The consequences of Li Ziqi not participating in the competition were quite critical.
The exam this batch had produced some pretty good newbies. They had been prepared to measure themselves against Li Ziqi, but they didn't know that she decided not to continue.
And because of this, after some consideration, two-thirds of the examinees also chose not to continue.
There was no solution to it. Li Ziqi had broken the record and even defeated Secondary Saint Zhou's beloved genius grandson. If she stopped participating, it meant that the weightage of the number one rank would be greatly reduced.
Even if everyone fought to the death to vie for the championship, they wouldn't have too much glory. In fact, they might even suffer as the gains did not make up for the losses.
They were also afraid of getting injured.