Clack! Clack!
Crisp footsteps sounded from the contestant tunnel.
Ye Xiaoxiao took a deep breath, slowly walked out of the shadows, and stepped straight onto the arena.
Because they were from the same school…
She was assigned to Zone A, while Meng Li was assigned to Zone B.
This avoided the situation of them fighting against someone from the same academy in the early stages. This was a competition mechanism deliberately arranged by the event organizers.
Whoosh!
As she walked out of the tunnel, bursts of shouting rang out abruptly.
Looking up, she saw that the spectator stands around the stadium were already full of people.
Although today was only the selection round, the stadium was still packed with a sea of people.
"Yo~ Little beauty, you’re a student of the first-year Special Grade Class, right? Do you want your brother to go easy on you? Let you last a few more minutes so your academy can give you more combat power credits?"
Ye Xiaoxiao's opponent this time was an ordinary-looking young man who was much older than her.
He licked his lips while looking at Ye Xiaoxiao with a grin.
His gaze clearly lingered on her fair, tender, slender, and beautiful legs for quite some time.
He couldn't help but make a slurping sound.
'Those legs look so soft and white. It must feel great to be stepped on by them!'
"Heh, trash!"
Ye Xiaoxiao glanced at him disdainfully and spoke coldly.
'Ah, yes, yes, yes!'
'That look… As if she were seeing some trash… I love it so much!'
Seeing how Ye Xiaoxiao looked at him, the excitement in this contestant's eyes became even greater.
[Ding! Zone A Selection Round Match 1, Kaiyang Academy: Ye Xiaoxiao VS Skyforge Academy: Leng Sheng]
With the appearance of the two participating students, the central large screen quickly displayed their information.
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[Name: Ye Xiaoxiao]
[Path: Mage]
[Level: 19]
[Affiliated Academy: Kaiyang Academy]
[Betting Number: 181866]
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[Name: Leng Sheng]
[Path: Assassin]
[Level: 24]
[Affiliated Academy: Skyforge Academy]
[Betting Number: 171326]
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Next to the audience seats in each competition zone, there were betting buttons…
Corresponding to the participants in the field, respectively.
Of course, placing bets required a handling fee.
"Level 19 Mage versus Level 24 Assassin?"
"Holy crap! How come even a Level 19 can participate nowadays?"
"Class counter plus level suppression? I'm going all in that this Ye Xiaoxiao won't last three minutes!"
"Heh! Three minutes? I'm going all in that she'll kneel in one exchange."
"Should be a Special Grade Class student coming to accumulate experience. Her class quality shouldn't be low, probably at least S-Rank."
Seeing the reference information of Ye Xiaoxiao and Leng Sheng on the large screen, the audience discussed spiritedly.
[The match is about to begin. Contestants, please get ready.]
The broadcast prompt sounded, and Leng Sheng immediately assumed his stance, drawing the dagger from his waist with one hand.
[10... 9... 8...]
"Junior sister, brother is coming for you."
Leng Sheng licked the corner of his mouth, bent down slightly, and leaned forward, a posture poised for action.
[3... 2... 1!]
[Start!]
Whoosh!
With the countdown reaching zero, Leng Sheng stomped heavily on the ground with one foot.
His body shot out rapidly like an arrow leaving the string!
When he was only ten meters away from Ye Xiaoxiao, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, directly revealing a bewitched smile.
"At this distance, she can't dodge!"
His gaze swept over every position around Ye Xiaoxiao's body, judging how she would dodge.
With his high mobility of 92 points, he could stick to a Level 19 Mage until death.
Clack!
However, in the next second…
To Leng Sheng's surprise, Ye Xiaoxiao didn’t choose to retreat.
Instead, she took a step forward and directly...
Rushed towards him?
"Is she crazy?"
Leng Sheng was inwardly shocked, but he reacted quickly, raising his dagger to stab at Ye Xiaoxiao's neck!
In this arena, there was no need to worry about the opponent dying.
The entire arena was set up with formations to ensure that the contestants were heavily injured but not fatally.
Afterward, treatment would be administered.
