291: Cold Witch

Qian Mingyu put his hand on his head and continued, a little embarrassed, “The food in this World Championships village is too good, and my extra training hasn’t shown much effect.”

“It’s not something that happens overnight, don’t rush.

Too much is as bad as too little; over-training can easily lead to injury, so you still need to pay more attention.

The Colonel helped me a lot, so I must visit him to express my gratitude when I get a chance!”

Gu Xiaoyue smiled faintly, reminding him, as she didn’t feel there was any issue.

But Qian Mingyu only felt that her demeanor at that moment was a bit like his uncle’s, both having an elder’s bearing.

Gu Xiaoyue, who was twenty-six in her previous life, transmigrated here and should now be in her early thirties.

The more she experienced, the more her tone sometimes carried a sense of vicissitude.

After a few casual chats with Qian Mingyu, Shui Lingyu had already won and stepped down from the arena.

Next to enter the arena was Qian Mingyu; as soon as he stood firm, he saw Kelo staring at Gu Xiaoyue with ill intent.

“Beautiful lady, your opponent is me, why are you looking at the audience?”

Qian Mingyu spoke up to remind Kelo to focus on the enemy.

He didn’t know about the matters between Kelo, You Ni, Gu Xiaoyue, and Duan Yao, and he wasn’t a very gossipy person by nature.

Previously, he liked to meditate to enhance his Mental Power; now, it was the sense of fullness in Mental Power brought by fitness.

Kelo scrutinized Qian Mingyu up and down, then gave a dramatic eye-roll with a dismissive curl of her lip.

“You? You want to hit on me! Please look at yourself, are you worthy?”

Just because Qian Mingyu called her a beautiful lady, she even thought he was hitting on her.

Qian Mingyu awkwardly scratched his head; in Dragon Country, people of similar age often call each other “beautiful lady” or “handsome guy,” and everyone finds it quite emotionally valuable.

Perhaps it was a cultural difference; he hadn’t expected Kelo’s reaction to be so strong.

“Alright, madam.”

He shrugged, having only wanted to remind Kelo to take the battle seriously, but it seemed she didn’t appreciate it.

Kelo snorted disdainfully, then glared fiercely at Gu Xiaoyue again before fixing her gaze on Qian Mingyu, continuing to size him up.

A gentle-faced chubby guy, he probably didn’t have much strength.

The whistle blew, and the match began.

Qian Mingyu quickly drew a summoning array, summoning his Nine-Tailed Red Fox, Azure Illusion Beast, and Mirage Ox.

Kelo hadn’t taken him seriously; she thought that since Qian Mingyu had hit on her, he should go easy on her and let her win.

Only when she saw Qian Mingyu rapidly summoning his pet beasts for battle did she realize she had indeed been presumptuous.

“Wait, wait a moment, my pet beasts haven’t been summoned yet!”

Kelo felt the pressure from his Mental Power intensifying, but her own pet beasts hadn’t been summoned yet, so words tinged with a coquettish tone involuntarily slipped out.

Just now, Gu Xiaoyue was still lamenting that Qian Mingyu’s family had spared no expense to cultivate his Mental Power.

Azure Illusion Beast and Mirage Ox were already rare, and both were Heaven-tier top-grade, so their price must have been very high.

However, while Mental Power has a high Upper limit, once it is constrained, it becomes extremely dangerous, possibly even leading to loss of life without the ability to fight back!

At this moment, she heard Kelo on stage telling her opponent to wait for her to summon her pet beasts, which completely astonished Gu Xiaoyue!

Is she playing?!

Unexpectedly, Qian Mingyu very gentlemanly made a “please” gesture.

Kelo’s heart swelled with joy, thinking he was truly mesmerized by her beauty, and unhurriedly began to summon her pet beasts.

Gu Xiaoyue had already seen her three pet beasts on the day of the pet beast evaluation, and the system panel still displayed Faner Country text.

Even the system was too lazy to translate, suggesting that their grade and attributes were nothing special.

Once Kelo’s three pet beasts landed, Qian Mingyu commanded his pet beasts and cooperated with them, beginning to exert pressure on Kelo.

In just a few seconds, Kelo felt her entire body unable to withstand the Mental Power, being pressed down to the ground, completely unable to get up!

She humiliatingly raised her head, looking at Qian Mingyu with tear-filled eyes.

“It’s a battle, why are you humiliating me?!”

From her angle, she could only see the reflective lenses of Qian Mingyu’s glasses.

“I only called you a beautiful lady, so why did you humiliate me?!”

He spoke expressionlessly, even with a hint of disappointment.

