Chapter 1989: line with translation of chapter title

The next day, the match schedule reached the semifinals of the upper half.

Eighth round, second match: Spacetime Rift versus Zu Jian Xing Team 1—again two explosive-intensity teams, the highly anticipated squads entered the arena.

Xiao Feng also entered to watch.

The outcome of this battle would determine who his final opponent would be.

Although he could win no matter what, he still preferred his opponent to be Feng Feng Shi rather than that bunch of iron lumps from Zu Jian Xing.

Inside the vast semifinals arena, both sides' players were already in position.

One side consisted of three robots: Super Mecha Soldier No. 1, No. 2, and No. 9.

The other side had only one, Feng Feng Shi, who entered alone, wearing green robes and holding a guqin, hovering three feet above the ground, the guqin placed across her knees, still as a maiden.

With one minute left before the start, neither side spoke.

But the barrage had gone crazy; players of Blue Star No. 8 all loved Feng Feng Shi, that outer-region master with extreme classical beauty.

Although her looks aren't the absolute top, her temperament, demeanor, cultivation, strength, etc., are all perfect—like a green lotus, transcendent and unworldly.

Moreover…

Players with good memories still recall that, during the Primordial World event, a certain surnamed Xiao man turned into a short-legged cat, and this goddess held him in her arms and played with him.

Using the perspective of that surnamed Xiao man, they witnessed, after several times of magnification, Feng Feng Shi's flawless skin and dreamlike voice—truly a perfection unattainable by humans; even in the game, normal female players fall far short, making them envy to tears.

With ten seconds left in the battle countdown, the three robots had already prepared for combat and spread out.

Especially No. 2 Vulture robot, directly retreated to

to the farthest point, distancing himself from Feng Feng Shi to prevent the curse from being interrupted later.

While No. 1 and No. 9 took the front.

No. 1's own stats are high, with 800 jing of HP, comparable to Qian Sha. If the talent effect is activated, he can also borrow Xiao Feng's 100x HP, the 13th Mecha Soldier's 100x attack, and the 100x defense of some player with off-the-charts defense.

Although Feng Feng Shi is strong, the chance to instantly kill him is slim.

No. 9 Mecha Soldier has a 1000× reflect damage effect; normal players attacking him do nothing because they can't even move him, so no reflect damage triggers.

When experts strike him, they themselves die from reflect damage first; the stronger the attacker, the faster they die.

With these two guys around, this round will be tough.

Xiao Feng couldn't help but ponder how to respond to such a situation.

No. 2 is far away; his heart‑sword explosion range isn't enough to kill them all, and if he is killed by No. 9's reflect damage first, he loses.

Therefore the kill order must be No. 2, then No. 1, then No. 9.

That way, even if reflect damage occurs, No. 9 dies first and he dies later, ruling him the winner.

It looks a bit troublesome.

But… it's just 'a bit troublesome'.

The battle began.

The countdown ended, and both sides acted simultaneously.

"O human Feng Feng Shi before me, heed the summon of the God of Death and fall!"

As expected, No. 2 Mecha Soldier opened with a death curse, placing on Feng Feng Shi, from an extremely distant range, a negative state that guarantees death in 10 seconds.

The death curse cannot be dispelled by any means; its priority is highest, unable to trigger even 'resist lethal effect', making it a true lethal skill—unless the caster's level exceeds his by 5

00 levels, otherwise there is no way.

Feng Feng Shi also moved; her fingertip brushed the strings, and a leisurely guqin sound rose, not rushed at all, but as if she were playing the guqin leisurely amidst mountains and rivers.

"I, transcend all beings!"

All players' action times are the same; No. 1 Mecha Soldier activated its strongest state the moment the battle signal appeared.

The watching players saw his HP jump directly from 800 jing to 1,842,500 jing—his HP exceeded Xiao Feng's by over a hundredfold!

It's not hard to imagine that his attack power is now extremely terrifying.

No. 1 and No. 9 Mecha Soldiers charged forward, one wanting to beat Feng Feng Shi, the other wanting to absorb her damage.

However, this guqin passage of Feng Feng Shi dealt no damage!

"No. 9, dodge!" In the midst of the charge, No. 1 suddenly shouted.

No. 9 hadn't yet understood what was happening when he saw his teammate swing an iron fist and smash it into his central processor.

Boom!

With one punch, a critical damage of -992,001,635,221 yi appeared on No. 9's hedgehog head.

The teammate's iron fist actually instantly killed him.

Looking at No. 1, his head showed a critical damage of -992,001,635,221,159 yi; no matter how much HP he had, he died instantly.

"What the heck, what's going on?"

Xiao Feng stared dumbfounded; Feng Feng Shi's skill can actually control others, making them kill each other!

Other watching players were also dumbfounded; they never dreamed such a situation would occur, and within less than two seconds of the battle start, two people were already dead.

Feng Feng Shi remained at full HP, and No. 2 also remained at full HP.

The corpses of No. 1 and No. 9 fell to the ground, hearts

were very gloomy.

"Why are you hitting me?" No. 9 said speechlessly.

No. 1 was also speechless: "Her willpower is too strong; I was controlled."

Feng Feng Shi is going to win!

At this moment, the players all realized this outcome!

Within less than three seconds of the battle start, No. 1 and No. 9 were already down; with Feng Feng Shi's strength, she could completely take down No. 2 Mecha Soldier within seven seconds.

Even if her death curse cannot be removed, she dies later, which definitely counts as a win. Moreover, if No. 2 obviously collapses before her, the system directly rules her victorious—she doesn't even need to die, and all negative states are forcibly cleared.

Xiao Feng was quite pleased; the opponent turned out to be Feng Feng Shi, so he could finally spar with this mysterious daughter of the Dao Ancestor.

Yesterday's fight with Qian Sha left him deep in thought; fighting the decisive battle again with gusto might even aid his growth.

After dealing with No. 1 and No. 9, Feng Feng Shi pressed the strings and glanced toward No. 2.

No. 2 mech soldier panicked a bit, knowing she was coming to hunt him down, and instinctively used a teleport skill to dash to another corner of the arena.

As a death emissary, No. 2 mech soldier excels only at curses, survival, and escape; his combat ability is not much better than an ordinary player's, so he cannot match Feng Feng Shi.

But Feng Feng Shi didn't kill him!

After a glance, she suddenly furrowed her brows, clenched her fingers, as if feeling somewhat unwell.

Right after that, she actually vanished on the spot!

Everyone thought she had used teleport or invisibility, expecting her to appear beside No. 2 mech soldier the next second and finish the fight with a single move to win.

But in the next second, her figure did not appear.

All spectators' play

Family simultaneously received a message: 【Player "Feng Feng Shi" quit the game, the Time-Space Rift Squad all left the field, the match ended!】

【Finals period, promotion match round 8, game 2, winner: Team 1 (Zu Jian Xing)!】

【Winning side members' reward: 10 billion cultivation elixirs ×40.】

【Losing side members' reward: 10 billion cultivation elixirs ×40.】

At this moment, the whole venue erupted!