# Chapter 1800: Admitting Defeat
"Life and death contract, binding life and death. The battle is not over yet. Are you all trying to interfere?" Lin Feng said indifferently, his tone carrying a hint of coldness.
"I've said this battle can be considered a draw. Both of you are rare geniuses. Why must you fight to the death? It would be a great loss to the academy as well. I hope you will cease hostilities." That person's gaze was sharp, his voice calm and peaceful. After all, he was not supposed to interfere in this battle, but they did not want Ji Wuyou to continue fighting.
"I can kill him." Ji Wuyou seemed to mutter, his cold gleam extremely sharp. Another person beside him said to Ji Wuyou, "I know you have secret techniques, but why engage in a battle that will harm both sides?"
Then he transmitted a message: "Even if you defeat him, what then? How long will it take you to recover your cultivation time?"
Upon hearing this transmission, Ji Wuyou fell silent. Then that person continued, "Moreover, even so, you don't know if he also has hidden cards. Harming both sides will do you no good. Only by diligently cultivating and fighting again next time can you be sure of victory, unless you don't believe in your own strength."
After hearing these words, Ji Wuyou fell silent, and the violent look in his pupils gradually recovered somewhat. Indeed, if he used his hidden cards now to deal with Lin Feng, it would be quite unworthy. He could wait for another opportunity to fight.
"Today, I will spare his life." Ji Wuyou said coldly.
This caused Lin Feng's eyebrows to raise slightly, revealing an amused expression. He said indifferently, "A defeated general dares to say he will spare my life. How ridiculous. Continue the battle."
"Lin Feng." That person from the Moon Sect looked at Lin Feng again and said, "Why must you be so aggressive? If Ji Wuyou uses all his hidden cards, the power will be terrifying, benefiting neither of you. Ceasing hostilities now and calling it a draw is the best outcome."
"Did you not hear him say he will spare my life today?" Lin Feng sneered.
"Just angry words." That person said lightly.
Lin Feng's eyes carried a hint of coldness. He naturally knew that killing Ji Wuyou would do him no good. The Heavenly Terrace would likely find it difficult to move even an inch in the Holy City Central Continent. But this Ji Wuyou was far too arrogant. If he let it go like this, wouldn't it be too easy on him?
"Ceasing hostilities is acceptable." Lin Feng stared at the Moon Sect person and said, "Victory is victory, defeat is defeat. How can there be a draw? Let him admit defeat, and I will stop."
"Admit defeat?" Ji Wuyou's pupils suddenly contracted. Let him admit defeat?
The number one on the Hidden King List: Human List, Ji Wuyou, admitting defeat today would undoubtedly hand over this first seat and acknowledge that he was inferior to Lin Feng.
The two Moon Sect people also frowned slightly. This fellow seemed unwilling to yield at all. Making Ji Wuyou admit defeat was not easy.
"Lin Feng, Ji Wuyou's strength has not been fully displayed. Ending in a draw is good for everyone. Why must you be like this?" The Moon Sect person spoke again. Lin Feng snorted coldly and said, "Then continue the battle. If he refuses to admit defeat, we will determine victory and defeat."
"Boom!" A terrifying aura erupted wildly from Ji Wuyou. Behind him, the Azure Dragon Totem released endless dragon light, dazzling and boundless.
"Ji Wuyou." The Moon Sect person shouted loudly, his palm suddenly landing on Ji Wuyou's body. An oppressive aura instantly bound Ji Wuyou's body, causing his pupils to turn cold. He angrily said, "What are you doing?"
"Ji Wuyou, I promised Ji Shang to look after you. If you use your secret technique, with your current strength, it will take you a year to recover your vitality. That means for a year, you will not be able to make any progress in cultivation. Not to mention how much Lin Feng's strength will soar in that year, even others will likely surpass you. If you ignore your own cultivation progress for the sake of a momentary victory or defeat, then you are not worthy of being compared to your brother."
The Moon Sect person's voice was ice-cold, piercing directly into Ji Wuyou's mind: "Don't forget, many years ago, when the Heavenly God Academy's enfeoffed king Ying Cheng was at your cultivation level, he endured humiliation and eliminated someone whose talent rivaled his. Ying Cheng had also lost back then."
His words caused Ji Wuyou's body to tremble violently, his eyes revealing a painful struggle. Enduring humiliation meant admitting defeat. He, Ji Wuyou, would have to hand over the first seat of the Hidden King List: Human List to Lin Feng.
"Ji Wuyou, don't you even have the courage to admit defeat in one battle? How can you talk about surpassing your brother Ji Shang?" That person shouted again. Ji Wuyou's eyes were bloodshot, his mind still struggling incessantly. Finally, he nodded slightly, his wild pupils staring at Lin Feng as he said, "Today's battle, I will reclaim another day. This battle, I lose!"
