Chapter 334: Enemies Meet on a Narrow Road (3k)
“Ugh… so sleepy.”
The next day, the colorless morning light shone on Su Jiu’s bedside. The sound of a keyboard “dada” came to her ears, and her eyelids twitched slightly as if thinking of something bad. A moment later, she opened her eyes slightly. After pushing aside the covers, her gaze casually swept across the room.
Seeing Vivian, who was wearing headphones and playing computer games in the corner, and then looking at the ordinary hotel-like equipment, clean bedding, and proper amenities around her, she silently retracted her praise for Li Yi – all the things that should have been arranged were not, while the computer, which shouldn’t have been arranged, was.
She had initially thought she could give Vivian a little shock, but the opposite happened. She ended up being dragged into playing games all night. Her human circadian rhythm eventually took over, and she was exhausted.
“Stop playing. It’s time, and I need to take them out for training now.”
Soon, with dark circles under her eyes, she dragged Vivian, who still wanted to start another game, out of the room. The two stood side by side, and on this corridor where men and women walked together, they seemed somewhat conspicuous, causing some passersby to secretly cover their mouths and laugh.
“I’ll never play with you again. I played until midnight and got scolded.”
The black-clothed girl looked incredibly haggard, her smile more unpleasant than crying. The white-dressed girl’s face was flushed, as if still reliving the “godlike” performance. Although they had played games all night, it was as if they had experienced something indescribable last night.
As if hearing Su Jiu’s complaint, Vivian stopped and turned her head to look at her. Her rosy eyes held a hint of seriousness, and her hands were raised slightly.
Seeing Vivian stop, Su Jiu also stopped. Looking at the serious expression on her face, she also held her breath, thinking that her companion had discovered something, and quickly asked, “What’s wrong?”
“If you’re bad, practice more. If you can’t afford to lose, play more.”
Vivian’s small mouth parted like a pomegranate fruit, and she waved her hand, softly uttering a sentence. Her extremely serious tone stunned Su Jiu, who then revealed her signature dead fish eyes.
Su Jiu: …
Soon, they gathered on the city wall. The smell of blood wafted over, and the watchtower seemed like a long spear piercing the dark clouds in the sky.
Looking at the empty scene outside the city, Su Jiu frowned slightly but still began to arrange matters, slowly saying, “It seems there are still no War General level monsters for your trials. Go down first, and demonstrate your best combat skills.”
“Okay.”
The others also nodded. There were quite a few students like them who came to test their skills. The main reason was that many participating students couldn’t find normal training grounds, so they had to come out and find some space.
“Tsk, I didn’t expect to meet you guys here. Junior Sister Jia’er, why did you also quit the team with this traitor? Aren’t you afraid Captain Qianyun will be sad?”
A burst of laughter came from among those students. It was a girl’s voice. She was wearing the uniform of Imperial Capital University, and a golden medal was pinned to her shoulder.
Behind her were several people in similar attire, wearing silver medals on their chests. Their gazes fell on Su Jiu and the others, filled with appraisal.
Hearing the female voice, Su Jiu glanced at her and lost interest. Vivian was also listless. After all, giants wouldn’t care about the provocations of ants.
But how could Li Yi swallow this insult? A look of disdain appeared on his face, and he stepped forward a few steps, looking down at the proud girl who was only about 1.6 meters tall. He said coldly, “Wang Li, don’t go too far. Jia’er and I don’t owe you anything. We paid for our own training resources. Now that we have joined another school’s team, we are even.”
“If you join other schools, aren’t you a traitor to Dragon Country? Even if you can participate in the competition, what of it? You’re still cannon fodder that gets eliminated in the first round.”
Sensing that her vision suddenly darkened significantly, the proud girl looked up at the dark face and couldn’t help but take two steps back, stubbornly responding.
She didn’t know why, but despite being a High-Rank Battle General, she was afraid of the opponent’s aura.
“Hahaha, don’t worry, we are also representing Dragon Country. And cannon fodder eliminated in the first round should be the useless people like you, Wang Li, who are pumped up with drugs? You only know how to eat medicinal herbs every day.”
Suddenly bursting into loud laughter, Li Yi turned away with a look of disdain, shaking his head as he walked. He could feel that after reaching High-Rank Battle General, he could even crush this proud girl without summoning his Bloodline Phantom.
Even his girlfriend could defeat such a waste who consumed national resources and got into the national team through connections within ten moves.
He had tolerated her before because she was Chen Qianyun’s best friend, and if she was unhappy, she would bench him. Now that Su Jiu had his back, he could curse her back.
Seeing Li Yi curse back, Vivian was inherently a troublemaker. She saw that the proud girl, a High-Rank Battle General, was about to unleash her aura. She narrowed her eyes slightly, a red glow flashing through her rosy eyes, and stared directly into the girl’s eyes. She lightly opened her red lips and said, “I am a pig.”
Li Yi felt that the proud girl might make a move and was about to turn to teach her a lesson, but suddenly a loud exclamation made him freeze – “I am a pig!”
The atmosphere suddenly became awkward and chilled.
