“Hmph…” Seeing his opponent unleash a deadly move, Feng Bujue immediately snorted coldly. Without dodging or evading, he retaliated instantly, "Nanto Flying Dragon Fist!"

In an instant, combat energy exploded, and the shadows of fists intertwined.

Kaka Lu's short-haired rapid-fire fist attack targeted a "point," while Brother Jue's Nanto Flying Dragon Fist attacked along a "line."

Both sides' fists were as swift as the wind and as powerful as thunder. Points and lines interwove in mid-air… colliding to create intense and dense bursts of air.

*Pitter-patter…*

After a burst of chaotic noise, both sides leaped backward, standing face to face once more.

"You rabbit really has some skill…" Two seconds later, Feng Bujue spoke, casually wiping away a smear of blood from his cheek.

"Likewise," Kaka Lu replied with a grin. "As a physically weak Earthling, it's rare for you to have this level of ability."

"But…"

"But…"

The next second, the two of them almost simultaneously said "but," and in unison, they added, "You are already dead!"

At this moment, Ruoyu, Xiaoling, and Xiaotan were silent, and the spectators watching the match were also quiet. They all seemed to be waiting… waiting for one of the rabbit and the human to fall.

However… ten seconds passed in the blink of an eye, and neither of them fell.

Seeing this scene, Xiaotan finally couldn't help but mutter, "Uh… what's going on?"

"It's just two chuunibyou shouting out their attack names and exchanging blows, followed by mutual flattery, and then they both coincidentally delivered a chuuni line…" Ruoyu said with an icy expression, shaking her head. "But the result is that nothing happened…"

"You can't say it like that…" At this time, Feng Bujue turned his head to look at Ruoyu. "As a fist master, it's only natural to shout out the name of your technique when fighting."

Kaka Lu also followed Brother Jue's words, saying, "I wasn't flattering him; I was just stating a fact."

"Mm." Feng Bujue nodded in agreement, and continued, "As for the 'you are already dead' line, I just felt like he was about to say it, so I cooperated."

"Hahaha…" Kaka Lu laughed upon hearing this. "So, you were just saying it casually. I thought you had also mastered some kind of profound technique similar to my fist art~" He paused for a moment. "Since that's the case, then I might as well tell you that I wasn't just saying 'you are already dead' casually… Our Short-Haired Divine Fist is a fist art that aims to attack the inside of the human body directly with combat energy. Don't think that you seem fine on the surface; in fact, your internal organs have already been messed up by me!"

"Ha! Hahahahahaha…" Feng Bujue burst into wild laughter upon hearing this. "I wondered what you were going to say. You think I didn't know about this kind of thing?" He spread his hands, looking fearless. "From the moment you attacked, I had already seen through the attack form of your fist art (He wasn't lying; he could indeed see through this on a data level). Frankly… I don't even put combat energy of your level in my eyes."

"Hmph! You can be stubborn all you want!" Kaka Lu snorted coldly. "In ten seconds at most, no… five seconds, you will bleed from all seven orifices and die!"

"Is that so?" Feng Bujue stared at the other party and asked.

"Yes!" Kaka Lu's tone of voice was quite confident, but he was already a little shaken inside.

However… in any case, the two of them stood there in silent confrontation for a full ten seconds, and the surrounding people, as well as all the spectators watching this scene, also waited for them for ten seconds.

"Look, I'm fine." Feng Bujue accurately timed it. As soon as ten seconds were up, he put his hands on his hips and arrogantly looked up at the other party and said.

"Tch…" Kaka Lu stroked the long ears on his head, resentfully saying, "It must have been a moment of carelessness. Consider yourself lucky!"

…………

In fact, Kaka Lu wasn't careless…

Feng Bujue was fine, and it certainly wasn't because of so-called "good luck." The reason why he was safe and sound was due to a piece of equipment on his body…

【Name: 1320's Acerbic Armor】

【Type: Armor】

【Quality: Perfect】

【Defense: Extremely Strong】

【Attributes: Isolation, Cushioning】

【Special Effect: When equipped, the player receives 15% less damage from all attacks; ranged attacks with a strength rating of "Strong" or lower are ineffective; this equipment can be upgraded with "Acerbic Shards."】

【Equipment Requirements: Male player, Melee Specialization A, Spiritual Arts Specialization B, Bound upon pickup】

【Remarks: A long, long time ago, the legendary dwarven craftsman "Aul. Gotta Die" used the wood of the Mockery Tree as raw material, supplemented by dragon blood, demon bones, and many gems… to create a notorious artifact—the Acerbic Armor.

