As Mad Beast Bien fell, the remaining eleven members of the Windless City team were completely stunned.
Their young master had just been coldly swinging his dual blades with unmatched ferocity. In their minds, the fool who dared to challenge him to a one-on-one duel could never survive even one exchange. Their young master was a humanoid beast who had won three hundred consecutive fights in Windless City’s arena. His dual-blade style was peerlessly powerful, combined with his innate divine strength. In something as simple as an initial trial, he was supposed to be invincible.
None of them had ever doubted that their young master could be defeated. They had already treated victory in this trial as something firmly in their grasp.
Yet the result was something they could not accept.
The fanaticism on their faces had not yet faded before it froze. Their cheers had not even emerged before they died in their throats. Mad Beast Bien, covered in blood, had collapsed.
After several minutes of silence, the Windless City team erupted in rage. Mad Beast Bien was the son most valued by Windless City’s mayor, the one on whom he pinned his greatest hopes. Now he had died here like this? When this trial ended, none of them would fare well. This newcomer deserved death. The only way to appease the mayor’s fury was to kill this newcomer and offer his head in blood sacrifice for their young master!
“Kill him!”
“Avenge Young Master!”
Except for the believer, everyone else drew their weapons and charged at Ye Dui.
Ye Dui was shocked at the sight. He cried out, “Holy crap, why are you not following the rules? I do not want to fight ten people…”
No one listened to him. A swordsman wielding a battle axe led the charge. His movements were extremely agile. He rolled hard on the ground, cracking several lines in the earth. His body rolled to within a few metres of Ye Dui. He leaped up, swinging his terrifying battle axe down at Ye Dui’s head with both hands. A furious roar came from his mouth: “Ahhhh!”
Bang!
Ye Dui fired a shotgun blast. The axe-wielder’s body, mid-leap, flew backwards. His intermediate armour shattered in the muzzle flash. Blood sprayed out. Thud. He crashed to the ground.
Ye Dui frantically reloaded the shotgun while shouting urgently, “Wait, stop for a second, do not fight anymore. You are being completely unreasonable. Was it not agreed to be one-on-one…”
The others gave Ye Dui no chance to speak. Two mages in the Windless City team were already waving their magic staves, releasing spells. A summoner pulled out cards and summoned a ferocious feline-like summoned beast. It roared as it pounced over.
Debbie, Grimm, Lesa, and the others hid behind the distant Wrangler, providing support for Ye Dui. When they saw the Windless City team ignore the one-on-one rule and swarm, Debbie immediately grabbed her heavy Gatling. “They are playing dirty. We are going in too! Oof, so heavy. Guni, help me hold it a bit…”
“Cannot hold it!” Guni, already clutching the rapid-fire rifle Ye Dui had given her, charged forward first.
Bratatatata!
Fire lines burst around Ye Dui. Several swordsmen who had rushed close collapsed to the ground.
Ye Dui loaded another shell. Bang. He fired at a swordsman still stubbornly crawling towards him despite being hit. He continued shouting loudly, “Explain the rules first! Was it not one-on-one just now? Swarming like this is not fair. We… eh?” As he spoke, he realised with exasperation that everyone charging had already fallen…
The summoned feline beast had also turned to smoke and vanished after Grimm sprayed it with his submachine gun for a while. The summoner who called it had died under Siles’s magic staff. The staff’s power was actually stronger than the modified firearms, but it was harder to control. Siles had exceptional talent with the magic staff, at least far more proficient than the other two mages from Windless City.
Now, the only one still standing in the Windless City team was that rather provocative and sexy believer woman.
“Why do you not follow the rules…”
Ye Dui scanned the battlefield, still fixated on the point. He glanced at Mad Beast Bien lying on the ground with half his body soaked in blood and shook his head. He waved for his companions to start looting. He himself walked towards the short-haired believer woman. He intended to ask her more about the “rules”.
Coming to this unfamiliar place, powerful rules had sealed their strength. To survive here, the most important thing was to first understand the rules!
“Miss, please do not be nervous. We mean no harm. We will not hurt you…” Ye Dui tried to put on a friendly smile as he spoke to the short-haired girl.
“Do not come closer!” After her entire team had fallen, the short-haired girl had been in a state of stunned shock. Seeing Ye Dui approach, she immediately screamed. No harm? Come on, her whole team had been killed. How was that no harm!?
“They attacked first…” Ye Dui understood what the girl feared. He hurriedly said innocently, “Was it not supposed to be one-on-one? Swarming was not our fault. By the way, is this a special rule here? We just arrived and know nothing. Can you tell us more about the rules? Rest assured, as long as you cooperate, I promise not to hurt you.”
As he spoke, Ye Dui aimed the shotgun barrel at the woman’s chest. Believers also had power. The believer they had met earlier was weak because she was a newbie streamer. This one in front of him was clearly experienced and must have gathered quite a bit of popularity, meaning faith power. Ye Dui had to stay cautious.
The short-haired woman bit her lip. Her face was pale with extreme fear.
Debbie, Grimm, and the others began looting proficiently.
Elf Baobao, Guibao, and Longbao also walked over. Longbao was carrying the pet-turtle-formed Guibao on his head.
