Everyone entered the Spirit Arena, and the exchange matches for the second day were about to begin.
Today's first match was between Tianshui Academy and Blazing Academy.
Seeing the gazes of Huo Wu and Shui Yueer, this was clearly a grudge match.
The second match was Tian Dou Royal Academy against Shenfeng Academy.
Xiao Ze was a little curious how that simp Feng Xiaotian would deal with him.
He looked at Feng Xiaotian, who seemed to be in a bad state just now.
But when he saw Huo Wu not far away, he seemed to recover a lot instantly, even having a smile on his face.
"This is late-stage simping, isn't it?" Xiao Ze muttered.
How could anyone be such a simp? It was too terrifying.
In Xiao Ze's opinion, such a simp was even more terrifying than those 'little fairies' from before.
The third match was Elephant Armor Academy against Thunder Academy.
There wasn't much to say about this match; Elephant Armor Academy had no chance of winning.
Or rather, Elephant Armor Academy had no chance of winning against any other academy; the strength gap was obvious.
Soon, in the center of the Spirit Arena, the fourteen team members from Tianshui Academy and Blazing Academy stood on opposite sides.
Shui Yueer and Huo Wu, these two arch-rivals, sparked immediately upon seeing each other, as if an invisible smoke of gunpowder filled the air.
"Hmph!" Huo Wu crossed her arms, her red hair as flamboyant as fire, "Some people dress so scantily, who are they trying to seduce?"
She pointedly glanced at Shui Yueer's cool, light blue short skirt.
Shui Yueer calmly spun around, her skirt fluttering: "It's still much better looking than some people. Besides, this is the uniform of our Tianshui Academy. If your eyes aren't good, you can go ask Sister Lingling to check them."
"And besides, Brother Xiao Ze said I look very cute in this outfit~" She deliberately winked.
"What?!" Huo Wu instantly bristled.
Seeing Huo Wu like this, Shui Yueer triumphantly wagged her finger, "He also said I'm much gentler than some hot-tempered little chili peppers~"
"You're lying! Xiao Ze wouldn't say that!" Huo Wu stomped her foot in anger, flames flickering around her body.
Huo Wushuang on the side massaged his forehead. It seemed his sister was inseparable from Xiao Ze.
She wasn't so prone to exploding before, but now, encountering Xiao Ze, she just exploded. It was too frightening.
He didn't dare to speak now.
Xiao Ze, in the audience, suddenly sneezed, feeling an inexplicable chill down his spine.
Xiao Ze hadn't heard their conversation, as they were quite far away, but seeing Huo Wu's state on the field, he knew that the girl Shui Yueer had angered her considerably.
Huo Wu was still a bit clumsy with her words; she was no match for Yue'er at all.
Ning Rongrong chuckled beside him: "Someone is being thought of~"
"Don't talk nonsense."
"Where am I talking nonsense? Last night, someone was directly embracing two girls to solve a problem." Ning Rongrong's voice was very sweet and cloying.
Hearing this, Xiao Ze suddenly reached out, wrapped an arm around Ning Rongrong's slender waist, and, amidst her gasp, pulled her onto his lap.
Ning Rongrong felt her vision suddenly rise, and her whole body stiffened. From this angle, she could clearly see the shocked expressions of the students behind them.
"Ah!" Ning Rongrong's ears turned crimson with embarrassment. She instinctively buried her hot little face in Xiao Ze's neck, retaliating by lightly biting his neck with her pearly teeth.
"Bad guy… put me down."
Her bite, however, not only failed to make Xiao Ze let go but instead made him chuckle softly.
His warm breath brushed against Ning Rongrong's ear: "Now I'm holding you too, are you happy?"
"Mmm…" Ning Rongrong whimpered, her entire body as red as a cooked shrimp, her fingers unconsciously clutching Xiao Ze's collar.
Dugu Yan laughed, shaking like a branch in the wind: "Oh, isn't our Rongrong always clamoring for Xiao Ze to hold her? How come now that he actually is, she's chickening out?"
Meng Yiran even directly pulled out a spirit tool for recording images. This was something Xiao Ze had asked Old Wang to customize; such spirit tools existed in the Tian Yue Empire.
"Rongrong, look up at the camera~"
"You guys!" Ning Rongrong, mortified, looked up to retort, but met the gazes from all directions and shrank back into Xiao Ze's arms, steam practically rising from her head.
"Rongrong is both timid and loves to play." Ye Lingling stated a truth.
"I am not!" Ning Rongrong suddenly looked up in protest, but then, seeing Xiao Ze's increasingly handsome face, her mind somewhat froze.
Her glass-like eyes were shimmering with moisture.
She self-deprecatingly buried her face in Xiao Ze's chest, muttering in a muffled voice: "Don't say anything more."
Xiao Ze's smile was also due to eating cucumbers.
Although cucumbers didn't have spirits, their effect was beauty, and it was quite good. While ordinary quality cucumbers couldn't greatly enhance one's looks, they could make one's complexion more hydrated and refined.
It was also one of Rongrong and the others' favorite things to eat.
After all, which girl doesn't want to look a little better?
Ning Rongrong wasn't as obviously affected, as she was already sufficiently hydrated to begin with; a pinch to her cheek would make it red, even to the point of seeming to squeeze out water.
Ning Rongrong's adorable actions made Xiao Ze unable to help but laugh, and he ruffled her long hair.
On the field.
The argument escalated.
Shui Yueer suddenly lowered her voice and provoked: "Actually, I know why you're so angry. It's because Brother Xiao Ze hugged me first last night, not you!"
This sentence completely ignited Huo Wu's fury.
"Shui Yueer!! I'm going to burn your mouth off!!"
"Come on, come on!!"
Just as the two were at daggers drawn, Water Binger and Huo Wushuang acted simultaneously.
"Sister, this is a match, it hasn't started yet." However, Huo Wushuang's head was also buzzing. He hadn't expected his sister to be embracing Xiao Ze after just one day yesterday.
The progress was too fast.
Wouldn't his nephew be born after a while?
Water Binger also pulled her sister's wrist: "Sister, calm down."
The referee wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and quickly announced the start of the match.
The battle between Huo Wu and Shui Yueer instantly erupted.
"First Soul Skill · Fire Ring Bind." Huo Wu cried out, and three scorching fire rings flew from her palm, forming a triangle as they enveloped Shui Yueer.
Shui Yueer's lips curled slightly, "First Soul Skill · Sea Spirit Ice Thorn."
Crystal-clear, dolphin-tooth-shaped ice crystals condensed on her slender fingertips, and three ice thorns accurately met the fire rings.
The ice thorns exploded upon colliding with the fire rings, transforming into countless tiny ice shards that scattered in all directions.
"Hmph, you've got some skill." Huo Wu snorted coldly. She was a Spirit Ancestor; how could she not take down a mere Shui Yueer, who was only a Spirit Elder?
Water Binger, seeing that her sister had attracted Huo Wu's attention, immediately launched a fierce attack with the others against the members of Blazing Academy.
Tianshui Academy currently only had one Spirit Ancestor, Water Binger.
Snow Dance and Yu Hairou had not yet reached the Spirit Ancestor stage, so their overall strength was weaker than Blazing Academy's, but the gap wasn't very large; it mainly depended on teamwork.
Furthermore, Shui Yueer, fighting Huo Wu, wouldn't lose her head.
The same couldn't be said for Huo Wu on the other side.