After saying these words, Ji Wuyou seemed to have used all his strength. Then his figure rolled, and he directly flashed away from this place. A violent aura still spread through the void, showing how strong the impact of this defeat was on him. Ji Wuyou also understood in his heart that based on that terrifying collision with Lin Feng just now, if he did not use all his hidden cards, he could not destroy Lin Feng. Just as the Moon Sect person said, the cost was too great, too great for him to bear. At their level of talent and strength, one year of time would bring too many changes. He could not afford to waste it.
The crowd stared at the departing figure, feeling somewhat emotional inside. Defeated, Ji Wuyou had ultimately been defeated. He had admitted his defeat in this battle in front of everyone. Just as Lin Feng had said, the first seat of the Hidden King List: Human List would henceforth belong to Lin Feng.
Their gazes turned to Lin Feng's figure on the battle platform. At this moment, Lin Feng was still so calm, standing proudly there, as if this first place on the Hidden King List had long been his for the taking. In today's battle, he had always had the conviction of victory, and in fact, he had achieved it.
"Whoosh!" Figures rolled in one after another. The people of the Heavenly Terrace stepped onto the battle platform one by one, coming to Lin Feng's side. Their sharp eyes and distinct features all revealed an extraordinary temperament. From now on, they would replace the Ji Sect's Star Gate Sect as the kingly sect on the Hidden King List.
On the contrary, at this moment, the people of the Ji Sect's Star Gate Sect all had especially ugly expressions. Ji Wuyou's admission of defeat had caused his Star Gate Sect to lose completely, not a single victory left. It could be said that they had almost no victories at all. Even Ji Wuyou, the number one of the Star Gate Sect, had been defeated by Lin Feng.
"Hmph!" Yuwen Hou snorted coldly, then flicked his sleeves and left. The expression on his face could not be uglier. As the overseer of the Star Gate Sect, seeing it fall to such a state under his watch was undoubtedly a trampling of his face.
The people of the Moon Sect, on the other hand, all had sharp expressions, staring at Lin Feng. The person who had spoken to Lin Feng earlier now had a cold face. Then a cold smile curled at the corner of his mouth as he said, "You really are an interesting person. I give you some face, yet you refuse to yield at all, pressing aggressively. Although you have won this time, don't forget that in the realm of Martial Emperor, you have only just begun. Are you already getting carried away with one victory?"
Lin Feng saw this person's face change so quickly and couldn't help but reveal an amused expression. Just now, this person had spoken to him politely. Because Ji Wuyou and he were on the battle platform, even if this person was from the Moon Sect, he could not forcefully interfere. But now that Ji Wuyou had left and his battle with Lin Feng was over, this person's face immediately changed, his words carrying a rude tone.
"Getting carried away is not the case. As for the battle with the Star Gate Sect, who is right and who is wrong is meaningless to discuss. However, although my Heavenly Terrace is currently starting at the lower-rank Martial Emperor realm, perhaps in a few years, it will no longer be just trampling the Star Gate Sect." Lin Feng responded unceremoniously, causing the other party's eyebrows to rise. He said coldly, "Who else do you want to trample?"
"Within three years, my brothers of the Heavenly Terrace may step onto the battle platform again. Of course, it won't be this battle platform, but the battle platform of the Hidden King List: Earth List." Lin Feng said with a faint smile, causing the pupils of the crowd to contract slightly. Was Lin Feng's words a challenge to the Moon Sect?
"What big talk!" The Moon Sect crowd stepped forward one after another, releasing their auras. A powerful and terrifying aura rolled out, pressing down on Lin Feng and the others, causing the people of the Heavenly Terrace to show angry expressions.
"The Star Gate Sect was just as arrogant back then, and now they are like stray dogs." Tantai said coldly. "In a few years, we'll let you experience the shame of today's Star Gate Sect."
"Ignorant and arrogant." A Moon Sect person said coldly. His palm suddenly trembled, and a rumbling sound rang out. Around Tantai, an earth space suddenly appeared, enveloping him.
Tantai's expression turned cold. He roared, and his fist light shattered the air, blasting out. The earth space shook but did not explode. At that moment, the person's palm trembled again, and the earth space exploded. He sneered and said, "Little fellow, the gap between mid-rank Martial Emperor and lower-rank Martial Emperor is not as simple as you imagine. Don't get too carried away."
"Three years. Within three years, on the battle platform of the Hidden King List: Earth List, I will issue a battle challenge to you all. I hope you will remember." Lin Feng's voice carried a calm meaning, causing the speaker's pupils to condense. The Moon Sect people all stared at Lin Feng. Three years, challenging the Moon Sect? Was this a pipe dream?
"I will remember your words." The leading person smiled faintly, his deep pupils staring at Lin Feng. Three years was simply a fantasy. In three years, they didn't even know how many of them could step into the mid-rank Martial Emperor realm!
"Of course you will remember." Three years was the deadline Lin Feng had set for himself and for the Heavenly Terrace. He had to make the Heavenly Terrace rise in the shortest possible time. And the Moon Sect would be their motivation, a great mountain they would sweep away in three years. After the Moon Sect, it would be the entire Ji Sect. This was his promise to the Heavenly Terrace!