Chapter 599: She Was Forged in Blades and Spears

After several rounds of exchange, the evil little kitten drew a sharp breath inward.

Fuck!

She had seriously underestimated Chen Duling—this girl who looked like a sweet, obedient student, yet whose 37-degree mouth spoke with such icy coldness, compounded by her full-blown passive-aggressive tactics, blending green tea and white lotus maneuvers together.

Truly, you can't judge a person by appearance; she's a contender on par with Meng Jie.

Except that Chen Duling appears meek but is actually formidable, while Meng Jie appears wicked and calculating, yet in truth—

Secretly musing over Meng Jiehou, Li Yitong also raised her guard against Chen Duling completely, no longer daring to treat her as some minor nobody~

Undoubtedly, this was a "respectable" opponent!

Of course, at this point, any pretense of mutual admiration or "we only fight to know each other" was impossible.

Both women's thoughts were now nearly identical: to settle not just superiority, but also "life or death"!

As the third party present, Zhou Ye naturally had no thought of shouting "Stop fighting!"—in fact, she was itching to fan the flames.

She was, of course, on Li Yitong's side; after all, she was the "external aid" she'd brought in. Though she'd known Chen Duling longer and more intimately, last night this "Dudu-jie" had been utterly excessive, treating her like a Japanese!

Now she only hoped Li Yitong would transform into a "Qingtian Dalaoye" and severely "punish" the other.

The evil little kitten read the sister's hopeful gaze, and though she felt a pang of pity for such naive innocence still daring to enter the arena, she naturally returned it with a confident glance: Just watch me!

Chen Duling: So you two are no longer hiding your collusion, huh?

She shot Zhou Ye a furious glare: Was it you who lured the enemy here?

The happy little dog flinched instinctively under the glare, but the evil little kitten reacted swiftly, immediately placing her hand on Zhou Ye's leg and patting it twice to encourage her.

Instantly, Zhou Ye straightened up again, back rigid, chin lifted:

Yes, it was me—so what?!

The way she paraded her false authority made Chen Duling laugh bitterly: Fine, fine! Today I'll deal with both of you together!

At this moment, the air above the dining table seemed to churn with hidden currents; invisible killing intent flickered back and forth between the three's gazes. Though still far from the level of erasing the Dao, it had clearly reached a volatile, explosive state!

If there had been an observer with even slightly richer imagination, they might have glimpsed their martial souls' true forms~

Chen Duling flipped through her Death Notebook with a rustling sound; opposite her, the evil little kitten squinted, her sharp claws already bared, while behind her, the happy little dog barked frantically—but dared only to bark.

Of course, from a combat power standpoint, Duling was still far behind.

She belonged to the type with extremely high theoretical knowledge but insufficient practical level.

Clearly, she'd torn too few fights.

How many people had she torn into since her "debut"?

Though she'd gained some experience last year in the Star Sea Youth Actors Program, sparred with "strongs," and even absorbed their combat insights, the opponents she'd faced back then were merely fresh-out-of-the-cradle "Chacha"s~

Afterward, she'd only been crushed by overwhelming masters, or endlessly bullied by Zhou Ye.

The evil little kitten was different!

She was forged in blades and spears~

Ambushes, being ambushed, brawls, setting traps, deceiving—what hadn't she done? All the bloody battlegrounds around Bai Liang, except those two new arrivals' head-on clashes she couldn't get into, every other scene, the evil little kitten had tasted every flavor!

Just sparring with Jin Da Xi and Li Xin alone had dramatically raised everyone's tearing skills.

To put it bluntly, if the Qing Yu Nian sisters' squad now surrounded the New Jiang beauties, who'd win or lose was truly uncertain.

Back then, they'd been swept away by the residual aura of their opponents' AoE mainly because they hadn't been bold enough, still clinging to illusions.

Now it's different!

Abandon illusions, prepare for battle!

When Bai Liang returned from his outing, he found the people in his room all present—though the atmosphere was decidedly off.

