Translator: Noodletown Translations Editor: Noodletown Translations

“Excellent! Excellent!” The purple-robed Daoist sitting in the lounge area clapped his hands in appreciation. “These people look very powerful!”

The old Daoist in the white robe said with a nod, “The red head (Iori Yagami) and the golden head (Benimaru Nikaido) look extraordinary! Good presence!”

“Okay! Since Ms. Biyao has entered the competition, I will host the event alone.” On the big screen, the camera turned to the green-clothed Biyao.

“Random characters! She chose all her three characters randomly!” The audience heard the exclamation from host ‘Little White’. “It seems our Biyao is very sure of herself!”

“Now look at our Iori Yagami! He has fought his way out and always took down all three opponents with Iori Yagami alone!”

On the big screen, Iori Yagami had just finished a match. While looking back, he stuck his fingers into his hair and laughed, “Haha… Hahaha… Hahahaha!”

It was Iori Yagami’s trademarked hysterical laughter.

The bullet comments flooded the screen.

“Awesome!”

“This Iori Yagami looks quite like the original character!”

“Excellent cosplay!”

“Hahahaha! I’ll give my vote to this Iori Yagami!”

“…”

Sitting in the lounge area, two ‘Mephistos’, ‘Michael’, and the ‘alien’ gaped at the bullet comments. “They can do this?!”

The camera turned to other contestants who had excellent performances so far.

“The contestant ‘Kyo Kusanagi’ has won 15 matches straight! 15 matches! My goodness!” The host’s voice came from the big screen. “The contestant ‘Chizuru Kagura’ has won 9 matches consecutively! The contestant ‘Biyao’ has won 8 matches consecutively! Oh! What am I seeing?! At Arcade Machine No. 10, two ‘Lu Xueqis’ are battling with each other! Two ‘Lu Xueqis’!”

“Indeed?!” The audience was dazed by the sight. Sitting on the left seat was a white-clothed ‘Lu Xueqi’ with fluttering long hair and a cold pretty face; on the right seat was another ‘Lu Xueqi’ wearing a single-colored robe and a bright blue sword on her back.

Host ‘Little White’ shouted again, “‘Lu Xueqi’ on the left chose Leona Heidern as her opening character! ‘Lu Xueqi’ on the right chose ‘Iori Yagami’!”

“Gongzi Xiao, I feel like these contestants are stronger than the previous ones. They dare to choose Iori Yagami as their first!” Mu Donglai stared at the big screen and said, “Which ‘Lu Xueqi’ do you think will win?”

Xiao Yulv analyzed, “Right now, the contestants are facing away from us, and we can’t see who’s playing which character. But it doesn’t matter; we can analyze their controls and plays.”

“Iori Yagami jumped up slightly and tested with a light punch. Very cautious and leaves no openings,” Xiao Yulv explained, “Heavy punch and followed with Shiki Aoi Hana and linked twice. The moves are blocked, but his rhythm is excellent!

“His opponent, Leona Heidern, has very fast reflexes. Seeing Iori Yagami retreat, she immediately followed with a light punch and Moon Slasher, using a small combo!”

“Both contestants fight cautiously with light kicks. Shiki Yami Barai! He hit her!” Xiao Yulv explained, “In the aspect of character strength, Iori Yagami obviously gets the upper hand!”

“Gongzi Xiao, do you think ‘Lu Xueqi’ on the right has better odds of winning?” Mu Donglai asked.

The moment he said it, Xiao Yulv yelled, “Iori Yagami was tricked by the counterstrike. Oh! ‘Lu Xueqi’ on the left used the desperation move?!”

“She won!” Xiao Yulv looked at Mu Donglai and yelled, “‘Lu Xueqi’ on the left won!”

– Three minutes later –

“‘Lu Xueqi’ on the left first defeated two enemy characters with one of her characters! Then, her second character Chizuru Kagura won with full HP! What?! Cautious?! ‘Lu Xueqi’ on the left has won 16 matches consecutively!”

Xiao Yulv and Mu Donglai gaped at the big screen and were at a loss for words.

On the audience stand, the disciples of ‘Green Cloud Faction’ watched one Lu Xueqi as she walked back to her seat and mutter in resentment, “I’m so angry! The damn Lu Xueqi! Scum Lu Xueqi!”

