Facing the fierce killing move, Feng Bujue didn't care at all; he just turned his head slightly, his gaze askew, still appearing relaxed amidst the exchange.

Seeing this, Qiu Fengse's anger surged, his fighting spirit suddenly rose, and he immediately let out a loud shout, increasing his attack power by another thirty percent.

Clang—zzzzzz...

In the next second, a resounding explosion erupted, the sound of metal clashing, accompanied by the crackling of electricity.

Although in the very first instant, Feng Bujue used one hand to block his opponent's kick, this kick didn't stop there... After the two made contact, Qiu Fengse spun around like a drill, his toes focusing electric light, fiercely "drilling" against Brother Jue's forearm.

However! Even so, Feng Bujue didn't retreat an inch, his arm didn't move an iota, standing firmly in place.

"Impressive, impressive..." While defending, Brother Jue was still able to speak in a rather relaxed tone, "But your limits are ultimately there..." He paused for half a second, then said, "I think... most experts should be able to see what trick you're playing."

"Tch..." While Brother Jue was speaking, the force of Qiu Fengse's drilling gradually weakened. Knowing that if he waited any longer, his ankle might be grabbed, he spat and kicked out again, spinning away.

...

At the same time, in the viewing space, on the [Hell Front] side.

"What 'trick' is he talking about?" Snow had always been one to ask questions when he didn't understand, so when he heard Brother Jue's words, he immediately asked the "experts" around him.

"It's nothing special," Xiao Ling, quick-witted, was the first to reply. "Basically, he's saying... Qiu Fengse's combat specialization is too poor."

"Huh?" Upon hearing this, Snow felt even more confused. "But in my opinion, his physical skills are already amazing... Whether it's speed or destructive power, he's at least among the top experts."

"Speed and destructive power aren't necessarily improved by combat specialization," Ruo Yu then reminded him.

As soon as these words came out, Snow had a flash of inspiration, as if he understood something.

"Oh... so he's..."

...

"As a Spiritual Arts specialization player, it's really remarkable to have developed such a fighting style," Feng Bujue continued, seeing that the opponent had temporarily retreated. "Most people tend to cultivate Spiritual Arts-related abilities for ranged attacks, control, high damage, or support... but you've taken a different approach, embarking on the path of 'self-enhancement'." He tilted his head, his tone genuinely carrying a bit of praise, "Before this S3, even I never thought... that someone with only a B in Combat Specialization could rely on the 'Spiritual Arts Enhancement' model to obtain melee abilities that aren't inferior to, or even surpass, an S-level Combat Specialization."

Zzzt—

As Brother Jue spoke, he heard the sound of electricity flashing past.

Immediately afterward, Qiu Fengse reappeared and stood firm, looking at his opponent and saying with a smile, "Hmph... I bet your next sentence is going to be a 'but'."

They were indeed quite familiar with each other; he guessed correctly...

Hearing this, the face under Feng Bujue's ogre mask also revealed a knowing smile: "But..." He seemed to be cooperating with the other party, saying these two words clearly and pausing before continuing, "Your routine also has a fatal 'flaw'. Simply put... because your Combat Specialization isn't high enough, you can't fully control your extreme speed and destructive power."

"Phew... I'm really impressed by you," Qiu Fengse took a long breath and continued, "I'm clearly the one with the advantage in speed, but you can not only defend against my attacks, but also see the problems I have..."

Of course, Feng Bujue could see it... Even if Qiu Fengse's current movement and attack speeds were slightly faster, Brother Jue was still stronger in terms of dynamic vision and reaction speed; in actual combat, he could easily smooth out these differences with [Zero Time Difference Calculation].

"Heh... I bet... you're going to say 'but' next," Feng Bujue replied with a smile two seconds later.

Qiu Fengse shrugged and reached into his bag: "But..." He also imitated Brother Jue's tone just now, paused for a second, and replied, "I still have a 'trump card' to use."

