Merging with Demon Spirits

Chapter 84: Chapter 76: I Won’t Lose to You

Juxing Club has eleven teams; the Juxing Team is the club’s only Glory professional team. The other ten teams all belong to the second team, that is, the youth squad.

For the youth squad members, joining the Juxing Team in the future is every single one of their dreams, and securing a main position in the Juxing Team is the goal they strive and fight for.

The youth squad doesn’t offer much prospect. Only by becoming a main player in the Juxing Team can one become a superstar, endorse advertisements, and earn big money—this is something everyone agrees on.

”It’s Ye Xing! He really looks so badass, and there’s Xie Yixiao, his smile is so handsome!”

”The main team members all look so strong, I really hope one day I can join the main team.”

”We have no hope, the main team members are all monsters, the competition is way too fierce!”

The youth squad’s training grounds aren’t in the same area as the Juxing Team, so the youngsters rarely see the members of the main team. For them, Ye Xing and Xie Yixiao are their idols—right now they watch with faces full of envy and admiration, and Ya Ge is no exception.

If it were before, she wouldn’t have had any thoughts about joining the main team.

Ya Ge knows herself well.

She refined an Eighth Grade Enchanting Butterfly; because it’s a Spirit Series demon spirit, its value is comparable to a Ninth Grade demon spirit, which gives her some advantage among the five-player team, yet her talent and strength are far inferior to her teammates.

In the Blue Sea Team, also aged sixteen, many members had already reached Body Cultivator, Ninth Rank, some had even broken through Ninth Rank and become First Grade Martial Artists.

Her Sixth Rank body cultivation is the weakest, and she was even outclassed by some thirteen- or fourteen-year-old kids.

This hit Ya Ge hard, who had come to Juxing full of confidence and hopes to make a mark, and in her opinion, she had no hope nor qualification to enter the Juxing Team.

But two days ago, she learned from the coach about the existence of the Enchanting Demoness.

The appearance of the Enchanting Demoness made her regain her confidence.

Although the coach didn’t spell it out, Ya Ge knew the club was planning to invest in and promote her—her future was not only as a Glory player, but she was also the superstar Juxing Team meant to showcase.

She originally signed a B-level contract; the club autonomously upgraded it to an A-level contract for her. What’s more, her benefits would far surpass those of other Blue Sea Team members.

Ya Ge dreamed of the day when the Enchanting Butterfly would evolve into the Enchanting Demoness—maybe then, she would have a chance to enter the Juxing Team?

”Alright, no more chatting, everyone.”

Coach Hua Jun clapped his hands and spoke up.

When they saw the coach speak, the many players gradually quieted down.

Hua Jun, fifty years old, has been in charge of the Juxing Team for eight years.

As a former Glory professional player, he was once also a member of the Juxing Team, though not as a main player—he was a substitute.

Hua Jun refined a Ninth Grade Skeleton Shadow Beast; whether in terms of demon spirit grade, talent, or strength, he was considered a genius.

But in the Glory Professional Alliance, geniuses are everywhere and super-geniuses are piled up—he had no real advantage; as a substitute, he was hardly known in his professional career, even few knew his name. Instead, he became well-known as Juxing’s head coach.

After retirement, Hua Jun didn’t leave Juxing, but started off as an assistant coach for the youth squad, and spent seventeen years climbing step by step to the position of Juxing Team’s head coach, earning an annual salary of 500 million New Coin.

Juxing’s rapid growth in these years, and consistently top-three record—he deserves much of the credit.

”You’re all hungry, so let’s not talk much for now. Let’s watch a video first!” Hua Jun said to everyone, then turned around.

He held a remote in his hand, pressed it lightly, and a beam of light projected from the white ceiling, appearing as a light curtain before everyone.

The picture on the light curtain was in a Martial Arts Dojo, where a youth wearing a white T-shirt was attacking another young man like a storm.

”Isn’t that the strongest high school student?”

A lot of people exclaimed, looking bewildered.

This video has been going viral on the Martial Artist forums—and they’d all seen it. They just didn’t understand why the coach had them watching this video in the middle of the day.

”Lin Feng?”

Staring at the familiar figure, Ya Ge was shocked, her whole body trembling slightly.

These days, she had been deliberately avoiding any news of Lin Feng.

After their breakup, just when she thought Lin Feng had given up and lost all hope, his performance slapped her in the face.

A Body Cultivator of Eighth Rank brutally beating a First Grade Martial Artist.

