CHAPTER 321: CHAPTER 321: OVERDOING THE SHOW

Boom——

The moment the Mini Particle Cannon was fired, its force was unstoppable, like the pressure of Mount Tai descending upon them... The onlookers couldn’t help but change their expressions, not to mention the Hero King, who was locked in by the Particle Cannon.

In an instant, Hero King’s face changed drastically:

Not good.

Hard to dodge.

Switching from offense to defense, Hero King increased the thrusters, changed direction once more, and the Mecha sped away in the sky, but—

Useless.

Completely useless.

That hair-raising sense of crisis not only failed to diminish but instead intensified.

meters.

meters.

meters.

...

Escape!

Hurry and escape!

But—

What terrified Hero King even more was that he not only found nowhere to run but also felt an overwhelming terrifying pressure closing in from all directions, step by step approaching him. His pride, his spiritual power, was unable to make the slightest tremble in this oppressive force that came crashing down.

No escape.

Boom——

Hero King slowly closed his eyes...

A few seconds later.

The system notification arrived: [The match has ended, Rag Queen wins.]

The surrounding crowd was rendered silent once again.

Hero King was also silent.

Ji You clapped her hands and slowly approached the shattered Mecha of Hero King lying on the ground, step by step... Her every step resounded like beating a drum in the hearts of Hero King and his fans.

Finally.

Rag Queen stopped her steps.

With a frown, Hero King looked at her, a hint of reluctance in his eyes: "No need to say it, I already know why you are here, it’s my lack of skill. I voluntarily cancel the following seven matches."

Ji You’s eyes widened: "!!!"

Huh?

Her intention was not at all like that.

She just wanted to take this opportunity to show off!

Just as simple as that, ahhhh...

Seeing the surprise flash in Rag Queen’s eyes, Hero King felt he had regained some ground. Proposing the cancellation now, in the eyes of others, seemed to be a very wise action, which helped dissipate some of the suffocation and anger in his heart. Hero King pressed his lips together and said, "As Hero King, my word is my bond. The next seven matches are hereby canceled."

Struggling against the inner chaos, Ji You said with wide eyes: "Big brother, I think you’ve misunderstood my intent."

Hero King was taken aback: "What?"

Ji You took a step forward, wishing she could vigorously shake this big brother’s shoulders, why cancel?

Why cancel?

Isn’t it good to fight the full 10 matches?

Why wouldn’t you let her continue earning points?

Ji You restrained her urge to roar, speaking with considerable restraint: "Big brother, you really have misunderstood me. I came over here just because I thought it was more spacious and convenient for counting—ah, no, for counting points."

Hero King: "???"

The audience: "???"

Then—

Both the perplexed audience and Hero King saw Rag Queen read out her private system message in front of everyone: [Congratulations: You have received 60699 points from the betting pool this match."]

Hero King: "!!!"

The audience: "!!!"

Ji You looked at the crowd whose jaws had dropped in shock, raised her hand to pat Hero King on the shoulder, and with a slight hook of her lips, said indifferently, "Big brother, thanks for your and your fans’ selfless contribution."

Hero King: "..."

Everyone was speechless.

So, she just wanted to show off.

Ji You: "I’ll take my leave."

As her voice fell and she was about to exit the arena, Hero King couldn’t help but ask, "Is that all you wanted to say?"

Ji You, without turning back: "What else?"

Hero King pursed his lips tightly, watching as Rag Queen left the scene with grace.

Defeat.

And a severe miscalculation at that.

Not only did he lose 100,000 points, but he also ruined the reputation he had worked so hard to build up, truly a case of losing the wife and the army.

He thought that, based on Rag Queen’s personality and having figured out his intention and strategy to use her as a stepping stone for himself, she would certainly take this opportunity to hit him hard, ridicule him, and mock him severely.

But what happened?

Nothing.

Nothing at all.

She didn’t even say much more.

...

After logging off from Star Network, Hero King’s face looked awful. Beside him, a woman softly comforted him, "Hero, a single failure is nothing to worry about. We’ll work harder next time."

Hero King did not respond.

The woman said, "On the forums, your fans aren’t disappointed in you. They’re very tolerant and believe that next time you’ll surely defeat that Rag Queen... Do you believe in yourse..."

Before she could finish the word ’self’, Hero King abruptly cut her off, saying, "I’m no match for her."

The woman was startled: "Hero—"

Hero King, with a stern face, said, "You haven’t fought her, so you can’t understand how terrifying her spiritual power is. I suspect her Spiritual Silk Cleaning Rate is at least over 30%!"

The woman exclaimed in shock, "What?"

"30%?"

"No way?"

"She’s just a Freshman, how could she have such a high Spiritual Silk Cleaning Rate?"

Hero King said, "30% is an underestimate on my part. My own Spiritual Silk has reached a Cleaning Rate of 15%, but when I faced her, I couldn’t feel any limit to her power. Her strength is unfathomable, and facing her was like facing an instructor..."

The woman gasped: "No... That’s impossible." What level is an instructor? At least they have a Spiritual Silk Cleaning Rate over 50%, but the opponent is just a Freshman.

How could this be?

Hero King thought of something, his tone a bit heavy, "In this year’s Alliance University rookies competition, our First Military Academy has a strong opponent."

Hearing this, the woman also frowned, saying, "This has to do with Rag Queen. We don’t know which school she is from. Maybe she is from our First Military Academy?"

Hero King shook his head: "Impossible."

One would know the caliber of his own cohort of students. Often sparring with each other, everyone would have some understanding. If the Combat Department had someone with such terrifying abilities, how could there have been no word of it beforehand?

So—

Absolutely impossible.

The two fell silent for a while, and Hero King said, "I need to step up my training in the coming period."

...

Here.

Ji You looked at her account which had gained over 60,000 additional points, adding to her previous gains of over 50,000 points from three matches with Hero King, netting a total of 110,000 points. This kind of earnings was beyond what anyone could imagine.

But...

But Ji You was not very happy.

It really was because she had bragged too much, saying something about playing house with someone. As a result, Money-giving Child didn’t want to play with her anymore.

Yingyingying~

This loss was truly severe.

Ji You maintained a faintly sorrowful demeanor for a long time before she finally dispelled the annoyance in her heart. Then, hearing the notification sound, Ji You looked down to see that she had received a new challenge request. She opened it, and her mouth curved into a smile.