When everyone entered Area 5, the scene was exactly the same as yesterday: a boundless plain carpeted in lush grass, with a white horse neighing in the lingering glow of the setting sun.
Then came the white horse entering the village, with Zhao Zilong leading ten fully armored knights onto the stage.
This time, before Zhao Zilong could announce his name, Lena directly hurled a string of Micro-Radiationless Flares at him!
"Despicable!" Zhao Zilong leaped into the air, lightning flashing across the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Spear in his hand. But his ten subordinates suffered instead, horses and riders tumbling everywhere.
Lena ignored Zhao Zilong's furious roar. As she bombarded his subordinates with Solar Flare Bombardments, she jerked her chin at Zhao Xin. "Go!"
Zhao Xin felt somewhat uneasy. Zhao Zilong's rage was off the charts today, and he was worried that he would be downed in a single move.
After hesitating for a moment, Zhao Xin gritted his teeth, summoned his spear, and shot into the sky with a bang, aiming straight for the descending Zhao Zilong!
"Heh, perfect!" Zhao Zilong sneered. He thrust the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Spear forward, dancing it into a roaming dragon that instantly sealed off every path Zhao Xin could use to evade!
Zhao Xin's expression changed repeatedly, but the arrow was already on the string and had to be fired. He had no room for other choices. Red-eyed, he could only withstand Zhao Zilong's attack head-on and trade injury for injury!
"Ignorant brat, how foolish!" Zhao Zilong sneered. Borrowing the force of Zhao Xin's countercharge, he lightly twisted his body and dodged Zhao Xin's attack. The Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Spear spun around his body before its shaft viciously smashed into the back of Zhao Xin, who had already crossed past him!
Their exchange was incredibly fast. In the blink of an eye, everyone only saw flashes of spear shadows in the air before the two of them crossed paths!
Zhao Xin slammed heavily into the ground, rolling a long distance before stopping. He was covered in wounds and kept coughing up blood...
The moment Zhao Zilong landed, he vanished from sight, moving at a terrifying speed!
Wei Zitong was startled. This was the consequence of rashly changing the plot! Zhao Zilong had not fought Zhao Xin one-on-one as he had yesterday. Instead, after severely wounding Zhao Xin with one strike, he charged straight at Lena, who was continuously attacking his subordinates!
He was simply too fast. Even after Wei Zitong pushed his dynamic vision to the limit, he could only see a long trail of afterimages, as though some terrifying force had stretched Zhao Zilong's body out. Right, it looked extremely similar to the effect of his Negate: Distance ability!
"Old Yi!" Wei Zitong shouted. Here, only Wuji Yi, who had already reached the level of a Third Generation Super Soldier, could face Zhao Zilong head-on!
"Mm!" Wuji Yi nodded forcefully, strode forward, closed his eyes, and carefully sensed the subtle changes around him.
Without hesitation, Wei Zitong added the three buffs "Indestructible," "Immense Strength," and "Limitless Speed" to Wuji Yi, boosting his combat power!
But as a result, his energy was instantly depleted!
Wei Zitong had never imagined that applying buffs to a Third Generation Super Soldier would consume more energy than usual. Other than giving Lena invisibility when she had first arrived on Earth, he had not dared to apply any buffs or debuffs to her, so he had never researched this aspect.
Well, that was just great. His energy was in critical condition again, and his face turned deathly pale!
Lena seemed to possess an innate sensitivity toward Wei Zitong's energy reserves. Whenever his energy ran low, she always noticed immediately and casually pressed an Energy Orb into his body.
Meanwhile, Wuji Yi had already engaged Zhao Zilong. Their weapons, abilities, and techniques differed, but they fought evenly!
Zhao Zilong's spearplay was peerless. With the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Spear in hand, he was like an enraged, roaring silver dragon. His attacks were powerful and heavy, yet astonishingly fast, the spear blossoms he created dense and all-pervasive!
