At this moment, Chen Xin's mood was as if he was wandering through the clouds, thoroughly enjoying himself. But when he looked up, he suddenly noticed everyone's gaze fixed on him.
What are you looking at me for?
Do you guys want a foot massage too?
"Uncle Jian, could you stop massaging? It's both painful and ticklish..."
Miss Ning couldn't help but speak up, her cute toes curling upon Chen Xin's palm, with her calf continuously shrinking back.
"And everyone is watching us."
She whispered as a reminder.
Chen Xin's face turned sheepishly red; he scratched his head and then sniffed his hand.
"Uncle Jian, you..."
"Ah, about the sniffing... It wasn't intentional, just habit, habit!"
Miss Ning's face blushed immediately as she hastily put on her socks and shoes, turned to one side, and stopped looking at Chen Xin.
Gu Rong was dumbfounded as he watched from the stage.
He turned to look at Lin Yi and requested, "Senior Lin Yi, before we begin the attack, may I kill that pervert first?"
Surprisingly, Lin Yi actually nodded in agreement, "You have three minutes."
"Good!"
Gu Rong took advantage of Chen Xin's distraction and launched a sneak attack from behind, delivering a flying kick to Chen Xin's buttocks. The latter, caught by surprise, stumbled forward over Miss Ning's head and face-planted.
"Uncle Jian! Bone Uncle! Stop fighting already! Ah, no, Bone Uncle, stop hitting Uncle Jian!"
Miss Ning quickly changed her plea upon realizing that Chen Xin was getting pummeled unilaterally.
Three minutes later.
Gu Rong walked towards the stage with a spring in his step and a beaming face.
Chen Xin, with his bruised and swollen face, went to look for Bi Ji. He didn't dare retaliate since, after all, for the matter of the Sect Master not being able to change back, he really was to blame.
Having retaken his place on stage, Gu Rong noticed that even Lin Yi's face was smiling, and his gaze towards him had become much friendlier.
Could it be that Senior Lin Yi also couldn't stand it anymore?
Chen Xin, you truly deserve to die a thousand deaths!
Attack first, and, after the attack, properly teach that scoundrel a lesson.
Today marked the third day before the start of the Soul Master competition preliminaries, and Gu Rong was starting to feel the pressure.
Their Seven Treasures Glaze Sect actually didn't have an affiliated academy; the only one they could participate in was Shrek Academy, where Ning Rongrong from the Senior Soul Master academy studied.
But now they knew, Tang San was no good guy.
This kid actually stole Senior Lin Yi's hidden weapon crafting method and claimed it as his own patent.
So Gu Rong, Chen Xin, Ning Fengzhi, and Emperor Xueye, the four of them had considered it beforehand and decided to join the Heaven Dou Royal Academy and participate in the Soul Master competition as special members of the academy.
This also fulfilled Emperor Xueye's desires. After all, as the Emperor of Tian Dou, Seven Treasures Glaze Sect had to give this much face. Anyway, how the final prize would be distributed depended on Emperor Xueye, and he would surely allocate the grand prize fairly based on the contributions of the Seven Treasures Glaze Sect.
Moreover, Senior Lin Yi had also said that the final grand prize might even be more, and the current three gold rewards were only tentative.
However, at present, their rewards were quite mixed, with very few specifically aimed at increasing damage, which put them at a disadvantage compared to the Martial Soul Hall.
This was the source of Gu Rong's pressure.
But that Chen Xin didn't seem to care about it at all; he was only concerned with the Sect Master!
His heart should be condemned!
Gu Rong released his Martial Soul again, and the Steel Fire Dragon once again became visible to the audience.
He actually wanted to use the reward he received last time—full strength sharing—but those present with greater strength weren't on the same side, and it was really embarrassing to borrow another's power.
Sharing strength with those weaker than himself was pointless.
Chen Xin's skills did indeed inflict high damage, and Gu Rong was tempted to exploit that, but right now, he wasn't in the mood to deal with the kid.
"Martial Soul True Body!"
Gu Rong shouted, and the dark seventh Soul Ring on his body glowed brightly.
Now his Martial Soul was in a semi-independent state. With the release of the Martial Soul True Body skill, the body of the Steel Fire Dragon grew even larger, with the blue and white flames erupting from its body cavities burning fiercely, causing the temperature in the air to rise instantly.
The Ice Emperor and Snow Emperor sisters didn't like the heat and silently moved further away.
Gu Rong spoke in a low voice, "Fifth soul skill, Hell Dragon Flame!"
The massive body of the Steel Fire Dragon took several steps forward, each step landing with mountain-like heaviness.
It opened its enormous maw, the blue and white flames from its body suddenly retracted, but the temperature in the air remained unchanged.
The next moment, even more turbulent blue and white flames surged from the Steel Fire Dragon's gaping mouth, aimed in Lin Yi's direction.
This flame, with its cold attributes, was highly corrosive; if it landed on an ordinary person, even if the flames on their body surface were wiped away, beneath the skin and inside the bones, they would still suffer from the continuous erosion of this cold fire unless treated with a light attribute ability.
However, no matter how outrageous or powerful the flames, they made no impact upon contacting Lin Yi, unable to even damage his skin, let alone invade his insides.
Of course, Lin Yi would still normally lose health.
Following the end of the attack, the Steel Fire Dragon roared skyward with a deafening roar, and in accordance with Gu Rong's direction, it immediately dashed sideways a few steps, using its huge, shining silver body to shield its master from the Damage Rebound.
"Bang!"
After a loud noise, a shower of golden light fell upon the silver body of the Steel Fire Dragon, the blue and white flames turning it into golden specks.
Gu Rong withdrew his Martial Soul and then turned to give Chen Xin another scrutinizing look.