Chapter 71: I’ve wronged you!
“Holy crap, this Little Junior Sister is so arrogant! Challenging a whole group by herself? The last time I saw someone this wild was that kid Bai Ming.”
Some teachers from Huawen were already automatically calling Su Jiu “Little Junior Sister,” praising her while also seeming to recall the figure of that troublemaker from the past.
“No—Bai Ming just fought his way through an entire team by himself. This Little Junior Sister wants to take on the remaining fourteen people directly. She’s much more audacious than that Bai Ming.”
A young female teacher with glasses, looking refined, adjusted her glasses and said quite seriously.
“Teacher, what do you mean by ‘fought his way through an entire team’? You’d better clarify. Back then, our school’s Li Yi wasn’t present. Otherwise, how could that Bai Ming, a poor kid without even a Beast Martial, be so arrogant?”
A male student wearing the same school uniform as Ah Hu interrupted.
“That’s true…”
The female Huawen teacher glanced at him but didn’t refute. Instead, she nodded slightly, her gaze falling on the thin figure at the very front of the spectator stands, murmuring, “After all, he’s someone who received an offer from Imperial Capital University before even taking the Gaokao. In a small city like ours, there can’t be anyone more outstanding than him.”
Stare~
Su Jiu calmly looked at the referee, who was already sweating profusely. He cast a pleading look towards the judging panel. Every time he looked at someone, that person turned their face away. One by one, they all did the same…
The ordinary school leaders on the judging panel didn’t dare to speak, and their gazes all fell upon the two bigwigs in the center quietly competing.
The noisy voices also gradually subsided, and they followed the referee’s gaze.
“Bang!”
Seemingly sensing the somewhat burning gazes around him, the elder from the Li family heavily slammed the table, a look of anger displayed on his brow. He turned to Huang Fusheng, who was also somewhat bewildered, and said coldly, “Good, good! Did you choose this girl specifically to disgust my Li family?”
Although the competition was beneficial to his Li family and the Huawen school, he didn’t immediately agree. Winning such a competition brought no rewards, but losing would be a complete disgrace.
However, he didn’t believe his grandson would lose…
“Disgusting your Li family, tsk tsk, you don’t even dare to accept a challenge from a girl? Isn’t that too cowardly? Where has your usual arrogance gone? Aren’t you known as the Gaokao major city?”
After a moment of silence, Huang Fusheng suddenly grinned. These words were spoken after careful consideration.
Although he didn’t know where Su Jiu got her confidence from, one thing was certain: with her ability to hide things at her age, daring to issue such a challenge meant she must have something to rely on.
Unlike his initial intention to cover for her, knowing that Lord Liu Yue was looking out for her, he now only wanted to see what level Su Jiu’s true strength was…
Moreover, the reason Mayor Su gave for refusing to cause trouble with the Li family was quite intriguing—Su Jiu single-handedly fought a Battle General and died at the hands of the Mountain Lion King.
At the time, he had simply thought the other party was grieving for a lost daughter. But looking at Su Jiu’s performance just now, she did have some potential, even though it was still far from being a Battle General…
Of course, if her performance was good enough, he wouldn’t mind giving her some special rewards—merit points, as they had killed quite a few members of the Ancient God Sect recently.
“Good, good, good!”
Hearing this, the elder of the Li family became even more enraged. His white beard, which was floating below his chin, inexplicably turned red, as if it were burning, like an angry lion.
He then coldly shouted at the referee below, “Agree to what he said. Have the fourteen participants from Huawen go up.”
“Okay.”
As soon as the other party finished speaking, the referee nodded like a pecking chick. However, his clothes behind him had unknowingly become soaked. Even though the stage was like an air-conditioned room because of Su Jiu…
Then, as if relieved of a great burden, he quickly stepped down to check on the dozen or so people from Huawen who were about to compete. A referee of the Intermediate Stage Battle General level replaced him on the stage.
Huang Fusheng watched as the Huawen students went onto the stage one after another. He slowly tapped his fingers rhythmically, his gaze finally settling on Su Jiu, who was standing there waiting.
Come on, Su Jiu!
Let me see your true strength.
…
“Thank you.”
Su Jiu smiled and cupped her fists on the stage, bowing slightly, with a touch of ancient grace.
Then, her light blue eyes swept across everyone already on the stage, finally landing on the thin yet proud figure in the center. She smiled and asked, “You are Li Yi of the Li family, aren’t you? I heard the rights to craft the accessories were specifically opened for you, right?”
Li Yi’s brows furrowed slightly. He wasn’t sure what the other party was trying to do, but he still replied quite coldly, “So what? Accessories are things that the capable should possess.”
“Indeed, the capable should possess them. I believe so too…”
As soon as the other party finished speaking, Su Jiu gently put her hands behind her back, bent her body slightly, revealing a very serious smile, and then her tone gradually deepened as she slowly stood up, “Then I’m sorry, I’ll take them. I can only trouble you.”
Trouble me?
Li Yi was stunned for a moment, but he quickly reacted. Su Jiu was implying that she was more capable than him, which made him almost laugh.
Since childhood, he had been cultivated as a mythical unicorn by the Li family. No one dared to say such a thing to him—his initial thought of going easy on her instantly vanished.
The Huawen students around all looked at Li Yi. They saw that his face was as dark as dripping water. He just gave a cold smile, “I just don’t know, little kid, if your strength matches your tone. Don’t come crying to Lord Liu Yue later.”
“You guys don’t need to come—a Priest with some ability, I really can’t imagine what makes you so arrogant?”
He waved his hand at those around him. A dark blue flame suddenly surged from his body, and his hair and eyebrows turned into blazing infernos. With every step he took forward, the frost on the stage was evaporated.
“Why aren’t you talking anymore? Are you scared?” Li Yi’s voice became hoarse and low.
The air vibrated from the high temperature. At this moment, Li Yi was like a fire demon from hell, just like his bloodline—the “Netherworld White Tiger.” Although not a pure White Tiger bloodline, it had already reached the peak of S-class.
Su Jiu shook her head, picked up her wine pot, and smiled indifferently, “Words are useless, let’s begin.”
The other thirteen people were also well-behaved. They stood around the competition circle. In their opinion, with Li Yi’s strength, it was at least a hundred percent sure, if not more, that he would defeat Su Jiu.
They had also heard the female judge’s voice earlier and knew that Su Jiu only had a healing bloodline. Based on her previous performance, her ability to defeat Ah Hu was simply by relying on some level suppression.
After all, a level difference was a significant hurdle. But if she could defeat Ah Hu with brute force, she would have no advantage against Li Yi, who was also an Advanced Stage Warrior.
However, some people were still chatting, “Do you think Li Yi has a chance of losing? I think that Little Junior Sister is quite strong too…”
“Impossible! Power, combat skills, experience… That girl has none of these that can compare to Young Master Yi.”
Hearing that his elder brother was getting revenge for him, Ah Hu, whose face was pale, scurried back onto the field. He had a circle of white bandages around his stomach, and surviving was entirely due to the skills in this world.
