The next challenge will start in three days.

Bai Liu sent Spade back to the killer sequence two days ago and returned to the wandering circus to prepare for the next challenge.

Wandering circus meeting room.

Wang Shun stood at the front. He looked very nervous. His explanation was not as natural as before and his speech was also very fast: "Tomorrow is our second challenge match."

"This will be our last meeting before the game." He paused, smiled bitterly and said, "Although I don't want to put pressure on you, I have to say that this is also our last chance in this year's league."

"Let's analyze the situation of the major guilds. First of all, we can rule out the Killer Sequence. The team that has won a challenge will advance first. The Killer Sequence has already entered the playoffs. There are only seven teams in our card pool."

"There are three teams that deserve our attention. They are also the top three teams among the remaining teams. The second is the King's Guild, the third is the Deer Hunter, and the fourth is the Golden Dawn. These teams are very strong, and each of them has a popular team that has gathered the death-free gold medal. This means that they no longer need popularity. When they face us, they are likely to choose to give up the first two games directly and go straight to the third game—"

Wang Shun looked around the audience and took a deep breath: "——That is our weakness, the team competition."

"These three teams have introduced new players this year." Tang Er frowned and asked, "And from the replay, they don't have good coordination with the team. Is it possible to use the new players as a breakthrough in the team competition?"

This is a common thought. Newcomers usually don't cooperate well with the team and are easily the ones who are broken in team games. However, Wang Shun smiled bitterly when he heard this: "That's what I want to say."

"The new players of these three teams are very strong. Sometimes they do not cooperate well with the team, but this poor coordination is completely covered up by the tactics designed for them by their tacticians and their own strength."

"First is the Nun of the King's Crown." Wang Shun clicked on the system panel, and a video was projected on it.

In the video, Phoebe has blonde hair and green eyes. She puts her hands together in front of her chest, with three pairs of pure white wings spread out behind her. Her expression is as holy as the first snow that has not been stained by dirt. She slightly lowers her long, curled light yellow eyelashes and prays devoutly for a player who is kneeling in front of her with a completely distracted look in his eyes:

"May God bless you to hell."

"Please come here and let me give you the gospel."

After she finished reading it briskly, the wings behind her quickly folded, embracing her and the player in front of her. The bright white wings quickly turned into a layer of black membrane-bone bat wings, and after opening again, the player had turned into a pile of bones. There was blood on Phoebe's mouth that had not yet faded. She licked it innocently with a satisfied smile as if she had eaten a lot. Her pupils turned from green to blood red, and two curly horns grew on her forehead.

The picture froze at the moment when Phoebe licked the blood from the corner of her mouth.

Mu Sicheng's scalp was numb: "Isn't this person's title a nun? Why does she look like a vampire?"

"I got the information from some people in the King's Guild." Wang Shun looked at Phoebe on the screen and sighed with a complicated look. "Phoebe's skills are the same as the witch's. They are very rare two-stage skills. The identity of the monster book can be changed."

"Phoebe has two identities, one is a nun, and the other is a witch. The nun can enchant her teammates through prayers, reducing the damage they take, which simply means weakening the opponent's attack. At the same time, she also has a skill called [Gospel], which can make the enemy uncontrollably develop a favorable impression of her, lower their guard, and confide in her."

"At this time, Phoebe will usually change her identity from a nun to a witch, sucking the opponent's blood and flesh. Her damage is quite high. Basically, if a player at the level of a shepherd with four sincerity is sucked for about ten seconds, the health bar of the player will be emptied."

Wang Shun pointed at the pile of bones on the system panel: "——And then it became like this."

Mu Sicheng got goosebumps all over his body: "Don't use me as an example!"

"But her weakness is also obvious." Bai Liu raised his eyes and looked at the screen, "She can't be attacked at close range, right?"

Wang Shun nodded. "That's my guess. Phoebe's defense doesn't seem to be very high. She is a control position. Hearts usually puts her behind the [Shield], that is, Titan, to protect her. But she is usually not so honest and will run out, so many players will aim at her."

"But because her damage is also very high, players who aim at her will die terribly, so nothing has happened so far. I have basically finished the entire team game and have never quit early."

