Donovan stated his position, and naturally, Lucas Jennings and Adam Jennings had no objections.
Lucas worried that he might not be showing enough enthusiasm, so he proactively expressed,
"Chaos? Bring it on! We love chaos the most!"
As he spoke, he didn’t forget to pull in Adam, who was beside him, "Brother Adam, right?!"
Adam: ...
"Hmm... I like it too, it’s thrilling."
Thus, the matter of the trio staying was settled.
However, because the Demonization Barrier Eye Technique on Lucas had disappeared, he couldn’t follow them back to the seats in the venue to watch the match.
Scarlett Jennings asked him to stay there, with Sylvia Murray and other Mystic Regulation Office members.
As for her and Samuel Chalmers, they continued to be responsible for screening demons at the two venues, which might have been contaminated by the impurity.
Before they parted, Scarlett motioned to Samuel,
"Give me your hand for a moment."
Her voice was very calm, no sign of the previous outburst.
Even though Samuel didn’t know what she wanted to do, he still gave her his hand.
Scarlett placed her palm on his, regardless of his reaction, silently releasing Demon Energy trying to sense the aura in him.
Samuel noticed but did not stop her.
It wasn’t until she confirmed that, as he said, the absorbed impurity hadn’t had any unusual effect on him, that Scarlett retracted her hand.
Then she decisively turned around, leading Donovan and the others straight back to the first venue.
Samuel watched her leave and after a moment, he finally turned around to return to his own second venue.
Scarlett’s face remained calm the whole time, which actually made Donovan and the others a bit worried.
Dashiell initially wanted to stay with Lucas, but after all, worried about Scarlett, he followed her, looking at her, wanting to speak but stopping,
"Scarlett, are you alright?"
Looking at him, Scarlett seemed to know what he was asking but showed no signs of any waves on her face, instead saying,
"I’m fine, I’ve made up my mind."
Upon hearing this, Donovan and the others looked at her, seemingly curious about what she’d decided.
And heard her continue,
"Once this is resolved, I’ll try striking him with the Thunder Talisman a few times."
The "him" naturally referred to Samuel.
Scarlett was talking about Dashiell’s suggestion from earlier, using a similar method to shake things up for him.
Scarlett initially wanted to try using the Thunder Talisman but was later dissuaded by Dashiell.
But now she felt that such a more intense approach might not be too bad to use.
Isn’t it just memories without feelings?
Strike him a few times, who knows, it might wake him up.
Anyway, he himself said,
He’s a Dragon Vein now, physically robust, won’t be damaged.
The few people present listened to her words, at this moment, falling silent with a somewhat subtle expression.
Her too calm response after hearing Samuel’s words made Donovan worry she might be holding in her hurt feelings.
Thinking now, Scarlett wasn’t someone who would bury her grievances and wrong herself.
Seeing she clearly had an idea, Donovan was suddenly relieved, eyebrows curving, laughing,
"I think it’s a good idea."
Adam: ...
Shouldn’t you listen to what you’re saying?
If someone doesn’t love you anymore, they deserve a lightning strike.
Is this how couples are treated in the Mystical Scholarly Realm?
Then again, if it weren’t Samuel, Scarlett probably wouldn’t care so much.
Anyway, Samuel isn’t an ordinary person now, perhaps, probably, should be undamageable.
The speaker was Wu Hu, a pureblood Tiger Demon, probably the best friend of Hill within the Demon Level.
Hill mumbled a vague agreement, but showed no enthusiasm.
He didn’t understand why the internal selection had to include fights.
He didn’t enjoy fighting.
He’s a national treasure; why does he still have to fight?
Mumbling inwardly, sure enough, when the group arena commenced, Hill hung onto Wu Hu’s legs throughout to pass the rough screening.
Scarlett watched his whole performance and, despite the influence of the Array, saw no intention of him to wield his demonic power.
After thinking for a moment, before the next match’s commencement, she had the staff help bring something over.
The next match was a duel; only those who passed the previous round screening could enter this collective match stage.
Hill looked at his first match selection and saw he was paired against Luke Hearne. He immediately decided to surrender once on stage.
He knew Luke Hearne; biting from him hurt.
Though his skin was thick, he didn’t want to be bitten by a fox.
Having made up his mind, Hill suddenly sniffed something, turning instinctively to a certain place.
On the stands, Scarlett had an extra fresh bamboo shoot in her hand, without him knowing when.
He didn’t know what she did to that bamboo shoot, but Hill witnessed a tempting Golden Light emanating from it, and just from watching far away, he couldn’t resist drooling.
At that moment, Scarlett matched his gaze, squinting her almond-shaped eyes slightly, then mouthed something to him across the distance.
Hill’s pair of shiny black eyes sparkled brightly. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢
He saw her say—
[Win this match, it’s yours.]
Almost instantly, Hill’s aura changed.
The chubby body of his slowly straightened up, and as the match commenced, the Panda Demon’s power erupted all around.
The next second, he transformed right there into a round, rotund fat panda, then ferociously charged directly at the opposite side, Luke Hearne.
The Golden Bamboo Shoot, he was determined to eat it!

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