Merging with Demon Spirits

Chapter 413: Chapter 307: Criticism

Saying ”I want to” in her heart, and under the worried gaze of her good friend Feng Yining, Ya Ge found an excuse and got up to leave.

This drew the attention of quite a few people.

Xie Yixiao was one of them.

Staring at Ya Ge’s departing figure, his brows furrowed slightly, and a hint of anger flashed in his eyes.

Apart from her Ju Xing teammates, the nearby audience also noticed this enchanting and captivating girl, and soon, recognized her, leading to a buzz of gossip and laughter.

Among them, faint words like ’Lin Feng’ and ’ex-girlfriend’ could be heard.

No matter where she went, all sorts of glances and murmurs followed Ya Ge.

Ya Ge’s talent was pretty good—she’d managed to refine an Eighth Grade Enchanting Butterfly, and it was a Spirit Series Demon Spirit. In terms of talent, she could be called a prodigy, but not a super-genius.

Even if the Enchanting Butterfly evolved into a Ninth Grade Enchanting Demoness, on par with Earth Chart Demon Spirits, she couldn’t really be compared with geniuses like Ye Qiu and Yun Kai.

Although she’d signed with Ju Xing and would one day become the club’s heavily promoted superstar, Ya Ge was still very young and presently not very strong; as a member of the ladder team, she was still in training and growing.

But compared to her peers, Ya Ge’s popularity was extremely high.

So high it was almost exaggerated.

Her fame even exceeded many professional players who’d been fighting in Glory Alliance for years.

Aside from her looks, the most important reason was her relationship with Lin Feng.

As Lin Feng rose rapidly and became a national celebrity, both his growth and emotional experiences were always hot topics for the media and fans to gossip about.

Naturally, Ya Ge got famous.

Her natural beauty combined with her explosive popularity had many advertisers seeking her out for endorsements.

In the ladder team, Ya Ge was a rare player with endorsement contracts.

Even teammates with better talent or stronger skills had no sponsorships, but she had several.

If you counted the number and value of her endorsement deals, she even outperformed some pro players.

Such immense fame gave her a considerable income before she ever set foot in Glory Alliance—this brought benefits, but also, trouble.

Under all these gazes, Ya Ge ducked her head slightly.

She didn’t know why, but at this moment she felt a sense of inferiority.

This feeling made her clench her fists. Hearing the voice in her mind, she turned back to glance at that familiar silhouette, then resolutely left the Glory Sports Center.

The match officially started at three in the afternoon.

By then, the audience was still steadily pouring into the venue. Despite more than 300,000 people inside the sports center, it didn’t feel stuffy at all—in fact, it was quite cool.

The glaring sunlight was blocked by a faint blue barrier, making the light gentle.

The air inside the barrier was refreshing, as if sitting outdoors with the AC on.

Of course, this wasn’t something air conditioning could achieve, but Demon Spirit Masters were quietly casting Soul Skills.

To cast spells over such a large area, there had to be more than one Demon Spirit Master at work.

Before the match began, the host introduced the contest rules, as always.

The preliminaries had simple rules—enter the Jade Seal Spatial Gate, and as long as you survived, you could join the semifinals. If you gave up halfway, it didn’t matter; you could still move on to the semis.

The real goal of the preliminaries was to let students experience how cruel an Other-dimensional Space Gate is, while also secretly observing contestants’ attitudes toward facing the Alien Race.

Are they hesitant and soft-hearted?

Or are they decisive and merciless?

The results of this evaluation would be recorded, and to some extent, could decide if these students could enter key departments in the future.

The rules for the semifinals were also simple.

No individual matches, only squad vs. squad.

Thirteen school teams were participating.

The previous tournament’s top three—the Three Great Heroic Teams—served as seeded teams and got a direct pass to the final three contest.

No one thought this was unfair.

The Three Great Heroic Teams were just too strong. If they fought against weaker teams, it would be pointless—not good for others, nor for the audience’s enjoyment.

Besides the three seed teams, the other ten had to first compete and determine three winning teams.

Then, these three would draw lots to face off against the Three Great Heroic Teams.

First, decide the three that advance to the final stage.

After that, decide the rankings for champion, runner-up, and third place.

After explaining the rules, the host turned to the match rewards.

The value of Soul Skills was, naturally, beyond question.

Especially for first place, the five main players would get Diamond Soul Skills—something all Demon Spirit Masters envied.

Diamond Soul Skills!

Each one starting at several billion—Diamond Soul Skills!

As images and names of major teams’ players flashed on the stadium’s huge screen, the host’s voice grew even more excited as he introduced the contestants.

Compared to the rules and rewards, naturally, the super-geniuses attracted the most attention.

”Why is Ye Qiu suddenly in the main lineup?”

”Damn, he was a sub yesterday, and now he’s a starter!”

”No wonder Ye Qiu challenged a pro yesterday—there was a plan all along.”

”Worthy of the title ’super-genius’. The Great Wall Team’s coach sure has an eye for talent.”

”What’s weird about Ye Qiu being a starter? Lin Feng and Yun Kai are both mains, Ye Qiu’s not any worse than them.”

”There must be some shady business!”

”Okay, I admit Ye Qiu’s got the number one talent, but right now, there’s no way he can beat Gao Qiang.”

”Rich people really can do whatever they want.”

”I actually feel sorry for Gao Qiang. He worked so hard for years, only for someone else to snatch the glory at the crucial moment.”

As Ye Qiu appeared on the screen as part of the Great Wall Team’s starting lineup, the discussions grew heated, with many people firing off barbed comments.