She looked at Dai Yu, and her gaze had completely changed.
It was no longer playful or curious.
It was... fear.
Dai Yu had actually been able to devour her Evil Fire!
If Mu En had not intervened just now, she really would have been drained dry!
The entire arena fell deathly silent.
Everyone widened their eyes and gaped, their minds completely blank.
What... had just happened?
Ma Xiaotao, a Soul Emperor, had nearly been drained dry by a Soul Grandmaster?!
"Gulp."
No one knew who had swallowed, but the sound was especially piercing in the silence.
"This... this is impossible..."
"Ma Xiaotao is a Soul Emperor!
The number-one madwoman of the Inner Court!"
"Dai Yu... what kind of monster is he?!"
On the Viewing Stand, Dean Yan Shaozhe abruptly rose to his feet, his eyes filled with disbelief.
"Devouring... his flames can devour Xiaotao's Evil Fire?!"
"What kind of ability is this?!"
Du Weilun was already speechless. He could only keep wiping his glasses.
Qian Duoduo was even more excited, his entire body trembling.
"Good grandson! Well done! You even dared to absorb a Soul Emperor! Grandpa's love for you wasn't wasted!"
On the arena.
Mu En looked at Dai Yu, and a deep glimmer flashed through his murky old eyes.
"Little fellow, the secrets you carry... are even greater than I imagined."
Dai Yu bowed slightly.
"You flatter me, Elder Mu."
"I was just... lucky."
Mu En smiled.
That smile was meaningful.
"Lucky?"
"Perhaps."
He turned around and looked at Ma Xiaotao.
"Xiaotao, you lost this match."
Ma Xiaotao bit her lip and said nothing.
She knew that she had indeed lost.
Although Dai Yu was only a Soul Grandmaster, his flames... countered her.
A natural counter.
"I... admit defeat."
Ma Xiaotao took a deep breath and looked