Challenging a person wasn't a child's play. If one lost the battle, it was highly possible that they would also lose their life, based on the what the other disciples said.
Li Yunmu already knew that the masters of the top ten houses weren't a bunch of soft-hearted people. Moreover, they were all veterans who had stepped on many corpses to reach their current position.
Even the disparity between the strength of room number ten and room number eleven was very large. Hei Mianshen, who occupied room number ten, represented a terrifying horror for everyone excluding the masters of the first nine houses.
Almost no one was optimistic about Ma Wang's chances in this battle, even if there was only a difference of four ranks between them.
And sure enough, Ma Wang lost and died in the end. His both eyes were still wide open when his head flew into air and he became aware that he had lost.
Hey, Darkgem is starting university abroad next week, so she's gonna be busy and unable to edit. Until her schedule clears up, the updates will be sporadic or sometimes missing. Most of them, however, should be released later since I'll be translating in the meantime.