Chapter 36: Green Tea Dai Youheng Angry Xu SanshiAlmost immediately after Gui Jiankui's elimination was announced, another announcement followed, "Mu Shengsheng, eliminated by Jiang Nannan."Without the strong control of Gui Jiankui, her teammate, Mu Shengsheng, no matter how fast she was, could not outpace Jiang Nannan's Teleportation. If she couldn't even compare in her strongest attribute, speed, how could a three-ring Spirit Elder defeat Jiang Nannan, a four-ring Spirit Ancestor?Not to mention Dai Youheng was also lurking nearby, watching intently. She was quickly found to have a flaw by Jiang Nannan, who sent her out of the arena with a series of sharp combos.The battle temporarily subsided. Jiang Nannan let out a soft breath, walked over to Dai Youheng, and said sincerely, "Thank you, Junior Student Youheng, for your help." Her tone was much gentler than when she spoke to Xu Sanshi.Dai Youheng merely nodded faintly, his tone calm and unruffled, "You're welcome."However, this seemingly ordinary scene, in the eyes of someone who had just followed the commotion, instantly ignited a towering blaze of jealousy."What are you two doing?!"A furious roar came from the other end of the passage. Xu Sanshi, holding his Xuanming Shield, had a livid face, his eyes almost spitting fire as he stared fixedly at Dai Youheng and Jiang Nannan, who were standing quite close."As expected, he came." Dai Youheng chuckled inwardly, his plan was working.See? As long as Jiang Nannan was around, Xu Sanshi would eventually find her."Xu Sanshi, what are you going crazy for?" Jiang Nannan's eyebrows shot up, and she immediately reprimanded him coldly, "If Junior Student Youheng hadn't helped me in time, I might have been eliminated by Gui Jiankui and Mu Shengsheng working together! I was just thanking him!"Seeing Jiang Nannan defending Dai Youheng, Xu Sanshi was even more infuriated. He cried out to Jiang Nannan in a wronged tone, "Nannan, I've been looking for you! Even if this kid hadn't shown up, I would have found you immediately and arrived in time to save you! This kid clearly has ill intentions; he's been pestering you since last year, he must be coveting your beauty and plotting against you!"Upon hearing this, Dai Youheng's face appropriately showed a hint of "helplessness" and the bitterness of "being misunderstood." He spoke, "Senior Brother Xu, you've really misunderstood me this time. In the past, I didn't just pester Senior Sister Jiang; you were also among them, weren't you? There were even Senior Brother Bei Bei, Yuhao, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao... Could it be that I coveted every single one of you?"He paused, his gaze turning to Jiang Nannan, his tone becoming exceptionally sincere, "Senior Sister Jiang, please believe me. The reason I acted that way before was purely out of a helpless investment."He lowered his head slightly, his voice also deepening a few shades, as if recounting an unspeakable pain, "Although I was born in the White Tiger Dukes Mansion, I am merely a concubine's son in the family. I have been disliked since childhood and constantly oppressed by my legitimate mother and elder brothers, making it difficult to get by in the family. The reason I tried to curry favor and make friends everywhere was because I saw that Wang Dong, Senior Brother Bei Bei, and Senior Brother Xu came from extraordinary backgrounds and would undoubtedly become exceptional individuals in the future; and Senior Sister Jiang, although you come from a commoner background, you are among the top three talents in the outer court's senior grades, and your future achievements are bound to be limitless."He lifted his head, "I just wanted to make more friends, so that perhaps in the future, when I am completely abandoned by my family, I might have a way out, and someone would be willing to lend me a hand. It was truly a helpless act beyond my control.""Tea, tea, tea," at this moment, Dai Youheng's face was full of the character for 'tea,' the 'green tea' kind.This half-true, half-false statement, mixed with green tea flavor and elements of playing the victim, combined with his slightly melancholic demeanor at the moment, had an unexpectedly good effect.Especially the four words "beyond my control" struck Jiang Nannan's heart like a heavy hammer! She instantly recalled her own humiliating past when, to save her mother, she had to make a deal with the Xu family and sell herself to them.That feeling of powerlessness and pain, of being swept along by fate and unable to control her own destiny, she deeply empathized with!In an instant, Jiang Nannan's perception of Dai Youheng leaped from "a kind junior student with a good impression" to "a pitiful person sharing the same plight," and she even felt a slight urge to protect him.She suddenly took a step forward, shielding Dai Youheng behind her, glaring at Xu Sanshi, her voice bone-chillingly cold, "Xu Sanshi, get lost. Don't hurt others arbitrarily because of your own inexplicable, filthy, and sordid thoughts!""You're telling me to get lost? Nannan, for him... you're actually telling me to get lost?" Xu Sanshi was thunderstruck, clutching his heart, his face showing an exaggerated, incredulous expression of heartbreak.But the next second, that heartbreak turned into a furious rage consumed by jealousy!He could no longer suppress his anger, and the purple thousand-year spirit ring on his body suddenly lit up!"Fourth Spirit Ability, Xuanwu Displacement!"The target of this Spirit Ability was none other than Jiang Nannan! However, this move did not harm anyone; its effect was to swap positions with the target. A flash of light, a strange spatial fluctuation swept through, and Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan's positions instantly swapped.Dai Youheng, who had been protected behind Jiang Nannan, instantly found himself face-to-face with the furious Xu Sanshi. Jiang Nannan, on the other hand, was swapped to the other end of the passage."Dai Youheng, today I'm going to beat you so badly that you won't dare to get close to Nannan again!" Xu Sanshi roared, his Xuanming Shield, carrying a heavy dark glow, smashed fiercely towards Dai Youheng!Dai Youheng feigned being caught off guard, hastily crossing his arms, the shadow power of the Evil Shadow Demonic Tiger Martial Soul condensing on his arms, barely blocking the shield.Bang!A dull thud sounded, and Dai Youheng was shaken back two steps, seemingly at a disadvantage."Xu Sanshi, stop!" Jiang Nannan, at the other end, was both shocked and angry, trying to rush over to stop him.However, just at this moment—boom!A thick stone wall suddenly rose from beneath her feet, instantly isolating her completely from the battleground here.The changes in the maze perfectly created an ideal environment for Xu Sanshi to settle scores."Very good... the stage is set, and the audience is separated." Dai Youheng looked at Xu Sanshi, who was consumed by rage and only wanted to beat him up, a faint, unnoticeable cold light flashing in his eyes.Facing Xu Sanshi, whose spirit power was at four rings and who was attacking furiously, Dai Youheng, who outwardly only had a cultivation of a thirty-second-level Spirit Elder, naturally fought and retreated, appearing to be struggling greatly.He flexibly used the speed and agility provided by the Evil Shadow Demonic Tiger Spirit to dart and weave through the maze passages, narrowly avoiding the heavy blows of the Xuanming Shield again and again.But his retreat route was very deliberate, always maintaining a subtle distance from Xu Sanshi, neither allowing Xu Sanshi to easily catch up and deliver a fatal blow, nor letting suddenly appearing moving walls separate the two. He needed Xu Sanshi, this mad dog, to keep chasing him."Bastard, don't run! If you're a man, take one of my shields head-on!" Xu Sanshi was consumed by rage, roaring continuously, his attacks growing fiercer, yet always missing by a hair's breadth.Dai Youheng's lips curled into an imperceptible smile.Run? He wasn't running; he was... leading the way!
