Torturing Noobs

Lin Xue had come forward to seek a blood feud, exactly as Le Yu had expected.

Or rather, Lin Xue's blood feud was actually part of Le Yu and Yin Yinyin's plan.

As society changed, blood feuds had become less and less common. Although they offered an open and honorable opportunity for revenge, they were impractical, because they involved two conditions: first, you had to know who your main enemy was; second, you had to be able to beat him.

Don't assume those two points were simple. Most cases were handled by the Judicial Department or the Statistics Department leading a team. How were you supposed to find out who your enemy was? The entire department?

If the plaintiff had been framed, then they could indeed find their enemy. But plaintiffs weren't fools. Unless they had the confidence to face a blood feud without fear, no one would frame them recklessly.

Besides, even if you knew who your main enemy was, whether you could beat him was another question. In Lin Jinyao's case, the main enemy of Lin Xue and the others was definitely not Qian Yuliu, but Lan Yan.

But forget about finding Lan Yan—they couldn't even enter the Statistics Department. Nor were they fools. Forget taking turns; even if they attacked together, all they could do was let Lan Yan butcher them.

Lin Xue and the others certainly hadn't considered seeking a blood feud at first, because there was no need. Their conflict with the Statistics Department was a political struggle, a dispute over their respective paths. There was no room for compromise between them. This wasn't something that could be settled through a "blood feud"; it was a struggle for survival that could end only when one side was destroyed.

However, Yin Yinyin's plan was to encourage Lin Xue and the others to seek a blood feud with Qian Yuliu.

As the White Night Walker, he made this demand of Lin Jinyao's relatives and disciples: only those who could defeat Qian Yuliu in a blood feud and make him apologize would be qualified to inherit Lin Jinyao's legacy, join White Night's warm family dedicated to overthrowing Radiance, and gain the qualifications to establish a White Night branch in Star Engraving Prefecture.

Conversely, if no one could defeat Qian Yuliu in a blood feud, then they would have no right to inherit Lin Jinyao's legacy and naturally could not join the White Night branch.

Le Yu had cursed Yin Yinyin at the time, saying he was taking off his pants to fart. Wasn't this just making an excessive demand and then taking the opportunity to deprive them of their right to participate?

Yin Yinyin said Le Yu lacked common sense. Depriving them of their qualifications was a punishment, while issuing a challenge was a reward. Besides, the demand was perfectly reasonable. Qian Yuliu had killed Lin Jinyao, so both emotionally and rationally, Lin Xue and the others had to settle this grudge with Qian Yuliu.

In theory, Lin Xue and the others ought to inherit Lin Jinyao's cause and establish a White Night branch, but they lacked the qualifications and were short on experience points. It was like when your cousin suddenly had to take a dump in the middle of a game: emotionally and rationally, you had to let your younger cousin take over, but if you wanted your cousin's teammates to acknowledge him, he had to show some results.

Having Lin Xue and the others fight Qian Yuliu, an elite monster, to gain experience and level up was perfectly reasonable.

There was just one small problem: Lin Xue and the others absolutely couldn't defeat Qian Yuliu.

It wasn't that Le Yu, the driver, was hyping up Qian Yuliu, this vehicle. Qian Yuliu really was a supercar. Among his peers, the only person who could surpass him was Li Shijie from Flame Capital.

But Li Shijie had already become a giant corpse, and had died horribly.

Therefore, even if Lin Xue and the others took turns, all they could do was be brutally beaten by Le Yu, unless...

"Unless there's a mole. To join the branch, the mole will definitely seize this opportunity and use the Statistics Department's resources to defeat you."

That was Yin Yinyin's conclusion.

But he had another half to add: "If none of them are moles, then make them stay away from the disputes between White Night and Star Engraving Prefecture for now. If they can't even beat you, they aren't qualified to join White Night."

In short, White Night would always play the good guys, while Le Yu would always play the bad guy.

But Le Yu didn't mind. After all, opportunities to openly bully noobs like this were rare.

"Please."

Le Yu waved Lin Xue over. "I'll trouble the Patrol Guards to witness this for me from the side. If I'm late for work, it's because of circumstances beyond my control, and not by my own choice."

Since Le Yu had put it that way, the Patrol Guards no longer interfered with the blood feud. They dispersed the crowd to make room for the battle.

"Qian Yuliu, I'll make you understand that after Mr. Lin is gone, there's still me, Gao Jin! Star Engraving Prefecture isn't a place where you can run rampant!"

The first to face Le Yu was the student council president, Gao Jin.

He held a standard military academy longsword. With a clatter, he drew it, the sword cry ringing through the air as its tip pointed straight at Le Yu. The biting killing intent made Le Yu's brow sting faintly.

Gao Jin's blade was blunt. Although ordinary people could carry swords through the streets, they weren't allowed to sharpen them. Swords were essentially considered handicrafts or exercise equipment.

Most swordsmen also followed this rule. If they wanted to kill someone, whether the blade was sharpened made no difference.

In this world, if a swordsman had to use a sharp blade to kill someone, it was itself a disgrace.

