Chapter 138: Venomous Mistress

Seeing her opponent faint stunned the audience. They didn't understand what happened. All they saw was Erica saying a couple of sentences to him and then suddenly, he fainted, ending their 'match' in a rather disappointing manner.

However, those who were aware of what transpired weren't shocked at all. If anything, they became even more wary of Erica.

It seems that her reputation as the 'Violent Saint' wasn't just empty talk...

Meanwhile, Erica felt a little bit proud of herself. Don't get her wrong though, she never wanted to do that to Sergio but she has run out of options at this point. That idiot was pushy and Erica wanted him gone since the first week of his so-called 'courting'. That's why she's not sorry at all.

She knows that she went too far, and this will seriously haunt Sergio or make him mad. It's a pity that it has to reach this point but Erica has had enough of him. She felt brave and refreshed after what she did, a bit guilty but more relieved.

As she made her way back to her seat however, she was somehow regretting her decisions, especially after seeing the teasing expressions of her team and Cedric's admitted feigned nonchalant reaction.

'Geh...maybe I should've just beaten Sergio black and blue. They'll never let me stop teasing me about this. Shit!'

Erica's scowl just added fuel to the fire it seems...

"Yes, Mama! Look at you! Showing that man his place. Oh, I'm so proud." Chrissy swooned as she returned to her seat.

"As expected of the Violent Bitc-- ouch!" Erica would never allow Francis to finish those words.

The rest of he pe teammates just gave her a teasing glance. And Cedric, well...

"That was hot."

Erica immediately gets flustered with that blatant admittance. She wanted to melt in her seat because of his heated yet subdued side glance.

"...didn't know that mouth could do that, damn!" Cedric whispered to her. "That gives me a lot of ideas."

Erica couldn't endure his teasing so he pinched his thigh, but Cedric just laughed it off.

"Get a room, you two." Francis chimed in, snorting as he said this.

"Not yet, I hope." Chrissy suddenly interjected, causing the two to look at her. "What? You two are leaving out of this? Come on, at least wait until I'm finished with my match."

She giggled while standing up and making her way towards the arena. Right, it's her turn next.

Erica pouted and crossed her arms, sulking because she was being teased. Cedric laughed and couldn't help but kiss those pouty lips of her. He received a not-so-heated glare from her but again, he just laughed it off.

Turning his attention to the stage, he saw that Chrissy's opponent was also a girl. And from what he assumed so far, based on how the two eyed each other, they don't seem to be very close.

"Christina."

"Miranda."

Both girls acknowledged each other. Their voices and expressions were strained, as if they were holding back themselves from starting the fight before the countdown ended.

"Catfight! Catfight! Catfight!" Francis cheered, earning a smack on his head courtesy of Elric.

"Well...the mixture of Nightshade's Essence, Dragonfire Resin, and...at least two more poisons which I don't know of, creates a reaction that chips away at Miranda's skill."

Elric and the rest of the team blinked at his words before trying to see clearly what was happening. After inspecting it closely, it turns out that Cedric was right.

"It certainly does...but the effect is miniscule. It would take minutes before they penetrate the veil because any holes they make were being repaired with Miranda's upkeep of the skill." Elric stated.

"That's enough for the invisible poison to get in, though." Cedric replied casually, causing the team to look at him in surprise once more.

"Invisible Poison? Are you sure? I don't see it though?"

"That's why he said it's invisible, you idiot." Erica snorted at Francis.

"No! What I mean is... that our senses as Tier 8s, at least. If Cedric over here could sense then, how come we don't?"

"Uh...my senses are sharper compared to most people?" Cedric winced as he hesitated to explain. "Well, she mixed at least 7 types of poison to create it and I sensed it hiding beneath the miasma. Whenever the miasma makes even a tiny hole in the skill, the invisible poison seeps in without Miranda's knowledge."

"..."

"She's inhaled at least 3 ounces of it at this point so she'll probably faint in the next five seconds..."

'5...4...3...2...1'

Thud!

"Holy shit!" Francis exclaimed.

They looked at the fainted Miranda and Cedric back and forth, completely ignoring the fact that Chrissy won the match in such a short time.

"How did you--?"

"Is it because of Poison Laws?" Erica guessed, more like asking herself this question due to her bafflement.

"No, while Chrissy could indeed use Poison Laws, Miranda's aware of that too. After all, they've fought each other a lot. She's probably more familiar with it than we do so she's mostly anticipating it."

"That's exactly why, I think," Cedric interjected. "Laws are extremely dangerous, and since they've fought a lot, Miranda's probably conditioned to be on-guard towards that. Chrissy might've done that on purpose because even common poisons could kill Superhumans if they failed to notice it."

"..."

"...huh? Well, shit!" Floyd shivered.

"You live and you learn, I suppose," Darwin muttered.

"That's...I hate to say this but that's very 'Chrissy' of her."

"Venomous Mistress indeed." Elric nodded sagely.

Cedric shook his head inwardly. He probably surprised them by how sharp his senses were but he didn't care. Instead, he smiled at Chrissy who was walking towards them with a smug smile on her face.