CH 36

Editor: DarkSapphire, Sahloknir

The voice chat between the audience and the stage was separated. 

Today, in order to avoid the insane shouting and screaming, the audience’s side of the voice chat was disabled.

Naturally, the audience couldn’t hear what Yue Ran was saying.

What they could see was one person and one chicken standing by the cliff, waiting to be transported to the second match.

The first match ended too quickly. After this brief silence, the spectators finally came to their senses as the chat exploded. 

A forum post specially created for this PK also updated the result—[The first match lasted only half a minute, A- – – – Killer OHKO’ed Star God!]

In the game, the messages that appeared in the chat were flying like rockets, all with various exclamation and question marks. It took a long time before a message with actual content popped up.

[(All) Light Ray: Hahahaha, who could have guessed the first match would end like this?]

[(All) Three Layers of Yarn: It’s just luck. He won’t be as lucky in the next two matches.]

[(All) You Are my Little Star: That’s right. Star God, good luck! Teach him a lesson!]

[(All) Winterland Loafer: Teach him who is the father!]

[(All) I am Support: Dang! Did he just refine this little white chicken? It actually has a knock-off ability!]

[(All) A Person from the Past: He added materials for a trash bird-type spirit beast.] 

[(All) King of Support: I know the logic, but I want to know what he added!]

Generally, a summoner’s sixth could be divided into several categories: birds, felidae, canines, plants, etc. In each category, there were trash-tier summoned spirit beasts, where A- – – – Killer’s chick belonged.

The majority of the summoners have refined trash-tier aides before. When they do, they use it to combine with other spirit beasts. The trash-tier would often become a stronger tier’s fertilizer. How on earth did A- – – – Killer keep it alive?

Not only that but even fed a few grams to the bird! 

The most critical point was the knock-off ability. This skill was a rare ability in summoned spirit beasts that was few and far between.

Everyone discussed this, as they each offered their own suggestions.

Sunken Moon, who was livestreaming, did not participate in the discussion or give any comment. He was laughing at Star of Jupiter’s misfortunate, while Inked Sun and Pure White Sun were laughing madly behind the screen.

Jiang Xiao was also laughing, but not from the fight. 

But from the long feathers on top of the little white chicken’s head. It turned out that Yue Ran didn’t fail at refining the lion last night. When he wanted to neutralize the lion’s attributes by feeding the little chicken to the big cat, it turned into the chicken swallowing the lion whole. Yue Ran’s mood at that time was understandable.

In order to commentate the fight, he turned on his mic which he seldom did.

At that moment, all the Tempest viewers heard a low and soft chuckle in their ears.

The livestream instantly exploded like a large-scale nuclear explosion. 

[Fuck, did Tempest God laugh?]

[I thought I was imagining things, he was really laughing?]

[Ahhhh! He was really laughing! Mum, help!]

[It’s been 3,000 years ahhhh!] 

[Tempest God, if you’re in a good mood, could you show your face? Even if it’s only for a second!]

Jiang Xiao only chuckled once more before stopping, but the corners of his lip was still raised upward.

He ignored the rapid barrage of messages as he saw the two men on the battlefield were teleported, waiting for the second match to start.

Star of Jupiter’s complexion was a little unsightly at this time, but his state of mind was fairly stable. 

Because the other man won only from luck, as long as he won the next two games, people would know that if the system didn’t draw an instant death map, he would have won.

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[(All) Star of Jupiter: Awesome (thumb up)!]

[(All) A- – – – Killer: En.] 

What are you en’ing about! You think you’re so good! Star of Jupiter snorted coldly and saw the next map materialize.

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Yue Ran switched out his sixth back to his White Lion. Seeing that the other started the same sequence as the last game, he summoned his Ice Spirit.

Black Flaming Bird vs. Ice Spirit. This was a complete replica of the last game.

[(All) Winterland Loafer: Hahahaha, that Ice Spirit is going to die in an instant!]

[(All) When Flowers Bloom: The last time, it was killed as soon as it was summoned. Plus, there is no cliff this time!] 

[(All) I am Support: Ice Spirit can’t beat Black Flaming Bird. What’s that mad lad thinking?]

Sunken Moon had something to say in this situation. He warned with a smile, “Star of Jupiter better be careful.”

The people in the livestream room didn’t understand the warning, but before they could ask, they saw the two spirit beasts were inches away. Because the Ice Spirit was right next to its master, Star of Jupiter’s eyes lit up as he seized the opportunity to change his bird’s basic attack to its ultimate skill, going to kill both the spirit and the owner together.

The Blank Flaming Bird gave a clear cry as it flapped its wings and fired a rain of large, black flame, enveloping its targets in an instant. 

An image of A- – – – Killer losing his HP and dropping to the ground appeared in the spectators’ minds, but when the skill effects dissipated, A- – – – Killer had avoided the attack using the tree beside him. He lost not a single drop of HP.

There were burn marks on the tree. If only Star of Jupiter changed the angle of the attack just a little bit, his Black Flaming Bird would have defeated the support summoner.

