Dance Of The Phoenix
43. Urged to the Edge of the Gorge

A few days passed quickly. Gu Yuena spent a week fully cultivating to prepare for the upcoming battle.

He thought, the battle this time will not be easy.

Gu Yuena went to the arena to see the battle for the top 100 among the various level 5 strong disciples.

Shen Jialin who had managed to touch the final allowance realm was now at the top of the arena. Thanks to the spirit given by Mu Xinhuan—and of course Gu Yuena also encouraged—ia to become more confident, suppressing her nervousness.

The petite girl and the black mane stood in front of the opponent. Her opponent was a woman with a flaming whip in her hand, showing the power of light she possessed.

"Senior, please order it." Shen Jialin took out a magic wand made from a stream of water flowing gently in her hand. While the opponent is a guardian with a pointed and glowing sword and a heavy shield in his hand.

"Please order it too." The light woman was acting seriously.

The mage's greatest weakness is his physique. If a guardian with a strong physique managed to block the mage's attack field, then they would get many chances to knock him down with a single blow.

It was a challenge, considering that a guardian had an attack that was not as big as other professions. But their defense is supreme.

Shen Jialin's aqua blue stick swung following his smooth movements, issuing splashes of water and a smooth stream floating in the air. He transferred the qi from his body to the staff, then cast a spell to begin the first attack.

Like crashing waves, the water magic that Shen Jialin unleashed managed to make the guardian use his strongest defensive technique to block the attack.

The next second, the guardian moved. A slash of light appeared behind the water wave, making Shen Jialin have to pull her body away and use the flowing water to make her body float in the air.

The arena floor was filled with splashes of water and expanding waves. Water balls sprung up from the wet floor, shooting like cannons towards the opponent wherever the opponent went.

Shen Jialin kept the attack distance as much as possible. Based on his calculations, as long as he stayed away, the guardian had no chance of hitting him. He can continue to attack and finish the game as quickly as before.

He has used the same way for some previous matches. How to attack and attack from a distance. But with that technique, the gap that opened wide was very visible. His defense was very thin when making an attack, so both the assassin and the archer would definitely take that gap well to deal a hard blow to him.

But so far, he had found no opponent with those two types. Shen Jialin was confident, as long as his opponent did not possess monstrous speed, he would not lose.

Unfortunately, his technique was only valid until the final match. The Guardian he fought had a stronger defense. The woman of light had light abilities that could create a backlash of magic. So when Shen Jialin attacks to some extent, the female shield will give a reversal effect that causes Shen Jialin's magic to strike back at its owner.

Shen Jialin was instantly sensitive to danger. He drew his magic and jumped lightly while creating a bubble that blocked his own counterattacking attack. The bubble burst once the counterattack arrived, Shen Jialin landed safely.

"It's unexpected that you have such an ability." Shen Jialin thought quickly. He could not use his previous means to bully the opponent.

Since the opponent could not be attacked with magic power within a certain limit, Shen Jialin could only execute attacks in installments and in a row with standard attacks.

The guardian light sword slashed swiftly to attack, yet Shen Jialin again avoided it deftly over and over again. The curves of Shen Jialin's body look flexible when avoiding the light woman's strike, even Shen Jialin did not hesitate to use the light woman's shield for her footstool and jumped far away.

A water laser was fired at the guardian's back. The Guardian turned around, then held back Shen Jialin's water laser with her sparkling sword.

It's time to counterattack.

The Guardian exerted a light within his body and strengthened the sword in his hand. The sword was glowing extremely brightly, its light reaching beyond the glare of Shen Jialin's water laser and splitting the water laser was like splitting bread.

Shen Jialin instantly took off her magic, then cast a teleportation spell to switch places as soon as possible. His wand was swung back, forming a huge wave that plunged the light woman into the vortex.

The waves that appeared in the middle of the arena caused a lot of enthusiastic reactions from all the spectators. The strongest force of water is the waves. Although the waves created by Shen Jialin were still nothing compared to the waves created by the inner courtyard disciples, it was still pleasant to see. Sparks and the sound of the swift currents of the waves became the main attraction.

The arena became flooded instantly. The Guardian lost its field, while Shen Jialin took over the water field with high control. Standing on the water, Shen Jialin moved her staff smoothly and focused the flood water in the arena towards her opponent to drown.

In just a few minutes, his opponent was drowned without being able to grab the air and give up right then and there.

The spell that Shen Jialin cast caused the water to have a powerful suction effect. Other than inhibiting the flow of one's qi, anyone drowning in it would not be able to grab the air as great as any way of swimming.

Especially for a guardian who carries a heavy shield. If it could not compensate for the whirlpool pull or remove all its weapons, then it could only retreat into drowning.

In the end, the match was won by Shen Jialin.

