Only after Mistblade returned to the player spectator platform, and the fluorescence in the air transformed into antlers and a whale's tail, did a reply arrive from [Zai Jiu].
[Zai Jiu]: It was delivered, but a step too late. It was already over. The Godly Game sent a notification to every member of the Undead race. Your teacher learned about the punishment for this duel and the Withered Overlord's final choice. She refused all the conversion materials.
[Zai Jiu]: She said, thank you for planning a way for her to survive, but all Undead take pride in being subjects of the Withered Overlord.
[Xunge]: I understand. Please tell her I respect her decision.
Ending the communication, Yu Xunge looked calmly toward Qiu Lu of With Deer and Tingzhou Jing'e, who had already begun fighting on the Clock Dial.
Unlike Mistblade and Kufu, these two had skipped the pre-battle threats entirely. In unspoken agreement, they had launched attacks at each other simultaneously, then deftly evaded each other's skills at the same time, as though they had rehearsed it countless times.
Perhaps it was because of the stat suppression, or perhaps Qiu Lu of With Deer had already dropped to Tier 18 after several reshuffling games, but she fought evenly with Mirror Goose, who was also Tier 18.
As two of the rare living beings whose forms were entirely animal, With Mountain and Wind Whale both possessed exceptionally powerful innate abilities.
Mountains and waves never ceased appearing on the Clock Dial. Even with their currently limited mana, these abilities came as naturally to them as breathing.
But Mirror Goose took control of Qiu Lu's skills again and again. Less than three minutes into the fight, Qiu Lu was at a disadvantage, her HP below 30, while Mirror Goose's remained above 50.
Yet