Qian Mingyu thought that Kelo’s arrogance must stem from some strength, but he hadn’t expected her to be just a pretty face.

Kelo struggled to get up, her eyes, however, turned venomously towards Gu Xiaoyue in the audience.

She couldn’t help but mutter to herself, if only her opponent were Gu Xiaoyue, whose pet beasts didn’t look like Mental Power pet beasts, she might still have a chance to win.

She hadn’t expected her Mental Power to collapse so completely, and her thoughts just spilled out.

Qian Mingyu pushed up his glasses and snorted coldly.

“Are you crazy? My Mental Power has already completely suppressed you, and you still dream of winning against her?”

Kelo’s face flushed crimson; she knew her inner thoughts could no longer be hidden, so she simply gave up.

“Am I wrong? I know her pet beast scores are high, but that doesn’t mean her Mental Power attribute can surpass mine, does it?!”

Kelo screamed hysterically, but unfortunately, her beautiful dream was mercilessly shattered by Qian Mingyu the next second.

“She was someone who could make me instantly lose two years ago!

If you fought her, it might only take one second—oh, no!

Just one glance from her, and you’d land in an even more humiliating position than you are now!”

Qian Mingyu further intensified his Mental Power; Kelo, who had just been able to lift her head, now lay face down on the arena, unable to move.

He was not just doing it for himself and Gu Xiaoyue, but also to save face for Dragon Country.

He wanted every contestant to respect them—

Respect the contestants of Dragon Country!

Respect Dragon Country itself!

Kelo couldn’t even raise her hand to tap the ground and concede, so the referee had to count down and, upon completion, declared Qian Mingyu the winner!

As soon as the match result was announced, Qian Mingyu withdrew his pet beasts and his Mental Power.

Kelo remained in that position, her trembling body and heaving shoulders indicating that she was likely sobbing.

Qian Mingyu ignored her and went straight down from the arena.

It wasn’t that he didn’t pity the fair sex; he just felt that Kelo truly wasn’t worthy—what good was just a pretty face?

Without a clear self-awareness, losing face was her own doing.

Several assistants from Faner Country went up and helped Kelo up, wrapping her head with a jacket.

They were emotionally intelligent, knowing what she needed most at that moment.

Gu Xiaoyue heard the staff call her name and also walked onto the arena, waiting for her opponent to come up.

Le Ao, the contestant from Kenny Country, jumped onto the arena, dressed in casual clothes, with his national emblem casually hanging from the zipper on his chest.

Their country advocated freedom and casualness, and they didn’t have uniforms.

As long as they had the national emblem on them, proving they were contestants from Kenny Country, it was fine.

“Hi, hello!”

Le Ao greeted Gu Xiaoyue friendly.

Although he hadn’t seen Gu Xiaoyue make a move since the World Championships began, he didn’t underestimate his opponent.

“Hello.”

Gu Xiaoyue nodded gently in response.

Dragon Country is a land of etiquette; if the opponent is polite, one naturally cannot be rude.

After the referee confirmed both sides were ready, he blew the whistle.

Le Ao was a bit surprised when he saw Gu Xiaoyue didn’t draw a summoning array.

He even thought he had misjudged, and that the Dragon Country girl opposite him wasn’t that difficult to deal with.

Even if her pet beast scores were exceptionally high, in this single-attribute competition, she might just be there to make up the numbers.

Because not only in Dragon Country, but almost all countries’ single-attribute competition contestants were temporarily selected.

Gu Xiaoyue unhurriedly waited for Le Ao to summon his pet beasts; the panel surprisingly displayed Kenny Country text!

The system was being a bit lazy, wasn’t it!

She couldn’t help but complain inwardly, probably also knowing that Le Ao’s pet beasts weren’t that strong.

Gu Xiaoyue simply used her Mental Power to press down on Le Ao; she had barely used a third of her ability when Le Ao already signaled to the referee that he conceded.

She was momentarily stunned, then realized it might have been due to the conversation between Qian Mingyu and Kelo just now.

Le Ao had heard everything clearly from below the stage, and to avoid losing face completely, conceding directly wasn’t out of the question.

It was like just about to throw a punch, and hitting cotton.

But the other person had already conceded, and she couldn’t pull him back to continue fighting.

From that day on, there were mysterious rumors among people from various countries in the 18-25 age group about Gu Xiaoyue’s strength.

They even dug out her nickname from the National Competition—the “Cold-Faced Witch.”

“Let me tell you, the Cold-Faced Witch made Le Ao, the captain of Kenny Country, concede with just one look!”

“It’s terrifying, oh my God!”

Two contestants were discussing in the cafeteria, not noticing that Gu Xiaoyue and her group were dining not far from them.