Nine Star Burden - Chapter 201
Chapter 201: Shatter
Let’s go back to the moment of the opening.
It was suddenly hard to differentiate between the two teams.
Gao Junwei was charging towards Han Jiangxue, but regardless of the outcome, his ultimate goal was Jiang Xiao.
Compared to the Shield Warrior Li Weiyi, Gao Junwei felt that Han Jiangxue would be a better choice for a breakthrough for there wouldn’t be any issues.
Zhang Mingming tasked Gao Junwei to charge towards the enemies and bomb them! He wanted the team from Jiangbin High School to be in a complete mess, and it would be best if Jiang Xiao could be heavily injured.
The problem was that Han Jiangxue’s goal wasn’t Yu Zhen, but Gao Junwei!
As soon as the battle began, Han Jiangxue opened Sky Smasher above her!
Yu Zhen’s instantaneous lightning attacks could only be launched from the sky and Han Jiangxue, standing under the Sky Smasher, seemed to have perfectly restrained Yu Zhen’s instantaneous lightning attacks.
At the same time, Han Jiangxue opened her palms and lifted her slender fingers, after which Barren Wind continuously rolled towards Gao Junwei.
Even though Gao Junwei, who was moving at high speed, managed to avoid the first and second shots of Barren Wind by a close shave, he couldn’t avoid the third one!
All of a sudden, Gao Junwei’s body was propelled into the air and he dashed towards Han Jiangxue!
Once Gao Junwei was away from his team, he would be able to use the Star Technique, Roar of Fear without restraint.
Strictly speaking, Roar of Fear was a Star Technique that would work within a certain range. Although it was presented in the form of a roar, covering one’s ears and using earplugs would not work to avoid its effects.
As long as one was within the range of “Roar of Fear”, they would definitely be frightened by it even if they were deaf.
The worded description was lengthy, but only a moment had passed on the arena, and Han Jiangxue’s made Gao Junwei’s expression change drastically.
A golden Flame Torch Whip crawled out of her hand, like a golden snake covered in flames coiling around the ground, burning the artificial grass beneath their feet.
Han Jiangxue picked up the Flame Torch Whip and lashed it outwards forcefully, causing it to hit Gao Junwei… no, it didn’t just lash him, it entangled him!
The two fire snakes opened their mouths, but it was all just a feint. Instead of biting with their fangs, they wrapped their prey with their slender bodies!
Gao Junwei’s head was tightly entangled by the Flame Torch Whip. His subsequent miserable cries made people shudder.
Roar of Fear?
At this juncture, Gao Junwei was already wailing and bawling his eyes out because he was being burned terribly by the blazing Flame Torch Whip. How could he be in the mood to launch Roar of Fear?
Han Jiangxue immediately tugged the Flame Torch Whip with her right hand!
At the next moment, sounds of breathing could be heard in the silent stadium from the dumbfounded spectators.
Gao Junwei had plunged straight into Sky Smasher and vanished without a trace!
Su Rou covered her small mouth with one hand and looked at the computer screen in utter shock. “What… what happened? What did Han Jiangxue just do?”
Her live-stream was also flooded with pop-up messages from her viewers, who were also the most loyal fans that had been paying close attention to Class 1. Hence, they knew what Han Jiangxue’s Sky Smasher meant.
“Oh my god, is Goddess Xue killing someone?”
“She used Sky Smasher? She actually used the Sky Smasher when fighting against humans?”
“It’s over. She’s gone overboard. Will Gao Junwei die?”
“Oh my god, Han Jiangxue can’t do this, she will go to jail.”
“This woman is too vicious. Even if they already had a conflict in the first place, there’s no need for her to kill him?”
“Exactly, it’s such a waste that she’s so beautiful too. Turns out she has such a vicious heart. Who’d be so ignorant of their limits and kill someone during a normal competition?”
“Haha, she resorted to unscrupulous means for the sake of getting some Gold Quality Star Beads. Someone like her actually has supporters too? I really don’t know what the school trained and groomed her for. Did they nurture her for the sake of killing her fellow countrymen?”
“Damn it, why are there so many haters? This is the live-stream for Jiangbin High School. Why are there so many haters?”
“I’m asking you, does this kind of woman really have supporters? Is it simply because she’s beautiful?”
“Your Gao Junwei robbed more than 20 participating teams in the preliminary round, and his arm was full of blood-stained headbands. So many students were knocked unconscious by him and most were also seriously injured. He even maimed several other participants. Why didn’t you say anything about him? Do you have double standards? Are you choosing to turn a blind eye to him?”
“Hah, did Gao Junwei kill someone?”
“If it weren’t for the fact that killing would lead to disqualification, do you think he’d spare anyone?”
“Cut the crap. I’m asking you, did he kill anyone?”
“He tried to kill Li Weiyi last year, but he did not succeed.”
“Hah, do you have any evidence? Are you just spouting nonsense?”
Due to the fact that it was a virtual platform, everyone spoke their minds and didn’t have any concerns at all.
In Red Sun Stadium, everyone got a great shock, be it the host on stage, the spectators at the grandstands, or even… the cold and arrogant Yu Zhen!
Yu Zhen dodged Jiang Xiao’s Blessing and Xia Yan’s Flame Arc.
She watched as Xia Yan dashed in from behind before quickly retreating while guarding against Jiang Xiao’s Blessing and waving the Dark Blue Scepter again. Her target was still Jiang Xiao, who was at the back of her enemies’ team.
The highly attentive Yu Zhen was awakened by the voices of Zhang Mingming and Zhang Weiliang!
The proud girl subconsciously looked in the direction of Gao Junwei, only to see him flying.
Sky Smasher?
