Chapter 17

Jing Huan was in the middle of typing when he noticed dark clouds appearing above his character’s head. Instinctively, he tried to dodge, but ended up typing the movement command into the chat box instead.

[Current]SweetJing: LOLOLOL

[Current]LovesickNoRegrets: How can you still be laughing?

With that, the magic wand in her hand suddenly transformed into claw spikes, charging straight toward Jing Huan.

“Wronged! I just wanted to dodge her skill…” No time to type, he could only mutter softly into the voice chat.

Xiang Huai-zhi raised his sword to meet the attack, shielding Xiao Tianjing behind him: “Mm, stop chatting. Stay hidden.”

After Jing Huan purchased the account, her arena points reset. With three consecutive wins, the system judged her hidden strength to be high—and with Heart’s Yearning on the team, matching against Chun Xiao wasn’t surprising at all.

Xiang Huaizhi slightly furrowed his brows. Both opponents were players in the server war. In the years he hadn’t signed up, these two had led the team to represent the server in the cross-server PK competitions. Their skills were not bad.

This round, they might not necessarily win.

“Brother, I remember Xiangsi Bugujust was a Fox Immortal Cave player not long ago, right?” Jing Huan dodged backward. “How come she’s a mage now?”

“The mage class got buffed this year. She might have switched classes for the upcoming server war,” Xiang Huaizhi said.

The two collided in the center of the map, each landing their attack skills on the other. Xiang Huaizhi was well-equipped and dodged several of Xiangsibugu’s skills. After about ten seconds, Xiangsibugu had lost half of his health bar, while Xiang Huaizhi had only lost 30% of his HP.

“Brother, you’re amazing!” Jing Huan immediately flattered him and tossed out a healing pool. “Brother, hurry and drink my milk!”

Xiang Huaizhi choked: “……Speak properly.”

Jing Huan froze for a moment, then sneered. Sure enough, someone with a mind full of dirty thoughts interprets everything as something lewd!

He said innocently, “I’m saying it properly.”

The blood pool landed squarely at Xiang Huaizhi’s feet, immediately restoring a small portion of his health.

Jing Huan: “Brother, I healed you successfully!!”

As soon as the words were spoken, the previously motionless Chunxiao slightly raised her hand. A lotus flower bloomed beneath Xiangsi Bug’s feet, and with a whoosh, her health bar was instantly filled to full.

Hey, full.

Jing Huan: “…”

Xiang Huaizhi saw her silence and somehow couldn’t help but laugh softly before calmly saying, “Chunxiao is from Putuo Mountain. All her equipment attributes boost healing effects. It’s the faction gap—not your problem.”

The Arena is all about wins and losses, and Xiang Huaizhi took it in stride. Glancing at the map, he considered whether to force-kill Chunxiao, since as long as she stood in the backline, it would be tough to deal with Xiangsibugu.

At that moment, Xiao Tianjing suddenly sprinted past them at lightning speed. She leaped onto a large rock and decisively tossed out a pale-colored spider that darted straight for Chunxiao—a sealing skill from the Fox Immortal Cave.

Seeing this, Chunxiao’s first instinct was to jump to the right. But as soon as she landed, the spider stopped right in front of her toes and quickly spat out a web, sealing off her spells.

…This little Tianjing actually predicted her movement.

That’s right—the Fox Immortal Cave isn’t actually a healer class. This faction’s greater traits lie in its agility and sealing abilities, with an impressively comprehensive set of sealing skills. Its only drawback is the short casting range and low skill accuracy, making it even more frustrating than the Blood Pool.

“Brother! I sealed her! She can’t use spells anymore!” Jingxuan blurted out. “Aren’t I amazing—”

“Great.” Xiang Huaizhi responded quickly, “Run fast.”

Jing Huan was stunned, not yet grasping the meaning behind the other’s words, when he saw Chun Xiao’s flowing ribbons suddenly transform into two long swords, and she sped up, charging straight at him.

He dodged immediately. Chun Xiao’s sword struck a large rock, shattering it with a loud crash.

“She’s a violent healer,” Xiang Huaizhi leisurely finished his sentence.

The words that had already delivered themselves to Chun Xiao’s face, Jing Huan: “…”

Damn it, why didn’t you say so earlier!

Watching Little Fox Fairy bouncing around the arena, Xiang Huai Zhi inexplicably found it amusing, but as time passed, he began to notice something was off.

