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--- Chapter 253 ---
At the tournament arena, every contestant team arrived one by one onto the stage.
It was raining hard, but a white translucent barrier covered every one of them from the rain.
As Yunlong and Bibi Dong appeared on the balcony, the audience directly moved their gazes to them.
"Is this really okay, Yunlong?" Bibi Dong asked while sitting on her throne.
Yunlong sat beside her and answered, "It's okay, Kaguya won't lose her control."
"A few months should be enough for her to adapt."
"Even if she did lose control, I can stop her in a matter of a second." He casually added as Kaguya inherently was bound with his blood.
Bibi Dong frowned because Kaguya's origin was never genuinely explained by Yunlong.
It's not like she would complain or anything, but an unknown being like Kaguya caused some odd feelings for her.
"Fine, but you haven't explained the spirit energy manipulation techniques to me." Bibi Dong suddenly commented.
"It's called Ninjutsu. I acquired this technique when kidnapping-, I mean saving Kaguya from her world." Yunlong intentionally coughed a little.
Liu Erlong suddenly landed inside the barrier and greeted everyone with a smile. "I have an important announcement before we start this round."
The passed team frowned because the golden generation of spirit hall still had not shown themselves, which means something happened to them.
"A few hours ago, the golden generation team was poisoned by someone."
As Liu Erlong told the news, several gasps escaped the audience's mouth because some brave people dared to oppose the spirit hall.
"Though we have captured the offender," Liu Erlong naturally sighed. "Unfortunately, five members of the golden generation couldn't recover to fight in this round."
"Which is why we decided to bring out our backup members," She added while looking at a group of ladies who entered the stage.
In the Shrek's team, Dai Mubai's body jolted in shock because of a person's appearance.
"T-That face." Dai Mubai's eyes widened because Zhu Zhuqing walked onto the stage.
A sudden memory of a black-haired girl appeared in Dai Mubai's mind.
"Zhu Zhuqing..." He whispered.
"Boss Dai, Are you okay?" Oscar asked because Dai Mubai suddenly went quiet. "Why do you seem so pale today? Did you eat something wrong?"
It wasn't just Dai Mubai as Zhu Zhuyun, who looked at her biological sister from afar, couldn't help but be surprised.
Though in a different way because she was jealous of how lucky her sister was to be on her master's side.
"She seems more powerful than you." Dai Weisi monotonously commented.
"Shut up." Zhu Zhuyun's forehead twitches in annoyance.
Dai Weisi obviously closed his mouth, but something about Zhu Zhuqing's aura makes him uncomfortable.
It was a simple perception, and Dai Weisi was already intimidated.
Meanwhile, someone from West Martial School was fuming in anger.
"So there she was all this time." A red-haired young man grumbled. "Older sister."
Kaguya slowly followed Yunlong's maids and stepped on the stage without minding everyone's gaze.
"A beauty out of this world."
Kaguya's flawless appearance immediately captivated everyone in the place.
Married men couldn't help but be charmed by this woman's beauty, even though their wives were right beside them.
However, Tang San had a different reaction because his martial soul seemed overjoyed when this woman walked onto the stage.
He felt this woman was somewhat familiar, but he weirdly couldn't pinpoint it for some reason.
'Who's this woman?' Tang San thought while feeling strange in his heart.
Liu Erlong glanced over Kaguya, who seemed unbothered by the current mood. "As I thought, she is confused."
"Well, I'm more confused, to be honest." She continued.
The third round was the spirit hall versus all the candidates. In short, one member of the golden generation fought an entire team.
Liu Erlong planned to make her student beat the Shrek team without a single bit of mercy. However, at the last moment, Yunlong changed her plan.
Su Yanyu, who was supposed to be the Shrek team's opponent, was replaced by the unknown Kaguya.
'I don't know what's Yunlong intention was, but his cold grin makes me shudder.' Liu Erlong remembered a few moments ago when Kaguya wanted to fight.
--- A few moments ago ---
"I want to join as well," Kaguya said while looking at Yunlong.
"Is she your maid too?" Liu Erlong asked, to which Yunlong responded with a wry smile.
Yunlong shook his head and answered, "She's my follower."
"Hmm..." Liu Erlong frowned because she only saw Kaguya a few times on different occasions.
This silver-haired woman's demeanor and aura were weird so that Liu Erlong couldn't judge her properly.
Even though she had seen a lot of people, whether they were horrible or not, something about this woman seemed out of this world.
"You want to join as well?" Yunlong calmly questioned Kaguya, who nodded her head. "Then, be sure not to kill anyone there."
"You can break some bones, though." He grinned coldly, which caught Liu Erlong off guard.
--- Present ---
"Let me introduce these ladies first." Liu Erlong coughed slightly.
"They are the shadow saintess."
"Shadow Saintess?" The entire audience was confused.
They know about the saintess of the spirit hall, Hu Liena, but they never heard about shadow saintess.
Hu Liena, who stood beside Su Yanyu, slowly frowned because her teacher never explained this.
'I asked this in the past, but the teacher always smiles for some reason.' Hu Liena thought while moving her gaze to Bibi Dong.
"Since all of you seem confused. I'll explain what's shadow saintess." Liu Erlong smirked.
"Shadow Saintess is just a fancy title." Yunlong suddenly opened his mouth, directing all attention to him.
He smiled at them and continued, "In short, they are my lovely maids."
Dai Mubai and a red-haired young man immediately glared at Yunlong with hate. They stared at him like he had stolen something precious from them.
A simple declaration from Yunlong's mouth was enough to provoke almost the entire male crowd in this place.
Meanwhile, the female crowd wondered whether they could become his maids or not.
Liu Erlong shrugged her shoulders and continued, "Well, let's start the second round."
The passing team quickly looked at her and wondered what this round objective was.
"The third round is one against seven." She declared, which confused the contestant.
"Is it gonna be one team versus the rest of the contestants?" A person from west martial school asked.
"You're close, but not exactly right." Liu Erlong commented.
"The ranked first teams in the last round, each member of them will fight one team in this round."
"And the first ranked team was..." Tang San solemnly looked at the new golden generation.
"Without further ado, let's start the third round!" Liu Erlong cheerfully declared.