Newspaper Boy
Chapter 185: Hatred
Shi Digong didn't immediately return to the audience seats. He stayed where he was, looked towards the Taiyi Gate arena, and, while puffing on a cigar, shouted loudly, "Are you kidding me, idiots? Yesterday it was off-stage reminders, today it's reporting! If you Taiyi Gate can't afford to lose, then don't participate in the arena competition. Everyone can just do their own thing like last year." Chao Laotou waved his hand dismissively, "Bullshit!" No one had expected that he would suddenly start a fight in this kind of situation, openly mocking Taiyi Gate in front of the elders.
The scene was briefly silent for a few seconds, then a clamor rose like dust.
The official The Way of the Extraordinary members of the Five Elements Alliance were already very dissatisfied with what happened this morning. Now, seeing the second-ranked Land God taking the lead, they immediately joined in the booing. "If there were no ulterior motives, wouldn't they have privately given feedback to the Five Elements Alliance's high-level members? Instead, they posted to question and even reported, just trying to mess with Yuanshi Tianzun. If you can't afford to lose, then you can't afford to lose. These Night Watchers are all so arrogant, but they lost, didn't they? *Hetui*~ We haven't even investigated the off-stage reminders yet, and they're already biting people like cornered dogs. Dumbasses, our Yuanshi Tianzun didn't do anything wrong. They're probably just jealous of Yuanshi Tianzun, who told your Elder Sun to be so confused... *Wuwu*, why are you covering my mouth? Vent your anger, but don't involve the elders, they're sitting right across from us, are you looking to die?"
The noise was quickly suppressed, and the Armored Swordsman shouted, "Silence!" The throats of all The Way of the Extraordinary members were choked by an invisible force, and they collectively lost their voices, creating a silent scene.
The Night Watchers of Taiyi Gate wore gloomy faces, even the Sages didn't look too good.
In fact, there was nothing wrong with reporting Yuanshi Tianzun. What if they were jealous? What if they were envious? What if they were taking personal revenge? Which reporter in the world didn't report because of these reasons?
Did they do it to be partners of justice?
Yuanshi Tianzun should be reported for manipulating infant spirits as servants.
It was just that Yuanshi Tianzun had no flaws, and the Taiyi Gate had too few Night Watchers, so they couldn't win the verbal battles, and they had to endure it in frustration.
After the dozen or so seconds of silence ended, Sun Miaomiao, who had a pair of bright, dark eyes, quietly got up, sat next to Yuan Ting, and whispered, "Who reported Yuanshi Tianzun?" Yuan Ting quickly shook his head, "I don't know, I don't know, I promised someone I wouldn't say." Sun Miaomiao said "Oh" and got up to leave.
"Hey, don't go!" Yuan Ting quickly grabbed her, showing a look of intense struggle, and finally yielded to the will of his heart, lowering his voice, "It's the Maoshan Taoist's superior, I'm only telling you, don't spread it around." Sun Miaomiao showed an expression of "so that's it," she had guessed as much, but wasn't sure. Now that Yuan Ting had confirmed it, it was almost certainly true.
Taiyi Gate has a gossip vending machine like Yuan Ting. How wonderful. He answers every question. And it doesn't cost any money.
Sun Miaomiao patted the back of Yuan Ting's hand, her round face filled with solemnity, "I won't say it, I'll protect you." Not far away, Zhang Yuanqing, with a face full of surprise, looked at the bright and beautiful queen, and said in a low voice, "What's wrong with this old man? His personality doesn't seem like a Earth Master, more like a Fire Master. So headstrong?"
In his impression, Earth Masters were all honest and reliable. The queen also lowered her voice and whispered to him, "The Earth Master was a rock star when he was young, but he was also good at fighting. He liked to wave his guitar and fight people in the streets. He probably can't stand Taiyi Gate reporting you, so he's standing up for you. With this temper, it's a waste not to be a Fire Master." Zhang Yuanqing snorted.
"Every profession has some oddballs and freaks." The queen touched the large silver ring on her earlobe, smiling charmingly.
At this time, Guo Hezu and Likes Handsome Guys appeared on stage, and the two tacitly stopped communicating and looked at the arena.
Guo Hezu was a short-haired youth, tall and straight, wearing camouflage military pants and a rattan armor on his upper body. His entire temperament was like a well-trained special forces soldier, or an old soldier who had fought hundreds of battles on the ancient battlefield.
And "Likes Handsome Guys" was a young woman in the prime of her life, wearing denim shorts, a thin short-sleeved shirt with lace trim, and a black tank top that was faintly visible.
Fresh and bright dress, hot figure.
Her features were not bad, after all, these days, as long as the foundation is okay, with makeup and Korean semi-permanent makeup, anyone can become a beautiful woman.
This battle was fought with no suspense. Guo Hezu defeated "Likes Handsome Guys," who was a Wood Sprite, with an overwhelming advantage. In theory, Wood Sprites, who are good at climbing and are incredibly strong, are second only to Fire Masters in close combat. But she was completely defeated, and the battle was over in two minutes.
