The Vast Gap Between People, Zhu Zhuqing's Enormous Advantage!

Whoosh!

The moment the golden flames covered her, the ice crystals on Ye Lingling's body visibly melted.

Ye Lingling's dark purple Gothic dress was instantly soaked through.

"Uh..."

Ji Bai felt that his good intentions had backfired.

"Achoo—"

Ye Lingling sneezed softly, then looked down at her dripping-wet dress before raising her eyes to Ji Bai.

"Not a problem."

A ball of golden flame appeared in Ji Bai's palm, and intense heat instantly swept through the area.

Ye Lingling asked softly, "Are you trying to burn off the dress I'm wearing?"

Ji Bai smiled awkwardly. "How could I?"

Ye Lingling said gently, "It's fine. I'll just change into something else later."

Hearing that, Ji Bai could only nod.

Ye Lingling took out a dark purple robe and draped it over herself, covering her water-soaked dress.

"Thank you. I'll go heal my companions first."

She gave a slight bow in thanks, then hurried toward Dugu Yan and the others.

"What a kind girl~"

Ji Bai sighed as he watched Ye Lingling's retreating figure.

"Are you close with her?"

Huo Wu had been watching the two of them talk. Hearing that, she could not help asking.

Ji Bai gently shook his head and explained, "Not really. This is only the second time we've met."

Huo Wu was left speechless.

Ji Bai continued, "Our team has always lacked a healing-type Soul Master like her."

Huo Wu sighed. "Then what will you do?"

Ji Bai smiled. "We may not be able to become companions now, but that doesn't mean we can't in the future! Sooner or later, we'll graduate from the academy and walk our own paths!"

Graduate?

Huo Wu was suddenly startled.

She abruptly remembered that Ji Bai would eventually graduate from Blazing Academy. When that happened...

"Xiaobai, let me ask you something."

Ji Bai looked over in surprise.

After pondering for a moment, Huo Wu asked softly, "What are your plans after graduation?"

Ji Bai could not help but fall into thought. "Learning is like rowing against the current: if you do not advance, you fall behind. By the day I graduate, I'll have enough ability to protect myself on the continent. As the saying goes, reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles. The world is so vast—I want to see it."

So he wants to leave Blazing Academy...

Huo Wu sighed inwardly.

She had thought she could spend a peaceful stretch of time with Ji Bai.

For example.

They could take positions at Blazing Academy in the future and support each other through life.

Even if there were girls like Shui Bing'er... she would not care, as long as Ji Bai was by her side.

But...

Judging by Ji Bai's demeanor, the life she had imagined could not happen anytime soon.

Ji Bai's talent and abilities destined him not to live an ordinary life.

Rather than hold him back, she should support him.

Shui Bing'er led her sisters down from the fighting platform and came over to join them.

"You fought well," Huo Wu said softly. "The Imperial Fighting Team wasn't weak. I thought you would be evenly matched, but I didn't expect the battle to end so quickly."

Shui Bing'er walked gracefully to Ji Bai's side and smiled gently. "We have Xiaobai's intelligence to thank for that. If I hadn't known the Imperial Fighting Team's abilities in advance, I wouldn't have been able to prepare a plan beforehand."

Ji Bai smiled. "These people will also become the official competing team of Heaven Dou Royal Academy in the future. You've already faced them once, so if you encounter them again someday, you'll be more confident."

Shui Bing'er sighed. "But we've already exposed a trump card like our Martial Soul Fusion Skill."

Huo Wu shrugged. "We would have had to use it sooner or later."

Ji Bai glanced at the seven members of the Imperial Fighting Team and said with a smile, "We should go collect our reward too. Senior Bing'er, you have to treat us. This time, you've earned at least a hundred thousand, perhaps even several hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins."

Shui Bing'er looked around. The spectator stands were packed with people, including many nobles. Ninety-nine percent of them had bet on the Imperial Fighting Team to win.

Yet throughout the entire match, the Imperial Fighting Team had been led around by the nose by the Skywater Team and completely suppressed.

By now, quite a few spectators probably wanted to jump off a building.

Even those nobles were cursing the Imperial Fighting Team.

Yet they had forgotten.

They were the ones who had invited the Imperial Fighting Team to compete at the Soto Great Soul Fighting Arena.

At first, they had won a fortune. Now, they had lost everything.

Small bets lifted the mood; big bets ruined the body!

The group set off together and went to find Manager Ao.

Manager Ao did not dare renege on the deal. He immediately took out a gold card and handed it to Shui Bing'er.

"Congratulations."

"This is the reward we agreed upon from the beginning."

As long as he could drive away the Imperial Fighting Team and those nobles from out of town, he would not lose out.

"Come on, let's go to the biggest hotel in the city."

Shui Bing'er waved the gold card in her hand and turned back to smile at everyone.

Everyone beamed with delight.

The group headed toward the exit of the Great Soul Arena. Just then, the seven members of the Imperial Fighting Team and Qin Ming approached them, gloom hanging over every one of them.

When the two sides met, the atmosphere instantly turned strange.

Dugu Yan immediately spotted Ji Bai among the crowd, and Ji Bai saw her as well.

"Little Yanzi, we meet again."

Ji Bai greeted her with a cheerful smile, but his tone sounded like that of an elder addressing a junior.

"Who gave you permission to call me that?" Dugu Yan glared viciously at Ji Bai.

Shui Bing'er, Huo Wu, and the others all turned to look at Ji Bai in surprise.

How did Ji Bai know people everywhere he went?

And they were all women.

Ji Bai gave a teasing smile. "Little Yanzi, you can't speak to Uncle Ji like that. If you keep talking to me this way, I'll teach you a proper lesson on your grandfather's behalf."

Dugu Yan was both embarrassed and furious when she heard that.

What had she just heard?

Ji Bai actually dared to claim to be her elder, and even called himself... Uncle Ji!

"Damn it!"

"I'll make my grandfather teach you a lesson!"

Dugu Yan said through gritted teeth.

Seeing Dugu Yan like this, Ji Bai's mischievous side flared up. "Your grandfather won't teach me a lesson. He'll only ask me to teach you one. Just wait and see."

"Just you wait." Dugu Yan pointed at Ji Bai and took a deep breath, clearly infuriated.

Qin Ming glanced over Ji Bai and the others, noticing that Huo Lin and the teacher from Skywater Academy both possessed Soul Power fluctuations far beyond his own.

Without lingering any longer, he led the seven members of the Imperial Fighting Team away from the Soto Great Soul Fighting Arena.

As Ye Lingling passed by Ji Bai, she softly said, "Bye-bye."

Xue Wu teased, "Our little junior really leaves feelings everywhere... He knows girls wherever he goes, and they're all beauties."

Cough, cough!

With so many people around, Ji Bai did not want to become the subject of discussion. He urged, "Let's hurry up and eat."

"Brother Bai?"

The sudden shout reached everyone's ears. They all looked toward the sound and found a group of seven walking in their direction.

Among the seven were three beautiful young girls. They were slightly younger, but there was no denying that their looks were no worse than any of the girls present.

In particular, one girl wearing a black-and-purple skintight combat outfit left Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, and the other girls utterly stunned.

So big! So round! So full! So jealous!