"Finally, my turn."
"Watch closely, little brother."
"I'll only demonstrate how to outdo Luo Yu once."
Looking eager to get started, Chu Wen reassured Chu Ge, then leaped into the center of the Ceremonial Arena.
Seeing that the newcomer was another ordinary Shadow Guard, the crowd did not hold out much hope.
"Chu Wen? That researcher who studies ape-type summoning beasts?"
"He doesn't look like he's prepared anything. He might do even worse than the plant girl."
"Just watch. Who knows? He might have something up his sleeve."
Seeing that his old acquaintance's turn had come, Luo Yu could not help watching a little more closely.
Then he asked Ye Lingbo beside him, "He's pretty confident."
"Do you have any intel on him?"
Ye Lingbo pursed her lips. Was he treating her like an encyclopedia?
Why did he ask her about everything?
"As it happens, one of Chu Wen's ancestors married a Ninja with a Jinchūriki Physique."
"With that bloodline passed down, Chu Wen might get something out of this."
Well, damn!
Sister Ye really had dug through his family tree!
He would have to be careful from now on and never get on Sister Ye's bad side.
Otherwise, he would be in for it.
With Sister Ye's intelligence network, who knew what embarrassing secrets from his past she might dig up?
Luo Yu raised an eyebrow. "Might?"
"Yes."
Ye Lingbo nodded. "Nobody can say for sure with bloodlines. They might get diluted, or they might manifest after skipping several generations."
As they spoke, Nine-Tails stared at the young man with crimson eyes from atop the enormous throne.
The next moment, translucent red chakra flooded Chu Wen's body, gradually taking on the outline of a fox.
Meanwhile, Chu Wen had already fallen into a pitch-black mental world.
As pressure came