Chapter 255: You Should Defeat My Pet First

Inside the arena.

The lingering might of Lei Ting still raged through the air.

At the edge of the scorched, massive crater.

Several figures.

Whooshed in!

"Quick, move aside, quick!"

Su Jing anxiously squeezed to the very front.

She waved her staff in her hand.

Buzz—!!!

A thick halo of holy healing light enveloped the white light cocoon at the crater's bottom.

Under the nourishment of this halo.

The light cocoon gradually dispersed.

Revealing the figure inside, clad in tattered rags and covered in bloodstains.

"Cough... cough cough..."

A bout of violent coughing came from the crater's bottom.

Accompanying the coughing.

Yan Lie suddenly spat out a huge mouthful of black blood mixed with fragments of internal organs.

But under the effect of the high-level healing technique.

Those terrifying wounds on his body, deep enough to see the bone.

Were, at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Healing rapidly.

A few minutes later.

Yan Lie's breathing finally stabilized.

He opened his eyes with some difficulty.

Feng Cangqiong flashed forward, landing directly into the deep crater.

He grabbed Yan Lie on the ground and helped him up.

"Feng Lao..."

Yan Lie said with a bitter smile.

Seeing this, Feng Cangqiong frowned slightly:

"Yan Lie..."

"Today's battle."

"You lost."

"But... do not take it to heart."

Feng Cangqiong sighed.

He feared that this junior he valued most would be crushed and never recover.

After all, this was Yan Lie's first failure in his life.

"That guy Lin Mo is completely a monster outside the realm of ordinary geniuses..."

"Just think, those raid records he set, are those something a normal person could achieve?"

"Losing to him, honestly, is nothing to be ashamed of."

"You are still the number one genius I, this old man, have ever seen, aside from Lin Mo."

"Do not doubt yourself because of one failure..."

Feng Cangqiong comforted him.

However.

Yan Lie paused for a moment, then a smile appeared on his face, which was still somewhat pale.

The smile grew stronger.

"Hahahaha..."

"Feng Lao."

"What are you doing?"

Yan Lie's laughter, though still somewhat weak, carried an indescribable clarity and unconventionality.

"You think."

"I, Yan Lie."

"Am the kind of person who cannot handle losing?"

Feng Cangqiong paused for a moment.

In his life, he had seen far too many so-called top-tier geniuses.

After suffering a major blow, their Dao hearts shattered, they never recovered, and became ordinary people...

Let alone Yan Lie?

Since awakening his class, Yan Lie had been smooth sailing all the way, undefeated among his peers.

Arrogant to the extreme at his core.

Suddenly being utterly dominated by an opponent nearly 30 levels lower...

No.

To be precise.

He was ruthlessly and brutally beaten by the pet of an opponent nearly thirty levels below him.

Anyone in this situation would probably have their Dao heart shattered into pieces.

So Feng Cangqiong's worry was completely normal.

But clearly.

Yan Lie's reaction exceeded Feng Cangqiong's expectations.

Borrowing Feng Cangqiong's strength, Yan Lie swayed unsteadily as he straightened his body.

He raised a hand and casually wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

There was not the slightest shadow or dejection in his eyes—only an open, unclouded gaze.

"Elder Feng."

"I admit it."

"I really did misjudge him before."

"I thought he was merely arrogant."

"But I never expected that everything he said was true."

Yan Lie turned his head.

His gaze swept past the edge of the deep crater.

And landed not far away.

There.

Lin Mo was walking over slowly.

Beside him.

The snow-white giant fox, its whole body flickering with lightning, was yawning out of sheer boredom.

"Junior Lin Mo."

Yan Lie looked at Lin Mo, his voice loud and firm.

"Today's battle."

"I, Yan Lie."

"Lost, completely and utterly convinced!"

"Your strength far exceeded my imagination."

"Even after I released my suppression, you still killed me in an instant."

At this point in his speech.

A blaze of unprecedented, burning fighting spirit erupted in his eyes.

"But!"

"Don't think that just because of this, you can make me bow my head completely."

"Although I lost today, I will absolutely not admit defeat because of it!"

"Just you wait!"

Yan Lie clenched both fists, staring fixedly at Lin Mo.

"Sooner or later, I will stand before you again and defeat you with my own hands!!!"

These bold, heroic words.

Echoed across the entire arena.

The senior students in the stands listened, their blood boiling with excitement!

This.

Was the madman Yan Lie they knew!

Never admitting defeat!

The more setbacks, the braver he grew!

Lin Mo gazed at Yan Lie, then chuckled lightly after a moment:

"Senior Yan Lie, you… better defeat my pet first."

Yan Lie opened his mouth; his surging passion and fighting spirit were stuck in his throat by Lin Mo's single sentence.

Right—he couldn't even beat the guy's pet, so what talk was there of defeating him personally?

Wasn't that just a joke?

Yan Lie laughed self-deprecatingly:

"Heh…"

"Hahahaha…"

"You're right."

"I haven't even beaten your pet, so I truly don't have the right to challenge you yourself."

Yan Lie drew in a deep breath.

His gaze shifted from Lin Mo and landed on the big white one beside him.

"Lin Mo, just you wait—sooner or later, I will first defeat this pet of yours with my own hands, and then come challenge you!"

"I, Yan Lie."

"A man of my word!"

"…"

Hearing these words.

Principal Guhe's mouth twitched at the corner.

Why does that sound so awkward?

A level-65 dual-system Archmage, in front of the whole school, in front of the Five Elders, solemnly and passionately declared...

... shouting that one day he'd defeat a junior brother's pet who was nearly 30 levels below him?

In the skill bar.

【The flame of 'Fireball' flickered wildly.】

【"Hahahahahaha!!!"】

【"This seat's dying of laughter. Him? Actually deluding himself into thinking he can defeat this seat? He can keep dreaming that sweet dream of his!"】

【'Icicle' also let out a cold laugh: "Tsk tsk... humans are always so blindly confident~"】

【'Lightning Strike' snorted coldly: "This King has no interest in playing with him."】

【'Earth Shield' muttered: "Second Brother hasn't even entered the field yet... and he's already down. And he still wants to challenge us?"】

Lin Mo looked at the fiercely spirited Yan Lie and casually waved his hand.

"Fine."

"Then good luck to you."

"I'll be waiting for you to come challenge my Dabao."

After saying that.

Lin Mo turned around and looked at Principal Guhe not far away.

"Principal."

"This fight is over too."

"If there's nothing else, I'll head back first."

Principal Guhe heard this.

He quickly tucked away the strange expression on his face.

"Ahem..."

"Alright, alright."

"Go on, go on."

"Get some proper rest."

Lin Mo nodded.

Then.

He also greeted Elder Nie and Elder Feng.

"Elder Nie, Elder Feng."

"Lin Mo will take his leave first."

Nie Zhengguo smiled and nodded.

Feng Cangqiong also revealed a smile and waved his hand.

Immediately after.

Lin Mo took Dabao and leisurely left this Advanced Arena.