Chapter 713

In the vast space of consciousness, a young man exuding a fierce aura appeared before Hongdou. She tentatively greeted him, "Hello, are you my opponent?"

However, the other person did not respond to her greeting, but instead covered his face with one hand and let out a maniacal laugh.

"Hahaha, I never thought I'd have a chance to make a comeback after all this time. This is fantastic! I thought I'd never have a chance to avenge myself on that arrow that Si Ming shot back then."

"Are you Xiao Ming's enemy?"

"Hmph, my name is Lian Buqi. I had a bright future ahead of me. If I could have grown up smoothly, advancing to the Nascent Spirit Transformation would have been a piece of cake, and even breaking through to the Void stage wasn't impossible. But it was all ruined by Si Ming in the mere Haibin County Junior Martial Arts Tournament!" Lian Buqi's tone was filled with hatred. "You're Si Ming's woman, aren't you? Even though it's in a side story, being able to take revenge on Si Ming in another way is a testament to how kind fate has been to me."

"You fought with Xiao Ming? Are you very strong too?"

At this moment, Hongdou thought of her maternal grandfather Purple-Pupiled Spirit King. Back then Si Ming had to exert a great deal of effort to barely win. The next level up included the Moth Emperor and the leader of the Crimson Eye Society. Although Si Ming won easily, they were undoubtedly formidable opponents. Even now, she would have a greater chance of losing than winning against them.

"Of course, if he hadn't overcome his mental barrier during the battle, I would have been the one to win in the end."

Lian Buqi sneered, brimming with confidence, "The one fighting you now isn't the same me from before. It's the one who, driven by hatred, has undergone five years of relentless, day-and-night training, completely transformed, a different person from the past. Don't worry, I'll torture you mercilessly and make Si Ming regret his past acts of chivalry!"

Hongdou's expression turned extremely serious as she said, "Although I don't know why you have a grudge against Xiao Ming, I'm certain you're a bad person, so I'm going all out to deal with you."

"Hahaha, you're truly ignorant and fearless to say such things. Do you think you can bridge the vast gap between us with sheer willpower? Or perhaps, the difference in strength is so great that you can't even see through the other's abilities?"

Lian Buqi looked Hongdou up and down and found that there was no trace of martial arts Lian Buqi on her body. Even her posture was full of flaws. She was clearly a complete novice.

"If I can't even beat a little brat like you, I might as well give up my martial arts and go back to farming!"

Seeing the opponent's arrogant tone, Hongdou dared not be careless. She reached into the void and drew out the Purple Primal Emperor Slash.

Upon seeing this, Lian Buqi was surprised, but then he remembered that this was a consciousness space, and it was normal to summon weapons out of thin air. He tried to summon a ghost head saber, and sure enough, it appeared in his palm in a flash.

"Hmph, although using it on you is a bit of an overkill, to avoid any accidents, I'll use you to test this newly mastered Fuel-Air Explosive Palm technique."

Lian Buqi, his internal energy surged, causing a large amount of airflow to gather around him, and his temperature continued to rise.

This scene puzzled Hongdou. The opponent's cultivation level seemed to be much lower than she had imagined. However, she remembered that Si Ming also seemed to like to use the tactic of showing weakness to the enemy. She immediately understood and reminded herself not to underestimate her opponent. Then she pushed her cultivation level to the extreme by exerting all her strength.

Knowing she had no talent for martial arts and lacked combat experience, she decided to follow Si Ming's advice: avoid prolonged combat, avoid weaknesses in her opponent's techniques, and use her ultimate moves to decide the outcome.

In an instant, Hongdou leaped into the air, raised her sword to the sky with one hand, and the surrounding space contracted inward, folding like a piece of paper. It folded seven times in a row, and then covered the Purple Primal Emperor Slash like a coating.

"The Dark Mist World-Changing Level Wilderness Severance!" -- The Narrator-kun shouted through a megaphone.