Not only that…

They were shocked to find that the Ice Spirit was quietly hiding at its master’s feet and also escaped from its immediate death. 

The heck, was this blind luck or calculated?

If it was the latter, A- – – – Killer’s reaction and awareness were crazy!

At the same time, several great gods gave comments in their own livestreams.

Sunken Moon said with a smile, “I warned the guy.” 

“I heard that Star of Jupiter got hit by Ice Spirit’s freeze and was beaten to death last time.” Inked Sun mocked and also clicked his tongue. “He focused too much on the Ice Spirit and especially refined a counter-aid. As a result, he fell for the bait, and wasted an ultimate skill.”

Pure White Sun commented, “Black Flaming Bird is dead.”

Jiang Xiao said softly, “He’s going to kill the Black Flaming Bird.”

That was inevitable. 

Star of Jupiter had especially refined this sixth with a fire attribute. Why would Yue Ran leave it alive? To celebrate the New Year together?

Therefore, after escaping from the opponent’s ranged attack, he immediately summoned his White Lion and Furball to buff his sixth.

Instead of using his own ultimate skill, he used Furball’s buff again to increase White Lion’s critical hit after the White Lion pounced on the Black Flaming Bird. In just five seconds, he stocked the White Lion’s critical hit chance to a terrifying amount.

Star of Jupiter watched his bird’s HP drop rapidly as he quickly controlled it back. 

But it was too late as the White Lion lunged at the bird with its basic attack and instantly cleaned the black bird’s HP bar, putting it in a cooldown.

Yue Ran pursued his victory by rushing straight to Star of Jupiter with his savage White Lion.

Without thinking, Star of Jupiter called out his Black Snake to lock the other in place.

Yue Ran wasn’t caught off guard. 

Tracking the Black Snake’s movement was tricky, but instead of tricking the trickster, he just confronted the snake with his White Lion and quickly stopped it.

His powerful sixth spirit beast resisted the crowd control. Moreover, the White Lion’s amplification was still in effect as it performed a basic attack and swept the Black Snake.

Star of Jupiter panicked as his heartbeat increased. He hurriedly summoned his Violet Vine, Black Wolf, Black Cat, and Misty Bird.

Like the support summoner, the offence summoner also had a summoned spirit beast that could protect its master and buff the critical hit chance, but this could only be cast on the user and its aids, not on teammates. The defensive summoned was Violet Vine, which wrapped itself around its owner like a grass coat. Although the additional protection wasn’t as high as the White Bear, it could emit poison gas when damaged and cause a certain amount of damage per second to the attackers. 

The offensive summoner didn’t have a cleansing helper like the Light Bird. Instead, they had two attack spirit beasts, Black Wolf and Black Cat, the former being a wide-range damager while the latter was a single target attacker.

Star of Jupiter also buffed his two spirit beasts using his Misty Bird and let them loose on the White Lion, ready to return the favour.

The next moment, a flash of white light and a glowing spot rushed forward. It was Yue Ran’s Ice Spirit as it froze Black Wolf in place.

Followed by him materializing another attacking spirit beast, his White Wolf, who attacked its counterpart with the White Lion. 

Under pressure, Star of Jupiter moved his Black Cat to help.

But as a single target attacker, it could only choose one or another.

He selected White Lion, who kited backwards, leaving the White Wolf to continue to attack the Black Wolf. He then switched targets to the White Wolf, who in turn, dodged to the left while the White Lion moved forward to pounce on its original target. As the Black Cat was kited back and forward, the Black Wolf cried in pain and dematerialized.

Now Yue Ran had two aids on the field, and he hadn’t called forth his White Bear yet. 

In contrast to Star of Jupiter, who burned through his summoned spirit beasts. Most of them were slaughtered, leaving him only with Black Cat and Violet Vine that was on him. What was more…Black Cat was a glass cannon.

Cold sweat seeped out from Star of Jupiter’s forehead. The only way to stay alive now was to stall for time. He could then have another chance for a counterattack. Yue Ran didn’t give him the opportunity.

He quickly summoned the White Bear to protect the White Lion.

The White Bear had two animations. When protecting players, it would wrap itself around the person like it was giving the player a bear hug. If protecting any non-players, it turned into a protection film. The White Lion with this film around its body went straight toward Star of Jupiter. While the big cat wasn’t afraid of the poisonous gas because of its protection, the White Wolf wasn’t as fortunate, but it also rushed in fearlessly. Its intention was very obvious, This great one was going to force you to kneel with the White Lion’s terrifying critical attack! 

The Violet Vine around Star of Jupiter was scraped by the claws immediately, but the owner didn’t stand and did nothing. He manipulated his Black Cat to kill the White Wolf.

Originally, he wanted to kill the White Lion first, but not with the protection on it, resulting in him taking a few free hits. When he spotted A- – – – Killer standing on the side defensively, he wished he could smack his stupid self with his own staff, as he switched the Black Cat’s target while gritting his teeth.

Sunken Moon sighed, “He should have targeted A- – – – Killer from the start. It’s too late now.”

Inked Sun criticised, “If it was me, I would have traded hits the moment my Black Wolf was a goner. Such a careless mistake.” 

