Chapter 6 – Guigui Becomes Famous

Du Liang continued to tease him: “See, see, you’re getting anxious now, aren’t you? It’s not like you’ve got any real strength, little brother.”

Zhao Bei pointed at Du Liang, no longer caring about family background at this point: “If you’ve got the guts, let’s fight one-on-one! One-on-one!”

Du Liang summoned his ice wolf: “Fine.”

The moment Zhao Bei heard Du Liang agree, his mind went completely blank. If he won against Du Liang now, he’d be provoking the Du Family; if he lost, he’d never be able to hold his head up again…

Su Ming tried to dissuade Du Liang: “Let me take the fight instead. I think I can win.”

Du Liang glanced at the Ice Crystal Turtle’s aura and felt it shouldn’t be any weaker than his own ice wolf:

“Then be careful, Brother Su, and make sure to watch out for him attacking you directly.”

Seeing that Su Ming actually dared to face him alone, Zhao Bei immediately breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he won against Su Ming today, there would still be room to turn things around.

Soon the two were on the dueling platform, and quite a few spectators came along too. Not for any other reason—Zhao Bei had been too arrogant, and they wanted to see him get taken down a peg.

Zhao Bei summoned a furious bear. Judging by its size, it was bigger than the Ice Crystal Turtle by more than just a little.

Du Liang: “Be careful, Brother Su. That bear feels like no ordinary one.”

Su Ming gave an OK gesture. In truth, he wasn’t sure whether this lazy, good-for-nothing Ice Crystal Turtle who did nothing but eat and sleep all day could pull it off. Losing wouldn’t matter much anyway—he was already the weakest in combat, so a loss was just a loss.

Actually, the Blood Soul Ghost had said she could go instead, but Su Ming felt it wasn’t necessary. It wouldn’t be wise to reveal too early that all of her ghosts existed.

Meanwhile, Shi Zhen had also come to watch this battle. She wanted to see if any of the new students could match her.

The Ice Crystal Turtle began absorbing all the water around it. Its body became more ice-like, and its size gradually grew larger.

No one had expected this—not even Su Ming himself knew the Ice Crystal Turtle had this trick up its sleeve.

Zhao Bei commanded the furious bear: “Go get him!”

The furious bear stepped forward with heavy strides. But by animal instinct, any beast would feel fear upon seeing something larger than itself—especially when the furious bear saw the Ice Crystal Turtle, which was now three times its own size.

The Ice Crystal Turtle looked at the furious bear: “Little bro, you believe me? I could get even bigger and stomp you flat.”

Neither the crowd nor the furious bear had expected the Ice Crystal Turtle to grow even larger. Just moments ago, it had only been the size of a palm!

The Ice Crystal Turtle kept growing. Gradually, the furious bear couldn’t even reach the Ice Crystal Turtle’s head.

The furious bear didn’t dare attack at all. It was now feeling rather regretful—why hadn’t it struck early while it still had the chance…

Zhao Bei’s heart was already starting to waver. He couldn’t understand why such an ordinary-looking Ice Crystal Turtle could grow this much.

Zhao Bei commanded: “U-use a skill or something…”

The furious bear pointed at the Ice Crystal Turtle, as if to say, “If you think you can, you go ahead.”

The crowd laughed at the sight of a beast tamer unable to command his own spirit beast. But Shi Zhen felt this Ice Crystal Turtle was anything but ordinary—definitely not as common as it appeared on the surface.

Because the Ice Crystal Turtle’s size was now so massive, Zhao Bei had no way to go around it and ambush Su Ming. If the furious bear wouldn’t attack, then surrendering was the only option.

At that moment, the Blood Soul Ghost sensed that the Ice Crystal Turtle could easily break through realm restrictions. In its enlarged state, it had now reached a terrifying Fifth Realm.

Su Ming noticed this too. She hadn’t expected this perverted turtle to be hiding his true strength so well…

The Ice Crystal Turtle let out a breath. The bone-chilling icy air immediately sent Zhao Bei and the furious bear shivering uncontrollably.

Ice Crystal Turtle: “If you’re going to fight, hurry up. Turtle here still needs his beauty sleep.”

