Master of Nine Stars

Li Zi looked over at Rong Taotao again from a distance. Her adorable little face took on a fiercely cute expression. She balled her small hands into fists, held them before her face, and then suddenly splayed her fingers open!

Her eyes were full of menace, and she even provided a sound effect: ”BOOM!!!”

Rong Taotao scratched his head and suddenly asked, ”Can you guys not beat Wanqi Yan? Is that why you’re trying to regain some face by picking on me?”

Li Zi’s small hands froze. ”Huh?”

Rong Taotao said with a straight face, ”Oh, right. Wanqi Yan is the Northwest King. What was your ranking again…?”

Li Zi’s face flushed red, and she stomped her foot hard. ”You…”

”Are both sides ready?” the referee’s voice suddenly rang out. He looked from side to side, and after getting confirmation, he swiftly waved his flag. ”PEEP PEEP~ The match begins!”

In an instant, the two little firecrackers scrambled forward, their short legs a blur!

Li Zi’s short hair whipped around her, her presence astonishing. Raging flames had already ignited in her hand, and she viciously flung them toward Rong Taotao!

The next moment, the fire in her hand extended into a fiery line—no, it was more like a Flame Long Whip, which lashed ferociously at Rong Taotao.

Gao Lingwei landed at Rong Taotao’s side. On her frost-covered face, a fresh layer of frost appeared, and immediately after, a red Patterned Mask rapidly took shape.

”I! AM! NOT! AFRAID!” Li Zi yelled, staring directly at Gao Lingwei’s mask and completely ignoring its intimidating effect.

Having activated the Fire Gathering Soul Skill on their foreheads, their fighting spirit skyrocketed. They were determined to win this match, no matter what!

”Whoa, she’s so fierce! Let’s run!” Rong Taotao actually said something that left everyone completely stunned.

The noisy crowd in the stadium couldn’t hear Rong Taotao’s words, of course, but the two commentators, as well as the millions of viewers watching on TV, heard him loud and clear.

This…

”PFFT!” Someone even choked on their drink.

Was this still the fearless Rong Taotao they knew?

’She’s so fierce? Let’s run?’

’Were those really words a Soul Martial competitor should say?’

But the scene that followed silenced the entire stadium, because… Rong Taotao and Gao Lingwei actually ran away.

Just as the two teams were about to clash at close range, who would have thought that after dodging a fire whip, Rong Taotao would grab Gao Lingwei, turn tail, and run!

Rong Taotao and Gao Lingwei were about the same height. Even without the boost from Snow Dance, the two short-legged girls behind couldn’t have caught them, to say nothing of the fact that they had activated Snow Dance.

For a moment, the expressions on the audience’s faces were priceless. The scene was downright comical.

Two ”adults” were running for their lives while two little lolis gave chase with all their might!

”This…” Su Wan watched, wide-eyed, as Rong Taotao and Gao Lingwei rounded a corner and whizzed past her along the sideline, followed by Li Mu and Li Zi. ”Does this count as being passive in battle?”

Dai Liunian thought for a moment before saying, ”No. We all know Gao Lingwei and Rong Taotao’s team well. This is obviously a tactic.”

As Dai Liunian spoke, he heard the exasperated voice of the older sister, Li Mu, through his earpiece: ”Stop right there, you brat! Why won’t you face me head-on!?”

Rong Taotao glanced back as he ran. ”Who are you calling a brat?”

Li Mu angrily thrust a pillar of fire forward. ”The brat is calling you a—Ah! Waaah!!!”

Rong Taotao said, ”Oho? You can sing Beijing opera, too?”

Seeing her sister fuming, Li Zi immediately shouted, ”Stop right there if you have any guts!”

Rong Taotao curled his lip. While still running, he turned to look Li Zi up and down. ”You may be small, but you sure dream big~”

Li Zi: ???

”You! You…”

”Zi, let’s split up! We’ll surround and pincer them from both sides!” Li Mu commanded loudly.

Seeing that they were about to corner the pair, Li Mu decisively stopped chasing them forward and instead moved laterally, attempting to pincer them.

”A classic pincer! Watch me break through the center!” Rong Taotao suddenly leaped up, planting his feet on Gao Lingwei’s shoulders. ”Da Wei, blast their middle!”