The three little ones were at the back of the group. On this road, there was still a three-to-four-metre gap between the ten fallen Windless City members and Mad Beast Bien. Bien had no backpack on him, so Debbie and the others were looting around those ten. Just as the three little ones reached the middle between Bien and the ten, Mad Beast Bien, who had been lying on the ground covered in blood, suddenly leaped up!
This guy was not dead. Though gravely injured, the unyielding will and powerful physique honed in the arena since childhood made his vitality incredibly tenacious. Even with several bloody holes still gushing blood, he let out an angry roar. He raised his dual blades, about to slash at the three little ones: Elf Baobao and the others.
“Watch out!” Grimm noticed first. He shouted loudly and sprayed several bursts at Mad Beast Bien.
Until the bullets ran out!
Mad Beast Bien’s movements seemed to stiffen for a moment. But then he looked down at his body. His eyes gave Grimm a strange glance. He continued preparing to swing his blades down. Grimm had fired dozens of rounds at least, but every one missed. A perfect human outline…
It was not Grimm’s fault for being bad. Right now, Baobao and the others were still between Grimm and Bien. When Grimm fired, he had to be extremely careful to avoid hitting the three cute kids and pets.
Debbie, Guni, Shalome, Siles, Lesa, and the others were about to attack next. But seeing Bien’s dual blades about to fall, a trace of helplessness rose in their hearts. It was too late.
“Baobao!” Ye Dui’s expression changed drastically. He prepared to rush back to help.
Everything was already too late…
Mad Beast Bien had built up full power. His dual blades were about to descend.
Those mighty dual blades, falling on the three little ones who now looked like ordinary kids and cute pets, would definitely be fatal in one strike.
Mad Beast Bien already knew he was doomed to die. But his brutal nature made him want to take a few with him even in death. He knew ambushing Ye Dui or Grimm might not succeed. So he targeted these three children. He gathered all his remaining strength for a cruel attack.
But at that moment, in his blood-filled eyes, he suddenly noticed the trembling little girl standing in front of him. She was shaking as she raised a strange object in her hand.
It was… a small pistol.
The blade was about to fall.
But the gunshot came first.
Though it was only a low-power pocket pistol, at such close range, its penetration was still very strong. Especially since Mad Beast Bien, to show his ferocity, still wore no armour on his upper body…
He looked down in disbelief at the blood gushing from his chest. His strength seemed completely drained. His body swayed. Thud. He fell backwards completely.
“Baobao, Baobao?” Ye Dui and Debbie rushed over quickly.
The three little ones were unharmed. Only Elf Baobao was clearly terrified.
“Daddy…” She threw herself into Ye Dui’s arms and burst into tears. “It was so scary just now. I was so frightened…”
Through the short-haired woman, Kas, Messi, and the others watching everything on the light screen: “…”
Mad Beast Bien truly lived up to his reputation as a powerful figure, Windless City’s secret weapon, a warrior with three hundred consecutive arena wins. He was incredibly strong. Even after such heavy injuries, he still had the strength to counterattack. It was not Ye Dui’s fault for lacking vigilance. When Mad Beast Bien had fallen covered in blood earlier, not just Ye Dui but even they had thought he was dead. Yet he had gotten up again.
It was shocking. But what was even more shocking was that in the end, he died at the hands of a child…
Ye Dui’s group truly felt unbelievable.
The Windless City team was wiped out in an instant. Only one believer, completely powerless to resist, remained!
Just as Elf Baobao threw herself into Ye Dui’s arms crying, the light screen suddenly went black. It completely lost the picture. The short-haired believer could not withstand the immense pressure and chose to commit suicide…
In the tavern in the central city, with a crash, Messi stood up roughly from the bar. He pressed both hands on the counter. With a near-roaring voice, he said to the tavern boss, “Quick, switch to other channels. Other teams in the initial trial!”
The Windless City team should have been the strongest in the initial trial. Now they had been dealt with like this. But Messi was still unwilling. He hoped there were other powerful teams in this trial who could take down Ye Dui’s group.
The boss hurriedly switched screens. The light screen equipment could receive all trial and battlefield footage. It could also distinguish between all teams with believers in the same trial. The boss quickly found other teams. “Right now there are still three teams in the initial trial. I will select one… Eh? Only two left? One team forfeited… Another forfeited! Only one left…”
The boss’s body stiffened. “The last one also forfeited! That newcomer team… has officially won the trial!”
In trials and battlefields, participating teams could forfeit. Of course, it came at a huge cost. Upon forfeiting, all Heavenly Ladder points would be reset to zero. They would also lose the right to participate in any future trials or battlefields. In the Divine Sin Continent, those who forfeited would be permanently mocked as cowards and never lift their heads again… But that was still better than being killed!
Ye Dui’s group had thus obtained victory in the initial trial!
Messi’s body trembled. His eyes widened hugely. He stared at the now-dark light screen, as if for a moment he did not know how to react.
“Thanks for the ale… and the scrolls.” Kas said with a smile. He finally breathed a complete sigh of relief. He reached out to take the backpacks.
But Messi pressed down on Kas’s hand…
