They knew a new big shot with a legendary card had arrived at the Gladiator Tower today. They knew this big shot had just accumulated 1000 points and was heading to the advanced arena to challenge an advanced duelist. They knew this big shot had successfully defeated Number 1 and then immediately went to challenge the Tower Master.
They had also considered that this big shot might successfully challenge the Tower Master and become the new Tower Master.
But they never expected the new Tower Master to take office so quickly!
Especially the advanced duelists, who had just finished watching Number 1 get thrashed by the big shot, and then the big shot took the elevator to the 30th floor of the Gladiator Tower to challenge the Tower Master.
Counting the time the big shot spent in the elevator, only a little over ten minutes had passed, right?
The Tower Master was just replaced, just like that???
They looked at each other, their faces filled with disbelief.
If the former Number 1 hadn't seen the former Number 2, who was currently being thrashed by him on the opposite side of the battle arena, looking equally bewildered, he would have thought there was something wrong with his ears, inexplicably hearing the bell that only rang when the Gladiator Tower changed Tower Masters.
However, very quickly, a ethereal voice echoed through the Gladiator Tower area, clearly heard by everyone within it.
“The Tower Master of the Gladiator Tower has been replaced. The new Tower Master’s name is Wen Xiangjie.”
Wen Xiangjie.
It really was her.
The former Number 99, now Number 100, sighed deeply.
He had prayed that Wen Xiangjie would fall in the battle to challenge the Tower Master, but unfortunately, his prayers had no effect; Wen Xiangjie still won.
The Tower Master's legendary card must now be in Wen Xiangjie's hands.
Wen Xiangjie's strength had increased again.
Although he had already accepted that Wen Xiangjie would definitely take first place in this game instance, his heart was still filled with unwillingness, and jealousy gnawed at his heart.
Why was it Wen Xiangjie who got the golden finger and not him? If he could get the golden finger on Wen Xiangjie, he would definitely do better and more outstandingly than Wen Xiangjie!
“Bang bang bang—”
The sound of knocking on the door temporarily pulled him out of his jealous emotions.
He got up and opened the door. Standing outside was Number 98, who lived next to him.
“The new Tower Master wants to see us, let’s go.” Number 98 informed him and then turned and left on his own.
The new Tower Master was, of course, Wen Xiangjie.
After a few days, having to see Wen Xiangjie again, Number 100's mood was very complex.
He actually really didn't want to see Wen Xiangjie, but as an advanced duelist, he couldn't refuse a summons from the new Tower Master.
This made him feel even more resistant.
Because the more this happened, the more deeply he realized the gap between him and Wen Xiangjie.
He used a wooden token to take the elevator to the 30th floor of the Gladiator Tower.
He followed the long corridor to the Tower Master's lounge.
He had been to this Tower Master's lounge before when he was promoted to Number 99.
At that time, the former Tower Master sat on the seat directly facing the door, giving him some “guidance” from a high position before letting him leave.
This time, the former Tower Master stood with a difficult expression in the position belonging to the Number 1 advanced duelist, while Wen Xiangjie comfortably reclined on a soft long chair in the Tower Master's lounge.
That chair placed on several steps was not comfortable at all, useless except for showing off.
Wen Xiangjie would never suffer to save face like the former Tower Master, so she naturally chose to lie on the most comfortable chair in the lounge.
After all 100 advanced duelists had arrived, Wen Xiangjie sat up straight and greeted everyone with a smile: “Hello everyone, I am the new Tower Master, Wen Xiangjie.”
“Hello, Tower Master.” Everyone respectfully bowed slightly to Wen Xiangjie, even the former Tower Master was no exception.
This was the respect due to the Tower Master of the Gladiator Tower.
After everyone straightened up, Wen Xiangjie's gaze passed through the crowd and landed on Number 100, who was at the very back.
“I was wondering who came to the Gladiator Tower before me; turns out it was you.” Wen Xiangjie called his name with a smile: “Number 100, Ji Chenyu, why don't you come and catch up with an old classmate?”
All the advanced duelists turned in unison to look at Number 100, who had been called out by Wen Xiangjie.
It was then that they remembered that Number 100 did look young, clearly a student, but they hadn't expected him and the new Tower Master to actually be classmates.
Which school had such heaven-defying luck, producing two students with such good aptitudes?
Ji Chenyu also hadn't expected Wen Xiangjie to actually call out his name.
His heart panicked for a moment, but thinking that he usually had no contact with Wen Xiangjie and had not openly shown hostility towards her, his mind relaxed considerably.
On the surface, Ji Chenyu still maintained his timid and hesitant demeanor. Hearing Wen Xiangjie's summons, he cautiously walked to her, nervously raising his head to look at her.
“Hello, Wen Xiangjie.”
“Ji Chenyu, your strength is truly extraordinary. You've only been at the Gladiator Tower for a few days, and you've already become an advanced duelist. Amazing, amazing. It seems your score this time will definitely be among the top.” Wen Xiangjie smiled and applauded Ji Chenyu.
“No, no.” Ji Chenyu waved his hand in a fluster: “I can't compare to Wen Xiangjie at all.”
“Of course, you can't compare to me,” Wen Xiangjie said matter-of-factly: “Are you overestimating yourself by comparing yourself to me?”
After understanding the meaning in Wen Xiangjie's words, Ji Chenyu looked stunned.
Just now, Wen Xiangjie's attitude towards him had been very friendly, and Ji Chenyu had truly thought that Wen Xiangjie called him forward because she hadn't expected to see a classmate at the Gladiator Tower, so she wanted to say a few words to him.
He hadn't expected Wen Xiangjie's smile to remain unchanged, but the words she spoke the next second had completely changed in tone.
The sarcasm and mockery in her words were obvious to anyone.
Ji Chenyu could already clearly feel that the other 99 advanced duelists' gazes towards him had become strange. The ill-intentioned scrutiny and mocking looks made him feel like he had daggers in his back.
“Wen… Wen Xiangjie?” Ji Chenyu looked at Wen Xiangjie at a loss, as if he didn't understand why her attitude towards him had changed so drastically, but his heart couldn't stop sinking.
Did Wen Xiangjie really discover something?
“What you should be improving most right now isn't some card battle technique, nor some high-score instance technique, but your acting skills.”
“Do you know that every time you look at me, the resentment and jealousy in your eyes are completely unconcealable? I'm curious, where does all this hostility towards me come from? Did I dig up your ancestral grave?”
“But you know what, you really never know, maybe in the future, I might actually get a chance to dig up your ancestral grave.”
As Wen Xiangjie spoke, she looked directly into Ji Chenyu's eyes, not missing a single one of his reactions.