"I know."
Hu Liena withdrew her gaze, turned, and headed toward the contestants' passage.
"Let's go. It's time to head back and prepare."
Xie Yue followed in her footsteps, while another burly, honest-looking young man beside him silently followed as well.
Yan.
The Spirit Hall Academy Team's third-ranked member, a Level 51 Assault System Battle Soul King whose Martial Soul was the Flame Lord.
He had not spoken the entire time, but suppressed fighting spirit burned in his seemingly honest eyes.
The three left the spirit fighting arena, and sunlight spilled over them, dispelling the passage's chilly gloom.
Xie Yue suddenly spoke. "Nana, do you think that Heaven Dou Empire princess is really Level 64?"
Hu Liena's steps paused briefly before she continued forward.
"The information came from Teacher." Her voice was calm, betraying no emotion. "Do you think Teacher would be wrong?"
Xie Yue fell silent.
Level 64.
Fifteen years old.
Put those two numbers together, and they sounded like pure fantasy.
But if the information had come from Bibi Dong, then it had to be true.
"Damn it." Yan suddenly cursed, his honest face filled with frustration. "A Level 64 monster, plus a whole bunch of Soul Kings and Soul Ancestors—how are we supposed to fight in this tournament?"
Hu Liena stopped and glanced back at him.
That glance carried a cold edge beneath its allure, and Yan instantly shut his mouth.
"How do we fight?" Hu Liena softly repeated, the smile on her lips growing ever brighter.
"Of course, we fight with everything we have."
She turned and continued walking forward.
"We've already come this far. Are we supposed to surrender just because our opponents are strong?"
"That isn't how I, Hu Liena, do things."
Xie Yue and Yan exchanged a glance. They both saw a trace