Chapter 328: Snow Devil Sect Defeated

Hearing the referee announce victory, Huo Yutong loosened the scorpion tail wrapped around Long Aotian's body and flung him away.

Long Aotian staggered a few steps before barely stabilizing his stance.

Huo Yutong coldly said to him:

"You lost, hurry down and find your fiancée."

Long Aotian nodded, but instead of leaving immediately, he stared intently at Huo Yutong and asked, "About what percentage of your strength did you use? Is Tang Wulin stronger than you?"

Huo Yutong narrowed her eyes and said:

"I won't tell you how much strength I used, but Wulin is indeed stronger than me."

Long Aotian's eyes blazed with light as he nodded heavily.

"Okay, thanks, I understand!"

Then he laughed as he turned and left the stage; to those unaware, it might even seem as if he were the victor.

Huo Yutong also felt somewhat helpless; people like Long Aotian and Ji Juechen are the same—they don't really care about winning or losing, they only care whether they gain something from the battle.

Indeed, ordinary methods won't work against such people.

Weina greeted Long Aotian as he stepped down from the stage with concern, asking, "Aotian, are you alright?"

Long Aotian smiled and shook his head.

"I'm fine; I can sense she held back—she definitely has stronger abilities she didn't use. Awesome, it's so awesome!"

"Then that's good."

Upon hearing that Long Aotian was unharmed, Weina immediately breathed a sigh of relief, then gazed toward Huo Yutong on the battlefield.

Noticing her gaze, Huo Yutong almost imperceptibly nodded, then said to the referee, "Referee, I request that we go straight into the team match."

This is the hidden meaning behind what she told Weina about her being the first to go out.

Since she would settle everything anyway, she wanted Weina to send out a few weak members to quickly end the fight and then jump straight into the team battle.

That way, even if they ultimately lost, the Body Sect could still retain considerable strength for later matches, and their intelligence wouldn't be completely leaked to other teams.

Unfortunately, Long Aotian's unilateral actions obviously ruined their mutual understanding, causing many of Weina's hidden trump cards meant for the finals to be exposed by Long Aotian.

Getting along with Long Aotian day to day must be painful for her; Huo Yutong couldn't help but feel some sympathy for Weina.

At the same time, she also felt a bit proud.

At least if it were Tang Wulin, he would definitely not do something that puts her in a difficult position.

The referee hesitated for a moment, then instinctively looked at Weina.

Weina nodded.

"We have no objections."

"Then that's settled."

Seeing that neither side had objections, the referee said no more and announced, "Shilake Academy versus Snow Devil Sect, team battle—please have both sides' competitors enter the field."

Hearing his voice, the Shilake Academy crowd, though somewhat surprised, still walked onto the stage.

Looking at Huo Yutong's back in front of them, their mood at this moment was also somewhat complex.

Their battles against Huo Yutong usually ended in one-sided results, so they had in fact never seen her go all out.

This battle not only left the audience dumbfounded, but also left these teammates of Huo Yutong dumbfounded.

With this strength, she could probably compete for first place in the inner court.

Huo Yutong seemed oblivious to the gazes of the crowd, her eyes locked directly on the opponent across the stage.

Then, at the referee's command, the battle between Shilake Academy and the Snow Devil Sect began.

Unexpectedly, this match ended extremely quickly—not just fast, but also left people utterly bewildered.

At the very moment the match began, a massive blizzard swept across the stage, covering everything.

Less than half a minute later, the blizzard dissipated, revealing the members of the Snow Devil Sect.

They had all been frozen into ice sculptures.

As for what exactly happened to them, only they and the Shilake Academy crowd could know.

At least when stepping down from the stage, the other Shilake Academy members' looks at Huo Yutong could only be described as wholeheartedly convinced.

On the presidential platform, Xu Tianran took a deep breath and asked the black-clad person beside him:

"National Teacher, what do you think? How does it compare to the geniuses of your sect?"

Although Shilake Academy concealed the battle process with domain-type soul skills in the team match, clearly not wanting to reveal more information about both sides, just Huo Yutong's and Long Aotian's performances in the individual match were already enough to make people unable to look away.

The black-clad person whom he called National Teacher slowly opened his mouth.

"Very impressive; I must admit, among the younger generation, we indeed have a gap compared to Shilake Academy and the Body Sect."

"Really?"

"Hmm." The black-clad person nodded, then shifted the topic: "However, for these geniuses to grow up takes decades, whereas Your Highness, unifying the Douluo Continent with our help, would take less than ten years."

"Hahaha." Xu Tianran laughed heartily, obviously delighted by the National Teacher's words: "This is all future stuff; who knows what will happen, National Teacher, you'd better not speak recklessly."

The black-clad person nodded and said nothing more.

Juzi gave the black-clad person a deep look, her eyes full of apprehension.

As Xu Tianran's most trusted confidante, she naturally knew the black-clad person's identity.

He is exactly the current sect leader of the Holy Spirit Sect, a ninety-eighth-rank Super Douluo, Zhongli Wu.

According to Juzi's knowledge, although the Holy Spirit Sect has Limit Douluo stronger than Zhongli Wu, the Dragon King Douluo Long Xiaoyao prefers to loaf around, and the God of Death Douluo Ye Xi Shui is still deeply researching God of Death soul tools, so the strongest who can openly act right now is indeed Zhongli Wu.

And for such a top-tier expert to take notice of Huo Yutong is obviously not a good thing for her.

Thus Juzi said without changing her expression: "By the way, National Teacher, I heard you recalled the Starry Sky Douluo Ye Yulin? Do you have business with him?"

Facing her, Zhongli Wu was not as courteous as he was with Xu Tianran.

He let out a cold snort and said:

It's none of your business, don't ask any more.

Xu Tianran also placed their hand on Juzi's hand and gave her a faint smile.

Yes, Juzi, don't interfere too much with what the National Master does; rest assured, his actions are absolutely beneficial to our Sun and Moon.

Juzi felt a chill in her heart and quickly said respectfully.

Yes, I understand.

It seems Xu Tianran is fully aware of Zhong Li Wu's summoning of Ye Yulin to return and preside over the Underground Soul Mentor Competition.

To tell the truth, Juzi really doesn't have any good feelings toward the Evil Soul Master.

These people are extremely vicious; cooperating with them is like seeking a tiger's skin, and sooner or later they will be struck back.

But now that she's already aboard Xu Tianran's pirate ship, Juzi can only press on stubbornly to the end.

The only good news is probably that, after Juzi's interruption, Xu Tianran and Zhong Li Wu's attention shifted away from Huo Yutong and Long Aotian.

For her now, aside from revenge, perhaps only Huo Yutong is worth her concern.

Off‑topic, the whole morning was classes, a three‑and‑a‑half‑hour nap at noon (four consecutive days of 8 a. m. start killed me), and the evening was classes again…

Today is the third watch (end of chapter).