One reason why Chun Xiao chose to play as a violent healer was her strong prediction ability—she could hit enemies even without relying on skill ranges. Yet after several minutes, Sweet Little Jing had only been hit once.

“Waaah… she’s still chasing me!” Jing Huan asked, “Brother, how’s it going on your end? Can you win?”

If you can’t win, surrender! If you can, kill them quickly and come help!!

Chun Xiao is truly terrifying—several times he barely dodged attacks. Plus, it’s been too long since he last engaged in PvP, so he’s really struggling.

There was no response from the other side, but the game character was still moving. Jing Huan urged again, “Brother?”

After a long pause, Xiang Huai-zhi suddenly said, “Check your skill bar.”

Jing Huan: “I saw it, what’s up…”

“There’s a pink skill called ‘Love Threads.'”

“Hmm?”

“Throw it at Chun Xiao’s face.”

“???” Jing Huan glanced at the spell range of Love Threads. “Brother, the spell range of this skill isn’t even bigger than my fingernail…”

“I can’t make it over for now,” Xiang Huai said succinctly. “Seal him and live, miss and die.”

“……”

Jing Huan gritted his teeth, hopped across two rocks, then swiftly turned around to throw his Love Thread.

As expected… it missed.

He softened his tone: “Big bro…”

“Go on.” Xiang Huaizhi said, “Just treat her as me.”

“?”

“Think of it as throwing me into the blood pool. Take your time, no rush.”

Jing Huan automatically ignored the latter part of his statement.

Regard Chunxiao as the one you yearn for?

To be honest, although Chunxiao is portrayed as a mature female character, she and the one you yearn for both wear black outfits and wield long swords.

After speaking, Xiang Huaizhi took a moment to glance over there—the little fox spirit was still being chased and attacked, its tail swaying in the air.

Suddenly, he felt a bit foolish for placing his hopes on Sweet Scenery.

He was just about to ignore Lovesickness and rush to rescue the little fox spirit first when the person who had been running ahead suddenly turned back and obediently threw out the love thread.

This time, the love thread hit Chunxiao firmly, instantly immobilizing him in place.

He raised an eyebrow, about to praise the move as brilliant, when something bizarre happened—

Instead of hurrying back to a safe position after trapping Chunxiao, Xiaotianjing drew his whip and lashed it fiercely at Chunxiao!

A bright red “1” appeared on Chun Xiao.

The duration of Love Silk’s binding effect was only seven seconds. After seven seconds, Chun Xiao once again slashed at the cliff beside Sweet Scenery, who seized the opportunity to cast Love Silk again, hitting the mark.

Then, he whipped out his lash and struck Chun Xiao once more, this time dealing “2” damage.

Xiang Huaizhi: “…”

Xiang Huaizhi: “What are you doing?”

[Current] SpringXiao: ?

[Current] SpringXiao: You’re amazing.

Jing Huan snapped out of his daze.

…It’s over.

“…Didn’t you tell me to treat her as you?” he stammered in explanation. “I just—I couldn’t help it! I wanted to touch you more!”

Xiang Huaizhi: “…”

Jing Huan grew bolder as he spoke: “It means…I want to flirt with you, brother.”

Xiang Huaizhi felt he might be growing immune to this by now: “…Oh?”

“But she seems to have misunderstood…what should I do…”

“It’s fine.” Having dealt with the [NPC] ‘Lovesickness’, Xiang Huaizhi immediately rushed towards their location, “Run farther away.”

As a violent-type healer, Chun Xiao’s weakness was her low resistance. After a brief chase, Xiang Huaizhi had already whittled down her health bar significantly.

Seeing this, Jing Huan quickly exclaimed, “Wow, brother, are we about to win?”

Just as Xiang Huaizhi was about to respond, he noticed the small spiders beneath Chun Xiao disappearing—the spell’s seal duration had ended.

Jing Huan was using the Fox Immortal Cave for PVP for the first time and wasn’t accustomed to it yet. He couldn’t instantly reapply the seal. All he saw was Chun Xiao swiftly switching to her ribbon, lightly waving her hand. Instead of healing her own critically low health, she directly used a resurrection skill.

Xiang Huai knew things were about to go south.

The fallen Xiang Si was revived immediately and wasted no time unleashing her ultimate class skill on Jing Huan.

