Chapter 7: Hate This Place, But Cannot Be Revenged
The participants' lounge at the Capital Arena.
The lounge was small and quiet, with each team having its own lounge, and no pre-match visits were allowed. Beichen and Gu Yinyue had defeated a team in the previous match and were now quietly analyzing their battle experience. Xiaoying would occasionally interject, while Atlas, as usual, stood silently by the side. As for Xifeng—
In order to preserve his strength, Beichen did not bring Xifeng with him from the beginning. Anyway, the competition only stipulates that a Lingwu Division can only bring a maximum of three weapons to participate, but it does not restrict the behavior of summoning weapons from outside the field during the competition. If there is really danger, it will not be too late to summon Xifeng to his side.
This competition is an elimination system, which means that you are out if you lose once, so Beichen and Gu Yinyue dare not be careless, at least before the contestants from the Kafa Divine Group appear.
During this period, they had attacked the stronghold of the Jafa Order many times and were familiar with the appearance of several powerful followers. As long as they went on the field without covering their faces, they should be able to recognize them - it didn't matter if they covered their faces, because swords and knives in the ring had no eyes, so it was okay to "accidentally" knock off the opponent's mask.
They have already discovered that there is more than one group of contestants from the Jafa Group.
The last match was between the prince brothers Phantom Wu Si Rui and Wu Si Huang Redis, who teamed up to face two followers of the Jafa Order. Although they had some strength, they were no match for the two powerful and cunning princes. Within five minutes of the fight, they were both kicked off the ring and suffered a disgraceful defeat.
Although Beichen and Gu Yinyue have not yet faced the Jafa Divine Group, in addition to Rui and Redis, they have also encountered another very attractive combination of "Mad Dog" and "Black Falcon" once. Of course, the opponents on that time were even worse than this time. Rui and Redis knew to retain their strength so it took them five minutes to drive the opponent off the stage. As soon as Glenshe and the oriental youth called "Black Falcon" came on the stage, the referee just announced the start - then two figures whizzed a few times, and the game was over.
It was a real "instant kill". The audience didn't see anything, and the game ended inexplicably, making many people feel that they had wasted their tickets.
"Those are probably the most threatening enemies to us. Glenshe alone is troublesome enough, and that 'Black Falcon' definitely looks like he's not going to be easy to deal with."
Beichen tapped the floor with her toes in annoyance. Heihuo, Sujie and Longyun turned into weapons and were carried on their bodies. The next match would be between her and Gu Yinyue, and she didn't know who their opponent would be.
"Su Mo and Queen Jialina are the more troublesome pair, aren't they? Their status means they're both formidable, and their martial arts skills shouldn't be underestimated. You'll have to be extremely careful against them," Xiao Peng said gravely, his face stern. "And then there's Ling Dier and 'Infernal Thorn' Seton... In short, don't underestimate anyone you meet."
"Know."
Gu Yinyue nodded, then looked at the door of the lounge - it seemed like someone was walking out.
"Finally found it..."
It was Ling Shuang who opened the door. After seeing the people in the room, his tense expression immediately relaxed. He complained softly, then closed the door and walked in.
"Long time no see, sis."
He opened his arms and hugged Beichen tightly, then let her go and looked carefully at the expression on her face.
"I heard about Xiang Ying from Xiao Ying. ... I'm sorry, I wasn't there at the time. If I had been..."
"It's fine……"
Beichen forced a smile.
"It's not Ling Shuang's fault. Everyone was poisoned at the time, so... let's not talk about that. You disappeared for so long, what were you doing? Xiao Peng was also mysterious and didn't say anything."
"What else? He asked me to get some information."
Ling Shuang rolled her eyes at Xiao Peng who was standing beside her:
"Didn't a lot of people leave at that time? Including Gu Yinyue and Yaye—they were all treated as errand boys by this guy! It was all for you!"
While he was yelling in a low voice in annoyance, he reached out viciously to straighten Beichen's collar, which was a little crooked because he had just finished the game.
"Don't talk about me, you're going to play three games in a row today, right?"
"Yeah, the second game was an hour ago, and the third game is about to start."
"Have you replenished your energy?"
"Yeah, I've eaten some dried meat and stuff."
"Where's the water?"
"I've had some too." Beichen looked at Ling Shuang, who had transformed into a housekeeper and asked questions, with a look of confusion. "Don't worry, I can take care of myself..."
"You call this taking good care?!"
Ling Shuang looked at Gu Yinyue, Xiao Ping and Atlas beside her with contempt.
"How can dried meat and water be enough! You grown men didn't even remind her, you thought she was you?! She's a girl, okay!?"
