He didn't have time to dodge a second time in such a short span and was hit squarely by the flames. Instantly, his clothes were set on fire...
Ziyan Baiwei Ga frantically beat at the flames on his chest, but before they could be fully extinguished, Sweeping Pornography Got Stabbed 18 Times landed another punch squarely on his face.
"Ga ga! Get up, ga ga!"
Qi Xu shouted passionately, then realized it sounded a bit awkward. What kind of trash name was this? Ziyan Baiwei Ga? Calling him 'Zi Zi' didn't sound good either, and 'Ga Ga'... sounded very much like a duck's quack.
Qi Xu's teammates beside him nearly burst out laughing. They either lowered their heads, or fiercely covered their noses and mouths, or strained to widen their eyes and clenched their fists. In reality, all ten of their toes were desperately trying to dig out a mansion.
Qi Xu bit his lip, strained to keep his eyes wide open looking at the spot scorched by the flames, quickly wiped a non-existent tear from the corner of his eye, and began pounding heavily on the protective barrier. The others followed suit, mimicking his actions.
"Damn it... Ga ga, don't you die!"
Sweeping Pornography Got Stabbed 18 Times looked down at Qi Xu from the stage and arrogantly made a throat-slitting gesture.
Then he unleashed flames again, burning and torturing Ziyan Baiwei Ga to death on the stage. The agonized cries deeply shocked everyone present.
Qi Xu pounded fiercely on the light screen at the edge of the arena, finally slumping powerlessly to the ground. The others' expressions were also extremely grave, looking... profoundly conflicted.
[Congratulations to player Sweeping Pornography Got Stabbed 18 Times from China's 01 Major District, 03 Sub-district, for successfully winning this match! Players from the 01 Major District, keep it up! Show the strength of China's most awesome major district!]
[The second match begins! Tears are always reserved for the losers; we, the strong, have no need for them! Let's welcome China's 01 Major District, 03 Sub-district's Sound the Victory Song and China's 88 Major District, 666 Sub-district's Court 3-Point King!]
Before Court 3-Point King went on stage, Qi Xu specifically grabbed his sleeve and said loudly, "Go for it! You can definitely win! You will surely win, we always believe in you!"
Court 3-Point King was flattered beyond expectation—weren't you the one @ing me last night threatening to kill me?!
Court 3-Point King's opponent wasn't an ability user, which disappointed Qi Xu slightly. After all, the opposing side had four ability users in total. If they could all match up against cannon fodder, it would be the safest and most secure strategy.
Qi Xu could only hope now that one of those ability users would be matched against him.
Compared to Ziyan Baiwei Ga, Court 3-Point King was slightly stronger in ability. At the very least, he could run very well and had fast movement speed. His weapon was a machete, but it was almost useless in his hands.
He spent the entire match dodging around the stage, not daring to engage his opponent head-on at all.
Sound the Victory Song couldn't bring his full strength to bear because he simply couldn't catch his opponent. The two of them engaged in a war of attrition on stage for nearly an hour without formally exchanging a single blow.
Sweeping Pornography, who had been stabbed 18 times by the opposing side, was already laughing arrogantly, "You cowards from 666 — you only dare to run and not fight, huh? What a joke. You were so cocky this morning; turns out all your teammates are trash."
As soon as he finished, the other players from the 03 Sub-district burst into loud laughter.
Qi Xu curled his lips slightly and raised his hand to point at "Sweeping Pornography Got Stabbed 18 Times." The latter immediately cowered, covering his head and crouching down.
This morning, the top-ranked player from the 02 Sub-district had died just from being pointed at by him. His corpse was probably stiff by now.
Instantly, the side that had been erupting in wild laughter switched to Qi Xu's side.
Dongfang Yuan couldn't hold back and started cursing, "You cowardly little trash — look at your pathetic self! Just a raised finger and you get so scared your legs turn to jelly! See a tough guy and you tuck your tail, hiding like a turtle! A pure worthless piece of work, aren't you ashamed? Where do you get the nerve to open your mouth?"
Sweeping Pornography Got Stabbed 18 Times also felt a bit embarrassed. Mainly, the scene from that morning was too shocking. He hadn't thought much about it at the time; his body had reacted instinctively.
Now, being called out like this left him in an awkward position, unable to back down gracefully.
Fortunately, the battle on stage reached a conclusion. Sound the Victory Song used two consecutive feints to trick the constantly fleeing Court 3-Point King, finally caught him, and pierced him through with the sword in his hand.
Then, as if venting, he hacked at it another seventy or eighty times!
He only stopped when Court 3-Point King's corpse was no longer intact.
Qi Xu rushed to the edge of the stage again, pounding fiercely on the transparent light.
"Qiu Qiu, you died just like that? You died so tragically, Qiu Qiu you're dead! Qiu Qiu is dead!"
[........]
Qiu Qiu was too angry to speak, and also felt a faint sense of strangeness.
Clearly, Invincible Black Whirlwind was crying and wailing in agony, which should have been a reason for joy... but combined with what she was saying, it was just so annoying!
And... why was her sadness so peculiar!
The other teammates instantly received Whirlwind Boss's signal and all began wailing loudly, mourning Qiu Qiu...
This was the best time to avoid letting Qiu Qiu discover any flaws, lest it come up with some mischievous scheme again next month.
War Wolf 004 wasn't quite used to this kind of occasion, afraid he might not act convincingly and give the game away. He lay on 009, unable to straighten up, laughing so hard his whole body convulsed. It looked as if he was about to cry himself breathless, which only made it seem more genuine.
Double Kill! Congratulations to China's Major District 01, Sub-district 03 for their extraordinary (peerless) strength in securing another victory! No more nonsense — just go straight at them and keep killing them until they fall apart, hahaha!
Qi Xu frowned tightly. This Qiu Qiu was truly disgusting. When their own Qiu Qiu hosted the cross-district arena challenge matches before, it never showed such blatant favoritism, did it?
At most, it would offer a couple of sycophantic compliments after all the fights were over... Popping the champagne mid-match like this, it's really not afraid of crashing and burning.
[Next match, next match, secure the triple kill!]
[Let's welcome China's 01 Major District, 03 Sub-district's One Zhang Red vs China's 88 Major District, 666 Sub-district's Cut Autumn My Head Hurts]
I have to admit, these names made quite a fitting pair—Consort Hua versus the Empress.
In the drama, the Empress won. But in the arena, the Empress was outright thrashed by Consort Hua. Qi Xu couldn't even pretend to be heartbroken anymore. This was just... trash. That Zhang Red was already bad enough, not an ability user either, with fighting skills... almost non-existent, relying purely on brute force.
But the Empress was even worse. If they had switched to Court 3-Point King or Ziyan Baiwei Ga for this match, they might have actually won...
Qi Xu was truly impressed.
But getting disgusted about this now was useless. He might as well change his act again. He immediately started cursing at War Wolf 009, "Is this the person you recommended to me? What kind of piece of shit is this? So weak — going onstage just to embarrass me?"
War Wolf 009, having followed Qi Xu for so long, had learned a bit of the special skill "perform anytime, anywhere." He very naturally picked up the act.
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