After this work was born, it immediately displayed unparalleled divine power and an uncontrollable, mad characteristic. Even Gotta Die himself couldn't completely control the armor's power, nor could he destroy it.

Therefore, Gotta Die used a special refining method to divide the armor's power into twenty parts, giving three to the elves, seven to the dwarves, and nine to humans. And he himself… kept the main part of the armor and hid it away.】

This piece of equipment was precisely the pre-selection prize that Feng Bujue had obtained not long ago, namely, "a perfect-grade piece of equipment corresponding to the level." After comparing it with the Embrace of Artemis, Brother Jue decisively changed his torso's armor.

The Embrace of Artemis was, after all, something Brother Jue had acquired at level 28. On this stage, where everyone was a level 50 player, its strength was obviously no longer up to par… Although the Embrace of Artemis could completely "immunize" the player from the firing of conventional ammunition and greatly reduce the damage from various ranged attacks, its own defense power and attributes were both "none," and these were hard flaws.

The 1320's Acerbic Armor not only had ranged damage reduction characteristics similar to the Embrace of Artemis but also had a "extremely strong" level of defense power, dual defensive attributes, and a reliable special effect that reduced all damage by 15%. Not to mention, this thing still had room for further growth; maybe one day, it could be upgraded to "legendary" grade equipment.

Therefore, this replacement was also logical…

Anyway, Brother Jue was least conflicted about changing equipment because he had the Zero-Type Magic Conduction Crusher in his storage room. After some kind of circulation, those excellent-grade or higher equipment that he replaced… would eventually return to him.

…………

"Heh… 'careless', huh?" Feng Bujue raised one hand and made a "please" gesture. "Then I'll give you another chance. Attack."

"I'll do it even if you don't tell me!" Kaka Lu yelled, pressing forward and launching another round of fierce attacks.

Feng Bujue's mouth curled up slightly, and then his figure moved swiftly, engaging in intense close-quarters offense and defense with the other party.

"Strange… What is Brother Jue doing…" Watching the fight over there, Xiaotan muttered in a low voice. "With this level of NPC, he should be able to instantly kill it with the Spiritual Consciousness Gathering Technique - Modification, right?"

"He's setting up the layout for the next few rounds of the competition." At this time, Ruoyu turned her head and said in a very soft voice.

As soon as these words came out, Xiaoling's almond eyes lit up, and she immediately understood: "Oh~ I see~"

"Huh? What do you mean?" Only Xiaotan hadn't understood.

"I'll tell you after we leave the script. Don't ask too much." Xiaoling lowered her voice and replied, winking at Xiaotan.

Seeing this, Xiaotan shut up.

Xiaoling's approach was undoubtedly very correct. Even if the audience couldn't hear their whispers, it was hard to guarantee that someone wouldn't infer the content of the conversation by reading their lips when watching the replay of the match. Therefore, it was best not to discuss information you didn't want to reveal during the competition. If you had to say it, then say as little as possible…

"Ha! Short-Haired Somersault Burst Fist!"

"Watch me block with my [Shield]!"

On the other side, the battle between King Kaka Lu and Feng Bujue became more and more intense. The two of them exchanged blows, shouting their attack names and fighting fiercely.

From a purely aesthetic point of view, this fight was quite exciting, and many viewers watched it with great interest. However… many people still saw some problems…

"What's going on? Isn't this Crazy Unscrupulous supposed to be very strong?"

"This guy… was clearly top-tier in S1. How is he struggling so much against a small Boss now?"

"Hey, hey… Although that King Kaka Lu is quite powerful, I feel like he's just so-so. If it were me… I would have taken care of him a long time ago."

"Looks like this Crazy Unscrupulous is just so-so…"

"I think his peak was in S1. Now that everyone's levels are capped, the gap between him and professional players has widened."

