The dissenter was named Li Ming, a lightning-type mage under Chen Ling.
Prior to this, Chen Ling's team had always been the main force in terms of output, and naturally received preferential treatment, being the center of attention.
Now Liu Nian has suddenly appeared, and he's even an outsider who's taking my place.
Doesn't he even look at what he's dressed in all black? And he's carrying around a skull, trying to be all eccentric? Is he some kind of scammer?
If you hold back for a moment, you'll only get angrier; if you back down, you'll only feel like you've lost out!
This is truly intolerable. Isn't it only natural to go looking for trouble?
Li Ming walked over, tilted his head, and said to Liu Nian with his nostrils pointing upwards, "You're going to be the main player? What are your special skills?"
Seeing this, Ruan Xin tried to step forward to stop them, but Chen Ling stopped him with one hand.
"Let's see his real skills so that everyone will be convinced."
Zhou Momo, who had originally intended to help, stopped when she heard this, and felt that what was said made sense.
Special skill? Does my exceptional skill count?
Unaware of the ulterior motives among the others, Liu Nian looked at the arrogant man opposite her and mentally complained.
“I don’t have any special skills, but that’s what your boss said, so ask her!” Liu Nian replied calmly.
"Hmph, pretty boy." Li Ming said with a disdainful look.
Even though we're short-handed, please don't just throw any kind of person into the group, okay?
They don't even show their faces, is it because they're so ugly they've alarmed the Party?
Me? A pretty boy? Do I have that potential? Liu Nian was a little flattered!
Trying hard to resist the urge to touch her face, Liu Nian offered a suggestion.
"How about we take a gamble?"
"Come on then, who's afraid of who?" Li Ming said arrogantly, still with his nostrils flaring.
As a mage with three offensive skills, he has every reason to be proud.
"How do you want to bet? Tell me!"
"Let the loser give the winner 100 crowns," Liu Nian suggested, taking a playful approach.
After all, you're an intermediate necromancer; it wouldn't be honorable for me to defeat you.
"Tch, you poor bastard. If you lose, you'll get five hundred crowns, plus a prop card. Do you dare?" Li Ming sneered, thinking Liu Nian was scared.
"You don't have any item cards, do you?" he added, oblivious to the danger.
No way, no way, did I really guess right?
Even a clay figure has a touch of wildness, doesn't it?
Since you're so kind as to do me the honor, fine, I'll play along!
"Since you're in such a good mood, let's go for the big bet. The loser gets a thousand crowns plus two item cards. How about that? If that's not enough, do you want to add some more?" Liu Nian suggested leisurely.
"Fine! You think I'm afraid of you?" Li Ming immediately threw out two prop cards and a large bag of crowns.
Liu Nian was also somewhat surprised to see Li Ming take these props out of his pocket.
He has a spatial artifact, which seems interesting.
Seeing that Chen Ling did not express her opinion, Liu Nian understood.
It seems she's using someone else to test me!
Liu Nian stopped talking and took out the Zhangjiao Turban, the Medusa's Eye, and a large bag of crowns from his saddlebag.
After handing them over to Chen Ling for safekeeping, the two went to the area on the other side of the mountain.
After all, it wouldn't be good to accidentally pull the boss.
"Let's determine who's superior and who's inferior, and also decide who lives and who dies!"
The game doesn't have an arena feature; warriors' attacks have varying degrees of severity, but for mages, dying is practically pointless.
“Alright, let’s go!” Li Ming said defiantly, sticking his neck out.
I don't believe you can kill me in one hit with my three skills, bring it on!
The two stood separately, and the onlookers surrounded them.
"3, 2, 1, Go!"
As Ruan Xin, acting as the temporary referee, shouted "Begin!", the two simultaneously began casting their spells.
"Watch me strike you with a bolt of lightning and turn you into charcoal!" Li Ming chanted the spell of lightning.
This second-tier spell is his most powerful spell, capable of dealing twenty points of lightning damage. Today, the lightning spell happens to be at level three, which will increase the damage by a few points. Li Ming has repeatedly made meritorious contributions with it.
The moment the referee shouted "start," Liu Nian began to unleash the Death Ripple.
No fear magic was cast, because it was unnecessary.
Liu Nian made the first move, and after three seconds, the black mist instantly engulfed Li Ming.
Fortunately, Li Ming was well-equipped and had high magic resistance, otherwise he would have died on the spot.
Looking at the five drops of blood left on his screen, Li Ming turned pale with fright.
Chen Ling sensed something was wrong when she saw Liu Nian casting a spell, and now seeing Li Ming's drastic change in expression, she immediately declared Liu Nian the winner.
Everyone stared in shock at the lifeless ground surrounding Li Ming, too stunned to speak, and remained frozen in place.
At the time, they had thought of having Li Ming teach this outsider a lesson, but now they only regret that they were blind and didn't offend this powerful mage.
It took everyone a while to recover from the atmosphere. When they saw Li Ming standing motionless on the ground, people who knew him helped him away.
Sitting on the grass, Li Ming accepted the life-saving potion handed to him by his companion without saying a word. Trembling, he uncorked the bottle and gritted his teeth to drink it down.
Because of this incident, everyone had to wait for Li Ming to recover his health. Chen Ling looked unwell but had no choice.
Although he didn't give the order himself, he did indirectly test Liu Nian's skills.
It's a stroke of luck that no one was killed.
I had heard Zhou Momo talk about Liu Nian's strength back then, and I thought he only had some knowledge of summoning magic, but it turns out his offensive magic is also very powerful.
Having made a mistake, Chen Ling was now filled with mixed feelings, both admiring and wary of Liu Nian.
How wonderful it would be if they could be used by me!
Otherwise, this person will definitely become a major threat in the future.
If we could get along well before the test, now I'm afraid...
Hopefully he hasn't noticed, otherwise, things could turn out very differently!
After taking the spoils from Chen Ling, no one dared to question Liu Nian's abilities anymore.
The crowd spontaneously made way for Liu Nian, their gazes towards him now filled with a hint of awe.
Liu Nian had no idea what everyone was thinking, so she went to the side and stayed there by herself.
Looking at the two prop cards that he had inexplicably won in his hand.
【Substitute Straw Man】
Substitute Straw Doll: After being fatally attacked, you can use a special item to nullify the fatal attack.
[Puppet Doll]
Puppet Doll: Deals a check to an enemy unit in front of it. If the check is successful, the enemy unit is confused for five seconds (the confusion effect is immediately interrupted upon being attacked).
Great stuff! Mr. Li is so generous!
Looking at the dejected Li Ming beside him, Liu Nian felt a sincere sense of admiration.
Remember to call me again if there's another chance to make money like this!
If Li Ming heard Liu Nian's inner monologue, I wonder if he would faint.
After wasting some time, everyone finished resting.
After dispersing to their positions, a heavily armored man holding a riot shield walked alone towards the platform.
Liu Nian recognized him; he was one of Chen Ling's main shield guards.
In the past, the saying in games was that to understand the strength of a team, you just had to look at the equipment of their shield guards.
This shield guard was clad in heavy armor, clearly an extraordinary individual.
Even for the sake of the corpse, I must do my best!
Seeing the shield guards about to engage the enemy, Liu Nian became excited!
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