The ultimate was a guaranteed hit—three consecutive magical strikes. Jing Huan’s equipment wasn’t fully optimized yet, and his health bar was instantly wiped out by these three magical attacks. The little fox immortal collapsed abruptly, his large tail covering the entire character model.

[Team] Little Sweet Scene: ……

[Team] Little Sweet Scene: QAQ Waaahh!!!

Xin Xiangwangzhi was a damage-dealing class with no revival skills. Fortunately, Spring Xiao’s skill cooldown was long. He said, “Don’t worry, we can win. Wait for me to kill Xiangsi Bugu first, then I’ll revive you with medicine. Otherwise, you’ll be corpse-controlled. After you get up, focus on sealing Spring Xiao first.”

Before he could finish speaking, a notification suddenly flashed before his eyes.

[Since Chunxiao and Xiangsi refused to concede, you have directly won this match.]

【Congratulations to Heart’s Yearning for defeating Spring Xiao and Lovesick, achieving a four-match winning streak!】

Jing Huan, who was in a death state when the battle ended, not only failed to gain any points but was also penalized with a deduction of 3 points.

Clearly, the opponent chose to flee to prevent him from scoring.

This tactic has been around for a long time, but very few people use it—it’s simply too underhanded. Losing is losing, and there’s really no need to resort to this. Almost every year, drama erupts in Jiu Xia because of this tactic.

Jing Huan sighed. He really was the unluckiest.

Xiang Huai Zhi: “Sorry.”

Jing Huan froze. “Huh? What for?”

“I didn’t manage to save you.” Xiang Huaizhi asked, “How many points were deducted?”

“It’s alright, it was my own fault for forgetting to seal the gap. And it was only three points deducted.”

Xiang Huaizhi responded with an “Mmm” and said, “I’ll take you to get revenge.”

Jing Huan hadn’t quite grasped what he meant when Xinxiangwangzhi spoke up first in the game.

[Current Chat] Xinxiangwangzhi: Fight again.

Since the other teams were still in battle, only their team and Chun Xiao’s team remained in the lounge at that moment—clearly, those words were directed at them.

[Current] Springxiao: Sure.

[Current] Unrequited: You think I’m scared of you?

[Current] SweetJing: [Shocked] !!!

[Current] SweetJing: Wait wait! Harmony brings wealth, harmony brings wealth… Why don’t we take this opportunity to clear the air properly? Fighting is so uncivilized QAQ

Damn! He really didn’t want to wear this crappy gear and duel these two! Winning would depend on luck, and if he lost, wouldn’t he be utterly humiliated?!

[Current] Xiangsi Bug: What do you think I have to say to you?

[Current] Xiangsi Bug: You tricked my guild’s senior members, and now you dare to hit on my wife? I’m already being polite by not doxxing you!

Jing Huan was baffled: “Who is her wife? Isn’t she a woman?”

Xiang Huaizhi paused: “I heard she and Chun Xiao are a couple.”

Jing Huan suddenly understood.

No way, the original owner of this account was so shameless? Not only playing both sides but also seducing a married woman?

[Current] Little Sweet Scene: That was the original owner’s sin, it has nothing to do with me, sis QAQ

[Current] MutualLonging: I don’t believe it.

[Current] SweetScenery: If you don’t believe me, just listen to my voice! I guarantee it sounds nothing like the original owner!

[Current] MutualLonging: You’re using a voice changer, aren’t you?

…Damn, called out.

Jing Huan decided to change his approach.

[Current] Little Sweet Jing: …No way! [Angry]

[Current] Little Sweet Jing: Normally, your Idle Pavilion bullies, kills, and humiliates me—I’ve endured it all!

[Current] Little Sweet Jing: But you can’t misrepresent my sexual orientation in front of my beloved!!!

[Current] Little Sweet Scenery: This is my bottom line! My heart, my soul, my body—they all belong to Brother War God!!! I didn’t flirt with your wife at all!!! [bangs table] [rages]

As soon as this message was sent, while Xiangsi Buguzai and Chunxiao were still dumbfounded on the spot, Jing Huan’s screen suddenly changed—they had entered combat.

Xiang Huai couldn’t stand it anymore and directly clicked the match button.

His eyebrow twitched uncontrollably, and he suddenly felt that he might have gone mad earlier—how could he have even considered helping this little fox fairy win back the points?