"Xiao Lin, congratulations!" Mu Xinhuan cheered so loudly that Gu Yuena had to cover her ears and stare at the man intensely.

It's noisy.

Shen Jialin left the arena. As soon as he stepped out of the arena after winning, he dropped his knees and his shoulders felt like he was losing a lot of energy.

"Xiao Lin!"

Mu Xinhuan immediately panicked. He hurriedly approached Shen Jialin, then swept her to sit on the nearest seat. Gu Yuena just noticed.

"That spell was your limit, wasn't it?" Gu Yuena guessed. Otherwise, Shen Jialin would not be as cramped and limp as that.

Shen Jialin nodded weakly. "Who would have thought he could use such a technique. I was so panicked."

"You've worked hard." Mu Xinhuan patted her shoulder while cheering up.

"In the future it will be much stronger, you have to save a lot of your energy," Gu Yuena said.

Shen Jialin smiled widely. "Xiao Yue, you also should not lose the final match tomorrow. I look forward to your performance and defeating the white lotus."

"You don't seem to like that woman very much." Mu Xinhuan chuckled, making Shen Jialin snort in annoyance. The man then glanced at Gu Yuena. "I heard she's going to play in the semi-finals today."

"I know." Gu Yuena knew more than anything. That was why he was here, to see what kind of match Lin Susu would bring.

After several hours of waiting until sleeping, it was finally Lin Susu's turn to advance. The girl was known as the strongest summoner in the outer courtyard. The element was wind, so it was most likely that the monsters that were ejected were a type of flying monster.

With milk-white fighting clothes as well as accompanying lace on the arms, it made her look like an elegant and brave princess. He still showed his best smile when he was on the arena, welcoming various cheers of men who supported him openly and fanatically.

There were even those who had expressed their love so hard for Lin Susu.

His opponent this time was an assassin. The speed and strength of the assassin need not be doubted, so Lin Susu herself had to be wary of it. But it seemed that Lin Susu was very calm, and looked at her opponent with a pleasant smile until her eyes narrowed.

No one knew what the girl was thinking.

Rather than an opponent with dusty emotions, opponents with a calm attitude and cheerful smile seem more mysterious and dangerous. It made anyone hesitate to fight with him.

Don't forget the strength that Lin Susu showed at the end of last year's game. He is also a top 5 ranking—nearly 3 big—arena outer page with friendly and harmless attitude it.

"Summoner has a physical condition that is not much different from mages and archers, but his strength is very large because it relies on summoned monsters. I thought, Lin Susu will win it easily even if her opponent is an assassin." Mu Xinhuan was simply unable to underestimate Lin Milk despite her loli-like appearance. Don't forget the fact that they are the same age.

Gu Yuena just cleared her throat, then looked with focus on whatever Lin Susu could do.

When the match started, the assassin started the attack faster than expected. Everyone was surprised his figure disappeared just like a ghost, leaving Lin Susu standing without changing her position in silence.

The Assassin flashed in front of Lin Susu, then began the use of his dagger at high speed.

Lin Milk looked smiling as usual. He looked closely at the assassin, looking backwards dodging the dagger without moving position. Next, he caught the assassin's shoulder unexpectedly and climbed onto his shoulder and slightly gave a whirlwind blow from his hand to the man's feet.

"Sister, I don't want to hurt you. So you can't move again until I let go." Lin Susu said in a pleasant tone.

The man whose shoulder he was poking on could not hold his leg anymore until he almost fell down. I don't know what happened, he felt paralyzed in his legs.

"I ... surrender!" The man said with difficulty as he relaxed his shoulders. He was unlucky to meet Lin Susu in this match.

"The winner is Lin Milk!"

Less than a minute.

The game just ended.

What kind of power is that?

On sight, Lin Susu only slightly dodged the attack and performed a slight magic attack on the assassin's leg. But no one knows what kind of attack he used. Even Lin Susu did not summon her monsters to help.

After all, what he was facing was an assassin with high abilities!

While everyone was stirring and increasingly idle towards Lin Susu, Shen Jiarin snorted in annoyance and scolded her inwardly. Mu Xinhuan could only sigh.

He looked at Gu Yuena beside him. 'The unique dark red sliced 'Males' seemed to pull the corners of his lips, leaving Mu Xinhuan bewildered.

Was Gu Yue happy about Lin Susu's victory?

Not wrong anymore. Gu Yue also had a bet with Lin Susu and had to match her.

But how could he smile like that when he saw the strength of an increasingly mysterious opponent?

It's really hard to understand.

"Actually, the trick isn't bad." Gu Yuena chuckled, then left the stands leaving all questions to Mu Xinhuan and Shen Jialin who saw his departure.

...ΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩ...

Remaining the final match.

