School Beauty Xia Lin, Nangong Ao! Arrogantly Suppressing!

"It's quite lively,"

Li Ziyu glanced at Xia Lin.

Xia Lin stood at 1.7 meters tall, her long black hair tied back in a ponytail.

Even without makeup, her facial skin was delicate and fair.

A long sword, gleaming with a cold light, hung at her waist, giving off a vibe that was both gentle and cool.

She smiled at him, revealing two small dimples, making Li Ziyu couldn't help but sigh inwardly that she was indeed more than just a notch prettier than Xu Mengyao.

However, she was the type to easily attract hatred.

Li Ziyu thought wryly and scanned his surroundings.

Just as he had expected.

On the platform at this moment, tens of thousands of male students from various high schools participating in the Martial Arts Examination were glaring at him with hostile eyes as Xia Lin smiled and greeted him.

Their expressions were as if they couldn't wait to devour him whole.

But Li Ziyu just smiled, unfazed by these threats.

"Classmate Li Ziyu, which Martial Arts University are you planning to apply to? With your strength, getting into any of those four top-tier Martial Arts Universities should be no problem, right?"

Xia Lin tossed her hair, her large, sparkling eyes blinking as she smiled charmingly at Li Ziyu, asking curiously.

"I'll see when the time comes. I think the overall strength of those four universities is about the same. I'll choose whichever one offers better conditions then."

"Tch! That's hilarious!

You think you can just pick and choose from those four top universities as if they were common cabbage?"

"Do you think you're some kind of super prodigy, a hot commodity?"

Before Li Ziyu could reply to Xia Lin, a disdainful voice rang out.

The voice was loud, and the attention of the surrounding students was drawn to it.

Li Ziyu followed the sound.

He saw a young man, about his age, walking over from the First High School's group.

The voice had come from him.

"Even I, who awakened the Speed Talent as a Martial Artist, wouldn't dare to speak such boastful words. You're killing me with laughter. I've seen people brag, but never have I seen someone brag as outrageously as you..."

The young man was wearing a flashy, eye-catching golden battle suit that clearly didn't come cheap.

A long sword inlaid with gold and jade was also tucked at his waist.

He had long hair that fell past his ears, and like his battle suit, his hair emitted a faint golden glow under the sunlight.

This appearance...

If one were to ignore the ridiculously arrogant expression on his face, Li Ziyu almost thought this guy was also a transmigrator, here to cosplay as Saint Seiya.

"Nangong Ao, we were having a conversation. Why are you butting in?"

As Nangong Ao appeared, before Li Ziyu could even speak, Xia Lin said coldly with a look of disgust.

As she spoke, Xia Lin's slender jade hand gripped the hilt of the long sword at her waist, as if she was ready to draw it at any moment.

"Xia Lin, it's one thing that you rejected my advances, but must you put on such a melodramatic show for me?"

"I know the reason you're deliberately approaching this kid. Isn't it just like in the novels, where you deliberately find someone to act as your boyfriend to try and make me give up?"

"But if you're going to cast someone, you should at least find someone of comparable strength. Finding Bai Haoran from Third High School to play your boyfriend would be better than finding this kid."

"I've already investigated this kid's background. He's just a piece of trash with a Qi and Blood test result of 0.8."

"Not only is he trash, but he's also so arrogant. If I hadn't known his background beforehand, I would have almost been fooled by his arrogant words just now."

"I wouldn't dare to say I can choose any of the four top prestigious schools at will, yet this kid actually dares to spout such nonsense. He must have a screw loose in his head!"

Nangong Ao stood with his arms crossed, looking down at Li Ziyu.

He then glanced at Xia Lin, as if to say, "Your little tricks won't fool me."

Xia Lin was so angry she laughed.

Even Zhao Yanan, standing behind her, looked utterly speechless.

Xia Lin turned her head away speechlessly, completely ignoring Nangong Ao. She then turned back to Li Ziyu and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, classmate Li Ziyu. I just wanted to say hello, I didn't expect such a weirdo to pop up. I have absolutely no relationship with him."

As if thinking of something, Xia Lin added, "I didn't even agree when he asked for my contact information."

Zhao Yanan also nodded vigorously in agreement.

Li Ziyu was a bit perplexed. Why was she explaining to him whether or not she gave out her contact information?

Xia Lin and Zhao Yanan said a few more words to Li Ziyu, bid him farewell with a smile, and returned to the Second High School's group amidst the envious gazes of those around them.

