Spirit City, at a residence
A peerlessly beautiful young woman in a short purple dress sat quietly in the courtyard, her arms wrapped around her knees and her chin resting on them. Her short purple hair fluttered in the wind, and her pretty face, with its green eyes and red lips, was breathtakingly beautiful.
She was Dugu Yan, whom Lin Chen had taught a lesson that day.
She had lost all face and suffered every humiliation today, even coming close to losing her life. Given her usual temperament, she would have cursed Lin Chen and several generations of his ancestors and descendants over and over by now, but today she was unusually quiet.
Creak~
Just then, Yu Tianheng pushed the door open and came in. "Yan'er, are you all right?" he asked worriedly.
Dugu Yan glanced at him indifferently. "Why are you here?"
Yu Tianheng said awkwardly, "Lingling said something was wrong with you, so I came to check on you. How are your injuries?"
Dugu Yan said expressionlessly, "Just a few internal injuries. My grandfather has already looked me over. It's nothing serious."
"Oh... that's good." Yu Tianheng hesitated for a long moment before saying, "Yan'er, today was my fault. I didn't protect you."
Dugu Yan looked at him with a complicated expression. "Are you pitying me?"
"I... that's not what I meant!" Yu Tianheng hurriedly explained.
Dugu Yan sighed softly. "Tian Heng, let's part ways~"
"All right... huh?" Yu Tianheng grew anxious and hurriedly asked, "Yan'er, what do you mean? What do you mean, part ways?"
Dugu Yan said with a complicated expression, "Everyone saw what happened to me today, and I heard what they said behind my back. We're no longer suited to being together. We should part ways."
"Yan'er, do you still hate me? I'll work hard to grow stronger..." Before Yu Tianheng could finish,
Dugu Yan said softly, "Tian Heng, I don't blame you. Go back. With your status, you won't lack women. Why waste your time on me?"
The two had not been together long, and aside from holding hands and hugging, they had done little that crossed the line.
Yu Tianheng said, "Yan'er..."
"Go on. Let me be alone~"
Yu Tianheng sighed deeply, turned, and left. They had not been together long, and while they had some feelings for each other, those feelings were certainly not as deep as one might imagine.
Dugu Yan's green eyes grew slightly moist as she murmured, "Tian Heng, if you could have stopped him, perhaps we might still have had a chance."
Her heart was in turmoil. She even somewhat hated herself as she was now. That man had treated her like that, yet she just... just couldn't forget him!
That cold, handsome face had been deeply planted in her heart.
It even made her somewhat nostalgic for the humiliation of being enslaved.
It turned over and over in her mind, impossible to forget.
The next day, three quarters past the hour of the rabbit
By now, nearly all the dozens of teams participating in the finals had arrived. Teams such as Skywater Academy, the Divine Wind Blazing Fire Team, and Plant Academy had arrived long ago. Some were looking forward to the final, while others were looking forward to a certain person.
Unexpectedly, a young woman appeared in the Heaven Dou Imperial Family's spectator stands, taking all the Soul Masters by surprise. It was none other than Dugu Yan.
Yesterday, Lin Chen had taught her a lesson and humiliated her like that in public. Who would have thought she would dare come today? Wasn't she afraid people would talk about her?
At Elder Yang of Spirit Hall's command, the Spirit Hall Team took the arena under Lin Chen's lead. On the other side, Shrek was also ready.
More than thirty teams and over half the continent's first-rate and top-tier powers had gathered here, their gazes fixed on the arena. They wondered:
Would the Spirit Hall Team claim the championship as it always had, or would Shrek Academy remain a dark horse all the way to the end?
On the arena
Lin Chen wore an azure brocade robe, his black hair tied high, with two locks falling beside his handsome face. He stood tall at the very front of the Spirit Hall Team, his striking sword-like brows and extraordinary bearing drawing the eye.
Not far in front of him, Tang San watched him with a grave expression.
Sensing his gaze, Lin Chen sneered. He raised the middle finger of his right hand at him, then pointed it downward.
Tang San froze for a moment. As a transmigrator himself, he naturally knew what the gesture meant. His expression changed drastically, and a trace of coldness flashed through his eyes. This man really is from Blue Star too. He's gotten so arrogant just because he latched onto Spirit Hall. Does he really think he can win?!
Skywater Academy
The young women who had been watching Lin Chen began discussing it. Shui Yue'er shook Yu Hairou's arm. "Sister Hairou, what did Brother Lin Chen's gesture just now mean?"
Yu Hairou's delicate brows drew together. After pondering for a long moment, she said, "He was probably... saying hello~"
"Huh? Saying hello?" A hint of puzzlement flashed through Shui Yue'er's blue eyes.
Why was that greeting so strange?
"Pfft..." Xue Wu giggled. "Yue'er, don't listen to Sister Hairou's nonsense. I doubt she knows either."
"The Spirit Hall Team and Shrek have plenty of bad blood between them. How could he be politely saying hello?"
"Oh~ I see~"
In truth, the perceptive young women had more or less guessed what Lin Chen meant, but they did not dislike it in the slightest.
Because they unconditionally supported everything Lin Chen did now!
Elder Yang shouted, "The final begins!"
As soon as his voice fell, Dai Mubai, Shrek's nominal captain, shouted, "Brothers, release your Martial Souls!"
Hum, hum, hum...
Level forty-four, forty-three, forty-two, and so on. Even the one with the highest Soul Power was only Dai Mubai at level forty-four.
On the other side, however, aside from Lin Chen, the king of cheats at the very front, Hu Liena's level fifty-five Soul Power and Xie Yue's level fifty-two Soul Power were equally eye-catching.
Star Luo Empire's seats
Zhu Zhuyun sat above in purple-black leather clothes and trousers, her long legs crossed. Her pretty face was cold as she watched her full-blooded younger sister below. My dear little sister, let's see how you win this time!
Shrek Academy
Liu Erlong watched Xiao Wu's slender figure below, and an ominous premonition suddenly rose in her heart. Would something happen in this battle?
Flender sighed deeply. "Xiao Gang, for the children's safety, we have to be ready to surrender at any moment."
Yu Xiaogang's face darkened. "Flender, I believe the little ones will definitely win! You need to have that confidence too!"
"But..."
"No buts!" Yu Xiaogang said in a low voice. Leaning on his cane, his hand wrapped in bandages, he gazed darkly at the graceful figure at the very top:
Bibi Dong, I'll make sure to soundly defeat your Spirit Hall!
But today, Bibi Dong's gaze had never turned toward him, not even once. Her eyes were entirely on the young man in the arena...
On the arena
"White Tiger Vajra Transformation!"
"Phoenix Fire Line!"
"Hell Stab!"
"First: Strength, Second: Speed!"
By now, the two sides had already engaged in fierce battle, soldiers against soldiers and generals against generals. The Spirit Hall Team's Power Attack System Soul Ancestors, Sun Chuantao, Xu Yu, and Li Kai, were the first to act, clashing fiercely with Dai Mubai and his two companions.
Hu Liena giggled. "Brother Lin Chen, I'll go deal with that little girl called Xiao Wu~"
"Go ahead~" Lin Chen said indifferently. "Xie Yue, take care of those two support Soul Masters!"
"Okay!"
Xie Yue nodded, picked up two sharp watermelon knives, and swiftly charged toward Shrek's formation.