Chapter 210

Chapter 210: Flying Cloud Sect Challenges the Guardian Beast

Not everyone was happy for those three sects.

When the Beast Taming Sect saw what happened, they stormed out early and even skipped the awards ceremony.

Shen Dao Chen frowned so hard it looked like he could pinch a fly, and his gaze toward Shen Sang Ruo was full of displeasure. She was already working against the Ninghua Sect and the Flying Cloud Sect, but now she had also teamed up with two other sects to send them all into the Heaven-grade Zone. As the scoreboard showed the three sects’ points shooting up, Shen Dao Chen’s anger rose just as fast. He even began to suspect she had done it on purpose to add two more threats to the Flying Cloud Sect, picking a fight with him at every turn.

Anger faded into worry that spread across his heart. The Flying Cloud Sect was now far behind in points. How could they catch up? In past years of the Sect Grand Tournament, the Flying Cloud Sect always took first place alone. When had they ever been this embarrassed?

[Mu Mu, sigh. So disappointing.]

Even if Shen Dao Chen felt let down by Bai Mu Mu right now, he could only pin his hopes on her.

He looked at the projection of the Flying Cloud Sect team and saw that Bai Mu Mu and the others were also about to reach the border of the Heaven-grade Zone. Sharp-eyed people on the Fengling Terrace noticed too.

Someone whispered on the terrace: “The Flying Cloud Sect has reached the border between the Heaven-grade and Earth-tier zones. Are they going to challenge the Heaven-grade Zone too?”

Another said: “Given their points, if they want to keep the Flying Cloud Sect in first place, they have no choice but to head for the Heaven-grade Zone.”

A third worried aloud: “But they’re the only team around. Is Bai Mu Mu really going to fight a Mid Nascent Soul Stage Guardian Beast with just fourteen people?”

Powerful teams like the Ninghua Sect, the Heavenly Sword Sect, and the Red Desert Jiang Clan had joined forces to challenge the Guardian Beast. In their eyes, the Flying Cloud Sect’s move looked unwise.

Bai Mu Mu looked at the boundary line ahead and raised a strange smile. Through the System, she already knew how Shen Sang Ruo won everyone’s attention with careful planning. It was just showing personal strength, turning the tide at the key moment, and saving the team, right? She could do it even better.

She asked the System: “If you strike and kill the Guardian Beast, will it be judged as outside help?”

[ I exist in the Host’s mind, and I am one with the Host. It does not count as outside help. ]

“That’s fine,” Bai Mu Mu said, lifting her chin as she stared at the border with open disdain. She shouted to the thirteen people behind her, her momentum surging: “Everyone, get ready to defeat the Guardian Beast and enter the Heaven-grade Zone!”

When the words reached the Flying Cloud Sect members, their eyes almost popped out. Their Young Sect Master had to be crazy, right? She had just said they were going to the boundary, so how did it suddenly turn into entering the Heaven-grade Zone? Feng He Yun and the other two stared at Bai Mu Mu, more confused than ever about what she was doing.

Bai Mu Mu swept her eyes across them and said calmly: “Don’t look at me like that. I am the Young Sect Master, and everything I arrange is for the Flying Cloud Sect.”

Facing everyone’s doubtful looks, her expression did not change.

She continued, voice ringing: “Don’t you want to collect more points and bring honor to the Flying Cloud Sect?”

She added, earnest and stirring: “How many years has it been since any sect entered the Heaven-grade Zone? As the top sect, we should be the first team in recent years to step into the Heaven-grade Zone.”

She tempted them further: “Think about that glory. And the Heaven-grade Zone is full of rare materials and treasures. Are you really willing to stop here and not explore it?”

Her words had a way of moving people, and some began to waver. Even so, they still had doubts. A Mid Nascent Soul Stage Demonic Beast was no joke.

One disciple said with a tight face: “Junior Sister Bai, we can barely fight Nascent Soul Early Stage Demonic Beasts, but the Guardian Beast is Mid Nascent Soul Stage.”

Another added anxiously: “Right, Junior Sister Bai. We might not defeat it and could even lose people and points.”

A third started to suggest: “How about we keep searching the Earth-tier Zone instead—”

Bai Mu Mu cut him off sharply, her tone like ice: “Are we of the Flying Cloud Sect the kind who cling to life and fear death? If so, you are unworthy to be disciples of the Flying Cloud Sect. You should leave early.”

The disciple she scolded turned pale, then green, then pale again.

Bai Mu Mu’s voice boomed with confidence: “With this Young Sect Master here, it is only a Mid Nascent Soul Stage Demonic Beast. What is there to fear?”

Everyone in the Flying Cloud Sect had seen her strength before, and their trust in her grew a little.

She declared, strong and sure: “I guarantee I will defeat the Guardian Beast and take you into the Heaven-grade Zone.”

Under her forceful promise and hard line, the Flying Cloud Sect began their attack on the Guardian Beast. Feng He Yun, Wen Xuan, and Luo Chu could not stop it and could only join in.

Exclamations spread across the Fengling Terrace: “They really challenged the Guardian Beast with just their team! That’s some courage. This year’s Sect Grand Tournament is so exciting!”

“In past years the matches were never this intense.”

“This is the boldness of a sect that has held first place for years!”

Shen Dao Chen and Master Ling Xiao finally regained a bit of face. They thought that for Bai Mu Mu to make such a decision, with her personality, she must have thought it through and had full confidence. Shen Sang Ruo had needed help from other sects to defeat the Guardian Beast, but Bai Mu Mu could lead only the Flying Cloud Sect and still win. Anyone could see which one was stronger. In that case, they would not be suppressed by the Ninghua Sect after all.

Cultivators on the Fengling Terrace sat up straighter, eager to watch the Flying Cloud Sect perform.

Then someone hissed and said in confusion: “Why do I feel something is off with the Flying Cloud Sect?”

People soon noticed the team fight was strange. One observer muttered: “Their teamwork isn’t even close to the level of those three sects working together.”

Another frowned: “They have no strategy or plan. Everyone is fighting on their own. It’s pure chaos.”

A third asked: “They stood at the border for so long. Weren’t they discussing tactics?”

In truth, Bai Mu Mu had never arranged how they should work together, and she had no intention of giving orders during the fight. The Flying Cloud Sect members fought the Black-Scaled Wolf with their own skills, their only cooperation coming from years of being together, like a pile of loose sand. If they weren’t a mess, how could she stand out as the savior who rescued the whole team? She also needed them to buy time so the System could collect data on the Black-Scaled Wolf.

Feng He Yun, Wen Xuan, and Luo Chu were the pillars of the team, and most of the pressure fell on them. They were struggling badly, and even they could not hold up the whole team.

Cries rose from the terrace: “Someone from the Flying Cloud Sect was eliminated!”

With a single swipe, the Black-Scaled Wolf smashed a disciple’s token. Exclamations followed in quick succession: “Another one eliminated!”

The Black-Scaled Wolf eliminated six people in a row. The Flying Cloud Sect lost nearly half their team and had only eight left.

Shen Dao Chen’s face grew so dark it could not be described in words.

Someone whispered, frightened: “No way. Is the Flying Cloud Sect going to fall under the Guardian Beast’s claws?”

Bai Mu Mu looked at her team on the brink. The System’s data was done loading. It was time for her to act.

[She would save the team from disaster. As for how they ended up in disaster, do not ask.]