Familiar Faces
The rest area is very large, with over a thousand seats, divided into separate areas specifically for students from various colleges to rest and wait.
Just as Ferros said, many academies had already arrived. When Lu Yuan and his group entered, there were already quite a few people there, including many familiar faces.
The rest area was much quieter than the outside, partly because there were fewer people, and partly because the quality of Soul Master was generally higher than that of ordinary people.
Although there were occasional sounds of conversation in the rest area, the volume was not loud, and the volume control was quite good, at least it wouldn't disturb others.
Lu Yuan and his group swaggered in without any attempt to hide their presence, and their imposing aura immediately drew the attention of many academies.
Especially Lu Yuan, who was leading the group, had a tall and straight figure, a handsome face, and an otherworldly temperament that made him stand out from the crowd. This caused many female Soul Master to turn their heads to look at him, and Zhu Zhuqing's gaze became much colder.
Feeling the slightly cold gaze from the jealous girl beside him, Lu Yuan couldn't help but smile wryly. It wasn't intentional; she was just too charming.
Sigh, who told him to be handsome at such an age? He was actually a little troubled by his good looks.
Just as Lu Yuan his group entered, some familiar faces also turned their gazes toward them.
In the northwest corner of the rest area, a group of young Soul Master dressed in red Flame Team Uniform gathered.
At this moment, among this group of young Soul Master, a girl with long, fiery red hair was looking in the direction of Lu Yuan and the others, her eyes slightly narrowed, and a hint of doubt on her pretty face.
"Huo Wu, what are you looking at?" Huo Wushuang asked softly as she saw her younger sister staring intently at the entrance to the rest area.
"Brother, look at that team wearing silver-white star-patterned uniforms. Doesn't the man leading them look like someone we've met before?" Huo Wu said softly, her gaze still fixed on the scene.
"Which person? We've seen plenty of people like that," Huo Wushuang asked, somewhat puzzled.
"Isn't that Lu Yuan who single-handedly crushed the Heaven Dou Royal Academy four years ago? Don't you think he looks like him?" Huo Wu said.
"Really? Let me see." Huo Wushuang said, widening her eyes and carefully examining Lu Yuan. She smacked her lips and said, "He really does look a bit like him, and he's devastatingly handsome."
"Besides him, I don't believe there's another person in the world who's as handsome as him."
"But why would a grown man like him need to be so handsome?"
Huo Wushuang said with a hint of sourness.
"What's wrong, brother? Are you jealous?" Huo Wu asked with a smile.
"Tch, me, jealous of him? I, Huo Wushuang, am not bad looking either, and I'm strong and have a tough personality. Countless girls are secretly admiring me. Me, jealous of him?" Huo Wushuang immediately retorted fiercely upon hearing Huo Wu's words.
"You think you're that strong?" Huo Wu curled her lip in disdain. "Can you beat him?"
"Of course I can't beat this one. Who can compare to this freak?" Recalling how Lu Yuan easily defeated the Soul Elder and kicked the Soul Ancestor away like a chicken four years ago, Huo Wushuang couldn't help but shudder. That scene had left a deep impression on him.
The prestigious Heaven Dou Royal Academy, with three Soul Ancestor and four Soul Elder attacking together, was actually crushed to the ground by a level 29 person. The impact of that scene on him was considerable.
Even more shockingly, he had heard that Yu Tianheng, the original captain of the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy Team, was so badly beaten that his mentality was completely shattered, and he was practically a lump of mud, utterly ruined.
Huo Wushuang felt inferior to such a person.
And now four years have passed, who knows how strong that guy has become? He's only Soul Ancestor now, while that guy beat up Soul Ancestor back then. It would be a miracle if he could beat him.
"Why are you saying so much if you can't beat me?" Huo Wu rolled her eyes at Huo Wushuang, then stood up.
"Huo Wu, where are you going?" Huo Wushuang asked.
"Go and meet this Lu Yuan, brother. Aren't you curious about his strength now that four years have passed?" Huo Wu's calm voice rang out.
"Well, I am indeed quite curious about that," Huo Wushuang said after a moment's thought.
"Since you're curious, why don't we go? He's a formidable opponent we'll be facing in this competition. We can learn more about him beforehand and make some preparations," Huo Wu said.
"Yes, little sister, you're right. Come on, your older brother will go with you." Huo Wushuang nodded and said to Huo Wu.
Immediately afterwards, the two of them walked towards the direction of Lu Yuan and the others.
On the other side, a similar situation is occurring.
This is the northeast corner of the rest area, where a group of beautiful young women dressed in blue dresses have gathered.
"Sister, doesn't that person look like a male god?" Among a group of beautiful girls, a girl with long, ice-blue hair and an oval face asked a girl next to her who looked about 60% similar to her and also had long, ice-blue hair.
"Male god? What male god?" Shui Bing'er looked at her younger sister helplessly. What was this girl up to now?
"My idol Lu Yuan, the one who beat up the Heaven Dou Royal Academy four years ago, doesn't that guy look like him?" Shui Yue'er asked, pointing to Lu Yuan standing at the front of the Heavenly Star Squad.
Upon hearing this, Shui Bing'er looked in the direction Shui Yue'er was pointing, squinted and examined him for a while, and said, "It does look a bit like him, and that aura gives me a very familiar feeling. It should be him. I didn't expect that he would also participate in the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament, and he even brought his own team."
"It seems we're going to have another formidable opponent in this competition."
Recalling the terrifying combat power that Lu Yuan had displayed back then, Shui Bing'er sighed softly.
Back then, he was able to defeat three Soul Ancestor and four Soul Elder single-handedly and still have the strength to spare. So now, even without his team, he alone is a considerable threat to these teams.
It seems we need to be extra careful in this competition.
Shui Yue'er naturally had no idea what Shui Bing'er was thinking. She looked at Lu Yuan at the entrance, her big, bright blue eyes sparkling. "Sister, why don't we go meet our idol and make some friends?"
Shui Bing'er hesitated for a moment. She was a little shy and was fine with girls, but she always felt a little embarrassed to take the initiative to interact with boys.
"Come on, sister, come with me!" Shui Yue'er pulled Shui Bing'er's hand and shook it slightly, shamelessly acting coquettishly.
"Alright, go ahead then. I just can't do anything with you." Looking at her younger sister who was acting coquettishly towards her, Shui Bing'er sighed softly, her tone full of helplessness.
Two more chapters, bringing today's total to nine!