"Opponent?" Liu Lanyue repeated in confusion, almost forgetting she was still angry. Lucy only vaguely mentioned discussing something, namely borrowing members of the Iron Lion Team, without revealing who the opponent was, so it’s no wonder she was puzzled.

"It’s a mixed team led by two students from Augustus Academy, Cui Hu and Lu Anchen. If there are no surprises, the team members are mostly also students from Augustus Academy. According to the intelligence I received this morning, it seems there’s also a very strong international student from the Jialanluo Clan in the team..." Su Jiameng confessed truthfully, "The opponent lineup is strong."

Cui Hu? Lu Anchen? Mixed team battle? When these keywords pieced together, Liu Lanyue’s expression became tangled, thinking of a certain possibility. A flash of insight struck her mind, almost like an epiphany, and the fire in her heart was doused by this cold water falling from the sky.

Holy crap... could it be she’s actually seen the legendary troublemaker known as "the more abuse, the healthier" herself?

She turned her gaze to Lucy, hoping to get a negative answer from her, but Lucy’s reaction plunged her into despair. This overly arrogant loli... is actually the mighty Halogen she secretly idolized? Is reality truly killing her imagination?

Inside Liu Lanyue’s mind, it seemed like two little figures were wrestling. One side believed Su Jiameng might be that Halogen and wanted to rush forward to express her liking, while the other side thought Su Jiameng was just playing a trick to deceive others...

"Could you possibly be that Halogen?" Liu Lanyue felt her heart shatter a bit, reality is indeed so cruel ╥﹏╥... 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

She thought she had already felt the full malice of real life! Just days ago, she’d spent Herculean efforts to sneak into the Queen’s fan group. To get the invite, she watched all of Su Jiameng’s online videos and battles multiple times, to the point she could recite what skill appeared at which minute in a certain video... explaining more would only bring tears.

When she saw Su Jiameng’s ID on the Qimingxing Forum, she was utterly convinced. The forum ID is linked to the person’s intelligent brain, and it’s unique with no duplicates! Su Jiameng was the Halogen, without a doubt...

Liu Lanyue was feeling a bit complicated at the moment, much like a girl secretly in love with a male god, having pored over all kinds of his posters, postcards, albums, and personal details multiple times, always thinking about "jumping" him here and there. Then accidentally meeting the real male god and discovering he was actually a cute girl... to be more shameless, even if he was a man, he wouldn’t lift...

Sister Liu gave Su Jiameng a thorough up-and-down look with very complex eyes, almost carrying the stance of "I’m going to strip off your clothes and reveal your true form," sending shivers down anyone’s spine.

"Honestly, I really don’t have high hopes for you." Liu Lanyue tilted her head slightly, with the sunlight casting gentle shadows on her long eyelashes, softening the explosive aura around her considerably, "You’d want to give up, and rightfully so. The opponent’s strength is something you can’t ever imagine overcoming, even if the Iron Lion team’s elite turned out, the result wouldn’t change even a bit..."

Su Jiameng keenly noticed the other seemed to restrain her aura towards her. Although not knowing why, being able to get along was good. Constant confrontation was boring, too. "I’ve never considered myself a loser, even if my opponent is a student from Augustus..."

"Oh?" Liu Lanyue thought about the previous match between Su Jiameng and Zhang Yiqi, where everyone predicted defeat, but the result was Su Jiameng’s sure victory. But past is past, the elites of Augustus Academy can’t be compared to someone like Zhang Yiqi, Su Jiameng might have beaten him with personal skill, but her soon-to-be opponent is completely different. "You’re really... confident..."

Well... perhaps using "arrogant" would fit better, Liu Lanyue mused to herself.

"If someone presumes failure beforehand, then they deserve to fail. Losing battles but not losing the spirit!"

Su Jiameng grinned. If the team didn’t have someone from the Jialanluo Clan, facing so many alone would be somewhat strenuous, but with that international student... oh well, hats off to their self-destructive skills, she’d give 32 likes!

If she encountered someone with the same level of telekinesis from the Jialanluo Clan, Su Jiameng might have to rethink her will. But the international student clearly lacked telekinesis, only possessing the unique spiritual power inherent to the Jialanluo Clan.

He can control dozens to hundreds of mechas, why couldn’t she reverse the world and seize his control? Telekinesis trumps any spiritual power, and her intention to flip the entire scenario was just a thought away.

However, telekinesis is not a power to be used unless absolutely necessary; she didn’t want to be captured as some exotic specimen for dissection. Su Jiameng abandoned this near-cheating shortcut, naturally having to think of using her fists to fend off enemies... to knock down every obstacle!

"Oh, it seems Miss Su has found a better team?" Liu Lanyue raised an eyebrow inquisitively, with a hint of gentle provocation, "Which school, besides Augustus, or is it another mixed team?"

"To tell the truth..." Su Jiameng said with a smile, delivering a line that nearly made Liu Lanyue crash, "Before meeting Miss Liu, I was even contemplating paying for a crowd of extras... For them, I’m enough! Unfortunately, mixed battles require a certain number of people, no matter how skilled I am, becoming a thousand won’t be possible..."

Liu Lanyue twitched her lips, hesitating whether to tell this person, "Did you forget to take your meds today or did you overdose?"

However... putting together Su Jiameng’s words, could she understand it this way: this Halogen thinks hiring a bunch of bystanders is better than seeking Iron Lion team? (To be continued. If you liked this work, please vote for it on Qidian (qidian.com) with recommendation tickets and monthly passes, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)