Chapter 35

As Huo Wu's words fell, the other members of the Blazing Fire Team were like deflated balls; their originally high fighting spirit, even the flames burning on their bodies, dimmed somewhat.

But they knew that when Du Gu Yan's poisonous mist could not be controlled, they were already at a disadvantage; moreover, Gu Xuan, although only level thirty-three, had strength not inferior to their vice-captain Huo Wushuang, a monster, so they had little chance of winning.

If Huo Lie and Huo Jun could defeat Yu Feng and then threaten Du Gu Yan and Ye Lingling, their chances would still be great, but they never expected that these two defense-system Soul Masters, Shimo and Shimo, would actually have such outstanding combat power.

Basically, their study of the Royal Battle Team was not comprehensive enough; although they had data, the data only gave a one-sided introduction.

After Huo Wu admitted defeat, Gu Xuan stopped outputting his third soul skill and silently retracted his martial soul.

Although Huo Wushuang was unwilling, he had already been poisoned, so he could only be forced to give up the offensive; he did not retract his martial soul, but relied on his own soul power to resist the invasion of the Emerald Scale Purple Poison.

When the other members of the Blazing Fire Team had retracted their martial souls, the people on the Royal Battle Team's side also retracted their martial souls.

Seeing this, the host's voice rang out: 'Royal Battle Team versus Blazing Fire Team, Royal Battle Team wins! Let's congratulate the Royal Battle Team on their five consecutive victories!'

Before this, the Royal Battle Team had also been on a four-win streak; otherwise they wouldn't have been matched against the Blazing Fire Team's six-win streak.

In the audience, some were cursing while others were gleeful; obviously this was because they had bet on different teams.

However, the Blazing Fire Team had only been here for a few months for Soul Battles, and their fan base was smaller than the Royal Battle Team's, so most of the crowd were cheering.

At that moment, Gu Xuan's voice sounded softly: 'Yan sis, first detoxify these two.'

Afterwards, Gu Xuan looked at Huo Wu and asked: 'You should be from the Blazing Fire Academy, right?'

Although Huo Wu regretted losing to the Royal Battle Team, the other side's attitude was good, proactively offering to detoxify Huo Wushuang and Huo Chui, so she couldn't well put on a sour face.

Huo Wu replied indifferently: 'That's right, but rest assured, the next victory will definitely be ours.'

Gu Xuan heard this and gave a hehe laugh, a warm smile appearing on his handsome face, making it hard for Huo Wu to flare up.

'We'll be here for a long time, always welcoming your challenge!'

Huo Wu hearing this felt somewhat suffocated, thinking it meant their Blazing Fire Team was inferior to the Royal Battle Team; but at that moment Huo Wushuang supported Huo Chui as they came to her side, Huo Wu gave Gu Xuan a fiery glance and then said: 'Let's wait and see!'

Gu Xuan heard this, smiled helplessly, shook his head and said no more; in the original work, this little girl Huo Wu is like this—hot-tempered, daring to love and hate, and because of her extraordinary talent she has never accepted defeat since childhood.

However, for Gu Xuan it didn't matter; on the contrary, he rather appreciated this kind of spirited little girl, conquering her would be more interesting.

Of course, it wasn't that Gu Xuan had feelings for her; he simply appreciated beautiful women in a pure way.

Du Gu Yan came to Gu Xuan's side at that moment, looking at him with a smile, and softly said: 'What, you've taken a liking to that girl?'

Gu Xuan turned his head to look at Du Gu Yan's smiling face; hearing this tone, he felt an inexplicable chill down his back—what does this mean? Testing brother? Hehe, testing my ass! You're currently ranked first in my heart.

Gu Xuan smiled slightly and replied: 'They're from the Blazing Fire Academy; I'm just leaving a good impression, but they don't appreciate it.'

Saying this, Gu Xuan deliberately moved his mouth near Du Gu Yan's ear and whispered: 'Yan sis, after we poison them next time, I'll have you help detoxify, but you'll deliberately not go, letting them suffer properly!'

