Just as Nie Yun said, most of Chang Baifeng's disciples are Sword Cultivators. The duels are bursting with sword light, every move is extremely dangerous, and their killing blows show no mercy at all, which is completely unlike what Shen Hao had imagined before.
"Are they all this ruthless?" Shen Hao had just seen a Primordial Pill Realm Cultivator nearly lose an arm to a fellow disciple, a chunk of flesh torn from his shoulder, and even then he refused to admit defeat, only dragged off after being kicked unconscious.
"Sects cultivate in seclusion most of the time, so disciples gain their combat experience mainly from dueling with fellow sect members. As such, the duels are usually as close to real battle as possible; it's rare to stop at just a touch. Heh, this is the opposite of how duels play out in the secular world, right?"
"Yeah, this is the first time I've seen people get bloodthirsty over dueling. What if someone slips up?"
