You wouldn't go easy on them just because they're beauties, would you?

Bai Chenxiang returned from the match schedule board with a sheet of paper in her hand.

"We're facing Skywater Academy today."

Ning Rongrong leaned over, glanced at the schedule, and immediately perked up. "Skywater Academy? I heard all seven of them are beauties, especially Shui Bing'er. With her ice phoenix martial soul, she's pretty famous among the Five Elements Academies."

Xiao Wu nudged Lin Yuan with her elbow. "Lin Yuan, you wouldn't go easy on them just because they're beauties, would you?"

"Do I look like that kind of person?" Lin Yuan rolled his eyes.

Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu exchanged a glance and answered in unison, "Hard to say."

Lin Yuan snatched the schedule and cut them off. "All right, all right. Let's go."

Several Gugas followed behind him, chattering away.

A few hours later, the Lin Yuan Team stepped onto the arena.

The seven members of Skywater Academy had already formed a line. Shui Bing'er stood at the front, her ice-blue hair falling to her waist. Xue Wu stood beside her, her long black hair held up with an ice-crystal hairpin. Shui Yue'er, Yu Hairou, Shen Liuyu, Gu Qingbo, and Qiu Ruoshui lined up in order, all seven standing straight with a perfectly unified presence.

Earthshaking cheers erupted from the spectator stands.

"Skywater Academy! Skywater Academy!"

"Shui Bing'er! Shui Bing'er!"

Shui Bing'er gave a slight nod. "Shui Bing'er, Skywater Team."

Lin Yuan cupped his hands. "Lin Yuan, Lin Yuan Team."

The referee blew his whistle.

The instant the whistle sounded, all seven members of Skywater Academy released their martial souls. The ice phoenix's cold burst forth first, and Snow Dance Silk unfurled in Xue Wu's hands. A Lustrous Jade Dolphin, a Coral Barracuda, an Enamel Auspicious Crocodile, an Azure Sailfish, and a Jade Lotus Fragrant Perch appeared as