“Humph…” Seeing his opponent unleash a deadly move, Feng Bujue immediately snorted coldly, neither dodging nor evading, and retaliated instantly, “Nanto Hiryu Ken (South Dipper Flying Dragon Fist)!”

In an instant, fighting energy exploded, and fist shadows crisscrossed.

Kaka Lu’s short-haired Hyakuretsu Ken (Hundred Crack Fist) attacks targeted “points,” while Brother Jue’s Nanto Hiryu Ken struck out in “lines.”

Both sides' fists were as swift as the wind and as powerful as thunder, the points and lines intertwining in mid-air… colliding in a fierce and dense cacophony of air.

Crackling…

After a burst of frenzied noise, both sides jumped back a step, facing each other once more.

“You’re quite something for a rabbit…” Two seconds later, Feng Bujue spoke, wiping a trace of blood from his cheek as he did so.

“Likewise,” Kaka Lu responded with a sneer, “As a physically weak Earthling, it’s rare that you possess such skill.”

“But…”

“But…”

In the next second, the two of them almost simultaneously uttered a “but,” and in unison added, “You are already dead!”

At this moment, Ruoyu, Xiaoling, and Xiaotan fell silent, and the audience watching the match was also quiet as a grave. They all seemed to be waiting… waiting for one of the rabbit or human to fall.

However… ten seconds passed in the blink of an eye, and neither of them fell.

Seeing this scene, Xiaotan finally couldn't help but mutter, “Uh… what’s going on?”

“It's nothing more than two chuunibyou (delusional individuals) shouting out move names and exchanging blows, then complimenting each other, followed by uttering chuunibyou lines in unison…” Ruoyu said with an icy expression, shaking her head, “But the result is that nothing happened…”

“You’re wrong to say that…” At this point, Feng Bujue turned to Ruoyu and said, “As a fist master, it’s only natural to shout out the names of your moves when fighting.”

Kaka Lu followed Brother Jue’s words and said, “I wasn't complimenting him, I was just stating a fact.”

“Mm.” Feng Bujue nodded in agreement, and continued, “As for the ‘You are already dead’ line, I just felt like he was about to say it, so I cooperated and said it too.”

“Hahaha…” Kaka Lu laughed upon hearing this, “So you were just saying it casually, I thought you also possessed some kind of secret technique similar to my fist art~” He paused, “Since that’s the case, then I might as well tell you, I didn’t say ‘You are already dead’ casually… Our Short-Haired Divine Fist is a fist art that aims to directly attack the inside of the human body with fighting energy. Don’t let your current appearance fool you; your internal organs have long since been messed up by my blows!”

“Ha! Hahahahahaha…” Feng Bujue burst into wild laughter upon hearing this, “I wondered what you were going to say; did you think I didn’t know that?” He spread his hands, looking completely unafraid, “The moment you attacked, I already saw through the attacking form of your fist art (he wasn't lying; he could indeed see through this on a data level). Frankly speaking… I don’t even put your level of fighting energy in my eyes.”

“Hmph! You can be tough all you want!” Kaka Lu snorted coldly, “In ten seconds at most, no… five seconds, and you’ll die with blood pouring from all seven orifices!”

“Is that so?” Feng Bujue stared at his opponent and asked.

“That’s right!” Kaka Lu’s tone in his reply was quite confident, but he was already a little shaken inside.

But… in any case, the two of them stood there silently for a full ten seconds, and the people around them, as well as all the viewers who were watching this scene, also waited for them for ten seconds.

“See, nothing happened.” Feng Bujue timed it precisely, and as soon as ten seconds had passed, he put his hands on his hips and looked up at his opponent arrogantly.

“Tch…” Kaka Lu stroked his long ears on the top of his head and said resentfully, “I must have been careless for a moment; consider yourself lucky, kid!”

…………

In reality, Kaka Lu wasn’t careless…

Feng Bujue was fine not because of so-called “luck.” The reason why he was safe and sound was because of a piece of equipment he had on his person…

[Name: 1320's Crass Armor]

[Type: Armor]

[Quality: Perfect]

[Defense: Extremely Strong]

[Attributes: Isolation, Cushioning]

[Effect: When equipped, all damage taken by the player is reduced by 15%; ranged attacks judged to be of “Strong” strength or lower are ineffective; this equipment can be upgraded through “Crass Shards”]

[Equipment Requirements: Male player, Melee Specialization A, Spiritual Art Specialization B, Bound upon pickup]

[Note: A long, long time ago, the legendary dwarven craftsman “Ol. Alltodeath” used the wood of the Mockery Tree as raw material, supplemented by dragon blood, demon bones, and many gems… to create a notorious divine artifact – the Crass Armor.

