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Chapter 48: Turning Their Scheme Against Them, Killing with a Borrowed Blade

And so.

Before midnight fell.

Ning Bei first used his ring to hide his aura and slipped into a secluded corner where no one could find him.

Soon after.

Qin Yu sneaked to Ning Bei’s door, slid a letter under the gap, and slipped away in haste.

He believed no one had noticed.

Little did he know that Ning Bei had recorded everything with an image stone and, after reading the letter, deliberately altered its contents.

“Tomorrow, the show begins!”

The next day.

The venue was packed to the rafters, so crowded that not even water could have trickled through.

“I heard Ning Bei is facing the Little Prince today?”

“They nearly fought yesterday, so today should be spectacular.”

“I can’t wait to see who wins… they won’t cause another death like yesterday, will they?”

While the crowd chattered, disciples from Great Yu Academy and Heavenly Martial Academy took the stage one after another.

In contrast, Qitian Academy, the eternal runner-up, was almost invisible in this year’s tournament.

That was exactly the effect Xu Yunyang desired.

After several bouts, the highlight finally arrived…

Ning Bei and Yu Xuan stepped onto the ring together.

After yesterday’s battle, Ning Bei’s fame had soared, and the cheers he received even drowned out those for the renowned Yu Xuan.

“Hmph, let’s see how long you can stay cocky,” Qin Yu muttered, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

In any case, either Ning Bei would die today or Yu Xuan would.

No matter who fell, his goal of eliminating Ning Bei would still be achieved.

The joy of reaping the fisherman’s benefit intoxicated him, and the grin had never left his face since he entered the arena.

On the ring, the tension between Ning Bei and Yu Xuan crackled like gunpowder.

“Today, I won’t give you any chance to step down or surrender,” Yu Xuan said coldly, eyeing Ning Bei like a tiger.

Ning Bei spread his hands and replied with casual ease.

In an instant, the atmosphere erupted.

“Ha-ha, this is exactly what we love to see!”

“Monster versus monster… this will be the most exciting duel in the tournament’s history!”

…

Hearing the cheers, Xu Yunyang’s lips curled upward.

This was the effect he had dreamed of.

The deeper the two hated each other, the smoother his plan would run.

For years Heavenly Martial Academy had been holding back its anger, and the perennial second-place Qitian Academy wanted first even more.

The two on the ring did not disappoint.

As soon as the fight began, the two figures dashed across the ring like lightning, drawing wave after wave of applause.

This was how geniuses should fight!

After several exchanges, Yu Xuan suddenly unleashed his cultivation… the early Nascent Soul stage!

Whoosh…

Instantly, the entire arena burst into astonished cries.

“Under 20 and already at Nascent Soul… how terrifying!”

“No wonder he’s Great Yu Academy’s top prodigy; Yu Xuan should have this in the bag.”

“Too bad I bet on Ning Bei to win!”

Boom!

Just as the crowd gasped, Ning Bei exploded with his own cultivation.

In a flash, a fierce, masculine force blasted outward, shattering Yu Xuan’s suppression in an instant.

“What? He’s Nascent Soul as well?”

“Damn, another Nascent Soul… are the chiefs of the academies this monstrous now?”

…

The crowd roared again, dumbfounded.

No one had expected the two to be even more terrifying than imagined!

Even Xu Yunyang’s eyelids twitched as he muttered, “These two are absolute monsters… thankfully they are already mortal enemies.”

If they were allowed to grow, Qitian Academy would be gasping under their pressure for centuries to come.

“Ning Bei is amazing,” Lin Yueyao exclaimed.

“Heh~”

Qin Yu merely let out a chuckle.

He could not even be bothered to refute her; there was no need.

Ning Bei was a man marked for death!

A dead genius was no monster… it was a withered bud.

Swoosh!

At that moment, a streak of sword light suddenly flashed across the ring.

In the blink of an eye, Yu Xuan clutched his throat in terror as blood gushed through his fingers.

Finally, he toppled rigidly off the ring.

???

The sudden scene caught everyone completely off guard.

“What’s going on? What just happened?”

“Did Ning Bei just slash Yu Xuan’s throat with one strike?”

“Yu Xuan is dead? Yu Xuan was killed?”

A collective gasp swept through the arena.

“Hmm?”

Xu Yunyang was stunned as well.

In his view, the duel should not have ended so quickly; Yu Xuan had not even used his trump card… had he been killed by negligence?

“Grand Preceptor, Little Prince… he’s not breathing.”

The next moment, the guards who had rushed to Yu Xuan’s side shouted to Yu Tong in panic.

“What?”

Yu Tong turned pale and flew down from the platform.