Li Ziyu didn't even glance at Nangong Ao, leaving him alone and flustered in the wind.

Nangong Ao stared at Xia Lin's retreating back, his face flushed and then pale, his clenched fingers turning white.

Taking a deep breath, Nangong Ao's gaze shifted to Li Ziyu.

The arrogance and condescension were gone from his eyes, replaced by coldness and threat.

He walked up to Li Ziyu, gently patted his shoulder, leaned close to his ear, and said in a low voice:

"I don't know how someone from your lowly background managed to get close to Xia Lin, but I'm telling you, Xia Lin is not someone you can touch."

"If you know what's good for you, stay away from Xia Lin. Otherwise..."

Nangong Ao paused there, then glanced up at the position of the drone filming them from a distance. He continued in the tone of stating a fact:

"In the Martial Arts Examination arena, no one will care if someone dies."

After speaking, and without waiting for Li Ziyu's response, he patted his shoulder again and returned to the First High School's team.

From Nangong Ao's appearance to his departure and then his threat, Li Ziyu remained expressionless.

Only after Nangong Ao had walked far away did he finally burst out laughing.

Watching Nangong Ao's swaggering figure, he smiled and shook his head helplessly:

"This is such a cliché villain monologue."

In another corner of the platform, at the Third High School's designated area.

Bai Haoran, surrounded by a group of students, had clearly seen everything that had just happened between Nangong Ao and Li Ziyu. He couldn't help but reveal a hint of schadenfreude in his gaze towards Li Ziyu.

"Hmph, Li Ziyu, so what if your Qi and Blood are high and your Combat Power is strong? You've offended Nangong Ao, who is recognized as the number one in all of Xujiang City. Let's see how you handle yourself in the arena later!"

At the same time, in the areas occupied by the other high schools.

A burly, muscular young man, who stood a full two meters tall, also noticed the commotion between Nangong Ao and Li Ziyu.

The young man tightly gripped the exaggerated greatsword strapped to his back. However, his gaze didn't linger on Li Ziyu, but was fixed intently on Nangong Ao's retreating figure.

A fierce fighting spirit flashed in his eyes, and he spoke with almost fanatical intensity:

"Hmph! Nangong Ao! Don't think you're the best in Xujiang City just because you're a Martial Artist with Speed Talent!"

"My strength, Wang Long, is no less than yours!"

"Just you wait. In the Martial Arts Examination, I will definitely make a name for myself and trample you under my feet!"

"I will prove to everyone in Xujiang City that I, Wang Long, am the strongest student in the third year of high school in Xujiang City!"

Wang Long's fists were clenched tightly, and a blazing battle fire burned in his eyes.

Ever since he started high school, he had constantly heard people around him praising Nangong Ao of the First High School, how strong he was, and how great his Martial Artist talent was.

It could be said that from his first year to his third, Wang Long had lived in Nangong Ao's shadow.

Wang Long had always wanted to challenge Nangong Ao, but every time he made a breakthrough, he found that Nangong Ao had already surpassed him.

This made him incredibly frustrated.

Until the day before today, he felt he couldn't possibly compare to Nangong Ao, a Level One Intermediate Martial Artist who had awakened his Speed Talent!

But perhaps fate saw his unwillingness and his efforts.

Yesterday, he had actually awakened his Defense Talent!

He was now also a Martial Artist with awakened Defense Talent!

And he had directly advanced to the Level One Intermediate stage!

He hadn't told anyone this news, planning to make a stunning debut at the Martial Arts Examination!

To crush Nangong Ao under his feet and shock everyone present!

"The strongest few people here are Nangong Ao, Xia Lin, and Bai Haoran from Third High School."

"Among them, Bai Haoran and Xia Lin are not as advanced in their cultivation as me, nor are they Martial Artists with awakened talents, so they are not a threat."

"Therefore, the strongest person here is Nangong Ao! As long as I step on Nangong Ao, then I will be the strongest in Xujiang City!!"

"After today, everyone in Xujiang City will cheer for my name, will be shocked by it!"

Thinking of this, Wang Long's body couldn't stop trembling, his face filled with excitement and anticipation, as if he could already foresee that scene.

As for the young man with the greatsword opposite Nangong Ao just now.

Heh, a nobody.

He's definitely not even a Level One Martial Artist, and can't even compare to Nangong Ao's little finger.

Not a threat.