Seeing Wu Danhong injured, lying on the ground in a sorry state, Yun Qingwan’s face was full of tension, her expression apologetic. "Senior Sister Wu, I’m sorry, I didn’t do it on purpose, I just wanted to stop your attack!" Yun Qingwan, flustered and at a loss, ran forward, taking Wu Danhong’s hand, wanting to pull her up. "What combat technique did you just use!" Wu Danhong hadn’t yet recovered from being defeated so suddenly, her face showing bewilderment. She stared at Yun Qingwan, her tone carrying a questioning edge. Meanwhile, many in the audience were confused. "What’s going on? Wu Danhong has actually been defeated!" "What just happened? How did Wu Danhong get injured in the blink of an eye!" "In the exchange between the two, Wu Danhong clearly had the upper hand! What exactly did Yun Qingwan do!" Most of the audience looked puzzled. Only Situ Han, Ye Qinghou, and others on the main stand nodded secretly, surprised at heart. Even Yun Qingwan was a bit bewildered; she didn’t know her attack would be so terrifying. It directly sent Wu Danhong, who had two higher cultivation levels than her, flying with one strike. "Senior Sister Wu, I just used Yellow Spirit Palm~" Yun Qingwan blinked her beautiful eyes innocently, her face apologetic, and said: "Please get up... how about we call it a draw and advance together!" It was obvious that Yun Qingwan was the type of girl with a very simple and kind heart. "Yellow Spirit Palm?" Wu Danhong was taken aback but quickly displayed a ferocious look, coldly saying, "Do you take me for a fool? You little fox, your strength is likely all a facade! And you pretend to be pitiful... you can go to hell..." At this moment, while Yun Qingwan was helping her up, Wu Danhong suddenly struck a fierce palm onto the latter’s rib at close range. With a crisp snapping sound, Yun Qingwan’s rib instantly broke, followed by her whole body sliding off and landing at the edge of the arena. Caught off guard, Yun Qingwan was hit and injured. "Senior Sister Wu... you..." Yun Qingwan’s face still showed bewilderment, as she looked up to Wu Danhong, her expression astonished. Wu Danhong didn’t stop, rushing forward to slap Yun Qingwan on the face, angrily shouting: "You little fox, still pretending!" Yun Qingwan was slapped and once again bewildered. But with her injury, she felt that Wu Danhong should have thanked her, rather than the current scenario. Her mind was in chaos, and her body was frozen in place. Ye Lan suddenly stood up, angry, "Wu Danhong is shameless! Qingwan meant well, but she actually launched a vicious sneak attack!" But Lin Tianyee stopped her, shaking his head, "This is just a small setback. In the past, she was overly sheltered by you! If she can’t endure this, how can she be independent in the future?" Hearing this, Ye Lan was taken aback, gritted her teeth, then calmed down. But Yun Qingwan couldn’t stay calm; her face was in disarray, astonished, and she said to Wu Danhong: "Senior Sister Wu, why did you hit me? We can advance together!" Wu Danhong’s face showed a crazed look, and she said fiercely: "You little fox, bastard child, still pretending! As expected of a wild child abandoned and picked up by your parents! Truly good at pretending!" With that, Wu Danhong took advantage of Yun Qingwan’s bewilderment and kicked her back, landing her in the middle of the arena again. Seeing Yun Qingwan already injured, Wu Danhong thought the former had no more fighting power, immediately revealing a sinister and victorious smile, "You little fox, let me see how you beg for mercy!" "Senior Sister Wu, don’t insult my parents! They didn’t abandon me..." Everyone has a bottom line, and when her parents were insulted, Yun Qingwan couldn’t take it, her face showing anger, shouting: "You can insult me, but not my parents!" "Oh? Hit a sore spot? Seems you really are a wild child! Maybe you’re an illegitimate child that your parents abandoned in the wild!" Wu Danhong stepped forward while angrily cursing: "Stand up; aren’t you quite tough? You little fox!" "Don’t insult my parents!" Yun Qingwan’s face was filled with a mix of shame and anger, struggling to stand up. But Wu Danhong grabbed her collar, slapping her face again. However, this time Yun Qingwan was prepared, instinctively blocking Wu Danhong’s attack. "You dare to resist!" Wu Danhong’s face showed ferocity, fiercely tearing, ripping Yun Qingwan’s outer garment apart. With a crisp sound, a jade pendant with the red character "Yun" fell to the ground. Yun Qingwan was anxious, ignoring Wu Danhong, rushing to pick up the jade pendant. But Wu Danhong was one step faster, about to crush the jade pendant under her foot. "Senior Sister Wu, don’t, that’s what my parents left me!" Seeing Wu Danhong about to crush the jade pendant, Yun Qingwan panicked, her tone pleading, "Senior Sister Wu, please, don’t destroy it, I’ll forfeit this match!" "Little wretch, asking for mercy now? Too late!" Wu Danhong sneered, and with a crunching sound, stomped