A Card In Hand

Chapter 16: Let’s Joyfully Hurt Each Other!

After the control of the demonic strings was completed, many new recruits became ecstatic.

According to the rules, as long as recruits pass three tests, they can graduate and successfully advance to become standard summoners.

Now that the tests on basic knowledge, hunting missions, and demonic string control were over, those who passed all three had every reason to be happy.

Let’s not discuss the subsequent scores for now.

At least they could scrape by with a successful graduation.

“It’s a pity for Tie Zheng,” Fuxi lamented, shaking his head.

“If it weren’t for the missing target in the hunting mission, he could definitely have achieved excellence in the hunting plaques. This year’s hunting mission was quite sinister, with so many failing to obtain a plaque; it’s simply unbelievable! With shortened deadlines for the hunting missions and increased difficulty in demonic string control, this year’s rookie test is basically in hell mode!”

“Yes, that’s right,” Chen Quan and Hei Zhu quickly agreed.

They both belonged to the same branch of the Iron Clan Family.

However, their combat power was not even comparable to Tie Zheng, let alone Fuxi.

They had a psychological advantage over Li Ao—they at least had a bronze-level war beast, whereas Li Ao?

He only had a Black Iron Stone Bear.

“Is your bear for sale?”

Just as Li Ao was preparing to head back for a nap, a petite girl with cute twin buns approached him, her big eyes sparkling sweetly, radiating a comforting sweetness.

“I only have one,” Li Ao shook his head.

“How about I trade a bronze-level Armored Bear for it?”
The girl seemed to really like the dopey Stone Bear.

“No,” Li Ao still shook his head.

“Are you crazy?”

Fuxi quickly pulled him aside, “A bronze-level Armored Bear could be traded for at least a hundred of those!”

“It has significant sentimental value to me; I contracted it in the Trial Grounds,” Li Ao smiled apologetically at the twin-bun girl, “Sorry!”

“Sasha, come here,” the girl called to her companion.

A shy girl with moonlight soft long hair approached timidly.

She was too shy to look at Li Ao, hiding behind the twin-bun girl.

Before she even arrived, Li Ao smelled a miraculous fragrance beyond words, cleansing his spirit… Many people naturally have body fragrance, but only one in thousands of years in Tianfeng Continent had a purifying scent that could cleanse evil, and that was Yue Sha from the Holy Chant family.

This girl would be the only one to ascend to godhood in the Celestial Realm in the next few centuries, immediately taken by the Moon Goddess to her divine realm to become her chief subordinate upon igniting her divine flame.

If Li Ao didn’t have the Hourglass of Time, his best opportunity would be to cling tightly to her coattails.

But now.

With the Hourglass of Time.

Li Ao himself was a significant figure.

“Sasha, please ask this brother for me,” knowing that very few men could refuse Yue Sha once she spoke, the twin-bun girl cunningly persuaded her to plead on her behalf.

“Sister Ling Long, I’m scared!” Possessing the innate holy talent, Yue Sha could faintly sense something unusual about Li Ao.

Seeing Li Ao looking at her, she became even more frightened, shrinking back.

She hid behind her sister Ling Long, trembling.

The twin-bun girl, named Ling Long, was a descendant of the prominent Eastern Sea family.

Despite her cute appearance, she was no simple character.

Li Ao never believed that someone who could forcibly snatch the Dance Godhood from the God of Art was simple.

Although it took Ling Long a thousand years to ignite her divine flame, she was thoroughly prepared, never giving any deity the chance to snuff her out at the start.

Compared to her.

Li Ao in his past life, although he ignited his divine flame earlier, was constantly pursued by gods with countless enemies.

Strictly speaking, he was not as well-prepared as Ling Long who took a thousand years.

“Don’t be afraid, he won’t bite, we aren’t scared of him!”

Initially, Ling Long thought Li Ao was just an ordinary member of the Iron Clan Family’s side branch, nothing special.