The female Wood Sprite only managed to struggle a little before being shot in the shoulder by Guo Hezu and admitting defeat with a mournful face. "Very strong," Zhang Yuanqing watched Guo Hezu in the arena, and the battle scenes just now flashed quickly in his mind.
After the battle began, Guo Hezu first used a pistol to compress "Likes Handsome Guys"'s movement space, and then used a short knife to launch a close-quarters assault, forcing the female Wood Sprite to retreat with a dense and violent offensive, trying to create distance.
But this was exactly what Guo Hezu wanted. He took away his opponent with one shot. The process was very simple. There were no reversals, and no amazing skills, but in these short two minutes, Zhang Yuanqing watched with horror. The first step was to suppress the Wood Sprite's movement space with pistol bullets. You must know that Wood Sprites have a skill called Climber, which is known for its agility and balance. They can walk on walls that are more than ten meters high as if they were on flat ground.
It's ridiculous to suppress a Wood Sprite with a single-shot pistol.
Zhang Yuanqing didn't understand it at first, but he only realized the clue during the second step of close combat. Normal Insight can predict the enemy's actions and moves. When the enemy throws a punch, a Sentinel can predict this punch in advance.
Predicting the enemy's next move is the core essence of Insight. But this Guo Hezu guy can predict two steps, no, at least two steps. With one bullet fired, he turned "Likes Handsome Guys" into a headless fly, wanting to go left and wanting to go right, but feeling that no matter whether she went left or right, she would be attacked.
That's why he can rely on a single-shot pistol to suppress a Wood Sprite known for its agility. And in close combat, Guo Hezu is very strong. This strength is not that his fighting skills are so superb, but that he can always attack the enemy's vitals in the simplest and fastest way.
His fists and feet reveal an iron-blooded ruthlessness, pursuing the highest efficiency in killing the enemy at the smallest cost.
This is a different path than Guan Ya, who hones her fighting skills.
"Sister Guan Ya, who is stronger, you or him? Um, I'm referring to fighting skills." Zhang Yuanqing asked quickly.
"You don't have to emphasize it so much, are you looking down on me." Guan Ya said, amused and annoyed, pursing her lips, "If it's a martial arts competition, I'd win six out of ten times, but if it's a life-and-death fight, then it's four to six. I'm referring to fighting skills alone." There's a reason why he's ranked in the top ten, Zhang Yuanqing thought in his heart.
In Zhang Yuanqing's mind, Guan Ya was the ceiling of the fighting world. Even today, he feels that his fighting skills have entered the hall of fame, but he has no chance of winning against the Old Driver.
Guan Ya said, "However, this guy is a player who specializes in a certain ability, and he's more easily restrained! Guo Hezu is a member of the White Tiger Soldiers. Do you know his nickname?" What? In the White Tiger Soldiers, he is called Little Qingyang.
"I hope that in the future, there will also be a Night Watcher with outstanding talent who will be called Little Yuanshi, or Little Tianzun." At four o'clock in the morning, the goose-yellow lights of the street lengthened Zhang Yuanqing's shadow. The brightly lit coffee shop across the street from the Kangyang District Public Security Bureau had its doors open, and Zhang Yuanqing, wearing a mask and a baseball cap, walked into the coffee shop with his hands in his pockets.
His gaze swept under the brim of his hat, looking towards the graceful Zhi Sha Gongzhu behind the counter, who was brewing coffee.
She was still wearing a gorgeous Song Dynasty-style dress, as red as fire. The only difference was that the Gongzhu's mask today was no longer covering her entire face, but a half-face mask that revealed her lips. "Take a seat first, the coffee will be ready in a while," she said, looking down.
Did she learn her lesson from not being able to drink coffee last time and changed her mask? Zhang Yuanqing casually picked a place to sit down and silently watched her brew coffee.
In the soft light, her hair shimmered with a bright luster. The quality of her hair was so good that it was amazing, and he couldn't help but want to touch it to experience the feel.
Her lips were standard cherry lips, delicate and lovely, and the rosy light revealed a jelly-like texture, attracting men to kiss her. Her cheek lines were smooth, a very standard oval face.
Just as I thought, the Gongzhu is indeed a great beauty, Zhang Yuanqing sincerely exclaimed.
Zhang Yuanqing had seen many high-quality women. Based on his own feelings, he divided beautiful women into three categories: The first category: Wow, this Miss is pretty good.
The second category: This Miss makes me want to fall in love, want to be close. The third category: You're all I dream about.
Zhi Sha Gongzhu, who only revealed half of her face, easily reached the second category.
While lost in thought, Zhi Sha Gongzhu came over with two cups of coffee, her long dress trailing on the ground.
