Celebrating Too Early Was the Easiest Way to Blow It

Faced with Yan Ri's provocation, Jing Ni remained utterly calm, her expression unchanged.

If one wanted to accomplish great things, the greatest taboo was celebrating before the match was over.

Yet Yan Ri had not even taken the position of master of the Net yet and was already so careless.

Jing Ni looked down on this with complete disdain. She merely gave Yan Ri a cold glance and did not respond.

She would wait until the final result came out, then slap him hard across the face.

However, Yan Ri misunderstood her demeanor.

"Heh, Jing Ni is at least sensible. She knows she can't compete with me, so she has simply stopped talking."

Yan Ri thought to himself.

"Since she is being so cooperative, once I take power, I can consider keeping her around."

With that thought, Yan Ri looked at the many assassins present, assuming the posture of a victor.

He waited for the assassins to nominate him as the master of the Net.

The assassins below began whispering among themselves at the sight.

"Right now, our Net only has these three Heaven-tier Assassins in total."

"Lord Black-White Xuan Jian supports Lord Yan Ri as well. Lord Jing Ni has no chance of winning."

"That's right. Since that is the case, we should support Lord Yan Ri too."

"Lord Yan Ri has rendered service to the organization and shed blood for it. By both sentiment and reason, we should support his rise to power."

"Whoever refuses to support Lord Yan Ri, don't blame me for being rude."

The assassins discussed it heatedly, and nearly all of them unanimously declared their support for Yan Ri becoming the master of the Net.

Listening to their discussion, the delight on Yan Ri's face grew even stronger.

However, at that moment, Black-White Xuan