The mountain-like figure’s eyes revealed a hint of excited fighting spirit.
On the spectator stands, Xue Long slightly narrowed her phoenix eyes, gritted her silver teeth, and her expression was grave. Actually, she had noticed shortly after the match began—the person inside the armor was definitely not Bai Yue Ling. Her petite body couldn’t perform those high-difficulty moves. As a martial artist, she could sense that the true pilot of this armor was definitely a tall opponent worth fighting.
The audience also discussed in shock: “Originally we thought Blood Rain would win easily, but who knew the Priest Hero isn’t weak at all…” The cheers surged like a tide, everyone feeling their blood boil for that steadfast figure.
“Defeat that bad woman!”
“Go, Priest Hero!”
“That bratty little girl is going to slaughter the big sister!!”
Inside the Arena, Blood Rain gritted her teeth and said angrily, “If it weren’t for that tin can, I would have killed you countless times already! I would have blasted you into pieces!”
Bai Yue Ling taunted wantonly, “Your mommy here just had a sugar mommy help me buy top-tier gear with real money, so what? If you’re not happy, find a sugar mommy yourself~ Loser~ If it weren’t for these hip armor pieces, you’d have been laid flat by me already!”
Silver Tooth did not respond. Taking advantage of Bai Yue Ling’s verbal barrage as cover, she suddenly stepped forward, stomped on Blood Rain’s foot, grabbed her arm with her left hand, and then twisted her whole body back, using a shoulder throw to slam Blood Rain hard onto the ground!
“Cough…!” Blood Rain grunted, spiderweb-like cracks spreading again on her back, her face pale. She stared angrily and unwillingly at Silver Tooth’s tall figure: “Impossible… in close combat, even in family tournaments I’ve never lost. Who the hell are you?”
During Silver Tooth’s earlier flight, Blood Rain’s HP had already been drained significantly, and now in close quarters she was at a disadvantage. If this attrition continued, her defeat was only a matter of time.
“A Priest Hero who follows her interests,” Bai Yue Ling replied calmly.
Blood Rain gritted her teeth and staggered to her feet. Just then, a cold voice came from the spectator stands.
“Blood Rain, what the hell are you doing?”
Tai Ma’s fierce eyes stared at her indifferently, saying coldly, “If you keep making a fool of yourself like this, our cooperation will have to be terminated.”
Blood Rain wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, hesitated for a moment, then pulled out a dagger from her backpack and attached it to her arm guard to use as a punch blade.
“I originally wanted to defeat you fair and square before using this thing…” she said viciously, “but now it seems I have no choice.”
Like Xue Long, she too vaguely realized that the person inside the armor was not Bai Yue Ling.
But Bai Yue Ling must be hiding somewhere in the armor!
“It should be in the back, like a backpack carried behind,” Blood Rain muttered softly.
She pushed off with her legs, rushed forward, and raised her fist high as if to stab the dagger deep into the armor.
Silver Tooth naturally wouldn’t let her succeed, nimbly dodging to the side.
Blood Rain sneered, but the dagger attached to her arm guard shot out like a bullet, tracing a bizarre arc in the air.
Mana filled with a destructive aura materialized around the dagger.
Accompanied by a crisp cracking sound, that destructive force forcibly tore through the armor’s shell and stabbed into Silver Tooth’s back!
[You have been cursed by the “Goddess of Destruction.”]
Almost the moment the system notification sounded, Silver Tooth’s body suddenly stiffened, she fell to her knees in pain, gritting her teeth and letting out an agonized roar like a wild beast.
“What happened? The Priest Hero contestant suddenly collapsed! Did Blood Rain’s dagger have some kind of deadly poison on it?” Shi Qianla exclaimed in surprise.
Xue Long frowned slightly: “That dagger seems to contain a strange aura that destroys everything…”
The “Sting of the Goddess of Destruction” stabbed deep into Silver Tooth’s back, the fierce destructive force burrowing into her body like thin snakes, deep purple veins rapidly spreading throughout her entire body, inflicting an excruciating bone-piercing pain.
***
After fulfilling its mission, the dagger turned into a pile of ashes, dissipated with the wind.
[Equipment “Sting of the Goddess of Destruction” has been destroyed.]
“Silver Tooth? What’s wrong?” Bai Yue Ling asked hurriedly.
“Gaaahhh… It hurts…!” Silver Tooth trembled all over, her voice filled with endless pain and struggle, as if every word was squeezed through clenched teeth. “Like being torn apart by dozens of insects… heart-wrenching pain…”
“Pain… Could it be poison? Or a curse?” Bai Yue Ling thought anxiously.
Blood Rain said coldly, “Sorry about this. Although it’s a bit unfair to win this way, I have no choice.”
She leaped high, fists clenched, and slammed down like a meteor striking the ground!
Boom!
Even while enduring the searing pain, Silver Tooth barely managed to roll away from the attack, backing against the Arena wall.
Under the Goddess of Destruction’s curse, she was completely unable to fight, but her instinctive combat awareness still made her assume a defensive posture, praying that the pain would lessen over time.
But sadly, the pain not only did not lessen, but grew clearer, as if even her soul was being torn by serrated blades!
“Looks like it didn’t hit the Priest Hero’s main body, but it doesn’t matter,” Blood Rain approached expressionlessly. “Stop struggling, just surrender. If you keep going, it will only get more painful.”
With that, she raised her arm guard and rained down giant fists on Silver Tooth.
Silver Tooth gritted her teeth, shielding herself with her arms in front, blocking with all her might.
“What to do… Is there any way to save Silver Tooth?” Bai Yue Ling said anxiously. “Anlisha, are you there? Quickly help me see what’s going on!”
In Bai Yue Ling’s mind, Anlisha said seriously, “Her pain comes from the residual power of the Goddess of Destruction on that dagger.”
“The Goddess of Destruction?” Bai Yue Ling was taken aback. “One of the five goddesses of the Dark Faction? Didn’t she die long ago?”
“Although she has fallen, her curse still remains in this world,” Anlisha said in a low voice. “This heart-wrenching pain will follow her body and soul. Even resurrection cannot shake it off, unless she completely leaves the Fate World.”
“What Goddess of Destruction? Even dead she won’t let people rest! She drove our big sister out of the game, who will I ride from now on?” Bai Yue Ling angrily hugged Silver Tooth’s trembling body. “Blood Rain, I never thought you’d do something so vicious… Later, I will definitely make you kneel and apologize to Silver Tooth!”
“This curse originates from the Goddess of Destruction’s divine power. Generally speaking, only a power of the same level can counter it,” Anlisha said softly. “But as you know, we fallen angels specialize in taking down goddesses.”
“That’s right, we’re the exception!”
This time, without needing Anlisha’s reminder, Bai Yue Ling unhesitatingly activated her only “lifesaving” skill—
“Silver Tooth, fall into darkness with me!”