"Benefactor Yu'er, we don't have a rule here about betting your life. You can challenge, and you can set wagers, but perhaps choose a different bet," Liu Kuo said as well.
"Then the loser gets the hell out of the Nine Heavens Peak," Little Yu'er declared.
"That's quite a hefty wager," the crowd murmured.
But Liu Kuo replied, "That one I can agree with."
He then looked toward Jie Tian, his gaze practically screaming: do you dare?
"Xianhai Yu'er, you brought this on yourself." With that, Jie Tian leapt onto the Combat Platform.
He even glanced at Chu Feng: "Chu Feng, don't be in a hurry. I'll deal with this little girl first, then I'll come for you."
Whoosh— But before he even finished speaking, Little Yu'er was already before him, throwing a punch.
The entire Combat Platform immediately trembled violently.
Little Yu'er's fist had struck Jie Tian's defensive barrier.
The power behind the blow was formidable, and the ripples it generated raged wildly within the bounds of the Combat Platform.
Yet the defensive barrier surrounding Jie Tian remained completely unmoved — not a single crack, not the slightest tremor.
"Inverted Battle One Rank!!!" Chu Feng and Xianhai Shaoyu said in unison.
They could both see it. Jie Tian's barrier power was that of the Sovereign Dragon God Robe, which should have been the combat strength of a Half God Tier Eight.
But in reality, it possessed the combat strength of a Half God Tier Nine.
That was precisely why Little Yu'er had been unable to break through the barrier.
"Inverted Battle One Rank — Jie Tian actually has this level of combat strength with the Sovereign Dragon God Robe? That would make him equivalent to a Half God Tier Nine!" the onlookers exclaimed, having overheard Xianhai Shaoyu and Chu Feng. Their perception of Jie Tian shifted entirely.
"I told you, once you left the Primordial Star Sea and lost your Barrier Armor, you were nothing."
"You can't even break through my defenses."
Jie Tian stood in place, looking down at Little Yu'er with contemptuous eyes.
Back in the Primordial Star Sea, it had always gnawed at him, and now he finally had his chance to wash away that humiliation — and in front of everyone, no less, by defeating Little Yu'er.
Little Yu'er said nothing, but the aura around her body began to change. It grew not only more powerful, but from behind her, two pairs of aura wings manifested.
The wings were unusual — they resembled fins, yet were strikingly ornate and beautiful.
In that moment, she truly looked like a fairy.
But the might she radiated was overwhelmingly domineering.
Little Yu'er threw another punch, and Jie Tian's pride — his defensive barrier — immediately shattered.
After those fin-like pairs of wings appeared, Little Yu'er's aura surged once more. Her cultivation had reached Half God Tier Nine.
And the force behind that punch showed no signs of diminishing even after breaking the barrier. It surged straight toward Jie Tian.
Seeing this, Jie Tian's brow furrowed deeply, and he no longer dared to take things lightly. He activated barrier power beneath his feet, which took the form of a swimming dragon, and he rode it to retreat at speed.
Little Yu'er did not pursue. Instead, she settled into a horse stance, clenched her left hand, and a martial force longbow materialized. Her right hand drew back, and a martial force arrow appeared.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh— In an instant, several martial force arrows shot toward Jie Tian in rapid succession.
But the swimming dragon beneath Jie Tian's feet was a special formation with tremendous speed, and it evaded Little Yu'er's arrows one after another.
However, those martial force arrows possessed a homing effect. After missing their mark, they seemed to come alive. Like fish leaping and swimming through the air, they swiftly gave chase after Jie Tian.
"Quite a flexible martial technique."
Although Chu Feng's cultivation had not reached the level of Little Yu'er or Jie Tian, observing from the sidelines — and utilizing his Heavenly Eye — he could still follow the battle clearly.
He had already discerned that Little Yu'er's martial technique was extraordinary, most likely a God Forbidden Martial Technique.
To follow the battle, many of the geniuses had raised their cultivation, whether openly or covertly.
But even so, they had to boost themselves to at least Half God Tier Eight, otherwise they simply couldn't see what was happening.