31: School Belle Xia Lin, Nangong Ao! Arrogant and Suppressed!

“It is quite a coincidence.”

Li Ziyu glanced at Xia Lin.

Xia Lin, standing at one meter seventy, had her long, straight black hair tied into a ponytail.

Even without makeup, her skin was delicate and fair.

A gleaming longsword hung at her waist, giving her a blend of softness and sharpness.

She smiled at him, revealing two small dimples, which made Li Ziyu sigh with emotion, admitting she was indeed more beautiful than Xu Mengyao by more than a single margin.

However, she was also prone to attracting hostility.

Li Ziyu thought speechlessly, scanning his surroundings.

It was just as he expected.

At this moment on the platform, tens of thousands of male students from various high schools participating in the Martial Exam were glaring at him with fierce, threatening eyes when Xia Lin smiled and greeted him.

They looked as if they were about to devour him whole.

However, Li Ziyu merely smiled, not taking these threats to heart in the slightest.

“Student Li Ziyu, which martial arts university are you planning to apply to? With your strength, getting into those four top martial arts universities shouldn’t be a problem, right?”

Xia Lin, while brushing her hair, blinked her sparkling big eyes and looked at Li Ziyu with a smile in her eyes, asking curiously.

“We’ll see then. I think the comprehensive strengths of those four martial arts universities are pretty similar. I’ll choose whichever martial arts school offers the best conditions.”

“Hmph! That’s hilarious!

‘Whichever martial arts university offers the best conditions,’ do you think those four top universities are like cabbages that you can pick and choose from?”

“Or do you think you’re some kind of super genius, a hot commodity?”

Li Ziyu had just replied to Xia Lin and hadn’t continued speaking when he heard a disdainful voice.

The voice was loud, attracting the attention of the surrounding students.

Li Ziyu looked in the direction of the voice.

He saw a young man, about his age, walking over from Third High School’s team.

The voice had come from his mouth.

“Even I, a speed-talent awakened warrior, wouldn’t dare to speak such boastful words. You’re truly making people laugh. I’ve seen boastful people, but I’ve never seen anyone boast as much as you.”

The young man wore a flashy, eye-catching golden combat suit that looked expensive.

A longsword inlaid with gold and jade was also strapped to his waist.

He had long hair that went past his ears, and like his combat suit, it shimmered with a faint golden glow under the sunlight.

This appearance.

If he ignored the arrogant expression on his face, Li Ziyu almost thought this guy was also a transmigrator, cosplaying Saint Seiya.

“Nangong Ao, we’re talking, what are you butting in for?”

When Nangong Ao appeared, before Li Ziyu could speak, Xia Lin spoke coldly with a look of disgust.

As she spoke, Xia Lin’s slender hand gripped the hilt of the longsword at her waist, as if she was about to act in the next second.

“Xia Lin, it’s fine if you don’t accept my pursuit, but why put on such a melodramatic show for me?”

“I know the purpose of you deliberately approaching this kid. Isn’t it just like in novels, where you intentionally find someone to act as your boyfriend and then persuade me to give up?”

“But if you’re going to find someone to act, at least find someone of similar strength. Finding Bai Haoran from Third High School to act as your boyfriend would be better than finding this kid.”

“I’ve already found out this kid’s background; he’s just trash with a Qi and Blood test result of 0.8.”

“Not only is he trash, but he’s also so arrogant. If I hadn’t known his background beforehand, I would have almost been bluffed by his arrogant words just now.”

“I wouldn’t even dare to say I can freely choose from those four top prestigious schools, yet this kid dares to spout nonsense here. He must have a screw loose!”

Nangong Ao stood with his arms crossed, looking down at Li Ziyu.

He then glanced at Xia Lin, with an expression that said, 'Your little tricks won't fool me.'

…

Xia Lin was so angry she laughed.

Even Zhao Yanan behind her looked speechless.

Xia Lin turned her head away in exasperation, completely ignoring Nangong Ao, and turned to Li Ziyu, saying apologetically:

“I’m sorry, Student Li Ziyu. I just wanted to say hello to you. I didn’t expect such an oddball to pop out. I have no relation to him at all.”

Thinking, Xia Lin added another compensation out of the blue:

“He asked for my contact information, and I didn’t even agree.”

Zhao Yanan also nodded frantically in agreement from the side.

Li Ziyu was a bit puzzled, 'Why are you explaining to me whether you have his contact information or not?'