She put down the coffee, propped her elbows on the table, held her chin in her palms, like a playful little girlfriend, gazing softly at her boyfriend with her beautiful eyes, and said with a smile, "You finally thought of contacting me? You haven't looked for me in a long time. Do you have a new love?" Zhang Yuanqing took a sip of coffee, his face tight, and said, "Elder Gou asked me to pass on a message." Zhi Sha Gongzhu pinched the small spoon with her little hand, gently bent it, and smiled with narrowed eyes, "I'll give you a chance to reorganize your words." Zhang Yuanqing said in a serious tone, "A day apart feels like three autumns, I miss the Gongzhu very much. It just so happened that Elder Gou asked me to bring you a message, so I couldn't wait to ask the Gongzhu out for coffee." Zhi Sha Gongzhu cupped her chest with her small hands, laughing heartily, laughing so hard that she trembled, "You're so interesting, so interesting, hahaha… I was wrong, I actually thought that a lunatic was very beautiful and suitable for dating, I'm still too young!" Zhang Yuanqing forced himself to keep smiling, "The Gongzhu is happy, that's all that matters." After she finished laughing, she picked up Zhang Yuanqing's coffee spoon and gently stirred the coffee in her own cup, saying, "What message did that dog thing ask you to bring?" Hearing this, Zhang Yuanqing breathed a sigh of relief. He was most afraid of her continuing to mess around. He said with a serious face, "In the next three days, the arena competition will proceed in an orderly manner. After five days of battles, the list of the top sixteen has finally been released."
Except for the Maoshan Taoist losing to Yuanshi Tianzun in the first round of the competition and being eliminated with regret, the list of the top sixteen was basically the same as the list of the top twenty compiled by the scholars. It can be seen that the level of these scholars is still very high.
On the morning of the sixth day, Zhang Yuanqing opened the forum on time to check the final list.
Today, they will be competing for the top eight. The venue will no longer be the arena, but will be randomly selected from the Five Elements Alliance and Taiyi Gate gang dungeons.
The level of excitement and stimulation is far from comparable to the arena.
Logging into the forum, the red pinned post was #List of Top Sixteen Matches# Changjiang Polang vs Shi Digong; Jiang Jingwei vs Zhao Chenghuang; Sun Miaomiao vs Huang Jinjia; Ren Gui Qing Wei Liao vs Yin Chi; Guo Hezu vs Yuanshi Tianzun; Yongheng Shenwang vs Qingsongzi; Nvren Shi Laohu vs Yuan Ting; Weigui Nicheng vs Baihu Wansui. ps: Will correct typos later.
"Elder Gou said that before the Chu family was exterminated, the Dark Night Rose had no leader. He wants to hear your opinion." The smile in Zhi Sha Gongzhu's eyes slowly faded away. Her eyes became calm, and her aura became serious. When she wasn't crazy, her whole body exuded an unspeakable nobility.
"Elder Gou thinks that the leader of the Dark Night Rose is related to my Chu family, or even a member of my Chu family?" she asked thoughtfully. Zhang Yuanqing said, "Maybe. What does the Gongzhu think? I was too young at the time, just starting to remember things. I only have a vague impression of that turmoil. It's also because I was too young that I escaped the disaster and followed my clansmen to Songhai." Her eyes narrowed slightly, silent in contemplation. Zhang Yuanqing thought to himself that the brows under her mask must be tightly furrowed.
"Have your clansmen ever mentioned anything about this? If the Dark Night Rose is a member of the Chu family, then this person must have a grudge against the Chu family, and your clansmen should be aware of this," he said.
The Gongzhu shook her head, seemingly unwilling to talk more about it, perfunctorily saying, "Don't ask anymore. Tell Elder Gou that if there is any progress in this matter, I hope he can inform me. I, this Gongzhu, will definitely reward him handsomely." It could be seen that she was very obsessed with the Chu family's extermination case.
Unfortunately, I can't help with this level of event, Zhang Yuanqing thought with regret.
"You performed well in the arena competition. It's no problem for you to be in the top three, but it's a bit difficult to win the championship," Zhi Sha Gongzhu said, taking a sip of bitter coffee and evaluating the arena competition.
Zhang Yuanqing sighed.
The reason why foundation is called foundation is because it relies on accumulated experience. He is a strong player in the top ten, but he doesn't have much confidence when facing enemies in the top three.
"But even so, I still have expectations for you. You are a player who can unleash your potential in adversity. The more frustrated you are, the braver you become. Yuanshi Tianzun, I'm rooting for you." Her voice was as gentle as a mother's whisper, like a lover's confession. Zhang Yuanqing felt a wave of emotion in his heart and inexplicably felt "I'm full of power" and "I really want to marry this woman."
The next second, Zhi Sha Gongzhu giggled, "You really believed it? You're so fun." I almost forgot that she's a Musician. A Musician's mouth is a deceiving ghost. Zhang Yuanqing's lips twitched, and he silently got up, "If there's nothing else, I'll leave." She doesn't know? Elder Gou frowned after listening to Fu Qingyang's phone call, "I understand." He is currently following up on matters related to the Dark Night Rose. A secret organization that has extended its reach to the level of an Executive and to the Lingjing family is like a poisonous snake hidden in the bedroom for the Five Elements Alliance. A little carelessness could result in a bite.
The priority and importance of investigating the Dark Night Rose is self-evident. "Then we can only take Yuanshi Tianzun to see the Demon Eye."