Final Performance

"Idiot!!!"

Shui Bing'er's eyes were red as she glared furiously at Long Jie. "You only wanted to protect them, to protect the justice in your heart. You did nothing wrong!"

Protect the justice in his heart?

Long Jie carefully considered those words. Indeed, when he had seen Catwoman, his instinct had only been to save her. In his heart, that had been the right thing to do.

Then he had saved Great Catwoman. That, too, had been what he believed was right. And killing those cat catchers had also been right, because they had violated the justice in Long Jie's heart.

Having understood all this, Long Jie's body swiftly recovered, and in that instant, the Soul Power throughout his body returned to its peak.

Crack...

A barrier broke through. Long Jie advanced from level 33 to level 34, but he did not care about any of that. His eyes remained fixed only on Shui Bing'er.

Though the girl's face was blotchy from crying, she was still incomparably beautiful in his eyes. Without the slightest hesitation, Long Jie aimed at Shui Bing'er's small lips and kissed her.

"Hm?" Shui Bing'er widened her eyes, clearly not expecting this. She struggled symbolically for a moment, but Long Jie had already regained his strength. How could he let her break free?

Having understood this, Shui Bing'er gave up resisting and let Long Jie work his magic on her lips.

One kiss sealed their feelings. When the kiss ended, their eyes met, and everything was understood without words.

Two months later, Long Jie stood before the members of the Tianshui Battle Team and shouted, "Comrades, our mission today is a performance—and also a battle. If we win this battle, Heavenly Water Academy will become famous far and wide!"

The people below looked at one another, visibly excited. After practicing dance for so long, they had finally welcomed a real battle.

In more than two months, several of the girls had reached the strength of Soul Elders. Even Shui Yue'er had reached level 30; once she absorbed a soul ring, she would become a Soul Elder.

Among them, Shui Bing'er had improved the most, rising from level 32 to level 36. It was truly terrifying.

There was no helping it. She had always slept beside Long Jie, and with their Ice and Fire Duality, their Soul Powers stimulated one another. Naturally, they advanced quickly.

Even Long Jie had reached level 38!

"Are you all ready?"

Long Jie looked at everyone below and shouted!

"Ready!"

Everyone was immensely excited. Seeing this, Long Jie nodded and led the Tianshui Battle Team toward the Soul Arena in Tianshui Town.

That Soul Arena, founded by Spirit Hall, would become the Tianshui Battle Team's debut stage today.

After everyone left, two figures slowly emerged. They were the Vice Dean and the Dean of Education.

"Vice Dean, can we really not keep him?" The Dean of Education frowned. The three months were nearly up, and Long Jie was about to return.

"There's no chance. The purpose of his training today is already obvious. Before leaving, he wants to see the Tianshui Battle Team's strength!" The Vice Dean was also helpless. No matter how capable she was, she could not forcibly keep Long Jie.

First, Liu Erlong would not allow it. Second, the Crown Prince would not allow it.

"Sigh! Three months was enough for them to improve this much..."

Heavenly Water Soul Arena!!!

"Welcome, everyone, to the Soul Arena! Our Soul Arena has always been committed to presenting the most perfect battles and the strongest teams!"

The host shouted from the stage. After fully drawing the attention of the crowd below, he changed his tone. "However... today's battle will be different from the past, because it will be an all-female team against an all-male team. That's right, I imagine you all know who they are!

Now, please welcome the Tianshui Battle Team and the Elephant Armor Battle Team!"

The two teams entered. Everyone looked toward the Elephant Armor Battle Team, where every member was a plump, burly man, their bodies as round as meatballs.

At just one glance, everyone felt their eyes had been assaulted. They hurriedly turned their heads toward the Tianshui Battle Team.

Yet when their gazes fell in the direction of the Tianshui Battle Team, they froze. There was not a single person there.

"What's going on? Did the Tianshui Battle Team give up?"

"No way, right? Even if they gave up, they still have to come out! I wanted to see the beauties!"

For a moment, the crowd below broke into discussion. The host was frantic onstage when Long Jie, who had been standing off to the side, hurriedly transmitted his voice to him. The host's eyes immediately lit up!

"Dear audience! Are you curious why the Tianshui Battle Team hasn't appeared?"

"Of course we are! Where did the beauties go?"

"We want to see the beauties! Refund our money if you won't show them!"

The audience immediately responded, and the host stirred up all kinds of emotions among them. Seeing that their curiosity had been sufficiently piqued, he hurriedly continued:

"The Tianshui Battle Team hasn't failed to appear. Rather, to give the audience a better viewing experience, they have chosen a more beautiful entrance.

Now, let us give the stage to them!"

With the host's shout, all the lights onstage instantly went dark. After three seconds of darkness, an upbeat song suddenly began playing through the arena.

The fiery music entered the audience's ears, leaving them somewhat confused and unsure what the Tianshui Battle Team was doing.

But the next second, a beam of light shone down upon the stage. Within the light, Shui Bing'er, dressed in an ice-crystal JK uniform, began to dance gracefully.

Her beautiful movements, coupled with Shui Bing'er's sweet smile, instantly blended as one with the music. Everyone felt as though they had been immersed in boundless beauty, unable to pull themselves free.

But in the very next second, Shui Bing'er slowly vanished into the darkness. Xue Wu followed close behind, her equally graceful movements making the audience's eyes light up.

The seven girls each completed their solo dance within seconds. When they finished, seven spotlights lit up, shining down on them.

Dressed alike, all beautiful as immortals, all outstanding and extraordinary, the seven members of the Tianshui Battle Team danced together beneath the lights, coordinating with one another in a performance of boundless grace.

Like celestial maidens in the heavens, yet also like demons from the underworld, the seven of them transformed contradictory beauty into a flawless dance.

Though they were clearly seven cold beauties, in that instant they felt as warm as spring, stirring the hearts of every audience member present.

As the seven completed their dance, the seven beams of light merged into one, shining upon Shui Bing'er.

Beneath the spotlight, Shui Bing'er danced lightly, just as she had at the beginning, using her graceful movements to bring the performance to a perfect close.

Her left hand rose high, as though reaching for the stars. The other six did the same, like seven stars glittering upon the stage!

The music stopped, and the entire venue fell silent in an instant. Everyone simply admired what they had seen, unsure how to express what they felt.

Only when Shui Bing'er rose onstage and bowed to the crowd did the performance officially come to an end.

Clap clap clap clap clap!

Applause rang through the venue. No one had organized it; every spectator applauded of their own accord. It was both admiration for the Tianshui Battle Team and recognition of them.

"We did it! We really did it!" Shui Yue'er was so excited after stepping off the stage that she could barely contain herself.

More than two months of practice had all been for this day. This was an honor they had earned through sweat.

The others were also overjoyed. Even Long Jie, who had always been strict, smiled. But he quickly put on a stern face again. "What are you so happy about? It was only a dance. What you really need to do is win the match!"

"The match? Oh, right!" Shui Bing'er suddenly realized, calling to the girls as they rushed back toward the stage. They had nearly forgotten they still had a competition to fight.

Seeing this, Long Jie helplessly shook his head. Watching the girls' retreating figures, he could not help but smile again.

"I hope you can remain this happy even during the days when I'm not around!!!"