All the disciples of ‘Green Cloud Faction’ wondered, How can she cuss herself?!

“Don’t worry!” ‘Elder Senior Sister Wen Min’ walked out. “Elder Senior Sister is going to battle her!”

– Two minutes later –

“Congratulations to contestant Lu Xueqi for winning 17 matches consecutively!”

On the audience stand, ‘Water Moon Master’ looked livid. “I’ll teach this self-important girl a lesson!”

-One minute later-

“Congratulations to the contestant Lu Xueqi for winning 18 matches consecutively!”

All the disciples from the “Green Cloud Faction” yelled furiously.

“She even rebels against her master!”

TL Note: Water Moon Master is Lu Xueqi’s master in Jade Dynasty.

“She dares to hit her master!”

“Scum Lu Xueqi!”

“…”

As time went on, more and more contestants got into the competition while a few of them remained on the platforms fighting their way out.

“Congratulations to contestants ‘Kyo Kusanagi’, ‘Biyao’, ‘Chizuru Kagura’, and ‘Lu Xueqi’ for entering the semi-finals!” the host’s voice sounded again, “Now, ‘Kyo Kusanagi’ versus ‘Biyao’; ‘Chizuru Kagura’ versus ‘Lu Xueqi’!”

“Contestant ‘Kyo Kusanagi’ didn’t choose Kyo Kusanagi! He chose Iori Yagami as his first character!”

“Let’s see Contestant ‘Biyao’…”

Mu Donglai sipped his milk tea and asked, “Gongzi Xiao, these are the most powerful contestants. What do you think?”

Gongzi Xiao remained silent.

Mu Donglai: “…”

-Ten minutes later-

“Now, we enter the final match between Lu Xueqi and Biyao!”

Mu Donglai looked at Xiao Yulv. “Gongzi Xiao?”

Xiao Yulv stuffed some fruits into his mouth but still remained silent.

“…”

“Biyao chose Iori Yagami, Chizuru Kagura, and Chang Koehan, a traditional powerful team; her opponent chose Iori Yagami, Chizuru Kagura, and Ryuji Yamazaki?”

Obviously, both contestants were masters, and they combated with Chizuru Kagura versus Chizuru Kagura! Iori Yagami versus Iori Yagami!

“It seems that ‘Lu Xueqi’ is still inexperienced.” Mu Donglai shook his head and said, “How could she make such a big mistake? Iori Yagami controlled by ‘Biyao’ still has full HP… Ryuji Yamazaki… this character is seldomly used, right? Gongzi Xiao, do you know anything about this character?”

While biting into a piece of dried spiritual fruit, Gongzi Xiao said calmly, “I once saw my aunt use it. This ‘Lu Xueqi’ was careless to use a new character at this moment. She’s at the disadvantage now; the result is obvious.”

“Iori Yagami leaped into the air first! Shiki Aoi Hana! Three links as soon as he landed!” Xiao Yulv shook his head and said, “I told you that this character is useless.”

On the screen, Ryuji Yamazaki leaped up and followed his rival. Meanwhile ‘Lu Xueqi’ shook her joystick lightly and swiftly.

“F*ck! His kick hit the target! His rival lost half of her HP instantly?!”

“How can this character inflict such great damage?!”

“F*ck! Her opponent was stunned?!” Xiao Yulv was stupefied by the sight.

‘Lu Xueqi’ clutched the joystick and launched a dizzying big combo.

“She won?”

“Impossible!” Mu Donglai was almost choked by his milk tea.

“It seems ‘Lu Xueqi’ still has a chance?!” On the side, the Royal Princess and the others exclaimed.

“What chance?” Mu Donglai yelled at the screen, “This big hammer is so powerful, forcing ‘Lu Xueqi’ into a corner! She can’t fight back!”

“She will be finished if she gets hit with one attack of the hammer! How can Ryuji Yamazaki lose the match?! How?!”

Sitting near them, Mr. Fang’s face twitched. “!!??”

“A trick to burn the opponent’s cooldown?” On the screen, Ryuji Yamazaki moved smoothly with light punches and fake moves as if he got assistance from a god.

“F*ck! This Ryuji Yamazaki is crazy?!”

“Another combo!”

“Biyao lost all of her HP!”

“Dead Dead!”

“Ahh!”

“The champion is born! Congratulations!”