Feeling the overwhelming aura emanating from Hongdou and the strange phenomena in the sky, Lian Buqi, whose momentum was completely crushed, was utterly dumbfounded.

"... No, this is an illusion! Yes, it must be an illusion! Hahaha, you can't fool me, prepare to die!"

With the imposing aura of "The wind howls and the Yi River is cold," Lian Buqi his palm and charged into the air.

"Congratulations, Miss Hongdou, you've passed the test," Su Yingbo said.

"Huh, you won already?" Hongdou blinked, looking at her hands in disbelief, and muttered, "Was he deliberately letting me win? This guy named Lian Buqi has actually reformed and wants to repay Xiao Ming's kindness, so he deliberately played the bad guy in the consciousness space to help me pass?"

Seeing that Hongdou's expression was a bit strange, Yu Shuying worried that something was wrong and asked, "What's wrong? Did you encounter a powerful enemy?"

"No, he's not an enemy, he's a good person, I think..."

"A good person? What happened?" The difference in their cultivation levels was too great; Mind-Reading Technique was ineffective, Yu Shuying had no choice but to give up. "Forget it, don't waste time here, let's go."

"Oh, then Xiao Ying, I'll be going now. Remember to catch up right away!"

"Wait a minute, give me that title right now..."

Before Yu Shuying could finish speaking, Hongdou had already disappeared, leaving behind a shockwave from the explosion.

A moment later, Yuezheng Yao arrived at the checkpoint. After learning that Hongdou had already passed through, she did not hesitate to accept the challenge and immediately entered the consciousness space.

"My opponent is... classmate Liu Qingqing?"

Upon seeing the other person's appearance, Yuezheng Yao was secretly delighted, marveling at her good luck. Although this classmate Liu Qingqing often appeared and disappeared unpredictably and could be easily overlooked, that was only when one was not paying attention to the other person. After all, a person cannot simply vanish into thin air. As long as one had locked onto the other person beforehand, one would not forget them.

Yuezheng Yao also lacked combat experience, but her situation was different from Hongdou's. At least she practiced martial arts regularly, and her moves and techniques were still quite decent. Moreover, she was Spirit Transformation, and the difference in cultivation level was enough to determine the outcome. With just one flawless, No-Void Sound Barrier, her opponent would have no way to break through it.

"Liu, you should admit defeat. With your cultivation level, you can't hurt me at all... Hmm, speaking of which, you look much more mature than before. Could you be Liu Qingqing from the future?"

As soon as she finished speaking, a line of blood appeared on Yuezheng Yao's neck, and her body suddenly stiffened.

My name is Lin Qingluo, not Liu Qingqing.

The young woman who appeared behind them at some unknown time lightly flicked her dagger, shaking off the blood.

Chinese New Year Special (Part 5)

"Announcement: Contestant Yuezheng Yao has been eliminated."

Upon hearing the announcement, Si Jingyu smiled. Now that the two strongest Nascent Spirit Transformation among them were out of the game, the safety of the battle zone had increased significantly.

"Just as expected, the first two checkpoints were set up so simply to save as many players as possible, but it won't be easy all the way. The difficulty will increase as you go on, and the battle zone directly encourages players to fight each other... It's about time to speed things up."

Si Jingyu stopped her leisurely stroll and summoned her Lineage's exclusive deity to defend against traps, especially the frozen ground, to avoid hidden darts, pitfalls, and other mechanisms. At the same time, she used the Mirror Reflection Technique to deflect all the incoming hidden weapons. No longer caring whether she had stepped on any traps, she ran wildly through the trap zone.

When she arrived at the third checkpoint, she happened to see Yu Shuying, who had been waiting for ten minutes, leaving behind Murong siblings and Si Huaruo.

After hearing the details of the third round from Su Yingbo, Si Jingyu said to the three people who remained, "It seems you all chose to abstain, a truly wise choice."

At the same time, his gaze swept over Murong Wu, concluding that the other two were likely staying behind for his sake.