Mo Lin pulled Wu Yao through the crowd and arrived beneath the busiest fighting platform. On the platform, two late-stage Divine Mansion Realm disciples were locked in an intense battle, their source energies colliding with constant roars that drew wave after wave of cheers from below.
Yet the moment Wu Yao and Mo Lin appeared beneath the platform, the entire boisterous Training Ground seemed to have been muted! Every gaze shifted in unison from the fighting platform to this exceptionally eye-catching pair!
"It's Senior Sister Wu Yao! And that man!"
"They're here again! And they're standing so close!"
"My heavens, Senior Sister Wu Yao actually didn't blast him away?"
"Who exactly is this guy? Holding hands yesterday, watching matches side by side today?"
Whispers spread like a rising tide, mixed with shock, curiosity, jealousy, and blazing gossip.
The two people fighting on the platform also sensed something strange. Their movements gradually slowed, and in the end, they stopped together and looked down with complicated expressions.
Mo Lin seemed utterly unaware of it all—or perhaps he simply did not care. He studied the two people who had stopped fighting with interest, then swept his gaze over the Wu Shen Domain disciples around him, all wearing different expressions. That inscrutable smile remained on his face.
Just then, several powerful auras rapidly approached from afar! Before their owners arrived, their voices did!
"Junior Sister Wu Yao! And this is?" A deep voice rang out, carrying a hint of scrutiny and curiosity.
A burly young man with a resolute face strode forward, a massive axe strapped across his back. His aura was steady, and he had clearly reached the peak of the Divine Mansion Realm! He was Shi Man, the fourth-ranked disciple on the Wu Shen Domain Divine Mansion Ranking.
Immediately after, fierce sword