Chapter 101: Chapter 101 Writing as Real Sister, Reading as Heart Demon (Seeking Continued Reading)
Although most levels in the Underground City have been replaced with real Secret Realms, some places still retain Zhang Ze’s original design.
For example, this Bloody Arena.
It’s based on the arenas from many games in Zhang Ze’s memory.
Incorporating the cultural customs of the Witch Barbarians from the land of the Four Continents, mixed with the style of blood and violence, it was constructed.
The requirements for clearing the arena at normal difficulty are not high.
Just ten consecutive rounds, as long as you don’t lose a single match.
In a way, this arena is the most normal hidden level in the Underground City.
After all, this is a 1v1 battle for real men, without worrying about someone kicking you from behind.
However, there are no consecutive battles here today because it’s temporarily under Li Yueqi’s management.
"Boring." Li Yueqi used Spiritual Qi to manipulate an animal skull to fly back and forth in front of her.
Usually, when Li Yueqi is bored, she either strolls around Qinghe or kneads the Dog-headed Sword Spirit from Hei Qu, anyway, there’s always something to do.
But today, due to the need to not reveal her identity as part of the Beast Taming Sect, Hei Qu and Qinghe were not by her side.
Having lost thirteen straight games of cards to Chen Qin, she was also uninterested in playing the arena boss.
Li Yueqi lay listlessly on the Skull Throne, pondering how she could win against Chen Qin for once.
"Someone’s here." Lily, hiding in a mechanical chamber, reminded her through Sound Transmission.
Li Yueqi forced herself to perk up, ready to say a few words and immediately start the fight, but then noticed that the person in the arena looked familiar.
Seemed like her brother.
A second look confirmed it was Li Jue.
Suddenly, Li Yueqi felt invigorated.
It felt like being at home.
Guiding her brother during boring times is also a kind of entertainment.
Li Yueqi grandly sat back on her chair, activated the switch beneath the throne with her Divine Sense.
The torches around the arena were lit, and a crimson vortex swirled in the sky above the arena. A blood-red beam shone on Li Jue.
"Seeing me, why do you not bow?"
Having just experienced a brush with death and then being transported to such a place, Li Jue’s mind was still muddled.
He took a step back, raised his hand to shield from the red light, and looked up.
He saw a masked woman sitting on a throne made of skulls and shattered swords.
"Why do you not bow when you see me?"
Li Jue heard the person ask again and thought the voice sounded familiar.
"Why does it sound like my sister?"
But before Li Jue could ask, he dismissed the idea himself.
"Impossible, no way my sister would be here.
"Her personality is too unruly, she’d never be associated with the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion.
"Got it, this must be a trial in the Underground City.
"Earlier, those seven Golden Core Stage Dog-headed Sword Spirits were testing my courage.
"I fought bravely, proving I passed the first level, and now this is the second level.
"And this second level must be testing my temperament, my Heart Demon.
"Clearly, this ’sister’ is also a simulation by the Sword Spirit.
"I didn’t expect the mechanical art of the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion to reach such a terrifying level.
"Only by defeating the Heart Demon can I pass this trial!"
Having rationalized it, Li Jue took a deep breath and looked up at the throne with a firm and resolute expression.
Since it’s fake, there’s no need to fear.
"Heh, who are you? Why should I bow?"
Li Yueqi deliberately used her real voice, intending for Li Jue to recognize her.
She didn’t expect Li Jue to respond this way.
"Has he grown wings? Daring to speak to me like this?" Li Yueqi wondered.
And Li Jue, seeing the Sword Spirit disguised as his sister hesitate, felt vindicated.
"The stronger I am, the weaker the Heart Demon becomes!"
Li Jue no longer concealed his identity with a long knife. A purple glow flashed on his wrist, revealing an arm-guard-shaped Magical Artifact.
"Come on, then." Li Jue raised his right hand, showing a middle finger to Li Yueqi.
This gesture was taught to Lin Feng by Zhang Ze long ago, and a few days ago, Lin Feng told Li Jue what it meant.