Gu Xuan suddenly moved his ear near Du Gu Yan's, making her face slightly flush; hearing his words, she pursed her lips and gave him a white-eyed look, replying: 'Okay, you little brat, your mind is really evil!' Gu Xuan hearing this couldn't accept it, and immediately replied: 'Hey hey hey, where's the evil? Who let them lose yet act all high and mighty, putting on airs? I'm just helping their elders temper their temperament—this is a good thing!'

Du Gu Yan gave him a white-eyed look and said: 'Fine, you play the good guy, I'll play the bad guy.'

As they spoke, the other members of the Royal Battle Team left the stage one after another; Yu Tianheng frowned, watching Du Gu Yan and Gu Xuan nibbling each other's ears affectionately, and finally followed them off the Dou Hun Tai without a word.

Gu Xuan pushed Du Gu Yan's back as they walked down from the Dou Hun Tai, saying: 'Yan sis, what are you saying? Capable people naturally should bear more pressure; if I had your strength, I wouldn't need to ask you.'

Du Gu Yan, being pushed by Gu Xuan, raised the corners of her mouth, smiled and replied: 'This is our Young Master Gu Xuan's attitude when asking for help—he won't even say the word "please"!'

Gu Xuan's expression became somewhat unnatural upon hearing this; although Du Gu Yan doesn't reject physical contact with him, how is this plot different from what he imagined? Shouldn't it be his burly frame shaking, revealing a handsome, charming protagonist-like smile, after which the girl would directly kneel and lick?

Too bad reality isn't imagination; Gu Xuan gave a hehehe laugh and replied: 'Of course it's a request; it must be a big feast—later we'll go to Dou Tian Zhuangyuan to have fun!'

Dou Tian Zhuangyuan is the property of the Snow Star Prince, and also the largest noble entertainment venue in Tian Dou City; inside there's nothing you can't imagine, and nothing he can't do.

That old guy eats the emperor's grain but does dog's work; all kinds of forbidden dirty deeds are available there! Although everyone curses him, everyone also wants to become him.

Upon hearing this, Du Gu Yan finally nodded in satisfaction; under Gu Xuan's half-push, half-coaxing, the two returned to the Royal Battle Team's resting room.

The others were already in the resting room; Qin Ming sat on a single leather sofa, holding a stack of documents, obviously having recorded their performance from the just-finished match.

After Gu Xuan and Du Gu Yan entered, they also stopped joking around, obediently sitting on the sofa waiting for Qin Ming to speak.

'Cough cough...' Qin Ming saw Gu Xuan and Du Gu Yan had returned, cleared his throat, and said: 'To be honest, I'm very satisfied with your performance today!'

This was Qin Ming's first sentence; upon hearing it, everyone, including Gu Xuan, let go of their worries and smiled.

Qin Ming continued: 'Here, you should first praise Gu Xuan; he only joined the team three days ago, and today's Soul Battle was entirely his tactics and command; I am very pleased with his performance.'

Upon hearing this, everyone secretly gave Gu Xuan a thumbs-up; although he had only joined their team three days ago, he had already earned their trust and respect.

This was not only due to Gu Xuan's own strength and talent, but also his trust and dedication to others; simply his method of absorbing soul rings beyond his level was enough to win their hearts.

Gu Xuan also dared not take credit, immediately replying: 'Teacher Qin, this is achievable only through everyone's joint effort; it's not really related to me—even without me, whether it's Tianheng and Yan sis or them devising tactics, the final result would be the same.'

Upon hearing Gu Xuan's words, Qin Ming nodded slightly, his satisfaction with Gu Xuan deepening; still, that saying holds: not arrogant, not impatient, not fond of grand achievements—this truly is a promising seedling with both talent and temperament.

But excessive humility is arrogance; Qin Ming directly said: 'Gu Xuan, you don't need to be humble; I've recorded everyone's performance here, and in my view, yours should surpass theirs.'

Upon hearing this, the others not only did not feel jealous, but were further motivated; after all, Gu Xuan is only fifteen years old (reminder: Gu Xuan is actually twelve, this is a fabricated age!!!), and at level thirty-three his strength already exceeds everyone else's.

Leaving Qin Ming aside, Gu Xuan is now their target to chase! ps: typos will be corrected later.

(End of chapter)