The elder giddily pulled his hand out of the container with a piece of paper in his grasp. He was certain that he couldn't have picked Li Bai's name this time!
Humming, he unfolded the paper with his eyes closed. He was still a little worried that he picked his name again.
He slowly opened one of his eyes, and read the name written on the paper. The crowd was paying close attention to his actions. The elder frowned.
"Don't tell me... did Li Bai get picked again?"
The crowd started to discuss the reason why the elder frowned again.
Could it be that Li Bai truly did get picked again? If so, then his luck would have run out already!
However, they didn't dismiss that possibility. There was still a slight chance that Li Bai could get picked by the elder, seeing as he looked so hesitant to announce the name that got picked.
"Z..."
Suddenly, the elder's voice rang throughout the area. The crowd stopped their chatter and turned to look at the elder. As they heard the "Z" sound, they all wiped their foreheads in relief.
They were still confused nonetheless. Why is the elder so dissatisfied with the one he picked? It surely isn't Li Bai, who else could he be disappointed with?
"Zhao Mei... gets the free pass."
As they heard the elder's voice announcing the name, they were even more perplexed. Why didn't he want that lass Zhao Mei to get the free pass?
One of the people amongst the crowd suggested.
"Maybe it's because she only won out of luck, like Li Bai."
Upon hearing this man's statement, many nodded in agreement. This lass did win through luck, didn't she? Even the elder picking the names was nodding his head!
Only Li Bai shook his head in disagreement as he knew that Zhao Mei did not win out of sheer luck but rather, it was because of her extremely fast movements, so fast that even the formidable experts among the crowd couldn't detect them!
Regardless, the elder continued quickly, not like in the previous cases where he picked Li Bai. He was too shocked to continue!
The next name that he picked was... Li Bai!
Everyone rejoiced! At last, that trash is finally going to get lost! Losing in under a breath's time... is already overestimating him!
Even Li Bai was full of joy when he heard his name! However, it was for the completely opposite reason as opposed to the crowd's reason. At last, I finally get to show my strength! Winning in under a breath's time... is already underestimating me!
The elder picked the next name immediately, hoping to pick a strong competitor so that he could destroy Li Bai's arrogance! As he retracted his hand and unfolded the paper, a grin slowly crept up his face.
The crowd saw this creepy expression by the elder, and they all shuddered. Even Zhou Gang shuddered! Except, it was because water from behind fell on him accidentally.
The elder announced the next name, and it was none of the three who were the most cheered for. Zhao Mei was already removed from the group, as she was thought to be winning out of luck, just like Li Bai.
The name that the elder announced, however, was from the Zhou clan!
"Zhou Yang!"
Immediately after hearing the name, the crowd had similar expressions to the one the elder possessed a few moments ago, grinning sinisterly.
