"A tie... is still a loss for Xuhan, if you think about it," Xiao Wu said in dissatisfaction.
"If two evenly matched opponents fight to a standstill, that's what you call a tie. How can the imbalanced match-up in this round be treated that way?"
"Shameless! Shameless beyond reason!" Mu Ran gnashed his teeth, watching the Elders arguing among themselves to find a way to discard Kong Ye's forcefully added vote.
Only Xuanyuan Zhou maintained her cool, perhaps still under the effect of her enlightenment.
"A tie wasn't outside Xuhan's expectations. Didn't he tell us right before the duel began? He only feared that the Elders would throw away the entirety of their dignity just to cast nine out of nine votes in Chen Yan's favor."
"...That's true," Xiao Wu muttered. "But the next round is going to be even more skewed in terms of balance.
