Book One: Schemes and Intrigue in the Imperial Capital - Frenzy

In the near future, I will inevitably have a battle with Haoyue.

She's incredibly strong; she overwhelmed her opponent with just a fraction of her superpowers. Just how intense would a duel with her be? The thought alone makes my blood boil, my heart pound, and my brain itch unbearably... This feeling, I guess, is excitement.

Next up is the final match of the second stage. Although it's the last match, there's no time to relax. After all, Rui Xin's opponent is the ruthless Nicole Cleon. In my opinion, Rui Xin's chances of winning are slim. Hopefully, Nicole stop short of defeat...

"The final match of the second stage, between Si Nan Family's Rui Xin and Cleon Family's Nicole Cleon, is now beginning!"

The elegant and mature woman with black hair is Rui Xin, and the one on the other side is Nicole. She has golden twin ponytails, wears a fluffy dress, and has a pretty face with light makeup; she doesn't look like someone who's here to fight at all.

"You must be Nicole. My people are truly in your care." Rui Xin's face was icy, her usual kind and charming demeanor completely gone.

"There's no such thing as taking care of her. Trash is trash. I just made her look even more like trash." Nicole narrowed her eyes, her gaze filled with savagery.

"You dare to say that? Today I'll make you pay!"

Rui Xin roared, and a powerful sound wave erupted, spreading rapidly from her center!

"Is that all you've got?"

Nicole looked uninterested and casually waved her hand, instantly dispelling the powerful enough sound waves that could kill!

It wasn't destroyed, nor was it blocked; it simply vanished.

"This is... sound wave cancellation!?" Rui Xin was shocked. As someone who manipulated sound waves, she knew this best. If sound waves had the same frequency, the peaks and troughs would overlap, thus canceling each other out. Nicole's ability to cancel her sound waves meant...

"Haha, it seems our abilities are quite similar!" Nicole laughed, raising her hands in front of her.

"Subsonic Bomb!"

A dense, almost tangible mass of infrasound hurtled towards Rui Xin. Rui Xin immediately released sound waves to try and neutralize it, but—

"Ooh cough!!!"

Rui Xin coughed up a mouthful of blood and collapsed weakly to the ground. She couldn't even neutralize that infrasound wave!

"Looks like that's all you've got," Nicole said coldly. "What's the strongest infrasound you can emit? 10Hz? 5Hz? The infrasound I just emitted was less than 2Hz, of course your trash can't cancel it out!"

"Don't underestimate it..." Rui Xin struggled to get up and unleashed another sonic wave, but Nicole's gaze merely sharpened and the sonic wave immediately dissipated in mid-air!

"Don't underestimate me, you!" Nicole waved her hand, and a powerful sonic wave sent Rui Xin flying, crashing heavily to the ground!

"Gulp! Ugh..." The pain on the outside of her body was secondary. Under the vibration of the sound waves, Rui Xin's internal organs were churning violently, and her brain was spinning. She couldn't hold it in and collapsed to the ground, vomiting violently.

"So weak... You think someone like you is worthy of fighting me?"

Nicole showed no mercy and slowly walked towards Rui Xin, clearly intending to continue.

"Nicole Cleon wins! Stop it—wait!?"

Seeing the situation was getting out of hand, the referee quickly called for a stop, but his voice didn't travel at all. For Nicole, obstructing sound transmission was a piece of cake.

Nicole stomped heavily on Rui Xin's head, burying Rui Xin's face in vomit! Rui Xin struggled to get up, but Nicole kicked her again, and that wasn't the end of it—

Did you know? Sound waves can be used in this way too!

Nicole gently placed her hand on Rui Xin's left shoulder, and with a sudden movement—

"Oh--ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

Rui Xin's piercing screams echoed throughout the venue as her left arm snapped and twisted at an unnatural angle! A few seconds later, a sharp crack was heard, and her left arm was ripped off!

Crimson blood gushed out immediately, and the mangled flesh revealed the stark white bone beneath. Only a few strands of broken skin and muscle tissue remained attached to the shoulder, making the wound even more gruesome!

"Ha, hahahahaha! Isn't that a pretty nice way to say it? You look much prettier than before! I think we should get all four limbs done—hmm?"

"Stop..."

The roar grew louder as it approached. Ah, so those idiots from the Si Nan Family finally couldn't sit still anymore? Let's see who's coming.

"I told you to stop, you bitch!"

"Huh!?"

Bloodshot eyes, wildly dancing black hair, an extremely distorted expression that didn't detract from his beauty in the slightest—this guy was undoubtedly—

"Heh, heh heh, isn't this the beautiful Liu who's been all the rage lately? I'd like to see her for myself!"

"Shut up!!"

The menacing blood crystal spear pierced towards Nicole with unstoppable force, exuding murderous intent, but Nicole was not afraid at all. It was just a crystal; as long as she output sound waves at a certain frequency, destroying it would be a piece of cake!

But--

"How is this possible? There's no reaction at all!" Nicole was shocked. Her usually invincible sonic waves couldn't even break through the mere crystal! This blood crystal was definitely extraordinary!

The menacing crystal spear pierced straight towards Nicole.

Blood rushed through my body, my vision turned crimson, and anger and hatred filled my mind. Rui Xin, who had always helped me, mature and kind Rui Xin, how dare you, you bitch—!

Look at her panicked face! What did she send at me? A sound wave? Did she think this little trick would work on me? How ridiculous! The raging blood easily blocked the sound wave, breaking through its feeble resistance. With this blood spear, I will pierce her, torture her, tear her apart, make her wail, make her scream, and repay Rui Xin a hundredfold for the pain she suffered!

That's enough!

A figure appeared in the blood-red field of vision, seemingly also a member of the Cleon Family. The blood spear pierced his shield, but was abruptly intercepted!

"Don't you dare harm anyone from the Cleon Family! This is a top-grade, top-level Spirit Artifact, the Rock Shield. You have no chance against it—what!?"

Ugh, so annoying! Who wants to listen to your nonsense! Since you're going to protect her, then help me—

"--Die! Spiral Piercing Kill!"

The slender blood spear instantly thickened several times over, twisting into a bizarre spiral shape, spinning like a giant drill, and thrusting! In just a moment, it shattered the Rock Shield into pieces!

"Impossible! This is unbelievable—Aa..."

The crystal drill, having shattered the shield, continued its ferocious attack, heading straight for the man! Instinctively, the man reached out to block, but the instant his arm touched the drill, it was shredded to pieces!

Haha, painful, isn't it? But you're not my target, and you're still blocking my way, so annoying! I'll just pierce your body, step over your corpse, and turn that bitch into mincemeat!!!

"Impulsiveness is the devil, Xiao Ye."

At the critical moment, a soft, delicate hand landed on my shoulder, and a clear, pleasant voice entered my ears. It was like being doused with a bucket of cold water; my brain, which had been consumed by wildly raging anger, quickly cooled down, the red in my vision gradually faded, and my blood stopped boiling.

"Hao... yue?"

"Wow, that's amazing! This is your true strength. You were definitely holding back in your previous matches."

"Why...?"

"Don't get me wrong, I'm not taking Cleon's side. It's just that both the Cleon Family and Si Nan Family are here now, and if this continues, things will get messy. Besides..." She licked her lips lightly, "I hope you can save your true strength for the day you face me!"