Under countless eyes, he examined Yu Xuan, then roared at Ning Bei in fury, “You cur, you dared kill again?!”

Boom!

When Grand Preceptor Yu Tong barked those words, every voice in the arena fell silent.

Yu Xuan… was really dead?

Whoosh!

Wuyue darted to Ning Bei’s side and squared off against the furious Yu Tong, saying, “We all signed the life-and-death waiver long ago… are you planning to attack?”

“Wuyue, you’re still shielding him… have you considered the consequences?”

Yu Tong growled in rage.

A clash between the two seemed imminent.

Seeing this, Xu Yunyang’s doubts were replaced by glee… “He killed him ahead of schedule… ha-ha, and the trump card never even came out.”

For all his calculations, he had never imagined things would go this smoothly.

Heaven truly favored me!

“Look, the prince is coming!”

Someone shouted.

The crowd looked up to see a group of imposing figures flying over, led by a rugged middle-aged man.

He was Prince Yu Fei of the Great Yu Dynasty!

At this point, Xu Yunyang also leaped onto the ring for the final provocation, shouting, “Outrageous! Yesterday you killed Yu Sheng, and today you even dare kill the prince’s only son?”

He deliberately spoke those words for Yu Fei to hear.

“This is bad… the prince himself has arrived.”

“Yu Xuan is the prince’s sole heir; Ning Bei will never escape now.”

“Such a pity… Ning Bei’s bloodlust is too strong, or his future would have been limitless!”

The spectators all seemed to see Ning Bei’s fate.

While the other members of Heavenly Martial Academy stood stunned, Qin Yu leaped up in excitement, shouting, “Ning Bei, you’re finished!”

Heaven had eyes; he had finally waited for this moment.

Words could not describe his elation… it felt fantastic.

But just as Qin Yu reveled, Wang Teng and Zhao Ming suddenly clamped down on his arms, “What are you doing? What do you want?”

“Senior Brother Ning said he wants to thank you.”

Wang Teng and Zhao Ming exchanged a grin and dragged him toward the ring despite his struggles.

Compared with the shocked crowd, Ning Bei remained unruffled after seeing Xu Yunyang and Qin Yu step onto the ring.

He lazily looked at Yu Xuan, who was surrounded by the crowd, and asked, “How long are you going to play dead?”

“Cough, cough!”

The next moment, a familiar cough rang out.

Immediately afterward, the supposedly dead Yu Xuan strode into view, brimming with life.

???

The spectators were instantly dumbfounded.

What was going on?

He wasn’t dead?

“What?”

Seeing this, Xu Yunyang’s eyelid twitched, and an ominous feeling rose in him.

Next, Ning Bei pulled out a sheet of paper and declared in a ringing voice, “I want to thank someone… Qin Yu, a major part-time disciple of our Heavenly Martial Academy.”

Qin Yu: ???

Facing Qin Yu’s bewildered stare, Ning Bei went on, “It was him… Qin Yu… who accidentally discovered that someone intended to pit our Heavenly Martial Academy against Great Yu Academy and profit from the chaos, but lacking evidence and fearing misunderstanding, he chose to warn me by letter…”

?

Qin Yu was stupefied by Ning Bei’s account.

He hadn’t… he definitely hadn’t written that in the letter.

“Ning Bei is right; someone truly wanted to drive a wedge between Great Yu Academy and Heavenly Martial Academy,” Yu Xuan added, “so we staged a play together.”

Last night, when Ning Bei visited under Wuyue’s guidance, Yu Xuan and Yu Tong had not believed him.

Not until Ning Bei revealed the trump card!

Yes, very few knew his trump card… facts spoke louder than words.

Although Yu Xuan disliked Ning Bei, he was no fool; he could distinguish right from wrong on matters of great importance.

“So someone really tried to provoke a conflict between the two academies!”

“No wonder the fight looked intense yet ended so strangely.”

…

Feeling Xu Yunyang’s icy stare, Qin Yu’s mind buzzed and he argued desperately, “Misunderstanding… this is definitely a misunderstanding.”

He still expected Xu Yunyang’s help; he could not let the man think he had betrayed him.

No, he had to explain himself.

“What misunderstanding?” Ning Bei asked with a meaningful smile.

Under the crowd’s burning gaze, Qin Yu blurted, “I didn’t write that letter at all… someone else did! Ning Bei, you thanked the wrong person.”

“Is that so?”

A cold smile flashed in Ning Bei’s eyes; unhurriedly, he pulled something from his robe, “Actually, Qin Yu is just shy and embarrassed to claim such credit, but that’s fine… everyone, please watch the image stone.”

Qin Yu: ???

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