Chapter 1 Though Expected, the Process Was Twisty

"Although the result was expected, the process was quite twisty," Juan Meng Huan was the first to speak to Feichai Shu when the latter returned to the spectator space.

"Ah..." Feichai Shu replied, "Because the opponent was strong."

Before he could finish, Honghu interjected, "Come on... it's clearly because you were fighting too casually, which led to the variables; if it were me, I would have greeted him with a 'Cardboard Box Kill' directly during the weakness period after he used that move 'Imminent Death for Three Hundred Years'."

"Hey... actually, I can understand..." Hearing this, Qisha also joined the conversation, "If it were me, after testing the opponent's limits and finding that I had a huge advantage... I'm afraid I would have made the same choice as Feichai Shu."

"Nonsense, if it were you, we wouldn't be leading but falling behind now." Honghu was not at all polite with Qisha; judging from the way they spoke, the two were clearly quite familiar with each other.

"Hahaha..." Qisha was a straightforward person, so he was more comfortable speaking like that. "That's also true... not to mention his defensive ability that allows him to be fine even with a broken neck, just the two killer moves he released one after another, even though I've seen them once, I have absolutely no idea how to deal with them."

"Actually, it's all the same..." Feichai Shu shrugged and continued, "I just relied on various respawn abilities to dissolve the damage caused by those two moves, strictly speaking... I didn't block any of Sasaki Mei's moves."

"That's why I said you were too casual..." Honghu said again, "Since the first move already used up your 'Sunglasses' respawn, you should have immediately used the most stable method to kill the opponent decisively. Fortunately, Sasaki Mei's last move didn't cut off your neck, otherwise you would be the one lying down."

His analysis was correct (though it was hindsight). Just now, the 【Sick Sword: Swallow Reversal】 that Sasaki Mei used when he was on the verge of death had a complete opportunity to kill Feichai Shu.

Unfortunately... because Sasaki Mei was in a state of flying backward, and both of his wrists were already fractured, the trajectory of the slash was deviated; in the end, the three swords of the Swallow Reversal struck Feichai Shu's left shoulder, right elbow, and ribs respectively... Although this caused Feichai Shu's entire left arm and right forearm to be cut off, and he bled a lot, he still didn't manage to cut off the Uncle's head.

Compared with Sasaki Mei's 【Sick Body Undying Divine Art】, Feichai Shu's life-extending skills were even more excessive; although the 【Regeneration Technique】 personally taught to him by Piccolo back then had the disadvantage of "consuming a lot of physical energy," in critical moments, this skill that could regenerate severed limbs and repair all open wounds on the body could save his life.

It was precisely by relying on this move that Feichai Shu quickly recovered from the damage caused by Swallow Reversal, chased after, and resolved the exhausted opponent, taking the victory in the first match.

"Yes... Honghu is right." After a few seconds of silence, Feichai Shu nodded and said to everyone, "It was clearly a vanguard battle with a great advantage... but it turned into a narrow victory, all because I was too relaxed in my thinking." He paused for half a second, "Mainly because I easily advanced in all three rounds of the competition, which made me a little carried away, and I almost forgot that this was a knockout round."

"Anything can happen in the Peak Championship, if you have the idea of 'as long as you win in the end', and play with the mentality of playing a slaughter game, it is very likely to be overturned by opponents whose hard power is weaker than your own..."

"Although what you said makes sense, it doesn't have any reference value for the two who are going to play next." At this time, Zhao Ying Wang, who had always been a man of few words, said something in his ordinary voice and tone, and turned his gaze to 【Tian Ma Xing Kong】 and 【Bi Lao Shi】 next to him.

At this moment, Little Ma was striking his standard passionate face, doing meaningless warm-up exercises in the corner; and Lao Bi was nervously silent, not knowing what he was thinking.

One of them simply didn't know what it meant to "hold back," and the other simply didn't have the ability to hold back... Whether it was cheering them on or giving them advice, it was meaningless; at least in terms of mentality, this combination would not be affected by any external factors.

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[The match will begin in thirty seconds]

As the system voice sounded, the four players from both teams were transmitted to the battlefield.

The five-minute break passed quickly, and the second match of 【Warring States】 vs 【Worthless Alliance】 – the "midfield battle" – had entered the preparation stage.

