"Then let's hear what you have to say." Luo Yu found it amusing, realizing that Huo Tongtian was indeed younger than everyone else, lacking in life's hardening experiences.
Huo Tongtian snorted, "It's because they can't win in a direct fight that they need to resort to plotting. If you could confront the challenge head-on, who would bother wracking their brains with all these convoluted schemes?"
A glint of surprise flashed through Luo Yu's eyes, and then he said to the others:
"Exactly, that's the point."
"If you're poor in capability, you interweave tactics; if you're rich in power, you unleash chaotic barrages."
"It's because you're strong that others dare not face you directly, compelling them to scheme and resort to devious tactics to compete against you."
"But ultimately, that is the path of the petty, unfit for the light of day, nor is it the true way of the strong."
"As long as you elevate your own strength to be sufficiently powerful, why fear these insignificant opponents."
Li Zhenyue and the others felt a surge of inspiration, their internal spiritual power roiling as if these words awakened some lost martial hearts within them.
"Yes, strength is the fundamental!"
"Without strength, all the scheming is futile."
By the time they looked up, Luo Yu had already left his spot, and was walking out the door where a pair of sexy and fiery twins were still waiting.
Under the gentle, warm sun, amidst neatly arranged greenery, two stunning beauties stood in the villa's yard.
Although the twins were identical, Zhu Zhuqing, dressed in black leather pants, appeared more aloof, while Zhu Zhuyun, in a black silk miniskirt, seemed even more enchanting and alluring.
Luo Yu was surprised; over half an hour had passed, and there the two women stood at the door waiting for him, without having moved an inch?
Was it just a simple desire to challenge him?
"Are you done with your business?" Zhu Zhuyun asked, her expression not the least bit impatient.
Luo Yu asked, "Are you so fixated on challenging me?"
Zhu Zhuqing wanted to speak, but Zhu Zhuyun cut in first, "Of course, our purpose in coming down from the mountains was to be number one in the world."
"If we can't even defeat you, the number one of this school, what else is there to talk about?"
In saying this, she made herself sound like a martial fanatic, eager for battle, but Luo Yu still couldn't shake the feeling that something was amiss.
"I am invincible among my peers, you are not my match." Luo Yu stated matter-of-factly, as he genuinely had lost all interest in sparring with ordinary students.
"How do you know without trying?" Zhu Zhuyun retorted with a humph, "You already agreed to take us on, you wouldn't be scared now, afraid to fight, would you?"
Little Fatty and the rest had followed them out and had just heard Zhu Zhuyun's words, which stirred them up.
"What a joke, do you think my boss would be scared?"
"Dare to talk back? Did the previous thrashing not teach you enough?" Zhu Zhuyun raised her beautiful eyes threateningly.
"Alright, let's go, to the martial arts field."
Luo Yu did not go back on his word and proceeded out.
On the way to the martial arts field, he always felt that Zhu Zhuyun was alright, but Zhu Zhuqing's gaze seemed to constantly rest on him, never shifting away.
He was still maintaining his disguised appearance and should not be so charismatic.
Yet, that woman's gaze seemed to penetrate all disguises, fixating on his true looks.
Was it an illusion?
Luo Yu felt that his "Infant Change Form" technique shouldn't be so easily seen through by any girl.
Chuan Province Martial University, the martial arts field.
The area wasn't crowded, with small groups of friends practicing or sparring to sharpen their combat skills.
However, as soon as Luo Yu and his entourage approached, everyone stopped their activities and gathered around.
"Hisss—"
"Isn't that Xia Luo, the newcomer king who defeated Chairman Qin?"
"Look, the ones standing next to the newcomer king, those two are the battle-crazed sisters!!!"
Luo Yu's ears twitched, and he said with a smile, "They've only transferred here recently, haven't they? And yet they're so famous already?"
Cheng Jinjin was quick to explain, "Boss, you don't know, they set up a challenge arena the day before yesterday, claiming that anyone from our school could challenge them."
"And in the end..."
"Without fail, everyone was defeated in one move?"
"Eh?"
Luo Yu raised an eyebrow, "Besides our first years, were there any seniors who fought them?"
"Yes! The former vice president of the student council, Wu Tiansong."
"Former?" Luo Yu raised an eyebrow.
Little Fatty said, "You must have forgotten, sir, the student council is no more since you had it disbanded, so of course, he's the former."
"I remember now." Luo Yu chuckled, while also glancing at the two hot and sexy twin sisters behind him.
