Before Ye Shuangluo and Xiao Jianuo started their fight, the latter did something quite outrageous.
He took out a phone stand from his space backpack and fixed it to a nearby tree, then started recording a video with his phone.
Facing Ye Shuangluo’s “Are you kidding me?” expression, Xiao Jianuo felt a bit embarrassed.
“Ahem, I have no choice. The Old Man at home told me to record the fight with you. We need it for promotion later.”
Xiao Jianuo thought for a moment and added, “Don’t worry, I’ll make sure to blur your face.”
Ye Shuangluo: …6
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
More than ten wind blades attacked Xiao Jianuo from all directions.
Facing these wind blades, Xiao Jianuo remained calm, a faint glow flashed from his earring.
In the next moment, the positions of the two suddenly swapped.
The wind blades now targeted Ye Shuangluo, and at such a close distance, he couldn’t dodge.
These wind blades wouldn’t hold back just because Ye Shuangluo was their master.
More than ten wind blades hit simultaneously, causing an explosion.
Boom!
Thick smoke obscured Xiao Jianuo’s vision.
As the smoke cleared, Ye Shuangluo was already in front of Xiao Jianuo, mercilessly slashing down with his blade.
Xiao Jianuo’s Health Points rapidly decreased, but he remained calm, with a serene smile, as if everything was within his calculations.
“Your wind element resistance is really high. That last hit didn’t reduce your Health Points at all.”
Even though his Health Points were in the red, he still had the mood to discuss Ye Shuangluo’s abilities.
Ye Shuangluo glanced at the string of zero damage on the battle interface and said calmly, “You lost. Hurry up and use something to restore your Health Points.”
Xiao Jianuo’s serene smile slowly turned eerie.
“Did I lose? Why do I feel the battle has just begun?”
In the next moment, as if time had reversed, the wounds on Xiao Jianuo’s body and his torn clothes instantly healed, and even the blood on the ground flew back into his body.
Swish!
Realizing something was wrong, Ye Shuangluo immediately infused Mortal Kill with wind element and slashed down.
But the extremely fast strike, enhanced by the wind element, hit nothing but air.
Because Xiao Jianuo had already flown into the air, looking down at him.
“Alright, you’ve finished your attack. Now it’s my turn.”
The boy in the air’s eyes slowly turned sky blue, and three cards, white, blue, and red, appeared in front of him.
The boy grabbed the red card and threw it towards the ground.
“Brave and fearless Flame Demon, I am your king. Crush my enemies and burn them to ashes!”
With the boy’s chant, the card he threw down shone brightly in mid-air.
Then it transformed into a ten-meter giant wrapped in magma, crashing to the ground.
The terrifying shockwave knocked Ye Shuangluo back dozens of meters.
Is this… summoning ability?
Ye Shuangluo’s eyes slowly turned blood red.
Asura Demon Eye, activate!
After marking the Flame Demon with the Kill Order, he charged forward with his blade.
Seeing Ye Shuangluo charging, the Flame Demon raised its massive fist and smashed down.
Ye Shuangluo dodged to the left with a small jump, then jumped onto the Flame Demon’s fist, running up along its arm.
Swish!
A strike infused with both wind and ice elements slashed down on the Flame Demon’s head.
The strike was incredibly effective, slicing half of the Flame Demon’s head off.
But the Flame Demon didn’t die immediately. Its two arms exploded simultaneously, turning into a giant snake made of magma that bit Ye Shuangluo.
[The enemy’s summon has used a skill on you. You need to make a dual judgment of Constitution and Strength.]
[Constitution judgment passed.]
[Strength judgment failed.]
[Based on the judgment results, you will be immobilized for 1 second.]
Immobilized, Ye Shuangluo immediately realized something and looked up at the sky.
Xiao Jianuo, standing in the air, pronounced without any emotion.
“Those who are disrespectful to the king shall be punished by thunder!”
In the next moment, a bolt of lightning struck down precisely.
Boom!
The lightning struck Ye Shuangluo, not sparing the Flame Demon beneath his feet, killing it completely.
The Flame Demon’s body slowly dissipated, turning back into a card and flying into the air.
But before the card could return to its owner, several cyan ice spikes flew past it at high speed, heading straight for the sky.
Swish!
