While Ning Xiang was lost in thought, cheers mingled with sighs reached her ears. When she looked back at the stage-well, damn! Ji Wuyong had actually lost to Xia Buyan.
Damn it, I bet on Ji Wuyong! Sigh, now it all comes down to me.
"The teaching in your Demon Domain isn't up to scratch!" Ning Xiang mocked Zhu Yu.
Zhu Yu said, "I'll personally kill that old dog Mingyuan for you when we get back!"
Next came the match between Ning Xiang and Mu Jianying.
Ning Xiang hadn't had much contact with Mu Jianying, but she vaguely remembered that he had been very popular in the Original Novel, too. At one point, readers had even called for him to join Jiang Miaomiao's harem.
However, this fellow Daoist Mu was a thoroughly steel-forged straight man. His heart held only the Dao, with no room for women, and he had ultimately been excluded from the male leads.
Ning Xiang sighed. Sure enough, not just anyone could become a lead. Even a charming, perceptive young beauty like her could only be a supporting character, couldn't she?
Looking at the Azure Sea Sword in Ning Xiang's hand, Mu Jianying praised her graciously. "Fellow Daoist Ning, your valiant bearing when you defeated Fellow Daoist Fu of the Beast Taming Sect yesterday left me deeply impressed..."
"You, disciple of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, stop spouting nonsense! Fight quickly and lose quickly!" Zhu Yu's voice rang across the entire arena.
The old Demon King is acting up again, Ning Xiang thought.
Since she had used the ninth form of the Fire Dance Sunflame Sword Art before everyone yesterday, she no longer bothered to conceal it, using the sword art directly against Mu Jianying.
"Who do you think will win, Senior Sister Ning or Senior Brother