Yu Xunge sat on the roof of her home. Rather than checking her mailbox right away, she reviewed the earlier battle in her mind and settled her emotions, idly flicking a gold coin high into the air with her right hand.
As the gold coin spun, she happened to see the scene of herself activating Tian Huhaoqi for the first time in Astralana.
It seemed to have been the same that year: she had been forced to leave just as the real show was about to begin, just like now.
She regretted not having settled the outcome with Mountains Xunge, and she regretted not having destroyed a few more Order Badges.
It looked like a draw, or even a narrow victory. After all, she had forced Quiet Mountains to enter the fray personally.
Yet she remained dissatisfied... Even if she could no longer activate [Wildfire Rekindled], she wanted to keep fighting rather than be forced to leave.
She liked clear victories and defeats, clear relationships.
She was not just reviewing that final battle, but also what she had come to understand during this game.
She had always thought [Romantic Detour] referred to Zai Jiu, but only when this "Quiet Mountains" game ended did she suddenly realize that Romantic Detour described not only how she had steered Zai Jiu off its original course, but also herself.
B80 lay beside her, hugging a Power Bank and charging, while Tulan ate three-star dishes to recover her strength. Using their fusion skill had not put much strain on Yu Xunge, but Tulan, as she was now, struggled a little to keep up with combat of such intensity. She suddenly exclaimed, "Mistblade is in first place?!"
At that, Yu Xunge opened the Ladder Ranking.
Sure enough, Zichuan Taoyou was no longer in first place.
Instead,