After this creation was born, it immediately demonstrated unparalleled divine power and unmanageable madness. Even Alltodeath himself could not fully control the armor’s power, nor could he destroy it.

Thus, Alltodeath used a special forging method to divide the armor’s power into twenty parts, giving three of them to the elves, seven to the dwarves, and nine to the humans. As for himself… he kept the main part of the armor and hid it away.]

This piece of equipment was the preliminary round prize that Feng Bujue had obtained not long ago, namely “a perfect-grade piece of equipment corresponding to the player’s level.” After comparing it with the Embrace of Artemis, Brother Jue decisively changed his torso armor.

The Embrace of Artemis was, after all, something that Brother Jue had obtained at level 28; on this stage, where level 50 players were everywhere, its strength was clearly somewhat lacking… Although the Embrace of Artemis allowed players to completely “immune” the shooting of conventional ammunition and greatly reduce the damage of various ranged attacks, its own defense and attributes were both “none,” and these two points were fatal flaws.

The Crass Armor not only had ranged damage reduction characteristics similar to the Embrace of Artemis, but also had a defense level of “extremely strong,” dual defensive attributes, and the reliable effect of reducing all damage by 15%. Not to mention that this thing still had room for further growth; perhaps one day it could be upgraded to “Legendary” grade equipment.

Therefore, this replacement was also a matter of course…

Anyway, Brother Jue was the least conflicted about changing equipment, because he had the Zero-Style Magic Destroyer in his storage room. After some kind of cycle, those excellent-grade or higher equipment that he replaced… would eventually return to his possession.

…………

“Hehe… ‘Careless,’ is it?” Feng Bujue raised one hand and made a “please” gesture, “Then I’ll give you another chance; attack.”

“I would have done it even if you didn't tell me to!” Kaka Lu shouted, then closed in and launched another fierce attack.

The corners of Feng Bujue’s mouth curled up slightly, and then his figure moved swiftly, engaging in a tightly knit melee offense and defense with his opponent.

“Strange… what is Brother Jue doing…” Watching the fight over there, Xiaotan muttered in a low voice, “A simple [Ling Shi Jushen Shu-Modified] should be enough to instantly kill an NPC of this level, right?”

“He’s laying the groundwork for the next few rounds of the competition.” At this time, Ruoyu turned her head and replied in a very soft voice.

As soon as these words came out, Xiaoling's almond-shaped eyes lit up, and she immediately understood: “Oh~ so that’s how it is~”

“Huh? How is it?” Only Xiaotan hadn’t understood.

“I’ll tell you after we leave the script; don’t ask too much.” Xiaoling lowered her voice and replied, winking at Xiaotan.

Seeing this, Xiaotan shut up.

Xiaoling’s approach was undoubtedly correct; even if their whispers weren’t heard by the audience, it was hard to guarantee that someone wouldn’t deduce the content of the conversation through lip reading when watching the match recording. Therefore, it was best not to discuss information that they didn’t want to reveal during the match, and if they had to say it, then the less they said, the better…

“Ha! Short-Haired Somersault Burst Fist!”

“Watch me [Shield] block!”

On the other side, the battle between King Kaka Lu and Feng Bujue became increasingly intense, the two of them going back and forth, exchanging blows while shouting out the names of their moves, fighting fiercely.

From a purely aesthetic point of view, this fight was quite exciting, and many viewers watched with great interest. However… quite a few people still saw some problems…

“What’s going on? Isn’t this Crazy Unrivaled supposed to be very strong?”

“This guy… was clearly a top-tier player during S1, so why is he having such a hard time fighting a small boss now?”

“Hey, hey… although that King Kaka Lu is pretty powerful, I feel like he’s only so-so; if it were me… I would have taken care of him a long time ago.”

“Looks like this Crazy Unrivaled is only so-so…”

“I think his peak was in S1; now that everyone’s reached the level cap, the gap between him and professional players has widened.”

