Chapter 29: Lian Xing’s True Strength!
[Wind God Academy #10 wins]
[Final score: 2-0]
[Battle concluded early]
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“Huh???”
“??????????”
As the message appeared on the screen, the livestream chat was filled with question marks. The idea of one of the Ten Greats losing to an ordinary player was beyond their comprehension. After all, the title of Ten Greats represented more than just student-level combat power…
Their fame extended across hundreds of regions. They were practically regional rulers!!!
And that Wind God Academy #10 was just a substitute, wasn’t she!?
“Whoosh!!!”
While Xiao Kui was still in stunned disbelief, she was teleported by a beam of light. The next moment, she was back in the team space. Looking at the silent, chestnut-haired girl with braids standing nearby, Xiao Kui cried out in disbelief, “Captain, how could you lose?”
“Were you…tricked too?”
Facing Xiao Kui’s question, Aurora’s face was dark as thunder. Her troubled expression didn’t look like someone who had been caught off guard by some trick.
“Smurf…” After a long silence, she finally muttered two words with a complicated expression.
*The term ‘smurf’ is used in gaming to describe a player in an online game that creates a new account to play against lower-ranked players*
Although Silver Dragon wore Wind God Academy’s signature featureless mask during battles and hadn’t revealed her newly acquired Wind Caller this year, she recognized the opponent based on their mannerisms. That person clearly rarely wore clothes, looking awkward and unnatural in the outfit they had equipped. And during the battle, they kept adjusting the folds of their clothing…
A smurf account…
Heh…
Hearing her captain’s exasperated comment, Xiao Kui, eager to uncover the truth, didn’t ask further questions but instead opened the battle replay.
“I understand, Captain. A cheater, right?”
“They must have secretly modified the data. Otherwise, how could I be instantly killed by a Moonlight Rabbit!?” Xiao Kui exclaimed, fiddling with the replay controls.
However, just as she was about to switch to her teammate’s perspective, the chestnut-haired girl grabbed her arm.
“C-Captain…?”
“Don’t watch it. Delete it—” With a dark expression, Aurora dragged Xiao Kui’s finger to the delete button.
Then, with a “click,” the evidence was erased. Aurora finally let out a sigh of relief. The league was about to start. Leaking a recording of her being defeated at this time would affect the morale of the entire White Maple Academy…
Aurora didn’t bother explaining, leaving the team. Her figure gradually faded into light.
Xiao Kui was left alone in the battle space, dumbfounded, the livestream chat filled with question marks and doubts.
What just happened?
How could one of the Ten Greats be defeated by an ordinary player…?
[Giant Moonlight Rabbit — Obtained 2 Training Points]
[Training Value 20→22]
[Golden Wheel — Obtained 4 Training Points]
[Training Value 5→9]
Back in the team space after the battle, Lian Xing reviewed her gains with satisfaction. Although leveling up before level 10 was relatively easy, the Golden Wheel jumping 4 levels at once was a huge boost~~~
Having successfully defeated a higher-level opponent, the Giant Moonlight Rabbit also gained 2 levels. Maintaining this pace, reaching level 30 within nine hours wasn’t impossible!!!
Looking at the cheerful, golden-haired girl with buns, Silver Dragon stared at Lian Xing’s figure with a bewildered expression, as if seeing her for the first time.
“What’s wrong, beautiful?” Noticing the silver-haired girl staring at her, Lian Xing looked down, checking her stockings, then looked up and asked, puzzled.
Hearing this, Silver Dragon’s expression became even stranger.
“Did you just single-handedly defeat the Thundering Violet Lightning, a core member of White Maple Academy?”
“By the way, wasn’t your Youlan Academy…defeated 3-1 by that Thundering Violet Lightning last year?”
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“I’m not sure. I was still playing in the mud with my Moonlight Rabbit at home this time last year. I only enrolled six months ago~~~” Lian Xing rubbed her buns and explained nonchalantly.
In this world, people usually awakened their first companion pet beast around the age of 13 or 14, gaining the qualification to contract pet beasts and become Beast Tamers. Like most Beast Taming students, Lian Xing’s predecessor had awakened at 14 and enrolled at 15.
She didn’t pay much attention to Youlan Academy’s past performance, only vaguely hearing about it. In last year’s Academy League, after Hei Lan’s second team was eliminated in the qualifiers by the dark horse White Maple Academy, the first team, carrying all the hopes of the academy, was then defeated 3-1 by White Maple Academy in the group stage, a humiliating nightmare. Whenever Youlan Academy students recalled that scene, they felt ashamed of being part of the academy.
Usually, Youlan Academy students didn’t even dare to wear their uniforms while playing virtual battles. If they encountered students from White Maple Academy, they wouldn’t even dare to speak loudly, acting like timid mice.
However, this had nothing to do with Lian Xing. Indifferent and lazy by nature, she didn’t even care much about the league results and naturally wouldn’t be affected by such trivial matters.
After all, the regional Academy League was just…child’s play…
“Oh, I see. So, shall we continue playing!?”
“Mm-hmm, same expert mode as before~~~” Seeing Lian Xing’s nonchalant attitude, Silver Dragon blinked thoughtfully, a strange sense of anticipation rising in her heart.
Defeating the Thundering Violet Lightning, a core member of White Maple Academy, in her first year of enrollment…
It seemed Youlan Academy would be worth watching this year~~~
However, Silver Dragon couldn’t figure out how Lian Xing had managed to defeat the Thundering Violet Lightning with just a Giant Moonlight Rabbit.
But surely, her question would be answered in the next match…!!!
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