They’re insane.
All of them.
They couldn’t win in the first place, yet the opponent is actually staking their life, using a deadly enhancement technique.
Jie Shui shook his head with a bitter smile. “Ruan Ruan, step back a bit.”
Gan Ruan Ruan’s eyes reddened.
She knew what Jie Shui was about to do.
Yes, because they had already discussed it.
Ding-a-ling~
A communication chime suddenly rang out from Jie Shui’s embrace.
Jie Shui looked at the communication stone with some surprise, but could only throw it aside with a bitter smile, letting it continue to ring.
Now was not the time to answer.
“Die!”
The Fifth Seat’s muscles bulged violently all over her body! She transformed into a dark purple streak of light and flashed to Jie Shui’s side in an instant!
Jie Shui glanced up at the spectator stands… Unfortunately, there were too many people. He couldn’t find the two figures he wanted to see.
“I’m sorry…”
BOOM—
Another explosion.
The Fifth Seat dodged in a startled, hurried leap, utterly shocked that the Bagpipe Squad members would go to such extremes.
Before this, she hadn’t placed Jie Shui in her eyes at all.
None of the Dao Seats had placed Jie Shui, A Miao, or Gan Ruan Ruan—these three Bagpipe Squad members—in their eyes.
Ants with such lowly strength didn’t even have the qualification to hinder them for a moment; they weren’t even worthy of standing here as enemies!
But, A Miao’s sudden outburst had forcibly taken out the Fourth Seat.
Jie Shui had delayed a large amount of precious time, and now, facing her, he showed not the slightest attachment to life, decisively self-destructing to exert his maximum value and block her!
Insane. All of them.
The Fifth Seat was blasted back in shock and fury, her body slamming heavily against the side barrier wall.
Gan Ruan Ruan seized the chance to grab Jiang Ke’er and pull her further away.
The shockwave from the explosion also blasted away the communication crystal Jie Shui had just discarded, sending it skittering to the side where it hit the answer button.
A timid voice came from the crystal.
Jie Shui? Are you still there, Jie Shui?
Actually, I… I also…
Mm… Hmm… Why aren’t you saying anything?
Actually… Actually… If you really, really want to… it’s not that I can’t… try… try dating you a little bit…
The voice grew softer and softer.
By the end, one could easily imagine the young girl’s bashful, blushing-to-the-point-of-bleeding expression.
For a young girl to take the initiative to say such things clearly required immense courage.
Gan Ruan Ruan silently picked up the crystal and turned it off.
Mingzhou Village was isolated from the world, news was blocked. Ming Ling didn’t know what was happening here.
Jie Shui couldn’t hear it anymore.
The Fifth Seat, pressed against the barrier, witnessed all this and fell silent for a moment.
The Demon Race… seemed a bit different from how her Shifu described them.
Her Shifu said the Demon Race transformed from beasts, were fickle and cruel, selfish and treacherous, a great enemy that must be eradicated.
She was taken back to the mountains by her Shifu, stayed in the Tribulation Immortal Hall since childhood, focusing solely on cultivation. Every day she heard about what new evil the Demon Race had committed, how many more people they had killed.
But what she saw seemed somewhat different.
But how could her Shifu lie to her…
Her Shifu would never lie to her!
The Tribulation Immortal Hall had shown her kindness.
The Tribulation Immortal Hall was everything she must serve.
How dare she question her Shifu’s judgment! Utterly treasonous!
She should feel ashamed for this ridiculous doubt!
She vomited a large mouthful of blood, her gaze becoming resolute.
Even though she knew she didn’t have many breaths left, she revealed a smile.
“Only you remain.”
She looked at Gan Ruan Ruan, pushed off the barrier with her feet, and shot straight toward Gan Ruan Ruan with explosive force!
Gan Ruan Ruan didn’t hesitate.
She knew she couldn’t block the Fifth Seat, let alone a Fifth Seat who had already cast aside her life.
So, she decisively threw Jiang Ke’er high into the air, placing herself between the Fifth Seat and Jiang Ke’er.
True Qi swelled.
“We have to win.”
Gan Ruan Ruan gave Jiang Ke’er a radiant smile.
