Battle Against the Tianshui Battle Team, One Against Seven

"What? You want him to be our captain?"

At the Tianshui Battle Team's training grounds, all seven girls of Heavenly Water Academy had gathered here. Yu Hairou, whom he had seen yesterday, was among them, as was Shui Yue'er.

Yu Hairou stared at the Vice Dean in disbelief, wondering if she had reached her... senile years?

Letting a man into the all-female Heavenly Water Academy was one thing, but making a man the captain of the Tianshui Battle Team?

"Vice Dean, we already have a captain. We only listen to Bing'er Jie. We don't want that Long Jie!"

Yu Hairou looked toward Shui Bing'er, but Shui Bing'er remained unmoved. She stood there with an unapproachable expression, her emotions unreadable.

"Long Jie is powerful and highly talented. His joining the Tianshui Battle Team is meant to help you cultivate. This is the academy leadership's decision, and besides, he'll only be captain for three months!" the Vice Dean explained honestly. Seeing Yu Hairou's dissatisfaction, she added,

"If you're dissatisfied, you can challenge him. The seven of you against him alone. If you win, I'll abandon this decision!"

"What? Seven against one?"

"What? Seven against one?"

In an instant, all eight of them were dumbfounded. Long Jie was especially stunned. Seriously, Vice Dean? Just because I didn't call you Older Sister... you don't need to take revenge like this, do you?

Long Jie's heart turned cold. The icy-looking woman in the middle of the group clearly wasn't weak. She probably had the strength of a Soul Elder too!

He could confidently beat her one-on-one, but one against seven? Forget it. He was doomed!

Long Jie looked mournfully at the Vice Dean, but she only gave him an encouraging look.

"I believe in you. You can do it!"

I don't believe in myself. His heart was filled with despair. He was really doomed this time!

"Vice Dean, are you serious?" Yu Hairou asked excitedly. Seven against one—let's see if I don't beat you to death this time!

"Of course I'm serious!" The Vice Dean smiled, and that smile looked as sinister as could be in Long Jie's eyes.

"Good, then let's see what he's capable of today!" Yu Hairou was thrilled as she hurried over to Shui Bing'er. The seven girls began discussing among themselves.

Before long, the seven formed up and stared fixedly at Long Jie.

As the captain, Shui Bing'er stepped forward and looked calmly at Long Jie. "I don't dislike you, but since you asked to fight seven of us alone, we can't disrespect that. We might not be able to hold back later, so please forgive us!"

Hey, hey, hey, when did I ever ask to fight seven of you? The Vice Dean was the one who said it.

Long Jie roared inwardly. But the die had been cast, and there was no backing down now. Naturally, he couldn't show weakness.

He took a deep breath. "Come on!"

One against seven! Begin!

"Sisters, attack!" Shui Bing'er waved her hand, and the spirit rings behind the others emerged. Of the seven, six had two rings, all with two yellow rings.

Only Shui Bing'er, standing in the center, released three rings, arranged yellow, yellow, purple.

Every member of the Tianshui Battle Team had a perfect spirit ring configuration!

"Level thirty-one control-system Soul Elder, Shui Bing'er!"

"Level twenty-six agility attack-system, Shui Yue'er!"

"Level twenty..."

Watching the girls introduce their strengths one by one, Long Jie took a deep breath and released his three spirit rings. In an instant, terrifying power surged within him.

"Level thirty-four assault-system Battle Soul Grandmaster, Long Jie. Martial spirit: Seven Stars Blade!"

"Spirit ring configuration: Purple Purple Black!"

"What? Purple Purple Black?" Shui Bing'er was shocked. How was that possible? How could there be such a spirit ring configuration?

The six girls behind her were equally startled. Purple Purple Black was something they had never heard of.

"It... it's fine. We have more people!" Yu Hairou gritted her teeth. Seven against one—forget Purple Purple Black. Even if all his rings were black, they'd still tear him down.

"Alright, attack together. Yue'er, Xue Wu, attack from the left. Qing Bo, Ruo Shui, attack from the right. The rest of you attack the front with me!" Shui Bing'er commanded. Everyone nodded and moved as instructed.

In an instant, the Tianshui Battle Team surrounded Long Jie from three directions. At a single command from Shui Bing'er, they would make him pay.

Long Jie took a deep breath. He wasn't afraid in the slightest; instead, he was extraordinarily calm. His Second Spirit activated directly, and the Blazing Firebird beast bloodline from his Third Soul Ring activated. Long Jie's hands transformed into bird claws, and a flaming wing appeared behind him.

"Attack!" At Shui Bing'er's command, a barrage of Soul Skills flew toward Long Jie as though they cost nothing. Just as they were about to hit him, Long Jie spread his wing and flew into the air.

From the air, Long Jie locked his gaze onto the seven members of the Tianshui Battle Team. The black spirit ring behind him shone as his Third Soul Skill activated, unleashing a sea of flames.

The sea of flames descended, directly engulfing everyone below.

"Ah... what is this? Why is this fire hitting me?" Yu Hairou shouted as she fired a Freeze at the flames around her feet. The fire froze instantly—and so did her feet!

The Blazing Firebird's flames didn't deal much damage, but they excelled at area-wide, continuous attacks.

And while the sea of flames couldn't kill anyone, that didn't mean it couldn't burn their clothes!

Three seconds later...

"Ahhh... pervert!"

"Pervert!"

The Blazing Firebird's sea of flames burned apart several of the girls' clothes. A few unlucky ones had even been burned in their private areas...

Shui Bing'er was among them!

"Hmph! I'm not fighting anymore!" Shui Bing'er snorted and turned to head straight for the changing room. She only returned after changing her clothes.

A fight was a fight, so what was with blowing up their clothes?

"Victory is not about the means!" Long Jie said, though the truth was that he had no chance of winning otherwise.

His only attack was the Blazing Firebird, but all seven of them were ice- and water-type spirit masters, completely countering his fire!

"Ahem, that's right. You've all seen Long Jie's strength... Although that was a little... well, there's no denying that he won!" The Vice Dean blushed. This Long Jie could clearly have won with his strength, so why did he have to use that?

It was speechless.

"In any case, he is your captain now. Do you have any further objections?"

"Yes!"

Someone raised a hand again, but this time it wasn't Yu Hairou. It was Shui Bing'er.

"Oh? Bing'er, what do you have in mind?"

"I think that victory just now was meaningless. I refuse to accept it. I propose that Long Jie take one move from Yue'er and me. If he can withstand it, I will willingly cooperate with him!" Shui Bing'er spoke with a trace of anger in her voice.

That had been her favorite outfit, yet this person had ruined it—and in that area too... Hmph! Pervert.

You and Yue'er? That one? The Vice Dean immediately understood. If it was that move, it wouldn't do. Someone could die.

"Alright, I accept!"

Just as she was about to refuse, Long Jie agreed, putting the Vice Dean in a difficult position. She quietly transmitted her voice to him. "Long Jie, do you know..."

"I'm fine. I can do it!" Long Jie was delighted and extremely excited. Defense—I like that!

Seeing Long Jie so confident, the Vice Dean couldn't say anything further and could only trust him.

Long Jie smiled and looked at Shui Bing'er. "I can take one move from you, but if I win, you have to agree to one request of mine. And the same goes the other way around!"