Feng Bujue knew what the other party was going to take out; it was a consumable item—[Electric Orb].

[Name: Electric Orb]

[Type: Consumable]

[Quality: Perfect]

[Effect: Activate this item to double the user's attack damage for the next three minutes (must be used in conjunction with an Electric-related skill)]

[Note: A crackling, electric orb, also known as an Electrical Ball. When carried by Pikachu, it increases Attack and Special Attack, but players can only trigger this effect through "consumption."]

For Brother Jue, who could see through data, Qiu Fengse's "trump card" was no secret, but he didn't expose it. He just calmly replied, "Looks like... you're going to take out some precious one-time consumable?"

"Ah..." Qiu Fengse responded, already holding the electric orb in his hand, ready to activate it at any time, "It's never a loss to use something like this on you."

"Well said!" Feng Bujue actually praised the other party again, "What a 'resourceful and brave Qiu Fengse'! It's because of your decisiveness, your adaptability, your calmness, and... your intelligence in being able to push your own combat power to the limit in a reasonable way, that I'm so happy to personally come out and fight this 'vanguard battle' with you."

"Huh?" Qiu Fengse really didn't expect that Brother Jue, who usually had such a sharp tongue that made people want to challenge him to a real-life PK... would actually give him so much face in the competition.

In addition, he quickly realized that Feng Bujue's phrase "resourceful and brave" was meaningful—this was the title Qiu Fengse held when they first met (in *The Tower Ascent Record*); although this title wasn't suitable for use in an environment like the Peak Tournament and he hadn't used it in a long time, this title was undoubtedly the one that best fit Qiu Fengse's game style.

"He even remembers something like that..." At this moment, Qiu Fengse couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "He can use extremely harsh methods to mock his opponents, but he can also accurately assess their strengths and merits; he despises... yet values, ridicules... yet respects... he's really an unfathomable guy..." Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh softly, "Perhaps... this is what makes Feng Bujue unique."

Sighing was sighing, but the "calm, adaptable, and decisive" Qiu Fengse wasn't so easily swayed by Brother Jue's words; in addition to sighing, he immediately found a suspicious point in Brother Jue's words, and said, "Wait... from what you're saying... you were sure from the beginning that I would appear in the 'vanguard battle'?"

"Of course," Feng Bujue replied, "I not only knew you would be the first to appear, but I also knew that your second match's lineup would be [Matcha Su] and [Qiang Si], and that the third match would be [Chen Wusuo Ying]."

He spoke with great confidence, and in fact, he was right.

After studying [Shan He]'s match against [Tian Di], Feng Bujue had basically mastered the strength of the members of [Shan He]. He could confirm that [Shan He] had fielded a "four-match lineup" at the time—they put [Chen Wusuo Ying], the team's strongest player in terms of one-on-one hard power, in the first match to ensure they could win the vanguard battle; then, in the second match, they sent out the relatively stable doubles team [Ma Guanhua] and [Yun Yun]; and in the third match, [Qiu Fengse], whose one-on-one ability was only slightly weaker than [Chen Wusuo Ying]'s, but whose overall strength was stronger, would personally play... This kind of arrangement, while not guaranteed to sweep the opponent, should have a 70% chance of winning by a score of two to one.

As a result, they did indeed enter the fourth game with a score of two to one. At this point, [Shan He]'s strategy was basically successful, because the doubles team of [Matcha Su] and [Qiang Si] was a combination that could compete equally with the doubles teams of [Order] and [Gods]. With the match point in their hands, it was almost guaranteed.

And now, in the confrontation with [Hell Front], Qiu Fengse had done something even more extreme; he had fielded a "three-match lineup", which was the order Feng Bujue mentioned.

Of course... this seemingly "extreme" arrangement was actually the most reasonable.

If [Shan He] wanted to win against [Hell Front], then "sweeping the opponent in the first three matches" was their only way to win; they could drag things out to the fourth match against [Tian Di] because the overall strength gap between the two sides wasn't that big, but against a team like [Hell Front], which "at least had three monsters on the surface"... if they couldn't win within three matches, they definitely wouldn't win.

