. This wasn't due to injury, but anger.
He was clearly the injured one, so why was everyone siding with Ning Chuan? And that bitch Zhu Zhuqing, his fiancée, wasn't helping him, but instead siding with Ning Chuan, an outsider.
It was outrageous.
Dai Mubai roared inwardly!
Xiao Wu looked at Ning Chuan and said, "Xiao Liuzi, you're okay."
Ning Chuan shook his head. What could possibly be wrong with him? Even if there was, it was Dai Mubai's problem. He immediately waved to the host in the stands.
The host, realizing what was happening, quickly came to the stands and announced Ning Chuan's victory.
The match proceeded quickly. A moment later, Zhu Zhuqing took the stage. Due to Ning Chuan's butterfly effect, she didn't face Tang San. Her opponent was a Grey Wolf spirit master. While her spirit power was higher than Zhu Zhuqing's, she didn't even have the best spirit ring configuration, and her spirit quality wasn't very good. Therefore, Zhu Zhuqing won without much effort.
When Zhu Zhuqing jumped off the Soul Fighting Arena, Ning Chuan was waiting for her in the Soul Master Passage. After a quick point registration, the two of them didn't return to the one-on-one Soul Fighting Arena, but instead went to the two-on-two Soul Fighting Arena.
Ning Chuan asked, and found out that their Soul Fighting Arena still had three matches to go, so the two of them didn't go to watch the fights, but waited in the preparation area.
Zhu Zhuqing took off her cat mask and said apologetically, "I'm sorry about what happened earlier. I got you into trouble!"
Ning Chuan took off his fox mask. "This is none of your business. Although I've only known him for a few days, from what I've observed, he's a pervert. Any woman he takes a fancy to will be treated as his property and then discarded when he's tired of her. This morning, after you left the cafeteria, he asked me to give you to him. I didn't want to see my classmates get hurt, so it's understandable that he would turn against me if I didn't agree."
Hearing this, Zhu Zhuqing felt a warm sensation in her heart and whispered, "Thank you."
"It's not a matter of thanking or not. It's not like I'm the one who's suffered anyway. And don't look at me like this. I actually have selfish motives." Ning Chuan pointed at himself and said.
Zhu Zhuqing was stunned. "What selfish motives?"
Ning Chuan looked Zhu Zhuqing up and down and said with a smile, "Well, look at you. You're so beautiful and have a good personality. There are few men who wouldn't be attracted to you."
This was the first time someone had said that she had a good personality. Zhu Zhuqing was amused by Ning Chuan's words, and out of nowhere, she asked, "Are you tempted?"
"Of course, very tempted." Ning Chuan nodded gently, his expression self-absorbed
. Zhu Zhuqing fell silent, her smile fading. Her face lowered slightly.
Honestly, she didn't dislike this new boy. She even felt comfortable around him, free from the oppression she'd felt before.
If she had to choose between Dai Mubai, Ning Chuan, or anyone else, she would most likely choose Ning Chuan without hesitation.
Unfortunately, she didn't have the right to choose between heaven and hell; only fate.
As a child of the Zhu family of the Star Luo Empire, her fate had been determined from the moment she awakened her spirit, or even from birth.
She couldn't rebel against the Zhu family, the Star Luo royal family, or even the Star Luo Empire. She was just a mere Great Spirit Master, with no choice. Agreeing to Ning Chuan would only harm him.
Ning Chuan knew what Zhu Zhuqing was worried about, but he didn't care. After all, he couldn't get his hands on hot tofu if he was impatient . From the moment the kitten didn't directly refuse, he knew he was halfway there.
Neither of them spoke again. They sat cross-legged in their chairs, Zhu Zhuqing recovering her spirit power while Ning Chuan practiced.
Two-on-two spirit duels took longer than one-on-ones, and by the time it was their turn, Zhu Zhuqing's spirit power had already recovered.
Meanwhile, the announcement of a new round of two-on-two spirit duels was being made on the spirit stage.
"The seventh match: The Sword and Axe Team versus the Qingzhu Team."
As their name suggests, the Sword and Axe Team boasts a narrow sword and a great axe as their spirits. Their spirit rings are two yellow and one purple, representing optimal spirit power configurations. They surpass both Ning Chuan and Zhu Zhuqing, exceeding level 35. The narrow sword spirit master, in particular, boasts a spirit power even higher than Dai Mubai, reaching at least level 38.
With such a disparity in spirit power, any other Shrek team would likely be defeated.
Unfortunately, they encountered Ning Chuan.
"I'll lead the attack, you provide support." As soon as they took the stage, Ning Chuan formulated his strategy.
The Sword and Axe Team were surprised to see a Spirit Master and a Great Spirit Master taking the stage. The host was also taken aback. "It seems the Qingzhu Team has had some bad luck. Let's begin the spirit duel."
As soon as the host finished speaking, Ning Chuan, in a rare move, took the initiative. He soared into the air, flipped mid-air, and unleashed a powerful, devastating blow against the powerful Great Axe Spirit Master.
Bang!
The Great Axe Soul Master's axe shook free, his eyes filled with disbelief.
He had never imagined that this cloaked warrior could unleash such unbridled power, knocking his eighty-pound axe flying with a single strike.
"Don't even think about it," the Narrow Blade Soul Master refused to watch his companion being instantly slain. His first and second soul rings illuminated in quick succession, first emitting a half-meter-long stream of yellow blade energy to force Ning Chuan back. Then, he launched dozens, hundreds, of slashes at him, even faster than Zhu Zhuqing.
It looked like the opponent was agile-attack type, and his martial soul development was similar to Zhu Zhuqing's.
Clang clang clang clang clang.
After dodging the Narrow Blade Soul Master's yellow blade energy, Ning Chuan, holding his sword with one hand, countered the Narrow Blade Soul Master's second soul skill with a horizontal slash.
Then, Zhu Zhuqing, seizing her opportunity, struck.
"First Soul Skill: Netherworld Stab!"
"Second Soul Skill: Netherworld Hundred Claws!"
Faced with Zhu Zhuqing, whose speed rivaled that of an ordinary Agility-type Soul Master, the Soul Master, whose giant axe had been knocked back, was completely defenseless.
In a moment, Zhu Zhuqing's Netherworld Hundred Claws snared him and sent him flying off the Soul Fighting Stage.
Meanwhile, Ning Chuan was nearing victory. After blocking the Narrow Blade Soul Master's second soul skill, Ning Chuan launched a single-handed downward slash followed by a series of upward and downward slashes, unleashing three intersecting sword energies that broke the opponent's third soul skill. Finally, a final downward thrust sent the opponent's narrow blade flying,
securing victory in the two-on-two Soul Fighting.
After the host announced their victory, Ning Chuan and Zhu Zhuqing walked down the Soul Fighting Stage side by side.
"Why didn't you use your soul skills just now? With your strength, you should have easily won,"
Zhu Zhuqing asked curiously. Having just defeated her opponent, she was in high spirits, a bright smile plastered on her previously icy face.
Ning Chuan smiled faintly, "I'm just a bit excited. This Narrow Blade Soul Master is quite powerful and has given me a lot of inspiration."
This is a habit he has long developed. Whenever he encounters a soul master with a sword martial soul, he will wait until the other party has fully displayed their soul skills before defeating them.
(End of this chapter)