"Ye Qiyan, you're too arrogant! Do you really think you've already won?!"
Jialebi suppressed the unease in his heart.
He had made considerable preparations for this battle.
[Trial countdown, 10...9...]
Based on the information from Ye Qiyan's first battle, along with some of his data from the Star Core Arena that Jialebi had paid an enormous price to purchase.
Through that data, he had learned that Ye Qiyan excelled at using the Mechanical Legion.
Besides those that had appeared in the first battle, there were others hidden away as trump cards.
[3...2...]
So Jialebi had prepared a virus.
A virus specifically designed to target machines.
As soon as the battle began, he would deploy the bomb.
If he could paralyze Ye Qiyan's Mechanical Legion for even one minute, he was confident he could defeat Ye Qiyan himself! Even kill him!
He was Jialebi! The president of Cloudmoon City's Trial-taker Association! As long as he prepared thoroughly, he would definitely...
[0! Trial begins!]
Accompanied by the host's shout.
Jialebi immediately activated one of the dozen or so Wristwatches on his wrists.
Within a second, he released the Mechanical Plague, which became a dense canopy that completely shrouded the enormous sandy landscape simulated within the Arena!
This was a compressed, semi-enclosed space. Releasing the plague here was bound to produce the best results!
And yet.
The astonishment he had expected from Ye Qiyan never came.
"Mechanical Plague. A little interesting, but not much."
"!!"
Jialebi's pupils contracted, and he instinctively looked toward the voice.
At that very moment.
A flash of Rebellion's Cross-shaped Black Light passed through Ye Qiyan's eyes.
[Rebellion × Red Tears]
Beside him, the Demon Girl knelt with a smile, her demon horns gone and her clothes transformed into a pure