Just as Leng Sheng's dagger was about to stab into Ye Xiaoxiao's fair neck.
He suddenly felt a wave of dizziness, his body becoming incomparably heavy and uncomfortable as if he had a fever and a cold.
Next second!
Splurt!
Blood splattered everywhere!
Before he could react, he felt the world spin.
His vision seemed to soar into the air.
Until...
He saw the other half of his body, and Ye Xiaoxiao holding a pitch-black scythe, her whole body shrouded in black energy.
Instantly!
The whole venue became silent. Everyone’s eyes widened, and they opened their mouths with dull expressions.
"Th... this is a Mage?"
"What did I see? A Level 19 Mage... got close and cut a Level 24 Assassin in half at the waist!"
Just now, the moment Leng Sheng approached Ye Xiaoxiao…
A stream of pitch-black death energy suddenly surged from around her body, and the staff in her hand instantly transformed into a pitch-black scythe.
With a backhand swing, she cut Leng Sheng in half at the waist!
This was the skill Ye Xiaoxiao had comprehended when she reached Level 10.
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[Death Breath]
[Skill Level: 2]
[Consumption: 100]
[Cooldown: 15 seconds]
[Introduction: Death energy surrounds the body, reducing damage taken by 23%, and the weapon transforms into a Death Scythe.
Every attack carries an extra 12% Spirit multiplier damage, the effect lasts for 10 seconds. (Skill enters cooldown upon use)]
[Every level increase adds 3% damage immunity and 2% Spirit multiplier attack.]
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This skill directly gave Ye Xiaoxiao melee capabilities, and the 23% damage reduction allowed her to bid farewell to a mage’s weakness of being squishy.
It completely made up for her shortcomings.
Add in the cooldown reduction and mana consumption reduction effects of the "Scourge Divine Radiance Staff"...
And it directly reduced the cooldown of this skill to 7.5 seconds and the mana consumption to only 50 points.
In other words, the current Ye Xiaoxiao, as long as she had enough mana, could almost keep the "Death Breath" state on throughout the entire fight.
"Quick! What’re you all standing there for? Hurry up and call the medical team! If you daydream any longer, the contestant's corpse will be cold!"
The referee at the arena reacted immediately and shouted hurriedly to the medical team members.
Several Support path players in white clothes only reacted then.
They ran over hurriedly to help Leng Sheng piece together his upper body.
"Sir, do you choose free treatment or self-paid treatment? Your injuries are severe now. If it's free, there will be scars, and there's no guarantee that your lower body will be intact."
"I'm in this fucking state now, do I still care about scars? Definitely self-paid!"
"Okay, please scan this QR code. The fee this time is thirty-nine thousand eight hundred."
After Leng Sheng finished scanning the QR code, the medical staff helped him treat his wound and then carried him down for emergency treatment.
"I announce that the winner of this match is Kaiyang Academy's Ye Xiaoxiao!"
With Leng Sheng being carried away, the referee also prepared to announce Ye Xiaoxiao's victory.
"Wait a moment."
At this time, Ye Xiaoxiao suddenly called for a stop.
Immediately after, she was seen taking out two banners from her pocket and raising them high above her head.
Written on them was:
[Do you want to stand at the peak of the world and become a top-tier player?
Yes? Then come to the Mo Xiao Office. High-intensity SSS-Rank Class Cards are yours to choose!
This is not a scam! This is not a scam! This is not a scam!
Interested players, bring your price. First-come, first-served. Slots are limited!]
Regarding this act of advertising, not only did the referee not stop it, but he even appreciated it somewhat.
Or rather, this was the posture a winner should have!
The unified concept of all competitions in this world was…
If you don't even advertise afterwards, what's the point of winning?
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A/N - Brothers, I'm out!
Thank you all for your support, ducks! I saw all the cheering and encouragement you gave me.
It was also because of the motivation you gave me that allowed me to continuously pull back and forth with the review river crab [censorship], and finally successfully get out of prison with relatively good reform results.
Although it's not so original anymore, I tried my best to preserve a bit of the original flavor.
Finally, thank you again to so many brothers for your support!
Thank you for your company!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
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