Before the competition began, Zhang Mingming had analyzed the personalities of the members of the enemy teams, one by one.
They were absolutely sure that although Han Jiangxue really wanted to be ranked at the top and score extra points for the college entrance examination, she would never destroy her future. She preferred stability!
She definitely wouldn’t use such a dangerous Star Technique like Sky Smasher during the competition.
What made Han Jiang Xue take the risk?
Is it an extreme desire for extra points for the college entrance examination?
Or is it her abhorrence towards Gao Junwei?
Or… is she really confident?
At the instant that Yu Zhen became shocked, a ray of Blessing descended from the sky and landed on her head, shrouding her svelte figure.
Next, Yu Zhen’s alluring voice could be heard. “Ah~”
Zhang Mingming’s expression changed drastically. It was difficult for the vines to catch Xia Yan, who was moving at high speed. He threw out an Ice Mist Armor that condensed quickly around Yu Zhen’s body, after which his other hand drooped and a ray of light from Blessing fell onto Xia Yan, who was dashing away!
However, Xia Yan was no longer interested in other Medical Awakened after she had experienced the wonderful feeling that Jiang Xiao could bring her.
There was a qualitative difference between the Silver Quality and Brass Quality Blessings.
The Brass Quality Blessing landed on Xia Yan’s body and she tilted her head while her neck cracked with crisp sounds. She exhaled in comfort with intense menace in her eyes as she stared at Yu Zhen’s rooted form.
A person and a sword appeared in a flash.
Amidst her bewilderment, Yu Zhen was snapped out of her trance by the excruciating pain and began vomiting blood as Xia Yan sent her flying.
Xia Yan was wielding her giant sword in a domineering manner that was even fiercer than Zhang Hui back then.
Although she was holding onto a wooden sword, she could completely stab the dumbfounded Yu Zhen if she wanted to. She could even break her body in half.
Xia Yan didn’t stop at all. When the referee whistled and announced that Yu Zhen had withdrawn from the competition because she had lost her ability to fight, Xia Yan threw out another Flame Arc and turned around to dash towards Zhang Weiliang!
To everyone’s surprise, the low profile Shield Warrior turned out to be extremely skillful.
After just a few rounds, Li Weiyi and Xia Yan were covered with a thin layer of frost.
It was because of the passive Star Technique Frozen from the Frozen Walkers from the Ice Cave. It would cause every attack to have a slight freezing effect.
However, that was all Zhang Weiliang could perform.
Li Weiyi, who was rather stable, yelled at Xia Yan to launch her Burning Flame while he stomped his feet and formed “Flame Crack”…
At the same time, Zhang Mingming’s body was blown up into the sky by a gust of Barren Wind, looking intensely at Han Jiangxue far away.
Whoosh!
Han Jiangxue waved her left arm and activated Sky Smasher again. In her right hand, the golden Flame Torch Whip crawled out again and landed on the grass beneath his feet before coiling around again.
Zhang Mingming’s eyes narrowed. Despite feeling dissatisfied and unwilling, he had no choice but to yell loudly, “We admit defeat! We admit defeat!”
Han Jiangxue threw the Flame Torch Whip into her Sky Smasher and pulled Gao Junwei out.
“Ah… *coughs* *coughs*…” Gao Junwei panted heavily while coughing violently, though it was unclear if it was because of his panic or the choking from the cold wind.
No one knew what he had experienced, and probably very few would be willing to experience it for themselves. At this time, his handsome face was scarred and bloodied. He was considered to have been disfigured by the Flame Torch Whip.
However, it didn’t matter. In this magical world, Gao Junwei would be able to recover as long as he received a few Blessings from a Medical Awakened.
Han Jiangxue turned to look at Jiang Xiao and said softly, “29 seconds.”
Jiang Xiao looked at her radiant face and her dark hair that was fluttering under the snow together with the blue ribbon.
As her closest kin, he would often get to see the softer side of her in private, but he seemed to have forgotten how proud she was.
Beep-beep!
The referee blew his whistle and shouted, “End of competition. The winner is Jiangbin High School!”
All of a sudden, everyone in Red Sun Stadium was flabbergasted.
Long before the competition began, the media had been hyping up the competition and drawing attention to it by saying “Although it’s a match between the 1st and 8th team, it will undoubtedly be a fierce competition on the level of the finals.”
They painstakingly analyzed the combat effectiveness of both parties, the chemistry between the members of each team, and their coordination.
However, to everyone’s shock, the “finals” came to an end within just 29 seconds.
The three high school teams that had been praised greatly were beaten up into a pulp.
It would be no exaggeration to say that they were rubbed against the ground and their bones were all shattered and crushed…
“Well done! Awesome!” Xing Lang exclaimed while seated in the changing room. He suddenly roared in exhilaration while staring at the television screen.
Zhang Hui leaned against a corner of the dressing room with a heavy heart. When he saw that scene, he also felt much better.
The female Rules Awakened, Liu Chang, was the one who reacted the most intensely. When she saw Yu Zhen being slashed by Xia Yan and bleeding profusely, she clenched her fists and yelled!
When she saw Xia Yan throwing another Flame Arc at Yu Zhen, Liu Chang skipped out of the changing room merrily.
Zheng Jiang was bewildered.
Xing Lang asked, “Liu Chang? Where are you going?”
The two of them then chased after her merrily.
The changing room wasn’t far from the arena and Liu Chang scurried straight to the field through the stadium tunnel. Without hesitation, she launched a fireball into the sky.
The Star Warrior maintaining order at the arena hurriedly stopped Liu Chang, unsure of what she was trying to do.
However, he saw Liu Chang launching numerous fireballs into the sky and he exclaimed, “Yeah! Fireworks~”