The four top Academy representatives were deep in discussion, and naturally, the other Academy representatives didn’t interrupt.
Back at the arena, Ye Ling slowly walked down from the stage.
With the end of this battle, Ye Ling once again received a system notification.
This time, he simultaneously received rewards for two tasks.
“Ding! Successfully defeated an opponent, current experience increased by 10%.”
“Ding! Rank reached within the top five, Spiritual Pet’s current growth increased by 10%.”
With these two rewards, Blood Phantom’s experience had reached 39.4%, getting closer to the Second Rank.
At the same time, the growth rate had reached 78.7%, just under 22% away from the next evolution.
Receiving the rewards made Ye Ling feel ecstatic. Now, only two rewards remained unclaimed.
The Flying Spiritual Pet egg for reaching the top three, and the talent reward for first place.
Each of the previous rewards was excellent, and the harder the task, the better the reward.
Ye Ling was already looking forward to the unknown Spiritual Pet egg from the contract, wondering what kind of Spiritual Pet would emerge.
Anything produced by the system couldn’t be bad.
Ye Ling’s battle was swift and decisive; he was the first to claim victory, mainly because Meng Yue was in poor condition.
Not long after, the others also secured their victories.
As Ye Ling had anticipated, Li Shengtian, Huo Xian’er, and Zhang Shengnan all won their matches.
All three family scions made it to the semifinals, showcasing their impressive strength.
This was the outcome Ye Ling had expected from the start.
Li Shengtian and Huo Xian’er were not surprised at all by Ye Ling’s advancement to the semifinals; one had already noticed him, and the other had interacted with him before.
As for Zhang Shengnan, she was very reluctant to see Ye Ling in the semifinals.
Moreover, she had no good feelings towards Ye Ling, even harboring some disdain.
When their eyes met earlier, Ye Ling could clearly feel her disgust.
Being stared at with such loathing made Ye Ling feel a bit puzzled.
Was he really that detestable?
He had no interactions with Zhang Shengnan, so why did this masculine-looking girl dislike him?
Ye Ling couldn’t figure it out.
“Have I even met her before? Why does she hate me so much?”
The reason Zhang Shengnan looked at Ye Ling with such disdain was entirely because of Huo Xian’er.
She had learned that Huo Xian’er and Ye Ling had a good relationship.
In Zhang Shengnan’s eyes, she was Huo Xian’er’s only true friend in the entire school, and everyone else was fake.
And indeed, most common students didn’t dare to befriend someone like Huo Xian’er, especially the boys. There had been boys who tried to pursue Huo Xian’er before.
However, one such boy had terrible luck and was beaten into the hospital by Zhang Shengnan, where he stayed for a long time.
Since then, most people, especially boys, kept their distance from Huo Xian’er.
Even the children of second-rate families avoided Huo Xian’er and Zhang Shengnan.
After the first phase of the assessment, Huo Ling secretly informed Zhang Shengnan about everything that had happened.
Huo Ling had received many benefits from Zhang Shengnan and naturally acted as her little spy, reporting her sister’s situation.
Upon hearing the news, Zhang Shengnan was furious.
She couldn’t believe that in such a short time, Huo Xian’er had become friends with Ye Ling.
Moreover, Huo Ling mentioned that the two even had meals together in private.
How could Zhang Shengnan tolerate this?
She felt like she was losing her grip, as if her future wife was slipping away.
After all, she had always considered Huo Xian’er to be her future wife.
Zhang Shengnan’s cold gaze locked onto Ye Ling as she strode over.
Since Ye Ling was slightly taller than Zhang Shengnan, she had to look up at him once she got close.
Then, she spoke, her voice chilling.
“I warn you, stay away from Xian’er, or… don’t blame me for being rude.
You better hope you don’t face me next, or you’ll regret it.”
This was a blatant threat, and Ye Ling finally understood what was going on.
It turned out that Zhang Shengnan was jealous because he had gotten a bit close to Huo Xian’er.
A woman jealous of him, a man—this…
Thinking of this, Ye Ling gave Zhang Shengnan a strange look.
Seeing his odd expression, Zhang Shengnan’s face turned red, and she glared at him fiercely.
“What are you looking at? There’s nothing to see. Remember what I said, or… watch out.”
With that, Zhang Shengnan turned and left.
From her threat and attitude, Ye Ling could confirm one thing.
Zhang Shengnan was indeed bent.
No wonder she dressed so masculinely; it all made sense.
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