The next day, the first thing Xia Yao did after coming online was not to go to the Scholars' Academy to receive the fixed tasks, but to switch directly to the forum to collect information.
The fact that Zhang Bu Bu was raped and surrounded during his math, physics and chemistry classes yesterday must have been related to her, but considering Zhang Bu Bu's mood yesterday, she did not ask directly, but planned to solve it by herself.
She quickly found the post on the second page related to Zhang Bu'an. Clicking it, she saw Zhang Bu'an's comments about Zaun defending her. He had been swearing off a lot without even considering the consequences of going against this group of people.
Xia Yao closed the post and exited the forum with a click, closed her eyes, thought calmly, and then opened her eyes, her eyes covered with a layer of cold frost.
He ran straight to a registration office in the city, paid a large amount of gold coins, and mortgaged something. Then he reported his name, time, and address. In an instant, an eye-catching announcement was spread to the entire server.
[Player Yinyao challenges player Yuan Qinglan. Warriors, please come and watch!]
Today is the weekend. Zhang Bu'er and Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, who had logged in early, saw this huge notification as soon as they entered. Before they could guess whether it was because of what happened yesterday, they saw Wushan Leng, Sandaofo and Erdaoliu sending messages almost at the same time.
[Boss, what's going on with her?!]
At the same time, in the Beiming Capital.
Yuan Qinglan, who was leisurely drinking tea, suddenly stood up and slammed the table, almost breaking the guild's newly bought stone table.
"She's crazy! She actually issued a challenge to me!" Yuan Qinglan stared at the system announcement in disbelief. She read it over and over again. It was not until the system sent her a separate challenge letter that she finally confirmed that it was really Yin Yao who did it.
The boxer Luanying and the summoner Zhuojiu standing next to her both widened their eyes.
"Sister Qinglan, how could she have the nerve to challenge you?" the two said.
"Haha, bitch! You stole the guild's stuff and didn't return it, and now you're making a big fuss about it!" Yuan Qinglan glared at the two of them fiercely, a vein popping on his forehead. "Well, since she doesn't want to save face, then I'll fight her to the end!"
She switched her equipment with one click, changing from her daily monster-killing outfit to the best mage outfit, and then used a private teleportation array to teleport from the guild to the location closest to the arena in the city. As soon as she appeared, people around the arena instantly cast glances at her, either surprised or envious.
Haha, Yuan Qinglan sneered in her heart, and stepped onto the red carpet laid by the system with arrogance. Dazzling light emanated from her body, showing off her top-notch equipment.
With every step she took forward, the sound of unconcealed discussions could be heard around her.
"Oh my god, mages actually have this kind of equipment? I've never seen it before."
"The whole body is made of black iron, and three of them have special effects. These properties are amazing!"
"How dare that female poet challenge the people of Beiming City? Is she crazy? An ordinary support wouldn't stand a high chance of winning against an ordinary mage, let alone Yuan Qinglan."
"Yeah, everyone knows they're the most powerful guild right now. They started out as a level 1 guild, but maybe they invested a lot of money, but in less than a week they reached level 3, jumping straight into the top ten. Let's see, they're already ranked ninth, just a hair's breadth away from eighth-placed Florence. They'll probably surpass the latter soon."
Players all know that the guild level is linked to many factors, one of which is very important is resources.
Why do so many individual players strive to join large guilds? It's because large guilds possess resources that smaller guilds simply can't access, including but not limited to dungeon strategies, rare materials, rare equipment, special quests, and so on. It's similar to how parents should always try to get their children into top schools: even if they're ranked last in a top class, they're still better than being ranked first in a third-rate school.
As the vice president of the Ninth Guild, Yuan Qinglan can tell from his somewhat shiny equipment that the resources of the Beiming City are indeed impressive.
However, just when everyone was overwhelmingly supporting Yuan Qinglan, several different voices suddenly rang out.
"Tsk, so what if it's a big guild? They haven't even gotten a first kill yet?" Wushan Leng sneered from behind.
"With such abundant resources, why haven't we seen anyone number one from the Beiming Capital?" The Three Buddhas picked their noses and jumped out.
"That's right. I keep saying the words 'Northern Sea Capital' every day, for fear that others will forget~" The two-sword man followed slowly.
Zhang Bu'er and Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry didn't say anything. They were too nervous and only stared at the people on the stage, secretly praying that their sister would not lose.
However, no matter how Wushan Leng and the others challenged him, most players could see that Yuan Qinglan came prepared. They estimated her combat power in their minds and then turned their attention to Xia Yao.
Compared with Yuan Qinglan, Xia Yao's equipment was much more ordinary. Although she also wore black iron equipment, she only had one piece, and the rest were all bronze, which directly made her lose to Yuan Qinglan by a large margin.
