Chapter 144 Love and Hate

Liu Ao's roar could be heard clearly, even by those outside the great array.

Astonishment, incomprehension, anger, jealousy, collapse, madness...

The voice contained too many emotions.

At that moment, Wan Lei seemed to hear the sound of a broken heart.

"Why do you want to help him? Aren't you rivals? Didn't he fight you to a draw? Before the competition started, didn't you tell him that either you die or he dies?

Why don't you go fight him? Why do you want to help him beat me?

Why!!!"

Liu Ao ignored Wan Lei and roared at Fang Xiaoyu outside the great array,

"If you had joined forces with me in this competition, we could have swept the entire field. Even if we two fought in the end, I would have surrendered directly to let you be the first.

But you... why would you rather help this Wan Lei beat me than stand with me? Where am I worse than him?"

He was collapsing. His mentality, reason, and beliefs had all collapsed.

Liu Ao looked like a resentful woman abandoned by a heartless man.

And Lei Shao, who was happily eating melon seeds on the sidelines, played the role of a shameless mistress. (Eating melon seeds is Chinese slang for enjoying gossip).

As for the other person involved, Fang Xiaoyu, she didn't even glance at Liu Ao's anger.

Who are you? Do I know you? How old are you? Have you eaten?

"You haven't said a word to me in all these years, not even a smile.

But it's this Wan Lei who makes you speak, makes you smile. What does he have? What does he have that I don't?!"

"Okay, since you like him, then I'll tear him apart inch by inch in front of you!

So you can taste how I feel right now!"

Extremely twisted love turned into unforgettable hatred, and Liu Ao completely lost his mind.

He picked up his battle blade, his whole body erupted with blood energy, and his blood-red eyes, full of resentment, stared at Wan Lei.

Lei Shao was startled.

Damn it, what does this have to do with me? Why is everyone putting the blame on me? Why does everyone misunderstand my relationship with Fang Xiaoyu?

I haven't even hugged or carried her, so how did I become a couple with Fang Xiaoyu?

But Lei Shao didn't bother to argue. If you want to kill me, I want to kill you too.

Liu Ao had completely gone mad. The blood energy on his body seemed to have solidified. He looked like a vengeful ghost. He slashed horizontally with his battle blade, his momentum seemingly able to cut Wan Lei in two.

Wan Lei gritted his teeth and swept his hammer horizontally.

Clang!!

A sound of metal clashing rang out, and Wan Lei was smashed hard against the barrier of the formation, then rolled to the ground.

What powerful strength.

Seeing Liu Ao attacking again, Wan Lei dodged the attack with a lazy donkey roll, and then flashed behind Liu Ao and smashed down with his hammer.

Boom!!!

Liu Ao withstood Wan Lei's hammer, and although he didn't retreat, blood still spilled from the corner of his mouth.

His eyes became even more frenzied. He grabbed Wan Lei's ankle with his left hand and slammed him hard on the ground.

Then, with lightning speed, he slashed his battle blade at Wan Lei's face.

Buzz!!

Wan Lei felt as if his brain had exploded, buzzing loudly.

If it weren't for his Thunder Armor protecting him, that blade would have cut his head in half.

But even so, he was still shaken, his face covered in blood, his brain buzzing, and he couldn't recover for a moment.

Seeing that he hadn't killed Wan Lei with one strike, Liu Ao immediately raised his blade again and slashed at Wan Lei like his life depended on it.

Wan Lei, who had not yet recovered from the severe pain and dizziness, was hit by several more blades, and several ribs were broken.

The severe pain woke him up, and seeing the large blade slashing down again, he immediately used Thunder Escape (Lei Dun), and flashed away.

Liu Ao's battle blade slashed into the ground. Wan Lei grabbed his hair from behind, dragged him down, and at the same time raised his hammer and smashed it down on Liu Ao's head with a sky full of lightning.

Liu Ao, who had just struggled to his feet, fell to the ground again.

What he had just done to Wan Lei, Wan Lei was now doing to him.

The hammer smashed down frantically like it was forging iron, directly beating Liu Ao's upper body until it was torn and bloody.

"Ah!!!"

Liu Ao roared, and his battle blade suddenly slashed along the ground, hitting Wan Lei's ankle. Wan Lei fell to the ground.

Liu Ao staggered to his feet, his face covered in blood, with several unnatural dents on his body, looking extremely disheveled.

Wan Lei also stood up, raised his hammer, and charged towards Liu Ao again.

The battle between the two was extremely primitive and unusually bloody, almost entirely close combat, with every punch hitting flesh.

The surrounding spectators cheered.

On the other side, the joint battle between Fang Xiaoyu and Wan Liuchuan was coming to an end.

Fang Xiaoyu was fighting Liu Shizhan and Liu Shichen alone, steadily gaining the upper hand. After fighting for almost an hour, the two were already covered in injuries and speechless.

Wan Liuchuan had transformed into a vengeful ghost, grabbing Liu Shiyu and using him as a hammer, a battle method that had something in common with Lei Shao's fight against Ba Xin.

In the end, the three heroes of the Liu family couldn't even resist, and the two let go.

The three heroes of the Liu family were already seriously injured and unable to fight anymore. They glanced at Liu Ao, who was still fighting Wan Lei like a madman, and reluctantly crushed their tokens.

They were supposed to be the first.

Under Liu Ao's leadership, they didn't take any of the nine sequences seriously.

Unfortunately, three dark horses had emerged in this competition.

Fang Xiaoyu, Wan Lei, and Wan Liuchuan.

If these three fought each other, they would definitely be hurt, but unfortunately, the Liu family had forced these three into a team.

This led to the failure at hand.

Number of remaining people in the field: eight.

Wan Liuchuan saw that Wan Lei in the great array seemed to be at a disadvantage in close combat, and immediately raised his blade to help.

"Don't go over there."

Behind him, a clear, cold voice came.

Wan Liuchuan turned his head.

Damn, Fang Xiaoyu is talking to me? Has the sun risen in the west?

"Why?"

"Everyone has their own pride. Wan Lei can deal with Liu Ao. If you go to help him, you're looking down on him."

Wan Liuchuan suddenly understood, nodded, and stopped.

"Wait, are you still going to fight Wan Lei?"

Fang Xiaoyu nodded, not speaking, as if those few words had taken all her strength.

"I want to fight him too."

Fang Xiaoyu raised her head and looked at Wan Liuchuan coldly.

Meaning, you dare to fight with me?

"I... didn't mean that. I can't beat you, and I probably can't beat him either, but he and I... can be considered archenemies. If I don't fight him once, my mind won't be clear.

How about this, I'll fight him first, and finally, I'll leave him to you.

I can see that you also have an obsession with defeating him.

With your strength, you should get first and second place. As for who is first and who is second, I don't care. You decide for yourselves."

Wan Liuchuan...

chickened out.

Fang Xiaoyu nodded.

This was considered an agreement, but the premise was that Wan Lei had to defeat Liu Ao first.