Ye Liuyun vs. Dai Mubai

"You're courting death!"

Dai Mubai had already been furious over Ye Liuyun's remark about owing him a beating.

Now, Ye Liuyun's contemptuous gaze completely ignited his rage.

Who was he?

He was Shrek's boss, a prince of the Star Luo Empire, and a genius with the top-tier beast Martial Spirit, the Evil Eye White Tiger!

While he admitted that Ye Liuyun had some exceptional qualities, so did he.

"Ye Liuyun, don't think having a little more Soul Power means you can act arrogant in front of me."

"Damn it, I've been sick of the sight of you for a long time."

Dai Mubai clenched his fists, his knuckles cracking as undisguised ferocity flashed in his Evil Eyes.

"I'm two years older than you, three levels ahead of you in Soul Power, and my Martial Spirit completely crushes your Blue Silver Grass."

"Since you insist on humiliating yourself, I'll grant your wish!"

Boom!

The moment he finished speaking, a dazzling burst of white light erupted from Dai Mubai's body.

"White Tiger, Possession!"

With a tiger's roar, Dai Mubai's body instantly swelled. His muscles tore through his shirt, exposing his solid chest.

A king-shaped marking appeared on his forehead, while his hands transformed into massive tiger claws with sharp blades gleaming coldly.

Yellow, yellow, purple.

Three Spirit Rings in the optimal configuration pulsed beneath his feet, and a violent Soul Power pressure swept outward like a tidal wave.

"Boss Dai is awesome!"

"Knock him down! Let him find out why flowers are so red!"

At the edge of the field, Oscar and Ma Hongjun shouted themselves hoarse as they cheered Dai Mubai on, eager for the spectacle.

To them, this was a battle with no suspense. Dai Mubai was guaranteed to win.

Yet the atmosphere on the other side was completely different.

"Ye Liuyun! Have you lost your mind?"

Ning Rongrong stamped her feet anxiously and shouted toward the field.

"I admit you're strong, but you still have internal injuries and haven't fully recovered. This isn't fair."

"Dai Mubai is level thirty-seven! If you clash head-on with him, aren't you just courting death?"

Zhu Zhuqing said nothing, but a flicker of concern passed through her cool eyes.

She looked at Dai Mubai with a slight frown, seemingly feeling that taking advantage of someone's weakness like this was going too far.

Seeing that Ye Liuyun refused to listen, Ning Rongrong abruptly turned toward Xiao Wu, who was sitting nearby swinging her legs with a relaxed expression, and snapped in irritation.

"Hey! Xiao Wu!"

"You're still standing there watching? That's your cousin!"

"He suffered such serious injuries saving everyone, and now that Grandmaster is targeting him, you're not worried at all?"

Faced with Ning Rongrong's questioning, Xiao Wu blinked her large eyes and replied somewhat vaguely.

"Worried? Why should I be worried?"

Xiao Wu tilted her head and looked at the calm figure in the arena, her eyes filled with almost blind trust—or rather, a certainty she took for granted.

"How could Cousin possibly lose?"

"You..." Ning Rongrong choked, feeling that Xiao Wu was utterly unreasonable.

"Are you stupid? The gap in levels is right there, the Martial Spirit suppression is right there, and his physical condition is right there! This is a guaranteed loss!"

"Hmph."

Xiao Wu snorted disdainfully. How could her ace fighter possibly lose to someone like Dai Mubai?

At the edge of the field, Ning Rongrong paced anxiously like an ant on a hot pan.

Oscar watched his goddess's anxious appearance.

He straightened his collar, put on what he thought was a warm and charming smile, and moved closer.

"Rongrong, stop pacing. It hurts me to see you like this."

"Don't worry. Boss Dai knows what he's doing. That Ye Liuyun is always so arrogant, and he even dared make you angry. This time, Boss Dai can vent some of that anger for you."

At that point, Oscar lowered his voice, his tone carrying a trace of ingratiation and ruthlessness.

"If you still don't feel satisfied, even if Grandmaster said to stop at the right point, with my friendship with Boss Dai, I can have him secretly hit a little harder and make that brat lie in bed for another half a month."

Hearing that, Ning Rongrong abruptly stopped.

She turned and stared straight at Oscar.

There was none of her usual spoiled pride in those beautiful eyes now, only heartfelt, undisguised disgust.

"Oscar."

Ning Rongrong's voice was as cold as ice chips.

"Do you think... plotting against people behind their backs makes you look cool?"

Oscar froze. "Rongrong, I'm doing this for you..."

"Get lost."

Ning Rongrong pointed into the distance, not wanting to hear his explanation at all.

"Don't come near me. I feel sick just looking at you right now."

Oscar's mouth fell open. He stood frozen in place as if struck by lightning.

He simply could not understand why the goddess who had "fought side by side" with him in the forest a few days ago, dealing with Ye Liuyun together, had changed her attitude so drastically.

Why had her attitude changed so much?

Back then, she had clearly been the one to take the lead in bullying Ye Liuyun.

Oscar could only retreat dejectedly and pin all his resentment on Ye Liuyun in the arena.

It was all that pretty boy's fault!

The atmosphere in the arena froze to the extreme.

"Begin!"

At Grandmaster's command, the battle was ready to erupt at any moment.

"White Tiger..."

Dai Mubai had just been about to seize the initiative when he saw Ye Liuyun suddenly raise a hand.

"Wait."

Dai Mubai forcibly stopped, grinning savagely. "What? Want to admit defeat and beg for mercy now? Too late!"

Ye Liuyun ignored his mockery and merely tilted his head, asking calmly.

"How many days do you plan to spend in bed?"

Dai Mubai froze for a moment, then burst into wild laughter and held up one finger.

"For the sake of being classmates, I won't go too far."

"One day."

"As long as you lie in bed for one day and reflect properly on that arrogant attitude of yours, we'll call this matter settled."

Ye Liuyun nodded, a faint smile curling at the corner of his lips.

"Fine."

"Then we'll use that standard."

"One day."

The instant his words fell, Dai Mubai moved.

"Second Spirit Skill: White Tiger Intense Light Wave!"

He held nothing back. His level thirty-seven Soul Power erupted in full as he spewed a milky-white sphere of light from his mouth. Carrying explosive force, it shot straight for Ye Liuyun's face!

At the same time, he charged after it, his tiger claws tearing through the air as he prepared to follow up with a fatal strike the instant the light wave hit.

Faced with this fierce attack, Ye Liuyun kept both hands in his pockets and lightly tapped the ground with his toe.

Third Spirit Skill, World of Trees.

Just as the White Tiger Intense Light Wave was about to strike him.

Boom!

The ground seemed to come alive.

Dozens of thick Blue Silver Grass vines, each as large as pythons, burst from the ground without warning!

They were like countless crazed tentacles, wildly lashing through the air and instantly forming an impenetrable wall of grass.

Bang!

The White Tiger Intense Light Wave slammed viciously into the grass wall.

The expected explosion did not occur.

Instead, strange purple patterns suddenly lit up along the Blue Silver Grass vines.

Second Spirit Skill: Drain!

The violent light-wave energy failed to break through the wall formed by the vines.

It was gradually greedily absorbed and broken down by the vines.

Several vines that had originally been blasted apart absorbed that energy and grew back even faster, becoming thicker and tougher!

"What?!"

Dai Mubai's pupils contracted sharply.

His attack had actually accomplished nothing.

The vines that had absorbed the energy instantly struck back!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh...