Chapter 36
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Chapter 36: The Affair Is Confirmed, the First Hand-Holding Between the Couple!!
Academy League, the round from 16 to 8.
In the first match, Xingfu Academy faced the Illusionary Water Sect, who ranked seventh.
The Illusionary Water Sect is one of the top powers in Holy River State. Although there is no real grudge between them and Xingfu Academy, Luo Xinglai and Quan Zhiliang do not get along, so she is very eager to eliminate the Holy River State team.
As a result, not long into the match, Luo Xinglai took action herself.
Complete-stage Battle Pet, Starless Princess!!!
"Buzz—"
The moment Starless Princess appeared, the entire map turned into a dark abyss, with no light or sound coming from the screen.
After several seconds, only a single line of system text popped up.
[Match Over]
Although Xingfu Academy won very easily.
But the audience seats were completely silent.
After all, if they couldn’t see any scenes, how could they give their opinions?
I’m afraid they can only say, "Child, you are invincible!!"
After witnessing this battle, the audience of Jade Wind State began to worry about the future of Tianfeng Academy.
"Although I’m not a fan of Tianfeng Academy, they are now the only hope of Jade Wind State. If possible, I hope they can go a bit further, but if they can’t even see, how can this Luo Xinglai fight?"
"Don’t think about it; Luo Xinglai is one of the three kings. If someone like us can think of a solution, then she wouldn’t be one of the three kings!!!"
"Surely no one really thinks Tianfeng Academy can beat Luo Xinglai!?"
"I have to admit, Su Huan’s strength is indeed very strong, but the top eight is already the limit for Tianfeng Academy. They won’t get past Xingfu Academy, no matter what!!"
"Yeah, look at the atmosphere on Tianfeng Academy’s side; it’s so tense that Su Huan’s face has turned pale!!!"
"……"
"……"
The audience in Jade Wind State is right; at this moment, the atmosphere in Tianfeng Academy’s team is indeed very serious.
Especially, Liuliu Yue’s face has gone completely pale.
But it is not because she saw Luo Xinglai’s strength…
Although she can’t see the expressions of the few people behind her, Daiyue and the others’ strange looks have already made her break out in a cold sweat.
Liuliu Yue wishes she could just bang her head against the wall.
What did she just do…?
What kind of inner journey did she go through to confidently hand her phone to her teammate?
I really want to die!!!
Just then, on the other side of Double Moon Sect, Su Huan’s mood completely broke down.
Su Huan, "Big brother, what are you doing???"
Liuliu Yue, "……"
Su Huan, "Wait, are you still not awake?"
Liuliu Yue, "Okay, I promise to get 4 hours of sleep every day!!"
Su Huan, "Don’t change the subject, why did you show your phone to them just now?"
Liuliu Yue, "I’m being honest, please forgive me…"
On the Double Moon Sect side, seeing Liuliu Yue’s tearful expression, Su Huan realized that things were beyond repair and stopped asking questions. He helplessly covered his head and let his body go limp.
In the midst of misfortune, it is fortunate that only four people from Tianfeng Academy have discovered this ridiculous misunderstanding.
As long as this misunderstanding does not get worse, we can still keep ourselves and Liuliu Yue innocent.
Right now, the most important thing is to defeat Luo Xinglai in tomorrow’s quarter-finals…
"Oh, the panel!!"
Suddenly, I remembered the important matter.
Su Huan quickly opened Liuliu Yue’s Battle Pet panel.
The moment that Starless Princess made her move earlier has been fully recorded by Light Wing King’s True Vision skill.
Currently, she has two Golden Skills, three Diamond Skills, and one Emerald Skill.
Her fighting power is not much different from her previous life…
As expected, in just a few short months after being reborn, only he and Liuliu Yue showed a huge change in strength compared to their past life, while everyone else continued to grow at the same speed and follow the same story.
Su Huan knew very well in his heart that in the last Academy League, he was definitely not a match for Liuliu Yue.
Although his teammates held him back, Liuliu Yue didn’t actually fight seriously against him at that time.
In his past life, he hadn’t even awakened Liuliu Yue’s Mythical Beast will at this time.
In the end, it was Luo Xinglai and Liuliu Yue who fought fiercely until the sky darkened, and they lost by just a single move.
He also had to forcibly capture the Thunder Sound Stone a while after the Academy League ended to have a strength that could stand against both of them.
In other words…
The current strength of Luo Xinglai in this life can only be compared to Liuliu Yue in his past life.
If he couldn’t even get past Luo Xinglai, there was no way he could defeat the Liuliu Yue of now!!!
"Master Saintess, it’s time to go on stage…"
Suddenly, a reminder from his teammate brought Su Huan back to reality.
He looked up at the match schedule; their opponent was the last-place Meteor Moon Academy.
Well, another round where I don’t have to play…
Su Huan slowly stood up and walked towards the Battle Room under everyone’s watchful eyes.
Sure enough, a few minutes later.
Without breaking a sweat, Double Moon Sect reached the top eight!!
After this, the matches in each group became intense, with Blue Sea Academy, Mohuang Court, Green Thunder Academy, Flame King’s Academy, and Black Wheel Academy following them into the top eight.
In the round of 16 to 8, no strong teams faced each other; it was all one-sided victories.
At that moment, even someone thinking with their gut would know there was someone manipulating things behind the scenes, and many viewers were discussing this in the live chat, but no one would dig too deep into it.
After all, it’s exciting when strong teams meet later on.
The Academy League has always valued strength above all!
Finally, the last match of the round of 16 has arrived.
Tianfeng Academy vs. Beidou Academy!!
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Liuliu Yue nervously entered the Battle Room.
The hour-long silence from her teammates made her feel like sitting on needles; this awkwardness and embarrassment were hard to express in words.
But if she had to describe it, it felt like being caught by her parents the first time she tried to sneak a snack…
This must be the children’s punishment for not sleeping well at night.
Soon, the match began.
The map for the round of 16 was much larger, and the environment was randomly generated, making it hard to find the enemy team quickly.
Liuliu Yue first summoned July Fire to strengthen their position.
Then, she turned to encourage her four teammates:
"No matter what, don’t worry too much about today’s events. Let’s finish this match first and not let it affect our performance!"
"……"
"……"
"But Captain, we really aren’t worried; we are just excited and curious!"
"Yeah, it’s not us who are embarrassed, so we won’t be affected…"
"Captain, don’t take it too seriously, because some people die but still live on, while some live but are already gone…"
"Captain, we need to quickly bring Sister back to Tianfeng Academy!"
The teammates were chatting excitedly through their team voice chat, and Daiyue even gave Liuliu Yue’s shoulder a reassuring pat.
Hearing their words, Liuliu Yue’s body shook even more, and her face looked a bit flushed.
No, are you comforting your horse?
If you say more, I will stop playing!!!
Although this incident had a great impact on Liuliu Yue’s mind, and July Fire’s Resonance Value showed a slight decrease, dealing with Beidou Academy was still manageable.
In this giant map, Wang Murou’s Flower Fairy played a huge role and quickly found out the positions of the opponents in less than half a minute.
Naturally, Liuliu Yue directed all her anger and sadness at the players from Beidou Academy.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom!!!"
She controlled July Fire to continuously launch White Current, killing three fragile ones from hundreds or even thousands of meters away.
The remaining defensive and supportive ones also fought back for a few seconds before finally falling.
There was no doubt, they easily defeated Beidou Academy.
After wiping out Beidou Academy, Liuliu Yue stood in place, feeling confused as she looked at July Fire nearby.
For some reason, she felt especially strong today, as if some power was pushing her, making it easier to control Su Huan’s Battle Pet.
Even after the reduction caused by her wavering emotions, her Resonance Value was still much higher than it had been the day before.
What on earth happened…?
She hadn’t done anything at all!!!
Liuliu Yue could not understand at all, not even hearing her teammates’ questions.
She stood there in a daze for half a day, and soon, because she had stayed too long, the system forced her to log off.
[The duel has ended]
Thus—
Tianfeng Academy, since its founding, has entered the top eight for the first time!!!
Although they already knew the gap in strength, when this result was revealed, the audience from Jade Wind State could not help but erupt with excitement.
"Great job, Captain Su Huan! I will apply to Tianfeng Academy next year!!!"
"Don’t apply, please don’t apply anymore! Otherwise, Tianfeng Academy will have to change their admission requirements overnight!!!"
"Although Tianfeng Academy will likely stop at the top eight, defeating the Saintess of the Mohuang Court means that after Su Huan graduates, he can go anywhere without any trouble!!!"
"Yes, the professional league, and the Forbidden Area Exploration Team, they must all be eager to invite him!!!"
"Unfortunately, our Jade Wind State does not have a professional league team, so Su Huan will definitely have to join another state…"
The audience was both excited and amazed.
To the audience in Jade Wind State, Su Huan made it to the top eight in his first year, and his future seemed bright, ensuring smooth sailing wherever he goes.
Yet, because of the tough situation in Jade Wind State, he could not become a strong pillar for us.
As the battle at Tianfeng Academy came to an end.
Meanwhile…
With the results of the top eight announced, today’s matches have come to a close.
This year’s top eight distribution can be said to be fair for everyone.
Double Moon Sect, Xingfu Academy, Blue Sea Academy, Mohuang Court, Green Thunder Academy, Tianfeng Academy, Flame King Institute, Dark Wheel Institute.
The eight colleges come from White Moon State, Wanxing State, Holy River State, Phoenix Sand State, Green Thunder State, Jade Wind State, Burning Heart State, and Dark Court State.
None of them come from the same place, which is a rare occurrence.
Mainly because in the past, it was very hard to see any teams from Jade Wind State.
Let alone the top 8, making it to the top 16 was like climbing a mountain.
In fact, the reason why Jade Wind State is generally weaker is not because of genes or talent, but due to regional issues.
The border of Jade Wind State is right next to a forbidden area called the Colorful Cloud Area.
But that is not an ordinary forbidden area; it is a complete dead zone.
Within it lies a certain ancient emperor who surpasses the understanding of all living beings.
Since ancient times, the number of survivors has been zero, and the number of expedition teams and strategy teams has also been zero.
As a result, the Battle Pet Master of Jade Wind State cannot obtain any external resources, generation after generation, which has led to the current situation of constant decline with mixed quality.
Su Huan’s sudden appearance has violently shattered this situation!!!!
After leaving the meeting, everyone from Tianfeng Academy looked very lively and full of energy.
"Wow, being in the top eight, I really can’t imagine what kind of treatment and cheers we will receive when we return to the academy…"
"We didn’t even do anything, yet we gained millions of followers out of nowhere, and we owe it all to our powerful captain~~~"
"Yeah, how could the captain not be strong? Even the Master Saintess of Double Moon Sect was defeated by her!!"
Hearing the team’s meaningful compliments, Liuliu Yue gritted her teeth in anger, wishing she could kick each of them over.
Who was defeated!?
I am innocent!!
However, before Liuliu Yue could open her mouth to argue, her teammates suddenly stopped in their tracks.
The people from Tianfeng Academy stared in shock at the blonde woman blocking the path.
The woman wore a half butterfly cloak, and her long golden hair cascaded down to her waist like a waterfall.
Her two long, slender, and snowy white legs were smooth like jade, perfectly shaped, and full of elasticity; they were fair, delicate, crystal clear, light and graceful, soft and silky like melted cream.
The butterfly wing pattern in her golden eyes shimmered with dreamy colors and… a stunning sense of pressure.
Double Moon Saintess, Liuliu Yue!!!
At that moment, she leaned against the wall of the player’s passage, her expression extremely cold, clearly having waited there for a long time.
At the same time, seeing Su Huan come specifically to demand answers, the real Liuliu Yue felt extremely guilty and wanted to shrink away and hide.
But before she could hide, a few teammates had already betrayed her.
"Come on, Captain, it’s four hours~~~"
"Don’t come back if it’s less than four hours!!"
"No, don’t come back the whole night, let us show Jade Wind State what we’re made of!!!"
"You, you guys……!!!"
Seeing her teammates getting wild, Liuliu Yue was so angry that she couldn’t speak, but in the blink of an eye, they had all walked far away.
In the empty corridor, only she and Su Huan stood there quietly staring at each other.
"Su, Su Huan… what do you want to do?"
"Do you know that coming to see me only makes them misunderstand you more?"
Liuliu Yue looked humble and cold, her head hung low, and her gaze often wandered elsewhere.
Soon, Su Huan stood next to her, his cold eyes fixed on Liuliu Yue.
Misunderstanding!?
Did you know that misunderstandings can get deeper?
However, since this situation was already beyond repair, Su Huan was too tired to investigate further.
He wasn’t here for this kind of nonsense.
"Liuliu Yue, I want to ask you something…"
"During your battle today, did you notice that the Resonance Value with July Fire has increased?"
Sensing something, Su Huan asked directly and honestly.
As expected, Liuliu Yue’s pupils slightly contracted, clearly showing her reaction after being called out.
This is really…
"Su Huan, did you do something?" she asked in confusion.
"Put your hand out."
Su Huan did not answer but signaled with his eyes.
Hearing this, Liuliu Yue hesitated for a moment before timidly extending her hand.
This, surely it isn’t going to be some kind of punishment…?
Is Su Huan really that angry now?
She thought strangely to herself.
The next moment.
However, Su Huan slowly reached out with her delicate white hand and gently pressed it together with her own palm.
At that moment, Liuliu Yue’s gaze was a bit dazed.
The air felt frozen…
