Chapter 2804
Before Kai could approach, he overheard whispers among the crowd!
“It’s odd today. They say the Flying Sky Sect is incredibly wealthy, yet their Elder showed up at the tournament and is competing with us over such a small wager!”
“It’s true! When I saw that Flying Sky Sect Elder, I thought he was just a beggar. His clothes were so torn, it looked like he had just escaped a fight!”
“Let’s just enjoy the show from a distance. Now that the Feitian Sect Elder is on stage, no one is foolish enough to challenge him. Even if we could beat the Feitian Sect Elder, we have to consider the power of the Feitian Sect behind him.”
“The main issue is that we rely on the Flying Sky Sect’s airships for travel. If we offend them, they could restrict our access, and we’d be left to walk everywhere!”
The crowd murmured quietly, but Kai and his companions could hear everything!
“Could it be that the Elders of the Flying Sky Sect, including Shi Tieqiao, have arrived?”
The Third Elder speculated!
“It’s possible. Let’s go see for ourselves!”
Kai and the others pushed their way through the crowd!
Sure enough, they spotted Shi Tieqiao standing in the ring, his attire indeed in shambles, as if he had just narrowly escaped danger!
At that moment, Shi Tieqiao scanned the crowd and declared, “Thank you all for your kindness. Since no one else is willing to compete, I’ll take bets on this ring …”
Many refrained from challenging him not out of fear of being defeated, but due to the powerful Flying Sky Sect backing him. It wasn’t worth the trouble of offending them for the sake of a small wager!
Shi Tieqiao was left with little choice but to enter the ring to earn some spirit coins, as he and an old woman had been pursued by the Bloodthirsty Thunderhawk, which had caused injury and death among many cultivators. They had barely escaped to Jialing County!
With no money and in desperate need of new clothes, Shi Tieqiao had to win some bets to afford a change of attire and find a place to rest before figuring out how to report back to the Sovereign!
After all, losing three pterodactyls was a serious offense, and neither he nor the old woman had dared to inform the Flying Heaven Clan yet!
Kai watched Shi Tieqiao in the ring and couldn’t help but chuckle; he hadn’t anticipated this guy would escape the Bloodthirsty Thunderhawk!
But his disheveled appearance was truly comical!
Just as Shi Tieqiao was collecting his bets and preparing to leave the ring, a voice suddenly cut through the air.
“Elder Shi, my hands are itching for a challenge! I’d like to spar with you!”
At that moment, Kai stepped forward from the crowd and leaped onto the ring!
Upon seeing Kai, Shi Tieqiao was filled with rage and anxiety, his face twisted in anger!
“Kai, you deceitful scoundrel! How dare you betray us? You won’t escape unscathed!”
Shi Tieqiao ground his teeth as he spoke to Kai!
“That’s your own problem; it has nothing to do with me,”
Kai retorted, a smirk playing on his lips!
“I …” Shi Tieqiao fumed, raising his hand to strike!
But just as he lifted his hand, he lowered it again, realizing he was no match for Kai!
Engaging in a fight would surely lead to his defeat, which would mean losing the bet and embarrassing himself, not to mention bringing shame to the Flying Heaven Sect!
“I have other matters to attend to today, so I won’t fight you. But remember, the Flying Sky Sect will not forget this,”
Shi Tieqiao huffed, turning to exit the ring!
“You can’t leave! I’m in a tournament, and if you exit the ring, it counts as a loss, and you’ll have to forfeit your bet!”
Kai said with a grin!
“I’m not competing against you …” Shi Tieqiao insisted, continuing to walk toward the edge of the ring!
“Whether you compete or not is up to the rules of the ring. You must stay and fight on stage,”
Kai blocked Shi Tieqiao’s exit!
Shi Tieqiao glared at Kai, teeth clenched in frustration, but he knew he couldn’t defeat him, leaving him with no options!
“Kai, you’re only a second-ranked cultivator of the Combined Body realm; you have no place in this ring. I won’t bully the weak, nor will I compete with you,”
Shi Tieqiao argued, trying to invoke the rules of the ring, which was meant for cultivators of the fourth to sixth rank of the Harmony Realm.