Chapter 544 - Shocking The Audience (1/2)

Ye Xinglan's intensity left everyone in the audience stunned. She didn't have a full set of battle armor, yet she still put Mo Jue on the defensive. She showed them all that even a soul master could stand up to a battle armor master.

The Holy Spirit Douluo carried Ye Xinglan back to her teammates. “I didn't wake her. She didn't suffer any permanent injuries, but she pushed herself too far. She needs rest. She won't be able to partic.i.p.ate in the other matches. ”

Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan took Ye Xinglan from Yali's arms. The douluo's words were stern, but when they looked at her, they could only see warmth in her face.

Yali smiled at them. “She's quite amazing, isn't she?”

None of the students said anything. Their eyes blazed with determination. In their hearts, Ye Xinglan hadn't lost. She only had four soul rings and still she pushed a five-ringed battle armor master to the brink of defeat! It was clear that Mo Jue was in no condition to take part in the following matches. Ye Xinglan was the true winner of this battle.

Yuanen Yehui walked over to Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan, took Ye Xinglan from their arms, and carried her to a quiet place where she could rest.

As he watched Yuanen Yehui depart, Tang Wulin glanced at Gu Yue. She nodded at him in return.

“We have to win the team battle,” Tang Wulin said. He and the others hadn't hoped to win this compet.i.tion against the third grade, but the scene of Ye Xinglan charging through a tempest of feathers, the way she penetrated Mo Jue's armor and drew blood, all of it ignited something deep within them. They finally found their resolve. So what if they're one-word battle armor masters? Who said we can't beat them? We'll do it. We will win.

All the first grade students in the stands were quiet. They had lost the match, so none were cheering, but Ye Xinglan's tenacity had moved them so much that it got their blood boiling.

In the front row, Luo Guixing, Xu Yucheng, Yang Nianxia, and Zheng Yiran sat in stunned silence. They used to believe that one day they would catch up to Tang Wulin's team. That if they worked hard and put in the effort, they would be able to match them. Now they understood that the gap between them would never close. It only grew larger. Ye Xinglan's strength was something they couldn't even hope to overcome. The disparity between them was becoming insurmountable!

Luo Guixing clenched his fists, his fingernails cutting into his palms and drawing blood.

Xu Yucheng, on the other hand, was trembling. From beginning to end, his gaze never left Ye Xinglan.

“She's a G.o.ddess,” he suddenly said. “From today onward, I will wors.h.i.+p her.”

The others raised a brow at him, but he ignored them. His lips were pressed tight together. His eyes were s.h.i.+ning. They held no despair, only a thirst for battle. Ye Xinglan's battle helped him to finally understand what his own path was. Who cares if I'm frail? That my spirit souls are low level? If I don't have the heart to take risks, how could I possibly hope to stand at the peak of the world?

Talent was one thing, but courage was something else entirely. Only those with the courage to risk their lives could stand at the summit!

Zheng Yiran sat there with a grim expression on her face. She had always held Tang Wulin's team in contempt, believing that their success, their victories, were all dumb luck. Now, however, she realized just how large the gap between them had grown.

Unlike the others, Yang Nianxia wasn't looking at Ye Xinglan. He was looking at Tang Wulin. In the final moments of the battle, right before she fainted, he noticed that Ye Xinglan was looking at Tang Wulin. Upon noticing that, he felt something new burn within his heart, a deep, stifling emotion. He envied Ye Xinglan, but not for her strength. He envied how much her teammates trusted her, and the trust she had in them.

“Kids these days! Feng Wuyu muttered to himself up on the elders' viewing platform. “They're crazy, they're all G.o.dd.a.m.n crazy!”

For once, Zhuo s.h.i.+ didn't argue with him. “You're absolutely right! This new generation really is the strongest of the century. Jeez. That girl's even wilder than you were! And she didn't lose herself in her madness either. She continued to act with a tactic in mind. Every single move of hers led up to that one final attack! Her skill with the sword is amazing too! If I'm not mistaken, when she used that Sword G.o.d's Star soul skill of hers, she reached the realm of becoming-one-with-the-sword and combined it with the Tang Sect's Ghost Shadow Perplexing Step. She used this to close the distance between her and her opponent. By doing so, she was also able to deal far more damage than expected to a ranged-type one-word battle armor master. That's gotta be it! At the very last moment, she didn't just surprise her opponent. She surprised us all. She's crazy, and clever! I'm looking forward to her growth. She may even join the next generation of the Shrek Seven Monsters.”