As soon as they stepped off the arena, Xiao Wu hugged Zhu Zhuqing's arm with a grin.
"Zhu Zhuqing, you were amazing today!"
Bai Chenxiang nodded beside her.
"Seriously, that win was so cool!"
Zhu Zhuqing's ears quietly turned red, and her silver-gray hair hid half her face.
Ning Rongrong was about to join in the teasing when Zhu Zhuqing reached out and pressed a hand to her head.
"Stop it."
Ning Rongrong stuck out her tongue.
Lin Yuan walked past, glanced at the girls fooling around, and shook his head before heading toward Elephant Armor Academy's waiting area.
Huyan Zhen stood at the entrance, his face livid. Seven team members were carried out on stretchers. Huyan Li came last, his face black and blue.
Huyan Zhen went over and gripped Huyan Li's shoulder.
"Grandpa..."
"Don't talk. Focus on healing first." Huyan Zhen waved the medical team on, then turned around.
Lin Yuan stood behind him.
"Sect Master Huyan, may I have a word?"
Huyan Zhen looked at the young man before him—the captain of the Lin Yuan Team.
"What do you want to say?"
"You've been stuck at level eighty-nine for quite a few years, haven't you, Sect Master Huyan?"
Huyan Zhen's heart lurched. He had been stuck at level eighty-nine and had tried dozens of times, but he had never crossed the threshold to Titled Douluo. Only he knew that. How had this young man found out? (The original never gave his exact level, but he's level eighty-nine ten years later, so I'm setting it at eighty-nine here~ Please don't scold me, dear readers~ It's fanfiction, so don't sweat the details~)
"Are you here to laugh at me?"
"No." Lin Yuan looked at him. "I'm here to help you become a Titled Douluo."
Huyan Zhen snorted. "A Titled