Seeing Lin Cimian agree so readily, Loving You Every Day suddenly had a bad feeling. But unable to figure out what was wrong, he could only vent his irritation on Yan Shiyue and continue picking a fight.
[Current] Loving You Every Day: Are you even a man, letting your wife step forward for you?
Lin Cimian: “…” Fists-clenched.jpg.
Excellent. This couple had managed to step on every single one of his land mines. They had better not blame him for being ruthless later!
[Current] Sleepless Tonight: Stop talking nonsense. We’re not a couple.
[Current] Loving You Every Day: Ah, I get it. You haven’t managed to trick him into your hands yet, huh?
[Current] Loving You Every Day: Bro, I’m kindly warning you. Joyous Union players are all online catfish. Be careful or you’ll get scammed out of even your underwear.
People had been yelling things like this in his livestream for days. Lin Cimian had already grown used to it and no longer got angry because of those comments, but that did not mean he was going to indulge these two idiots.
[Stop barking like a dog and slandering other people. Worry about yourself! Today you steal someone else’s monster; tomorrow your ancestors will be standing at the head of your bed cursing you out! But there is one thing you can rest assured about: you have absolutely nothing worth scamming. Even scammers would look at you and curse, “Damn, how can someone be so poor they can’t even afford basic manners?!”]
He had just finished hammering furiously at the keyboard when a new message suddenly appeared in the chat box.
[Current] Good Day: I believe him.
Just those three words made Lin Cimian feel indescribably good. The anger that had been lodged in his chest dissipated. Smiling, he cradled his hot tea and slumped back in his chair like a kindly old grandfather.
But since he had already typed everything out, Lin Cimian still sent it, merely adding one final sentence: “I believe him too.”
Loving You Every Day: “…”
Shuangshuang Is Here: “…”
Who exactly was the couple here? How were these two showing off more affection than they were?!
Unable to out-curse them or out-show-off them, the couple could only swallow their anger and pretend they had not seen it.
[Current] Loving You Every Day: Fine. You’re sure you’re the one fighting me?
[Current] Sleepless Tonight: That’s right.
Half a minute later, Peerless stepped back and Brahma walked forward.
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[Current] Shuangshuang Is Here: I’ll do it instead. You’re too weak to be worth my husband’s time. Eye-roll.jpg.
Despite what she said, Brahma’s magical attack was also very strong. More importantly, she was over ten levels higher than Lin Cimian, and there was no comparison at all when it came to their weapons.
The livestream viewers rolled their eyes when they saw this, and the number of comments soared.
Lin Cimian himself had no objection whatsoever. He readily pressed Confirm, and the Joyous Union player and Brahma took their places on opposite sides of the arena.
The viewers watched the countdown with pounding hearts, all of them itching to yell, Charge!
[Although Mianmian’s mechanics are really good, the gap between the two sides is way too big. Winning is going to be rough.]
[My heart hurts. Mianmian barely has any treasures to begin with, and he still has a man to support. What if he loses everything?!]
[I’ve wanted to say this for ages. The streamer’s mechanics are this good—there’s really no need to play Joyous Union. If he picked another class, maybe he’d actually have a chance to win.]
[Is the person above talking in their sleep? Purely in terms of attack power, Ghost Gate is the strongest, but even Ghost Gate couldn’t win with this big a level gap!]
[I’m dying of anxiety. What is the streamer thinking? Why did he suggest the wager himself?!]
[This couple may be idiots, but the streamer is pretty stupid too.]
[Maybe he got cocky. Small streamers like this usually don’t last long.]
[I hate Joyous Union, but the streamer absolutely cannot lose to those boss-stealing idiots this time!]
As that comment floated past, the match officially began.
Brahma specialized in magical attacks. Shuangshuang Is Here gripped a flaming whip and lashed it viciously at Lin Cimian. Lin Cimian urgently pulled his character backward, but he was still accidentally scorched.
The viewers frowned tightly. A moment later, they watched Lin Cimian get caught by a lightning control skill, shaving another little piece off his health bar.
Shuangshuang Is Here had not expected Lin Cimian to be this bad. She sneered inwardly, mocking him for overestimating himself enough to propose the wager and stake so much on it.
Shuangshuang Is Here relaxed her guard. Then she made a huge mechanical mistake and actually threw a fireball into the sky.
Even someone terrible at games could have dodged that, yet Lin Cimian still got hurt, one corner of his clothing catching fire.
Now it was not just Shuangshuang Is Here who was dumbfounded. The livestream comments exploded into an argument.
[No offense, I genuinely just want to ask: can someone this bad at the game really be a streamer now?]
