Chapter 1587

Her standing and sitting like that actually made it look even stranger than just standing.

Damn it…

Shangguan Ting gripped her fist tightly.

Blaming herself for her reaction just now.

But on second thought, Zhao Chi is Zhao Chi, and he's not you, Li Ruanyu.

My congratulating Zhao Chi has nothing to do with you, Li Ruanyu.

Anyway, since she had already stood up just now, generously offering congratulations now would instead make her look magnanimous and upright.

Thinking of this, Shangguan Ting stood up once more, and just like Li Ruanyu, clapped toward where Zhao Chi was.

Her action was a deliberate one.

But the others didn't know her thought process.

So the lords of the Phantom Squadron were all fucking dumbfounded.

They looked at each other, as if they were dreaming.

Captain Shangguan is congratulating Li Ruanyu's subordinate?

Am I not dreaming?

If it were before, Captain Shangguan wouldn't just fail to offer congratulations, she would instead come blame the lords of the Phantom Squadron for being useless.

What's gotten into her today?

Later I definitely have to go outside and see if the sun rose from the west?

No matter what, today she definitely won't blame the lords of the Phantom Squadron, so that's good.

At this moment, led by Shangguan Ting, the lords of the Phantom Squadron also stood up one after another to congratulate Zhao Chi.

Now it was the turn of the lords of the Jade Squadron to be dumbfounded.

What kind of person is Zhao Chi?

Isn't he a spy?

How did the entire Phantom Squadron stand up to applaud him?

Is the seat I'm sitting in wrong? Is this still the Jade Squadron's seating or not?

The lords of the Jade Squadron stared in astonishment at the Phantom Squadron beside them.

"What are you looking at? Why aren't the lords of your own squadron congratulating him? You're not even as good as us."

"Yeah, why are you guys so lacking in solidarity?"

"Right? The 'Best Newcomer' and 'Best Performance' winners actually need people from other squadrons to congratulate them?"

"You Jade Squadron are really something!"

The lords of the Jade Squadron were talked about, but didn't have a single ounce of temper to retort.

Because they were all completely dumbfounded.

In an instant, they wondered if this was some kind of conspiracy?

What you said isn't wrong, but why is it your Phantom Squadron saying it?

What are you clapping so hard for?

Regardless, the lords of the Jade Squadron, dumbfounded by the Phantom Squadron, also stood up one after another, clapping for Zhao Chi in their bewilderment.

Both dumbfounded by Zhao Chi's combat power and dumbfounded by the Phantom Squadron's reaction.

Simply dizzy and disoriented.

Wei Li was getting a bit anxious.

She had stood up long ago.

But she was too short.

After the other lords stood up, she could only see the backs of the others, and couldn't see Zhao Chi at all.

Although she was meek and submissive in front of Zhao Chi, her hot temper was inherited from Shangguan Ting.

She directly jumped onto the table and loudly congratulated Zhao Chi.

Li Ruanyu was also dumbfounded.

She looked at the applauding Shangguan Ting in astonishment, secretly beginning to doubt herself.

Zhao Chi is a member of my own squadron, right? I didn't get it wrong, did I?

What is Shangguan Ting congratulating for?

Combined with her performance yesterday, Li Ruanyu couldn't help but speculate: Could there really be something going on between Shangguan Ting and Zhao Chi?

No, not 'could,' it's absolute! There is definitely something going on!

Su Qin was startled.

Everyone around stood up, clapping toward her and Zhao Chi.

Although she wasn't stage-frightened and stood gracefully on the stage, she had never seen such a scene either.

Is the Best Performance commendation really that important?

How did half the people in the venue stand up?

She hurriedly looked more closely at Zhao Chi's face to see if there was anything amiss.

Zhao Chi was also a bit dumbfounded.

He also didn't know what exactly was going on.

The Jade Squadron standing up is understandable, that's perfectly reasonable.

The Stream Squadron behind also stood up, that's also no problem, after all Zhao Chi is a person of Stream Village.

But what's the deal with your Phantom Squadron?

What are you standing around for?

Zhao Chi looked at the unfamiliar faces applauding him, unable to figure out what they were after.

Receiving the Best Performance award was indeed something worth being happy about.

But not to this extent, surely?

They're acting like it's the grand prize…

Why so grand?

Zhao Chi was a little helpless.

He quickly stood up, strode to the stage, wanting to end all this as soon as possible.

Gu Zhan waved his hand, and the applause gradually subsided.

Gu Zhan smiled and said, "Who would have thought Zhao Chi's performance would cause such a sensation? Everyone's very enthusiastic. Zhao Chi, won't you say a few words? Everyone's very curious—how exactly did you, with a combat power of just over 1,000, defeat enemies with 16,000 combat power?"

Zhao Chi looked at Gu Zhan beside him, thinking to himself, Aren't you going to give me the award first? How is it that you're making me speak right away?

But with over a thousand pairs of eyes from the audience fixed on him, he had no choice but to start spinning a yarn:

"Well…

"I'm also very surprised by everyone's big reaction.

"But I really feel ashamed receiving this award, after all those two enemies weren't taken down by my true strength.

"After all, my combat power is only 1,114 points, so I didn't dare face the werewolves alone, and thought I'd go assist some noble instead.

"So at the time I didn't enter combat right away, but looked through the calls for help for a battlefield that suited me.

"I found one where both sides had around 8,000 combat power, but only about 1,000 remained between them.

"That was a timely helping hand, so without hesitation I immediately entered that battlefield.

"But once I got in, I discovered it was actually two werewolves in an internal conflict, killing each other.

"I was terrified at the time.

"Afraid the two of them would turn on me together.

"I never expected they were so caught up in their infighting that they completely ignored me watching from the side.

"In the end, both sides were evenly matched and kept wearing each other down, and I ended up being the one who profited.

"So… that's why I was able to pull off such a lopsided fight."

Zhao Chi cleared his throat and looked at Gu Zhan.

Meaning he was done speaking.

Gu Zhan was nearly depressed.

Thinking to himself, Isn't this pure horseshit?

If you don't want to talk, then don't—why spin such an absurd tale?