Martial Arrogance Dragon Soul-Chapter 446 - 417: Only One Person Left

But Zhong Hongwen was no match for Qin Qing. Against Li Mu, Zhong Hongwen had no particular advantage.

However, the gap in strength between the two wasn’t very big.

This was destined to be a tough battle.

In the end, Li Mu’s strength proved to be superior, and Zhong Hongwen was defeated. Covered in wounds and turned into a bloodied man, he was sent flying, crashing down onto the battle platform.

With this, the Wind-Fire Academy had fought three battles and lost two.

The only victory they had was the bitterly won match by Cang Yuan.

And the price Cang Yuan paid was so severe, it was impossible for him to participate in the next round.

By this count, the Wind-Fire Academy was left with only one person, and that was Qin Qing!

On the other side, the Tai’a Academy still had fourteen people!

This meant that if the Wind-Fire Academy wanted to triumph in this Tianyong battle, then Qin Qing would have to face all fourteen people from the Tai’a Academy alone.

According to the rules of this round, Qin Qing would have to fight fourteen rounds in total, defeating one person in each round to secure the final victory. If he failed in any of these fourteen battles, he would directly lose, and the Wind-Fire Academy would be defeated in the Tianyong battle!

To fight fourteen consecutive rounds in the arena by oneself and to continuously confront fourteen experts from the Tai’a Academy, now it seemed undoubtedly too difficult, much too difficult.

It seemed harder than reaching the heavens!

Disciples of the Wind-Fire Academy, including Zhu Linglong, all had bitter and helpless expressions on their faces.

There was also Zhu Jirong, and the two elders, Feng Yu and Lu Anping, who could not hide the look of disappointment in their eyes.

After this battle, the Wind-Fire Academy would cease to exist!

"Qin Qing, why not... just let it go?"

At this moment, Zhu Jirong came over, staring blankly at Qin Qing.

Qin Qing, too, looked at Zhu Jirong. In that instant, in the eyes of this supreme Martial Saint, Qin Qing saw endless sorrow and a profound sense of being lost.

The person standing before him seemed not a Martial Saint, not the Palace Master of the Wind-Fire Academy, not one of the world’s mightiest champions, but rather like a deeply aged man who had aged a thousand years in an instant...

"Senior Qin, the fact that we’ve come this far is already quite an accomplishment," Zhu Linglong also said.

The surrounding disciples of the Wind-Fire Academy silently nodded in agreement.

This battle, even if it’s come to an end, the Wind-Fire Academy would ultimately be defeated.

But!

At least they were defeated standing up.

In the first round, they had still been pressing down hard on the Tai’a Academy.

At least for this Tianyong battle, they could leave with their dignity intact...

Qin Qing looked at Zhu Jirong and couldn’t help but let out a sigh.

Just let it go like this?

Qin Qing quickly dismissed the idea in his mind!

It was impossible to just give up!

Absolutely impossible!

His gaze swept over the other Wind-Fire Academy brothers and sisters around him.

To give up now would mean everyone’s efforts were in vain, their blood and sweat wasted, wouldn’t it?

Most importantly, if they gave up now, the Wind-Fire Academy really would cease to exist...

"No!" Qin Qing’s gaze grew firmer.

"Master!" He looked at Zhu Jirong: "I don’t want to just give up, I want to try again!"

Zhu Jirong was taken aback.

"Master! Once, you told me that dignity lost has to be fought for with one’s own efforts, that it must be reclaimed!"

"And now, the opportunity is right in front of us. How can we easily give up?"

"Even if the hope is slim, it’s still hope, isn’t it?"

Qin Qing’s words touched Zhu Jirong. In fact, how could he not hope to win this Tianyong battle? If he were in Qin Qing’s place, of course, he would not give up.

But... he didn’t want to see Qin Qing struggle alone, didn’t want to see him single-handedly die at the hands of the Tai’a Academy disciples on the arena.

"Master! Before the Tianyong battle began, no one thought we could make it this far. Everyone thought we would be no match for the Tai’a Academy. But in reality, we proved otherwise!"

"And now... everyone still doesn’t think highly of us, but I still want to keep going."

"Maybe a miracle will happen?"

Qin Qing’s words moved all the disciples of the Wind-Fire Academy.

Yes, maybe a miracle would happen?

If they didn’t try, there would never be a miracle!

And if they did their best, at least there was hope!

"Moo moo!"

Suddenly, a familiar cry came.

It was Xiao Bai’s voice.

Qin Qing looked up and saw Xiao Bai flying towards them, and Xiao Shuang was there too, riding on Xiao Bai’s back.

In the past period, Xiao Shuang had been constantly cultivating, while Xiao Bai had been in seclusion with Xiao Shuang for the past few days.

The icy attribute power within Xiao Bai’s body could help alleviate the Fire Disease that Xiao Shuang was suffering from...

"Brother!"

Xiaoshuang approached Qin Qing, "Brother, I believe in you, you can definitely do it! Go for it!"

Xiaoshuang’s big eyes were fixed on Qin Qing, her fists clenched tightly together.

"Mhm!" Qin Qing scooped up Xiaoshuang and affectionately scraped the little girl’s curved willow leaf eyebrows.

