"Senior Sister."
At the sight of the newcomer, El nodded slightly, a flash of fighting spirit crossing his eyes.
"Junior Brother El."
Zhang Lexuan nodded gently, gazing at the boy before her.
Normally, given her temperament, she should never have come to join this commotion.
In fact, afterward, as the Inner Court's senior sister, she should have cracked down hard on these people who had attacked their junior brother!
Although El had struck first and provoked both of the previous battles.
But if one got to the root of it, this already amounted to bullying.
A group of Inner Court students with an average age of over twenty had attacked a twelve-year-old first-year student?!
How was that not bullying and suppression?
It was simply that El's domineering will and strength had proved greater.
Even if the academy seemed to have fanned the flames behind those rampant rumors, Zhang Lexuan still felt this was wrong!
Then why had she now taken the initiative to stand before El?
Because El needed her.
Yes, the junior brother before her needed her right now.
That call, seemingly rooted in her bloodline, permeating her marrow and filling her soul, held not the slightest trace of falsehood.
Zhang Lexuan knew.
The being before her was waiting for a complete and utter release.
A thoroughly exhilarating battle, or an equally fierce release of desire.
Whichever it was, she should step forward.
This was her duty, and her mission.
She... should do this.
And the eagerness in El's eyes had already made his choice clear.
"Forgive me."
The Soul Douluo who possessed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring offered El a quiet apology.
Then, Soul Power circulated throughout her body, and a bright moon appeared behind her before rising high into the sky, occupying more than half the