The National Academy for Nobles is located in the center of the imperial city. The waterfall cascading down from the top of Mount Valonde in the north forms the magnificent Xiyun Lake. The Barron River extending from the middle divides the academy into two parts, passing through the entire imperial city and merging into the Lanlong River outside the wall.

The college is built with white bricks and red tiles into Romanian-style towers of varying heights. The solemn architectural structure is embellished with colorful clusters of flowers, making it magnificent yet elegant.

The largest training ground was packed with people today. In addition to the elite students who were already studying in the academy, there were also many nobles who came to watch the fun.

The rumor of the duel between the Saint and the Emperor's eldest daughter spread throughout Valonde in just one day.

If the academy training grounds had not been closed to the public, this place would have been packed with people. Even so, the stands were already full, with many people even standing in the aisles just to catch a glimpse of the two most famous beauties in the empire tearing each other's hair.

At least that's what Ye Xiao, who was mixed in the crowd, guessed. If it were him, he might not be so eager to see a simple beautiful girl, but if he saw beautiful girls fighting, he would not only watch but also rush to the front row.

Although one of them is himself which makes things a little tricky.

"Who do you think will win, the Saint or the Princess?" Whenever this happens, there is always a buddy around who will ask this question.

Then came the classic commentary by passers-by. Ye Xiao could have predicted that he would first analyze the pros and cons, introduce the swordsmanship of the Betis family, the extraordinary talent of Princess Skadi, and then analyze how much water there was in Ella's swordsmanship performance...

"Who cares? I just want to see a beautiful girl in tattered clothes."

Okay, this guy doesn't play by the rules.

Ye Xiaogang was somewhat speechless, but fortunately, his opponent immediately made a rational analysis: "But in terms of swordsmanship, Her Royal Highness is the winner no matter how you look at it... Unless the Saint is a Templar Knight, she has no chance of winning at all."

"It's meaningless to be a Templar Knight who has only been training for a week... Besides, to be honest, don't you really want to see the arrogant eldest daughter of the Haiweier family kneeling down and begging for mercy?"

Another voice joined in.

"Indeed, that guy keeps calling us 'ants' and 'trash'. What does he think of us? It's really despicable!"

This complaint was like a call to arms, immediately attracting many indignant nobles: "Yes, yes, yes, isn't it just relying on the Duke's Mansion? I took the physical fitness test for her. How can she compete with Her Royal Highness the Princess!"

"Now she has the title of Saint, I can't imagine how arrogant she will be when she returns to the academy!"

"Luckily, Her Royal Highness the Princess came to kill her. She should have chopped her a few more times to vent her anger!"

No, from my impression, wasn't Princess Skadi also a very arrogant person in the academy? Why are their reputations so different?

Ye Xiao felt a little uncomfortable sitting among a group of noble students who were complaining and cursing Ella.

"Hey, where are you from? Why are you silent?" A student suddenly came over and patted Ye Xiao on the shoulder. "Are you supporting Ella Haiweier?"

As soon as he finished speaking, all the students within a ten-meter radius looked over.

"Hahahaha, you are joking. How is this possible?" Ye Xiao smiled awkwardly and raised his fist. "How can the people of my great empire not support the royal family? Long live Her Royal Highness the Princess!"

Maybe he accidentally shouted too loudly, which attracted the attention of students further away.

There was an awkward silence.

Just when Ye Xiao was worried about whether he had revealed his identity as a non-student, a concerted shout suddenly broke out: "Long live Her Royal Highness the Princess!"

Phew… Looks like I got away with it…

Just as Ye Xiao was thinking this, the group of people finished shouting and turned their attention to Ye Xiao.

No, why are these people looking at me again? Why don’t you just keep shouting? ?

Ye Xiao's forehead was covered with sweat, but as he was being stared at by a group of people, he had no choice but to continue shouting, "Long live Her Royal Highness the Princess!"

Everyone followed him and shouted in unison. This time, the shouts were even louder, like ripples spreading gradually, as more students who had been persecuted by Ella joined in the shouting.

A student in a crimson coat walked through the crowd and thrust a flag into Ye Xiao's hand. "You're very spirited, buddy! I thought it would be hard for the new generation of students to have such awareness, but I didn't expect that your enthusiasm even moved me!"

ha?

Ye Xiao felt his scalp tingling when he saw the six eye-catching characters "Long Live Her Royal Highness the Princess" on the silk banner.

"Warrior, you will be the one to carry on the legacy of our Princess Sect!"

What a mess???

Ye Xiao looked up in surprise, his eyes looking across the vast arena, just in time to see the platinum-colored flag opposite the audience seats.

There, six large characters "Long Live the Saint Lady" were written prominently on it.

He even saw Andrew Devin, who had listened to Ella's preaching in the chapel and was now sending spam, holding a flag and glaring at him.

Shit, I seem to be sitting in the wrong seat!

But Ye Xiao, with a twitching mouth, could only hold the flag and shout "Long live Her Royal Highness the Princess" with gritted teeth.

It really hurts...Is this considered as NTR to myself...

...