"Does her equipment have any special skills?" a player asked.
The knowledgeable blacksmith and tailor observed carefully for a moment. "Yes, her armor has it. I checked it before, and it seems to have snake venom, a passive lifesteal skill. Oh, and her necklace, hiss... strange, I can't tell what its properties are."
"I can't tell either. I can't even tell the difference between bronze and black iron."
"Forget it if I can't tell. Just assume her equipment is special. It can't compare to Yuan Qinglan's hardware, so I guess she'll lose."
"She's at a huge loss. The next person to challenge her will have to pay a lot of money. This amount!"
"800 gold?!"
"Hmm! Not only that, but you also have to mortgage your reputation points and personal assets. I don't know the exact amount, but it's a lot anyway. If you lose, everything will be confiscated."
The punishment mechanism was indeed very strict. As the players talked about it, they couldn't help but worry for Xia Yao on the stage.
In the blink of an eye, the time is up and the NPC strikes the gong.
Everyone saw Yuan Qinglan raise her staff the first time. She did not go for the fire mage route, but the ice mage route. The skills she swung out did not hit Xia Yao's head as everyone wished, but fell on herself.
A layer of pale blue ice appeared on the bottoms of her boots.
Then Yuan Qinglan started running and began to use skills while running.
There was an immediate commotion in the audience, with people exclaiming in amazement that a mage like Yuan Qinglan could actually cast skills while moving.
What shocked everyone even more was that the female poet Yin Yao was actually holding... a knife?!
"It's a novice's knife! Attack power +1!"
I don't know who gave this explanation.
Then Xia Yao on the stage ducked to the side, dodging the skill, and took a step forward. She grabbed Yuan Qinglan's staff with her left hand, and slashed with her right hand. A wound, neither shallow nor deep, appeared on Yuan Qinglan's face!
Yuan Qinglan screamed in shock, her face in pain, and her hands loosened involuntarily, allowing Xia Yao to easily snatch the staff away from her.
With a snap, the staff was placed on her thigh, and Xia Yao broke it into two pieces in front of everyone.
"you……!!!"
That was her favorite black iron staff!
Yuan Qinglan felt a choking sensation in her chest and was so heartbroken that tears were about to come out. She glared at Xia Yao angrily, and her pretty face instantly became distorted.
"Yinyao, I'm going to kill you!"
As he said this, he took out a new staff from his backpack.
Everyone was sharp-eyed and could immediately tell that the quality of this one was not as good as the previous one.
The blue ice layer under his feet was about to disappear, and Yuan Qinglan's eyes were red as he put on another layer of ice.
This is a skill unique to the Ice Mage - floating ice. The skill can be cast while moving, and can be stacked up to 3 layers. The cooling time after 3 layers is 45 seconds.
Mages are often limited because they can only stand and fight, but this skill of the Ice Mage can effectively avoid this weakness.
Yuan Qinglan angrily threw out his skills, releasing basic attacks and group attack blizzards in turn almost without interruption.
Blizzard's skill has a wide range and a large scale. Every time she releases it, a deafening bombing sound almost erupts on the stage.
The arena was not big, only about 60 to 70 square meters, and a snowstorm was enough to cover most of the area. Everyone felt that Xia Yao had nowhere to hide, and they secretly held their breath and worried for her.
Unexpectedly, after the overwhelming snowstorm, her figure suddenly flashed out from behind Yuan Qinglan.
The small knife with little attack power suddenly stabbed towards Yuan Qinglan's neck. Everyone opened their mouths wide, thinking that Xia Yao wanted to gain the upper hand by a sneak attack.
However, the knife did not pierce the flesh, but instead got stuck in Yuan Qinglan's armor with a clang.
There were cracks in the armor.
Yuan Qinglan was shocked and quickly turned around to give her a basic attack.
Xia Yao was prepared. Yuan Qinglan's panicked expression was reflected in her cold eyes. She raised her left foot and stepped hard on the opponent's knee. Yuan Qinglan's legs softened and he knelt on one knee on the ground.
He continued to hold the hilt of the knife and slashed it downwards mercilessly. The crack went from the back of the neck to the lower waist. The armor was instantly split in two, and the light disappeared in an instant, leaving only the original color of the armor.
Seeing this, Yuan Qinglan was completely furious!
"What the hell are you trying to do? You broke my staff and chopped my armor! Can't you see that I'm better equipped than you? Bitch, you have no ability, so you're jealous of my things. Haha, let me tell you, I have plenty of good stuff. Do you think you can defeat me like this? Dream on! You can't even imagine the resources of the Beiming City!"
The less confident a person is, the more outrageous his words will be.
Xia Yao listened calmly, with no expression on her face, as if she was not participating in a life-and-death PK at the moment, but looking down at an insignificant object.
