"...Finally, I can beat people up without having to take responsibility!" Xiao Wu waved her little fist, eager to get started.
"Exactly!" Ning Rongrong put away her little mirror, her eyes sparkling. "This young lady finally gets the chance to show off her skills, too! Let those people see what real support looks like!"
Watching everyone buzzing with excitement, Zhao Linchuan silently lit a stick of incense for Godwind Academy in his heart.
"Take it easy," he reminded them. "Don't kill anyone. Otherwise, you won't be able to compete in the matches afterward."
"Don't worry!" Dugu Yan cut in. "I know how to hold back. If I say he won't die on the arena, then he absolutely won't breathe his last before he gets off it!"
She grinned at Ye Lingling. "Besides, isn't Lingling here?"
"At worst, she can heal the other side while we're fighting."
"We can keep beating them while she keeps healing them. They'll stay at full health from beginning to end, so they definitely won't die easily on the arena!"
"Right!" Xiao Wu looked as if she'd discovered something incredible. "How did I not think of that? Lingling's healing Soul Skill is so powerful, she can make our opponents 'lose while alive'!"
"And me, and me!" Ning Rongrong got excited, too. "I can use the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to speed them up, so they can run faster and get beaten even worse!"
"This idea of yours..." Ye Lingling stared helplessly at her overexcited friends. "Isn't it a little too cruel?"
"What's cruel about it? It's called tactics!" Dugu Yan declared, entirely unashamed.
The girls chattered among themselves. The more they talked, the more outrageous their ideas became, and the more excited they got.
Zhao Linchuan listened in speechless disbelief, the corner of his mouth