[Why have Mianmian’s mechanics regressed this much? Don’t tell me the other side secretly paid him off.]
[This is ridiculous. He practically fucking ran into it on purpose.]
[Unfollowing. Don’t infect me with this level of bad.]
Even Shuangshuang Is Here was stunned by how terrible he seemed. Not wanting to waste any more time on trash like Lin Cimian, she immediately used her ultimate, which had a two-minute cooldown.
Red runes covered the entire arena. Crimson light spread outward as several bolts of lightning crashed down from the sky!
Shuangshuang Is Here confidently turned away, certain Lin Cimian would die. But the System sound confirming her victory never came.
Confused, she dragged her mouse. Contrary to what she had imagined, Lin Cimian’s movements had suddenly changed as if another person had taken over. He maneuvered nimbly, avoided most of the damage, and once again suffered only a tiny injury.
???
Was this some new kind of taunt?!
Humiliated and furious, Shuangshuang Is Here nearly lost all reason. She began clicking whatever skill lit up and attacked wildly.
Lin Cimian’s movement remained agile, yet somehow he failed to avoid every single attack. He took six hits in succession, but they only scraped a thin layer off his health bar.
Shuangshuang Is Here: “…”
The livestream viewers: “…”
Basic attacks only gave him superficial wounds. An ultimate only gave him superficial wounds. What, did he get a reward every time he was injured?!
Looking at this much lower-level Joyous Union player, a class universally known as “useless,” Shuangshuang Is Here suddenly felt an ominous premonition. Growing impatient, she fired another bolt of lightning, intending to finish things quickly.
Her mechanics were poor to begin with, and once she panicked, her accuracy became shockingly bad. Her aim was far too distant—but Lin Cimian cooperated beautifully, suddenly retreating two steps and placing himself directly beneath the lightning.
Purple light flashed. The white-robed youth in the game dropped to one knee, covered in wounds, and his health bar finally fell to its last sliver.
After watching this bizarre sequence of actions, one player finally remembered a class mechanic everyone had overlooked and typed excitedly:
[He’s trying to activate Joyous Union’s hidden talent—TRUE FORM OF THE NINE-TAILED FOX!!]
As the comment floated past, the battered white-robed youth in the game slowly rose into the air. Orange motes of light swirling around him gradually gathered toward the center and formed the phantom image of a nine-tailed fox. The tails behind it swayed slowly, radiating an indescribable pressure.
The activation conditions for “True Form of the Nine-Tailed Fox” were extremely strict. The player had to either be at a high level or face an enemy with an enormous level advantage, endure nine consecutive attacks, and enter a near-death state before receiving the protection of the ancient divine beast.
While possessed by the nine-tailed fox, all of the player’s attributes surged to five hundred percent, and they became immune to physical damage.
Joyous Union was considered useless because all of its attributes developed evenly—but that was also precisely what made it powerful. At low levels, however, Lin Cimian was not foolish enough to distribute his points evenly. He had poured them all into control and attack. Multiplied fivefold now, those values had become terrifying.
Shuangshuang Is Here did not understand what was happening, but seeing Lin Cimian’s transformation was enough to make her panic. She launched attacks desperately, but her ultimate had already been wasted, and her skills were still on cooldown.
The positions of prey and hunter were completely reversed. Within the Nine-Tailed Fox True Form, the white-robed youth gently raised one hand and lowered his eyes slightly. His gaze carried a divine coldness, as though he were looking down at an ant.
Heavenly—Judgment!
The next second, purple lightning many times more powerful than before crashed down from the sky, instantly killing the Brahma player opposite him. It even blasted numerous craters into the arena, filling the air with smoke and dust.
The white-robed youth floating in midair slowly descended. His face was pale as paper, while a few drops of blood splashed across his cheek looked like crushed rose petals, vivid and dazzling.
His white robes were torn and disheveled. Blood spread from his wounds until the garment was nearly dyed into a robe of red. Even under such severe injuries, his slender shoulders remained straight, like an arrow planted firmly in the earth.
The contrast of white and red was striking, giving him an indescribably fragile, shattered beauty that made people want to gather him into their arms and cherish him. Yet Lin Cimian beneath the nine-tailed fox’s possession was solemn and noble, inspiring instinctive submission and making people afraid to approach.
Lin Cimian had put great effort into designing his character’s face, making him exceptionally beautiful, and the game’s official special effects were excellent. The entire image possessed a breathtaking beauty. Every viewer in the livestream was transfixed, holding their breath as they stared at the screen.
The number-one battle-damaged beauty in their hearts had, at that moment, finally taken concrete form…
