Chu Xiaomian was up against Ran Zitong, Du Rou'er faced Yun Haochi, and Xiao Yuze got a bye.
What kind of luck did this Xiao Yuze have to draw a bye!
"So does this Xiao Yuze have no real skills and just got this far by luck?"
"Probably not. When I watched him break the formation, although his speed wasn't very fast, the whole process was quite stable."
"That's not stability. He was just so unskilled that he was slow."
Some people didn't think highly of Xiao Yuze.
Of course, some people started to talk about Chu Xiaomian.
"Chu Xiaomian is from Dr. Feng's side. Before, she always fought against others and never went up against the Hidden Families. This is the first time. I wonder if she'll win."
"Judging from her innocent look, she probably can't outwit the people from the Hidden Families."
It was just that Chu Xiaomian's appearance was so deceptive.
She looked like an innocent and harmless little white flower who knew nothing.
Chu Xiaomian didn't know how these people were talking about her.
But she didn't care.
Since everyone had finished drawing lots, the next round of the competition soon continued.
Of course, except for Xiao Yuze, who got a bye and was waiting on the side.
Ran Zitong gave Chu Xiaomian a provocative look. "I will definitely beat you."
Chu Xiaomian just replied with a nonchalant "oh".
Ran Zitong instantly felt like she had punched the air.
Originally, she was full of confidence and wanted to provoke Chu Xiaomian.
But the other party didn't take it seriously at all.
And she ended up getting so angry that she almost fainted.
"What did Ran Zitong say that made her so angry?"
"Hahaha... I just heard what Ran Zitong said. Chu Xiaomian's reaction was so funny."
"I heard it too. Ran Zitong said she would definitely beat Chu Xiaomian, and Chu Xiaomian just casually replied with an 'oh'."
"Hahaha... Chu Xiaomian is so cute. I suddenly like this little girl." A woman said boldly.
"I like it too. Such a nonchalant reply can make the opponent so angry."
"The people from the Hidden Families are so arrogant. If they want to stay hidden, they should just stay hidden. But they look down on us."
"Exactly. If they look down on us, they shouldn't come out. They want to come out but still look down on us. They're just crazy."
"The people from the Hidden Families should just go back to their own territory."
Everyone was talking heatedly below.
The contestants on the stage were also in full swing.
Ran Zitong was still very angry at first.
Seeing that Chu Xiaomian had calmly started, she quickly got into the state.
Ran Zitong was full of confidence at the beginning.
But soon she found that Chu Xiaomian was normal at first, with a normal speed.
But later, Chu Xiaomian suddenly increased her speed in breaking the formation.
Once she picked up the speed, Ran Zitong couldn't catch up even if she tried her best.
Others also soon noticed this.
Even a hint of surprise flashed in Han Luosu's eyes. "Is Chu Xiaomian so good at formations? I wonder who taught her."
"Me." Feng Yuqin replied calmly.
Han Luosu was stunned for a moment and then reacted. "You?"
However, he soon thought of the incident where the protective formation of the Starfall Hall was broken.
At that time, he was working hard to improve his alchemist level.
So he didn't know about it.
But as soon as he left seclusion, his grandfather told him about it.
Sure enough, geniuses were born to strike others down.
Although he wasn't complacent about his own progress, when he met someone like Feng Yuqin, he still felt a bit defeated.
Just as Han Luosu was in a daze, Chu Xiaomian on the competition stage had already finished.
Chu Xiaomian didn't have so many twists and turns.
Once she got into the state, she just broke the formation directly.
And then... she completed it without any obstacles.
When Ran Zitong heard that Chu Xiaomian had finished, she was stunned.
She stared at Chu Xiaomian and blurted out, "Impossible. How could you finish so quickly?"
Chu Xiaomian still had that infuriating reaction. "Just because you can't doesn't mean others can't."
Ran Zitong: "..."
The other contestants on the stage: "..."
The people watching the competition: "..."
Then, a burst of laughter erupted.
"Hahaha... Chu Xiaomian is really amazing. One sentence can choke the opponent half to death."
"She's also very good at formations."
"I'm more curious about who Chu Xiaomian's formation master is. The one who can teach Chu Xiaomian such amazing formations must be extraordinary."
"I'm curious too."
"Chu Xiaomian is from Dr. Feng's side. So her formation master must also be around Dr. Feng, right?"
"That's hard to say. I heard that Chu Xiaomian is from the Chu Family, one of the former top ten families."
"There used to be only one Chu Family. The head of the Chu Family was... Chu Tianhe?"
"Yes, that's the Chu Family."
"If it's this Chu Family, their ending was quite tragic."
"Yes. A family that was developing well suddenly disappeared. It was so strange."
"Judging from the current situation, is the Chu Family about to rise again?"
"Wasn't Chu You from the Chu Family married into the Wu Family?"
"Then who is Chu Xiaomian?"
"Chu Xiaomian has the surname Chu. Chu Tianhe only had one daughter named Chu You. Could it be that Chu Xiaomian is Chu You's daughter?"
"Probably not. Didn't Chu You marry down to the Wu Family, a family that wasn't even among the top ten families at that time? So is Chu Xiaomian a daughter of the Wu Family?"
Everyone started to guess about Chu Xiaomian's identity.
The competition on the stage was also coming to an end.
Such a competition wouldn't take too long.
After all, there were only three spots.
So when everyone had finished the competition, the Tianxia Alliance let the judges make their judgments and then announced the results.
Undoubtedly, Chu Xiaomian came first.
Whether it was speed or the stability of the formation, Chu Xiaomian was the best.
But among these people, Chu Xiaomian was the youngest.
It was simply a one - sided crushing.
When Du Rou'er heard that Chu Xiaomian came first, her face turned green.
It was so embarrassing.
She never thought that these "country bumpkins" from the Xuanyu Realm would be so good.
It should have been their Hidden Families that were more powerful.
She had compared formations with some young people from the Xuanyu Realm before and thought they were not very good.
But Chu Xiaomian's speed...
Although she didn't compete with Chu Xiaomian directly, she had a feeling that if she went up against Chu Xiaomian's formations, she wouldn't be able to break them faster than Chu Xiaomian.
So the more Du Rou'er thought about it, the darker her face became.
She wanted to be the first, not the second place under Chu Xiaomian.
However, soon the last round came.
In the last round, because Chu Xiaomian came first, she got a bye directly without even having to draw lots.
Then it was Xiao Yuze against Du Rou'er.
Du Rou'er gave Chu Xiaomian a cold look. "After I beat Xiao Yuze later, I'll compete with you. I hope you can still maintain your previous speed."
With such a provocative tone, Chu Xiaomian wasn't angry. She replied with a smile, "I will. But I don't know if you can win."
Du Rou'er: "..."