39: Chapter 39 is a good training subject.

“Damn, this affinity is high enough! It seems her Beast Tamer has put a lot of effort into nurturing her.”

“But why does this girl have a favorability rating for me too?”

“Although she has a hidden SS-rank Bloodline, I don't have that kind of hobby! Besides, there's no system quest for it—”

Chen Yi glanced at the system interfaces of Lin Mengxue and Luo Shiyin, sighing slightly in his heart.

Lin Mengxue's affinity was a mere 28 points, and Luo Shiyin's was an even more pitiful 6 points!

Compared to most Spirit Beast Girls, it was indeed too low; it wasn't even enough to meet the prerequisites for learning new skills.

But there was nothing to be done about that; after all, he hadn't been contracted with either of them for very long.

“Looks like I'll have to put in a little more effort tonight and try to get them both to learn new skills sooner!”

Chen Yi replied, “Wang Kaili, I accept this duel!”

“Hehe, I knew you would accept. Come with me!”

Wang Kaili led Chen Yi and his group to the central area of the rest zone.

The scene, already bustling with activity, became even more intense.

The number one on the leaderboard was going to duel the number two; this was absolutely packed with excitement!

“Li Yi, Wang Fang, what are you two doing? Mengxue might be about to duel, aren't you coming to watch?”

“Strange, why hasn't this guy made a sound all day? Nothing happened to him, right?”

“What could happen to him? Isn't he just cultivating affinity in his room? He's probably reached the main event now, which is why he's pretending no one is there, right?”

“Forget it, let's not wait for him. The duel is about to start.”

Outside Li Yi and Wang Fang's room, several students shook their heads helplessly.

They had occupied such a good room, and had previously said they wanted to witness Lin Mengxue's battle with their own eyes.

Yet now they weren't coming; it was speechless.

“You are Chen Yi?”

Lan Yucheng looked displeased. “You really have great luck with women; both Spirit Beasts you've contracted are so beautiful.”

Chen Yi rolled his eyes: “You weren't even sure if it was me, yet you still challenged me to a duel?”

Lan Yucheng snorted coldly and continued: “Never mind that! Since you came here, it means you've accepted my challenge, right? 500 points, a two-on-two between Beast Tamer and Spirit Beast, are you in?”

“Whatever you say!”

Chen Yi turned to look at Lin Mengxue, “Mengxue, didn't you say earlier that you wanted to find an opportunity to practice your Armed Form? Now is a very good opportunity!”

Lin Mengxue nodded slightly: “Sure! Thank you, Brother Chen Yi!”

“Good! The duel is confirmed!”

Wang Kaili announced, “Everyone else, disperse quickly. The duel will begin in fifteen seconds!”

As Wang Kaili finished speaking, the atmosphere at the scene instantly became tense.

Lin Mengxue switched directly into her Armed Form; dragon wings, tail, and scales all appeared. Her entire aura rose by several percentage points, and the surrounding temperature even seemed to drop by several degrees!

Seeing this, the other students went wild instantly.

“Holy crap! It's a dragon girl, a dragon girl!”

“These white stockings, these legs, I could play with them for ten years!”

“Damn, I'm so envious! Lin Mengxue's Armed Form is so beautiful!”

“Wuwuwu, my Campus Belle Lin, why did you sign a contract with someone from another school? Wuwuwu—”

In the gap between the students going crazy.

Lan Yucheng struck a pose as if drawing a bow with both hands, spiritual energy gathering and rapidly condensing into a longbow emitting a bright blue light.

Six bright blue spiritual energy arrows, like floating cannons, hovered beside him.

Have to say, this scene was indeed quite cool!

“So he's a Combat Type Beast Tamer? No wonder he proposed a two-on-two duel.”

“But it's not a big problem; it just so happens I can test my current strength.”

“Mengxue, remember to go easy on them—”

Before he could finish speaking, Wang Kaili announced the start of the duel.

The moment she heard that, Lin Mengxue dashed toward Fang Xiaoye like an arrow released from a bow.

She left almost nothing but a blurry afterimage in her spot.

“Holy crap, so fast?”

Lan Yucheng was startled and hurriedly grabbed a spiritual energy arrow, preparing to provide cover fire.

However, his move completely missed the mark.

Lin Mengxue's attack on Fang Xiaoye was merely a feint.

Her true target was Lan Yucheng!

Lin Mengxue opened her dragon claws and swung violently toward Fang Xiaoye's neck, seemingly wanting to kill in one hit.

Facing such a fierce attack, Fang Xiaoye naturally dared not be the least bit negligent and quickly raised her daggers to parry.

But just at that moment, Lin Mengxue suddenly retracted her dragon claws, flashed, and bypassed Fang Xiaoye directly to rush toward Lan Yucheng.

In this kind of one-versus-many battle, defeating the weaker enemy first to reduce the opponent's numerical advantage was absolutely the wisest strategy!

“Damn it, beauty, you don't play by the rules!”

Lan Yucheng had just drawn his longbow and hadn't even had time to shoot an arrow when Lin Mengxue had already rushed in front of him.

“Thanks for the compliment!”

The corners of Lin Mengxue's mouth curled up slightly, revealing a sweet smile, like a goddess in a dream.

However, her attack was merciless, landing squarely on Lan Yucheng.

With just one palm strike, she sent Lan Yucheng flying.

His body tumbled several times in the air before finally crashing heavily to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

It looked like he had passed out directly.

“Brother Lan! Damn, aren't you being too underhanded?”

“You wanted to do two-on-one; aren't you the ones being underhanded? Next, with no one else to interrupt, it's a battle between us!”

“Damn, that's really sneaky!”

Fang Xiaoye gritted her teeth, staring fixedly at Lin Mengxue's every move.

Hearing Lin Mengxue's words, Chen Yi rolled his eyes on the spot.

Dammit, he was a person too!

He could fight too!

How did she inexplicably exclude him?

Just as Chen Yi was secretly complaining in his heart, the two women had already begun to clash.

Lin Mengxue's bloodline rank was stronger, but Fang Xiaoye's tier was slightly higher, and she was clearly more skilled at manipulating her Armed Form, with significantly more experience in one-on-one duels.

So, after several rounds, neither side gave ground, and neither could do anything to the other.

However, in the very next moment of their clash, Fang Xiaoye suddenly retreated several steps, and a colorful ripple suddenly condensed around the colorful daggers in her hands.

“Shu—”

After a sharp sound of air being pierced, it turned into a streak of colorful light, thrusting violently toward Lin Mengxue's abdomen.

This strike was so fast, like a sudden storm, catching people off guard.

The surrounding crowd saw this, and all were shocked.

With such a fierce offensive, and the fact that Fang Xiaoye was of the type that used weapons for attacks, if she couldn't dodge, she would likely be killed in one hit!

However, facing such a fierce attack, Lin Mengxue had absolutely no intention of dodging; instead, she met it head-on.

“Clang!”

As a crisp sound rang out.

Everyone saw Fang Xiaoye, along with her daggers, sent flying back, also falling to the ground and unable to get up.

And as the one receiving the attack, on the dragon scales on Lin Mengxue's wrist, there wasn't even a single trace of a scratch to be seen.

Did this defense really have to be this strong?