“Hahaha! This girl must have been hypnotized! Why is she suddenly so insane?”
“Tsk, drool is dripping from her mouth, how disgusting.”
“Hahaha, I’m dying of laughter!”
A moment later, the scene erupted with joyous atmosphere. The Imperial Capital University students behind the proud girl suddenly blushed, and they looked at her, who was drooling, with extremely unpleasant expressions.
Glancing at Vivian, who was pretending to be looking at her phone, Su Jiu also snickered. As expected, it was this troublemaker. This laugh caused Vivian to look up innocently and blink her eyes, saying, “What’s wrong?”
“Nothing, I just wanted to laugh,” Su Jiu shook her head.
At this moment, on the watchtower, a white veteran in military uniform leaned against the city parapet. His beret was stuffed into his pocket, and he held an unlit cigarette in his hand. His gaze also casually swept over the messy scene below.
A few small monsters with Dark Erosion attributes, resembling wolves, were gnawing on the rotten flesh of dead monsters below the city. However, these didn’t make the veteran’s eyelids twitch. He continued to smoke nonchalantly.
“Roar!” Suddenly, an urgent eagle cry came from the sky.
“There’s something happening! Has the siege started early?”
The veteran straightened up abruptly and extended a hand. A azure falcon swooped down from the sky and landed on his arm. He looked cautiously towards a certain place in the east.
“Roar—”
“Roar—”
With the sound of roars that shook the sky, the ground began to vibrate, and dust was shaken up on the city wall. Looking into the distance, they saw that on the other side, dust was rising, and massive figures were charging over in groups, with an extremely grand momentum.
As the dust dispersed slightly, the true appearance of the creatures within was revealed. Their incredibly massive bodies were like lion bodies magnified five or six times, with a stack of huge saddlebags on their backs. The saddlebags continuously expanded and contracted, expelling white mist, and the most terrifying thing was the creature’s “human face” – a hideous human face full of fangs hidden beneath black hair.
These Beastman Lions charged forward madly. Their scarlet eyes were filled with greed, and as they advanced, the dark clouds in the sky seemed to thicken slightly, as if about to condense into rain.
The veteran quickly locked onto the direction, frowned slightly, and then picked up the communicator, saying into it with great seriousness, “All units, be advised, suspected Beastman Lions have appeared in the eastern direction of the outer city, attempting to attack the city. They are estimated to be of War General level, possibly higher… Please dispatch suitable personnel for disposal.”
…
This rather serious voice naturally reached Su Jiu and the others. Many students showed excitement, as they were just looking for opponents to test their skills.
Beside them, a long-haired youth from before came to a higher step, glanced at everyone on the city wall, and then announced loudly, “Fellow students participating in the World Championship, the Federal Government will provide you with academic credits for killing monsters. We ask that teams with War General level members to lead their respective teams out to kill the monsters as soon as possible.”
“Heh, I’m so tired of going out to kill those Warrior level冥鬣狗 (Ming lie gou)! It’s useless for practicing for the World Championship. Now, finally, a big one has come.”
Voices came from other teams nearby, and many showed eagerness.
“Shouldn’t such big guys get a lot of academic credits? This World Championship was indeed worth coming for.”
An unknown female student from some country, wrapped in a yellow scarf covering her mouth, showed excitement on her face and said in accented English.
Grasping the brim of his beret, the long-haired youth’s gaze finally fell on Su Jiu and the other, and he smiled friendly at them before stomping his foot, igniting a mid-level War General aura that blew over the students. He then said sternly, “Don’t get excited too early. These Beastman Lions have considerable intelligence. If you’re not careful, you can easily be torn to shreds.”
“Heh, just a bunch of big lions. We leaders who are High-Rank Battle Generals are not worried at all. We’re just afraid that some people won’t be able to handle it, and then the Beastman Lions will directly attack the city.”
The discordant voice reappeared. It was the aforementioned girl. Her face was greenish-purple, and her gaze was fixed on Su Jiu and the others. She spoke directly.
She stared intently at Su Jiu and the others, certain that these people had made her embarrass herself. She knew that their strength was not just High-Rank Battle General, so she said this to test their strength first, and then tell their opponents their information during the World Championship.
The proud girl’s words caused another commotion. Clearly, some people were not High-Rank Battle Generals, but they had their own captains leading them, so they could also take advantage of the situation. They all looked at Su Jiu, wanting to see how she would respond.
“Classmate, you should mind yourself! If you can’t participate in tomorrow’s World Championship because you’re injured, I will be very disappointed.”
Su Jiu stopped Ah Hu, who was impulsively about to roll up his sleeves to fight. She finally turned around, glanced indifferently at the proud girl.
Suddenly feeling a chill emanating from her heart, the proud girl’s body trembled slightly. She felt that the black-skirted girl in front of her might have reached the Peerless Battle General level. This pressure was even stronger than her captain’s.
“Let’s go, let’s all go practice.”
After the latter couldn’t help but retreat two steps, Su Jiu smiled lightly at the people behind her, then lightly stepped on the ground, and was the first to descend to the ground below.
