The matches on the second day were basically two-on-two matches; Arthur did not participate.
Jokes aside, if he were to participate in the two-on-two, who would he choose as a teammate?
This was a lose-lose proposition.
However, Gu Yue did participate, and her teammate was naturally Na'er.
Arthur quietly waited for the match to end before asking Gu Yue out.
The clamor of the arena had not yet fully dissipated, and the setting sun cast long shadows of the two.
Gu Yue took a light bite of the dessert Arthur had brought, glancing with interest at Arthur's conflicted expression, and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow: "Speak, doing favors for no reason, what do you want from me?"
"Can't I look for you if there's nothing wrong?"
"Hmph, what do you think? Someone can't wait to stay as far away from me as possible right now."
"Who's to blame for that!"
Gu Yue turned her head away: "Blame me, then. I'm leaving."
"Then let's blame me." Arthur rubbed his hands, his tone weakening by several degrees: "Um... do you know about Dragon Valley?"
"Dragon Valley?" Gu Yue's movements paused, a faint, imperceptible ripple flashing through her purple eyes before she regained her composure. "I don't know much; the Tang Sect has an operation regarding Dragon Valley recently."
"But it has nothing to do with me; the Tang Sect hasn't told me much information."
"If you want to fish for information from me, just give up."
Gu Yue had reached Spirit King long ago, so regarding the entry slots for Dragon Valley, she had been excluded by the Tang Sect.
"It's not about information," Arthur said. "My Martial Uncle-Grandfather is the general person-in-charge of the Tang Sect here. I already went to see the outside of Dragon Valley yesterday."
"The general person-in-charge, that Smiling Face Douluo?"
To think there was such a good thing; she was indifferent to the Dragon Valley topic, but the Tang Sect's general person-in-charge piqued Gu Yue's interest: "Then can you have your Martial Uncle-Grandfather help me progress a bit in the Tang Sect?"
Looking at Gu Yue's face that said 'I want to progress so much', Arthur said speechlessly: "No. Also, let me remind you, from now on, don't get involved with the Smiling Face Douluo's faction."
Arthur's voice deepened a bit: "Senior Martial Uncle Hu Jie has already decided to return to the Body Sect. When the time is right, he will defect from the Tang Sect."
At these words, even Gu Yue was slightly stunned, a trace of surprise flashing in her purple eyes. She raised an eyebrow and stopped feeding dessert into her mouth: "Defect? You're just telling me like this?"
"Aren't you afraid I'll report it to the Tang Sect? That would be a great merit."
"Will you do that?" Arthur met Gu Yue's gaze.
After a long time, Gu Yue was the first to look away, the tips of her ears turning slightly red: "Just say what you actually want from me."
"Actually, Dragon Valley prohibits Soul Masters above the Spirit King Rank from entering." Surface appearances still had to be maintained, so Arthur explained: "That's why the Tang Sect didn't tell you much about the Dragon Valley operation."
"But I have a way to get in. Do you want to come along?"
This Little Yellow Hair was quite shrewd; he didn't state that he was unsure if he could get in himself.
Instead, he directly invited Gu Yue. If they succeeded, everyone would be happy; if they failed, wouldn't Gu Yue have to help out?
"You can break the restrictions and take me in with you?" Gu Yue was truly surprised this time, but then her Peerless Wisdom sensed something was wrong, and her eyes narrowed slightly: "Wait, if you can get in yourself, why specifically ask me to come along?"
It could be said that Gu Yue was the person who understood Arthur best; those years of observation diaries weren't for nothing.
She understood Arthur too well.
In such matters, Arthur would either go alone or bring everyone. It was impossible for him to seek her out alone.
Unfortunately, Arthur didn't succumb to pressure.
His expression remained unchanged as he leaned forward, instantly closing the distance between them, and asked back: "Why do you think?"
"Of all these people, why did I only look for you? Oh, it's so hard to guess."
Gu Yue's body instinctively stiffened for a moment, her breathing even slowing by half a beat.
Her brain gave up thinking; her Peerless Wisdom crashed.
She glared at Arthur's face, which was inches away, her voice carrying a hint of panicked embarrassment: "Why are you leaning so close! Can't you just talk properly?"
Peerless Wisdom ultimately lost to a love brain.
Just then, Gu Yue was suddenly taken aback and pulled an emblem from her bosom.
A Tang Sect Battle Soul Hall distress signal.
There was a button on the back of the emblem. In case of danger, pressing it would immediately alert any Tang Sect Battle Soul Hall members within a hundred-mile radius to come to the rescue.
Of course, it could also be used for gathering.
"What happened?"
Gu Yue replied: "The Tang Sect recently received reliable information that the Green Skeleton organization, the one that attacked our train before, will carry out a terrorist activity tonight."
"The Tang Sect has already discovered the location of their operation, but they don't know where their nest is. They can only head to the target location to set up in advance."
Gu Yue stood up to leave: "This is the gathering signal. I'm heading over first."
"Wait a moment." Arthur stepped forward and grabbed her wrist: "Do you want a promotion and a raise?"
"What do you mean?"
Gu Yue looked at him in confusion... The sky was darkening; evening was approaching.
As the capital of the Star Luo Empire, Star Luo City was a premier bustling city on the continent. As night fell, crowds surged, lights glittered, and every corner was filled with lively clamor.
The Star Theater was a medium-sized theater in the city.
It was still early for tonight's performance, but the inside of the theater was already bustling with activity as staff moved back and forth, making final preparations.
No one noticed that at a sewer manhole cover on the first basement level of the theater, a slaughter was silently unfolding.
The underground structure of the theater was complex, with thick concrete pillars supporting the building's foundation.
At this time, the infiltrating Green Skeleton members were swiftly moving past the pillars, precisely attaching circular fixed-mount soul tool bombs to them.
Just then, a group of masked figures emerged from the darkness; Battle Soul Hall fighters blocked their way.
Tang Wulin was also in the operation, wearing a white mask.
Listening to the commands coming through his earpiece one after another.
He couldn't help but mutter to himself.
This battlefield command felt... inferior to Arthur's.
The Battle Soul Hall's arrangement was that only Yellow Rank Fighters with one-word battle armor could participate in direct combat. Although Tang Wulin also had a full set of battle armor, his Rank hadn't reached Spirit King yet, and his Blue Silver Grass's recent mutation had hit a Bottleneck, seemingly preparing for something big.
Therefore, he couldn't wear the one-word battle armor for long periods yet and was naturally assigned to the rear.
"I want to go to the front line too."
Tang Wulin yawned out of boredom. If Arthur were commanding, he would definitely be able to take the field without any danger.
"Then you won't have a chance in this operation."
A familiar voice came from beside him. Tang Wulin froze and looked over.
It was a fighter wearing a yellow mask.
"Yellow Seven... You're Gu Yue?!"
Tang Wulin's voice was kept extremely low, full of shock. He hadn't expected Gu Yue to have joined the Battle Soul Hall as well, and even be a Yellow Rank Fighter.
On second thought, it made sense. With Gu Yue's talent, becoming a Yellow Rank Fighter was easy.
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