Chapter 410: The Most Dazzling in the Whole Arena, Is Yu Huai Dead?

Luo Ji's mouth gaped into a wide "O"; he turned a deaf ear to the crying and shouting coming from behind him, his eyes fixed dead on the golden figure flying away into the sky.

Only when that streak of golden shadow vanished at the horizon did he reluctantly withdraw his gaze.

His right palm was clenched tight, fingernails nearly digging into his palm, yet in his heart he was howling madly at the 【Life-Stealing Calamity Mirror】:

"Mirror! Look quick! My judgment was right, 【Heartless Tycoon】 is the most badass destiny format there is!"

Luo Ji's thieving heart wouldn't die; he resembled a rebellious teenager trying to persuade an elder to accept trendy ideas, but the mirror was like an antique from a previous epoch — stubbornly unyielding, not the slightest reaction.

Luo Ji was thoroughly speechless, and could only resentfully turn his gaze back to Feng Yuhuai.

Just now he had been one second away from completing the life-steal, yet was interrupted by a sudden twist.

Now, he had to find another chance, and shine the mirror on Feng Yuhuai again.

Luo Ji naturally feared those monsters too, but compared to the students panicking all around, he was clearly far calmer.

After all, he was no greenhouse flower.

He had suffered kidnapping, encountered the Curse of the Evil Sacrifice, received a Bestowal, entered the Hidden Gate, set foot in the White Bone Palace...

Pile these events one atop another, and another person might have died ten or eight times over, yet he still lived on vigorous and thriving, with ever brighter prospects.

What does this prove? It proves that he, Luo Ji, also bears the Mandate of Heaven!

Although he had only just turned eighteen, he had already experienced far too much.

These experiences further forged his unshakable life creed — seek wealth and honor amidst danger.

"The greater the danger, the greater the wealth and honor!"

He chanted silently in his heart, a flash of greed and ruthlessness crossing his eyes.

"If I can find a chance to bind Feng Yuhuai's destiny format, and then Feng Yuhuai unluckily gets targeted and killed by a monster... wouldn't I directly pull off my first complete life-steal?!"

Luo Ji's breathing grew rapid, his chest heaving violently, his mind filled with beautiful visions of infinite anticipation for the future.

As if to verify that Luo Ji's anticipation would come true, the remaining monsters on the platform almost unanimously locked their gazes onto Feng Yuhuai.

Feng Yuhuai's scalp instantly tingled; a thread of icy chill welled up from the bottom of her heart, swiftly spreading through her whole body.

"Bad news is, I've been targeted..."

Being collectively targeted by a crowd of monsters, that pressure was practically tangible; alarm bells rang wildly in Feng Yuhuai's skull.

"Good news is, I at least know where this chill comes from..."

Feng Yuhuai's heart went "thump-thump-thump"; putting herself in the monsters' shoes, she felt they were surely hungry and wanted to eat her.

"So, I have to hide in the crowd."

Feng Yuhuai didn't even have time to use her brain before her body instinctively made the most correct choice, just as Feng Ju would have hoped.

First she stood still on the spot, making no move to provoke the monsters.

Then her eyes flicked toward the referee, who was tiptoeing and sneakily backing away.

The latter was sturdily built and burly, muscles knotted; ordinarily just his standing there was enough to inspire awe.

Yet at this moment he resembled a delicate, frail woman — waist twisting lightly, steps slow, toes touching down gingerly as if afraid of crushing a fallen leaf.

His movements were so light they were nearly soundless; a few more steps and he would reach the platform edge, exactly like a little cat up to no good.

"It's you!"

A cold glint flashed in Feng Yuhuai's eyes; her feet exploded with force, and her figure shot toward the referee like an arrow.

The referee was secretly rejoicing that he was about to escape the danger zone when he suddenly heard urgent footsteps beside him.

He glanced sideways and instantly went deathly pale — Feng Yuhuai was racing straight at him, and behind her those monsters' eyeballs rolled fluidly, their gazes swiveling in unison to follow.

"Student, stop quick! I haven't declared the match over; those monsters are your finals opponents ahhh—"

The referee was scared out of his wits, his voice cracking.

He was just a referee; his duty was to preside over the match, not to go on stage and compete!

He admitted his physique was trained well enough, but that was all for professional appearance, to look imposing and awe-inspiring on camera — not because he could actually fight!

He shouted in panic, whirled around and fled, footsteps chaotic like a cat caught doing something bad.

But how could his movements match Feng Yuhuai's speed.

Feng Yuhuai's finger twitched; a slender red thread shot out, winding around the referee's ankle like spider silk.

The referee stumbled; before he could even struggle, the tremendous force transmitted through the line flung him up, and he hurtled straight at the monster pack like a rag doll.

The referee was scared out of his wits, scrambling with hands and feet, desperately bracing against the ground, finally screeching to a halt right before the monsters.

Cold sweat streamed down his forehead; his heart nearly leapt out of his chest.

That monster wearing tattered clothes glanced at him but didn't stop; trailing a stench like a sewer, it brushed past him and pursued straight toward Feng Yuhuai.

Several other monsters followed close behind, as if even more interested in Feng Yuhuai.

The referee's heart leapt with joy, thinking he had escaped disaster.

However, his smile had yet to spread when several other monsters simultaneously reached out and grabbed his body.

Their claws sank deep into his flesh, tearing at him like beasts fighting over food.

"Ah—"

The referee's scream had just left his throat when a monster's claw severed it; his Adam's apple shattered under the sharp talons, fresh blood spurting from his windpipe.

The scream cut off abruptly; blood splattered, staining the platform red.

The referee's body was torn into several pieces; the monsters' chewing and swallowing sounds echoed in the air, sending chills down one's spine.

In his final moments, the last image frozen on his retina was Feng Yuhuai dangling from a red thread, like a blood-stained venomous spider spreading her limbs, swaying in midair with eerie ripples, until she plunged into the crowd together with several monsters.

"High School Martial Arts Joint Examination top four... so lacking in quality..."

His consciousness drifted in the darkness, his final shred of resentment turning into a faint vibration in the remnants of his vocal cords:

"That male student named Qian Duoyu, forfeiting and flying away is one thing... but this female student named Feng Yuhuai, she used me to save her life...

Yet she didn't even say a single 'sorry' to me?!"

Cui Cui and Zhang Liyou both raised their heads, their pupils widening instantly as they stared blankly at the one person and seven monsters flying off the Platform/Ring.

Boom—!

A tremendous sound rang out, the ground shaking violently as if it had been saturated-bombarded by a round of artillery shells.

The ground within a radius of twenty meters collapsed instantly, forming a huge deep pit, cracks at the edges spreading outward like spider webs, with broken stones and dust flying everywhere.

Thick blood mist surged out from the pit like a blooming flower of death, its petals woven from fresh blood and minced meat, slowly spreading through the air.

Cui Cui and Zhang Liyou stood frozen in place, hands and feet ice-cold, even breathing becoming difficult.

Their gazes fixed on that blood mist, with only one thought in their hearts:

"Yu Huai... is she dead?"

End of Chapter