"Let's put an end to these tiresome tests. I advise you not to hold back but to use your full strength right from the start! Otherwise, this battle will be far too dull!" Pei Yan said as he entered a mechanical state, warming up his shoulders while kindly reminding.

It was precisely this nonchalant attitude that made Pei Yan's enemies particularly hate him, and Moira was no exception. Seeing the other party treat this match with such disdain, she couldn't help but sneer repeatedly: "Dull? Well, let's see…"

Moira had barely finished her sentence when Pei Yan's figure vanished from where he stood. The next moment, a cold voice appeared behind Moira, mocking her: "I told you to use your full strength right from the start!"

"Damn it!" Moira cursed, her body lunging forward, but it was too late. She heard the sound of a menacing force behind her; Pei Yan's attack was already upon her. There was a dull thud as metal clashed, and the beleaguered Moira used the Spatial Teleportation technique to flee wolfishly. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"Oh?" Looking at the knight before him, Pei Yan remarked with interest, "You actually withstood an attack from me? That's impressive!"

Just now, when Pei Yan flashed behind Moira, his hand blade was about to strike the back of her neck when her body suddenly shone with a burst of white light. A fully armored knight appeared behind her, blocking the attack for her.

Pei Yan was no stranger to such a method of attack. He had seen Lanloste use it in a team match before, a battle that had put Ye Ruozai and his two companions in a dire struggle. Now, someone else using the same trick didn't bring much novelty to Pei Yan, but the feeling during the confrontation was somewhat different from what he experienced in the team match.

"Hm! If I'm not mistaken, this should be a Round Table Knight? Moira, you don't think this alone can stop my offensive, do you?" Pei Yan said, as he condensed a long blade, twirling it nonchalantly in his hand while taunting.

"Pei Yan, you really are arrogant! Take a good look at what's different about the person before you compared to before!" Moira said, taking a step back and clapping her hands. The knight guarding her slowly removed the helmet from his head. When Pei Yan saw the face beneath the helmet, even he, a veteran of many battles, was stunned into silence, shocked.

Even more excited than him were Zheng Jia Ru, Xia Yu, and the others watching from the stands. As they saw the face revealed on the screen, they couldn't help but jump and shout, "Foul! Foul! Isn't this considered cheating?"

The reason for their abnormal reaction was simple: behind the mask was none other than Lanloste, who had once fought against them. Wang Wenze, who had watched the entire match before, cursed, "And the judge isn't doing anything? A two-on-one? This Magic Realm has no shame!"

"Don't make a fuss. No rules are being broken," said Ye Ruozai, who had withdrawn from the ring after the match, standing by the side and saying coldly.

"Old Ye, why are you defending them? This is two against one; isn't it against the rules?" Jiang Feiyang muttered indignantly.

Ye Ruozai sighed as he pointed to the ring, saying helplessly, "Look closely, Pei Yan hasn't said anything. Haven't you noticed? That Lanloste isn't alive! The original owner of this body is dead, leaving only a shell controlled by someone else's soul."

"What?"

"Are you sure?"

Xia Yu and Zheng Jia Ru had already begun to notice some clues, while most others remained skeptical. Zhao Yuanhu stared at what had once been the handsome Lanloste, now marred by a face twisted by hatred, murmuring, "But he doesn't look like a corpse at all. He doesn't have any traits of a zombie. What's the difference between him and a living person?"

"Yeah, even if what you say is true, isn't this against the rules?" Liang Qian chimed in from the side.

Gu Shenghui looked towards the stage, rubbing his chin thoughtfully, "You don't need to doubt it. This Lanloste is indeed dead. As we would say, it's a case of 'borrowing a corpse to return a soul.' Although this method seems unscrupulous, it doesn't violate the competition rules."

Gu Shenghui paused for a moment, shook his head, a bit helpless and sad, "Because in the world of Cultivators, a dead person is no longer considered a person. They're regarded as a kind of spell-casting tool, and that's why we can't accuse them of breaking the rules."

A dead person is no longer considered a person. Upon hearing this, the whole crowd fell silent, and they simultaneously looked at the stage. For some reason, there was a moment of sympathy for the Lanloste standing on the stage, a feeling of melancholy similar to what Gu Shenghui felt.

However, this sympathy was fleeting. After all, more than him, everyone was more concerned about Pei Yan's safety.

"Has the always arrogant Lord Pei Yan forgotten who he is?" On the ring, seeing his maneuver cause Pei Yan a moment of distraction, Moira taunted proudly.

"Sigh!" Having seen through the other's essence, Pei Yan sighed deeply in reflection, "Isn't it just a lost match? Do you have to kill someone and turn them into this? If you lose this match, will the same fate await you? Then I really pity you."

"Stop the pretense! Lanloste ended up like this all because of you. A Round Table Knight's soul shattered; this is unprecedented in the Magic Realm for thousands of years. Mistakes come with consequences! He's already paid with his life to atone for his mistake." Moira said, raising her head to look at Pei Yan provocatively, "The only regret is that the planned opponent from your team was Ye Ruozai. At that time, I would use this body to kill the person who led him to this fate. I think this would fulfill Lanloste's wish. It's a pity that I have to leave this task to Flamel."

"All right, all right! It was just an observation; look how worked up you got! Since you praise him to the skies, let me see what he can do." Moira's words began to irritate Pei Yan. He waved his hand, impatient.

Seeing Pei Yan's attitude, Moira said no more, her body retreating as her fingers traced quickly in the air, casting spells as two Magic Arrays materialized out of thin air. After the light flashed, two more fully armored knights appeared on the stage.

But that was not all. Moira's hands didn't stop. Her fingers pointed and words chanted as three more Magic Arrays quickly condensed. With the flight of three bright orbs from the Magic Arrays into the three puppet bodies, the three previously lifeless knights instantly exuded a different aura, their eyes showing a spark of spirit and vitality.

"Huff!" Lanloste exhaled a long-buried breath, his gradually conscious self raising his head to look at Pei Yan, emitting undisguised killing intent.