"Then let's begin—"
"Please wait a moment." Tang Sui interrupted Titan again. Titan frowned, his gaze slightly displeased. "What is it now?"
Why did this little girl have so many demands?
Under Titan's unfriendly gaze, Tang Sui blinked and said obediently, "Senior, this incense stick has already been burning for a while. How about we relight it and start timing again? Also, I believe you wouldn't want to be seen as a circus performer by others. Let's go into the academy and find a suitable open space to conduct this."
Tang San looked astonished, and even the father and son duo, Talon and Taino, couldn't help but cast surprised glances at Tang Sui.
Titan, who had expected Tang Sui to cause more trouble, looked at the exquisite young girl in front of him with surprise, astonished that she had actually proposed to restart the time measurement.
Was it confidence, or arrogance?
Titan narrowed his eyes, staring at Tang Sui, who had stepped aside to make a welcoming gesture. He squeezed out a "Hmm" from his throat and took steady steps, leading the way into the academy.
As the direct party involved in this bet, Tang San naturally could not let his sister bear the burden alone. He strode forward immediately, leading the way for Titan.
Oscar, who fell behind, walked to Tang Sui's side. While cautiously glancing at Titan's tall and sturdy back ahead, he lowered his voice and said with exasperation, "Sui Sui, what are you doing!"
"Did you not see that the old man just now, without using any spirit power, casually threw it and made the fragile incense stick embed itself unharmed into the stone pillar of the iron-cast gate! It is likely that the opponent's strength is not weak, possibly even on par with Teacher Zhao!"
He had worked so hard to buy time earlier!
After half a year, although Sui Sui looked taller and her appearance was even cuter than before, like a beautiful noble lady pampered in a greenhouse, why did it feel like her intelligence had reversed its growth?
Tang Sui calmly corrected him, "No. Xiao Ao, you made one point wrong. The opponent is a Spirit Douluo, even more powerful than Teacher Zhao."
Oscar abruptly stopped in his tracks, his voice stammering, "Sp, Spirit Douluo?!"
Then, wasn't he indirectly dragging Xiao San and Sui Sui into trouble?!
One had to know that the winner on their side would gain the benefit of all three joining Xiao San's family, but... this also meant that the opponent would definitely not joke about something as important as lifelong freedom as joining a family, and would certainly not back down!
Then Sui Sui wouldn't be...
"Don't worry. After being away for half a year, I've made quite a few gains. Perhaps, I'll even surprise you all!"
Tang Sui's voice, with a faint smile, reached Oscar's ears, causing the petrified him to thaw and regain his vibrant spirit.
The battleground Tang San found for Tang Sui and the others was an open space. The other disciples of the Shrek Academy who had heard about the gossip also came to watch their bet.
It was known that Tang San and Talon had recently become famous, and no one in the academy was unaware of the conflict between these two.
Now, hearing that Talon's grandfather had also arrived and was going to have a bet with Tang San, they rushed to witness the excitement!
However, the disciples who arrived near the open space saw Tang San retreating to the outside of the circular area. The person standing opposite the one who was allegedly Talon's grandfather was a petite and adorable girl, not Tang San, who was the center of attention.
"Huh? Why isn't Tang San going on stage?" Spectator A asked Tang San, who was standing in the back, with confusion. Spectator B, who had arrived earlier, said "Oh" and explained to him:
"You just got here and don't know. Originally, Tang San was supposed to have a bet with Talon's grandfather, but Tang San's sister suddenly appeared and said she would take up the bet on behalf of her brother Tang San."
"Tang, Tang San has a sister?!"
Another spectator raised his voice, staring incredulously at Tang Sui, who was standing opposite Titan, trying to find similarities between Tang San and Tang Sui.
That Tang San could have such a cute sister?!
The disbelieving disciples stared intently at Tang Sui in the central open space.
Tang Sui, long accustomed to being the center of attention, had adjusted her state. Her clear blue eyes looked at Titan, who still had his hands crossed over his chest, and she said crisply, "Senior, we can begin."
Titan scrutinized the audacious little girl. His calloused fingers moved slightly, and a new incense stick appeared in his hand. He casually tossed it, and it was embedded steadily into one of the ornamental stone pillars surrounding the area.
Just like before, the incense stick was embedded firmly in the stone pillar without any damage, and the stone pillar showed no signs of cracking from the force of Titan's throw, demonstrating the exquisite and terrifying control of his strength.
"Little girl, I've lit the incense. You can start releasing your martial soul now."
Titan looked at Tang Sui, who remained motionless, and urged her.
Tang Sui curved her eyes and still showed no intention of releasing her martial soul. "Please, begin directly."
She hadn't released her martial soul first even when facing the pressure of the Spirit Douluo Zhi Lin from the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, let alone now.
"Little girl, are you sure you won't release your martial soul?" Titan looked at Tang Sui as if she were an ignorant child, thinking that a newborn calf fears no tiger.
"I am Titan, the patriarch of the Strength Clan. An eighty-sixth-level assault-type Battle Spirit Douluo. Although I can't discern your spirit power level, your brother is only a thirty-seventh-level Spirit Elder. You won't be much higher, will you?"