It was indeed too late.

The buff on White Lion was no joke. Its strike could only be described as a terror from a nightmare. Star of Jupiter tried to dodge, but he couldn’t escape from the king of the jungle’s paw. He didn’t last long before his HP reached zero, while Yue Ran’s HP only dropped to one-third.

The crowd: “…”

Fucking shit! 

Since the Black Flaming Bird appeared on the field, the battle tempo was at vivacissimo.

People saw A- – – – Killer slaughter Star of Jupiter’s summoned spirit beasts one after another. He pretty much turned the other into an armyless general.

The forum post was updated again—[My god! The second match lasted less than two minutes, and Star God was cornered the whole process—!!!]

[(All) The Past: Hahahaha, will any of Star of Jupiter’s fans come forward and speak a few words?] 

[(All) Doughnut: A- – – – Killer is a god! My new god! My family’s god!]

[(All) Vegetable Flowers: Hahahaha, did you guys see that! Now that’s real strength!]

[(All) Winterland Loafer: What’s there to be cocky about! Who doesn’t have a bad day!]

[(All) You Among the Starlight: That’s right, becoming high and mighty with just one victory.] 

[(All) Anonymous Guardian: Do you know how to count? Two wins out of three games, this is the second victory.]

The two players on the stage couldn’t see the audience’s messages. At this time, they had been transported again, waiting for the final match to start.

Star of Jupiter’s face was beyond unsightly.

No matter how stupid he was, he could clearly see that the other party was an expert after the prior match. It was not all luck. 

Now that the outcome of the battle had been decided, the only way for him to save his reputation was to win the third game, so he could at least make something out of it, especially if he could denounce the first match.

However, he wasn’t confident in winning.

If he lost the final match…this was simply unthinkable.

Yue Ran waited for a few seconds, seeing no reply from the other party, so he took the initiative. 

[(All) A- – – – Killer: You put on an impressive fight.]

Sunken Moon and others burst into laughter, thinking how Little Star was indeed holding a grudge.

Star of Jupiter gritted his teeth with suppressed hatred. But with so many spectators, he couldn’t make a fuss, so he sent a string of thumbs up emotes instead.

The third and final match began. 

He prayed for another map with the additional victory condition that he could at least find some excuses. Unfortunately, it backfired. The third map was also a simple PK map, so he could only toughen up and fight.

Once the countdown was over…

The two rushed forward at the same time. Yue Ran raised his staff first, and his signature starter aid, Ice Spirit, appeared beside him.

Star of Jupiter was going to develop a mental trauma from this thing. 

He pondered over it. Instead of using his Black Flaming Bird, he switched to his single target, Black Cat, planning to kill the Ice Spirit with it.

But the moment the Black Cat could get its claws into the Ice Spirit, a burst of white light flashed and the White Lion appeared out of thin air in front of the unlucky cat and tanked the blow for the Ice Spirit.

The situation finally sank in for the entitled Star of Jupiter.

The next moment, the delicate Ice Spirit went around the White Lion and froze him on the spot. 

Motherfucking shit! He almost threw his mouse against the wall.

Yue Ran quickly summoned his White Wolf and Furball, using the same technique as before, and began to inflict damage on his frozen target.

Even with Star of Jupiter’s better equipment this time, the White Lion wasn’t included in the original formula. The two nullified each others’ gains. When the freezing effect was over, Star of Jupiter’s HP was at a dangerous level.

Jiang Xiao said faintly, “The match is over.” 

Sunken Sun smirked. “It is so anticlimactic.”

Inked Sun snickered. “I heard there is a betting pool? I placed my money on the hidden master. Originally, I wanted to give you guys some in-game pocket change, who knew that Star God failed to live up to his name! Cough up my winnings quickly hahahaha!”

Pure White Sun praised, “Awesome, very awesome!”

Naturally, Star of Jupiter’s complexion turned a ghostly white as he could clearly see the result of the match. 

He was so out of it that he didn’t know what key to click on. By the time he was killed, A- – – – Killer was at full HP still.

Spectators: “…”

You gotta be kidding!

The diligent owner updated the post again—[The third match was also under two minutes. The Star God was abused bloody. Ahhhh! Who on earth is this mysterious A- – – – Killer and where did he come from!] 

Once the match was completely over, the two returned to the PK stage.

Yue Ran gave him another polite message again. Before the other could respond, the little summoner left the arena room. Star of Jupiter swallowed a mouthful of blood. Since he couldn’t save any reputation, he hurried away and went offline.

Once both contestants were gone, the audience was automatically sent out of the room and back to the arena lobby.

But this didn’t stop the viewers’ enthusiasm for post-match discussion, which filled the world chat. Yue Shizhong was so excited that he learned how to send horn messages after a quick research. 

So he gifted his son his first horn message of the game.

[(Horn) Anonymous Guardian: Hahahaha, my darling boy is the best! Convinced now!]

That was the message that welcomed Jiang Xiao out of the arena lobby.

He stared at the words ‘my darling boy’, and narrowed his eyes dangerously.