Malls, live broadcast channels, conference rooms, login spaces… In various places, viewers were making such comments. Some were saying it directly, some were posting barrages in the videos, or just posting instant comments…

In short, as long as they were slightly skilled, or old players who had experienced S1, they were all disappointed with Brother Jue's performance.

The madman who brought so many surprises to everyone in S1 now seemed to be only at the level of a second-rate professional player, which was really speechless…

"An opening!"

Finally, after a fight lasting three minutes, Feng Bujue caught Kaka Lu's mistake in a charge and cut into the other party's ribs with an excellent posture.

He roared, joined two fingers together, and pierced the other party's torso with a fingertip strike, puncturing Kaka Lu's heart.

Seconds later, the tall rabbit-star person, with a painful expression on his face, turned to glare at Brother Jue before falling to the ground with a crash.

Those rabbits who had followed Kaka Lu and had not been killed by the Lan Jiao - Zhou Duan all scrambled onto the motorcycles beside them, turned their vehicles around, and sped off in the direction they had come from.

"Whew… I didn't expect it to be so strenuous." Feng Bujue took a deep breath and then looked at his teammates and said, "Sorry to keep you waiting."

"Hehe… it's good that you won." Xiaotan was still very supportive of Brother Jue, responding with a smile, "This NPC looks quite difficult to deal with."

"Heh…" Xiaoling heard this and smiled to herself, but didn't say anything.

Ruoyu, on the other hand, said to Brother Jue with a straight face: "Now that you're done fighting, go ahead and do a divination."

"Mm, that's exactly what I intend to do." As Feng Bujue responded, he turned back to Kaka Lu's corpse.

Brother Jue and Ruoyu had now established a very good tacit understanding. The two of them had reached the point where they could communicate by saying half a sentence or even without saying anything at all. So, as soon as Ruoyu said "do a divination," Brother Jue acted.

"Let me see… Hmm… Let's do it like this…" Feng Bujue squatted beside Kaka Lu's corpse and thought for a few seconds, then reached out and tore off a piece of fur from the other party's chest with his bare hands.

Immediately afterward, Kaka Lu's chest was a bloody mess, and the torn muscles and gushing blood stained a large area of white rabbit fur red.

"Brother Jue… what are you doing?" Xiaotan asked with squinted eyes, "Are you going to eat the NPC again?"

The information contained in his word "again" was a bit too much, and the audience in front of the screens instantly thought of many bad scenes.

"Stupid, I already said he's doing a divination." Xiaoling gently knocked Xiaotan on the head, answering for Feng Bujue, "Team Leader is using Divination to test something."

"Mm…" Xiaotan asked again in confusion, "Then wouldn't it be enough to grab a handful of sand?"

"Do you know what 'content' I'm divining?" Feng Bujue asked.

"I don't know." Xiaotan shook his head.

"That's the end of it." Feng Bujue said, "Not every divination can be done by grabbing a handful of sand." As he said that, he shook the blood and rabbit fur off his hands and stood up. "Okay, I'm done divining. Let's go."

As he spoke, he snapped his fingers and pointed to the two sidecar motorcycles next to him.

…………

On the other hand…

Thirty kilometers away from the teleportation point of the Hell Front team, the members of the Second Squad of Corpse Blades… also experienced a battle.

Obviously, the system had arranged similar plots for both sides at the start. Both teams encountered the local underworld forces at the first opportunity; the difference was… the Hell Front team encountered King Kaka Lu, who used the Short-Haired Divine Fist, while the Corpse Blades team encountered King Qiu Qiu Qi, who used the Long-Haired Divine Fist.

Unlike the Hell Front team's method of handling things, the Corpse Blades team resolved the NPC situation quickly. After Qiu Qiu Qi revealed his identity and intention, the four Corpse Blades members only spent ten seconds killing all the surrounding rabbit-star people, leaving no armor behind, and then began to scavenge the corpses.

Of course… apart from embarrassing costumes and a body full of rabbit meat, there was nothing of value on these NPCs.

After about five minutes of detailed searching, the four members of the Second Squad of Corpse Blades accepted the fact that they had gained nothing.

Afterward, they all got on their motorcycles and set off in the direction that the group of long-haired rabbits had appeared from.

At this time, the four members of the Second Squad of Corpse Blades did not know that they were approaching a group of guys more terrifying than the Hell Front team…