Arthur turned his head to glance at Gu Yue beside him. The girl's eyes were cool and detached, and her gaze, fixed on Yuanen Yehui being surrounded by the noisy crowd, held a hint of understanding.
"What do you mean, intentional?" Arthur tilted his head.
"Intentionally arranging for Yuanen Yehui to win the championship, intentionally embarrassing the Star Luo Empire, and satisfying your own idea of fun... That's what I thought." Gu Yue's voice was very soft.
"You gave her two Spirit Bones and smoothed her path to the championship just for helping you fend off Na'er's harassment once?"
Gu Yue's eyes were full of wisdom: "Only she would foolishly believe that. I can see that you are cultivating her confidence."
Arthur was startled by her words, then chuckled softly.
He looked up at Yuanen Yehui, who was surrounded by people and wore a slight smile, and spoke with a rare seriousness in his voice.
"Yuanen Yehui appears to be a strong, independent woman. But deep down, she is extremely insecure."
"Because of her Evil Spirit, the disgust of her relatives, and the misunderstanding of those around her who call her an Evil Soul Master."
"These things followed her throughout her entire childhood."
"After leaving her Family and coming to the Academy, she seemed to start a new life, but that thorn was never truly pulled out."
Arthur's voice deepened: "The stronger she appears, the more painful the backlash will be when that thorn is finally pulled out."
"I am giving her a Preventative Shot now."
Gu Yue nodded slightly, looking at Arthur with an inexplicable meaning in her eyes. She suddenly felt that this man was damn charming at this moment.
Not far away, Yuanen Yehui seemed to have heard their conversation, or perhaps felt their gaze, and raised the Juice Cup in her hand toward them, her smile as bright as midsummer sunlight.
The laughter and cheers in the Banquet Hall grew louder... Arthur did not participate in the subsequent competitions of other types. He seized the time to study the entrance to the Dragon Valley, waiting for the day it would open.
On the cliff edge of the mountaintop near the Dragon Valley entrance, an old man gently tapped his Staff on the ground.
Nine spirit rings also rose up accordingly.
It was a Titled Douluo from the Tang Sect.
He activated the Soul Tool Formation set up by the Tang Sect, while simultaneously transforming himself into a massive Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.
"Roar—!"
A powerful Dragon Roar erupted, and the crisscrossing white light patterns on the ground suddenly trembled violently. The originally clear halo surged, radiating seven-colored streams of light, which immediately converged into a towering pillar of light that shot straight into the sky.
The pillar of light forcibly tore a huge, pitch-black gap in the Sky Curtain, and the seven-colored light spread outward through the gap, creating an earth-shattering phenomenon.
Subsequently, the White-Ranked Fighters entered one after another.
Not far away, Arthur and Gu Yue watched quietly, and the Titled Douluo did not notice them.
"Are you ready?" Arthur looked at Gu Yue.
Gu Yue nodded thoughtfully: "I am ready."
Na'er: "I'm ready!"
Arthur: "Huh?"
Arthur was startled seeing Na'er suddenly appear. When did Na'er arrive?
Seeming to notice his confusion, Gu Yue said, "I called her here. Dragon Valley can't do without her."
She didn't explain much.
Na'er also blinked her large, watery eyes, her pretty face full of innocence.
Her small hand wrapped around Arthur's arm, and her voice was sweet: "Oh, how could such a fun place like Dragon Valley be missing me?"
"Fine." Arthur didn't mind; he didn't understand the matters concerning the Gold and Silver Dragon Kings.
He raised his hand, summoned the Holy Lance, and lightly thrust it forward, then rotated his wrist, instantly shattering the space and opening a Spatial Passage connected to the Dragon Valley.
But they still couldn't enter.
Inside the Spatial Passage, a dense layer of special circuits blocked them.
That was the Rule of the Dragon Valley prohibiting entry to those above the Spirit King rank.
"So that's how it is..." Seeing this, Gu Yue pondered for a moment. Under her guidance, integrating the power of Vicious Beasts like Di Tian might allow them to break a hole through the Rule.
Then she could stabilize it with a Space-Time Formation.
However, if she did that, the Vicious Beasts would need to revert to their True Forms and couldn't maintain their human forms.
Arthur would discover their Identities.
"This is somewhat difficult." As Gu Yue frowned, she suddenly saw Arthur summon the Auspicious Beast Xia Xi.
As soon as Xia Xi appeared and saw the scene before her, her small face changed color.
Her round eyes were full of fear, and she looked around suspiciously.
It circled Arthur's ankles twice, its small claws uneasily tugging at his trouser leg, letting out soft, fragmented whimpers.
"What's there to be afraid of? Be spirited! Don't lose face!"
After being scolded by Arthur, Xia Xi adopted an expression of heroic sacrifice and opened its Third Eye.
Divine Light shone upon the Rule.
Arthur took the Opportunity to thrust the Holy Lance in his hand forward again.
The Rule blocking them tore open a large gap. The Dragon Might from inside the Dragon Valley rushed out.
The next second, just like last time.
A force descended and began repairing the Rule, and Xia Xi skillfully scurried back into Arthur's body.
"Huh, what's going on here?" Arthur feigned ignorance and voiced his confusion.
Gu Yue glanced at him, extended her slender Jade Hand, and gently tapped the shrinking gap.
She set up the Space-Time Formation, forcibly stalling the speed at which the Rule was repairing itself.
Gu Yue said, "It can probably last for three hours, but the Flow of Time inside should be different from the outside world, which is enough for us."
"It's fine. If worst comes to worst, we'll just do it again when we come out." Arthur clapped his hands: "Speaking of which, Gu Yue, you're amazing to have so many methods."
Gu Yue gave him a faint look, and a fleeting, extremely subtle ripple passed through her cool eyes, too fast to catch.
She withdrew her hand and walked in first, leaving only a casual remark: "Compared to you, it's nothing worth mentioning."
Arthur was stunned by her words, then quickly followed.
Na'er walked at the very back. After passing through the entrance, she looked back at the Space-Time Formation.
The pale blue Light Screen was still faintly flickering, firmly holding back the golden Rule circuits that were attempting to close.
She keenly noticed that the light at the edges of the formation was dimming at a speed almost imperceptible to the naked eye.
It might not even last three hours.
She pouted, and quietly snapped her fingers behind her back. A wisp of golden Blood Qi Power silently merged into the formation.
The dimming light instantly stabilized.
The combined power of the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King is not as simple as one plus one equals two.
After Na'er intervened, the combined force of the Gold and Silver Dragon Kings changed the stabilization time of the Space-Time Formation from less than three hours to... permanent.
After doing all this, Na'er blinked slyly, turned, and quickly followed in Arthur and Gu Yue's footsteps, as if she had done nothing at all.
"Oh, walk slower, you two!" Na'er caught up to them with light steps, naturally linking her small hand through Arthur's arm.
She looked up at the fog-shrouded area ahead, her eyes filled with excitement, "Will there be legendary Dragon Spirit Bones inside here?"
Arthur didn't reply. Strictly speaking, this place was essentially Gu Yue and Naer's Territory.
Him following these two into the Dragon Valley to seek Opportunity was equivalent to... begging for scraps?
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