7 Swift revenge. (1/2)

Mei Kongxu's appearance as a smile flashed across her face could only be called breathtaking, the men close enough to the stage to get a good look sucking in an involuntary breath. Li Yang was standing right in front of her and had to bear the brunt of her radiance, but even so, his expression didn't change, remaining cocky as the corners of his lips turned up into a slightly teasing arc.

”Oh? If I remember correctly, the bet was to see who could defeat more people, not who could defeat the other. I've won one and you've won one, we're still even. But it's nice to hear that your wish is a date with me, you should have just been honest from the start if that was your goal. But I understand you, I've heard that being tsundere is supposedly quite popular right now, there's no shame in copying it.”

Mei Kongxu's faint smile immediately vanished as Li Yang chuckled and teased her, the budding nice atmosphere that their battle created vanishing along with her smile. Li Yang grinned snarkily while looking at Mei Kongxu's dumbfounded and even somewhat exasperated expression, he placed his hands behind his head and turned around, sauntering over to the seating area again.

”Would you look at that, Fairy Sister Kongxu can actually put on a cute expression like that too and become Goddess Kongxu. But you agreed to the bet so there's no going back on it, even if you act cute like that.”

Li Yang continued to chuckle as he returned to his seat and slumped down, leaning back into his seat while crossing his legs. Mei Kongxu remained dumbfounded for a bit longer, gazing dumbly at Li Yang. You could actually act shamelessly like that even after admitting your own loss?

But she quickly gathered herself and let out a very soft huff of air, her expression returning to its usual disinterested state. She too returned to the seating area and sat down in her seat next to Li Yang, a short silence reigning over the entire arena after the two stepped down from the stage.

This was not a turn of event that anyone had expected, the number of people who had any expectations towards Li Yang during this year's sparring matches could be counted on one hand. The rest had all expected that he would just make a fool of himself and have his cockiness rubbed in his face. But he had stepped up without anyone prompting him, and he had shown exactly where that cockiness came from, shown exactly how deeply he had hidden just to make fun of all of them.

People were a bit apprehensive towards entering the stage after Li Yang's display, it wasn't like defeating people two small realms above you was an easy thing to do. But the sparring matches had to continue, so there was eventually someone who went up and started up the challenges again.

Li Yang and Mei Kongxu sat in their seats and observed the matches as they played out, Li Yang occasionally shouting out something to the participant from the Deepsea King sect to embarrass them. At other times he would tease Mei Kongxu to see if he could get a rise out of her, but she maintained her disinterested expression most of the time, only casting fleeting glances at Li Yang.

Their seating area was a bit isolated to give them a bit of privacy, and it was thanks to this that she was the only who noticed that his eyes contained a very faint trace of seriousness. His eyes would be either on her or the match, but she felt that his gaze wasn't focused on them at all, even when it landed on her did it only roam and focus for a short second. At the start, it was her eyes that had been distant but now it was his turn to look distant, a faint pondering light occasionally flashing past his pupils.

And then, after six other matches had taken place since his loss against Mei Kongxu, his eyes flashed with the light of understanding. He waited for the ongoing sparring match to finish and then stood up, all trace of seriousness vanishing from his eyes as he smirked at Mei Kongxu and gestured towards the stage with his chin.

She raised an eyebrow in slight surprise and got up from her seat, following Li Yang down to the stage. The two entered the stage once more and took up their positions at a proper distance, Li Yang hopping slightly while shaking his limbs.

”Alright, Fairy Sister, you gave me quite the vicious beating earlier so I hope you won't mind if I give you a quick spanking as payback. Take care, it'll happen really fast.”

Li Yang's feet touched the ground just as he ended his warning, his body shooting forward at full speed. His speed was the same as previously so Mei Kongxu's eyes showed a slight bit of interest in exactly what suddenly gave him the confidence that he could win.

Li Yang instantly reached Mei Kongxu's front and dove down while sweeping out with his leg to knock her feet out from underneath her. But Mei Kongxu simply raised her foot the moment he dove down and then stomped down just as his leg was beneath her, as if she had predicted his move.