However, given Yue Sha’s abnormal behavior, she immediately realized something, wrinkled her nose, and made an adorably wicked face at Li Ao.

“What’s an Armored Bear? I’ll trade a mid-tier Bronze Flame Bird for it.”

A flash of red, and another person appeared before Li Ao.

His wine-red hair fluttering.

Dressed in gorgeous attire.

Shining.

Her slender, pale fingers beautifully rotated in front of Li Ao, a purple card flew out, and finally, it was precisely clamped between her long index and middle fingers.

Her eyes burned like flames, and her fresh, juicy red lips carried an enchanting magic that bewitched the soul: “Let’s trade, if you don’t like the Flame Bird, we can exchange for another war beast!”

Upon hearing this, the young girl Ling Long got angry: “Huo Mei, I saw the big bear first!”

The woman known as Huo Mei, wearing a ring of blazing flame, gently touched the corner of her lips with her slender index finger, not denying it but instead nodding with a smile: “Don’t you always enjoy competing with me? Now I’m just playing along! Come on, let’s have some fun hurting each other!”

Standing behind Huo Mei.

There was a man with eyes like a wolf, one gold and one silver.

His hair was half fiery red and half bright silver, and beneath the strange long hair was a rebellious face.

He stared at Li Ao.

His look was fierce.

As if Li Ao was his enemy.

Li Ao smiled at this rebellious youngster: “Big-eyed monster, do you also want my clumsy bear?”

The Stone Bear weakly growled in protest, wanting to correct its master that it was a genuine Stone Bear, not some clumsy bear.

“You’re the big-eyed monster!” the wolf-eyed man flared up, fists clenched.

“Aren’t you?”

Li Ao looked genuinely surprised.

“Do you want to die?” the wolf-eyed man, ready to tear Li Ao apart, hated his whole life when others made fun of his eyes.

“Cang Yue?”

From a distance, Tie Zheng noticed the situation, he quickly came over, blocking in front of Li Ao: “If you want to attack my companion, you have to ask my fist first!”

“Get out of the way, or I’ll tear you apart too!” the wolf-eyed man named Cang Yue, not yet fifteen years old, was the most outstanding junior of the Frost Wolf family.

In his previous life.

The only one who dared to challenge Prince Jinxi during the newcomer’s trial was him.

Of course, Prince Jinxi, armed with the Flying Dragon Split Wind Spear, beat him to the ground.

The conflict among the newcomers annoyed the supervisor, Dou Guang.

He, along with several assistants, strode over.

Shouting at Cang Yue and Tie Zheng: “What are you trying to do here? Want to fight? Go ahead and fight, I was just looking for an excuse to kick someone out, do you want to challenge my authority? All of you, get out! I tell you, unless it’s on the arena, under the rules of this trial, even if you move a finger privately, I will kick all of you out of the newcomer’s trial!”

With the supervisor arriving.

Everyone had no choice but to disperse.

The wolf-eyed Cang Yue glared at Li Ao fiercely, his anger seemingly unquenched.

Li Ao shrugged, who cares?

Ling Long, the young girl, finally ran over specially: “Are you really not selling your big bear?”

“If it’s willing to go with you, I’d give it to you for free,” Li Ao casually kicked the Stone Bear: “Clumsy bear, here’s your chance, do you want to go with this pretty little sister?”

“Come on, go with me, I’ll give you lots and lots of treats!” Ling Long thought the Stone Bear was a hidden foodie, so she tempted it with food.

The Stone Bear indeed loved to eat.

But it knew, if it dared betray its master, it would surely die.

Having treats is useless if you’re dead, so it quickly shook its head, walked humbly behind Li Ao.

Leaving was not an option, it could never leave in this lifetime.

Li Ao spread his hands.

Signaling that he had tried his best.

His owe-you-one expression infuriated Ling Long so much that she raised her little fists to hit him.

Young man, come fight, let’s have fun hurting each other!