As he spoke, he took out a bottle of orange water and two small pastries from his storage space with an expression that said "I knew this would happen."
"Yes, these are the official sports drinks and nutritious pastries. They're a bit expensive so not many people buy them, but I heard from those who have tried them that they're pretty good."
"Uh, thank you, thank you..."
Faced with Ling Shuang's thoughtfulness, Beichen awkwardly accepted the food he handed over and ate and drank some. It had to be said that it was indeed very effective in relieving fatigue and replenishing physical strength. Could it be that there were stimulants? Beichen inexplicably recalled the news that the contestants who took stimulants in the Senagard competition were banned.
How is it possible? This is an official item—she wiped the thought away with amusement, and then looked intently at the door on the other side—the competition was about to begin.
"Come on for me, Lingshuang."
"Of course I will if you behave well."
Then, twenty minutes later, Susha Baiying and Gouming Yinyue stood on the wide arena, holding their weapons.
And one of the people standing opposite them was the one who made Beichen lose his mind in an instant.
The long, hideous scar, the light red whites of the eyes and the emerald green pupils, his appearance alone is enough to make people remember him, not to mention that he is the person who directly caused the tragedy.
The culprit who killed Xiang Ying──
"Lahan..."
Beichen's whole body trembled slightly, and his expression became ferocious and angry.
Feeling Beichen's excitement, Gu Yinyue turned around and looked at her with a questioning look.
"What's wrong? Your breathing is disordered."
"That person...that person is the murderer who killed Xiang Ying!"
She lowered her voice and answered through gritted teeth, each word with undisguised hatred in her tone.
Gu Yinyue frowned.
"I understand. Leave this guy to me, and you deal with the one next to him."
Beichen stared in surprise:
"Yin Yue, what did you say?!"
"I say, leave this person to me. You're not even a qualified fighter in your current state, and I can't let you take risks. This person's strength is above yours."
“But—!!”
"Listen to me. There will be many opportunities for revenge, but definitely not now. This is a competition, so you must have the awareness of a competitor. Remember, you are a warrior now, not an avenger!"
Facing Beichen's ferocious and confused expression, Gu Yinyue still suppressed her momentum with a low and steady voice.
Beichen lowered his head.
She knew he was right. How could she possibly act recklessly in front of everyone? What if she pushed him so hard that he revealed Atlas's identity as a possessed Moon Envoy? Losing Xiangying wasn't enough; she was also going to put Atlas, the honest and pure Moon Envoy who had devotedly stayed by her side, in danger?
"I understand. I'll...try my best to endure it."
Gritting his teeth, Beichen took a few steps back and shifted his gaze away from Lahan.
Seeing her like this, Lahan, who had been accepting her hateful gaze with interest, curled his lips in surprise.
"Prepare—"
The referee held up the spirit crystal in his hand at the side of the ring, and then—
Bang!
The spirit crystal was crushed and a huge noise was heard. At the same time, four figures on both sides of the ring shot towards each other at the same time like lightning!
"Su Jie, 'Executioner' state!"
"good!"
Her figure was surrounded by white light as she rushed forward. As the white light dissipated, the figure of the "Quick-Killing White Shadow" truly became a creepy white shadow of death.
Locking her target on the Lingwusi next to Lahan, she arched her foot and the white claws in her hand drew three parallel streaks of afterlight in the air. Silently but with a fierce and murderous aura, they attacked the opponent's neck!
Every move is a killing blow!
The opponent was a man who looked to be in his thirties. He had originally looked down on his opponent because she was a little girl after all. But after seeing this move, he immediately dared not be careless. He leaned back dangerously, then took a few side steps and jumped a few times. With a flip of his wrist, he raised the long sword in his hand to meet the attack.
clang!!
The sharp sound of metal clashing echoed. Beichen, dressed in the executioner's attire, roared, stepped forward, and pressed down with both hands. With the help of his entire body transformed into a weapon, he suppressed the opponent's arm strength. Then, with a twist of his waist, his nimble legs launched a series of beautiful attacks that caught the opponent off guard, knocking him backwards.
“Woo!!”
The man grunted in embarrassment and rolled sideways on the ground several times to avoid Beichen's claws. But before he could stand up, the two claws and six sharp blades whistled again and rushed in front of him like a lingering white ghost!
“Wa ...
As if he was really facing the god of death who wanted to kill him, the man shouted in panic and swung the sword in his hand wildly and without any rules. For a while, Beichen could not get close to him, and he jumped back a few steps to avoid being affected by the sword light.
