You shunned the high sword to practice the low; you shunned iron to practice silver; man and sword as one-a sword-wielding bastard!

Below the arena.

Tang Wuling recognized the tall, straight-backed Ye Xinglan onstage at a glance, surprise filling her heart.

"She's one of the seven Shrek students from the opening ceremony. She shouldn't be taking part in our Skysea Alliance's internal competition at all. Why has she suddenly appeared in the arena?"

Xie Xie instantly sensed something amiss as well, his brows knitting tightly.

"Could our crushing Sea-Land Academy yesterday have caused such a stir that someone deliberately brought her in to target Brother Chen?"

As soon as he finished, however, his brow relaxed again.

"But whoever his opponent is, I believe in Brother Chen. He won't lose."

Up on the stage.

Two yellow Soul Rings rose from beneath Ye Xinglan's feet, and a dazzling longsword materialized in her palm.

-the Stargod Sword.

Countless tiny patterns of starlight adorned its surface, glittering brilliantly even beneath the arena's strong daylight.

To the spectators' surprise, once the Stargod Sword appeared, every trace of Soul Power radiating from Ye Xinglan withdrew.

She seemed to have merged entirely with her longsword, already attaining the realm of unity between body and sword.

A sword person.

However, beneath Chen An's Six Eyes.

He could see the circulation of every strand of Soul Power inside Ye Xinglan with perfect clarity.

Meanwhile, as Ye Xinglan charged, the Roulette began rearranging itself.

Chen An remembered what the portrait had said.

-This is only a suggestion. Sometimes, sections that don't look particularly powerful might bring you a pleasant surprise.

The other sections of the Roulette had all had rather low activation rates lately.

He had originally thought the section bonuses from Tang Wuling and Gu Yue would suffice, but the portrait had a point.

*The Roulette's results are random, and I haven't tried the Encounter Section yet. Should I take a