Chapter 271: Brother Ye Yuan

These two have been standing on the arena for over an hour now. Who's currently in the advantage?

Can't tell! Ye Yuan has had that blank expression from the start, as if controlled by Senior Sister Yu'er, but still no winner. Senior Sister Yu'er's expression is very rich, looking like she's struggling. I can't figure out what's going on.

This kind of fight is so boring; we can't even see how they're battling. They just stare at each other for over an hour.

Illusion battles can be more dangerous than martial battles! With your strength, if you fall into Senior Sister Yu'er's illusion, she could turn you into an idiot in minutes!

Truth be told, the match that everyone had high hopes for had become utterly dull.

From start to finish, the two had only made one move, then fell into a staring contest.

If Ye Yuan had been subdued by Tang Yu'er and made a fool of himself, that would be one thing.

Or if Tang Yu'er's illusion couldn't handle Ye Yuan and he won instead, either outcome would be acceptable.

But the two couldn't decide a winner, and their states were both bizarre, leaving everyone unsure who had the upper hand.

Suddenly, on the arena, Tang Yu'er let out a muffled groan and collapsed softly to the ground.

At that moment, Ye Yuan's eyes cleared, and he cupped his hands toward Tang Yu'er with a smile: "Yu'er... Senior Sister, thank you for yielding."

Ye Yuan deliberately drew out the syllables of "Yu'er," making it sound a bit strange.

Tang Yu'er had exhausted her soul power and could no longer fight.

She looked up at Ye Yuan's smiling face, filled with shame and anger. In the illusion just now, she had spent a lifetime with Ye Yuan and even borne his children!

This was an utter disgrace!

After the shame and anger, Tang Yu'er's hatred surged, and her gaze toward Ye Yuan was filled with murderous intent!

Even though it was only in the illusion, the feeling of being defiled clung to her like a shadow!

Tang Yu'er never expected that this lecher would also have such high attainments in illusion techniques.

She still couldn't understand how they had subtly swapped roles, or how Ye Yuan had drawn her into the trap. Such methods were simply inconceivable!

After all, this illusion was set by her, Tang Yu'er! Yet Ye Yuan had unknowingly taken over her illusion and placed her inside it, making her a puppet at his mercy!

Tang Yu'er gnashed her teeth, wishing she could grind Ye Yuan to dust!

"Ye Yuan, I warn you! If you dare to speak of what happened in the illusion, I'll make your life a living hell!" Tang Yu'er warned via telepathy.

Ye Yuan replied, "Haha, I have a problem: I can't stand being threatened. When threatened, my mouth runs loose and I spill everything. Yu'er... Senior Sister, what do you think?"

Tang Yu'er's expression changed: "You dare threaten me?"

"How would I dare threaten Yu'er... Senior Sister? It was clearly Yu'er... Senior Sister threatening me," Ye Yuan said, again dragging out the word "Yu'er."

Tang Yu'er was on the verge of breaking down. Coldly, she said, "Speak, what conditions do you want? I warn you, don't go too far! Don't even think about a toad eating swan meat!"

Ye Yuan smiled: "Hehe, I'm not a toad, and you're not a swan. But... I'm soft-hearted. How about you call me 'Brother Ye Yuan,' and I'll delete this memory? What do you say?"

"Brother Ye Yuan" was what Tang Yu'er had called Ye Yuan later in the illusion, when they were deeply in love and intimately entangled.

But making her say it in reality was more painful than killing her.

Her first impression of Ye Yuan was that he was a lecher, and now he had done such despicable things in the illusion. Tang Yu'er wished she could kill him; how could she utter such a nauseating term of endearment?

"You... you're dreaming!"

"Hmm, not calling? Then forget it. I don't care. I'll go find a few friends to chat with; I'm sure many would like to know what happened on the arena today."

"You! Fine, I... I'll call!"

"Okay, I'm listening."

"Ye... Ye Yuan... Brother!"

Even though it was telepathy, Tang Yu'er's voice was as faint as a mosquito's buzz.

"Huh? What did you say? I didn't hear!"

Tang Yu'er trembled with rage but had to call out: "Brother Ye Yuan!"

This time the voice was louder, but it didn't sound right at all.

Ye Yuan laughed: "Sigh... it doesn't have that feeling at all; it sounds completely flavorless. I'll let you off. I'll keep my mouth shut."

Ye Yuan was just playing around and joking with Tang Yu'er. After all, they were fellow disciples; he didn't want to go too far and knew when to stop.

Ye Yuan naturally knew that Tang Yu'er would hate him from now on, but he didn't care much.

To others, Tang Yu'er's illusion was very powerful. But to Ye Yuan, her illusion posed no threat at all.

Tang Yu'er struggled to stand up but still felt weak in the legs.

Nevertheless, she stood stubbornly and looked coldly at Ye Yuan: "Lost is lost; what's this about yielding?"

With that, Tang Yu'er walked off the arena with some difficulty.

The crowd looked at the stubborn Tang Yu'er, then at Ye Yuan on the arena, exchanging bewildered glances.

The invincible Senior Sister Yu'er, with her unparalleled illusion techniques, had actually lost?

It seemed... Ye Yuan was completely fine.

"Hey, Senior Sister Yu'er's soul power was so depleted, but Ye Yuan looks like nothing happened? Even if he won, shouldn't he have consumed some soul power?"

"Yeah, I'm wondering too! Ye Yuan clearly fell into the illusion, but aside from that blank stare, he seemed unchanged. This is really strange."

"Are you dumb? I heard Ye Yuan is also an alchemist! Maybe his attainments in soul power are even greater than Senior Sister Yu'er's!"

"You're the dumb one! I'm not blind; I saw Ye Yuan's badge! It's only a junior alchemist. Even if he broke through to mid Liquid Soul realm, his soul power would only be at mid alchemist level. How could he have no consumption after a fight with Senior Sister Yu'er?"

"This... this Ye Yuan is really full of mysteries!"

Sure enough, Ye Yuan continued his winning streak, once again "upsetting" a top-three opponent!

Tang Yu'er, with her masterful illusions, had inexplicably lost to Ye Yuan.

No one knew what kind of battle they had in the illusion; both parties kept their mouths shut.

On the other arena, Tian Yu and Sui Liang's match had long ended.

Unsurprisingly, Tian Yu defeated Sui Liang.

In the final round, Ye Yuan versus Tian Yu!