Bai Liu thought thoughtfully: "So she is also a bait, taking on part of the roaming mission."

"What bait?" Mu Sicheng asked in confusion.

"She was deliberately released by Hong Tao to run around the field." Liu Jiayi suddenly explained, "Then she was asked to attract the enemy's main attack or roam to attack, just like a spider, spreading a web and wandering around, then sticking to the prey and sucking it to kill. This is the responsibility of the player in the [Roaming] position, but because Liu Ji and Qi Yifang are not good at roaming, Hong Tao let Phoebe take on the task of the roaming position."

Liu Jiayi looked at Phoebe on the screen and paused: "She completed it beautifully."

"Although Phoebe doesn't work well with the others, she works very well with Red Heart." Bai Liu held his chin and looked at the screen with a faint look. "As a team member, she is already excellent enough to work well with the tactician."

"She can't be used as a breakthrough."

Bai Liu made a simple judgment and quickly changed the subject: "What about Liu Ji and Qi Yifang?"

"What do you say about these two guys..." Wang Shun's expression also became helpless. "They are indeed not strong, but they have always been under Hong Tao's command. They are very obedient to Hong Tao, and their skills are also very unique. I haven't found a breakthrough yet."

"Qi Yifang, you have already seen him in "Rose Factory". He is a roamer, and his skill identity is a weather forecaster. He is very unpredictable, and even he himself lacks control. But if used well, he can have unexpected effects. However, his normal attack skills are very stable, without too many flaws."

"Liu Ji, this guy's intelligence is not high, but his obedience is first-rate. Basically, the moment Red Heart gives an order, he can execute it without any time lag. So Red Heart is his brain, and his skill is [Flame Bone Hammer]."

Wang Shun pointed seriously at Liu Ji, whose entire body was on fire and whose bones could be seen, and said, "This is the frenzy state he enters after his spirit value drops below 40. His whole body is on fire. Remember, don't let him enter this state. With Phoebe's witch buff, his attack power will increase and become very strong. Being burned is equivalent to being hit by Tang Er's gun."

…

After the meeting, Bai Liu stayed to discuss the details of the competition with Wang Shun.

Wang Shun looked worried: "You should go up and draw a team this time. According to your luck, you will most likely draw the strongest team in the card pool, which is the King's Crown."

"You're about to fight your old boss?" Bai Liu was still in the mood to joke. He smiled and said, "How do you feel?"

Wang Shun didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "As soon as you come on stage, Hong Tao will know that I used the last of my connections in the guild to dig out Phoebe's specific skills. By then, she won't have time to chase me down, so why bother talking about whether she is the boss or not?"

"That's Jiayi." Wang Shun paused, "I don't know what this kid is thinking."

"Hongtao treats her really well."

"Why does Hong Tao treat Jia Yi so well?" Bai Liu asked calmly, "You have been with Hong Tao for so long, do you know the reason?"

Wang Shun hesitated for a moment, but still said: "The reason why the queen treats Jiayi well seems to be because Jiayi, like her, particularly hates men."

As he spoke, Wang Shun looked up at Bai Liu, thought for a moment, and said tactfully: "Especially the kind of bad men who are obsessed with money and like to kidnap little girls. When the queen encounters such men on the field, they basically end up in a miserable situation."

Bai Liu: “…”

Bai Liu calmly changed the subject: "I lost two games in a row. Did Charles come to see me?"

“No.” Wang Shun looked puzzled. “I am also confused when I think about it. I went to see him before and he told me not to worry about the investment. I can just compare directly. There will be no shortage of investment.”

"Because besides him, there is another gambler who has taken a fancy to you."

Bai Liu narrowed his eyes and asked, "Who?"

Wang Shun's expression became a little subtle: "I don't know. Charles only left you a gift box. I only saw it when I came here today. He said that no one else can open it except you. It was given to you by another investor. He said that once you open it, you will naturally know who the other investor is."

Bai Liu paused for a moment and said, "Give me the gift box."

Wang Shun went to the warehouse to get the gift box. When he saw the gift box, Bai Liu finally understood why Wang Shun had such a subtle expression when talking about it. It was a pink and black lace gift box with a few crystal straps hanging around the edge. It looked luxurious and...

pornography.