At the same time, in the arena, Princess Skadi was wearing a tight azure sports dress. The tight velvet fabric outlined her tall and graceful body curves. Two strands of golden hair were draped between her plump chest, and a neat ponytail was tied at the back of her head.

Ella was wearing a white dress embroidered with gold patterns. Her red eyes were calm under her silver hair and pretty eyebrows. Her petite body was wrapped in the same tight-fitting style. Her pair of white silk legs wearing short boots were slender and long, yet with a hint of softness and flesh. The only flaw was that the rise and fall of her chest was much flatter than that of her opponent.

"Long live Her Royal Highness the Princess!" The overwhelming sound reached their ears, and the voices supporting Ella were only in a small area in the audience.

Between the princess who is a genius swordsman and the notorious eldest daughter, most students will choose to support the former, and naturally, most of the voices will support Princess Skadi.

"It seems that you are not very popular, Priest Haiweier." Skadi pointed to the place with the loudest cheers in the audience, "Everyone is cheering for me."

Ella glanced in that direction and saw Ye Xiao holding a large banner that read "Long Live Her Royal Highness the Princess" and waving it among the cheering students with sweat all over his forehead, his expression almost unable to hold back.

"Heh... this is not an election for the throne," Ella said calmly, "No matter how many people support you, it won't improve your swordsmanship, Your Highness Skadi."

"The weak should have the awareness of the weak." Skadi's eyes flashed with anger. She hated such ignorant guys the most. Moreover, the other party dared to taunt her. "The Chosen One of Light really made you forget your own name? You are a useless jerk who can only cheat. Open your eyes and see clearly. The gap between us cannot be made up by your tricks and the status you got by luck."

The part about the second-year dialogue, let me think...

"Are you done?" A smile appeared on Ella's cute face, with a hint of evil in her red eyes. "Then be prepared to please me with your desperate cries, little princess~"

Chapter 89: Crushing

Princess Skadi couldn't understand why this guy in front of her dared to be so rampant.

After being the Chosen One of Light for more than a week, has she really become so arrogant that she has lost the ability to judge her own strength?

"I specially left you the option of light armor, and you are wearing such light clothes." She couldn't help but clench her fists. If she didn't have to wait for the notary and the host's opening remarks, she would have wanted to draw her sword and pierce this ignorant guy right now. "I hope your strength can be as tough as your words."

Her sword was a rapier with a guard, and the blue hilt extended to a snow-white blade as sharp as a silver needle.

"Same here." Ella smiled and put her hands behind her back, looking lazy.

At her waist was a long steel sword similar to the one used by Ye Xiao, but it did not have any enchantment to increase its sharpness.

While they were waiting, Prince Edgar and other members of the Loren royal family had all arrived and were sitting on the platform with serious expressions.

It’s not that the eldest prince had high expectations for the battle itself, he came just to make sure things wouldn’t get too bad.

He would even jump off the stands if necessary to stop his sister from doing something out of line.

"Brother, brother." The Third Princess Erica's crisp voice sounded, holding a delicate stuffed bear in her arms, "After I bully the Saint, can I invite her to the clinic?"

"Clinic..." Edgar turned around and frowned, "Samuel Clinic? Of course not. After all, she is a saint!"

"Don't worry, nothing will happen to her." Princess Erica had an excited smile on her tender and fair face. "We have to help her heal her wounds anyway! Besides, if we can turn the saints into toys, then the temple will be ours."

"Erica." Edgar placed a hand on the Third Princess' fluffy golden hair. "There are some groundless rumors about the Saint, and the background of the Holy Temple is far more than what we have seen so far. Don't think that they are vulnerable."

"Brother is always afraid of this and that!" Erica pouted, but her light blue eyes were fixed on the silver-haired girl with low ponytails in the arena.

"Thank you all for coming. Although I think everyone here already knows the information about the two duelists, please allow me to give a brief introduction to the two duelists." At this moment, the host's loud and high voice spread to every corner of the arena through the sound transmission array.

Ye Xiao, who was carrying the flag, found the voice familiar. He glanced at the commentary desk and discovered that it was the host of the underground arena that day.

Wow, did you come here to find a new job after being laid off?

"On the left is Her Royal Highness, the Grand Princess of the Loren Empire. She has already obtained the master swordsman certification when she first entered the academy. She is a recognized swordsmanship genius in the empire, Her Royal Highness, Skadi Betis!"

"On the right is the eldest daughter of the Duke of Haiweier of our empire, the Chosen One of the Holy Temple, Ella Haiweier!"

Even with the amplification array, the host's loud and clear voice was almost drowned out by the shouts of supporters from both sides. Among them, Ye Xiao, who was forced to stand among the princess faction and wave the flag, was working even harder.

"The duel rules are agreed upon by both parties. The use of real swords and spells is allowed, but equipment enchants and the use of alchemical potions and props are not allowed. Armor is limited to light armor and below. The duel is considered over only when one party loses the ability to fight again or surrenders."

Judging from their paper strength in swordsmanship, Ella and Ye Xiao's attributes have only now been improved to a level corresponding to a skilled indigenous swordsman, one level lower than Skadi. Even Ella's basic attributes are slightly lower than Ye Xiao's due to her original lack of training.

