Chapter 584 - The Scum Is Flustered

Cheng Sheng helplessly sighed. "See? Only facing more adversity will they temper themselves more..." He spoke. "And also become smarter." He added and smiled.

"Indeed. The participants have become smarter." Zheng Yi nodded in satisfaction as they watched each group realize their mistakes and adjust their plans.

… or that they are too familiar with Cheng Sheng as his nephews or fellow Xinfaxian Sect people, or as his fans, they idolize him very much thus they should have studied the way he thinks. The other elders thought.

Fan Wen coughed seeing the frozen smiles on the other elders' faces. He helplessly smiled. As Cheng Sheng's master, it is really hard to dote on him and at the same time scold him because he is digging pits for other people.

"Then… does this mean that they are safe?" Jing Hei asked.

"Of course…" Cheng Sheng answered.

Everyone was about to sigh in relief when they heard Cheng Sheng spoke.

"… not!" Cheng Sheng continued with a wide grin.

Everyone froze on their seats. "…" as expected, he doesn't place just one pit! They thought.

Fei Yin smiled and stared at Cheng Sheng's evil grin. He felt as if his heart was scratched by a cat's paw. He wanted to kiss that smirk on his beloved's red lips. But, since they are still in public, he gathered all his will to hold himself back.

Fan Wen who was the nearest and saw Fei Yin's burning gaze on Cheng Sheng, as if he is about to pounce on Cheng Sheng. "…" my god! My youngest disciple is a pitting troublemaker and my eldest disciple is indulgent towards his youngest disciple because he desires him! What should I do?! He thought and cried in his heart.

Fortunately, the others didn't see Fei Yin's behavior this time as they are very worried of their disciples. They know how lethal Cheng Sheng's traps are, as they all have experienced them first-hand. They inwardly cried and continued to light up candles for their disciples in advance.

…

"Oh, my god! Why is he so hell-bent in chasing us!" Tang Li asked as he ran in panic and almost tripped from a protruding root of an old tree. Well, actually, it was fortunately that his figure staggered because it made him barely dodge xiao Ling's attack.

Xiao Ling knows that he is the most vulnerable among them three. Not because he is physically the weakest, but actually mentally weakest. Although he is physically stronger than Li Yan and Fei Yinzi, his mind is weak and he easily panic, just like right now. On the other hand, Li Yan is cool-headed. Meanwhile, Fei Yinzi is the calmest as he is familiar with their opponent, and the opponent's master.

Thus, although Tang Li was lucky just now to coincidentally dodge xiao Ling's attack, he is still unlucky since xiao Ling locked him as his target after xiao Ling saw how calm Li Yan and Fei Yinzi are. The two had their guards up against him but Tang Li doesn't because he easily panics.

Thus, the audience saw that one of the three were chased by xiao Ling while the other two protects Tang Li.

…

Xiao Bao saw that Wen Yan's and Zhu Xi's defense is impenetrable when he tried to target Cui Xiao. Surprisingly, Cui Xiao is very calm as if she had already expected that she will be targeted since she is the weakest physically. But, instead of cowering, she actually boldly attacked xiao Bao. And each attack is very lethal.

Xiao Bao knows that it was Cheng Sheng who taught Cui Xiao tactics thus he almost had a hard time avoiding Cui Xiao's tricky attacks. As expected of Cheng Sheng. Only he can make one feel trapped. Fortunately, xiao Bao has his master's memories on him and his master's flexible skills were passed on him so he managed to dodge all of Cui Xiao's attacks.

Only Fei Yin knows Cheng Sheng the most like the back of his hand. Thus, xiao Bao resumed dodging.

"There is something wrong." Zhu Xi spoke as they hid from xiao Bao.

"Yes… I can feel it, too, though I can't put a finger on it." Wen Yan frowned.

"Is it because xiao Bao is still attacking us?" Cui Xiao asked.

They both looked at her.

"I felt it contradictory earlier. Xiao Bao and xiao Ling shouldn't attack us if we won't attack them." she spoke.

Wen Yan and Zhu Xi nodded. "Indeed, it is this that we thought of earlier." Wen Yan spoke.

