C84 Part1

Translated by An Edited by An

Female Warrior XiaoCi had always thought: As a person who awakened the water attribute, it was both her luck and misfortune to be able to enter WanQing City’s Saintess Hall.

WanQing City was the most proficient in the water attribute among all the green-ranked Saintess Halls of the ChiDu Empire. Of course, she received a lot of benefits from entering that place. This was her luck.

As for her misfortune, that was the presence of Female Warrior Xu in that Saintess Hall.

Yes, that’s right. She admitted she envied that cold and indifferent female beast who was like the noble and aloof snow in the Tianshan mountains.

Ever since she could remember things, XiaoCi has been living in the Saintess Hall of WanQing City with her teachers, friends, acquaintances, and even a few noisy quarrelsome enemies. When she was five years old, she awakened the water attribute and entered the place which the little females dreamt of, the Female Warriors’ Institution, under their envious gazes. In the same year, she also chose her own team of Guardian Beasts. Her innate talent was extraordinary, not only was her potential much greater than that of the other female beastmen but she also had a high comprehension power. She made rapid progress and became the favorite of the Dean and teachers in a short while. In those few years, everything was absolutely fine; the sky was blue, the air was fresh and clean, and her companions were wonderful…

However, the wonderful times all ended in the winter of the year she turned eight. Ever since that person, Xu, who was transferred over from a white-ranked Saintess Hall, appeared in her life, everything had changed. It was as if a tune that was meant to be bright, pleasant, and joyful had suddenly turned into a dark and obscure one halfway through the performance.

Xu had been cold and cheerless from the start. She would always look at the closeness between the other female beastmen with an indifferent gaze, completely devoid of any reaction. After a few encounters, they also didn’t like to keep in touch with her anymore, and thus, isolated Xu from their social circle.

Xu’s innate talent was better than XiaoCi’s. And more importantly, she was also a fighting maniac. So, a year later, Xu was on par with her; another half a year later, XiaoCi was defeated in the practice battle for the first time.

XiaoCi was shocked. She finally realized that she was in a weaker position. She worked hard to catch up with Xu’s footsteps and overtake her but, after falling one step behind, she continued falling more and more steps behind. After that, as long as the two met, she would always lose nine out of ten matches. The halo of number one in WanQing City that once brought her unparalleled glory and pride now shone over Xu. The admiring gaze of her friends, the love of the male beastmen, the doting gaze of her teachers… Xu snatched away everything that previously belonged to her.

“We must win.” She eyed Xu, who was standing at the other corner, with dark waves rolling in her eyes.

For the Saintess Hall of WanQing City, it didn’t matter who won between the two of them. The HallMaster and the Dean were more concerned about who could make WanQing City go farther and become more impressive. But for her, XiaoCi, there was only one chance. One, she could overcome this obstruction that stood in her way and hindered her future prospects; from then on, her life reverberating the line 'the immense sea allows fish to leap at liberty, the vast sky lets birds fly freely' . Or two, in case she was defeated, she, XiaoCi, would sincerely surrender and would no longer have delusions of making a comeback.

“Yes, we will certainly do our best.” The male beast behind her replied in a low voice.

They were one with her, if she attained glory, they would be glorified and if she lost, they would follow her into failure.

At this moment, a mechanical ‘beep’ sound was heard from the crystal screen. Before it could completely disappear from the air, Xiao Ci had already cried out: “Silver Dragon, appear!”

Consequently, water vapor condensed in the air over arena No. 3, a huge quantity gathering in just a few seconds. The crowd looked up, as if they were in a crystal palace at the bottom of the sea.

“Go~”

Along with her loud shout, the water floating midair came pouring down with a loud splash as if quicksilver was spilled over the ground . As soon as it touched the floor, it bounced up high into the air again, taking the shape of a long silver serpent, wriggling a little. It hissed at Xu before rushing forward and pouncing upon her.

Loud cries of surprise were heard from the stands. Although Female Warrior XiaoCi’s ‘silver dragon’ was still in the shape of a ‘serpent’, it still shocked everyone present. One must know this was the ranking competition for the green rank. When the others with water attribute merely condensed water balls, she managed to shape her attribute into the magnificent form of a beast. She was truly a representative of WanQing City’s Saintess Hall, an expert at the water attribute.

“ Sigh ! This time’s green rank competitors are really no joke ah!” Someone from the participant’s area groaned in a low voice, “I don’t even want to say anything about Cang City’s Female Warrior Xiao Yuan. Just look at Han City’s Female Warrior QiQi. She can perform red rank’s martial arts techniques! Now, there is WanQing City’s Female Warrior XiaoCi who can control the shape of her attribute with fine precision. That control, that accuracy, sigh . I haven’t heard of anyone in green rank who can manipulate her attribute with that perfection!”

The teammates of that person nodded in agreement and sighed: “I originally thought that this time, the participants from our city were slightly stronger than those in the upper bound. I even wondered if our rankings could be moved up a bit. But I didn’t expect hidden dragons and crouching tigers to be everywhere. At this point, I think just being able to keep our ranking in the upper bound would be pretty good.”

While the participants in the booth were filled with anxiety about the upcoming matches, the audience felt it was a wonderful event, exclaiming that their trips had not been made in vain. Inside another booth, all the leaders of the representative teams had smiling faces. However, each of them had their own ulterior motives hidden in their minds. On one hand, they praised WanQing City for its good method of training and the presence of so many talented individuals but on the other hand, they felt happy to see them attack the people of their own.

Choosing one between the two geniuses was as painful as choosing one between the left and the right hand. It was better to have never experienced it; it was also beneficial.

The flesh on the face of WanQing City’s team leader twitched. Currently, she was not in the mood to respond or judge whether someone was speaking sincerely or was merely trying to strike up a conversation. She just uttered some perfunctory “ en ” and “ah”. At this time, her whole heart had flown towards arena no. 3. She wished she could be there in person.

It was true that Xu was publicly known as the top-ranked Female Warrior of their WanQing City, but XiaoCi was only slightly inferior. Moreover, XiaoCi had, in the end, spent more time with her. She also had a lively and sweet personality. Emotionally, she was more inclined towards that child. It’s just that, as a dean, she must not be like that… She had long been aware of XiaoCi’s unwillingness, bitterness, impatience and restlessness and had tried to set things straight many times. But the effect was negligible. Surpassing Xu had become that child’s demonic obstacle , she was hell-bent on accomplishing it.

Sigh , if the age difference between XiaoCi and Xu was stretched to five years, it would be a different case. But unfortunately… She could only say it was fate!

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