"I'm sitting this match out!"
Before anyone else could speak, Gu Yuena spoke up, volunteering to withdraw right away.
Everyone was baffled, especially Lin Qian. "Na'er, why would you..."
With all the bearing of a queen, Gu Yuena interrupted him. "Blazing Fire Academy's vice-captain, Huo Wu, is quite good. Try to win her over. I won't get in your way."
Those words came from the heart, without the slightest trace of sarcasm. She knew her boyfriend was a womanizing rogue, and Huo Wu was rather uninhibited herself. Once Blazing Fire Academy lost the match and the two became entangled, the outcome was entirely predictable.
The silence was deafening.
Everyone was stunned by her peculiar train of thought and stared at her, dumbfounded.
Come on, lady, was it really all right to say this in public?
If everyone else was merely shocked, Liu Erlong was furious.
Pushing another woman on him right in front of me-do you think I'm dead?
Even after these past few years, despite Lin Qian's tender ministrations, her temper still wasn't particularly good. Especially since, at their first meeting, Gu Yuena had knocked her unconscious with Spiritual Power, leaving her lying on the academy floor and utterly disgraced.
New grievances and old grudges surged into her heart together. Just as she was about to unleash her big move, Gu Yuena spoke again. "A mere level seventy-eight Soul Saint is beneath my notice. Have you forgotten your lesson from back then? Stop."
After getting together with Lin Qian, her attitude toward humans had softened somewhat. Not by much, but at least she would put on an act in front of her boyfriend.
Her crushing defeat a few years ago remained vivid in her mind. In all fairness, Liu Erlong was a little afraid. Losing a fight was no