"Yes, I will break your staff and chop your armor," she said, her lips curling slightly as she leaned forward indifferently, her voice whispered to Yuan Qinglan, "I will also shatter your bracelet and necklace, destroying your proudest divine attire and dignity."
"You...! Don't be so vicious!" Knowing that the other party would retaliate, Yuan Qinglan was furious but also felt a little scared. She turned around and kicked, wanting to hit Xia Yao in the abdomen.
However, Xia Yao blocked it firmly with a whip kick, and returned some of the force. Yuan Qinglan's facial muscles twitched in pain, but she was not convinced. She raised her other leg and kicked forward. Xia Yao grabbed her ankle with her backhand and inserted the knife straight into her ankle!
Yuan Qinglan screamed, supported himself on the ground with his hands and tried to step back.
Xia Yao didn't give her a chance. She pulled out the knife, turned the blade to the front, and stuck it to the skin of her calf, "climbing up the steps" like cutting noodles, reaching her thigh!
Even during the game, the players in the audience were terrified.
This is obviously not a question of a PK in the ring or a winner, but it is clearly to make Yuan Qinglan suffer!
Her staff and armor were destroyed, her pants were cut, and her boots were pierced through her ankles...
In other words, she is in disguise, Bai Yuan Qing Lan!
"She, she is seeking revenge for her friend, right?" The players who followed the gossip finally reacted.
"People from Yuan Qinglan are calling her a shameless thief on the world and forums. Her friend, who's not afraid of traveling the world, followed suit and refuted her. I heard that last night a female assassin was turned into a level 10 trumpet outside the city, and all her equipment was lost. It seems that person is her friend."
Yuan Qinglan heard this and instantly understood why he had issued a challenge to her so early this morning.
"Haha, so it's because of that rubbish friend of yours." She gritted her teeth and said forcefully.
Zhang Bupa had already squeezed to the front of the ring and heard Yuan Qinglan's words clearly.
She clenched her fists in humiliation, tears welling up in her eyes.
When Xia Yao saw Zhang Bubu, she smiled faintly at him, then turned around and stabbed the knife into Yuan Qinglan's chest!
The knife's attack power wasn't high, but piercing the chest still hurt. Yuan Qinglan struggled like crazy, but Xia Yao repeatedly ripped the tendons in her hands and feet, even her jawbone! She couldn't even scream for help.
If she had only felt a little fear of the female poet before, now her heart was filled with only terror and helplessness.
Without the bonus of her equipment, Yuan Qinglan was like a defenseless soft worm. She crawled in a pool of blood, clutching Xia Yao's trouser leg tightly, and squeezed out a few words with her dislocated jaw: "Kill me... If you have the guts... Kill me now..."
She is the vice president of Beiming City, but now she is being humiliated by countless gazes!
She would rather die than stay in this ring for another second!
However, Xia Yao did not get what she wanted.
She bent down, a smile clearly on her lips, but it didn't reach her eyes. She parted her lips slightly and slowly uttered two simple yet extremely cold words: "Dream on."
In full view of everyone, she slowly and methodically took off all of Yuan Qinglan's top-notch clothes, threw them on the ground casually, and then stood up and left.
No one understood why she did this at this time.
But the next second, without even looking back, she finally took out an ink-black fan, and without even looking behind her, she waved the fan casually.
The skill was chopped down, and with a bang, all the equipment on the ground turned into fragments!
The audiences were all shocked. They watched her walk down the stage step by step in amazement until she disappeared in the crowd. Only then did they suddenly understand why she did this!
"A PK match in the arena is considered over when the players decide the winner," someone explained. "But if the two sides are still unable to determine a winner, the NPC will forcibly end the match after a maximum of 30 minutes."
And she never wanted Yuan Qinglan to die from the beginning. She deliberately did not use her professional weapon but a knife instead, not for the so-called close combat, but because she was worried that her attack power would be too high and she would accidentally kill the opponent in PK.
Her purpose from beginning to end was only one - to destroy all of Yuan Qinglan's equipment, and then leave her alone on the ring to be put on display for 30 minutes!
What will make you die or lose? It doesn't exist!
The boss wants you to be unable to live or die!
Why do you think that the big guy's equipment is far inferior to Yuan Qinglan's, and he has no chance of winning? This wave of his is directly in the atmosphere!
Killing people and destroying their hearts, how great, really great!
The audience was still immersed in this crushing PK, and felt unsatisfied. Suddenly, someone shouted.
"Report! There's new progress on the incident where Yuan Qinglan called the boss a thief! Point me to the forum! Go and eat the melon!"
Yunyan carefully checked the post over and over again, and after confirming that there was no inappropriate wording, she nervously pressed the upload button.
#I am Yunyan, a mining engineer. Let me explain to you how many loopholes there are in Beiming City's story#
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