The members sent by 【Worthless Alliance】 have already been said, they are 【Tian Ma Xing Kong】 and 【Bi Lao Shi】.

On the 【Warring States】 side, 【Oda Ai】 and 【Imagawa Yoshi】 were sent out.

"As expected, they have arranged a lineup that is beyond our expectations..." When Sasaki Mei, who was in the spectator space, saw the members of the opposing team, he secretly said something was wrong, and thought to himself, "In the previous three rounds, the Worthless Alliance's three midfield battles... were all played by Honghu himself, twice partnering with Zhao Ying Wang, and once partnering with Juan Meng Huan... But today, not only did he send Feichai Shu in the first round to counter-snipe me, but he also changed his position, pulling Bi Lao Shi, the hidden strongest trump card, to the doubles position in the midfield battle, and then letting Tian Ma Xing Kong, who only knows how to play singles, hold Bi Lao Shi's thigh..."

Thinking of this, Sasaki Mei couldn't help but sigh softly: "Alas... before the game, I speculated that the opponent would send at least one long-range or summoning-specialized... that is, a member with poor melee combat skills, so we used the reconnaissance-specialized Imagawa to assist the strongest Oda in the battle, striving to directly kill one of the opponents with a surprise attack strategy... But I didn't expect the opponent to send out this kind of combination, so our original plan must be impossible... Damn... Strategist Honghu, you have such deep calculations..."

Although Sasaki Mei's thoughts were very logical from his point of view, in reality... he had undoubtedly become a victim of Bi Lao Shi's "strategic psychological strike weapon."

At the same time, on the battlefield.

"Tch... that kid Honghu actually arranged himself in the last three matches..." When Imagawa Yoshi saw the opponent's lineup, he was also muttering to himself.

He originally wanted to personally avenge the arrow in s2 in this 2v2, but he didn't expect the other party to send out two people who had never fought him before, and... one of them was the legendary Bi Lao Shi.

"I said... is now the time to be entangled in that kind of personal grudge?" Hearing his teammate's mutterings, Oda Ai immediately replied.

While saying this, her gaze was always fixed on the front, staring at a certain man on the other side of the barrier...

"Uh..." Imagawa Yoshi had never seen Oda Ai speak with such a solemn and apprehensive expression and tone, and he was a little at a loss for a moment.

"Stop spacing out, quickly focus your attention on the enemy, the battle... has already begun." When Oda Ai said this second sentence, she still didn't turn her head; not only that, but with her eyes fixed, she had already taken a defensive stance before the barrier had disappeared.

Hearing this, Imagawa Yoshi nervously swallowed a mouthful of saliva, then turned his head and almost unthinkingly... looked at Bi Lao Shi.

Just as their eyes met, Imagawa Yoshi felt a jolt all over his body.

At this time, Bi Lao Shi was standing with his feet slightly apart and his hands crossed in front of his chest; his face was expressionless, but his stern gaze and silent aura seemed to be able to penetrate the barrier, making people feel chills down their spines and increasing the pressure.

"Wh... what's going on..." Two seconds later, Imagawa Yoshi lowered his voice and asked Oda with his mouth twisted in a way that was close to ventriloquism, "That stance... isn't it full of flaws? I can't feel any rhythm of strength and body posture at all... but his eyes are like 'I can take your lives at any time'..."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Before Imagawa could finish speaking, Oda Ai, who was already covered in cold sweat, interrupted him in a low voice, "With your level, you certainly can't see it... At least you have to have mastered 'effortlessness' to understand that his seemingly 'full of flaws' stance is actually conveying to us - 'I can launch any skill of effortlessness with any posture'; in other words... in the realm he is in, he is no longer bound by superficial things like 'stances'; those superb skills that we think need to be used with full concentration are just juggling tricks in his eyes..."

"Wh... what..." Imagawa Yoshi was covered in cold sweat after hearing this, "He actually... has become so strong... What a terrifying man." As he spoke, he also took a defensive stance.

But at this moment, Bi Lao Shi, on the other side of the barrier, had the following inner monologue:

"This is bad... super bad! Because I'm too nervous, my body is so stiff that I can't even move... I clearly wanted to show a relaxed expression, but I couldn't help but put on a constipated face... I'm going to be killed in seconds if this goes on... The opponent must have already set his sights on me!"