The next morning.
In a few hours, it would be the semifinals.
After a simple wash-up, Ye Mo headed towards the hotel cafeteria.
Yesterday, when Jiang Linyue left, he returned to his own room.
During this time, he also reported his safety to Zhou Minjun.
He briefly recounted to her how Jiang Linyue had intercepted.
"Phew! It's good that you're okay. I didn't expect Lady Saintess to actually come to your rescue."
Zhou Minjun breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time, she was somewhat surprised.
For Jiang Linyue to recognize Ye Mo at a glance and step in to help him meant that the two had a deep relationship.
Although Zhou Minjun was once Jiang Linyue's homeroom teacher…
In reality, they only spent two months together.
Two months later, because her only relative had passed away, Jiang Linyue was taken away by Xu Qingfeng.
As such, she received more professional training and education within the Heavenly Dao Alliance.
Rumor had it…
Jiang Linyue's parents, as well as her grandfather, were all martyrs who died for the country.
Skyforge Hotel Cafeteria.
"Old Mo, didn't you sleep well yesterday? Why do you look so tired?"
Ye Xiaoxiao looked at Ye Mo suspiciously.
Looking at the heavy dark circles under his eyes, she couldn't help but frown slightly.
She felt a sense of déjà vu, a familiar feeling.
"Sigh! Just excessive internal heat. How did your dungeon grinding go yesterday?"
Ye Mo waved his hand, indicating it was no big deal.
"Hmph hmph! I got matched into two A-Rank dungeons last night and directly leveled up to Level 26."
Ye Xiaoxiao raised her chin and glanced sideways provocatively at Meng Li.
Like a combative rooster showing off its victory.
"Tch. Just good luck, what's so great about it?"
Meng Li furrowed her small eyebrows, gnashing her teeth as she gnawed on a small dried fish and muttered unconvincingly.
Time slowly passed.
Soon…
It was time for the opening ceremony of the semifinals.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Brilliant fireworks instantly exploded in the sky.
Similar to the top eight competition, it was still as spectacular and lively.
After the flashy performances, the host took to the stage to conduct the day's matchups.
"Audience friends, haven't seen you for a day, I missed you all to death!
Without further ado, let's first thank the investors of this competition..."
Blah blah blah.
After another bunch of advertisements from the host…
Only then did the central large screen slowly display the popularity ranking this time.
NO.1: Ye Xiaoxiao (Support Votes 1.38 million)
NO.2: Liu Muxiao (Support Votes 1.14 million)
This time, the large screen only displayed the popularity ranking of two people.
And because of Ye Xiaoxiao's previous astonishing performance on the field…
Her fame overwhelmingly surpassed Liu Muxiao.
"Then this time, let’s invite contestant Liu Muxiao to step forward and draw lots."
An icy, clean, and jade-like young girl wearing white clothes stepped forward.
She slowly walked to the center of the arena and reached her hand into the drawing box.
[Dragon Glory Academy: Liu Muxiao VS Kaiyang Academy: Ye Xiaoxiao!]
Seeing this draw result, all the spectators present erupted into bursts of shouting!
Right off the bat, it was a clash of kings between the number one and number two.
Inside the resting area.
'This is...'
'Fake cold and aloof versus true cold and aloof?'
Seeing this result, Ye Mo couldn't help but complain in his heart.
Undoubtedly, his own sister was the fake, cold, and aloof one in his heart.
"Instructor Zhou, how much do you know about this Liu Muxiao?"
Ye Mo looked at Zhou Minjun and asked tentatively.
"Very strong! So far, no one has ever forced out her second skill!"
Zhou Minjun couldn't help but sweat for Ye Xiaoxiao.
Although Ye Xiaoxiao's previous performances were almost all crushing victories…
But facing this Liu Muxiao, known as the "Little Saintess," it was really hard to say if she could win.
Of course, if it were Meng Li, things would be a bit better.
