The night passed, and the morning came. Yasenia gave each of them a morning kiss, and they woke up. She carried Angel and went to the washroom. The others also prepared and wore their energy-gathering robes.
After the morning cultivation session, breakfast, and some light talk, they changed into the cultivation robes and went to the arena. They reached quite early. Yasenia looked around and saw fewer people than yesterday. It seems that there were a lot of deaths yesterday...
Tatyana went to the side to speak with some sect masters about the security of the formation; it seemed that some sects had many deaths yesterday.
When Tatyana separated, a group of cultivators approached. They had the murderous aura that demonic cultivators normally carried. The woman at the helm was pale-skinned and had gaunt cheeks with white hair and completely black eyes. "I'm Long Tian Xue, of the graveyard sect. I heard that you killed my little brother."
The people around stopped and looked at them. Yasenia looked at her and nodded, "That's right. Since he tried to make me agree to something forcefully, I took matters into my hands when I saw he wasn't giving up... Well, killing him was a matter of course."
The girl sneered and said, "Then killing a whore such as you should also be a matter of course! I will be your first opponent today; you better choose death battle so that I can make you my undead!"
Yasenia raised her eyebrow at the one-and-a-half-head shorter woman and said, smirking. "Now that you asked me, your battle will be the only one I will not choose death battle. Congratulations, you played yourself."
Andrea and the rest directly laughed. Evelyn sniggered, "It seems that the Long family won't lose one more junior thanks to their stupidity; truly lucky~."
Long Tian Xue was about to lash out when a handsome man with silver hair entered the conversation. He looked at Yasenia and spoke with a reprimanding tone, "You shouldn't make trouble, junior. The graveyard sect has some deals with our academy, and being in a bad relationship can hurt the academy. How about Yasenia apologizes, pays compensation, and we resolve it silently."
Yasenia didn't dismiss him and played with the man, answering, "Apologize? Are you trying to imply that I'm in the wrong? Better yet, did you just say that it will be a loss for our academy? Hahaha, wouldn't it be the other way around?"
Yasenia smirked and said, "Our academy is allied with many sects with similar or superior strength to the second-rate graveyard sect. Moreover, do you really think that the sect will cut ties with one of the strongest powers of our continent for an argument between juniors? I don't know if you are delusional or simply stupid to make that asinine statement."
While speaking, Yasenia looked at his face closely and suddenly asked, "How are you related to Lucia?"
The man who was about to respond to Yasenia had his gentle smile twitch imperceptibly when he heard her last question. However, Yasenia's sharp dragon eyes caught it. The man answered, "I'm not closely related. I know about her because our hair color is the same, which is rare. Moreover, she is quite a lovely girl. "
Yasenia discreetly focused on his reaction. She raised an eyebrow and taunted, "Then it is good; I warned her to not play little tricks anymore in the future and tell me straight if she wanted something. Even if I like her, I won't be able to forgive her a second time if she does something stupid."
Her senses caught a slight leak of killing intent, and her smile became more provocative. "However, I made her moan for one afternoon; her voice is truly beautiful. What I liked the most was her squishy butt; sinking my hands in them until she squirted was quite a delight. I hope she comes for another session~."
After saying this, Angel and the rest caught on to her strange choice of words and knew something was up. Yasenia wasn't someone that provoked without reason, especially in this blatant way.
The man's smile disappeared, and he looked flatly at Yasenia. "Do not refuse a toast to be forced to drink a forfeit, Yasenia. I've been watching you, and you aren't a match against half-step cultivators. Apologize before something bigger than you can handle happens."
Yasenia laughed aloud and said, "Finally, you show your real face, pretty boy. Do you think I'm afraid? Worst case scenario, I surrender. Moreover, do you really think the Long family can make a splash in our Academy's foundation? A single elder is enough to raze them to the ground, not to mention our headmistress."
Without letting him speak, Yasenia asked what was bothering her all this time, "What is your problem anyway? You are also from the academy, and here you are, supporting a ghost girl. I hope you didn't stick it in her; she doesn't seem-"
Long Tian Xue interrupted, completely provoked, "Here speaks the disgusting snake girl! It seems that your heart resembles your animal ancestry! I'm getting tired of this absurdity. You don't even have the guts to fight to the death, and now you are looking down on me!? Don't regret it if your little lovers die mysteriously someday!"
Yasenia's killing intent exploded, locking onto Long Tian Xue and her group. Then she spoke with a deep growl, "I didn't want you to die because I didn't want to give our headmistress more work dealing with your pathetic sect and family. However, congratulations, you pissed me off. Relish in your few hours of life before I turn you into one of the corpses that you like so much."
Yasenia turned and left without listening to the rest.
Meanwhile, Long Tian Xue's group was sweating cold. 'W-What was that amount of killing intent!?'
Long Tian Xue herself wasn't affected because she is a death attributed master, but her guard went up a few notches.
After they walked some distance, Angel asked worriedly, grabbing her hand, "You normally wouldn't react to those provocations. Why did you fall for it? I bet she has something up her sleeves!"
It was Andrea who answered with a smile, "Justification, Yasenia had the intention to kill her from the very beginning. However, if she accepted straight away, it would be obvious. Now, when Yasenia wins, the people will probably think, 'Serves her right.' Truly stupid on their part. I bet the guy wanted to turn Yasenia into the "Bad guy." Yasenia and that boy were having a silent battle until the Long girl threw his plans out of the window, lashing out like that."
Yasenia went to Andrea's side and kissed her. "My darling knows me so well~ I'm delighted, hahaha."
