Chapter 236: Promotion Match
After resolving the Ghost Gate matter, Ling Mo directly returned to Shrek Academy.
For the upcoming promotion matches all the way to the finals, Ling Mo had already arranged the plan.
One trap after another was waiting for Spirit Hall to jump into.
Returning to Shrek Academy, Ling Mo headed straight for Zhu Zhuqing’s dormitory!
It had been almost a month since he last saw those two girls, and honestly, Ling Mo really missed them a bit.
Just as he arrived at the dormitory area, he saw Ning Rongrong coming out of her room, and Ling Mo suddenly appeared behind her, hugging her.
“Guess who I am?”
“Childish…”
Ning Rongrong rolled her eyes directly. If it were anyone else, she might not recognize them, but she would recognize Ling Mo even if he turned to ash.
That familiar aura, that warm embrace, incredibly familiar.
“Sigh, you have no sense of fun at all!”
Ling Mo was extremely depressed and instantly lost the mood to continue fooling around.
“Hmph, you finally know to come back! We haven’t seen you for a whole month. Where the hell did you go to mess around this time?”
Ning Rongrong put her hands on her hips and pretended to be angry, looking even cuter.
“Where else could I go! Besides staying on the mountain, I couldn’t go anywhere…”
Ling Mo pinched her nose. He really hadn’t gone out to mess around this month; except for hunting soul rings, he had been staying on the mountain.
“Where are you going?”
Ling Mo saw that Ning Rongrong was dressed so beautifully; this was the rhythm of heading out.
“Where else could I go! Home, of course. I’ve been training all month and haven’t been home for a long time. With one day left, I’ll go home and see.
Oh right, don’t forget the promotion match tomorrow! If I can’t find you again then, hmph… just see if I don’t pinch you to death…”
“Cough cough…”
Speaking of that, Ling Mo felt soreness all over his body; this girl pinched hard.
“Alright! You go home first then, go see your deadbeat old dad. We’ll chat when you get back later…”
“Pah, don’t talk about my dad like that…” Ning Rongrong got angry as soon as she heard it; Ling Mo still hadn’t changed his tune and kept calling Ning Fengzhi “deadbeat.”
“Fine fine fine, I won’t call him that then! Come here, give me a kiss…”
“Mmm…”
After a satisfied greeting, Ling Mo fled in disarray; if he didn’t run, he might get pinched to death by Ning Rongrong.
“Wait till I get back tonight, see how I deal with you…” Leaving those last words, Ning Rongrong left.
Ling Mo burst straight into Zhu Zhuqing’s room, and Zhu Zhuqing let out a surprised sound; she had clearly just woken up and seen Ling Mo barge in.
“Hehe, treasure! Did you miss me…”
Ling Mo revealed an evil smile and pounced over before Zhu Zhuqing could speak.
They say absence makes the heart grow fonder, and at this moment, it was shown to the fullest.
“You’re hurting me!”
Zhu Zhuqing said resentfully, her gaze toward Ling Mo filled with infatuation.
Over this past month, she had thought of going up the mountain to find Ling Mo every moment, but… the daily training was too busy, so she never had the time.
“Did you miss me?”
Ling Mo smiled, looking into her beautiful eyes, kissed her, feeling extremely satisfied in his heart.
“Boring…”
Zhu Zhuqing smiled but pretended to be aloof in response, slowly hugging Ling Mo, expressing her inner thoughts.
With nothing to do today, Ling Mo stayed in Zhu Zhuqing’s room accompanying her the entire day.
Later, when Ning Rongrong returned, the three embraced and slept, and Ling Mo once again experienced the peak of life.
Early the next morning, the Shrek Academy team assembled.
“Let’s go…”
With Flander’s order, everyone headed toward the Royal Arena.
This promotion match involved a total of fifteen participating teams, conducting fourteen rounds of round-robin matches, one round per day, with one team resting each day, holding seven matches, all on this same venue.
The grand arena had been renovated, with a central area of a hundred meters in diameter designated as the match field. Compared to the preliminary round arena, the space here was much more expansive, naturally making it easier to display one’s strength.
The group entered the Royal Arena in a grand manner; all teams had already arrived.
“Wow, this Royal Arena is indeed the Royal Arena, so majestic…”
Beside him, Ma Hongjun and Oscar looked around like country bumpkins entering the city.
“Hmph, what’s so great about it! Someday when there’s time, come to my Ghost Gate and see; I’ll show you what true majesty is…”
Ling Mo said disdainfully.
Though in terms of splendor, Ghost Gate’s decorations indeed couldn’t compare to the empire’s.
But in terms of grandeur and majestic splendor, Ghost Gate was absolutely top-tier.
Full of heavenly palace-style architecture standing in the clouds, just in terms of grandeur, it crushed all the buildings here.
“Really? Brother Mo, you’re not fooling us, are you?” Oscar said excitedly.
He still hadn’t found a place to settle down! He didn’t even know where to go after graduation.
“Why would I fool you! After the Soul Master Competition ends, I’ll personally take you to visit.
If you want to join my Ghost Gate, I’ll make an exception and admit you. Work there for a few years, and you’ll be elder-level…”
Ling Mo said amusedly, directly throwing out the olive branch.
To say it, in the entire Douluo series, or rather Shrek Academy, without Tang San, the one most qualified to become a god was absolutely Oscar.
This guy’s talent was freakish; it just hadn’t been developed yet.
As far as Ling Mo knew, Oscar seemed to have a soul skill that copied martial souls later on, though he didn’t know how it compared to his own.
“Brother Mo, can we go too?”
Hearing Ling Mo throw out the olive branch, the people nearby also got excited.
“You can all go! I’ll cover all travel expenses round trip, plus food and lodging…”
“Real or fake!” Ma Hongjun said incredulously. When did Ling Mo become so generous?
Wasn’t he always only generous to Zhu Qing and Rongrong?
Smack…
Ling Mo was too lazy to speak and directly smacked his head, then said: “Believe it or not…”
The group entered the Royal Arena in a grand manner; the Shrek lineup was led by Ling Mo, and the other teams appeared one after another.
Ling Mo looked over from afar and saw the Heaven Water Academy team not far away, with Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu among them.
He smiled and gave a greeting.
Shui Bing’er smiled back gently, appearing even more poised.
Ever since last time, this girl had become even more charming.
Xue Wu, on the other hand, glared resentfully at Ling Mo, about to come over to settle accounts with him, but was stopped by Shui Bing’er.
She and Shui Bing’er had gone up the mountain to find Ling Mo several times before and after, but unfortunately, Ling Mo wasn’t there.
She was so angry about it!
Fortunately, all the Ghost Gate disciples recognized them, and they could enter Yu Lang Xuan freely. Though they didn’t see Ling Mo, they still received the best treatment.
After greeting the two, Ling Mo didn’t go directly to them; there was still plenty of time, so he could go later.
His gaze turned to the other teams and found that the Blazing Fire Academy team had also entered.
Sweeping his gaze over, he spotted Huo Wu at once, walking in with a very gloomy mood.
Upon seeing Ling Mo, her eyes suddenly lit up, but she quickly concealed it.
Then she shot him a fierce glare, gnashing her teeth! The more she thought, the angrier she got.
Ling Mo found it amusing; it seemed she still hadn’t let go of that incident last time.