Bai Liu calmly opened the box. Wang Shun scanned the contents of the box and his expression froze instantly. He suddenly raised his head and looked at Bai Liu, unable to speak clearly: "What, what is this?!"

Inside the box was a very delicate set of lace bra and panties, and a pair of leather leg loops - all for women, with a little card next to it.

Bai Liu took out the card indifferently, lowered his eyes and looked at the flying and frivolous words on it——

——Match it with the clothes I gave you last time. It suits you very well. Wear it for me to see during the competition.

Gamblers' Alliance Guild.

"Are you really interested in Bai Liu?" Charles sat behind his desk, with a meaningful inquiry on his face. "He is the dark horse I have already identified. I don't want you to suddenly intervene and interrupt him."

"Men you like usually don't have a good ending."

Zhao Muchi sat opposite him, his eyes drooping lazily, not even looking at Charles opposite him: "Not entirely, isn't the outcome of Spade not good?"

"That's because you didn't get him." Charles spread his hands and smiled with amusement, "The person he likes is not you, but Bai Liu."

"I can only say that I have no hostility towards him." Zhao Muchi's tone was very light, without the outward arrogance that he showed in front of Bai Liu and Heitao. There was no emotion on his face, and he sat very straight, with a kind of aristocratic elegance. "I was just reminding Bai Liu."

Charles' eyes moved: "Remind him of what?"

Zhao Muchi had a happy and lazy smile on his face, as if he had succeeded in a prank: "Remind him, whether he wants to or not, he will soon wear women's clothes to show me."

Charles paused for a moment. He was no longer cynical, but calmed down. He tapped his fingers on the table twice and said, "What do you know? Did that person go to the island to look for you again?"

"Who are you talking about?" Zhao Muchi lifted his eyelids and looked at Charles: "Bai Liu or Bai Liu?"

"Maybe it's both, or maybe it's neither. You just found out about this, right? Why are you asking me about it so soon?" Charles smiled and started to ask a riddle. "We all know that you are a chess piece that he set up for Bai Liu in this world. So, as a chess piece, what do you think?"

"In the castle in the sky, relying only on the one you had ten years ago, and having been up and down on the island of love for so many years, waiting for that person, what do you think?"

"Do you still want to be his pawn?"

"No, not once." Zhao Muchi folded his hands under his chin and smiled. That smile was very dreamy, like the smile of a person immersed in a beautiful dream from which he would never wake up. "It was twice. He came to the island to see me once on my eighteenth birthday, when Bai Liu was eighteen years old."

After saying that, Zhao Muchi stood up and prepared to leave. Charles looked at Zhao Muchi with an unclear look and suddenly asked, "Will you defeat Bai Liu in this game?"

Zhao Muchi paused as he was leaving, then chuckled: "Do you really think I like Bai Liu? I don't like him."

"I crush his opponents."

The next day, we visited the viewing pond.

The deafening cheers have not stopped since Bai Liu entered the arena - in the last challenge, Bai Liu defeated Spades and broke Spades' undefeated myth. Since then, his popularity has remained high. Although his popularity has dropped slightly after losing to Nishen, he is still firmly in ninth place and is one of the top ten star players.

Everything was so familiar that the host was too lazy to even introduce it, and just joked: "This is also the first time you have seen a team participate in two challenge matches, right? Is it new? Getting a second challenge opportunity by buying off the other guild?"

——This statement is a compliment but actually an insult. It is accusing Bai Liu of being shameless, breaking the rules, and actually holding the challenge twice.

But no matter how the host looked down on him, Bai Liu did not break the rules, and he could indeed challenge himself a second time.

As soon as the host started to mock, there was a burst of booing from the audience - they were booing the host, and some people even shouted that if you have no level, just get out and let me do the explanation. The host then shut up with a cold sweat on his forehead.

Yes, it is customary to mock newcomers in the league. He forgot that Bai Liu is a newcomer but also a top ten popular player. Random mockery will arouse a rebellious mentality.

Bai Liu walked up to draw the lot with a normal look on his face. After drawing the lot, he handed it to the staff next to him. The staff opened the lot and held it up to show him -

——【King’s Crown】.

