Blue Phoenix Chapter 33 – Apology

Deng Wu was looking at all of them with the serenity of a newborn kitten. The words he had spoken came from his heart. Although what he said came off as perfectly natural to him, all the others suddenly had an unexplainable urge to vomit and laugh at the same time.

Hui Yue, who, from the youngsters in their group, knew Deng Wu the best, gaped at his friend with his eyes blinking in confusion. This boy, without a doubt the strongest student within the Riluo City Royal Academy, had forfeited a fight for the sake of sparing his handsome face from potential mutilation.

Suddenly, laughter escaped Hui Yue’s lips as he helplessly gave in to the comical aspect of the whole situation; within a few seconds, everyone else at the table followed suit.

“What are you laughing at?” Deng Wu asked indignantly while scrunching up his brows, looking at the others with displeasure. “Do you think that our group’s beauty should get married to a scarred man? No? I didn’t think so. She needs me to stay handsome. Besides, why should I partake in a tournament I cannot win anyway?”

There was some truth to what Deng Wu said. As long as he did not unravel his real potential or use the high-ranked martial arts skill Hui Yue had given him, then he had no way of winning this tournament.

Although Deng Wu was higher ranked than Hui Yue, his qi purity was still inferior. Hui Yue had no reason to hold back with some of his martial arts skills, Deng Wu could not afford to display all of his. The two of them were in polar opposite situations.

Hui Yue had decided that this year would be the year in which he held nothing back. He would not be satisfied until he had defeated Wang Ju Long and proven his superiority to the child prodigy of the Wang family.

Even if some families were to be concerned with Hui Yue, he did not pose any real threat to them, as he was not currently born to a family within the city. The only available information about him was that he had an erased past, meaning he had some sort of unique relationship with the City Lord.

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