That’s definitely his intention! Chen Xi instantly made this evaluation.

If he were to lose in the 1st round, then there would be nothing further to say.

But if he were to win in the 1st round, then Chen Daoyuan and the others would definitely be able to obtain a clear evaluation of his combat strength through the battles that he fought.

In that way, they could adopt strategies against him when they fought him during the 2nd round!

Chen Xi even guessed that Chen Daoyuan, Chen Qiushui, and Chen Xiaoyun would definitely be the last to ascend the arena during the 1st round. In that way, they could conceal even more strength to deal with the 2nd round of the competition!

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The facts of the situation were exactly as Chen Xi had deduced. If one observed the situation in the 1st round of the competition, it wasn’t difficult to notice that the dangers Chen Xi faced were roughly divided into 2 types.

The 1st type was his opponents that would ascend the combat arena during the 1st round. Chen Xi would have to face challenges from the other 3 experts in his group, and he wouldn’t have any time to recuperate and recover in between battles!

That was no different than allowing his enemies to fight him in succession in order to weaken...