Precisely speaking, Duling looked utterly dejected, her entire demeanor shattered, as if she'd been violated—utterly pitiable.

She looked like she was about to cry~

Beside her, Zhou Ye beamed triumphantly, like a general who'd won a battle, her chest puffed out as if adorned with a big red flower.

Too bad she still lost.

As for the evil little kitten—

She remained calm, and upon seeing Bai Liang return, grinned and waved at him: "You're back? What do you want for lunch?"

"What bad thing did you do again?"

At this moment, Bai Liang was the true Qingtian Dalaoye!

He instantly spotted the culprit behind the current scene—it was definitely the evil little kitten who'd bullied Duling.

At this moment, Duling lifted her head in surprise, gazing at Bai Liang with tearful gratitude.

Senior!

She knew her senior would never let her be bullied.

Though she'd lost the fight, Bai Liang standing by her side made it all feel worthwhile.

She immediately stood and rushed toward Bai Liang, biting her lip silently, only tugging gently at his sleeve.

This gesture, seen by the evil little kitten, elicited no visible change in expression—she still smiled sweetly.

But Zhou Ye's eyes widened slightly, as if sensing the third round had begun!

This time, Chen Duling struck first—let's see how Li Yitong responds~

Facing Bai Liang's "accusation," if she were in Zhou Ye's place, Zhou Ye thought, she might feel immense pressure.

"I do bad things every day—what specific one are you referring to?"

Li Yitong was completely unfazed, even daring to counter-question.

There was no help for it—she knew this male fox too well.

"Evil little kitten"? That was just a nickname this male fox had given her; he just loved this little quirk of hers.

Li Yitong reached out, grasping nothing: firmly seizing the xp~

I'll deal with you later. Dudu and Xiao Ye, you two should go get your makeup and styling done. Don't mess around with her here.

That's right!

After arguing for so long, Chen Duling only then realized—how could she have forgotten this?!

She'd been nominated for the Golden Rooster Award herself—why hadn't she thrown that in the face of her opponent to humiliate her?

Although the evil little kitten's thick skin probably wouldn't care much, Chen Duling still felt this was her mistake.

At the same time, she never expected Bai Liang to actually scold Li Yitong right in front of her. That wasn't realistic.

For her, it was already enough that her senior had just shown a stance of "being on her side."

So upon hearing this, Chen Duling softly replied, nodded, and prepared to find her own team.

Zhou Ye: Huh? Are we done already?

She hadn't even gotten her fill yet. But still, didn't she win this time?

As if sensing what she was thinking, Li Yitong walked over to Bai Liang, stood on her toes, whispered something to him, then turned back to look at Zhou Ye, waved her hand, "Then I'll go first~ I'll teach you another trick later."

"Goodbye, Sister Tongtong."

Zhou Ye naturally bid her warmly farewell, though she didn't understand what the other meant—what did "teach you another trick" mean?

Half an hour later, when Zhou Ye had changed into her gown and wanted to find Bai Liang for his opinion—or simply to hear him praise her beauty—she discovered her little Bai brother had vanished in the most bizarre way!

This immediately led Zhou Ye to conclude: It must be that evil woman Chen Duling who'd lured him away again!

Yet when she stormed over, she found Chen Duling sitting quietly while the stylist adjusted her hair~

There was no sign of Bai Liang anywhere in the room.

"Isn't Xiao Bai here with you?"

Hearing this, Chen Duling glanced at her sideways through the mirror. "Why would he be with me? Didn't you bring him here yourself?"

"What do you mean?" Zhou Ye was confused.

"You fool who invited the wolf in—how could you think of calling for backup? That's exactly what her 'teach you another trick' means. Stupid, aren't you?"

Dudu was unbeatable in post-battle analysis, but she just lacked in real-time performance—if only she'd been sharper, she could've gone head-to-head with the evil little kitten.

She'd deduced the entire "py deal" between the two of them just from Li Yitong's two farewell remarks to Zhou Ye.