Considering that [Snow], this relatively weak guy, had a higher probability of appearing in the first three matches, it made sense for [Shan He] to bet on the first three matches.

"You guy..." Qiu Fengse's expression changed slightly after hearing Brother Jue's prediction, "After praising me, you immediately revealed my entire plan, just to make yourself look a little bit better than me, right?"

"Where~ ah..." Feng Bujue responded in a cheap tone, "How could it only be a little bit better, it has to be a whole lump, okay?"

Men have an unwritten rule that they can insult each other when they talk to acquaintances, and the more familiar they are, the more insulting they seem...

"Lump your [beep]!" Qiu Fengse had to say this dirty word.

Even though the sound of this word was censored, the audience basically understood what he meant...

While cursing, Qiu Fengse also launched his attack.

He made tiger claw gestures with both hands and pushed forward, instantly gathering and surging a surge of electric energy, which transformed from his front.

Dragon shadows appeared, and lightning galloped. With the release of this move, [Sixty Million Volts - Thunder Dragon], the effect of the [Electric Orb] was also activated; under the effect of the perfect-grade consumable, the power of this "thunder dragon" was doubled, and... this kind of "electric-type skill" naturally had a speed advantage. Even if Feng Bujue could react in advance, it wouldn't be easy to dodge.

"Hmph..." Unexpectedly, at the moment of seeing the move, Brother Jue snorted coldly and shouted, "It's still useless!"

As he shouted, the thunder dragon arrived.

Feng Bujue didn't dodge or evade, but used a frontal upward kick, accurately kicking the "chin" of the thunder dragon, causing the entire dragon to change direction and fly up into the sky.

"Then I'll hit until it's useful!" Although Qiu Fengse's move was broken, his fighting spirit didn't diminish at all; instead, he became more and more courageous as he fought.

Instantly, a pair of giant thunder wings rapidly condensed behind him, causing him to float into the air.

The thunder wings spread angrily, and their power awed all directions.

His figure moved again, reaching the peak of speed.

Having gained the ability to fly, Qiu Fengse once again transformed into white light, disappearing from people's sight.

Zz—zz—zzzz——

Immediately afterward, the sound of tearing electricity appeared all around Feng Bujue, and the frequency of that sound became higher and higher, faster and faster.

Bang!

Soon, Brother Jue's face, wearing the ogre mask, was hit again; and this punch surprised Feng Bujue.

"Eh?" At that moment, Brother Jue thought to himself, "The speed is actually so fast that the energy on my body surface doesn't have time to react..."

This wasn't good news, because it meant that Feng Bujue's energy advantage had vanished. If he couldn't react to the subsequent attacks on a physical level, he would have to take the damage as usual.

On the other hand, Qiu Fengse had also forced out all of his potential and abilities; under the premise of bearing a huge mental burden, he had temporarily managed to control his "thunder speed". However, this state couldn't last long, and the duration of the [Electric Orb] was also limited... No matter how he looked at it, he had to determine the outcome within these three minutes.

Zzzzzzzzz...

For a time, the sound of electricity running was as dense as a rainstorm, and Qiu Fengse's high-speed combos had become a life-threatening situation; at this moment, he no longer left any room for himself, but only attacked fiercely without defending, striving for a quick victory.

And Feng Bujue quickly implemented a very practical solution—protecting his head with both hands, lowering his stance, and resisting.

Although this way of fighting didn't look very good, it was indeed effective... The three-stage transformation stacked up not only a huge amount of energy, but also the basic "attack and defense" values were amazing. Just the defense added by one [Spirit Fighting Qi - Armament Haki Transformation] was already very exaggerated, let alone adding two S-level transformations of the same level?

