Bai Lili looked at Long Chen and the others. She seemed the weakest among them, since in others’ eyes she was just a level-2 esper, and she had a good relationship with Lilith and the others, making her an easy target to bully.
Bai Lili touched the mask on her head, then put her hand down. ‘I’d better not use the mask, it’s too conspicuous.’ So she placed her hand on the knife at her waist.
Lilith saw that the other party had ill intentions, especially that Long Chen—he really knew how to cause trouble. This time Lilith planned to fight harder, to make that clown named Long Chen stop lingering before her eyes.
Su Ruo and Qing Hanyin thought the same as Lilith. This Long Chen was so annoying, actually bringing so many people this time. They dreaded to think what trouble he would cause next time. Unfortunately, if not for Long Chen not violating the treaty, Lilith and the others would really want to make Long Chen cosplay Louis XVI.
At this time, Long Chen noticed three gazes on him, feeling prickles on his back like needles, and a few cold sweats on his forehead. Lin Shuran beside him poked Long Chen’s waist.
“Quit staring. Hurry up and start fighting. Leave that blonde shorty at the back to me.”
Reminded by Lin Shuran, Long Chen reacted and shouted.
“Attack!”
The several people behind acted in unison, leaping out. Bai Lili and the others didn’t know what the opponents’ abilities were, but it seemed inconsequential. Long Chen also charged into the fray.
Bai Lili was behind Lilith and the other two. A fire-type esper in front summoned a fireball to attack Lilith, but the fireball turned mid-flight and knocked the leaping Long Chen flying.
Long Chen angrily cursed.
“What are you doing?”
That fire-type esper said innocently, “I don’t know either. The fireball turned on its own.”
Long Chen seemed to realize that Qing Hanyin’s ability could control the direction of other abilities’ releases, but this control consumed a lot of mental energy. Long Chen thought that with so many people attacking at once, Qing Hanyin definitely couldn’t handle it all, so he had the people around him attack together.
Although Long Chen had five level-4 espers, it didn’t change anything.
Two of the level-4 espers found Lilith to fight, but then saw her muttering some incantation, a magic array they had never seen appearing under her feet.
A flash of red light, and before they could even release their abilities, they were sent flying and then directly eliminated.
Su Ruo faced off against a level-4 ice-type esper. The other party seemed to think Su Ruo was very beautiful, so instead of attacking, he said, “Pretty lady, look, we’ve got five level-4 espers over here…”
Before the ice-type esper could finish his imprudent words, Su Ruo dashed forward, clenched her right fist, and swung it hard. Fortunately, the esper quickly raised an ice wall to cushion Su Ruo’s punch. Seeing this, the esper tried to say something again.
Su Ruo didn’t give him that chance. Nine foxfires flew out and exploded in front of him. Though he used an ice wall for defense, he was still blasted back by the powerful shockwave.
Qing Hanyin was still entangled with Long Chen. He had basically stacked all the weaker espers here, trying to exhaust her mental energy this way. If it had been the her from before, she probably would have been done for. But having come back to life, how could she have gained nothing?
Long Chen and Qing Hanyin were locked in a stalemate. Eventually, Long Chen found himself sweating profusely while Qing Hanyin showed no sign of fatigue. Instead, his own attacks had left him dirty and disheveled.
On Bai Lili’s side, she faced Lin Shuran. Bai Lili looked at the green-haired girl in front of her and felt a bad vibe, as if the other person wished she would disappear. Lin Shuran, having found Bai Lili, spoke in a mocking tone.
“You’re just a level-2 esper mixed in with this team. Aren’t you embarrassed? Why not hand it over to me? I’ll lead this team to the championship.”
Bai Lili was utterly puzzled. ‘What is this girl saying? As if I wanted to join this crappy competition.’ Too lazy to waste words with this Lin Shuran, she said, “What are you blabbering about? Let’s fight.”
Lin Shuran naturally didn’t take Bai Lili seriously. She controlled the surrounding vines to attack Bai Lili. Bai Lili hadn’t expected her to be a wood-type esper, but Lin Shuran seemed to think she could hit Bai Lili with a single random strike.
Seeing Lin Shuran so arrogant, Bai Lili decisively drew the knife at her waist. Her gaze changed sharply, like a seasoned fighter. She gathered foxfire in her hand and placed it on the blade, the fire enveloping the weapon. As Bai Lili swung the knife, the vines that came near were instantly burned to ashes.
Bai Lili’s eyes narrowed. Since Lin Shuran didn’t take her seriously, she would make Lin Shuran know her strength. She raised the knife above her head with both hands, and the surrounding power seemed to converge on the blade. Lin Shuran sensed something wrong and turned her head to look at Bai Lili. At that moment, Bai Lili slashed down.
A blade of energy wrapped in foxfire tore toward Lin Shuran. Lin Shuran stared at the incoming blade and momentarily froze. A flash of white light—a field staff member teleported Lin Shuran out. The staff member off-field wiped a cold sweat from his brow.
The energy blade Bai Lili had slashed continued flying for a long distance before stopping. By the time Bai Lili’s fight ended, Qing Hanyin felt it was about time. She quickly concluded her fight, using her mental energy to throw Long Chen far away. She really didn’t want to see that clown anymore.
Bai Lili and the other three regrouped and casually strolled around the field. Not long after, they were escorted out. The match ended perfectly. Bai Lili thought, ‘This really has no difficulty at all. If they just played it safe, they could pick up points.’
Then the host announced the results. Bai Lili’s team still had the highest score, earning 10 points plus an additional 4 points. In the end, Bai Lili and her team won the championship. Bai Lili gave the prize to Lilith. A Blood Clan weapon was best used by a Blood Clan member.
Soon after, Bai Lili returned to the hotel and lay down to rest. Over the course of the day, she felt she had forgotten something. Thinking carefully, she slapped her forehead and exclaimed, “Oh no, I forgot about Xuan Long.”
Bai Lili looked at the pattern on the back of her hand and confirmed that Xuan Long hadn’t run into any trouble. She lay back down with relief. ‘If there’s no problem, I’ll find an excuse later to go into the Hunting Zone and bring Xuan Long out. Hopefully nothing big happens tomorrow,’ Bai Lili thought to herself.