The Empress Was Insulted

"Hit him, hit him!"

"No, I can't beat him! Run, run!"

"You have Flash, don't chicken out!"

"Huh? Why did you use Flash right away?"

"I was reminding you that you had Flash, not telling you to Flash straight at him..."

"Forget it, forget it. The earlier you use it, the sooner it's off cooldown. You scared him off, so this trade wasn't a loss!"

"Their jungler's here, Flash! Uh... I forgot you don't have Flash anymore..."

"..."

With Lin Fan and Zhou Yan calling out instructions one after another, combined with Long Yue's superb skills, the match quickly opened with a glorious 0–8 scoreline.

Although her record was abysmal, it did nothing to shake her unyielding spirit. Every time she returned from base, she still charged fearlessly forward and fought her opponents head-on!

How could she, the Empress of the Immortal Realm, shrink back just because of a few trivial deaths?!

At that moment, their mid-lane teammate finally couldn't stand it anymore and started typing.

"Niu Mo, what the fuck are you doing, Niu Mo?!"

"Hm? Is he insulting me?"

Long Yue frowned at the message in the chat box and turned to Lin Fan in confusion.

Lin Fan decisively shook his head and comforted her.

"He's insulting Niu Mo. It has nothing to do with you, so just ignore him."

"Oh..."

Long Yue responded and continued immersing herself in the game with peace of mind. But as she looked at the Niu Mo character she was controlling, she suddenly realized something was wrong.

She was playing Niu Mo right now. If that person was insulting Niu Mo, wasn't he insulting her...?

"Moronic Niu Mo!"

The mid-laner relentlessly continued hurling insults in all-chat. This time, Long Yue finally understood.

"He actually dared insult this Empress?!"

Long Yue was furious and incredulous.

She was the Empress of the Extreme Saint Heavenly Palace. Wherever she went, countless people revered and worshipped her. Even when facing all manner of demons and villains, she had never suffered such verbal abuse!

If this had happened on the Immortal-Demon Continent, she would not even have needed to act personally. The crime of insulting the Empress alone would have been enough to wipe out nine generations of his family!

"This is too much! We can't let him get away with it. Curse him back!"

"That's right! Sister-in-law, curse him to death!"

Lin Fan and Zhou Yan could not stand it either. Their side had indeed played rather poorly and fed a little, so being criticized once or twice was understandable. But the other guy just would not let up.

How could they possibly tolerate that?!

"hundan..."

Long Yue slowly typed out pinyin characters one by one in all-chat. Her typing speed made Lin Fan and Zhou Yan, standing beside her, anxious to death.

Before she could even finish one sentence, the other person might have already sent over a dozen insults.

With that typing speed, how was she supposed to defend the family tree in Zaun?

Typing slowly was one thing. After all, she had only just begun practicing pinyin, so it was normal for her to be slower. But when the two saw what she had typed, they could not help but freeze.

"Bastard! You insolent wretch! How dare you speak disrespectfully to this Empress!"

Lin Fan: "..."

Zhou Yan: "..."

Lin Fan and Zhou Yan stared at Long Yue with expressions that said, "Are you kidding me?"

They had told her to curse him fiercely, and this was what she came up with...?

It was neither painful nor itchy. Rather than cursing someone, it sounded more like she was acting cute...

"Lin Fan, sister-in-law's insults are way too gentle..."

"Your sister-in-law is just like that. She doesn't know how to curse..."

Lin Fan did not know whether to laugh or cry, but he also felt relieved.

So far, the harshest things he had ever heard Long Yue call him were that string of words from last time—"pervert," "shameless," "lecherous," and the like.

With the upbringing of the Empress of the Immortal Realm, she simply could not bring herself to say anything more vicious...

In the game, the mid-laner saw Long Yue's message and immediately began mocking her again.

"Bro, are you even insulting me? I thought you were acting cute with me. Hahaha."

"With typing speed and cursing skills like that, you dare come argue with me? Did your mom abandon you?"

"Come back and argue with me once you learn how to type, little kid!"

Long Yue: "...!"

As streams of mocking messages continuously flashed before her eyes in all-chat while she had yet to finish even a single sentence, Long Yue trembled with rage. Her fingers gripped the phone screen so hard that she nearly crushed it.

When had she ever suffered such humiliation and abuse? Yet she had not fully mastered this world's pinyin input method, making even a counterattack seem so powerless...

Long Yue turned her head, her eyes misted with tears. She bit her red lips with her pearly teeth in resentment and looked at Lin Fan with a pitiful expression.

"Are you angry? Do you want to curse him back?" Lin Fan asked.

"Mhm!"

Long Yue nodded solemnly, her face full of expectation.

"Fine, then let me do it."

Lin Fan smiled helplessly, took her phone, and rapidly "played" across the all-chat with both hands as though striking piano keys.

"*****(censored), I didn't want to bother with you, but you really think that gives you the right!"

"It's just a casual match for fun. What are you yelling for? Not letting people practice heroes, huh?"

"**(censored), you think you're the only one who can type? Huh? Keep barking!"

"..."

In the blink of an eye, the tide of battle in all-chat had reversed. Within seconds, Lin Fan had typed over a dozen messages in retaliation, burying the other person's messages beneath his barrage of insults.

Zhou Yan stood beside them with his arms folded, nodding in satisfaction.

Now that was more like it!

This was what arguing online was called. What sister-in-law had done earlier was called acting cute!

Long Yue leaned close beside Lin Fan, craning her neck to stare at all-chat. A trace of admiration involuntarily appeared in her eyes as she looked at him.

The Demon Supreme typed so fast. He was amazing...

And he was even standing up for her...

Soon, as Lin Fan and the other player fiercely exchanged words, the battlefield gradually shifted from typed insults to voice chat abuse, turning into an early-morning esports recitation class.

When Lin Fan grew tired of cursing, Zhou Yan seamlessly took over from behind him. Only when they cursed the other person hoarse did this battle to defend the family tree finally end with the destruction of the base...

"Hahaha, that felt great! It's been so long since I argued with someone in a game. Looks like I haven't lost my touch after all~"

Zhou Yan looked thoroughly refreshed as he handed the phone back to Long Yue, still wanting more.

Long Yue took the phone, and a pleased smile unconsciously curled across her lips.

Back on the Immortal-Demon Continent, whenever someone offended her or spoke disrespectfully to her, she always dealt with them personally. This was the first time she had let someone else stand up for her, and for some reason, it made her quite happy.

After that, Long Yue played several more casual matches to practice. Though she was still far from King-level, her control and understanding of the game became increasingly proficient with every match. From going 0–8 at the start to later solo-killing opponents, her progress was visibly astonishing.

After only a few matches, she already felt as though she had transformed from a complete beginner into a mid-rank player.

Watching her improve so quickly, Zhou Yan could not help but stare in amazement.

"Lin Fan, was sister-in-law really not pretending to be weak before? She picked this up way too fast. Could she actually have talent for gaming?"

"Perhaps."

Lin Fan smiled and did not explain further. He was not particularly surprised by Long Yue's improvement.

After all, she had once been the Empress of the Immortal Realm. Her reaction speed and hand speed were both exceptionally fast. What she lacked was merely an understanding of the game and its heroes.

He believed that as long as she became more familiar with the game and the heroes' mechanics, it would not be long before she mastered this game...!