Clang!
On the rooftop helipad in the night, two figures collided, and their silver-glinting blades crashed together as well!
With the other side having chosen a place like this, Fang Ran had no other option but to launch a direct assault.
For the first time, he felt pressure. The other man's Tang Blade was fierce and razor-sharp. If the Sword Card's power had not adjusted him into a swordsmanship expert, he probably would not have been able to fight him at all.
What was more, the other man's level far exceeded his. Yet with Silver Severing Dragon Tooth doubling his Speed Value, Fang Ran could still barely put up a fight!
Compared to Fang Ran, however, Su Qun's feelings were far stronger!
The person before him was strange!
A strange appearance, strange moves.
None of his attacks looked like they came from a swordsmanship master, yet that silver longsword gave Su Qun a powerful sense of danger.
And perhaps it was only an illusion, but Su Qun felt as though the other man's sword swings were almost completely instinctive. Even stranger, more than once, he saw moves straight out of 3D action games.
The black long coat flared up as the other man gripped the silver longsword in his right hand and swung it in a semicircle, slashing upward.
And the man's movement was exactly like the game—fierce and sharp!
What Su Qun did not know was that before today, Fang Ran had never even experienced fighting another person with a sword. His only knowledge came from the countless action games he had played, while the Sword Card's forced adjustment worked exactly as its magical effect described.
It depended on the user's heart.
There were no orthodox swordsmanship techniques in Fang Ran's heart.
So what Su Qun was facing now, to the point that his mind nearly wavered, were the pinnacle moves from all sorts of action games!
"You're not part of this scenario!"
With one slash, he knocked away Fang Ran's charge that was identical to Dante's from Devil May Cry 3. If not for the black hair and black clothes, Su Qun would have thought that silver-haired Dante had crossed into reality!
He leaped back a step and shouted at him!
"Who are you!? How dare you interfere in a special Night Battle scenario from outside!?"
Su Qun questioned him loudly, tightening his grip around the Tang Blade in his hand as a terrifying possibility occurred to him!
No!
Impossible!
If he came from the Dark—that place—or from the A-rank tier, then everyone here, including Si Ai, would have died in his hands from the very beginning.
Then had he used some other method to interfere in this Night Battle!?
But Su Qun saw that the other man had no intention of answering. The thrusting sword tip withdrew, held horizontally at the left side of his waist as he lowered his body.
Damn it! Was this an iaijutsu stance?
Su Qun's expression turned solemn. Naturally, he recognized a move like iaijutsu. Gritting his teeth, he made a decision in secret!
"Qi Refining Lock, open!!!"
White steam erupted from Su Qun's body! It was as though a violent steam engine had cast off its shackles!
Before Fang Ran, holding his sword low, could react, Su Qun's figure suddenly appeared before him. Silver Severing Dragon Tooth only had time to block in front of his face before he was sent flying by a single slash!
Bang!
The force of Su Qun's charge smashed the ground into a crater as he shot straight toward Fang Ran, who was still in midair!
One horizontal slash!
Fang Ran barely raised his sword to block again in midair, only to be violently smashed into the ground several meters away!
"Cough—pfft!"
Blood trickled from the corner of Fang Ran's mouth, and his vision immediately began to blur. Faced with Su Qun, who had activated something unknown, Fang Ran was sent flying at once. Sure enough, there was still a gap between them in direct combat strength.
My chest hurts. My wrist hurts. My shoulder hurts.
The blood tastes so salty, so fishy.
Am I going to die?
Fang Ran exhausted all his strength to stand up. Looking at Su Qun slowly approaching from afar with an oppressive presence, he panted violently.
Even with the abilities bestowed by Night Battle, he was still an ordinary person in areas magic could not enhance.
I know.
I've always known that I'm just an ordinary person.
Even if I grit my teeth, go mad, calculate every plan, and play dirty, I still can't beat elites like you in the end.
"State your identity! Who exactly are you!?"
Su Qun walked toward him step by step, powerful Qi Strength spreading from the surface of his body as though it had taken physical form.
His left hand hung limply at his side. It seemed the impact earlier had fractured it. Watching Su Qun draw nearer step by step and hearing his interrogation, the final scene of Si Ai suddenly appeared in Fang Ran's mind.
That handsome, unrestrained man had a gaping hole in his chest, yet he had still turned back and smiled at him.
That's right, I'm only an ordinary person.
Su Qun was already close. Just then, the white beam from the distant lighthouse swept across the helipad where they stood, illuminating their shadows.
But I don't want to die at the hands of people like you, who take others' lives so casually!
