"Such a brute—how could he possibly withstand something so sinister and devious..." As Bian Chunchou spoke, he suddenly grasped the meaning behind Wen Xu-Xu's words. "That's true. Chen Zui-Zui thinks plainly and has few qualms. If it was an illusion technique, it would be almost useless against him."
Mm, sometimes having an empty head was not such a bad thing.
Bian Chunchou's worries eased somewhat. Though the three of them had joined forces and defeated a Nascent Soul True Lord before, that had been by catching their opponent off guard, with blade and sword working in tandem. If it came to a one-on-one fight, having seen Wang Li and Huang Qixuan battle, he was deeply worried that Chen Zui-Zui would fall victim to that Huang fellow's vicious tricks.
Yet the moment he relaxed, Chen Zui returned with a foul expression. He sat there with his saber for quite a while before finally saying that someone had broken his nine-win streak.
"What? Is Pingshui City truly so full of crouching tigers and hidden dragons?"
Realm Opens
There were generally two kinds of matches on the Cloud Platform. One was blind random matching, while the other was when both sides agreed to take the stage. Chen Zui's match against Wang Li on his first day in Pingshui City had been the latter.
But over all these days, the three of them had chosen the blind-match format. Since they were newcomers, no one should have deliberately targeted them. After all, aside from him and Wen Xu-Xu, no one should have thought Chen Zui-Zui would challenge Huang Qixuan of the Heaven Ranking after ten consecutive victories.
So Pingshui City must surely be full of crouching tigers and hidden dragons.
Yet Chen Zui's next words shattered Bian Chunchou's judgment. "It wasn't crouching tigers and hidden