Shopping malls, live broadcast channels, conference rooms, login spaces… in various places, viewers were making such sounds. Some were saying it directly, some were sending barrages in the videos, or just posting comments in real-time…

In short, as long as they were slightly skilled, or old players who had experienced S1, they were all disappointed with Brother Jue’s performance.

The madman who had brought so many surprises to everyone in S1 now seemed to be only at the level of a second-rate professional player, which was really speechless…

“An opening!”

Finally, after a fight lasting three minutes, Feng Bujue caught Kaka Lu’s one-time advance error and cut into the other party’s ribs in an excellent posture.

He roared loudly, joined two fingers together, and used a fingertip stab to pierce the other party’s torso and puncture Kaka Lu’s heart.

Seconds later, the tall rabbit-man, with a painful expression on his face, turned and glared at Brother Jue, and then crashed to the ground.

Those few rabbits who had followed Kaka Lu and had not been killed by [Rankyaku - Zhou Duan] hurriedly climbed onto the motorcycles next to them, turned their vehicles around, and sped away in the direction they had come from.

“Huff… I didn’t expect it to be so difficult.” Feng Bujue breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at his teammates and said, “Sorry, everyone, for keeping you waiting.”

“Hehe… it’s good that you won.” Xiaotan was still very supportive of Brother Jue, and replied with a smile, “This NPC looks quite difficult to deal with.”

“Heh…” Xiaoling heard this and chuckled to herself, but didn’t say anything.

Ruoyu, on the other hand, said to Brother Jue with a blank expression, “Now that you’re done fighting, do some divination.”

“Mm, that’s what I was planning to do.” While responding, Feng Bujue had already turned around and walked towards Kaka Lu’s corpse.

Brother Jue and Ruoyu had now established a very good tacit understanding, and the two of them had reached the point where they could communicate by saying half a sentence, or even without saying anything. So, as soon as Ruoyu said “do some divination,” Brother Jue acted.

“Let me see… hmm… let’s do it this way…” Feng Bujue squatted beside Kaka Lu’s corpse for a few seconds, then reached out and tore off a piece of fur from the other party’s chest with his bare hands.

Immediately afterwards, Kaka Lu’s chest burst with flesh, and the torn muscles and gushing blood stained a large area of white rabbit fur red.

“Brother Jue… what are you doing?” Xiaotan asked with squinted eyes, “Are you going to eat an NPC again?”

The information content of this “again” word was slightly large, and the viewers in front of the screen instantly associated it with many bad images.

“You’re so stupid, I already said he was doing some divination.” Xiaoling tapped Xiaotan’s head lightly and answered for Feng Bujue, “Captain is using [Divine Foresight] to test something.”

“Mm…” Xiaotan asked again with confusion, “Then wouldn’t it be enough to grab a handful of sand?”

“Do you know what ‘content’ I’m divining?” Feng Bujue asked.

“I don’t know.” Xiaotan shook his head.

“That’s the end of it.” Feng Bujue said, “Not every kind of divination can be done by grabbing a handful of sand.” As he spoke, he shook the blood and rabbit fur off his hands and stood up, “Alright, I’m done divining; let’s set off.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he snapped his fingers and pointed to the two motorcycles next to him.

…………

On the other hand…

Thirty kilometers away from the teleportation point of the Hell Front team, the members of the Corpse Blade Second Squad… also experienced a battle.

It was obvious that the system had arranged similar plots for both sides at the beginning; both teams encountered the local underworld forces at the first time. The difference was… the Hell Front team encountered King Kaka Lu, who used the “Short-Haired Divine Fist,” while the Corpse Blade Second Squad encountered King Jiūjiūqi, who used the “Long-Haired Divine Fist.”

Unlike the Hell Front’s approach, the Corpse Blade Second Squad resolved the NPC very quickly. After Jiūjiūqi revealed his identity and intentions, the four members of the Corpse Blade spent only ten seconds killing all the surrounding rabbit-men, leaving not a single piece of armor behind, and then began to loot the corpses.

Of course… these NPCs had nothing of value other than embarrassing attire and a body full of rabbit meat.

After about five minutes of meticulous searching, the four members of the Corpse Blade Second Squad accepted the fact that they had gained nothing.

Afterwards, they all got on their motorcycles and set off in the direction where the group of long-haired rabbits had appeared.

At this time, the four members of the Corpse Blade Second Squad didn’t know that they were approaching a group of guys more terrifying than the Hell Front team…