Zhao Bei was unwilling to give up, but once the furious bear died, he would suffer severe backlash as a beast tamer. Moreover, the new student trial was imminent—he absolutely couldn’t lose sight of the bigger picture for the sake of a small gain…

Seeing Zhao Bei hesitate, Ice Crystal Turtle figured he might as well do a favor for his long-term meal ticket. He spat out a breath of cold air, freezing both of them solid in an instant.

Ice Crystal Turtle asked Su Ming, “Boss, that counts as my win, right? Look at the state they’re in now.”

Ice Crystal Turtle’s adorable appearance instantly won the hearts of many girls. After all, who wouldn’t love something that’s both powerful and cute all at once…

However, Shi Zhen noticed a problem with Ice Crystal Turtle’s skill—the wind-up was too long. Under normal circumstances, who would wait for you to grow big before fighting?

Su Ming waved her hand. “Come back.”

Ice Crystal Turtle instantly deflated like a punctured balloon, shrinking back down. His realm returned to the Third Realm, and he went back inside Su Ming’s body to continue sleeping.

“Keep the turtle! Keep him!”

A group of girls swarmed toward Su Ming. Seeing the situation going south, Du Liang quickly pulled Su Ming away.

After hiding in a safe spot, they took out their phones and saw that Ice Crystal Turtle’s photo had already been posted on the Vermilion Bird Academy’s official website.

Su Ming: “Damn, that’s insane.”

Du Liang sighed. “Yeah, that’s how it is. But give it a couple of days and the hype will die down.”

Su Ming thought for a moment. “Wait, that’s not right. The new student trial is in two days. Are you sure?”

Du Liang looked a bit awkward. “How about you just toss him out? I bet he’d live like a king—all kinds of beautiful girls fawning over him left and right…”

Su Ming interrupted, “Hold on, why is your nose bleeding?”

Du Liang wiped the blood away. “It’s definitely not because I’m thinking about cuddling with beautiful women. Trust me, it’s just the weather being a bit dry. We’ve been classmates for three years—you have to believe me.”

He patted his chest as he spoke, only to cough unexpectedly.

Su Ming: “You should stop rewarding yourself so frequently from now on.”

Du Liang: “Minor issue… cough cough.”

Su Ming: “…”

Du Liang: “Alright, alright, don’t worry about all that. Let’s go grab the new student trial handbook first, and then after we’re done, we’ll grab a meal.”

Soon enough, the two picked up the new student trial handbook. The content was simple enough—they would enter a secret realm to explore, where they’d be tested on practical combat ability by killing ghosts and beasts, along with some precautions to keep in mind.

Fortunately, Ice Crystal Turtle had been so massive earlier that he’d blocked Su Ming’s face from view. Su Ming blended into the crowd without being recognized by anyone else.

Only Zhao Bei kept staring at Su Ming with unconcealed defiance. He felt that if he’d just been fast enough, he definitely would have taken Su Ming down.

But Zhao Bei was far more famous than Su Ming. Su Ming was only popular among the girls because of Ice Crystal Turtle’s adorable appearance, while Zhao Bei’s reputation as Su Ming’s personal ATM was known to everyone, male or female.

“Hahaha, isn’t that the idiot? All the money his family donated went to someone else’s spending spree.”

“Tsk tsk tsk, don’t say that. His family’s got real money, otherwise they wouldn’t have covered three years of tuition, hahaha.”

“But does anyone know who that Su Ming is? I’d really like to meet her.”

“No idea, no idea, I don’t know. Just heard rumors. But those girls really like Su Ming’s Ice Crystal Turtle.”

“Strange, aren’t Ice Crystal Turtles pretty common? I’ve never heard of them being able to grow huge.”

“Who knows…”

For a time, the story of Su Ming and Zhao Bei spread far and wide. Wherever Zhao Bei went, people would point and whisper behind his back.

Zhao Bei felt helpless—he couldn’t exactly use his connections to shut everyone up, and when he got back, he had no idea how he’d be scolded.

As he walked down the road, one of his underlings asked:

“Boss, what do we do? Should we get revenge?”

“Revenge my ass, you—”

Before he could finish, a black-robed man suddenly appeared before him. The man completely concealed his face, exuding an aura of mystery and danger.

Zhao Bei: “Who are you?”

Black-Robed Man: “Want revenge? I can help you.”

Zhao Bei and his two underlings stared at the black-robed man before them. For some reason, the man gave them the feeling that if they refused, they would die!