What He Caitou carried on his back was no Flight Backpack at all, but a pair of rocket thrusters, clearly flight components from his newly upgraded Flying Fortress.
Both rocket thrusters instantly spat out eight jets of flame in the same color. With a full sixteen terrifying jets of thrust, He Caitou instantly seized first place, even stealing the limelight from the two senior students who were Soul Saints.
Still, this event clearly required more than sheer speed.
Since He Caitou had not summoned the Flying Fortress's other components, the soul-powered rocket thrusters, which normally had to propel half a ton or even a ton of equipment and over a hundred Soul Cannons through aerial combat, only needed to propel He Caitou. By the time he realized he needed to slow down to land precisely on a lotus leaf, he had already completely overshot his own.
"Hehe."
Among the Sea God’s Fairies, quite a few found He Caitou's clumsy performance amusing. He had clearly flown the fastest, yet after doubling back, he had still failed to snag a good spot. A string of silvery, bell-like laughter rang out.
Of course, the two Soul Saint seniors flying at the very front had not both managed to secure their favorable positions either. As everyone knew, Xu Sanshi had Xuanming Displacement, so...
Just like that, Xu Sanshi brazenly occupied the first water lily, which granted first choice, thoroughly blindsiding that Soul Saint senior. The Sea God's Fate Matchmaking Conference had officially raised its curtain.
Bei Bei announced in a clear voice, "Sea God's Fate upon Sea God Lake. Tonight's matchmaking event has five stages in total, so make sure you're ready. Let me emphasize this once more: anyone who falls into the water, male or female, will be eliminated."
Zhang Lexuan continued, "Tonight,