After all, her Super Armor could counter Liu Muxiao's large-area control very well.
But if it were Ye Xiaoxiao, then she would be somewhat passive against Liu Muxiao.
Her skeleton army was very likely to be countered by the opponent's large-area control skills.
Inside the VIP room.
"Now this is worth watching."
"Ye Xiaoxiao's strength is certainly terrifying, but unfortunately, her skeleton army might stumble in front of Liu Muxiao!"
"Not necessarily! Have you forgotten her nuclear explosion strike? Its power is comparable to a full-force strike of a Level 55 player!"
"That move’s very strong, but I estimate that its mana consumption is huge, and it should have some small side effects.
After the detonation, there's a high probability she will enter a period of weakness.
If Liu Muxiao kept a trump card hidden all this time, then Ye Xiaoxiao would almost be crushed later on!"
Spirited discussions filled the VIP room.
If this were a few days ago, these people would definitely think that Liu Muxiao had a better chance of winning.
But since Ye Xiaoxiao's nuclear explosion match yesterday…
No one questioned her strength anymore.
"Precious disciple, what do you think?"
Xu Qingfeng turned his head to look at Jiang Linyue.
But he was surprised to find that Jiang Linyue was actually somewhat absent-minded and looked a bit sluggish today.
She had a feeling of being depressed and worrying about personal gains and losses at the same time.
'This... What situation is this?'
This was the first time Xu Qingfeng had seen Jiang Linyue reveal such an expression.
'Could it be, she's heartbroken!?'
"Uh... Precious disciple, do you have something on your mind? If it's about getting along with friends, you can share it with your master. I’ve experienced so many things, you could say that I know best how to make friends."
He spoke relatively tactfully while asking Jiang Linyue tentatively.
"En, sort of. I did some excessive things to a friend, and now... I'm a bit unsure how to face him. But I still have to continue getting along with him later, and I can't avoid doing that kind of thing to him."
After a moment’s thought, Jiang Linyue decided to learn from Xu Qingfeng's experience.
'It really is a matter of the heart!'
Xu Qingfeng was stunned and probed with a smile.Â
"Is that so…? That friend of yours, they should be a male, right?"
"He definitely is now, before... not necessarily."
'What the heck?'
Hearing this, Xu Qingfeng's beard straightened!
'What do you mean, definitely is now, but not necessarily before?'
'What, a sex change!?'
'Are young people nowadays playing this wild?'
'Holy crap, wait a minute...'
'The one this girl Linyue’s dating couldn't really be a transgender lesbian, right?'
'This won't do!'
'This is the only bloodline of my best friend. I can't let his line end.'
"This... Hehe! In your teacher's opinion, since it's unavoidable, you should be a bit tougher!
When two people are together, what's needed is mutual acceptance and mutual adaptation.
If he can't even accept this small flaw of yours, then it means that you two aren’t suitable for each other!"
Directly telling the two to separate definitely wouldn't work…
So Xu Qingfeng decided to take a harmonious approach to end this ill-fated relationship.
After all, this girl Linyue was a blank sheet of paper when it came to relationships, very easy to fool.
When the time came, and the other party couldn't accept it, they would naturally run away.
"But, is this... really okay?"
Jiang Linyue asked hesitantly.
"What's not okay? A true man... Uh, no, a true good friend should tolerate your flaws! So, next time a similar thing happens, you don't need to consider his feelings.Â
Just go straight for it, and that's it!"
Listening to Xu Qingfeng's words, Jiang Linyue pondered for a moment…
And felt that his words made a lot of sense!
'Sure enough, my thinking’s still too conservative.'
'Even an old fossil like Teacher doesn't stick to trifles. What am I caring about these things for?'
'For the next mission...'
'I'll just tie him up directly and forcibly extract his True Yang power, and that'll be it!'
"Thank you, Teacher. I know what to do now."
After figuring all of this out, Jiang Linyue felt a sudden enlightenment.
She instantly stopped being conflicted!
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