211 She’s the Opponent? (1/2)

Mu Xi was stupefied. “That’s right! You still only have one ring… How could Iforget? You’re not that great after all! You’re still so much weaker than me!”

Tang Wulin felt as if three black lines were sliding down his forehead. Justwhat is she thinking?

An unexpected smile spread across Mu Xi’s face. “My heart calmed down as soonas I remembered that. Yeah! No one could be that unbelievably powerful andyou’re no exception. Alright, hurry up and go then. I’m not participating inthe individual competition, but I am in the team competition. I won’t go easyon you when we face off. Well… assuming you make it that far.”

Tang Wulin waved goodbye to Mu Xi as he ran off. It was nearly time for theindividual competition.

Watched his departing figure, Mu Xi’s smiling expression gradually vanished.She muttered, “Dad was right… I really should form a good relationship withhim. That brat… hmph! I really want to pinch him to death.”

A smile spread across her lips as she spoke the last few words. It was farmore brilliant than the one that had previously graced it.

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Once he arrived at the competition ground, Tang Wulin rushed to check theprogression of the matches. Fortunately, there was still some time before hismatch. Since the individual competition had advanced to its second round, eachmatch was far longer than before.

After making sure that he was on time, Tang Wulin spotted his teammates nearby.

Xie Xie and Gu Yue stood next to each other, observing the battles of theircompetition. Tang Wulin quickly walked over.

“Your blacksmithing competition is done? How’d you do?” Gu Yue asked.

“I did great,” Tang Wulin answered. “The champion will be decided tomorrow.”

Since the blacksmith’s competition wasn’t very popular, it only took threedays to finish.

“Have you guys fought yet?” Tang Wulin asked.

Gu Yue shook her head. “Not yet. I’m still waiting.”

“So what’s the situation?” Tang Wulin asked. “Has anyone powerful appeared yet?

Gu Yue answered, “A few. We just saw a three-ringed soul master. Athree-ringed opponent will be kind of tough.”

With an upper age limit of fifteen, it was certainly to be expected that somethree-ringed soul masters would be found in the junior division. Compared toXie Xie and Gu Yue, both of which had two rings and powerful martial souls,Tang Wulin merely had a single soul ring and the trash-tier Bluesilver Grass.Although he brought his martial soul up to the thousand-year level, he wasstill an infant against those three-ringed giants.

Yet, in spite of that, Tang Wulin’s confidence did not waver. He neverexpected to do particularly well in the individual competition; he only enteredin order to further temper himself. It wouldn’t be much of a loss if he weredefeated by an opponent that was more powerful than him.

At that moment, Tang Wulin’s eyes went wide.

Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi approached him like enemies meeting on a narrow road.The former led the way while the latter followed like a servant.

There’s no way she signed up for the individual competition, right?

Tang Wulin was speechless, but anticipation flickered within his heart. Thetwo were from Shrek Academy, so he couldn’t help but wonder just how strongthey were.

“Are you waiting for your match?” Ye Xinglan approached Tang Wulin with asinister grin.

Tang Wulin pretended to be disinterested. “Did you sign up for the individualcompetition too? If I remember correctly, the competition was already underwaywhen you decided to sign up.”

“What does that have to do with anything?” Ye Xinglan asked. “I just needed tospeak with the organizers and tell them that I wanted to spar with you guys. Ofcourse they made an exception for me. Since I guaranteed I won’t fight for thetop eight, they happily agreed to my participation.”

Tang Wulin’s heart stirred, anxiety seeping into his heart.

“Oh, right, I wanted to tell you the good news. The opponent you drew fortoday is unable to make it, so another opponent has been arranged for you—me.”

Faced with the smirking Ye Xinglan, Tang Wulin felt as if he had encountered alittle devil. He knew her what she was aiming for without even needing to thinkabout it.

Xie Xie’s and Gu Yue’s faces darkened. This was especially the case for GuYue, whose narrowed eyes held a cold sheen.