I Became the Demon King of Lust

When they came back to the waiting room together, it seemed that the relationship between Bing Xin and Tammy had become much better than before.

As they were walking in, they were even chatting with each other in a friendly manner that was completely different from how they had been before the fight.

It was as if all of the grudges that they had before had been forgotten and now they were close friends.

When I thought about it, it was similar to how yankees fought each other and then became friends afterwards.

Though these two were the furthest thing from that.

Still, it was good to see that they had become close like this.

First, there was their relationship with me.

I didn't want things to be rocky between them even though both of them felt something for me. I wanted them to at least be able to work normally since I would need them to do that in the future.

Second, it was their future as powerful Awakeners of large guilds.

There was no doubt that both of them would become even stronger with the Inferno Gem and the blue gem that they received from the first round. In the future, it was very likely that they would become S Rankers.

When that time came, there was no doubt that they would have to work with each other.

So it was good to see them get close for the time when they do work together.

The rest of the fights after their fight were as expected.

Blaze and Julius were both able to win their fights and make it to the next round.

This time, I was also called to the stage for the drawing show since I was finally drawing for my fight.

I hadn't had to worry about this the entire time since I had directly made it to the round of eight. But now that the round of eight was here, it was my time to fight.

However…I never expected the result that it gave me.

Long Shui Ling.

My first fight was with Long Shui Ling.

She was just as surprised when she saw that I was the one that she was fighting, but she didn't say anything more about it.

I had wanted to talk to her about this, but seeing that she just ignored this topic whenever I brought it up, it seemed that I wouldn't be able to talk to her about it.

The other surprising result was Blaze against Tammy.

It seemed that his luck in the draw had ended and now he was up against Tammy who he acknowledged had a stronger flame than his.

However, he didn't seem like he was depressed.

Rather, it looked like Blaze was actually looking forward to this fight.

It seemed like he wanted to test just how his flames would stand up against her flames.

This would help him in the future as it would allow him to learn how to make his flames stronger.

Since the drawing show was over, it was time for us to go back to the hotel to rest again.

…

The next morning, it was time for the round of eight.

This time, my match with Long Shui Ling was the first one of the day.

I had fully expected her to treat me differently when we came down for breakfast in the morning just like how Bing Xin and Tammy had been yesterday. However, I was surprised to find that she was acting the same as always.

It didn't seem like she cared about the fight that we were about to have.

It almost seemed like she wasn't a participant in the tournament at all with how carefree she was.

Rather, it made me look like the one that was the fool since I was the one that was worried about how this fight would go.

Long Shui Ling was powerful, I had to admit that.

If she was able to use her illusions right away, there was very little chance that I would be able to win unless I used my hidden trump cards.

After all, the Time Stop and Hypnosis skills were just too broken to contend against.

They were the skills of the demon king.

But I didn't want to use those skills unless it was absolutely necessary since this was a place where the world could see me. If someone with sharp eyes were to notice this, there was no doubt that my identity as the demon king would be exposed.

So I was actually very worried about this fight.

When it was time to leave, Long Shui Ling even took the same car as me and sat beside me without a single care in the world.

It was like she didn't care that we were about to fight after this.

But I just couldn't be the same.

So even if she was happily talking to me, I just gave a few non-committal responses from time to time.

She didn't care as she happily chatted away.

Even when we arrived at the stadium, she insisted on going into the same waiting room as me…

It was as if she didn't have a single care in the world.

Still, I couldn't say any harsh words to her, so I just ignored her and prepared myself.

When it was time for the fight, Long Shui Ling suddenly said, "Look at you, all nervous for nothing."

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Without explaining herself, she walked off to head to the stage.

I was just left there with a confused look on my face as I wondered what she was talking about.

But I still had to follow her onto the stage, so I left the waiting room.

When we arrived on the stage, there were cheers that came from all around us.

The audience seemed very excited about this fight, but that wasn't strange since they had just witnessed Long Shui Ling's power yesterday.

At the same time, this would be the first fight for me, the number one person from both the first and second rounds.

So it would be a very exciting fight.

Or at least it should have been…