166: All-in bet failed, two rounds of losses for the retail investors.

After speaking, he took out a Magical Artifact and charged forward to kill.

With the first battle over, Xu Xiaobai was too lazy to slowly respond to the subsequent challenges.

So, she didn't even plan to act anymore and decided to crush them with full force.

In any case, there were Martial Ancestor experts watching, so no one would be killed.

“Saint Weapon, Awaken!”

Pinching a spell gesture, the ten-meter-long blade in her hand suddenly transformed.

Majestic Saint Might swept out like a surging tidal wave.

The reason a Saint Weapon was called a Saint Weapon was that it was a Magical Artifact at the Martial Saint level, and only a Martial Saint could unleash its true power.

The same weapon in the hands of an adult versus an infant were two completely different concepts.

But Xu Xiaobai cheated openly, directly activating the heavenly dao origin to revive the slumbering Saint Weapon.

A Complete Form Saint Weapon!

With a swing of the ten-meter blade, the Saint Might shook the heavens and earth.

“How are we supposed to play this?”

Fifteen minutes later, the Saint of the Dark Abyss Demon Sect rolled his eyes, foamed at the mouth, and collapsed.

“Carry him away, next.”

Xu Xiaobai glanced indifferently at the burly man on the ground and waited for the next challenger.

Several Xu Family experts quickly stepped forward with a stretcher, huffing and puffing as they carried him away.

Afterward, more Xu Family experts came to repair the arena.

After every challenge, the arena was severely damaged.

However, the Xu Family had a large number of Martial Emperor level Cultivators; repairing a mere arena was something they could do with a wave of their hands.

“I am Lin Feng, the Young Lord of Dragon Abyss Pavilion! Eldest Miss, please grant me your guidance.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he gripped a Heaven Rank Low Grade longsword and leaped onto the arena.

“Ding—”

“Qiang—”

The sound of clashing metal rang out across the arena once more.

Faced with the awakened Saint Weapon and the Ethereal Saint Physique (Gengshi Saint Physique), they fought with despair.

They were completely crushed in close combat, and all long-range methods and techniques were rendered useless.

But in order not to waste Spirit Stones, even if the opponent had a Saint Weapon, they had to try and bash their heads against it.

The result was obvious: they were slaughtered by the Complete Form Saint Weapon.

Before long, Lin Feng also fell.

“Carry him away, next!”

After a brief pause, another man stepped up, looking serious and very cautious.

“I am Fang Xiong, the Forty-Seventh Prince of the Painting Studio Imperial Dynasty. I have come to seek guidance!”

“Eldest Miss, you are simply relying on the advantage of your innate Saint Weapon.”

“If you have the ability, don't use the Saint Weapon and fight me fair and square.”

Opposite him, Xu Xiaobai heard this and thought it made some sense.

So she agreed to his request, put away the Saint Weapon, and used only a Heaven Rank Low Grade longsword.

“Please guide me!”

With that, he raised his precious sword, leaped forward, and swung with all his gathered strength!

Xu Xiaobai's gaze narrowed slightly as her figure flickered to dodge the strike, immediately closing the distance.

Following that, she suddenly raised her leg and kicked him hard.

Before this blow landed, five spiritual shields quickly lit up on Fang Xiong's body, the outermost one being reddish-brown.

Each spiritual shield represented a Heaven Rank defensive Magical Artifact, and that reddish-brown shield even had the strength of the Heaven Rank Medium Grade.

These four Heaven Rank Low Grade defensive Magical Artifacts and one Heaven Rank Medium Grade artifact were the source of his confidence to challenge her!

With so many shields, can you really one-shot me?

When the five Heaven Rank Magical Artifacts appeared, an uproar broke out in the spectator stands of the martial arts arena.

“He’s actually so rich!”

“As expected of a grand Imperial Dynasty!”

...His logic was sound, but he couldn't withstand the fact that Xu Xiaobai was using a cracked version.

Driven by the heavenly dao origin, in the blink of an eye, her cultivation suddenly surged.

In that instant, her cultivation directly approached the Martial Ancestor realm!

With a bang, a leg swept across.

The five layers of spiritual shields shattered one after another, and the attack landed heavily on Fang Xiong.

With a crack, a terrifying force hit him.

“Ah—”

Fang Xiong cried out in pain as his entire body was sent flying, crashing against the defensive Formation of the martial arts arena.

With another thud, he fell unconscious.

“Acting cool in front of me? I'll make you fly.”