Wuji Yi, meanwhile, remained calm and steady, motionless as a mountain. Yet once he moved, it was earth-shaking. He could shift from absolute stillness to extreme motion in an instant, the transition flawless. Every slash of his sword blocked Zhao Zilong's attacks at the very last possible moment!
But Wei Zitong could tell that Wuji Yi was actually at a slight disadvantage. Facing Zhao Zilong's relentlessly pressing assault, he could only defend!
"Your grandpa Zhao Xin is here!"
The furious shout startled the two combatants and surprised the spectators. Zhao Xin stood surrounded by curling lightning, his aura imposing!
"Let this turtle bastard see what the true Spear of the Virtuous Star is!" Zhao Xin flicked his spear, bent his knees, lowered his body, and roared as he assumed a charging stance.
Wei Zitong and Lena exchanged glances. Both saw surprise and confusion in the other's eyes. Was the enhancement mechanism that easy to trigger? How did the system determine it?
"Maybe because Zhao Xin already triggered it once yesterday?" Lena asked uncertainly.
"Maybe..." Wei Zitong was not sure either.
Zhao Zilong's face darkened like the bottom of a pot. He knocked aside Wuji Yi's thrust with one sweep of his spear and said through gritted teeth, "You brat, don't get cocky!"
"Grandson, you won't know until you try!" Zhao Xin curled his lips and sneered disdainfully.
"Die!" Zhao Zilong roared, transforming into a streak of lightning as he flew toward Zhao Xin!
Zhao Xin charged to meet him without showing any weakness, and his speed was not inferior to Zhao Zilong's in the slightest!
The two grew faster and faster until even Wei Zitong's dynamic vision could no longer capture their forms. All he saw were two streaks of lightning crossing through one another!
Then their figures abruptly stopped, kicking up showers of sparks and clouds of dust as the lightning around them dissipated at the same time.
"Zhao Xin won!" Lena said. Among those present, only her Divine Body's dynamic vision could capture their movements. After a pause, she added, "But Zhao Xin is seriously injured. That kid went too far. There was no need to decide the match in one move!"
As the dust dispersed, a huge penetrating wound was revealed in Zhao Xin's right chest, blood gushing from it in streams.
Zhao Zilong, meanwhile, had been pierced directly through the heart and collapsed limply.
"System notification: Area 5 has been cleared!"
The system's cold voice echoed through the entire Virtual World, but Wei Zitong had no time to care about that. Activating Negate: Distance, he teleported directly to Zhao Xin's side and caught him before he could fall.
"Th-this old antique doesn't know how to use, cough, wormholes, cough cough cough..." Zhao Xin said with a bloody cough and a smile.
"Don't talk. We're getting out now. You'll recover once we leave!" Wei Zitong said hurriedly.
"Zitong, Xin Ye was ridiculously handsome today, right?" Zhao Xin slumped weakly against Wei Zitong's shoulder and asked smugly.
"Handsome. Ridiculously handsome!" Wei Zitong nodded. "We're leaving right away, so hold on!"
"Cough cough, Xin Ye is this handsome, so why won't Lena look at me more?" Zhao Xin's expression suddenly wilted as he murmured dejectedly.
Wei Zitong froze, his face turning even paler. Only then did he remember that this unlucky kid had originally had a crush on Lena. Over the past few days, Zhao Xin had seen Lena being intimate with him so many times without saying a word. He had thought that because of his arrival, Zhao Xin had not fallen for Lena...
"She will look at you. She'll definitely look at you lots and lots more..." Wei Zitong softly comforted him as they walked.
"Don't comfort me. I know Lena likes you..." Zhao Xin shook his head and said with a dispirited expression, "Treat Lena well..."
Wei Zitong's face was full of bitterness. Just as he was about to say something, Lena rushed over with a Flowing Light Technique and said, "Why are you still dawdling? Zhao Xin is almost out of blood... Huh? You're out of energy again?"
Wei Zitong thought, Isn't that obvious? Have you ever seen me use Negate: Distance to teleport and still have energy left?
At the same time, he was also curious why Lena always liked using the Flowing Light Technique to glide horizontally. Wasn't it supposed to be for flying?
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