1064 Promoted (1/2)

Hong Changtian glared furiously and said in a voice thick with hatred, ”Yun Yang, to cut others some slack is to give yourself the leeway in time of need. I advise you not to push things too far.”

”Push things too far?” Yun Yang said coldly. ”I only know that this is the rule, and I can't go beyond the rules. Residence of Nine Supremes' goal has never been to stay at the bottom of the sects with the Celestial Luck Banners.”

”What does your goal have anything to do with us?” Hong Changtian bellowed angrily.

Yun Yang's face turned friendly as he smiled and said, ”Have Sect Leader Hong become a fool after losing to us? Or are you pretending to be a fool? Let me just make it clear. The rules say that if we wish to keep on challenging, we need to win all five matches, so we have to fight five matches. If you don't want to fight anymore, you can admit defeat now. We need the record of five straight wins!”

Hong Changtian said darkly, ”Admit defeat? That is absolutely impossible!”

”If you refuse to admit defeat, fight us then! There's nothing else to talk about.” Yun Yang laughed.

Hong Changtian's eyes shot with blood. He turned around, only to see all the disciples in his sect looking dejected and despondent. Their eyes were dull and their spirits seemed to have completely gone with the defeat of the previous three matches.

Were they still his disciples? They looked more like a group of dead men who had lost their minds and souls!

They were in a state of utter stupefaction!

Hong Changtian ground his teeth and then said in a deep voice, ”Residence of Nine Supremes insists on fighting the remaining matches. Who wants to defeat their disciples?”

The disciples looked at each other, and no one volunteered for a long time.

”Yue Qingfeng!” Hong Changtian could wait no longer and called out a name.

Yue Qingfeng was the lead disciple of Cangwu Union, who was also the recognized number one expert among all the other disciples.

In the crowd, a comely youth with a pale face raised his head and said blankly, ”We've lost our Celestial Luck Banner...What's the point of fighting or winning this match?

”If I may ask, Sect Leader, what's the point for me to fight this match?” With tears coursing down his cheeks, he went on, ”Am I fighting for the honor of our sect, for the preservation of the Celestial Luck Banner, or simply to stop Residence of Nine Supremes from winning all the matches?”

Hong Changtian flew into a rage. ”We, as warriors, must always advance regardless of the obstacles. We can never back off from any battles, not to mention that the enemy is throwing the challenge at our faces! Are the disciples of Cangwu Union lacking the courage and determination to face their foes?”

Yue Qingfeng's face was covered with tears as he straightened his body and said, ”It is futile to fight this match. I would rather give up and let Residence of Nine Supremes have the chance to challenge a higher position! It had always been my dream to raise our sect's position, but too bad that I didn't have the chance to fulfill it even after years of hard work.

”Since Residence of Nine Supremes has such an ambition, I have no desire to kill it off with my sword.

”Now, my dream is almost impossible to achieve, so I hope that someone can win this honor!”

Before his voice had died away, he leaped out from the crowd and stood in the arena. ”I am Yue Qingfeng, and I represent Cangwu Union in the match of disciples!”

Immediately after that, he straightened his body and cried out, ”I admit defeat!”

After saying that, he threw his head back and burst into laughter. ”My long-cherished wish was to fight in the match of disciples as the representative of my fellow disciples once for the promotion of Cangwu Union in this venue. However, I didn't expect that when I finally stood here, it was only to admit defeat! But no matter what, I want to die here at least one time!”

His tears flowed, and he choked with sobs. Then, he lifted his sword and dragged its sharp blade across his throat all of a sudden.

A head flew up into the air, spinning rapidly.

Yue Qingfeng had put all his strength into this cut. His head flew hundreds of feet straight into the sky and only fell back after dozens of breaths. And when it touched down, the mouth opened and bit hard into the ground!

At this point, the head finally stopped moving, but such a sight was extremely tragic to behold.