"Ordinary people can go crazy too!!!!"
Fang Ran let out a hysterical, low roar. The Shadow Card appeared in his hand, and he smashed it viciously onto the ground! Silver Severing Dragon Tooth stabbed straight down!
A vortex of magical energy suddenly whirled up around Fang Ran!
Streams of black surged out from the Shadow Card, gathering behind Fang Ran into a tall, pitch-black figure clad in a cloak!
The darkness beneath its hood was so deep it seemed to devour the light!
"Wha—!"
The bizarre sight instantly stunned Su Qun. He desperately raised his Tang Blade, intending to strike first!
But then he suddenly discovered that he could not move!
Why?
His heart sank at once, but the qualities of an elite quickly showed themselves. He rapidly squeezed out his physical energy, seemingly about to break free from the restraint!
But at that moment, a figure appeared beside Su Qun—the person he would never forget for the rest of his life, the person he had always admired!
"Stand down, Su Qun. Leave this to me."
Ye Sheng turned toward him in sunglasses and spoke. Su Qun nodded instinctively.
But after he nodded.
A chill suddenly ran through him, and he realized something was wrong!
How could the person he had always admired suddenly appear here!?
The illusion vanished, leaving only that young man in black before him.
Fang Ran had already raised Silver Severing Dragon Tooth. He had no finishing blow. His mind held only one thought!
Slash!
Otherwise, I'll be the one who dies!
Everyone became incomparably mad before death, and Fang Ran displayed that to the fullest!
That feeling of being driven into a dead end by Zombies surfaced again. Silver Severing Dragon Tooth came down!
On the system interface, the Magic Energy Value instantly emptied!
A gigantic arc of sword light burst forth with a thunderous roar!
"Th-this... could it be..."
A strange sound came from Su Qun's throat, because he had just heard about this kind of sword light in the organization yesterday.
Not far away, Fang Ran looked at the fallen Su Qun and did not move for a time. Only his breathing gradually calmed.
The system warning floated before his eyes.
Magic Energy Value: 0
"Ha! Ha!... Ha!! Ha!!!"
Suddenly, as if a taut string had snapped loose, Fang Ran abruptly lost all strength and collapsed onto the ground. His fear finally surged out like a tide. Silver Severing Dragon Tooth fell beside him, while the Shadow Card and The Float slowly vanished after losing their supply of Magic Energy Value.
Only Fang Ran remained on the helipad.
After an unknown amount of time, Fang Ran staggered to his feet, picked up Silver Severing Dragon Tooth in a miserable state, and stumbled toward the elevator. He did not even have the courage to jump down from the building again, even though The Float would catch him.
Ding! This random special contest scenario has ended.
Ding! Participants in this scenario...
Fang Ran ignored even the string of system notifications.
I did it, Big Brother Ai.
I avenged you.
Dad, Mom.
What am I supposed to do now?
I...
His fingers trembling, Fang Ran pressed the down button.
The thing that had supported him through these past few hours and driven him to do something so insane seemed to vanish the instant Su Qun died. He had become the Fang Ran from right after Si Ai's death once more.
Lost and afraid.
But he forcibly calmed himself and walked out of International Building. He still had one more thing to do.
Fortunately, International Building was also in the city center and not far from the pedestrian street where everything had begun. Otherwise, Fang Ran did not know whether his constantly trembling legs could have carried him there.
The night was deep. Two hours passed.
Following the map, Fang Ran slowly found the pedestrian street, like a wanderer traveling nervously through a desert.
Passing the site where the pillar of flame had erupted, Fang Ran felt inexplicably conflicted. Still, he tried hard to steady his emotions, took a deep breath, and walked toward where he had placed Si Ai's body.
He had already prepared himself mentally to face Si Ai's corpse.
Pushing open the door to the diamond ring store, Fang Ran returned to this place with a heavy heart.
Slurp!!
Suddenly, the strange sound of someone slurping noodles rang out from nowhere!
Fang Ran froze. He stepped forward and entered the store.
He saw Si Ai sitting in front of the counter, holding a bowl of Master Kong Shrimp and Fish Flavored Noodles and slurping them noisily.
Then, hearing the sound at the door, he turned around in confusion.
Upon seeing Fang Ran, he greeted him with a bright, hearty smile!
"Yo! Little brother! You're here? Want some noodles?"
Before this bizarre scene, the black-haired young man in the pitch-black long coat stood dumbfounded.
For some reason, he felt a sense of relief deep in his heart.
Then he turned back into the Fang Ran who loved to complain whenever he got nervous.
"Holy crap!! There's a ghost!!!!!!!!"
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