181: Chapter 181 Don't Keep Me Waiting Too Long

There were several other losers like him in the corners.

In this coliseum where the school's top combatants gathered, the law of the jungle was on full display.

The vast majority of the newly promoted "challengers" became "point babies" in the eyes of the natives.

Losing more than winning was the norm.

Three consecutive losses and you were out; that was the ending.

However...

The area where Class F's lounge was located had a somewhat different vibe.

It had been taken over by a group of "freaks."

"Hahaha! Awesome! Won the first round!"

Xiang Batian crushed the empty beverage can he had just finished, his muscles still twitching with excitement:

"People from Pool 1 are truly durable! That physical cultivator from Class B earlier actually managed to take over a dozen of my punches without falling! That's so scientific!"

Beside him, Lu Xingye was holding a deerskin cloth, wiping his blade with extreme elegance. Even though they were fighting in a virtual battlefield, he still maintained this chuunibyou sense of ritual.

"Hmph, merely a bunch of nobodies asking for death."

Lu Xingye glanced disdainfully. His current record was two wins and one loss. Although he had lost one match to a senior in their fourth year, he had made a name for himself in the eyes of the natives of Pool 1.

"My Black Flame Dragon had only just opened one eye, and they had already fallen. How boring."

In the very center of the sofa, Senior Ji Youyou and Qiu Yunan were sitting together.

These two queens of Class F currently boasted a magnificent two-match winning streak!

As fourth-year seniors at the mid-Tier 4 stage, they continued to display a chilling dominance with their eerie poison techniques and violent lightning arts.

"Yo, our captain has finally arrived?"

Senior Ji Youyou set down the wine glass in her hand, her peach-blossom eyes brightening slightly as she looked toward the door:

"I thought you were having too much fun down there and didn't want to come up to keep us sisters company."

Following her voice, the gazes of everyone in the lounge instantly focused on the door.

Jiang You walked in swaggeringly with Bai Lan.

He wasn't nervous or excited like the others when they first arrived; instead, he immediately locked his gaze onto the buffet table not far away.

[Internal Chat Group]

[stomach (writhing crazily)]:

"I smell it! That's the scent of a Tier 3 spirit fruit! And that cake, it's made with spirit rice!"

"Hungry, hungry, hungry! I want to eat the most expensive one!"

In reality, Jiang You swallowed a mouthful of saliva, directly ignoring the scrutinizing, wary, and even hostile gazes around him, and walked straight toward the dining table.

"Xiao Bai, hurry, get a plate."

"This crappy school charged us so much tuition; we must eat our money's worth today!"

Bai Lan, who was stuffing potato chips into her mouth on the side, suddenly paused upon hearing this.

She blinked her big, watery eyes, her two fox ears twitching in confusion. Tilting her head, she asked innocently:

"Hmm... but Big Brother..."

"I didn't pay any tuition, did I?"

"That Principal Pang said I'm a specially admitted freshman. Not only do I not have to pay, but he even gives me a snack allowance every month."

Jiang You's hand, which was holding the lobster, froze in mid-air.

The air suddenly went quiet for a second.

"Ahem..."

Jiang You tactically coughed twice, lowered his voice, and leaned into Bai Lan's ear, speaking with extreme righteousness:

"Actually, I didn't pay either."

"I'm also a special admit, enrolled on a full scholarship; even the accommodation fees were waived."

Bai Lan was even more confused. She took the lollipop out of her mouth and looked at Jiang You with a look of, "Are you an idiot?"

"Big Brother didn't pay, and I didn't pay."

"Then why did Big Brother say... we had to eat our money's worth in tuition just now?"

"Aren't we just... freeloading?"

It had to be said, although the Tier 5 Great Demon was simple-minded, sometimes her logic was frighteningly clear.

Jiang You's old face blushed for a rare moment.

Embarrassed and angry, he grabbed a large chicken leg and shoved it into Bai Lan's chattering little mouth, growling viciously:

"Shut up!"

"Eat your chicken leg!"

"Just eat; why are there so many questions?"

"Can you stop undermining me?"

While saying this, Jiang You guiltily glanced around, then solemnly spouted nonsense:

"This isn't called freeloading; this is called... robbing the rich to help the poor!"

"Look at that Class Monitor Zhao Feilong from Class A, and that Zhang Kuang guy; they must have paid quite a bit of tuition!"

"We are helping them eat back the money they paid; we are recouping their losses! This is called... this is called sponging off the wealthy! Understand?"

"Mmph, mmph, mmph..."

Bai Lan gnawed on the chicken leg. Although she didn't quite understand what "sponging off the wealthy" meant, she felt that what Big Brother said made a lot of sense, so she nodded vigorously and began to load more cake onto her plate with even more effort.

Watching this scene, the atmosphere in the lounge became somewhat strange.

"Is this that legendary SSS-rank?"

"Why does he look... like a starving ghost reincarnated?"

On the right side of the lounge, in the elite area.

Xie Fuyao was still sitting by the window with a cup of clear tea in front of him.

He watched Jiang You, who was stuffing cake into his mouth, a strange look flashing in his eyes.

Beside him, Cong Nanshan frowned, rolling two iron balls in his hand:

"This kid... why does it feel like his temperament has changed?"

"Watching him on the big screen just now, he still looked like a slacker."

"Even though he's still eating now..."

Cong Nanshan paused, his tone becoming somewhat grave:

"But why do I feel like he's a... tiger that has eaten its fill and is ready to get to work?"

At this moment, Jiang You finally filled his stomach.

He patted the crumbs off his hands and burped in satisfaction.

Then, he slowly turned around.

Those eyes, which had been a bit hazy, became incredibly clear at this moment.

He did not walk toward the Class F lounge area; instead, he walked straight to the matchmaking console in the center of the hall.

"Everyone."

Jiang You's voice was not loud, but the sharpness that permeated from his bones caused the noisy hall to instantly go quiet.

He scanned everyone present.

His gaze swept past the newcomers still struggling bitterly, past the arrogant old-school powerhouses, and finally rested on those in the top ten of the current Seed Pool No. 1 — Xie Fuyao, Gu Changfeng, Cong Nanshan...

"I heard someone say while I was downstairs that the water in Pool 1 is very deep and that I should be careful not to drown."

Jiang You's lips curled up slightly. In that smile, there was three parts laziness and seven parts arrogance:

"I don't have any other merits."

"It's just that these eyes..."

"Can see through things a little bit."

"Since the water is deep..."

Jiang You suddenly raised his hand, his fingertip tapping lightly in the void, as if shattering some invisible barrier:

"Then I'll just... drain this water!"

"Drain it all!"

"Those who want to win the championship, those who want to keep their ranking, or those who simply don't like me."

"Wait for me in the matchmaking pool."

"I'm in a hurry to go back to sleep."

"So..."

Jiang You casually entered an idle combat pod and slammed his palm onto the red [Start Matchmaking] button:

"Don't keep me waiting too long!"

Boom!

Following his action, on the big screen, the name [Jiang You] instantly turned into a blood-red [Matchmaking]!