They all have trump cards, true, but one also needs strength to play them. When strength is suppressed, even trump cards lose their edge when deployed.
In the Capital City, within various betting shops, the shopkeepers changed the betting odds for Ling Xi after the fight had ended.
Even the Xing Kui Betting Shop outright closed betting on Ling Xi making it into the top eleven.
Having been completely overshadowed by the Xing Kui Betting Shop in the opening of this grand martial arts competition, the Tongbao Gambling House also closed off betting on Ling Xi for the top eleven positions upon hearing this news.
After these two major betting shops closed off wagers on Ling Xi entering the top eleven, all the other betting houses followed suit, one after another, all discontinuing bets on Ling Xi's ranking.