But she herself has already mastered the Grandmaster-level sword skills, and can use low-level attributes to perform high-level sword skills, just like the Grandmaster's sword-drawing slash before, but she has to bear the consequence that certain physical attributes cannot support the strength of the skill.

"Next, please invite the duelists to salute!"

The host continued to recite, and Ella and Skadi reluctantly bowed slightly to each other face to face.

"The ceremony is over. Please take your seats."

The two girls turned their backs to each other, took five steps, and then turned back to face each other.

"Prepare!"

Skadi had a serious look in her eyes and held the hilt of the sword, while Ella still looked lazy and even yawned with her hand covering her mouth. It might be that she had picked up some bad habits after being with Grettia for too long.

This damn woman!

Seeing Ella's appearance, Princess Skadi couldn't help but curse in her heart.

"start!"

As the host finished speaking, the princess' figure turned into a blue afterimage, and the snow-white sword blade wrapped in frost pierced Ella's forehead.

The sword light that arrived in an instant only touched a strand of silver hair. Almost at the moment when Skadi dodged, Ella's feet had already moved.

Both were at the mastery level. Skadi, with the swordsmanship of the Betis family, should theoretically be stronger than Arnold, the steward of the Lyra Peak Tomb, but the difference in combat experience was not small.

So much so that after Ella casually avoided the opponent's straight stab without any follow-up changes and no technique at all, she knew that the duel was over.

Although she had no expectations for these pampered nobles in the academy, she couldn't help but feel a little disappointed that the opponent, with his overwhelming attributes and skills, could still fight so badly - this guy... how could he be so bad?

After missing the first move, Skadi quickly turned around, holding the rapier in her hand and was about to turn back for the second sword skill, but suddenly she felt a sharp pain on the back of her hand.

Her first straight sword thrust was too powerful, and Ella dodged it closely, so the time for her to react and withdraw the move was somewhat prolonged.

Therefore, when she turned around, Ella, who had already seen all her movements, simply held the scabbard forward, and the hilt of the sword accurately hit Skadi's hand as she turned around and swung it back.

With a soft "Ding-ling" sound, the dagger fell to the ground.

Skadi held the back of her hands, her face twitching slightly from the pain but her eyes were wide open with astonishment and surprise.

As a swordsman, she was actually knocked out of her weapon?

She didn't even see how Ella did it. She was still standing there, holding the hilt of the sword, motionless.

Why??? How is this possible???

There was dead silence at the scene and the host was stunned and didn't know what to say.

After all, one of the parties in a sword duel was disarmed less than two seconds after it started, so what's the point of commentary?

Even the students of the Saint's faction who were carrying the banner were stunned. They didn't expect the Saint to win at all. They were actually there to cheer for their idol.

"Your Highness, I have to admit that I overestimated you a little." Ella sighed as she looked at Skadi who was in a state of dismay.

She had been looking forward to learning something new from fighting with Princess Skadi, who was famous for her swordsmanship in the early stages of her previous life. However, maybe the opponent had not yet developed or could not match the strength of the later maps. Now, this guy's level did not even make her want to fight him.

It's like starting a game with great expectations, only to find out your opponent is a computer.

After saying this, Ella shook her hair and turned to leave. She was not very interested in bullying the weak opponent. Anyway, the duel was almost over since the sword had fallen out of her hand.

There was no glory in this battle.

Chapter 90: Undefeated Will

But this actually cannot be blamed on Skadi. The main reason is that the opponents Ye Xiao had fought in previous battles were all a bit abnormal, so that Ella's requirements for the battle were a bit too high.

From a hunter blessed by the Moon Goddess who could hunt wild gods, to the noble guards in the Tomb of the God of Life polluted by the Red Holy Spring; from a newly promoted demigod who held the power of the Kingdom of God and tens of thousands of gods and people, to an elite assassin ranked at the top of the empire's largest killer guild, Ye Xiao was so scared after every battle that he almost forgot what his normal strength was like in the early stage of this life.

In such a comparison, a talented young swordswoman who lives in a pampered aristocratic academy is indeed a bit inferior to others.

All I can say is that playing too many high-end games has its side effects, and Ella is also helpless.

Ye Xiao in the audience stands also snorted disdainfully. He was a little afraid that Ella would be tricked, so he came over here specifically to use his extra perspective to investigate whether the opponent had any additional arrangements at home. The result was this. If he had known earlier, he might as well have gone for a drink with Li Cheng.

If this were his home court, he would at least ask someone to give him some drugs to show respect for his opponent.

But his mocking chuckle was too obvious in the dead silence, and immediately caused a group of students from the Princess Faction around him to glare at him.

The piercing gazes made Ye Xiao a little nervous.

What the hell, what the hell, this Ella won the duel, but was beaten to death by a bunch of angry princess fans. That's too abstract.

"Oh! Her Highness Princess just let you do something, and you dare to be so arrogant!" Seeing that the situation was not right, Ye Xiao quickly thought of a way out and shouted indignantly, "Long live Her Highness Princess! Long live Her Highness Princess!"

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