Seeing Beichen retreat, the man instead felt a sense of chaotic excitement of forcing back a powerful enemy. He screamed and rushed forward waving his sword wildly, but at this moment, a bright purple beam of light suddenly came from the side. The man was hit in the side and could not brake in time. He stumbled and fell to the ground and slid seven or eight meters away. Looking in the direction of the light beam, Naraka made a "continue" gesture to Beichen in the distance.
Beichen's opponent was finally not so confused after being injured. He calmed down and jumped a few steps to create some distance. Then he took out five level seven spirit crystal wind cannons from the storage space and aimed them at Beichen.
"Oh no! Hide!"
Heihuo let out a low cry, but Beichen remained silent. Instead, he lowered his body and rushed towards the other party!
"Beichen!" Su Jie yelled in panic, "Get out of the way! My defense can't withstand a level seven wind cannon!"
Just as Su Jie screamed, the spirit crystal was crushed, and five high-pressure wind columns formed a fan shape and roared towards Beichen. The loud noise even attracted the attention of Gu Yinyue and Lahan who were confronting each other on the other side.
Just when everyone thought Bai Ying would be seriously injured, she jumped.
The hem of his white windbreaker spread out in the air like an eagle, carried by the air currents. The silver mask under his hood mercilessly reflected the cold light of the sun. His healthy and graceful figure, like an ocelot, cast a strange, solemn and deadly beautiful silhouette high in the sky.
What's going on? The entire audience was stunned. Her height must have been at least ten meters, right? Could a normal person jump that high?!
“It’s a spirit crystal!”
Someone came to his senses and yelled, and people realized that there was also a subtle high-pressure wind column under her feet - and the stone slabs on the ground facing the wind column had been shattered into pieces.
I see.
At the moment before jumping, she took out the ninth-level spirit crystal wind cannon, aimed it at the ground and fired it at the same time. She dodged the fan-shaped wind cannons and broke up the wind columns with stronger wind columns. At the same time, the collision of the wind columns generated a powerful airflow, which lifted her body, which had jumped high due to the recoil of the launch, to a higher altitude.
But before the audience could come to their senses, the white shadow in the air moved again.
She aimed her arm at the enemy on the ground again and launched a second level nine wind cannon!
Boom!!
At the critical moment, the opponent also used a seventh-level wind cannon to disperse most of the bombardment, but was still inevitably cut by countless tiny wind blades on the skin. His clothes were torn into pieces, and tiny wounds were everywhere. He looked very miserable. Except for the ground where he was standing which was still intact, the nearby stone slabs were all blown into tiny pieces.
The attack is not over yet.
After the wind cannon ended, the white shadow in the air began to descend to the ground, and then she disappeared as she landed.
No. Not vanishing. She landed with a gust of wind, stirring up dust from the shattered stone slabs. And in those few seconds of sight interruption, she had already sprinted, following an arcing trajectory to the enemy's side, out of his sight—while the enemy continued to stare in surprise at the open space ahead.
It was like a sneak attack by a falcon and an unsuspecting hare.
The entire venue fell silent, everyone holding their breath, awaiting that crucial blow. That man, after the sudden change in his surroundings, finally sensed the danger from behind. He turned abruptly at the last moment—
Unfortunately, it's too late.
The strong wind stopped, and the high-flying hem of the clothes gradually dropped down. The white evil spirit had already pointed the sharp claws on the back of his hand at his throat, and the front end of the claws had almost pierced his skin.
"Give up or die?"
The girl's voice, which should have been sweet, now carried a fishy and cold poison, sweeping with overwhelming murderous aura, shocking the other party like a wild beast, making them unable to move.
“…Admit…admit defeat—poof!”
Before the man could finish his lines of begging for mercy, the executioner in white spun around and gave a flying kick, landing a solid kick on the man's abdomen. The man flew straight backwards and fell off the stage without a doubt, while the audience erupted in excited cheers.
Gu Yinyue on the side did not feel so optimistic. He frowned and stared at Beichen's direction for a second. At this moment, Lahan waved the two swords in his hands and launched a sneak attack from the side!
"Don't be distracted, brother, your opponent is still here!"
With a clang, Longyun's sword blocked the attack, and Gu Yinyue turned around and looked at the other party expressionlessly.
"Looks like I have to move faster."
"oh?"
Gu Yinyue did not answer, but his movements suddenly became stronger. He had been in a passive defensive state because of his concern for Beichen, but he suddenly switched to a fierce active attack.
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
His speed was slow, but every time Longyun struck, sand and rocks flew, the ground was shattered, and the whistling wind could even knock anyone off balance. Lahan repeatedly aimed for gaps in Gu Yinyue's attacks, but he easily twisted the hilt and used the massive blade as a shield to block them. Meanwhile, Naraka immediately seized the opportunity to launch a supporting attack!
