Western Desert, Daotian's Dream Realm.
Young Daotian climbed onto the arena once more.
His appearance left the surrounding clan members dumbfounded.
"What is the meaning of this?"
"How come this despicable brat is wrapped head to toe in bandages?"
"It looks like he's badly hurt!"
There was nothing to be done. Although Young Daotian had managed to refine the Ambush Gu with Fang Yuan's help, the injuries sustained during the refinement process had no means of treatment. So while Young Daotian continued to participate in the minor tournament, he carried grievous wounds.
Young Daotian let out a bitter laugh in his heart.
In truth, he didn't want to keep competing. But Sha Xiao had forced him to continue.
He had no choice but to come and fight.
His opponent this time was the grandson of one of the clan's Elders. Upon seeing Young Daotian's heavily wounded state, the grandson actually took several steps back, staring at him with extreme caution.
"What scheme are you hatching now?" the Elder's grandson barked coldly. "You think wrapping yourself up like you're gravely wounded will make me fall for your trick? You take me far too lightly."
"Indeed. You have to be careful dealing with him — don't let him fool you."
"This show of weakness to the enemy is far too childish. Though given his age, I suppose it's understandable."
"That brat doesn't know a thing. He has almost no real strength — he only made it to the top eight through crooked tricks."
Murmurs rippled through the surrounding crowd.
Young Daotian couldn't help but roll his eyes. He was truly at a loss for words.
The Gu Master presiding over the competition was equally speechless. He possessed detection-type Gu and had long since confirmed that Young Daotian's injuries were severe and genuine.
But because Fang Yuan's earlier performances had been far too cunning, leaving such a deep impression on everyone — even now that Young Daotian was truly hurt, they remained suspicious and unwilling to believe it. The Elder's grandson retreated several more steps, exercising utmost caution!
"In that case..." Young Daotian smiled bitterly. Then suddenly, the corners of his mouth curled slightly, and his gaze and demeanor shifted.
It turned out that during the fight, Fang Yuan had once again taken control of Young Daotian's body.
"Come, let me test this Ambush Gu in real combat." With a thought, Fang Yuan activated this Second Transformation Gu.
A blue infant phantom shot out from Young Daotian's Empty Orifice.
"Wha—" The Elder's grandson cried out in shock. Before he could react, the blue infant phantom had already lunged onto his body.
"Thank heavens I was cautious — I activated my defensive Gu the moment the fight started, leaving no opening for my opponent!" The blue infant phantom was far too fast. The Elder's grandson only managed two syllables, but his mind was already racing with thoughts.
Those thoughts, however, would be his last before losing consciousness.
Pfft.
The next instant, the Elder's grandson spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes wide, filled with utter disbelief.
Then he collapsed to the ground, instantly falling unconscious, unable to rise again.
Fang Yuan won!
The arena fell silent.
Nearly everyone gaped as the blue infant phantom emerged from the Elder's grandson's body, then bounced and hopped back into Young Daotian's Empty Orifice.
"Despicable! He pulled a dirty trick again!"
"What was that thing? It was too fast — I couldn't even see it properly!"
"It looked like a Second Transformation Gu!"
"What exactly was it? All I saw was a blue infant phantom!"
"My gut tells me that blue phantom is no simple matter!"
This time, it wasn't just the ordinary spectators who were shaken — even the Second Transformation Gu Masters were visibly moved.
The debut of the Ambush Gu stunned the entire arena!
In the matches that followed, Young Daotian repeatedly deployed the Ambush Gu.
His fights were clean and decisive — a simple routine: step onto the arena, activate the Ambush Gu, opponent goes down, victory secured.
Young Daotian's advantage was overwhelming, instantly eclipsing all the other competitors.
The crowd was stunned.
Without any surprise, Young Daotian easily claimed first place in the minor tournament. The result left everyone's jaws on the floor.
"He actually had a hidden trump card!"
"That brat was playing dumb the whole time — what a devious, cunning little snake!"
"Exactly. He clearly had this kind of power all along, yet he chose to act like that. But... that only goes to show his true colors."
Even though Young Daotian took first place, his clansmen remained largely dissatisfied.
Having been tormented by Fang Yuan for so long, Young Daotian had won no one's hearts.