Gao Lingwei’s brow furrowed. They were about to be trapped in the corner. The Li Family Sisters’ ”middle” was clearly empty; Rong Taotao was obviously doing this to break through their encirclement.

But a breakout like this would only free Rong Taotao, leaving Gao Lingwei trapped in the corner by herself.

In a flash, with no time to think or consider the passive position she’d be left in, Gao Lingwei planted her feet, braced herself under the airborne Rong Taotao, and pressed her shoulder to the soles of his feet.

Human Cannon, launch!

SWOOSH~!

The sisters were just about to complete their encirclement when Rong Taotao shot between them with a ”swoosh,” his speed simply astonishing!

And as the detestable Rong Taotao zipped between the two sisters, he even had the nerve to blurt out, ”Can’t catch me~ Nyah nyah nyah~”

”Aargh!!!”

”Waaah!!!”

Gao Lingwei’s expression had been grim as she considered how to break out on her own after launching Rong Taotao. To her surprise, the little firecrackers didn’t close in on her at all. Instead, they turned and chased after Rong Taotao, who was flying toward the center of the arena!

Gao Lingwei: ”…”

Emotionally, she could accept the sisters’ choice. After all, Rong Taotao’s incessant trash-talking was truly infuriating.

Rationally, however, she knew the sisters shouldn’t have abandoned her to chase after Rong Taotao.

’Perhaps… perhaps the double-edged Soul Skill, Magma Soul Skill: Fire Gathering, was already taking effect?’

Rong Taotao was heading for the center of the arena, a wide-open space where, as the saying goes, a bird is free to soar through the vast sky.

Flying straight toward the center of the arena, Rong Taotao landed with a smooth roll to expertly break his fall and got back to his feet.

He turned his head and saw two girls with eyes wide with fury, their faces crimson, grinding their teeth as they charged at him!

Without a second thought, Rong Taotao turned and ran!

’Excellent!’

’I, Rong Taotao, am the Lord of Aggro! The Master of Taunts!’

’No matter what kind of boss you are,’

’whether you’re hot-tempered or cold and aloof!’

’In my presence, you’ll all run around the map after me like puppies!’

”Xia Fangran!!!”

On the sidelines, Xia Fangran froze for a second, confused when he heard Rong Taotao shout his name.

Rong Taotao, however, flashed his signature smile and gave a thumbs-up. ”See that? I have two girls chasing me! Two of them! What about you?”

Xia Fangran: ???

’What the fuck?’

’How did I get dragged into this?’

Rong Taotao’s sudden taunt was super effective on Xia Fangran!

The damage was minimal, but the insult was critical!

Likewise, the two fiery lolis behind him flew into a rage!

”Pah! Who’s chasing you!?”

”Damn it, just shut up, aaah!” Li Mu’s exasperated expression was so fiercely cute that the audience’s hearts were melting.

Before they had actually clashed, the Li Family Sisters’ appearances were quite intimidating. When the fierce lolis truly bared their fangs… well, of course, many a lolicon would probably feel it was a worthy way to go and wouldn’t mind at all~

”He’s on a rampage! A total rampage!” Dai Liunian, as if his Ren and Du Meridians had just been opened, clutched his head in disbelief. ”Rong Taotao is slaughtering everyone! He’s not even distinguishing between friend and foe anymore!”

Su Wan: ”…”

Dai Liunian shouted, ”Is this all part of the plan? Is it worth it?”

”Even if Rong Taotao wins, is a teacher from Pine Soul going to break his legs after the match???”

On the field, Rong Taotao yelled, ”Forget me, Li Mu! It’ll never work out between us!”

Li Mu was so furious she was stunned speechless. Li Zi stomped her foot and screamed, ”You idiot! Shut up! Shut up!”

Rong Taotao glanced back as he ran. ”Give it up, Zi! You’re surrounded by Gao Lingwei!”

”You villain…”

RUMBLE!

Li Zi exploded with rage!

Uh, that wasn’t a figure of speech. It was what literally happened. Li Zi stomped her foot, and she actually exploded with rage…

”Ah!”

”Behind you! Behind you!”

”Oh no! It’s a trap!” Gasps of alarm suddenly erupted from all directions.

And behind Li Zi, sure enough, was nothing but Gao Lingwei!

Not only Gao Lingwei’s Frost Fearful Face and her Snow Grudge Spirit, but also her Heaven-piercing Halberd!