the Jade Pendant to pieces. Yun Qingwan, who had originally intended to rush over, looked at the Jade Pendant, now turned to dust on the ground, in disbelief. After a long pause, Yun Qingwan finally raised her head, looking at Wu Danhong in astonishment. "Why? You wretch! Because you were supposed to be a useless person, yet you dare to climb above us! What do you think you are!" Wu Danhong wore a sinister expression, shouting, "In our eyes, you’re practically like dog shi on the roadside! Do you think you’re like us in our eyes? You wretch! Bastard! Your disgraceful parents abandoned you, and you still have the face to stand equal with us? Ridiculous!" Wu Danhong’s dissatisfaction and imbalance completely erupted, her words were extremely unpleasant. And below the stands. Everyone followed suit, making an uproar. Thɪs chapter is updated by novel✶fire.net "Useless bastard, get off the stage!" Many people shouted loudly. To them, seeing someone they had always ridiculed and stepped on suddenly rise above them was unbearable. "Useless? Dog shi? Bastard?..." Yun Qingwan was in a daze; she hadn’t expected Wu Danhong to see her this way nor that her peers would hate her so much. She previously thought they only ridiculed her for being slow-witted. In the past, she hadn’t been able to improve her cultivation and felt she was stupid, believing the ridicule was due to her shortcomings! But now she realized, the ridicule and insults were simply a way to satisfy their own psychology by humiliating the weak. "Second Master was right, cultivation is a law of the jungle! If this weren’t a sparring match, Wu Danhong might do more than humiliate me, more than crush my parents’ Jade Pendant, she might... kill me!" Yun Qingwan murmured secretly, and after a while, she suddenly raised her head. Her confused and aggrieved face turned icy cold, she glared fiercely at Wu Danhong, "Wu Danhong, I gave you a chance! And others, I didn’t want to compete with them... but my Second Master was right, this is a path of life and death!" "Little wretch, you’re still stubborn!" Wu Danhong stepped forward again, intending to slap her. But Yun Qingwan suddenly became incredibly calm; with a swift step, her hand charged with violent True Qi, she slammed Wu Danhong with full force, sending her flying off the platform. A muffled sound echoed, the ground exploded into a big pit, Wu Danhong was covered in wounds, coughing blood violently. Below the stands, everyone was stunned. Huang Jiannsheng at the side of the platform paused and then shouted loudly. "Defeated, Wu Danhong actually lost!" "Wasn’t Yun Qingwan’s strike a sneak attack just now?" "Oh my, it was too fast, what happened?" "Wu Danhong was careless! Talked too much nonsense, and ended up being outwitted! She should have knocked her off the stage long ago..." Many people didn’t clearly see Yun Qingwan’s move because their focus was almost entirely on Wu Danhong. Therefore, they all thought Yun Qingwan won by a sneak attack. But regardless, Yun Qingwan advanced from the first battle of the first round. Yet Yun Qingwan’s face remained cold, she said nothing, silently picking up the shattered Jade Pendant from the ground, putting it back in her pocket, then quietly returned to Lin Tian’s side. Ye Lan looked distressed, wanting to comfort Yun Qingwan, but the latter shook her head. Lin Tian nodded satisfactorily and said, "Well done! You must understand when to show mercy and when to be decisive and ruthless!" "Second Master, I know!" Yun Qingwan nodded and replied softly. At this moment, she seemed to mature a lot instantly. Next, the platform draw battles continued. For an hour, the first round ended. From two hundred contestants, it narrowed down to one hundred, continuing to draw lots for the top fifty, top twenty-five, top fifteen, and top ten. In the second round, Yun Qingwan coincidentally met Jia Fucheng. "Your sneak attack methods were pretty clever just now! Pretending to be weak, showing weakness to the enemy..." On the platform, Jia Fucheng didn’t waste words like Wu Danhong, after a cold sneer, he directly launched a palm attack. But Yun Qingwan was even more direct, her Yellow Spirit Palm soared like a rainbow, sweeping Jia Fucheng off the platform. Thus, the top fifty of the East Continent Martial Arts Gathering were determined, all successfully entering Sword Saint Mountain. But up next was the fight for rankings, a highly tempting contest both for fame and rewards. During the third round, Yun Qingwan again crushed her opponent, rendering one of his arms completely useless. At this moment, everyone realized that Yun Qingwan didn’t perform a sneak attack on Wu Danhong earlier but truly overpowered her opponent with actual strength. With the end of the third round, only the top fifteen remained. Including Yun Qingwan. Those who had previously ridiculed Yun Qingwan and the younger disciples looked at her with awe, their eyes shifting from disdain and annoyance to deep respect.