He thought it seemed these two women didn't come from nowhere.
Yet, why had he never heard of them before, and aside from him, weren't the most formidable young people in Great Xia from the eight powerful families?
Luo Yu stepped onto the stage, and below, Zhu Zhuqing was itching to move but was restrained by Zhu Zhuyun's hand pressing down, "Sister, let me handle it. Leave it to me."
"Whoosh!"
Before Zhu Zhuqing could speak, Zhu Zhuyun leaped onto the stage like a ghostly charm.
Luo Yu shook his head and gazed deeply at Zhu Zhuyun across from him.
"Knowing full well that Qin Qi, with the strength of a Mid-First Rank, could exert the power of a First Rank Summit yet was defeated by my hand, you still dare challenge me. This shows that you truly have confidence in yourselves," he said.
Zhu Zhuyun smiled and said, "Luo Gongzi, have you ever been defeated?"
Luo Yu understood the subtext of her words.
"It seems you're quite confident in yourself."
"Let your sister join in. Whether I face one or two, there's no difference to me. It will also make your defeat more convincing," he declared.
"Are you sure?" Zhu Zhuyun's eyes held a strange expression.
"Of course."
Luo Yu exuded absolute confidence. He didn't know where the two girls got their confidence from, but he didn't believe that his profound foundation would lose to two little girls who had suddenly appeared.
"Step!"
A black shadow flashed across the space, and Zhu Qing leaped up, standing shoulder to shoulder with her twin sister, drawing countless gazes from beneath the stage.
Because they were so beautiful, clearly adults yet with youthful faces, and their bodies matured beyond belief.
With a hint of their cool and somber temperament, the effect was devastatingly attractive to men.
"Let's begin."
"You make the first move," Luo Yu generously offered, demonstrating the grace of a gentleman.
"Then we sisters won't hold back."
"Boom! Boom!"
Two black beams of light burst forth simultaneously, their formidable aura stunning everyone present.
This aura had already reached the level of a First Rank Summit.
Behind the two girls stood two enormous black Spiritual Cats that seemed far more ferocious than the world's fiercest tiger.
"What kind of Ancient Spirits are these?"
"It's not even listed in the Shan Hai Jing."
"If they were unknown Ancient Spirits, the aura couldn't possibly be this strong."
"Not only strong, but their Ancient Spirits are also identical."
The Hell Spiritual Cats of the Zhu Zhuyun sisters had evolved numerous times, advancing to an exceedingly profound Domain.
Luo Yu looked at the two girls emanating charm, feeling an odd sense of familiarity.
But he quickly shook his head.
If he had met them before, he wouldn't have forgotten.
"Luo Gongzi, here we come; you better watch out!" Zhu Zhuyun called out.
"Whoosh!"
In almost an instant, the two girls disappeared from their spot, and two black figures flashed across the stage.
"So fast!"
Luo Yu's heart suddenly tensed, and he raised his arms in defense.
"Bang!"
Although he accurately caught the two girls' line of attack, his body was still sent reeling backward.
Cheng Jinjin and the others gaped in disbelief, not expecting the two girls to be so strong as to force Luo Yu back.
What shocked them even more was yet to come—the girls' speed had reached such an extreme that they even whipped up black gales upon the platform.
It forced Luo Yu to use his own Ancient Spirit.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Five towering Emperor Shadows appeared, attaching themselves to Luo Yu, with Five Domains overlapping and instantly unfurling.
Sensing the seriousness of his opponents, he sought to end the battle quickly.
To his astonishment, the opposition conjured up two dark and boundless mini-worlds.
"Dao Ze World?"
"Are they both bona fide First Grades?"
"Damn, we've got two First Grades transferring into our freshman year?"
Li Zhenyue and the others were utterly stunned after witnessing the Zhu Qing sisters' true capabilities, struggling to believe it was real.
"Boom! Boom!"
The two dark Dao Ze Worlds of the Hell Spiritual Cats actually managed to withstand Luo Yu's Five Emperors' Domain, bringing the scene to a deadlock.
"Thinking you can take us down with just that won't be enough," Zhu Zhuyun said, blinking her eyes.
Zhu Qing seemed to have thought of something, her lips curving into a smile, and in an instant, she vanished from sight.
"Swoosh!"
In the next second, she reappeared directly above Luo Yu, sitting down with her black silk legs and pert backside right on his neck.
At the same time, her fingers extended black claws like blades, aiming straight for Luo Yu's throat!