Chapter 84: Come Over and Fight

Finally, he stepped onto the high platform.

When Qin Jian stood opposite Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian, he was still somewhat dazed.

The truth was that the Shui Bing'er of just a moment ago had such temperament; that confidence and domineering aura originating from within radiated a unique, ultimate charm.

She was truly worthy of being a girl recognized by the God Position Nine Trials; once she recognized herself and cast off the shackles of her original family, it was like a fish entering the sea—her entire person was brand new!

"Qin Jian! ——"

At this moment, Huo Wu's angry voice dragged his wandering attention back: "Huh? You calling me?"

A burst of low laughter erupted on and off the platform.

Huo Wu was so angry her fists clenched tight: "I've been talking to you the whole time! Did you not hear a single word?!"

"Uh..."

Qin Jian scratched the back of his head and turned to ask Shui Bing'er: "Bing'er, what did she say just now?"

Shui Bing'er was also full of suppressed smiles: "She was expressing her indignation toward you, especially about your interference halfway through at the Soul Hunting Ground, and the fact that you weren't there when she went to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."

"Oh..."

Qin Jian nodded nonchalantly: "Is that all? What do you want?"

"Is that all..."

Huo Wu lowered her head and clenched her fists, firelight seemingly surging on her body: "Is that all..."

"Qin Jian——"

The girl let out an earth-shattering roar that shocked everyone on and off the platform: "You scoundrel, ah ah ah!"

"I want to challenge you, ah ah ah ah ah ah!"

A teacher from Blazing Academy pressed down hard on her shoulders: "Calm down, Huo Wu! Calm down! You're already Level 30, he's clearly not even Level 30 yet; challenging him will invite gossip."

"I don't care, ah ah ah! Qin Jian! Come over here and fight!" Huo Wu's entire body sprayed flames, turning her into a human torch.

"What a vibrant girl..."

Qin Jian's expression didn't change and his heart didn't skip a beat; he even had the mood to critique: "Oh no, it should be 'fire-brant'... what a pity, she's not cute like this..."

Seeing that Huo Wu was about to go berserk, Shui Bing'er could no longer watch: she stepped forward and blocked Qin Jian: "Huo Wu, weren't you originally going to challenge me? I'll accompany you in a soul duel!"

The Blazing Academy teacher frowned, looked Shui Bing'er up and down, and said: "What level are you?"

"Our Bing'er is now... Level 35!" Yan Zhining walked up and said with a hint of pride.

"Level 35?!"

"Wasn't she only Level 32 before?"

"She improved by a full three levels in this short time?"

"......"

The high-level instructors showed joy on their faces.

Originally, they had been somewhat worried about whether Shui Bing'er would lose this match, but a Level 35 Shui Bing'er would certainly have no problem.

After all, she possessed a top-tier Beast Spirit, and her potential was on par with Huo Wu's to begin with!

"You're actually three levels higher than me?!"

The furious Huo Wu was also stunned: "This is impossible, I've already worked so hard, how are you faster than me?"

Shui Bing'er looked back at Qin Jian, tenderness surging in her eyes: "I didn't get this through hard work; this was all given to me by Qin Jian, you don't need to take it to heart."

Her words were very sincere, but she didn't know what had triggered Huo Wu's nerves again: "It's Qin Jian again! Are you, this scoundrel, specifically trying to go against me?!"

"Then... what level are you?"

The Blazing Academy teacher's expression turned serious; his gaze was fixed on Qin Jian.

"Me? Oh... I'm a bit worse than them, I'm only Level 27." Qin Jian said nonchalantly.

"Level 27?!"

Huo Wu and her teacher, along with the teacher from Shenfeng Academy, all cried out in shock.

Because they all clearly remembered that at the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, Qin Jian was only Level 20; at that time, there was a 10-level soul power gap between him and Huo Wu and the others.

But now, while others were still at Level 32 or 33, he was already at Level 27; the soul power gap was only five or six levels left!

"Truly... a heaven-sent talent... worthy of being a disciple of Jian Douluo of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect..."

The Blazing Academy teacher looked full of regret: "If only he had joined our academy back then..."

Yan Zhining lifted her chin haughtily: "I'm the impressive one, right!"

The group of high-level instructors nodded repeatedly.

"Qin Jian, you could fight a Soul Beast with the strength of Level 30 when you were Level 20, and you could force me back, even with Ning Rongrong's support..."

Huo Wu pressed forward: "Now that you're Level 27, you wouldn't dare refuse my challenge, would you?"

"Where does this girl get so much resentment..."

Qin Jian spread his hands toward Shui Bing'er and said: "Someone who didn't know better would think I'd abandoned her after starting a relationship..."

Shui Bing'er rolled her eyes at him, then said to Huo Wu: "If you want to soul duel with Qin Jian, then what about the one between us?"

Huo Wu frowned and was about to speak, but saw Feng Xiaotian suddenly step forward: "Since we came to challenge the gym, you can't be the only one hogging the spotlight, Huo Wu. How about you let me handle Shui Bing'er?"

"You?" Shui Bing'er frowned as she looked over.

"What? Afraid my level isn't high enough?"

Feng Xiaotian crossed his arms and said: "I've also had some fortuitous encounters; I'm the same as you now, Level 35!"

The crowd at Tianshui Academy was in an uproar.

No one expected that among the challengers this time, there would actually be someone at Feng Xiaotian's level; many people looked at Shui Bing'er with worry.

After all, the previous Shui Bing'er could only exert eighty percent of her full strength at most.

"Qin Jian, what do you think we should do?"

Shui Bing'er did not agree herself, nor did she go to ask Yan Zhining, but instead turned her head to look at Qin Jian.

"I don't have any objections, it just depends on what the Instructors think." Qin Jian looked toward Yan Zhining.

Yan Zhining thought for a moment, then stepped forward and said: "Since you intend for the four of you to take the field, why not skip splitting it into two matches and just do a two-on-two? After all, you are all team members; while individual strength is important, coordination is even more so."

The teachers from the Blazing Academy and Kamikaze Academy sides exchanged a glance, both seeing the joy in the other's eyes, and then said in unison: "We have no objections."

"Yan Zhining..."

Xiao Jing, who had never really gotten along with Yan Zhining, walked up and whispered: "The Blazing Academy and Kamikaze Academy are good at fire and wind respectively; their power will grow exponentially when they coordinate. Have you lost your mind?"

This time, Yan Zhining did not argue with her, because Xiao Jing was also doing it for the sake of the academy.

"Rest assured, if the combination of Qin Jian and Bing'er cannot win, then I cannot think of any other combination that could," Yan Zhining said confidently.

Xiao Jing frowned and said: "This concerns the academy's honor; I hope you can explain clearly why a combination of Qin Jian and Shui Bing'er fighting would be more advantageous than them fighting individually?"

Yan Zhining smiled and whispered: "This time while we were training in the Star Dou Great Forest, we encountered an extremely dangerous situation, and Qin Jian and Bing'er... the two of them triggered a Martial Soul Fusion Skill!"

"A Martial Soul Fusion Skill!"

Xiao Jing's eyes widened, and she then pressed: "What type of Martial Soul Fusion Skill is it?"

Yan Zhining smiled radiantly: "It is, of course, an attack-type Martial Soul Fusion Skill!"

(End of this chapter)