"Hmph, don't think you're the only one with a long-range weapon!"
Lahan jumped back a few steps and stretched out his arms.
"Red Crow, come up!"
A red light shot up onto the ring from outside the arena. Lahan used long-distance summoning to call for his second weapon. Before the red light could condense into a human shape on the ring, several bright red beams had already emitted sharp hisses and pounced on Gu Yinyue's figure!
Bang!
However, the red light was swallowed up by the white deceased.
After everything happened, people came to their senses. It was another warrior on the field - the fast-killing white shadow. He rushed over ten meters in a few seconds, swung his grappling claws and knocked the red light to the ground.
The true form of the red light was a few blood-red crossbow-shaped lights. They stayed on the ground for a while, then turned into photons and disappeared. The human figure in the distance had red hair, golden eyes, and was holding a long crossbow with photon veins - a star vein seed.
Gu Yinyue just glanced at the new reinforcements out of the corner of his eyes, and continued to chase Lahan slowly. Although Lahan was very skilled, had excellent dodging ability, and a very sharp rhythm of attack, and could not cause much damage to him in a short time, he was better in terms of physical strength, and his flaws would naturally be exposed when he was exhausted.
On the other side, Beichen also rushed towards the red-haired Star Vein Seed holding a long crossbow without any communication between the two.
"snort."
The Star Vein Species named Red Crow sneered in a damp voice, pulled the trigger, and several bright red rays of light shot out at the same time and attacked Beichen. Beichen immediately dodged the attack by jumping sideways a few times, but he didn't expect that the red rays of light actually turned in the air and rushed towards Beichen again.
It even has a rear-end collision function?!
Beichen smacked his lips and stopped dodging. Instead, he waved his hand to disperse the light. However, because of these actions, the red crow on the opposite side also distanced itself, and then several more red lights shot over!
“So annoying!”
She roared angrily and dispersed the light again - but this time, the red light did not pursue.
"It's cooling time!" Black Disaster roared, "Great opportunity, it's our turn!"
Naraka, Zephyr, and Possessed Moon all have cooling time, but the former is much longer than the latter. It means that after a round of attack (bullets, light beams, Protoss cannons) is launched, it takes a certain amount of time to launch the second round, and during this time, the opponent cannot launch the same attack again.
Beichen nodded and took out a black spirit crystal from the storage space.
This was the eighth-level spirit crystal "Night Fog"—it had no killing power and would only create a large cloud of black smoke. Most of the time, it was used as a smoke bomb for escape, but now—
"Black Bane, 'Assassin' form!"
While crushing the spirit crystal, Beichen let out a low roar, and in the black mist, the white shadow disappeared silently as if swallowed by the smoke.
The Red Crow, surrounded by smoke, immediately understood their tactics: for long-range weapons, the most difficult situation is the inability to aim.
Red Crow sneered.
As a Star Vein, he didn't need to use his naked eyes to locate the enemy; he could also capture the enemy's position by activating the Star Spirit Force Field Scan. As he thought about this, a small radar-like screen composed of photons appeared before his eyes, but...
"No?!"
How is that possible?! Any weapon must have stellar spiritual power, right?! Why can't it be scanned?!
Chi Ya didn't know that Beichen was now an "assassin". Since he was an "assassin", there was absolutely no reason for him to expose himself - yes, Hei Huo's assassin form completely absorbed any breath of Beichen, the combat unit, including human breath and weapon breath, and all turned into nothingness in the darkness!
Chi Ya was a little scared. He kept turning his head and changing his position, trying to keep an eye on the other party's movements. However, the assassin in the black fog didn't even give him a chance to be afraid or timid.
The black afterglow from behind, like the fangs of a wild beast, pierced into the opponent's abdomen fiercely and silently.
But before Chi Ya could even scream, the next wave of severe pain almost made him lose consciousness - the other party pulled the barbed blade out of his abdominal cavity.
The black fog dissipated, and people only saw the result of the battle: the high-level Star Vein Race was half-kneeling on the ground covered in blood, and behind him, the white shadow turned into an assassin in black, pressing the hook in his hand against the opponent's neck.
"Give up or die?"
She did not stop Chi Ya from pouring the molten star mineral into the wound, and continued to ask with an expressionless face.
“…Admit defeat.”
Chi Ya curled up the corners of his mouth in a helpless smile, then shrugged helplessly in the direction of his master, then got up obediently and jumped off the ring on his own initiative.
The crowd was in an uproar.
