It started raining heavily from the sky at some point.
Children on the road were willing to get wet in the rain to splash in the puddles, each step making a splashing sound and rippling outwards.
The blue silver grass by the roadside was damp and swayed gently.
The next day, at the Heavenly Battle Arena.
The third match for Zixing Academy was scheduled for the later part of the afternoon.
However, in order to prevent unexpected situations such as conceding defeat at lightning speed in the previous matches and causing the schedule to be brought forward, they still arrived at the rest room or the spectator stands early in the morning to wait for their turn.
Today, Purple Star Academy will face Blazing Fire Academy as their opponent.
After that, there are also Elephant Armor Academy, Sky Water Academy, Divine Wind Academy, Plant Academy, and so on. You will have to fight against all the participating academies.
Although Wang Qiu'er's Soul Saint strength yesterday greatly dampened the enthusiasm of the academies for the competition, many people felt that the championship had already been decided.
But the competition had to continue, and when the fight really started, neither of them held back.
In the morning's match, Tianshui Academy, led by captain Shui Bing'er, won a beautiful victory.
With this, they have achieved a three-game winning streak.
The next opponent will be Canghui Academy, which has already suffered three consecutive defeats.
Just as Shui Bing'er was leading her team members to return to the hotel outside the Battle Arena to rest.
At the exit of the contestants' passage, three figures stood there, seemingly waiting for them.
These three were Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu, siblings from Blazing Fire Academy, and Feng Xiaotian, the captain of Divine Wind Academy.
Seeing Shui Bing'er come out, Huo Wu immediately waved to her.
Shui Bing'er saw them too, so she told her teammates to go back first and walked over alone, asking with some confusion, "What do you need me for?"
They both belonged to the Elemental Academy and often exchanged skills with each other, so they were fairly familiar with each other.
No sooner had Shui Bing'er finished speaking than the impatient Huo Wu blurted out, "Shui Bing'er, let's form an alliance!"
"An alliance?" Shui Bing'er was taken aback, not quite understanding what she meant.
Feng Xiaotian, who was wearing a mask and only had his sharp eyes showing, explained, "You've seen it too. The strength of that Purple Star Academy is simply too great. Any one of our academies would have absolutely no chance of winning against them alone."
"But are we really just going to stand by and watch them take the championship without even daring to put up a fight? I, Feng Xiaotian, will be the first to disagree!"
His voice was filled with resentment and fighting spirit.
Shui Bing'er finally understood their intentions. She pondered for a moment and asked, "But... even if we form an alliance, what do you plan to do? The competition rules do not allow for temporary changes to team members."
Huo Wu said, "We can exploit loopholes in the rules! Participating academies cannot change their members midway through the competition, but that doesn't mean that academies that have already registered cannot temporarily change their academy names! This is not explicitly stated in the competition rules!"
"As long as the Spirit Hall agrees, we can temporarily merge the team members from the three academies into one academy! Of course, there will be a great price to pay for this. We need to show the Spirit Hall that we are willing to join them after graduation."
Huo Wushuang also spoke up to persuade her, "Shui Bing'er, you are also a person who doesn't give up easily. Feng Xiaotian's wind attribute and our fire attribute, when combined, will multiply their power. In addition, with your and your sister Shui Yue'er's martial soul fusion skill 'Falling Snow and Ice,' our team, which has gathered the main forces of the three elemental academies, might... really be able to compete with Zixing Academy, who knows?"
Hearing this, Shui Bing'er couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
Look, even you yourselves are only saying "maybe" you can give it a shot, you're not absolutely certain.
Is it really worth paying such a high price and deceiving the powerful Spirit Hall for this vague possibility?
If there were only one Wang Qiu'er in Zixing Academy, Shui Bing'er felt that she might actually agree.
However, the mere fact that Wang Qiu'er was only at the Soul Saint level was enough to make people feel despair.
Shui Liuli told her that Dongfang Jing's strength was probably only above Wang Qiu'er's, and he was at least a Soul Saint.
How can we fight like this?
Shui Bing'er has come to terms with it.
She felt that in the upcoming competition, the goal for Tianshui College was simply to do their best to show their style, enjoy the process of the competition, and not to pay too much attention to winning or losing.
Shui Bing'er shook her head and rejected the three's request for an alliance.
"I'm sorry, I can't agree."
Huo Wu grew anxious. She didn't want to let Shui Bing'er, such a powerful fighter, go free so easily, so she resorted to provocation: "Shui Bing'er! Are you afraid?"
However, Shui Bing'er appeared quite composed. She shrugged and admitted, "Yeah, I was really scared. I don't want to get beaten up by that girl with the Dragon Seed Martial Soul, that would be too embarrassing. Well then, that's all for now, goodbye."
After saying that, Shui Bing'er turned around and left gracefully.
Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, and Feng Xiaotian were left standing there, looking at each other in bewilderment.
Huo Wushuang scratched his head, saying helplessly, "Now... what should we do?"
Huo Wu gritted her teeth, looking in the direction where Shui Bing'er disappeared, still unwilling to give up.
She said to the other two, "Let's go! Let's catch up with her! I refuse to believe we can't persuade her!"
...
On the other side, Shui Bing'er walked alone on her way back to the hotel.
But for some reason, she felt that the road seemed longer than usual today.
It felt like we'd been walking for ages, and we should be almost at the hotel by now.
Looking up, the street ahead still stretched on and on, and it seemed that the hotel was still quite a distance away.
As she walked, Shui Bing'er suddenly slowed down.
Her delicate brows furrowed slightly; she vaguely sensed that something was amiss.
The sunlight was still shining on her, but the warmth had vanished without her noticing, replaced by a faint chill, as if it were silently creeping towards her from all directions.
She could even detect a faint hint of murderous intent in that chilling aura.
Suddenly, the surroundings became unusually quiet. The sounds of carriages, vendors, and pedestrians chatting that should have been on the street all vanished at the same time.
The scenery before my eyes seemed to be veiled by a thin layer of gauze, and everything became less clear at this moment.
Just then, a faint figure, about ten meters away from Shui Bing'er, gradually became clearer and more tangible.
"As expected of the most outstanding disciple of Tianshui Academy in this generation, it's a pity that you discovered it too late."
It was an old man dressed in a white robe, with gray hair, a withered face, and a pair of eyes that gleamed with a sinister light.
Upon seeing this person, Shui Bing'er's heart sank.
She had heard Shui Liuli mention that this person was the team leader of Canghui Academy, a Soul Saint of level 72, Shi Nian!
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