"Boss, go for it!" Xiaobai also said to Qin Qing.

...

Wu Tian, Zhao Wuji, and Zhu Jirong stood together once again.

The battle of Tianyong continued as before.

Qin Qing was about to face fourteen from the Tai’a Academy alone!

All the eyes of the spectators were on that lone figure, who, by himself, step by step, walked up to the battle stage.

Opposite him stood the fourteen genius disciples from Tai’a Academy, including Mo Yu, Li Mu, and Zhou Wen...

One against fourteen, Qin Qing at that moment seemed so solitary and desolate.

But at the same time, he also exuded a feeling of resoluteness as unyielding as a rock.

"Overestimating yourself!"

Mo Yu looked at Qin Qing and uttered disdainfully.

"You know you are no match, yet you come to throw away your life, thinking this is courage?" Liu Yuanhuai also looked at Qin Qing with a sneer, "This isn’t courage; this is stupidity!"

"Liu Yuanhuai!" Qin Qing’s gaze was fixed on Liu Yuanhuai, "On that day at Tai’a Academy, you lost the bet. Until now, you haven’t fulfilled your end of the bet. Are you not afraid of the backlash of the heaven’s oath?"

Liu Yuanhuai’s face couldn’t help but change.

At this moment, he had to blame his own loose tongue.

During the last incident at Tai’a Academy, he and Qin Qing had made a bet on who could ascend higher in the Wind-Fire Tower.

The loser would forfeit a hundred thousand spirit stones.

Liu Yuanhuai lost and was supposed to compensate Qin Qing with a hundred thousand spirit stones. In addition, he had to stand at the highest point of the Wind-Fire Tower and shout to everyone that he would never again call anyone a barbarian.

But... Liu Yuanhuai had done neither of these things.

During this period, Liu Yuanhuai’s cultivation had soared, but he had also vaguely felt something was amiss.

There seemed to be a trend of deviating into madness.

Liu Yuanhuai had always been baffled about what exactly was happening. Now, suddenly hearing Qin Qing mention the bet and the heaven’s oath, he abruptly came to a realization.

It seemed very likely that it was because of the bet—he had sworn an oath to the heavens!

"What, Liu Yuanhuai, are you planning to let the heart demon overtake you during cultivation?" Qin Qing sneered coldly, his eyes piercing like torches as he looked at Liu Yuanhuai, "Now, compensate me the hundred thousand spirit stones, and here in front of everyone, announce you won’t look down on others, never again calling anyone a barbarian, then I will consider your bet fulfilled!"

Liu Yuanhuai’s face turned colder.

Compensate a hundred thousand spirit stones now?

That would be painfully costly.

A hundred thousand spirit stones was no small sum.

Even for him, it was a significant fortune that he couldn’t bear to part with.

Furthermore, he had to say those words in front of everyone...

"What? Can’t accept the loss of a bet?"

Qin Qing smiled coldly, "Also, are you planning to dismiss the heaven’s oath? In doing so, you still want to continue on the path of martial arts? I’m afraid you won’t even be able to convert your core into an infant!"

Qin Qing’s voice suddenly grew louder.

Instantly Liu Yuanhuai’s Soul Palace trembled.

In his Divine Sense, it seemed as if a sharp force suddenly appeared, stabbing at the Soul Palace; a sharp pain suddenly emerged within...

Even his Golden Core started to tremble uncontrollably!

"This..."

Liu Yuanhuai’s unease, as if there was some kind of connection in the dark, grew more pronounced.

"Now, fulfill your bet immediately. Otherwise... you’ll never have to worry about it!"

Qin Qing’s voice was even louder, exploding like thunder in Liu Yuanhuai’s mind.

"I, Liu Yuanhuai, hereby promise to everyone here that from now on, I will never look down on anyone again, nor will I ever call anyone a barbarian!"

Liu Yuanhuai practically blurted out everything in one breath.

Everyone was taken aback as they looked at Liu Yuanhuai.

Nobody thought Liu Yuanhuai would really do as Qin Qing said.

They did not know that Liu Yuanhuai had sworn a heaven’s oath that day beneath the Wind-Fire Tower.

Liu Yuanhuai, feeling the surprised gazes of the crowd, couldn’t help but feel waves of shame and annoyance.

But still, he had to grit his teeth and hand over the hundred thousand spirit stones to Qin Qing.

"Hmm, well done!" Qin Qing received the spirit stones and looked at Liu Yuanhuai with a smile.

Liu Yuanhuai’s face was ashen, and he looked at Qin Qing with a cold, dark gaze, "Qin Qing, don’t get cocky. This was just the bet from that day; I am merely following through with it, not because I’m afraid of you!"

"The next fight is about to begin, and you dare to step onto the stage? Don’t you know how to spell ’death’?"

Liu Yuanhuai glared at Qin Qing, grinding his teeth, the words almost squeezed through the gaps in his teeth...

"Hehe..." Qin Qing, however, smiled nonchalantly, pointing at Liu Huaiyuan, "Look at your memory, you just said you wouldn’t look down on others again... How long was that, and you’ve already forgotten? Young man, you need to learn restraint..."