When the host saw the draw, he immediately became excited again. He raised the microphone and shouted, "This is the guild where our second most popular Queen of Hearts belongs! King's Crown!"

“Will the wandering circus succeed in its challenge? Let’s wait and see!”

"Of course I personally think that's unlikely. The queen is so beautiful, not so strong!"

Wang Shun looked at his system panel and saw his approval rating continuing to drop since the vote was opened. He clenched his fists and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Although he had known that the support rate would drop after the signing of the petition, the speed still scared him a little.

"Please ask both tacticians to come forward and shake hands!" The host joked again, "Shaking hands with the Queen is the dream of all male players in our game except Spade. Bai Liu is really lucky."

Hong Tao was wearing a very neat skirt and pants today, with a ponytail and a beret, which made her look very mobile.

"I've been looking forward to playing against you for a long time." Hong Tao raised her red lips and stretched out her hand. "Finally, I've waited for this day, Bai Liu."

Bai Liu looked up at her and smiled: "I hope this will be a wonderful game."

"Okay!" The host waved his hand and shouted, "The competition officially begins!"

【System prompt: King Crown has given up the right to compete in singles and doubles.】

【System prompt: Directly load the team competition program. 】

[…The game is loading…]

[System prompt: Both players log in to the game "Castle in the Sky"]

[(King's Crown) VS (Wandering Circus), the five-person team competition game officially begins. ]

Bai Liu opened his eyes. He was in a shaking container. It was pitch black inside. Bai Liu quickly opened the system panel and used the light on the panel to check the surrounding environment while verifying the mission:

[System prompt: Player Bai Liu obtains the identity (preparatory witch)]

[Player Bai Liu activates the main quest]

[Player Bai Liu gets game background tips]

[…This is a small, remote country on the coast that has been invaded by a strange eel creature. The country is plagued by this eel that can penetrate any hole and reproduces very quickly. The whole country is so flooded that when you turn on the water pipe, what comes out of the pipe is not water, but eels running around everywhere…]

[Scientists in the country have been studying for a long time and have tried many methods to deal with this invasive species. Whether it is physical methods such as chopping with knives, burning with fire, or chemical methods such as strong acids and alkalis, they have not been able to destroy even a single scale of this strange eel. Just when the whole country was about to fall into despair, a scientist discovered that his wife's saliva could actually dissolve this eel. After a series of studies, it was finally confirmed that the saliva of female humans can dissolve eels.]

【So a new biological solution was proposed: as long as people keep eating eels raw, this biological disaster will be solved sooner or later.】

[But strange things happened again. Scientists found that when a woman swallows a certain amount of eels, her body will undergo other changes. She will become ugly, grow scales, and even evolve a series of super powers such as flying over walls and teleporting, and even eat people evilly - this is exactly the same as the witches in ancient legends.]

【Everyone began to fear the witches. At this moment, the Supreme Holy Tribunal stood up. They had the faith of the citizens of the entire country. The people in the Tribunal said that as long as you have a firm belief, no matter how many eels you eat, you will not be a witch. Those who have become witches are originally evil-minded and want to have evil power and want to eat them! 】

[These people only revealed their true colors under the catalysis of the eels. Don't be afraid, kill them! ]

[As long as all witches are thoroughly judged, everyone will return to a safe environment. Witches are not endless, they are just a few dark people! ]

[At this point, a huge witch hunt began. Countless witches died under torture in the court. This led to a shortage of women in this country who could digest eels. They began to secretly smuggle and traffic women from other countries.]

【And you are a "woman" from another country who was trafficked here. 】

[Main Quest: Get the "Witch's Heart" and place it on the tower of the Sky City to end the witch trial.]

[Side Quest: Now you are in the container, be careful not to let others find out that you are a man. If there are witches among them, they will definitely kill you.]

[System friendly reminder: Witches will kill all men they meet. ]

Bai Liu paused while holding the panel. After reading the task list, he slowly lowered his gaze to the clothes on his body.

Although it is dirty, it is indeed a women's outfit.

The author has something to say:

I have referred to the witch trials in history, as well as what Zhao Muchi and Charles said. If you don't understand it now, it's okay, I will explain it later.