Mastering twenty-one forms of the Thirty-Six Body Refining Techniques.

Refusing invitations from three major clubs—he didn’t even care about the Cloud-Stepping Beast from the Earth Chart.

Sponsorship deals, endorsement fee of eighteen million.

Entered the Glory Rookie Chart!

Lin Feng’s meteoric rise—while she truly felt happy for him deep down, she also felt uneasy, even a bit sorrowful.

The more dazzling Lin Feng became, the more it proved how short-sighted she had been.

On the Martial Artist forum, many netizens mocked her for being myopic, selfish, and pragmatic.

Every time she saw such comments, her heart was wracked with pain.

She just wanted to live the life she wanted—is that wrong?

She thought that coming to Shangjing and ignoring Lin Feng would make her gradually forget him, but in these days, she kept hearing about Lin Feng again and again.

South Yeqiu, North Linfeng!

In the Awakening Day video, she and nine other figures formed a constellation around Ye Qiu as stars revolve around the moon—at that time Ye Qiu was a peerless genius she herself envied. In just a few days, Lin Feng was already as renowned as him.

Ya Ge still clearly remembered when Lin Feng laughed, patting Gao Hai’s shoulder, saying: ”This is nothing, this is just Jiang City. One day, our figures will appear on the Huaxia, even the world stage.”

Back then, her first reaction was embarrassment and shame.

Looking at it now, the one embarrassed is herself.

”This video was originally intended for the youth squad, but thinking about it, the main players should look too!”

Hua Jun turned around, facing a hundred pairs of confused eyes, and said seriously: ”I’m showing you this video to tell you how important combat technique is.”

”Don’t assume that after refining a demon spirit, becoming a demon spirit master, and learning martial arts and demon spirit skills, combat technique is insignificant. A Eighth Rank Body Cultivator like Lin Feng can beat a First Grade Martial Artist head on; if he were in the Glory Alliance, once he refines a demon spirit, how many could be his match?”

After Hua Jun finished, the second squad changed from doubt to seriousness, and the main players of Juxing Team didn’t seem to care much.

As Glory Professional Players, they have their own battle styles and wouldn’t change them easily.

”Xie Yixiao, don’t look so indifferent. Sure, you use Thunder Technique and don’t need to engage head-on with opponents, but clearly, if you had such skill, your fighting strength would rise a level.”

Hua Jun said to Xie Yixiao.

”Yes, coach.”

Xie Yixiao dropped his cheeky grin and answered loudly—as for Ya Ge’s ex-boyfriend, he naturally looked down on him.

Just a little high schooler—how could he compare to an All-Star Player like me? Although he didn’t really care, the coach’s authority had to be respected.

Hua Jun could see Xie Yixiao’s perfunctory attitude and didn’t insist, instead turning to Ye Xing: ”Ye Xing, you’re the captain. Give us your comments. This Lin Feng’s battle style is a bit similar to yours.”

Ye Xing looked at the light curtain, thought for a moment, then said: ”Coach, at sixteen, his combat technique is definitely strong, but talent like that is rare. Besides, our fighting styles have already formed; it’s not so easy to change them now.”

”I’m showing you this video to stress the importance of combat technique—he’s far too young and not your opponent yet.”

At this point, Hua Jun turned to the youth squad: ”This Lin Feng, in the future, is very likely to become your opponent. If he successfully refines a demon spirit from the Earth Chart, you might face an adversary even stronger than Berserker Ye Xing.”

”Starting today, the Juxing Team will intensify combat technique training, and the youth squad’s battle training time will be doubled.”

Hua Jun turned off the light curtain, sweeping his gaze across the youth squad, finally pausing briefly on Ya Ge.

He really admired Lin Feng—if Lin Feng had refined a demon spirit, he’d be willing to give him an A-level contract, but Lin Feng declined.

If Lin Feng could join Juxing, and when Ya Ge’s Enchanting Butterfly evolved into Enchanting Demoness, this couple CP might have been the brightest pair in the Juxing Team.

Now Lin Feng had entered the Glory Rookie Chart, already attracting attention from Jiang City—he could no longer be signed so easily.

What a shame!

The coach’s praise and hype for Lin Feng made the youth squad secretly dissatisfied, especially as so many of them admired Ya Ge—they were naturally hostile to Ya Ge’s ex-boyfriend.

Ya Ge watched the image of Lin Feng fade away on the light curtain, clenching her fists, her eyes resolute.

”I will definitely enter Juxing Team. I won’t lose to you.”