Three days later, Mo Xie's scheduled duel with Dongfang Lie arrived. They would fight for the title of Pearl Academy's strongest.
The Lightning Institute's top student against the Fire Institute's top student—those few words alone had caught everyone's attention. All of them looked forward to the battle.
Because this was a clash between two institutes, the academy decided to open its largest Competition Arena to spectators from the Main Campus.
The duel between the institutes' top students was already a major draw. With Mo Xie's celebrity appeal added to it, students across the academy rushed to the Competition Arena, afraid there would be no seats left.
"Damn it! Why won't they let me reserve seats in advance? They're cutting off my income! Where's the justice in that?"
Mo Fan looked at the roads packed with people. If he could do business here, wouldn't money come pouring into his pockets?
Gold coins seemed to appear before his eyes, yet he could never reach them. He sighed at the sky, looking for all the world like a successful man from ancient times who had been stripped of his post.
Xu Zhaoting patted Mo Fan's shoulder and gave a helpless shrug.
"Can't be helped. The academy obviously found out we sold tickets last time. They're using Pearl Academy's largest venue this time, so they definitely don't want us making money off the students again."
"Yeah, fine."
In the spectator stands, Ding Yumian spotted Bai Tingting and Song Xia squeezing their way out of the crowd. She smiled and waved.
"Tingting, Xia, over here!"
"Yu Mian, we're here!"
Once the two had sat down and everyone was present, Ding Yumian handed out the banner and glow sticks she had prepared.
"Yu Mian, what's this...?"
Li Yueqing looked as cool and dignified as ever, but