Chapter 437: Selection (1/2)

Lan could feel the bottled up emotions within his heart stir. It had been more than ten thousand years since the death of Li Zhiqing, but that short time they spent together was forever etched into his mind. He would never forget it, nor the effect it had on his life.

For Li Zhiqing, he stayed behind in this world. He was never going to let her world succumb to the passing of time like she did.

Lan felt complicated. He wanted to destroy the world to accompany her in her burial, but at the same time, he also wanted to protect the world that she loved.

Lan took a deep breath and steadied his emotions. While he was upset, the entire sky had turned overcast, the sound of rumbling thunder could be heard in the distance, and the wind was picking up.

While the other contestants were unaware of what was happening, Xue Wei could see the complex emotions on Lan's face.

It was clear that he had been affected by their conversation in one way or another, but Xue Wei was still not aware of how significant an influence this woman, whom he had mentioned earlier, had on Lan.

Xue Wei did not continue the conversation, Lan also tactfully left it be, and the two of them stood with their arms crossed over their chests and looked at the battle that was ongoing in front of them.

Hei Gou, Lin Xiao, Bai Tianyi, and Luoluo were all working hard, their foreheads beading with sweat, and their eyes full of a tenacious will to take down every enemy that dared approach them.

In the beginning, many had charged at them, but after seeing that they were all thrown out, one after another, the remaining people became alert, and did not rush over.

”They are quite stupid,” Xue Wei muttered when he saw the people on the platform all consider everyone around them as enemies.

”Oh, what makes you say this?” Lan asked curiously, and Xue Wei glanced at him. His mood was back at being a joker, impossible to see through his small smile and apathetic eyes.

Xue Wei knew that he was back to being the troublesome Lan he knew, and for some reason, he felt relieved.

”The rules were that everyone who stays on the platform gets to go to the frontlines. As such, there is no need to fight at all; if everyone just stays in position, we can all go.

”Thing is, those two experts said it so nicely, and now everyone thinks that it is better to fight for a spot, when in fact, it is not needed at all.”