Chapter 1314 - 1314: Laying Down to First Place

The reason Venerable Song Li was eliminated just a bit late was because he didn't encounter Brother Cheng, but instead faced the Three-Eyed Tiger.

Brother Cheng, with his fifty thousand combat power, is a devastating blow to whoever he faces.

The Three-Eyed Tiger, although having become a Pill Envoy, is currently just an Eighth-Grade Imperial Alchemist.

Without activating skills like the Artifact Talisman Array, his combat power is solely derived from the Alchemy Dao, roughly around 4800.

That's almost the same as the exceptional genius Venerable Luo Yun.

If the two of them were to meet, who knows who would emerge victorious.

Fortunately, the Three-Eyed Tiger faced Venerable Song Li, the latter although has dabbled in all aspects of the Pill, Artifact, and Talisman Array, and possesses a certain level of proficiency.

However, his total combat power only adds up to 3623, quite a gap from the Three-Eyed Tiger.

Thus, although the Three-Eyed Tiger didn't achieve a swift victory, he managed quite smoothly, basically suppressing the opponent throughout the fight.

When Venerable Song Li returned to the field, he was much more battered than Luo Yun and Du Feng; he was already bruised and battered by the Tiger Demon.

"Venerable Song Li has been eliminated too?"

"Damn, what's going on?"

"Has he also been knocked out?"

"This is so bizarre!"

The crowd buzzed with discussions.

The Elders of Huiyuan Hall, who had been boasting a few seconds ago about the beginning of their sect's era, were now petrified.

After laboriously breaking out of their petrified state, they jumped to their feet.

"There's something wrong, definitely something wrong!"

"This is extremely abnormal!"

"There must have been some unexpected events in this Jade River competition; otherwise, this couldn't have happened!"

"We suggest a restart, a rematch!"

Indeed, the essence of humanity is to repeat themselves and succumb to temptation.

Shortly before, they had ridiculed the Nine Revolutions Pill Sect and Purple Nether Palace, strongly opposing a restart, now they also feel a rematch is urgent.

However, this proposal would surely not be passed.

The following sects rejoiced, as their rank improved pleasantly again, especially the Yuanjing Family, whose Venerable Xu Xing mysteriously rose to the first place.

This was a historic best achievement for them.

The Clan Leader and elders were nearly ecstatic enough to faint.

"Hahaha, who would've thought the strongest this exchange conference would be from our Yuanjing Family."

They didn't care about how black the faces of the Nine Revolutions Pill Sect and Purple Nether Palace became.

They immediately started flaunting triumphantly.

"Thanks for your generosity, everyone, hahaha!"

"Didn't expect you all to care for and favor our Yuanjing Family so much..."

"Each one stumbling unexpectedly, how can we endure this?"

"We can't accept this top position without laughter."

"Moreover, even pushed the Celestial Pill Department down, it's quite rewarding!"

The senior members of Celestial Pill Department like Tian Lin and Taiheng initially felt joyful seeing Venerable Juqiu inexplicably rise to second place.

Now, hearing their words, their good mood vanished.

Damn it, never missing a chance to stomp on the Celestial Pill Department!

The celebration of Yuanjing Family didn't last long.

Because deep in Jade River, Sect Leader Jiang ran into Venerable Xu Xing.

He was in no mood for banter.

With a casual wave, he 'kindly' sent the top talent of Yuanjing Family back to the resting area.

"Venerable Xu Xing!"

"He's been eliminated too?"

"My god, what's happened?"

The celebration of Yuanjing Family abruptly ended.

Their dreams of domination with the top position lasted only a few dozen seconds before shattering.

Subsequently, they naturally followed suit and joined the 'request for rematch' group.

"There's definitely a problem."

"Top ranks getting eliminated one after another, it's too bizarre."

"Indeed, by their power, they absolutely shouldn't have fallen at that position."

"These four certainly have the ability to reach the pinnacle, completely abnormal!"

"Now it's not just about the rematch, but figuring out what exactly happened!"

At this point, everyone present could see something was wrong.

The crowd gathered around the four elite geniuses who were just eliminated.

"What did you encounter to come out so quickly?"

Unfortunately, they couldn't explain it clearly.

None of them had previously met Jiang Cheng and the Three-Eyed Tiger, didn't recognize the duo.

So they all regarded them as 'trial dummies' conjured by the Jade River illusion.

"That dummy was too strong."

"Yes, I couldn't even withstand a single move; conservatively estimated, it must have had over ten thousand combat power?"

"I fared better, held for several moments before unfortunately losing..."

Venerable Song Li, whose head was swollen like a pig, seemed rather proud as if he performed the best, a sense of superiority arose spontaneously.

He didn't know that the Three-Eyed Tiger he encountered was different from Jiang Cheng faced by others.

"A dummy with over ten thousand combat power?"

All the senior figures of each sect present were dumbfounded.

"Has there ever been such a powerful dummy in Jade River competitions?"

"How could such a level appear in the trials?"

"It's hard to say, Jade River isn't something we can control, it's naturally generated by the Refining Heart Dao's universal rules. You and I can't say what's within."

"Indeed..."

"Then, it appears not these four are lacking, but the difficulty of Jade River suddenly soared several folds."

Everyone quickly accepted this reality.

This was a shift within Jade River itself, making a rematch meaningless as well.

"Then how should the final ranking be decided?"

"Yes, there must be some ranking, right?"

"Why not determine based on their elimination positions?"

Initially hopeless, the Sect Leader of the Nine Revolutions Pill Sect, rekindled the flames of hope once again.

"Whoever had the highest position when eliminated is the top rank."

If according to this method, the first place remains Venerable Luo Yun, since her position was the highest back then.

The Purple Nether Palace elders glanced at each other and nodded in agreement.

"Fine, we agree!"

This way, Du Feng still retains the second place, which they can accept.

But Huiyuan Hall would not agree.

"Just now Venerable Song Li mentioned he held on for several moments before losing, while your disciples lost in a single move."

"The strength comparison is clear enough!"

"We believe, determining ranking based on the time they held before losing is more appropriate!"

This proposal was immediately refuted by others.

"No one saw the process of the battle, who can prove he held for several moments?"

"Just as he claims, isn't it?"

Some sects ranked lower even proposed shameless schemes.

"In my view, we should base the ranking on the elimination order, whoever was last eliminated is the top rank!"

The Nine Revolutions Pill Sect and Purple Nether Palace elders collectively expressed their anger.

"Have you no shame?"

According to this method, the strongest Venerable Luo Yun would be the last, and the 'eternal true inheritor' Du Feng would fall to the second last.

The crowd contended intensely.

So much that the currently top-ranked Celestial Pill Department was neglected.