When the next morning came, it was time for everyone to head back to the arena.
But this time, there were far more guards that were stationed in the arena compared to before.
After that incident yesterday, the organizers had completely buffed up the security of the arena.
There were guards that were scattered through the crowd and to those with sharp eyes, they could see the hidden guards that were sitting among the audience. These were people that were skilled in hiding their abilities and would strike at the right time.
At the same time, for those stronger cultivators, they were also able to see the arrays that had been laid down. These were different arrays with different effects that were placed all around the arena.
Some were used for tracking, some were used for surveillance, some were used for defense, and there were even arrays for attacking.
It was clear that the organizers were taking this very seriously.
But to the normal audience, none of that mattered.
What mattered to these people was the fight that was about to happen.
Since the last fight of the day had been interrupted by the incident, they were currently holding this battle before the drawing of the next round. That was why the arena had opened so early in the morning.
The crowd was filled with tension as they waited for the start of the battle, that included Lin Fan and Mu Bao Bao who were also sitting there in the crowd. However, the two of them were tense for another reason.
Since that person who had left the Love Sect had made a move, they knew that something was going to happen again. Otherwise, they wouldn't have taken the risk to send that retreat warning last night.
It was very likely that something was about to happen today.
So they were fully on guard just in case anything seemed off.
Time passed and it was time for the two young masters to come out onto the stage.
When they appeared, there were cheers that rang out through the arena.
The two young masters had smiles on their faces, but they seemed forced compared to last time.
That was because after letting their guard down and allowing the incident to happen without being able to find the culprit, they had been scolded by their respective sects for being careless.
At the same time, they had received punishments that would be dealt out when they went back to the sect.
So there was no bright future waiting for them…that is unless they won.
The elders of both their sects had given them the condition that if they were to win against their opponent in this match, they would be open to the prospects of reducing the punishment.
And on the off chance that they lost the match…their punishment would be doubled or even tripled.
It all depended on their performance.
So under those forced smiles, there was still determination.
Both of these young masters were completely filled with the thought of going all out against their opponent. They were prepared to use trump cards that they had been planning on saving yesterday.
After all, even if they won, they would still have to face opponents in the next round. They had been planning to save those trump cards to use against the opponents in the next round.
But none of that matter now as they had been driven into a corner by the elders of the sect.
As soon as the referee started the match, there was a powerful aura that came from the stage.
Both of them were surrounded by spiritual energy that was much greater than anything that they had shown previously.
It was clear that both of them were intending to finish this in a single move.
Seeing this, the organizers couldn't help revealing bitter smiles.
If the young masters were to go all out like this, there was no doubt that they would cause damage to the arena…Even if they had improved the arena, they knew that it was impossible to guard against the full power attacks of these seeded contestants.
So the only thing that the organizers could do was…buff up the barrier around the arena.
At the very least, they couldn't let the audience be hurt over this.
As for the audience themselves, there was a hushed silence that fell over them.
All of the audience members watched with excited looks in their eyes.
Even if they weren't cultivators that could sense how strong the spiritual energy gathered around the two young masters was, they could feel the feeling in the air that told them that this was going to be an all out clash.
This was something that they would never get a chance to see, so of course the audience members were excited.
After they had finished gathering their spiritual energy, both of them suddenly brought their hands forward.
Young Master Tai condensed many different balls of flames in front of him while Young Master He created many flowing streams of water around him.
After this display though, neither of them attacked the other side with what they had condensed. Instead, it looked like both of them were about to focus on releasing a final attack.
The many balls of flames that Young Master Tai gathered suddenly came together as one in front of him. As the balls of flames came together, they became bigger and bigger until there was a giant ball of flame in front of him.
However, that giant ball of flame didn't stay that size as it quickly began to shrink after being gathered.
On the other side,Young Master He's gathered streams of water came together to form a single stream of water. This single stream of water then gathered around Young Master He's sword, creating a flowing vortex around it.
When this was all done, both Young Master Tai and Young Master He faced each other.
Now that they had finished preparing, there was no hesitation at all as the two of them threw their attacks at each other.
When the ball of flames and the sword covered in the vortex of water clashed against each other, there was a powerful shockwave that was released.
It was a good thing that the organizers had strengthened the barrier around the arena or else the audience would have been affected by it. It had been strengthened to the point where it was able to barely contain the shockwave, as cracks started forming in it.
Seeing this, the organizers quickly had more people work on the barrier to keep it from breaking.
There was a moment of equilibrium that appeared between the two young masters as neither side could push the other side back. They just stayed there as neither one of them would back down.
In fact, seeing that their clash had come out evenly, the two young masters suddenly started shouting as they gathered even more spiritual energy. The shockwave that came from the clash became even stronger.
Seeing this, the organizers all revealed bitter smiles before sending even more people to power up the barrier.
It was a fine balance, but they were able to strengthen the barrier enough that it contained the shockwave. That is as long as the shockwave coming from the center didn't get any stronger.
Luckily for them, it didn't since the equilibrium that had been formed wasn't able to maintain itself.
Eventually, the two sides collapsed together in the center.
The gathered water spiritual energy and fire spiritual energy came together, crashing in upon themselves until finally…it ran rampant and ended in an explosion.
This explosion was very bright and powerful, sending both of the young masters flying.
Both of them had shocked looks on their faces and they had tried to do their best to block it, but it was just too strong for them to block.
As they were sent flying, they couldn't help revealing bitter smiles as they looked at their respective opponent with looks of admiration. It was only with a powerful enemy that one would be able to show off their true power.
If the other side wasn't strong enough, they would have collapsed without being able to show all of this power.
After the flames of the explosion disappeared and the dust settled, everyone saw that there was only the referee who was left standing there. The two young masters had been sent flying into the walls of the arena, creating holes in them like Young Master Mo had done yesterday.
Neither of the young masters moved as they just laid there inside of the wall.
There was only silence that followed as everyone waited to see what would happen next.
However, everyone who was watching was disappointed since neither of the young masters made a move. It was almost as if they had lost consciousness and couldn't move anymore.
After waiting for a bit, the referee finally couldn't wait any longer and went over to check the young masters.
He started with Young Master He and when he came over, he couldn't help knitting his brows. He quickly came forward to take a closer look and when he was finished, his brows were knit even more.
The referee wasted no time going over to Young Master Tai and checking him as well.
When he was done, his brows were knitted even more than before.
As he stood there, he really didn't know what to do since…
Both of these young masters had been knocked out from the explosion just now!
Since they were both knocked out, who was he supposed to declare as the winner?
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