The two stood on opposite sides. The sky was clear, and sunlight pierced through the clouds, spilling warmly across the earth.

"Come!"

Le Yu assumed the stance of Biting Combat Arts. Without any unnecessary words, he launched with Desolate Bite. A burst of light exploded and swept out like the Milky Way hanging upside down, striking at Gao Jin!

Le Yu hadn't forgotten his purpose. He was here to investigate the mole!

Could Gao Jin be the mole?

Had he chosen to challenge Le Yu first because he wanted to defeat Qian Yuliu before the others, obtain the qualifications to inherit Lin Jinyao's legacy, and thereby gain access to White Night's membership list?

He always spoke so loudly. Was it because he had a guilty conscience?

He was always standing on the moral high ground and pissing down at people. Was his belly full of wicked schemes?

Therefore, Le Yu's attacks had to be as fierce as a pile driver. He had to beat Gao Jin until he couldn't catch his breath, forcing him to reveal his trump card! If Gao Jin really was the mole, he would inevitably use support from the Statistics Department and launch a surprise attack with power that didn't belong to him!

Clang! Clang!

The bursts of light sent ripples through the air. The two exchanged several blows and instantly separated. Gao Jin pulled back to a suitable distance, flicked his wrist, and gathered light at the tip of his sword. With a thunderous shout, he thrust toward Le Yu, sending several meters of sword light stabbing forth!

Sword-Wielding Combat Arts: Advance Wave Upon Wave!

Le Yu's body jolted. He slapped diagonally with his left hand, spraying out a burst of light that directly scattered the sword light!

Biting Combat Arts: Flood Exhalation!

Yet Gao Jin had already followed the sword light in for the kill. His true killing move, however, wasn't the blunt sword in his right hand, but the scabbard in his left!

Gripping the scabbard tightly, he swept it from left to right. Light rapidly "pulled" out from the mouth of the scabbard on the outer side. In the span of a breath, he had drawn out several meters of sword light. It trembled and rang without end, seeming almost solid, as if it were about to cut Le Yu in half!

This was the combat art Gao Jin primarily cultivated: Sword-Wielding Combat Arts!

The mystery of Sword-Wielding Combat Arts lay not in the sword, but in the scabbard!

From the moment Gao Jin drew his sword, his scabbard had been absorbing light and storing it inside. This stored energy couldn't last forever, and it needed to work in tandem with the blade, because every burst of light released by the blade carried Gao Jin's Mental Power—in other words, his sword intent.

Light imbued with sword intent was an extremely efficient energy source for Sword-Wielding Combat Arts. The longer Gao Jin fought, the more sword-intent light the scabbard stored, and the more powerful its eruption became!

Put simply, Sword-Wielding Combat Arts had a sword-intent gauge. The condition for accumulating sword intent was combat, and the activation tool was the scabbard!

In Sword-Wielding Combat Arts: Advance Wave Upon Wave, the sword light of the advance was powerful, but the scabbard's follow-up was the fatal blow!

Incidentally, among Combat Arts Cards, the main trait of the Sword-Wielding deck was that every direct hit increased critical damage.

Not bad...

As Gao Jin attacked him from both sides with his blunt sword and scabbard light, Le Yu remained utterly calm.

His Low Health Constitution allowed an ordinary person who had never even killed a chicken to face danger at point-blank range without panic.

But he's still too weak.

Biting Combat Arts: Flood Exhalation—Cosmic Chant!

Le Yu drew a circle with his left hand and looped it around Gao Jin's blunt sword, using the momentum to entangle his wrist!

Then his right hand transformed into a palm. He met the scabbard light head-on at its center and sprayed out a burst of light!

Although Gao Jin's scabbard light looked impressive, it was flashy but useless. Its form was unstable, beautiful on the outside but rotten within!

One slap, and it scattered!

Sword-Wielding Combat Arts was actually more suited to fighting multiple opponents. Its upper limit was extremely high, and because of its long attack range, it was even possible for one person to face an army. But Gao Jin hadn't yet reached the Entry Level in this art. Its long attack range had become his fatal weakness. The longer the distance, the more dispersed the power of the light!

He was nothing more than a silver spear with a wax tip.

Le Yu caught his right wrist and gave it a pull, then drove a knee into his abdomen. Gao Jin let out a muffled cry and immediately spat out a mouthful of hot blood.

Is this the joy of bullying noobs...? It's nothing special. So plain, tasteless, and boring. Le Yu circled behind Gao Jin, twisted his right arm behind his back, and pinched the back of his neck as if lifting a kitten. The corners of his lips curved faintly as he said, "It's over."

"Not yet!"

Gao Jin held the scabbard in reverse with his left hand and viciously thrust it backward!

Le Yu casually dodged the boring last stand. Yet a strange pain suddenly shot through his kidney, as if it would be pierced through the next second!

The scabbard could actually spray out a streak of azure light, and it could even curve around and pursue Le Yu!

Danger!

He had actually plotted to attack my kidney... Gao Jin, are you the mole!?