In the time that followed, more challengers continued to step forward.

But their final result was always the same: being utterly dominated.

The entire Martial Arts Contest for Marriage lasted for ten days, with ten challengers every day.

Until the afternoon of the final day, Xu Xiaobai remained completely unharmed, with only her clothes slightly dusty.

“The Xu Family of Tianran Prefecture announces that this Martial Arts Contest for Marriage has concluded.”

“Successful challengers: None!”

As soon as this news came out, the dozen or so prefectures were in an uproar.

After all, Xu Xiaobai was the sole victor.

Moreover, she had defeated over a hundred powerful opponents! Such ability was simply shocking!

...“Hahaha, our Xu Family is truly too amazing!”

Above the martial arts arena, the Great Halberd Ox King had been present to watch the battles for all ten days.

He admitted that at the beginning, he had indeed been secretly sweating.

But as the battles unfolded, his initial worry had turned into shock, and finally, he became completely numb.

After the fighting ended, recordings of each battle were released.

Even some old monsters couldn't sit still and used various means to see if they could bring the Xu Family under their control!

But unfortunately, in the face of the Great Halberd Ox King, all their efforts came to naught.

Although the Xu Family's foundation couldn't compare to those great powers with thousands of years of history, as a fellow Martial Ancestor Late Stage expert, the Great Halberd Ox King's strength was right there, and they didn't want to sour their relationship.

Faced with this marriage recruitment competition, many heads of great powers lamented with regret.

Countless people saw their hair turn white overnight; they couldn't understand how this Eldest Miss Xu could be so Heaven-Defying.

But once they thought about the circumstances of her birth, everything became perfectly reasonable.

In the history of the Xuanhuan Lower Realm, although Prodigies of this level were few and far between, they weren't non-existent... Inside the Nine Nether Holy Land, the Nine Nether Holy Master was furious.

Of course, he wasn't angry at his own Saint or Xu Xiaobai.

Rather, he was angry at the rules.

These bullshit rules—why could only male Cultivators challenge a woman's marriage recruitment?

Was woman-on-woman not allowed?

One must know, their Nine Nether Holy Land didn't just have a legendary Saint, but also a legendary Saintess!

This Saintess was even more powerful, had even greater talent, and also possessed a Saint Physique.

If she had been the one to go and challenge, then everything would have turned out fine.

There were many others who shared the same thoughts as the Nine Nether Holy Master, as their organizations also had exceptionally talented female Cultivators.

Who says women are inferior to men?

Didn't you see Xu Xiaobai beating those Prodigy male Cultivators from over a dozen prefectures until they lost their tempers?

Especially those Saintesses and Goddesses; looking at the battle reports, they all turned their noses up at the male Cultivators.

Unfortunately, this marriage recruitment only allowed male Cultivators to participate.

Otherwise, if they had gone up to challenge, they would have definitely brought this Eldest Miss Xu back to their own organizations!

...On the other side, Xu Xiaobai finished harvesting a wave of leeks.

Fifty million Spirit Stones came rolling in, giving her a massive boost of energy.

She was just about to tally her gains when Yang Ming came to the White Jade Palace again to offer a new plan... The powerful younger generation within the dozen or so prefectures had all suffered crushing defeats.

However, just when everyone was despondent, the Xu Family released another important piece of news:

Although the male challengers had all failed, in the spirit of equality between men and women, and after deliberation by the Eldest Miss, the Xu Family announced that they would open another session specifically for female Cultivators.

The requirements for the challenge were the same as for the men.

One needed to purchase a challenge token, and there were also a total of one hundred tokens.

It was still first-come, first-served for the highest bidders!

As long as one won the challenge, they could immediately take the Eldest Miss Xu back to their own organization!

In addition, they could also receive a reward of thirty million Spirit Stones prepared by the Xu Family.

Upon hearing this, those heads of organizations all gritted their teeth.

What else could they do?

They had already invested so much in the early stages, what else could they do?

All-in!!!

As long as their Disciples won, everything would be fine!

And then, there was the same auction and the same challenge competition.

As it turned out, the results of the female-only session were no exception; all of them failed.

Countless Saintesses and Goddesses were all utterly defeated by the ten-meter blade.

“This is bad, Old Ancestor! / Sect Master! / Holy Master!”

“The Sect's warehouse is empty; we won't be able to afford the monthly stipends for the Disciples next month.”

Upon hearing this, the heads of the various great powers all fainted on the spot...