The sound of the explosion left Jiang Ke’er’s mind numb.
She finally understood what Gan Ruan Ruan, Jie Shui, and A Miao had been whispering about before the match, why they had insisted on hiding it from her.
She also understood why the three of them had suddenly made calls to important people before the match started. Because they knew that to be of value in this fight, they had to die.
They had already prepared themselves mentally.
Jiang Ke’er closed her eyes. Her body was pushed to its highest point by the shockwave, then fell powerlessly.
They had done their best, everything they could to buy time and protect her.
The Fifth Seat was blasted back to the ground, but because she hadn’t taken the direct core of the explosion, her strength remained largely intact.
She tapped her toes, riding the backdraft of the explosion toward Jiang Ke’er, her dagger aiming for a throat slash!
“No one can protect you this time. Goodbye.”
Clang—
Qing Cheng and Frost Shadow transformed into two streams of light that shot through the air, blocking the dagger at the last possible moment!
Jiang Ke’er gripped the sword hilt with both hands and opened her eyes.
She didn’t speak. No expression showed on her face, but her eyes were red, the pain within them impossible to conceal.
“I will personally send your Shifu to hell. Along with your Shishu, your Shibo, your Ancestor Master, and all your Senior and Junior Brothers and Sisters.”
“They don’t need to come find me. I will go to them.”
Jiang Ke’er stated with certainty, suddenly exerting force with her hands.
A gale carrying an irresistible, oppressive force slammed into the Fifth Seat’s body.
The erupting oppressive force from the longsword, mixed with the hurricane, smashed the Fifth Seat heavily into the ground!
The Fifth Seat cratered the arena with a thunderous impact.
Then, a colossal sword light descended from the heavens! The vast sword light howled as it smashed toward the Fifth Seat’s chest!
Feeling the gaping hole in her chest, the Fifth Seat stared blankly at the sky.
She didn’t know healing arts. With her heart ruptured like this, she could only wait for death.
But at the same time, Shi Yue in the distance suddenly pulled out a pitch-black stone awl!
“REINCARNATION REVERSAL! HUNGRY SOULS RETURN!”
Jiang Ke’er sensed an extremely familiar aura from that stone awl.
It was the aura of the Queen of the Earth!
Appraisal!
[Wheel of Reincarnation Fragment: Hungry Ghost Path]
The Fifth Seat’s body trembled slightly.
Her gaze gradually scattered, losing all consciousness, yet that lifeless body actually stood up!
Simultaneously, the Ninth Seat assassin, who had died at the very beginning, also shakily climbed to its feet.
Even though its head had been severed, it could still move freely!
A sliver of despair, uncomfortable and chilling, gradually welled up in Jiang Ke’er’s heart.
She tried to seize control of the Wheel of Reincarnation fragment, but clearly, the Tribulation Immortal Hall had thoroughly refined this fragment, making it completely unresponsive to the Queen of the Earth’s aura.
And the spiritual power required to repair her heart was far too immense; she was already on the verge of running dry.
She could still use the “Roll” character decision once, but unlike the “Awai died” situation which could at least be explained away as poisoning, the existence of the “Roll” character decision was too unscientific.
Using it under the watch of the entire world would undoubtedly attract the one hundred percent attention of the Heavenly Dao overseers from the Immortal Realm.
For a Fox Demon, they would only dispatch mortal forces to hunt her, abiding by the agreement with the Taiming Sect’s Patriarch not to launch cross-dimensional strikes…
But if they knew she possessed the ability to deceive and tamper with Heavenly Dao rules, they would no longer care about any cost.
Countless True Immortals would immediately force their way through the boundary to descend and kill her, along with everything related to her.
Moreover, the “Roll” character could only deal with one person. It wouldn’t help at all.
If only she could fight like that System Dummy Su Yayaya, perfectly utilizing her speed, perhaps she’d still have a fighting chance.
If only she could be as strong as that dummy, possessing that kind of wind-manipulating battle technique used at will…
Jiang Ke’er gripped her sword in agony.
Battle technique…
Wait!
What if that wasn’t a battle technique?
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