"This guy... is he trying to exhaust me to death..." After attacking for dozens of seconds, Qiu Fengse thought to himself, "Tch... he clearly transformed in a state of low health, and after he transformed, I've been attacking and he's been defending... but he's managed to hold on until now without being killed; aside from the health he's automatically recovering during this time, this defense is really ridiculously high..."

Thinking of this, Qiu Fengse knew that to solve this opponent, he still had to rely on explosive skills.

Fortunately, he had already prepared the groundwork for this—the "thunder dragon" from just now actually had a follow-up move.

"Hmm?" At that moment, Feng Bujue also sensed something; even under the suppression of being continuously attacked, he still maintained a keen sense of various energy changes within a hundred meters.

"Could it be?" A few seconds later, Brother Jue suddenly took half a step back, raised his arms, and suddenly looked up.

Sure enough, in the sky above the battlefield, anomalies had occurred...

The sky that had swallowed the thunder dragon was now filled with thick clouds, with hidden thunder and dark surges, wild energy accumulating, and the mountain rain was about to come.

"You discovered it too late!" Qiu Fengse was right; while Feng Bujue was defending with his head in his hands, the former's ultimate move had already been fully charged.

As soon as he finished speaking, Qiu Fengse's figure reappeared, spreading his thunder wings to their fullest extent, hovering in mid-air... At the same second, a vast amount of thunder energy descended from the sky and poured into his body.

A moment later, a huge electric light giant shadow appeared around Qiu Fengse, and his entire person seemed to have turned into a huge celestial god, suddenly falling.

At this moment, the killing intent had arrived!

The killing power covered the setting sun, and the mad thunder broke through the clouds.

The thunder light fought the mad demon, and life and death were in one move.

One of the strongest lightning-type skills—[Two Hundred Million Volts - Thunder God], divine might descended from the heavens, striking down with one blow!

Feng Bujue, who had nowhere to escape, didn't even have time to "shave his head", and was clearly in a situation where he had played too much.

"What to do..." In that extremely short time, calculated in microseconds, Brother Jue's brain was thinking rapidly, "Taking this move head-on will definitely lead to death... but if I want to dodge, his 'thunder speed' is really a bit too fast...

"Estimate his skill range and movement speed... using [Moving Like Thunder] probably won't be able to dodge it; even using [Spiritual Sense Gathering Technique - Extreme] might not work...

"Originally, I could have used methods like [Phase Shift] to deal with it, but the 'Triple Transformation' has turned my body into an aggregate of ultra-high purity energy, and it can't be 'squeezed' into a parallel space...

"Or else... should I try [Immovable as a Mountain]?

"Hmm... No, my health is too low; even if the defense provided by [Immovable as a Mountain] can offset some of the damage, it's just a drop in the bucket.

"So... should I just admit defeat in this match? Anyway, relying on other people in the back can win it back...

"No, no, no... I was planning to show off to others from the beginning, but if I lose in the end, it would be a bit...

"Moreover... everyone agreed to help Goddess Xu get a championship, but I'm not only competing with this kind of attitude... but also playing too much, I'm afraid my great, glorious, and upright image will collapse."

It takes skill for a person to be able to talk nonsense to others without changing their expression; it's a (godly) (nervous) state to be able to talk nonsense to oneself without changing one's expression.

Feng Bujue was a person who was "cheap" even to himself. At this critical moment of life and death, he could still make anti-black-style complaints to himself in his heart.

And... while complaining, he actually came up with a solution.

"I'll fight you!"

No sooner said than done! Feng Bujue shouted loudly in his heart, and in the blink of an eye, [Yi Da] was in his hand.

That's right, the solution he came up with in desperation was... to launch an item with [Yi Da] and forcibly fight the opponent.

According to Brother Jue's past experience, even perfect-grade items, after being launched by [Yi Da], would have the power to affect god-level creatures; now that he was facing Qiu Fengse's "super-powered S-level skill with double the power," there was nothing wrong with putting a legendary-grade item into it.

And the thing he put in was—[just_we]