Otherwise, Beichen would have lost both the second and third places to the refined saint,. If they were to compete with the top three of East Saint Academy, it would be hard to say whether they would be able to maintain their second place.
Of course, Beichen's strength should not be doubted by the crowd. They would only doubt the refined saint's strength.
After all, this was an academy whose ranking and strength were constantly slipping. In the first two battles, they had indeed lost quite a bit. It was in line with everyone's expectations. Now, someone suddenly appeared out of nowhere and defeated Beichen in second place before they could even see him clearly. It would be difficult to change the South Continent's impression of the refined saint being weak!
The crowd was more inclined to believe that the top three of the refined saint realm might indeed have some strength. If they were ranked lower, they might be a little weaker.