I Became the Demon King of Lust

Once we were both on the stage, we stood there facing each other.

Long Shui Ling just looked at me with a wide smile on her face which made me feel quite strange as I didn't understand what she was doing.

However, I didn't have time to figure it out.

The judge came forward and asked both of us, "Are you ready?"

I could even hear it in the voice of the judge, it seemed that even he was excited for this fight.

I just calmly looked at him and gave a nod.

Long Shui Ling did the same thing before turning back to look at me with the same smile on her face.

Once he received these confirmations from us, the judge suddenly said, "Then let the fight begin!"

"I forfeit."

The moment that the judge's voice fell, Long Shui Ling said this.

There was only silence that lingered in the air after she said this as no one was able to process this.

Even I couldn't help looking at Long Shui Ling in shock after hearing this.

However, during all of this, she just had a casual smile on her face as if she didn't care about this at all.

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Finally, the judge recovered enough to ask, "I'm sorry, I think I misheard. Can you please repeat what you just said?"

Long Shui Ling gave a casual nod before saying, "I said that I forfeit."

The judge looked at her with a shocked look this time as he couldn't hold himself back anymore. He opened and closed his mouth a few times as if he wasn't able to find the words that he wanted to say.

But finally, he said, "Why?"

Long Shui Ling gave a shrug before saying, "I have no reason to keep participating in this tournament."

"Huh?" The judge really couldn't understand what she was saying this time.

This tournament was one that was being held by many large guilds, which meant that it was a very prestigious tournament. As long as an Awakener won this tournament, there was no doubt that they would become famous in the future.

Yet she said that there was no reason for her to participate in this tournament any longer?Nôv(el)B\\jnn

No matter how he looked at it, this seemed very strange.

So the judge turned to look at me with a look of suspicion.

It was as if he was thinking that I had something to do with Long Shui Ling's forfeit.

But Long Shui Ling was unhappy to see this and said, "Does it matter if I forfeit? I'm free to do whatever I want, right?"

The judge was taken aback when he heard this.

If she was forced to forfeit, then Long Shui Ling wouldn't have acted this way.

So did that mean that she was really forfeiting of her own volition?

That just didn't make any sense at all!

This completely shattered the world view of the judge since he thought that this tournament was a very prestigious event that anyone would want to participate in. However, it seemed that Long Shui Ling went against this norm which shattered that world view.

Long Shui Ling didn't bother with the judge anymore as she came over to my side and said, "Let's go."

She looked like she wanted to take my hand, but she held herself back in the end.

Seeing this, I revealed a bitter smile and then followed behind her.

Once we had moved away from the judge, I couldn't help asking, "Why did you forfeit?"

She just said with a smile, "Like I said, what reason do I have to participate any further. I think that I've already gone far enough, so there's no need for me to remain in this tournament any longer. Not to mention, it's more important that you go as far as you can. I want everyone to see how special you are."

The way that she said this and the way that she looked at me when she said this, I couldn't help feeling a chill run down my spine.

This was the fear that I had felt before when she and the others had appeared in my room.

It was almost as if there was some kind of darkness inside of her that was corrupting her…

I had no idea just what it was, but I could tell that it wasn't a good thing.

But how could I get it out of her?

I had no idea.

Just like this, the two of us headed back to the waiting room where Long Shui Ling was once again questioned.

Though there were a few that didn't question her on her decision.

The ones that didn't question her were Tammy, Bing Xin, and Claire.

In fact, it almost seemed like they supported her in her decision.

As for the rest of them, Long Shui Ling just said, "I have no reason to go any further than this like I already said. Don't you want to see our leader go further and reach the top? So there's no need for us to fight."

Blaze was the one that corrected her by saying, "But if you forfeit like this, wouldn't they think that he was won because of his relationship with you? This doesn't really prove how powerful our leader is, right?"

Long Shui Ling reacted in a strange way as she said, "Show me the one that thinks this. I'll prove it to them."

Blaze couldn't help being surprised when he heard this, but that wasn't it.

Even Tammy, Bing Xin, and Claire also joined in on this by backing Long Shui Ling up.

Faced with the four of them, Blaze had no choice but to back down.

Though he did look at Tammy with a strange look.

She was the one that he was supposed to fight, but to him…it didn't seem like she cared about him at all.

It was as if she thought that he wasn't worth her time, so she didn't bother caring about him. Instead, she focused on worrying about Lin Fan…

There was a small part of Blaze that was unwilling to accept this.