Chapter 2108 — Gritting Their Teeth and Holding On
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At last someone gave out. He rose to his feet and bolted out of the formation, gasping in great gulps of air. Plainly he had spent a great deal of energy and was utterly exhausted! The contest mattered, to be sure, but if he kept forcing himself, he would likely be injured!
And they could hold out no longer. Even if they persisted a while more, they could never place in the top three, so they might as well concede gracefully!
Once someone had taken the lead, other disciples who could hold on no longer came out of the formation one after another. They too were at their limit, and one by one they gave up! Everyone was thinking much the same: since the top three were out of reach anyway, why torment themselves?
Once that psychological line collapsed, there was no point in holding on any longer. In the end, only five remained inside the formation!
Among them were Wei Zhao, the disciple of the Golden Bell Sect, the disciple of the hidden Yu family, the disciple of the hidden You family, and the disciple of the Fire Wolf Gang!
Without question, these five were the strongest contenders for the top three! Yet because Wei Zhao was among them, Elders Zhao, You, Yu, and Tang outside the formation were thoroughly displeased! How had this brat lasted to the very end yet again?
Moreover, among these five, who was strong and who was weak was plain at a glance. The disciples of the hidden Yu and hidden You families had remained, to be sure, but they were without doubt forcing themselves! The hidden Yu family's disciple was holding on thanks to the peculiar nature of his method and the depth of his strength!
The hidden You family's disciple, meanwhile, had taken a great many qi-restoring pills before the contest—that was how he had lasted this long!
Even so, compared with Wei Zhao, the Fire Wolf Gang disciple, and the Golden Bell Sect disciple, they still fell far short!
"I cannot go on... I concede!" The Yu family disciple finally broke, dashing out of the formation and gulping down air in great gasps. Plainly he had reached his absolute limit and could endure no more!
Elder Yu sighed. It seemed second and third place were out of the question as well! Only four contestants remained now, and the competition would only grow fiercer. No one wanted to be eliminated, so of course everyone was holding on. The hidden You family's disciple was drenched in sweat, and the Golden Bell Sect disciple was scarcely any better!
Though what he cultivated was the Golden Bell Shield technique, given his age and level of cultivation, he simply could not withstand Heaven-rank pressure for so long—so he too was beginning to falter!
Look again at Wei Zhao and the Fire Wolf Gang disciple: both sat cross-legged without the slightest sign of distress, as though wholly unaffected—as if resting on ordinary open ground rather than inside a formation!
And so the Golden Bell Sect disciple was waiting on the hidden You family disciple. He was not contending for first, nor for second—he wanted only third! So long as he outlasted that You family disciple, he would be third!
The hidden You family disciple had the same thought. He could not match Wei Zhao or the Fire Wolf Gang disciple, but he reckoned the Golden Bell Sect disciple must be struggling too—and so he gritted his teeth and held on... (To be continued.)