Chapter 19: She Was Just a Big Sister Who Played Well!

On the other side, Wang Dong unleashed a burst of Butterfly God's Light, blasting the two of them off the stage.

The flying soul master was downright unscrupulous; he could have simply flown a kite and taken them down one by one.

Deprived of teammates, Xie Huan Yue was already at the end of his strength, yet he did not surrender.

The second soul ring flared, and his arm stretched like rubber, snapping toward the Su Yun Tian above.

Bang!

Su Yun Tian instinctively raised his angelic holy sword to block, but his arm, like putty, clung to it tightly.

"Hmph, get it off me!" Seeing the hit land, Xie Huan Yue smiled smugly, trying to retract his arm.

But he found Su Yun Tian gave him a pitiful glance.

"The sun is truly fiery."

Su Yun Tian's hand gripping the hilt suddenly ignited, flames spreading over the blade and eventually crawling onto Xie Huan Yue's arm.

Feeling the scorching heat on his arm, Xie Huan Yue winced in pain and hurriedly withdrew his arm.

"First you burned hair, now you're burning arms—are you an angel or a demon!" The incident of the Lan sisters' hair being burned had already spread throughout the new students.

Back then Xie Huan Yue had mocked them a lot; he didn't expect the tables to turn on him now.

"I'm sorry, but you must leave the stage," Su Yun Tian said, gathering all his power into the angelic holy sword and drawing a crescent‑shaped sword aura in the air.

The sword aura, bearing terrifying energy, surged toward Xie Huan Yue with a force that could fell a forest.

In the earlier battle, Su Yun Tian had struck him many times.

Even with the strongest defense, he couldn't withstand the angelic holy sword!

Therefore, to avoid injury, he hurriedly leapt off the stage.

Su Yun Tian's team also advanced to the top 16.

So there are four matches left; that makes him the champion!

After the match, Wang Dong took Su Yun Tian back to the dorm and restored his female attire.

In a somewhat sarcastic tone, "I didn't expect you knew such a beautiful senior; why didn't you ever mention it before?"

Su Yun Tian was stunned, looking at Wang Dong's exquisite face, almost writing the four characters "I'm jealous" on his own face.

He quickly replied, "Dong'er, you know I only like one person; as for Jiang Nannan…"

Hearing that, Wang Dong also leaned in, perking up his ears to listen attentively.

"She was just a big sister who played well," Su Yun Tian said earnestly.

"Oh, how come I didn't know you had someone you liked?" Wang Dong turned her head aside so Su Yun Tian couldn't see her embarrassment.

"Now you know," Su Yun Tian laughed.

Wang Dong's face flushed; could the person she likes be herself? Probably.

After all, she had never seen Su Yun Tian get close with any girl.

The thought made her heart flutter like a startled deer.

Will he confess to me?

If he does, should I accept or reject?

If I reject, will he be heartbroken, and can we still be together later?

What am I even thinking!!

Wang Dong quickly shook her head, tossing those childish thoughts out of her mind.

But once a seed is planted, it cannot be stopped.

Which girl doesn't have a crush, especially in a world where the strong rule?

"Alright, let's recover some stamina first; there's another match this afternoon. So far, in our class, Dai Huabin and the Ning Tian Team haven't lost."

"If the two teams never meet, then they should be our final opponents."

Su Yun Tian said there were three matches left; the worst case would be facing Dai Huabin and the Ning Tian Team simultaneously, while the remaining team would likely be an ordinary great soul master team, posing little threat.

Then Wang Dong climbed onto Su Yun Tian's bed, and the two sat face‑to‑face, hands pressed together.

They began to circulate the power of fusion.

As for the martial soul Fusion Technique, they hadn't told anyone, not even their homeroom teacher.

But if they face Huo Yuhao later, it should come in handy.

After all, he's the Child of Fortune; he surely has many trump cards.

On the other side.

In Dormitory 101.

Huo Yuhao sat on his bed, his thoughts drifting into the Spirit Sea.

"Teacher, the next round is 16 to 8, and I think the biggest trouble is Su Yun Tian; his angelic martial soul should counter my necromancy, right?"

The gray orb shifted, and an aged voice said, "Yuhao, you don't need to overthink. Though Light does counter our necromancy, what I've given you now isn't true necromancy.

Rather, it's a special skill evolved from your Spirit Eye martial soul."

"Thank you, teacher!" Huo Yuhao sincerely thanked Yi Laike Si.

If it weren't for him, I'd probably have died in that wind‑baboon's hands long ago.

"Yuhao, sometimes you must let go of hatred to go farther," Yi Laike Si added.

"No! Teacher, you don't understand. The reason I want to become a soul master is to avenge my mother!" Huo Yuhao's eyes flashed with murderous intent.

"Alas…" Yi Laike Si didn't continue to persuade; it's not something that changes overnight, he sighed and fell silent.

Afternoon.

Restored to peak condition, Wang Dong and Su Yun Tian arrived at the testing area, beginning a new round of 16‑to‑8 matches, with Jiang Nannan already waiting there for a long time.

Seeing Su Yun Tian arrive, he hurriedly jogged forward, a smile on his face, "Go for it, junior Yun Tian."

"Don't worry, senior sister!" Su Yun Tian also nodded emphatically.

Wang Dong, off to the side, just let out a light hum and didn't care; after all, Su Yun Tian said he only liked himself, and Jiang Nannan was merely a big sister who was good at having fun.

"16 into 8 matches, Freshman Class 2 Su Yun Tian Team versus Freshman Class 2 Ning Tian Team!"

"Both sides, enter with your names!" the proctor said in a deep voice.

"Met so quickly?" Su Yun Tian raised an eyebrow, a hint of anticipation.

He didn't know, because of his own reasons, what Huo Yuhao's strength had become.

Then Wang Dong and Su Yun Tian walked up.

At this moment, Huo Yuhao and the other two were already on the stage.

"Classmate Su Yun Tian, didn't expect we'd still run into each other," Ning Tian greeted.

She still had some fondness for Su Yun Tian; he was handsome, powerful, and fit her mate‑selection criteria.

"I didn't expect it would be you guys either," Su Yun Tian said with a smile. Honestly, he had thought the next match would be Dai Huabin!

As the proctor announced the start of the match, the two stopped chattering.

The five simultaneously released their martial souls.

Su Yun Tian kept his eyes fixed on Huo Yuhao.

At that moment, Huo Yuhao's originally blue pupils changed to gray, filled with indifference.

A cold aura radiated from his whole body.

One yellow and one purple ring of soul aura flickered; upon close inspection, the rings bore fine gray threads.

Mutated martial soul, Undead Eye!

(End of Chapter)