

However, the long blade passed straight through the Yin Yang Diagram, and the Yin Yang Diagram was unharmed.

Ba'ernu was shocked at the sight of this and immediately wanted to retreat, but the Yin Yang Diagram was even faster and entered her body in the blink of an eye.

And then, nothing.

Ba'ernu frowned, looking at her body with no injuries at all. Her soul and consciousness had not been harmed in the slightest. She didn't understand what that move was supposed to do.

"Hmph, pretending to be mysterious!"

Ba'ernu sneered, tapped her toes on the ground, and her figure exploded, raising her blade to slash at Qi Xiaoxiao, and then…

Thud.

Ba'ernu fell to the ground, her mouth full of sand.

"How is this possible? My cultivation? Why can't I use it?!"

Ba'ernu was horrified, reaching out her palm, but unable to mobilize a trace of cultivation. Not a single flame appeared in her palm.

"I've sealed your cultivation. It will automatically unlock after you go out."

Qian Duoduo said with a smile.

"Bastard!!!"

Ba'ernu was furious, raising her blade to slash at Qi Xiaoxiao.

Qian Duoduo reached out and grabbed her blade.

"You've lost. Crush the token and go out yourself. If I let you continue to fight like this, you'll really die."

"I won't give up!"

Ba'ernu roared.

"Alright, then I'll help you."

Qian Duoduo grabbed Ba'ernu's blade with one hand, and with the other, he wrapped his arm around her slender waist, lifted her up horizontally, and flew towards the formation.

"Put me down, what are you going to do?!"

Ba'ernu's face was flushed red. It was the first time she had been held like this by a strange man, and the young girl couldn't help but feel shy.

"I'll throw you onto the formation, and you'll naturally go out."

"I… put me down, I'll crush the token myself!"

Ba'ernu, her face flushed red with shame, struggled with her hands and feet.

"Alright."

Qian Duoduo put her down.

As soon as Ba'ernu landed, she aimed a crotch-destroying kick at Qian Duoduo's lower body.

Unfortunately, she had no cultivation, and kicking Qian Duoduo there… it was like tickling him. Instead, her own ankle was painfully numb.

"Damn it, how is it so hard?!"

Ba'ernu grimaced as she rubbed her ankle.

"You don't like it hard?"

"…"

Ba'ernu was now convinced that the other party really wanted to help her and didn't want to see her die. Otherwise, with the other party's cultivation, plus her own cultivation being sealed, the other party could kill her with a single finger.

Thinking of this, Ba'ernu couldn't help but feel a little warmth in her heart.

So, she decided to repay Qian Duoduo.

"In the later competitions, if you encounter Wan Lei, when you're about to be killed by him, you can mention my name, and tell him to spare you for my sake."

What a way to repay him.

Qian Duoduo chuckled,

"Do you think that Wan Lei will be my opponent? Do I need him to spare me?"

"You'll know how strong he is after you fight him. What's the point of showing off now?"

"Alright then, if I really meet him, I'll beg for mercy by mentioning your name."

Qian Duoduo said jokingly, obviously not taking these jokes seriously.

"Are you really not going to the Yin Yang Sect with me?"

"Wherever Wan Lei goes, I'll go."

Hearing these words, Qi Xiaoxiao felt a slight sting in his heart. He was surprised to find that he was a little jealous of Wan Lei.

"What's your relationship with him?"

After asking, Qian Duoduo regretted it a little. What was the relationship between Ba'ernu and Wan Lei to him, Qian Duoduo?

"He is my master."

"Master?"

Before Qi Xiaoxiao could ask more questions, Ba'ernu crushed the token and was teleported to the outside world.

Just as she left the formation, a ten-zhang-tall banner appeared on the formation, with the three words "Ten Thousand Pride Ranking" written on it.

At the bottom of the list, a line of words appeared.

Ten thousandth place, Ba'ernu.