"Bing'er, what are you two doing here?"
Yu Xiaolong's voice suddenly rang out.
Then his figure appeared in the two girls' line of sight.
Oh, no!
The moment he got a close look at the girl in red,
Yu Xiaolong recognized her at once.
It was Huo Wu!
"You, you old lecher!"
Huo Wu had a sharp eye.
She recognized him immediately.
Yu Xiaolong's old face flushed. "Ahem. Didn't you say you weren't coming to help?"
"Teacher, you know each other?" Shui Bing'er asked, startled.
It seemed
she really was a junior sister from the same sect!
Huo Wu crossed her arms. "Hmph! Who said I came to help you? Don't get the wrong idea."
As stubborn as ever!
Fine.
"Then why did you have the points you scored counted under my name?"
"How should I know? Go ask the person in charge."
With that,
Huo Wu swaggered over to the waiting area.
"Teacher."
"This junior sister of yours seems a little hard to keep in line..."
Shui Bing'er said understandingly.
Yu Xiaolong waved a hand. "It's fine. With two powerful fighters like you here today, I'm sure to make a fortune."
"Teacher, you..." Shui Bing'er's cheeks reddened.
He'd called her out in front of everyone.
Yu Xiaolong looked a little embarrassed too.
In the stands,
a spectator nearby said, "Look, it's Shi Nian from Blue Sunshine Academy!"
"What a brutal way to do it. Lucia, the beautiful receptionist who stood up for ordinary Soul Masters yesterday, is dead."
"Yeah, she was killed in the street, her clothes torn off."
"Good thing the Imperial City Enforcement Squad found her this morning and carried her away."
"I saw her this morning. It was awful—she'd even been injured down there."
"I can't imagine how horribly she died."
"Stop talking. They're coming over."
Everyone chattered among themselves.
Then they saw the people from Blue Sunshine Academy heading down to rest.
Everyone prudently fell silent.
"Teacher..." Shui Bing'er had heard the whole conversation.
She was indignant.
She tugged at Yu Xiaolong's hand.
Her face was full of concern.
Yu Xiaolong understood what she meant.
However,
before he could say anything,
a small hand slapped down on his shoulder from behind. "You despicable man! I'll avenge my dear big sister!"
He turned around.
He had no idea when she had come back.
Huo Wu stood over him, looking down from above.
Yu Xiaolong looked up, only to find her ample chest
pressed right against his head.
What a squeeze...
"What are you planning to do?" Yu Xiaolong asked.
Huo Wu crossed her arms. "People like that deserve to die! I'm going to kill him."
Fierce flames burned in Huo Wu's eyes.
"Forget it. Shi Nian is level 72, while you're only level 43. You'd be walking to your death," Yu Xiaolong warned her carefully.
At his words,
Huo Wu flew into a rage and roared at Yu Xiaolong, "Aaaah! How dare you look down on me!"
Her shout
immediately drew the attention of everyone nearby.
Yu Xiaolong was left sweating awkwardly.
"I couldn't possibly look down on you." Yu Xiaolong glanced at his second disciple's chest.
What a pair.
"What are you looking at?"
Huo Wu might have had a fiery temper,
but she wasn't nearly as perceptive as Shui Bing'er.
She didn't notice anything amiss.
"You two are up against Blue Sunshine Academy later."
"Be extra careful. They kill without batting an eye."
"Hmph! You don't need to tell me that."
"Don't worry, Teacher. I'll get the job done."
Both girls agreed.
However, Huo Wu didn't seem too keen on following orders.
At last,
the matchmaking system did its work.
Huo Wu was matched against Lian Xuefeng!
"Huo Wu..."
Yu Xiaolong was just about to speak.
The next moment,
Huo Wu cut him off. "Old lecher, don't worry. I'll be right back."
As she spoke,
her voice faded into the distance.
Up in the stands,
Shi Nian wore a sinister smile. "It's a girl. You know what to do."
"Of course. I'll kill her."
A member of Blue Sunshine Academy stood up.
Shi Nian heard the answer
and smiled with satisfaction.
His eyes were sinister.
The other spectators in the stands near him
couldn't help feeling a chill run down their spines.
Whoosh!
On the Soul Fighting platform,
Huo Wu faced off against a member of Blue Sunshine Academy.
"Resistance Fire Ring!"
She unleashed her second Soul Skill.
"Useless! Stop struggling!"
The member of Blue Sunshine Academy
smiled darkly.
A cruel grin tugged at the corner of his mouth.
His opponent attacked.
"Huo Wu is very strong."
"No need to worry."
Yu Xiaolong was watching from the stands.
He'd only just finished speaking
when his gaze turned elsewhere.
In an instant, his eyes met Shi Nian's from above.
Whoosh!
In that moment,
Yu Xiaolong felt as though his eyes had been pierced.
"Shi Nian, you bastard!"
Yu Xiaolong's heart tightened.
It looked like the old bastard had set his sights on him.
Shui Bing'er sat upright,
watching the match with a serious expression.
"Huo Wu wins!"
The host's voice rang out from the platform.
"What?!"
Shi Nian turned to look.
His own team member had returned, looking battered and disheveled.
"Dean, she was too strong. Her Martial Soul is Fire Shadow, and she's from Blazing Academy!"
The team member looked grim.
"So she's a powerful opponent for Blue Sunshine Academy in the upcoming Soul Master Elite Tournament?"
"You could say that."
"Very well. It seems we can't let you leave alive today!"
Shi Nian said.
Then,
he turned and looked down toward Yu Xiaolong.
He made a throat-slitting gesture.
"Damn it! Old lecher, look how arrogant they are!"
"They lost and they're still acting so cocky!"
"I can't take it anymore!"
Huo Wu's ears were practically spitting fire.
She bounced to her feet.
Her chest jiggled wildly.
It was a very unladylike sight.
Luckily, Yu Xiaolong pressed down on her fragrant shoulder with one hand. "Calm down. Shi Nian is no simple opponent."
After the match,
he collected one hundred thousand gold coins
and walked through the Imperial City streets with the two beautiful girls, one fiery and one icy.
"Old man, we're lost, aren't we? Do you even know the way?"
Huo Wu crossed her arms,
looking thoroughly annoyed.
Shui Bing'er nodded beside her. "Teacher, I noticed it too. We've already passed this teahouse seventeen times."
Yu Xiaolong heard the two girls' words.
He said no more.
Suddenly, he stopped. "We're not lost. We've entered someone else's illusion."
"What!? An illusion!?"
Huo Wu looked shocked.
Shui Bing'er began observing their surroundings.
Just then.
Yu Xiaolong walked up to an old man.
He said calmly, "I was right, wasn't I, Shi Nian?"
His voice was calm.
His two disciples were once again shocked.
They watched the old man before them warily.
The old man wore a bamboo hat.
Hearing Yu Xiaolong speak.
He looked surprised. "You actually saw through it."
"Who exactly are you? As far as I know, there's no one like you in the Soul Master World."
Shi Nian took off his bamboo hat.
His true face was revealed.
The two girls immediately recoiled several steps in fright.
Yu Xiaolong said, "The dead don't need to know my name."
"Hm!?"
Shi Nian had never before encountered anyone who was still so arrogant inside his illusion!
His expression turned cruel. "Heh heh... You're on the brink of death, yet you still dare to act so arrogant!"
With that.
The next second.
The illusionary space began to collapse.
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