The claws on Speedkill White Shadow's hands actually have two full-body combat weapon forms! This is a benefit that even Star Vein types don't have! You know, being able to quickly switch between these two advantageous modes can bring countless opportunities for victory!
He had no idea of the assassin he was hiding! Lahan, defeated so quickly, was distracted for a moment, allowing Gu Yinyue to seize the opportunity. A whistling cloud swept over him, and he hurriedly crossed his swords to block it, but the difference in arm strength still made him step back a few steps. Huge gaps appeared on his swords, and his abdomen was also torn open by the sword wind.
“Wow—”
Lahan couldn't laugh this time. He jumped back and shouted exaggeratedly.
"What are you doing? Are you all so angry? I'm the murderer of your father, okay?"
"How dare you say that!!"
Beichen, who was not far away, would have been fine if he hadn't heard this, but after hearing it, he immediately shouted angrily:
"You killed Xiang Ying! You bastard!!"
She growled, and regardless of Gu Yinyue's shouts to stop her, she raised her grappling claws and rushed forward!
However──
"I give up!"
Lahan showed a hateful smile and slickly dodged Beichen's ruthless and fishy attack.
"You're wrong, I'm just an employee. Can you please make sure you're taking revenge on me?"
"Nonsense! If you hadn't taken Karina hostage, he wouldn't have done that!"
The pursuit did not stop because of his surrender.
The audience sitting far away could not hear their conversation, but only saw that Bai Ying had clearly won, but was still relentlessly chasing and attacking the enemy. The crowd whispered to each other: Bai Ying had clearly been taking a gentle approach before, which was to just win and never pursue the enemy, but why did he become a different person today?
"Ash Tuling! Please stop attacking immediately!! The opponent has surrendered!! Do you hear me, Ash Tuling!!"
Outside the field, the referee used a loudspeaker spirit crystal to give a stern reminder, but his voice could no longer reach Beichen's ears.
"You're not kidding, are you? It's just a quantized longsword that died. Is there any need to be so exaggerated? With your strength and fame, there's no longsword you can't find?!"
Lahan dodged, clutching his stomach, while grinning strangely at Beichen's masked face, which still revealed her furious emotions. The words she uttered didn't sound like a compromise from a defeated opponent, but rather like malicious instigation.
"Shut up! You bastard!!"
Sure enough, Beichen's rage increased, and the claws in his hands attacked faster.
"Beichen, stop now, do you want to lose your qualification for the competition?!"
"Beichen, calm down!"
Now, even the Black Disaster and Su Jie in her hands spoke out to dissuade her. Beichen's eyes cleared up in a few seconds, but at the same time, Lahan continued to speak with a malicious smile.
"Oh, is it because he has a good appearance that you can't bear to part with him? Or is it because the sharpening of the blade makes you linger?"
“Shut up!!!!!”
Beichen was filled with anger and resentment for the humiliation he and Xiang Ying had suffered. He bent his body, raised his head high, and swung the claws in both hands down with force!
bump!
The sound of flesh colliding instantly woke Beichen up.
Her fist smashed into Lahan's face, sending him reeling a few steps, but the Black Disaster and White Jie in her hands vanished. At the last moment, they left her hands and returned to their human form as she leaped, leaving her with a final blow delivered with bare hands.
At the same time, Gu Yinyue also found the opportunity and quickly grabbed her waist, restrained her hands and held her in his arms.
The game ended in this strange state.
Lahan touched the corner of his mouth which was stained with blood and looked at Beichen sneerfully. Beichen, who was restrained by Gu Yinyue, struggled angrily again, but was ultimately no match for Gu Yinyue's arm strength and could only twist in his arms.
"The game is over. The winners are Yaxiu Tuling and Gu Yinyue!"
The referee's emotionless voice rang out on the competition stage, and applause rang out from outside the arena, but Beichen and Gu Yinyue, who should have been happy about their victory, had extremely gloomy expressions.
"You guys won this time, but since it's a competition, there are many things I can't use. Next time, let's have another good fight on the battlefield without any external constraints."
Before leaving the stage, Lahan once again made inflammatory remarks.
"Oh, by the way, for the next longsword, I suggest you prioritize combat effectiveness. Appearance and blade sharpening skills, after all, can't guarantee his survival in a critical situation."
“Lahan────────!!!!”
Beichen watched in Gu Yinyue's arms as he laughed and waved his hand as he left the ring, roaring the other's name angrily.
The loser exits easily, but the winner has nowhere to vent his anger and humiliation;
The enemy left in a swagger, but the avenger could only watch helplessly as he allowed him to slander the dead.
“Damn it! Damn it!!”
The grief-stricken roar of Susha Baiying floated above the ring.
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