Since the source of all evil was Zhang Ze, Li Yueqi naturally knew what this gesture meant.
Li Yueqi felt her brother was really asking for trouble.
Daring to make that gesture at her.
"Lily, start it." Li Yueqi transmitted to Lily.
"Got it."
Lily stood on a peculiar platform, put on a mask, cleared her throat, and then started shouting strangely.
"Yeah! I want to see rivers of blood!"
"Qua! Yay! Hee! Kill!"
As Lily yelled, a group of Thousand Mechanism Puppets dressed as Western Barbarian Wild People appeared in the stands around the arena.
Lily’s modified voice sounded in waves from these puppets, like a group of bloodthirsty savages shouting.
Although Lily didn’t understand the weird lines Zhang Ze designed, shouting them was indeed invigorating.
So Lily got more excited as she shouted.
Seeing the atmosphere was set, Li Yueqi stood up, walked mid-air, step by step from the throne in the stands into the arena.
When it comes to educating her brother, Li Yueqi is experienced. She knows the principle of sustainable exhaustion of resources.
So every time she communicates sibling feelings with her brother, she controls her strength to an appropriate degree.
After all, there’s only this one brother, can’t really break him.
But while beating him, she noticed something felt different; it seemed like her brother had gotten much stronger since leaving home.
Li Yueqi felt very gratified and planned to go easy on him, intending to ask Li Jue afterwards what he had been up to lately.
But unexpectedly, Li Jue misunderstood his sister’s intentions.
Seeing the Heart Demon’s movements slow down, Li Jue became even more convinced he was doing the right thing.
He thought his bravery and indomitable fighting spirit were weakening the Heart Demon.
Hearing the weird shouts from the stands, Li Jue decided he needed to take it a step further.
He needed to shout it out.
Only by shouting could he truly conquer his Heart Demon.
"Mother Earth Dragon! I’m not afraid of you! If you have the guts, keep going!"
Li Yueqi paused for a moment.
The last time she heard that nickname was when Li Jue was four years old.
That time, Li Jue mischievously kicked Hei Qu’s dog tag into a ditch, and Li Yueqi caught him and gave him a good smack.
Just as Li Yueqi was about to remind Li Jue of what a childhood shadow was, she didn’t expect Li Jue to have a second line.
"When you were little, you secretly ate..."
Li Jue, following his principle that the more afraid the enemy is, the more he’s doing the right thing, he started revealing Li Yueqi’s dark past, venting his dissatisfaction...
And since Lily had already run off, those bloodthirsty savages around him stopped shouting, further strengthening Li Jue’s resolve.
He felt sure he was doing the right thing!
Just as Li Jue was about to recount the time when Li Yueqi ate a whole pork knuckle and then blamed him.
He saw the Heart Demon Sword Spirit in front of him take off the mask and wig.
"Go on, I’m listening." Li Yueqi’s voice was calm as if she didn’t have this brother.
Her hand glowed blue, and the aura of the Golden Core Realm was released without restraint.
"Good, good Heart Demon... Sis, I was wrong."
Li Jue recognized the Secret Technique of the Beast Taming Sect being used by the ’Heart Demon’ before him, along with the familiar aura.
Although he didn’t know why his sister was here, he knew he was done for.
"Sis, don’t hit my face."
"Okay, I won’t. But only because I’m your sister."
...
When Zhang Ze arrived, Li Jue was already lying motionless on the ground.
"Is he alright?" Zhang Ze asked, uncertain.
"This is my brother. Don’t worry, I have my limits." Li Yueqi rubbed her wrist.
Although Zhang Ze didn’t know what Li Jue did to deserve this, he wasn’t about to interfere in the Li Family’s affairs.
Just as Zhang Ze was about to offer some necessary medical assistance to Li Jue, his Sound Transmission Jade went off again.
This time it was Mei’Er.
"Lin Feng is missing, he’s vanished from the Underground City."
Holding the Sound Transmission Jade, Zhang Ze fell silent.
He considered whether he should add another rule in the Underground City manual banning Lin Feng from entering it too.