The Suddenly Appearing Brain-Dead Villain?

There weren't many townspeople outside the town, and being disturbed by a large group quickly made them impatient.

Some of the strategists tactfully walked away, their goal also being to enter the town.

Yu Xing and Zhang Yu were chatting and were just a few meters away from entering the town when they were stopped by several people with a cold and strange demeanor who ran quickly. The leader had a small braid, was short, and had a scar that ran across his entire face.

"Halt." The man's dark eyes flickered, and he scrutinized Yu Xing for a long while. "You're the captain of the Broken Mirror faction?"

Zhang Yu frowned. "What are you doing?"

"I'm asking you, why are you interrupting?" The man with the braid spoke sharply, as if he were dealing with a remnant of a criminal gang. He narrowed his eyes and stared directly at Yu Xing. "I'm asking you, isn't that right?"

"It's me. What brings you here?" Yu Xing glanced at them and immediately recognized that the people in front of him were all deducers of the Fallen Path. This guy with the pigtail was about one step away from advancing to the Despair Level, the same level as Qu Xuanqing when he first entered the deduction. His reputation and strength should not be low.

The group behind the guy with the pigtail was a different story. They were a few newly formed, semi-newcomers who seemed quite familiar with each other, probably either tricked into joining as a group... or forced in to be cannon fodder.

It's become commonplace for the powerful to bully the cannon fodder in the Fallen Path.

When he admitted it, the man with the pigtail sneered, "I had a suspicion when I saw Medusa talking to you earlier. So, where have you been all year?"

"After being a turtle for a year, you've finally decided to stick your head out. I heard you were seriously injured on Dead Silent Island and were just rescued. Too bad, now that you've met me, you can forget about leaving here alive."

The claim that "the captain of Broken Mirror died on Dead Silent Island" was actually the mainstream story when Yu Xing disappeared. Coupled with Zhao Mou's explicit and implicit tacit approval at the time, many people believed that this was indeed the case.

Some people didn't believe it, thinking he must be seriously injured, so seriously injured that he could die at any moment, and that even the system couldn't determine if he had any vital signs to participate in any simulations.

Now that he has reappeared, many people will probably recall the speculation that he had just recovered from a serious injury.

Yu Xing said coldly, "You?"

The man with the braided hair's gaze turned cold, then a sneer curled at the corner of his mouth, "Breaking through the Mirror realm is impressive, but you've been seriously injured for a year. How can you keep up with your teammates? To tell you the truth, it's not that I dislike you as a person."

He clenched his knuckles so hard that blood seeped from his skin. "Blame it on your inability to control your team this past year, letting them offend people. Now that the Magician's not here, of course I'm going to settle scores with his captain."

The space was small, and almost all the other strategists around them were looking at them, intending to watch the spectacle.

Yu Xing sighed, "..." How could this be?

The plot has progressed this far, and we're only just encountering a brainless cannon fodder character who gets slapped in the face? Isn't this appearance a bit too late?

It sounds like Carlos and this guy with the pigtails have a grudge against each other, and the guy with the pigtails usually can't find an opportunity to get revenge, but today he just happened to run into him and thought that transferring the harm to him would embarrass Carlos.

That's right. The power fluctuations from that braid are very strong; if nothing unexpected happens, it's the type that fights directly and without hesitation, so its head-on combat strength will be very high.

Before his disappearance, he was perhaps best known for his intelligence and cunning, with few scenes of direct combat. Even when he faced the Lingren's fragments, the most important part of their argument was obscured by Yi Qing's blue mist.

This guy with the pigtail probably thinks he has a chance of winning in a direct confrontation.

Regardless, Yu Xing gave a perfunctory smile, "Who are you?"

Before Xiao Bianzi could answer, Yu Xing gave a confused look, tinged with a hint of dissatisfaction. "Why did you come to me and threaten me before you wanted to kill me, to give me a heads-up? Is this some new trend, or are you still going through your teenage angst and think it's cool to do this?"

The girl with the pigtails widened her eyes immediately. "What did you say?!"

[Hiss... Is this a deliberate provocation?]

[Is the person upstairs sick? This is clearly a provocation from the Meng Dao. But surely Sachi knows about the Meng Dao, right?] (Ban)

[I also want to ask, is Xing pretending not to recognize the Meng Dao?]

[The Meng Dao incredibly simple-minded, but he's undeniably powerful. Several times I've seen him almost get killed by the plot, only surviving by sheer luck thanks to his two dual swords. Now, who doesn't know the Meng Dao, right?]

[Looking for gossip: Do the Meng Dao and the Broken Mirror have a grudge?]

[He must have a grudge against the Magician; that scar on his face was inflicted by the Magician... He tried to kill the Magician, but ended up being captured by the Magician instead, and tortured for a long time, suffering a fate worse than death.]

[After that, I kept targeting broken mirrors, but I wasn't very lucky. I couldn't find any I could beat, and I couldn't find any I could beat.]

[... I almost forgot, Broken Mirror has Qu Xuanqing and Zhao Yijiu who can beat him up, Zhao Mou can use divination to avoid him, and the Magician is too strange and his abilities are unknown. The only ones who can help him get revenge are Ni Yu and Ran.]

[Even without personal grudges, given the relationship between Broken Mirror and Single Prism, it's normal for Meng Dao to cause trouble; he's a member of Single Prism.]

[The Meng Dao doesn't know the ranking of Sachi, and even if Sachi is high-level, it doesn't necessarily mean she'll have an advantage in battle.]

[I watched the solo perspective; it was the Flower Seeker who used the Meng Dao's desire for revenge to lure him here to test Xing!]

Yu Xing's perfunctory attitude became even more obvious, and she directly commented. "Unrealistic and utterly foolish."

To blindly believe rumors and then use those rumors as a basis for provocation—this person's idiocy exceeded Yu Xing's expectations.

But the fact that he's still alive shows that this guy with the braid is truly a superhuman fighter.

Zhang Yu naturally recognized Meng Dao. He had personally witnessed Meng Dao killing everyone in the simulation without a word, and knew that this person was truly brutal and had no idea how to control his temper.

He added, "This person is very strong, he follows the same path as Sister Qu, and he also—"

A flash of cold light, and the sharp blade, carrying a bloodthirsty aura, stopped just short of Zhang Yu's nose.

Although it didn't touch his skin, the sharp wind still managed to cut a small gash on Zhang Yu's nose, from which a bead of bright red blood seeped out.

In that instant, almost no one saw what happened. All they knew was that the Meng Dao, true to its usual violent temper, drew its blade. Zhang Yu had no time to react and should have been beheaded.

But Yu Xing blocked the blade.

A thick, dark brown branch, as thick as a bowl, bursting through the snow, was even faster than the Meng Dao. In the nick of time, it blocked the blade, rendering the infamous knife immobile.

The Meng Dao's pupils dilated, and it drew its sword back in astonishment.

"Holy crap..." Zhang Yu was truly terrified. This was why he hated the Fallen Path; Zhou Xuan never had a chance, they always just killed people outright.

He took two quick steps back, wiping the blood from his nose. His temper flared, and he decided to ignore everything. With the captain there, he glared fiercely at the Meng Dao and said in a tone as if he'd been wronged and was about to complain, "Captain!"