As Shen Jialin lost the next battle due to running out of energy, as well as Mu Xinhuan who was unlucky to face off against the other top 5, they were eliminated. Luckily they remained in the top 100 ranks of thousands of disciples thanks to their winning points in the previous match.

The next day, the final match and the determination of who would be ranked 1st was held.

The remaining participants consisted of top 3 disciples like Gu Yuena and two other men named Han Jie and Fang Shu. The other two were Lin Susu and Jun Mo. Lin Susu is known to be the 'only woman' in the test this time who managed to reach the top 5 after a long time not competing.

The girl is getting adored and increasingly soaring to the sky for her achievements.

In the waiting area, Lin Susu looked smiling triumphantly as she looked at Gu Yuena. This time he will defeat that haughty 'man.

The rules in this game are quite simple. Whoever manages to stand the longest in the arena, he is the winner. At that time, the five participants would fight each other. Participants who fall first will be eliminated and ranked 5th.

Previously, the dean had lured a special right for first-rank participants to enter Yuansu Palace, considering the talent of the outer courtyard disciples this year was excellent. It was fitting to make them all enthusiastic, not least Gu Yuena whose eyes began to shine brightly.

Entering the library of Yuansu Palace, it was his 'stop' goal at Yuansu Academy.

Right after the Dean of the Outer Page announced so with his loud voice—though there was no look on his face, those top 5 participants rushed to jump into the arena simultaneously.

Gu Yuena was even more excited. He exchanged glances at Lin Susu who was also looking at him, before finally jumping into the arena.

All tricks, weapons, and techniques were unleashed. They are free to do whatever it takes to survive the very end, as they are all rivals in the arena.

"Yoo, I heard Susu was bullied by a boy named Gu Yue. I really don't know how to respect women. This time, being in the same arena, I want to see how presumptuous she is to interfere with my incredible Milk." A man who looked to be 20 years old, with a tall and burly posture like a wrestler, Fang Shu, said in a satirical tone.

Fang Shu had previously been ranked 1st on the outer page, obviously he was very proud of the roar and became haughty. He said the rude man liked Lin Susu and had long tried to please her.

Lin Susu who had just come to the arena immediately said with a frown. "Fang Shu, you don't insinuate him. Gu Yue didn't mean it that way."

"Susu, why are you still defending him? Look at her appearance, what does it look like from a respectable family? He clearly looks more like from a peasant family than a poor village." The skinny man with the moss green iris said with disdain as he looked at Gu Yuena. He was Jun Mo, a disciple who had just pioneered in the top 5.

"People who interfere with our Milk, what better to get rid of first than the top 5?" The man with the hazel bead said in a lazy tone. It was Han Jie, the disciple who was previously ranked 2. Coincidentally he rivals at once befriended the medalist 1—Fang Shu.

"You ... Can it be like that? What if Gu Yue gets hurt?" Lin Susu put up a bada defending with a scruffy face. It looks funny with that face.

In the stands, Shen Jialin almost jumped up wanting to punch that shitty face! If Mu Xinhuang had not held onto her shoulder since earlier so as not to stand up.

"The hypocritical woman ...." Shen Jialin was so infuriated that Mu Xinhuan became an impingement of her pity.

What's wrong with Mu Xinhuan getting hit?

Basic lady.

Whereas the Lin Susu fans were increasingly fumbling and asking those top 5 to immediately slaughter Gu Yue on the spot. They can't, but the top 5 can obviously.

"Lin Milk, if you don't want to come along, it's better to just watch this show." Han Jie snorted.

"True, let these brothers teach him for you!" Jun Mo spoke excitedly while puffing out his chest.

Lin Milk slightly glanced at Gu Yue behind him. There was a slight smile on his lips, but it was covered with a frown.

In the end, isn't it the winner? It looks pretty obvious, doesn't it?

"Well, three against one or four against one, I don't care. But to be more satisfying, it's better four to one." Gu Yuena replied lightly.

So what if they're conspiring? In the end, they were just stepping stones. If he won, he would be at the top rank and enter Yuansu Palace. This was the plan he had prepared. Who would have thought Lin Susu would 'cooperate' so well.

"Currently, you're too arrogant!" Jun Mo screeched. If he could, he was eager to spit at that arrogant face.

"The sword has no eyes. If you die, then don't blame us." Fang Shu laughed after saying so, followed by Han Jie and Jun Mo.

Lin Susu finally turned around, putting on a guilt-ridden face at Gu Yuena. But unfortunately, Gu Yuena just looked at him calmly, then pulled the corner of her lips. Lin Susu was irritated for a moment.

What happened to that smile?

Ah, actually it was a smile thank you ....

The four of them instantly put up a position to attack Gu Yuena.

This match was indeed not easy, but it would not be as difficult as fighting the black fog in the Gu Residence at that time.

It's just warming up.