Yasenia plastered herself on Andrea and continued walking. Yasenia explained a little about what she had learned about the Long family. "The Long and Tang families are closely related. They are descendants of powerful demonic cultivators. However, the time has worn down their family's strength, and right now, they are nothing but a shadow of their previous glory."
Yasenia continued, "That ancestry is what is making me worried, they should have something left from their ancestors, and I don't want to put mom in unnecessary danger. You realized how many people stopped to listen, right? I said all of that for them to listen. I want to have the support of the people in this fight."
Yasenia scratched her cheek and said, "I'm sure that I could have done it better, but I'm still a little inexperienced in this kind of back and forth."
They reached their seats, and Yasenia sat on Andrea's lap. Angel said with starry eyes, "No matter what they have, I bet Mommy Tatyana can beat them all alone!"
This made all of them laugh, and Tatyana, who was approaching, asked, "Who can I beat, little Angel? Tell Mommy Tatyana~."
Angel blushed and climbed onto Yasenia's lap, making a three-person tower. Then, she buried her face in Yasenia's breasts because of embarrassment, hiding like an ostrich. Yasenia caressed Angel's head while chuckling, and Andrea hugged them both with a smile.
Yasenia looked at Tatyana and explained the situation. Tatyana laughed coldly and said, "Kill her without caring, little treasure. Leave the old things to me. You just have to think about what is before you until you are stronger; I will take care of the rest."
Yasenia shook her head. She looked into Tatyana's eyes and said firmly, "Even if I'm weak, I want to help you whenever I can. Mom, I will become your strongest ally. This is my main drive to become stronger. And these little steps are my commitment."
Tatyana smiled gently and nodded, kissing her cheek. Yasenia felt the jade vibrate and saw that her opponent indeed was Long Tian Xue. She put Angel down, kissed her forehead, and looked back to kiss Andrea. Then, she walked towards the arena with her sashaying hips.
When she stepped onto the arena, Yasenia took the initiative and spoke loudly, putting energy in her voice. "Long Tian Xue, your Long family, and the Tang family have been aiming for me again and again since I entered this city. I have already killed the main culprit, so I didn't want to fight you to death, yet you provoked me again and again. You even dared to threaten my loved ones. Don't blame me for being ruthless. I choose death match!"
Long Tian Xue sneered, "Should I stay silent and let the murderer of my little brother free? Is your brain as small as a lizard's? I didn't know that the Academy disciples were this arrogant! I also choose death battle!"
Some murmurs started sounding; they seemed to agree with Long Tian Xue. Some even said loudly, "The Academy has been getting more arrogant lately."
Another answered, "True, we should take them down a peg and make them remember that the rest of us are also people."
Yasenia laughed, making all the people look at her. She shook her head and said with a smile, "You perfectly know that your little brother wanted to force himself on me, and now you are instigating the people with lies? Are you demeaning their intelligence? Countless witnesses saw our altercation and can tell you that I warned not only him, but his guards not to make a move."
Yasenia sneered, "However, it seems that you had spoiled your little brother so badly that his brain functions had lowered to his lower head. Your little brother has raped countless women, and only you are entitled to be angry? What about those girls' families? Did you even reprimand your lovely little brother? The Long family has truly fallen from grace!"
The murmurs became louder, and many people started cursing at Long Tian Xue. "Trying to buy our compassion for such trash? You are dreaming, Long girl!"
One middle-aged woman shouted, "Your family has finally kicked iron! My daughter, the revenge for your miserable end will soon be realized!"
Hearing the shouts around, Long Tian Xue wanted to speak more, but Yasenia didn't let her. She took out her giant sword and pointed it at Long Tian Xue, "Enough nonsense! Take out your weapon; today, we battle to the death! Even if I'm just at the first level of the Mental Nourishing realm, I won't let filth like you roam around!"
The people around were surprised. "She is only at the first level!?"
Another spectator said, doubtful, "Isn't Long Tian Xue at the half-step?"
One elder shook his head, "Even if her heart is in the right place, her strength is lacking, aish... To think that such a good seedling will be lost...."
Long Tian Xue also realized this, 'That's right! Even if she can win with words, her strength is pathetic. No matter what she says, everything will turn around if she dies!'
Long Tian Xue took out a bone white orchestra flute with some black engravings. It was a high-level heaven-ranked treasure!
Yasenia looked at the sky and saw that the sunrise had already passed, and Noon was still distant. She thought, 'She is a necromancer. The arena is also big, and she is more than 1km away from me. I also won't have any special effects... It seems that this fight will be against a small army. I will have to be careful about her sound attacks if she has any while fighting her minions....'
The supervisor raised his hand, and all the spectators nearby focused on that arena. "Begin!"
Yasenia didn't plan to hold back anymore. She directly used [Celestial coat], [Starry Sky], and [Lingering star step] at full strength. Then she stomped the ground and sped up towards Long Tian Xue, sinking the floor under her!
[author] Chapter 100!! Wow~ Thanks to all of you for reading until here!
It seemed that Patreons also wanted to Celebrate since we have Anna Haig and Joseph upgrading their subscription to Celestial cultivator!
Now onto the IMPORTANT thing. The poll closed, and after adding the Patreon votes like the previous poll, meaning their votes count as three votes. We have the next results!
Tatyana 36+5*3=51 votes!
Angel 33+0*3=33 votes!
Andrea 9+1*3=12 votes!
Cecile 29+9*3=56 votes!
Evelyn... 3+0*3=3 votes. <- Poor dear, what did she do wrong?
Mysterious Fifth Member, 34+5*3=49 votes! <- I almost messed up writing her name.
Therefore the winner is Cecile! I've already begun working with an artist (a different one), and it should take 11 days... Let's hope this time, it is true... [/author]