On a woodland path.
The atmosphere between the three had grown heavy.
"Yu Tianheng, just you wait. I have to take this matter to the three committee members and demand justice for Yanyan."
Ye Lingling spoke angrily, ready to head to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy's Education Committee.
But before she could take a single step, Dugu Yan stopped her.
She caught Ye Lingling by the arm. "Wait."
"Yanyan, what are you doing? Are you really going to let this fellow do whatever he wants?" Ye Lingling asked Dugu Yan in confusion.
"Of course not."
"Don't rush."
As Dugu Yan spoke, she turned her gaze back to Yu Tianheng. "What if I insist on joining the team as a full member?"
At Dugu Yan's words, Yu Tianheng froze for a moment, then smiled. "Since we know each other, I won't deny you a chance. If you can last against me for the time it takes an incense stick to burn without losing, I'll acknowledge your strength and let you become a full member. How about it?"
Without a doubt, Yu Tianheng could say this only because he was confident in his own strength.
As far as he knew, Dugu Yan was still a Control-Type Battle Spirit Master in her thirties, weak in direct combat and reliant on poison to control the battlefield.
Moreover, his blue lightning tyrant dragon martial soul naturally countered Dugu Yan's Jade Phosphor Serpent to some extent. Lasting against him for an incense stick's worth of time would be as difficult as climbing to heaven.
In other words, unless he went easy on her, Dugu Yan had no chance of succeeding.
"Yanyan..."
After hearing Yu Tianheng's words, Ye Lingling couldn't help tugging at Dugu Yan's sleeve from behind.
There was unconcealable worry in her eyes.
Her little