Lu Yi's words were no provocation. He was merely stating a fact.
Ning Tian did not doubt him in the slightest, but Wu Feng bristled at his words.
So what if Lu Yi had defeated Dai Huabin? Dai Huabin had simply been careless.
She would not make such a basic mistake.
Impulse won out over reason, and Wu Feng immediately challenged Lu Yi to settle things at the Academy's Soul Fighting Arena.
"I'll say it again: I'm not interested."
Lu Yi was starting to find her noisy. His gaze fell on Ning Tian, and his tone lost its earlier warmth. "I won't intrude on your reunion. Goodbye."
With that, Lu Yi turned and left without waiting to see how either of them reacted.
He needed no mind-reading technique to see exactly what Ning Tian and Wu Feng were thinking.
Whether Wu Feng's reaction came from her own feelings or from the influence of Ning Tian, the Young Sect Master, or the head of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, it made no difference to him.
Whatever the relationship—friendship or love—if someone put him through a so-called test, he would sever those feelings without hesitation and return to an ordinary relationship.
Because any test that used affection as a bargaining chip was coercion.
Give in once, and the tests would only grow more numerous and more demanding, eating away at a person's will step by step until they forgot who they were.
Douluo Continent, in particular, had something strange about it. Perhaps only by being a little cold-blooded could he counteract its subtle influence and remain a normal person.
Watching Lu Yi leave, Wu Feng wore a smug expression, as though she had successfully defended her territory.
Ning Tian, however, panicked.
She had keenly sensed the change in Lu Yi's attitude.