CHAPTER 407: CHAPTER 407: UNMATCHED

Spiritual World.

Quiet.

Quiet as a chicken.

Ji You waited a few seconds. Seeing no response from any strand, she rolled her eyes and said, "You all are acting like you’re covering your ears to steal the bell, just like trash strands. Do you really think I wouldn’t know you’re playing dead by coiling up and pretending not listening?"

Quiet.

The Six Strands remained motionless, like enormous dead strands.

Ji You curled her lips and said, "Whoever answers first will get a Candy Bean."

Quiet.

The tail of hyperactive Sixth suddenly stood up, but as soon as it moved, Boss’s tail came slashing like lightning.

Smack—

Sixth was slapped back and coiled up obediently.

Ji You: "..."

Ji You took a deep breath and scolded, "Boss, do you really think that by oppressing the others with brutal violence in front of me, preventing them from answering, I would just pretend nothing happened?"

Boss coiled up into a mosquito coil shape, showing a demeanor of ’I’m not listening, I can’t hear anything.’

Ji You: "..."

Ji You clenched her teeth and said, "The wise adapt, those of you who know better, give me an explanation now, or I will suspend all natural food rewards like Candy Beans, milk tea, and braised pork ribs for all strands for a month."

The Six Strands: "..."

The plump bodies of the Six Strands trembled all at once.

Almost instantly, they swung their tails, hung their heads, and looked pitifully at Ji You.

Boss: [Master, please no, we will die if you do this.]

Second: [Master, I don’t even know what explanation you want.]

Third: [Master, I... also don’t know how to explain.]

Fourth: [Master, I wanted to speak just now, but Boss wouldn’t let me.]

Ji You twitched her eyelid; Fourth this smart aleck, even at this moment, couldn’t stop being cunning and betraying teammates...

Very good.

Very good indeed.

Old Five: [Master, we can’t beat them... really can’t beat them...]

Once this was said, the other five strands turned their heads toward Old Five, showing strong condemnation, then, Boss glanced at Sixth, who immediately shook his head vigorously: [Master! Master! What Old Five said doesn’t count, we were too skinny and hungry, so we had no strength to fight, just feed us 10 Candy Beans each and we will definitely beat them.]

Boss, Second, Third, Fourth nodded together: [Yes, yes, yes... that’s right!]

Old Five tilted his head, still out of it after being condemned, and after a beat too slow, nodded: [Ah??? Ha! Yes, yes, yes... we need Candy Beans! 10 each!]

Ji You’s mouth twisted, finally understanding that only Old Five told the truth, the rest were all slick, speaking nothing but nonsense! Foolish words! Go deceive ghosts!

So, her Spiritual Silk had absolutely no chance of winning against Little Shengsheng’s Spiritual Silk?

Or is it?

Was it really because she fed them too few Candy Beans?

Bah!

Ji You quickly dismissed this thought from her mind, telling herself that she must have been stupefied by the foolish babble of these six silly strands!

Ji You’s face remained calm, not showing joy or anger, just her tone slightly rising: "10 Candy Beans?"

Boss: [Right.]

Second: [Right.]

Third: [Right.]

Fourth (shrinking his neck): [Master, taking care of us is hard, Fourth can go without his share.]

Ji You twitched her eyelid: Oh~ Fourth still didn’t forget to be cunning, just don’t know how he would have dealt with tipping himself over with his own cunning.

Ji You glanced at it, ignoring it.

Then.

Old Five: [I need 20 to be enough!]

Ji You: "..."

Heh~

Old Five is indeed a straightforward silk, but once it gets greedy, it’s even more detestable.

Still 20 candies.

Why doesn’t it just rob someone?

Old Sixth glanced at Old Five, then at Boss, Second, Third, and Fourth, but ultimately couldn’t resist the greed and followed suit: [Old Sixth also needs 20 candies to be satisfied!]

Ji You: "..."

This Old Sixth, is truly the least promising among the six strands, lacking in decisiveness and the biggest opportunist, swinging whichever way the wind blows...

Better left unmentioned.

But through her interactions with the six strands, Ji You finally understood the reason: her current spiritual power is indeed not as strong as Little Shengsheng’s.

Since joining the school, the strongest opponents in terms of spiritual power that Ji You had encountered were only Shen Changqing and Yue Qiyuan. Although these two were very powerful, as long as Ji You was dedicated, facing them wasn’t completely out of question. But this Little Shengsheng?

Not only did Ji You feel completely overwhelmed at that moment, her own spiritual silks were also being suppressed forcefully.

Thus, this Little Shengsheng must be more than just level S in spiritual power, her Spiritual Silk Cleaning Rate must also be extraordinarily high, at least over 30%, and even 50% is not out of the question.

But—

Is that possible?

A freshman reaching over 50% in Spiritual Silk Cleaning Rate, is that really possible? According to Dr. Luo, such a probability is extremely low.

Ji You had her doubts.

...

After the competition ended and the countdown finished, both competitors and the audience were teleported out of the arena at the same time.

Lost one match.

Lost one match brutally.

Ji You kept silent, not rushing into the second match.

Then, she looked through Little Shengsheng’s competition records and found this terrifying young woman’s battle history was indeed brilliant! She had challenged all of the top 50 ranked competitors and defeated every one of them without a single loss.

Ji You opened her mouth: "..."

What else could she say?

This isn’t human.

This is a beast.

Based on Little Shengsheng’s track record, she was almost certainly, undeniably slated to be the first place in this online event.

Unquestionably strong, absolutely flawless, powerful to the extent that it stifled any thoughts of resistance... All these were the online forum users’ comments about the character ’Little Shengsheng’.

Really...

Is it really so?

Ji You frowned, admitting that Little Shengsheng was incredibly strong, peerlessly strong. But—should she think the same way? Could she not even summon the thought of resisting?

If so, what’s the point of challenging? What’s the point of breaking through?

No!

With this thought, Ji You’s demeanor suddenly intensified, and a brilliantly dazzling light burst forth from her eyes:

It’s precisely because there are insurmountable peaks ahead that one should overcome the vast difficulties to climb, leap over, and conquer them!

Never concede!

Humanity has held onto this spirit of never conceding, from breaking through the restrictions of the cosmos on Ancient Earth and stepping into the magnificent interstellar era.

So—

What’s there to fear about Little Shengsheng?

Just defeat her.

Ji You clenched her fist, silently encouraging herself.

At that moment, her system alerted her that another challenge had been issued against her. Ji You’s furrowed brows relaxed, and she looked up to see who her new challenger was.

Then—

Her pupils suddenly constricted.