Xia Lin and Zhao Yanan spoke a few more words to Li Ziyu, then smiled and greeted him, returning to the Second High School team amidst the envious gazes of those around them.

She didn't even glance at Nangong Ao the entire time, leaving him alone in the wind, looking disheveled.

Nangong Ao watched Xia Lin’s retreating back, his face alternating between red and white, his clenched fingers turning pale.

Taking a deep breath, Nangong Ao turned his gaze to Li Ziyu.

His eyes no longer held the arrogance and condescension from before, only coldness and threat.

He walked up to Li Ziyu, lightly patted Li Ziyu’s shoulder, leaned into Li Ziyu’s ear, and said faintly:

“I don’t know how you, a bumpkin, managed to get involved with Xia Lin, but I’m telling you, Xia Lin is not someone you can covet.”

“If you know what’s good for you, stay away from Xia Lin. Otherwise…”

At this point, Nangong Ao paused, looked up at the location of the drone filming in the distance, and said in a tone as if stating a fact:

“No one will care if someone dies in the Martial Exam arena.”

After speaking, without waiting for Li Ziyu’s response, he patted his shoulder again and walked back to Third High School’s team.

Pfft.

From Nangong Ao’s appearance to his departure, and then to his threat, Li Ziyu remained expressionless.

Only when Nangong Ao walked away did he finally burst out laughing.

Gazing at Nangong Ao’s arrogant figure, he shook his head helplessly with a smile:

“This is truly a cliché villain-taunting plot.”

…

In another corner of the platform, at Third High School’s position.

Bai Haoran, surrounded by students, had clearly seen everything that had just transpired between Nangong Ao and Li Ziyu, and a hint of schadenfreude appeared in his eyes as he looked at Li Ziyu.

“Hmph, Li Ziyu, what if your Qi and Blood are high and your combat power is strong? You’ve offended Nangong Ao, who is publicly recognized as the top-ranked student in all of Xu Jiang City. Let’s see what you’ll do in the exam arena later!”

At the same time, at the positions of the other high schools.

A burly, muscular young man, standing two meters tall, also noticed the commotion between Nangong Ao and Li Ziyu.

The young man tightly gripped the exaggerated battle-axe on his back, but his gaze did not linger on Li Ziyu; instead, he stared intently at Nangong Ao’s back.

A strong fighting spirit flashed in his eyes, and he spoke in an almost fanatical tone:

“Hmph! Nangong Ao! Don’t think you’re the best in Xu Jiang City just because you’re a speed-type awakened warrior!”

“My strength, Wang Long, is equally formidable!”

“Just wait. In the Martial Exam, I will definitely make a splash and step on you!”

“I want to prove to everyone in Xu Jiang City that I, Wang Long, am the strongest student among the third-year high schoolers in Xu Jiang City!”

Wang Long clenched his fists tightly, and raging flames of battle burned in his eyes.

Ever since he entered high school, he had constantly heard people praise how strong Nangong Ao from Third High School was and how good his warrior talent was.

It could be said that from the first year to the third year of high school, Wang Long had always lived under Nangong Ao’s shadow.

Wang Long had always wanted to challenge Nangong Ao, but every time he made a breakthrough, he found that Nangong Ao was already one step ahead of him.

This made him incredibly frustrated.

Until today, he had thought he couldn’t compare to Nangong Ao, a First Grade Warrior at the intermediate level, with awakened speed talent!

But perhaps the heavens saw his unwillingness and effort.

Yesterday, he actually awakened defense talent!

He was now also a defense-talent awakened person!

And he had even advanced to the intermediate level of the First Grade!

He hadn't told anyone this news, planning to make a stunning debut during the Martial Exam!

He would step on Nangong Ao and shock the entire venue!

“The strongest few people on site are Nangong Ao, Xia Lin, and Bai Haoran from Third High School.”

“Among them, Bai Haoran and Xia Lin are not as strong as me in cultivation level, nor are they awakened warriors, so they are not to be feared.”

“Then the strongest on site is only Nangong Ao! As long as I step on Nangong Ao, then I will be the strongest in Xu Jiang City!!”

“After today, everyone in Xu Jiang City will cheer and be shocked by my name, Wang Long!”

Thinking of this, Wang Long’s body trembled uncontrollably, his face filled with excitement, as if he had already foreseen that scene.

As for the young man with the battle saber at his waist, who was opposite Nangong Ao just now.

Heh, an unknown nobody.

He definitely wasn’t even a First Grade Warrior, and couldn’t even beat Nangong Ao’s toenail.

Not worth fearing.