Caught off guard, Xiao Jianuo was hit by several ice spikes.
His limbs and shoulders were instantly pierced, and his body fell powerlessly to the ground.
Boom!
Xiao Jianuo’s body hit the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust. When the dust settled, Ye Shuangluo had his blade at Xiao Jianuo’s neck.
“You lost.”
Xiao Jianuo raised his hands in surrender with a bitter smile.
“I lost. Can you move the blade away? I need to use some Health Points recovery items.”
Hearing Xiao Jianuo admit defeat, Ye Shuangluo moved Mortal Kill away from his neck.
He had won. Although the battle wasn’t too difficult, it wasn’t too easy either.
The Blood Demon Armor he had just repaired had its Durability greatly reduced by the lightning, clearly needing repair again.
But he himself wasn’t much injured, and his Health Points hadn’t dropped much.
Because at the last moment before the lightning struck, he activated the special effect of his shoes, “Breath of Nature,” giving himself a 500-point shield.
But the final victory was thanks to it.
[Congratulations on mastering the “Mixed Elements” technique.]
[Mixed Elements LV.Max]
[Special Skill]
[Effect: You can easily combine two non-conflicting elements.]
[Evaluation: Congratulations, you’ve finally entered the realm of elemental mastery.]
…
He had tried using two elements simultaneously before but always failed.
But during the recent battle, when he instinctively used wind and ice elements to slash the Flame Demon successfully, it was as if he had an epiphany, instantly mastering the dual-element technique he had previously been unable to use.
So when the lightning struck, he created several ice spikes and infused them with wind element.
With the wind element’s enhancement, the ice spikes flew up at high speed and successfully severely injured the enemy.
Coming back to his senses, he saw that Xiao Jianuo’s Health Points had fully recovered, and he had even changed into new clothes.
That’s the best part about being a player: as long as your Health Points recover, any severe injury can be healed instantly.
Thinking about the recent battle, Ye Shuangluo suddenly asked, “Why didn’t you use all three cards in the fight? Were you afraid of hurting me?”
Xiao Jianuo shrugged, took down the phone stand from the tree, and stopped the video recording on his phone.
After doing all this, he answered Ye Shuangluo’s question.
“Who wouldn’t want to gang up on someone instead of a one-on-one fight? But I had no choice. The other two cards require too much Spiritual Power, and my small frame can’t handle it.
Plus, those two cards have their own true names; they’re like big bosses, and I can’t command them.”
True names.
Ye Shuangluo pondered the meaning of this, while Xiao Jianuo deeply bowed to him.
“Thank you for showing mercy.”
He knew very well that although the ice spikes had only pierced his limbs, Ye Shuangluo could have easily aimed for his heart or throat if he wanted to.
“No need to thank me. After all, you didn’t go all out either.”
Ye Shuangluo’s Perception could sense that Xiao Jianuo hadn’t used his full strength.
And since they had no deep grudges, he didn’t go for the kill either.
While checking the video he had just recorded, Xiao Jianuo asked, “Our fight will be uploaded online. You don’t mind, do you?”
“…Doesn’t matter.”
Ye Shuangluo really didn’t care, given his already notorious reputation online.
He was more interested in something else.
“You mentioned you were from the Special Task Force Group 2. Since there’s a Group 2, there must be a Group 1, right? Are there many players choosing to serve the country?”
Hearing Ye Shuangluo’s question, Xiao Jianuo coughed awkwardly.
“Ahem, actually, um, Group 2 and Group 1 only have the two of us.”
Ye Shuangluo tilted his head, looking puzzled.
“Ahem, you know, players grow quickly, and the World Consciousness mostly chooses people who crave power and refuse to be ordinary.
Such people wouldn’t be content to be controlled by the state and bound by rules, right?”
Ye Shuangluo nodded. He was right; players were unruly. Even that Louise from abroad only cooperated with the state rather than serving it.
“So what’s your situation?”
“Sigh.” Xiao Jianuo sighed, speaking helplessly, “My father, second uncle, third uncle, and the Old Man all work in the Capital, within the system.
As for the guy in Group 1… his mom’s words are practically policy in the neighboring Fengzhou.”
Goodness.
Ye Shuangluo immediately understood. So they were both second-generation officials.
That indeed made sense. With their entire families bound to the state, they naturally followed suit.
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