"Then, why would we attack them? We already know the disparity of the strength between us." She said. "This is just seeking death if we attack them in our own initiative." She explained.

"You are right…" Zhu Xi muttered.

"Also… we aren't attacking xiao Bao but just defending against his attacks." She continued. "Yet, xiao Bao kept attacking us still." She told them.

Wen Yan frowned since he also noticed this. "There really is something wrong." He said. "But, I feel that we have got the right answer earlier. It is just that…" he muttered.

"We lack something?" Zhu Xi spoke.

Wen Yan looked at him and nodded. "There should be another condition." He said.

Xiao Bao, who heard them secretly talking, felt bored and decided to go 'hunt' the other participants. Cui Xiao's attacks are also very tricky. Cheng Sheng really taught her very well, including his nasty tricks. Cui Xiao will definitely become more frightening in the future.

…

Wen Yan's group is right. The audience really saw that even if the participants were only defending themselves, xiao Bao still continued to attack them. This made them all puzzled, especially the participants who thought that they have figured out the conditions of xiao Bao and xiao Ling attacking them.

The Shanliangde Sect's, including Wu Tie's and Jin Yu's, faces are very dark after they turned disheveled and even had some soot on their clothes after xiao Bao attacked them with fire balls through spells. This made Fei Luo's face turned green because he is a mysophobe. He had endured it every day but he thinks that if this continues, he would really lose it!

Wu Tie and Jin Yu aren't better. Xiao Bao is really ruthless with his attacks. Although he looked silent, his attacks are actually scarily accurate and lethal. Not only did everyone become passive because they only defended themselves, they also still lose points!

Chen Yu, Qian Meng and He Shun almost has a psychological shadow due to what happened. Not only they were badly beaten up by xiao Bao, they also lost points! This is just like xiao Bao slapping them all awake from their fantasy!

Where did things go wrong?! This question was asked not only by the participants, but also by the audience, the sect leaders, the elders and the Righteous Alliance who are watching. But, the two people who are responsible for this – Zheng Yi and Cheng Sheng, are just silent, but also grinning widely as if they are long-time partners in crime.

"Cheng-shidi. The participants' guess before should be right… right?" Li Tian asked. "Did they do something wrong so the situation remained the same?" he added. He looked at Su Yi, who is extremely smart, frowning.

This indicates that he encountered a big problem. Indeed, their guess was very logical. But, their situation still didn't change. Then, that meant that either something had gone wrong in their steps or that they is another unfulfilled condition that is waiting for them to discover it.

Since it is Cheng Sheng, then… they felt that it is both. Thinking this, everyone's faces darkened. Just how deep is the pit that Cheng Sheng had dug for the participants this time?! they thought and looked at his grinning face that looked like is asking to be punched.

Fei Yin immediately pulled Cheng Sheng towards him.

Cheng Sheng coughed. "Yes, Li-shixiong. Their guess before is right." He answered.

"Then, what did go wrong this time?" Xi Ming asked.

"The participants should have followed their guess. Since you said their guess is right, then, their situation should have changed." Jing Cheng spoke.

"Yes… it should have." Cheng Sheng mysteriously smiled.

Everyone felt the hairs on their body rose at their ends. "…" dang it. 'should have'?! Then, something really had gone wrong?! But where?! Why didn't they see it?! They all thought, feeling puzzled.

"Yiyi…" Jing Bai called Zheng Yi. Jing Kang and Jing Hei, including Qian Lin, Shu Mu, and the Huakai Sect elders looked at Zheng Yi, waiting for his answer.

"No." Zheng Yi laughed.

Jing Hei and the others. "…" well, this now confirms that you have been turned black as your clothes by Cheng Sheng! They thought.

Jing Bai. "…" wuwuwu. My Yiyi is not the same Yiyi I knew! He inwardly cried.

"Junior Cheng… could it be their operation?" Sun Yi spoke.

Everyone sharply turned to him.

"That's right!" Chen Han exclaimed as he watched the battle between xiao Ling, and Fei Yinzi, Tang Li and Li Yan.. "The problem should lie on their defense!" he said.