Her Food Livestream Broke the Galaxy

Chapter 255: Battle with the Mercenary

The shadows of the surrounding trees enveloped Jiang Qiuqiu. She was trapped in darkness, unable to make a sound.

She pressed against the man’s hand, trying to push it away, but her strength before this Mercenary was as futile as a mayfly trying to shake a tree.

The Mercenary watched the girl struggle endlessly despite having no hope left and shook his head lightly.

"Give up."

"If you must blame someone, blame yourself for offending a person you shouldn’t have."

As he spoke, his eyes began to glow faintly. This was a job he had accepted from the dark web’s mercenary platform. It was probably posted by some cruel, bored scion of a wealthy family, with a reward of five million, and all he had to do was eliminate a B+ spiritual power student with no formal schooling.

"My employer asked me to pass on a few words to you."

"A person’s greatest virtue is self-awareness. You should remember where you came from and what kind of person you are. You were let off the hook once, but instead of leaving, you chose to struggle here—"

"The Federation Star belongs only to the nobles. Someone like you..." The Mercenary paused before saying the next word, his tone then returning to normal. "Plebeian. By staying here, you’re only fit to be toyed with."

After saying all this, he sighed. "Try not to offend people so carelessly in the future."

Then, his spiritual power surged forth.

Mo Si had once told Jiang Qiuqiu that the easiest way to enter another’s Spirit Sea was through eye contact. A stronger individual could invade a weaker one’s Spirit Sea through their pupils.

Having one’s Spirit Sea invaded was fine during training, but if it was someone with malicious intent, they could easily cause a spiritual shock and destroy the weaker person’s Spirit Sea!

The man’s spiritual tendrils had already reached the edge of Jiang Qiuqiu’s Spirit Sea. At first, Jiang Qiuqiu resisted, not giving him the slightest chance.

But she quickly discovered that the moment she resisted, the man’s hand tightened its grip—

A certain degree of oxygen deprivation could cause one’s spiritual power to collapse entirely. Her whole body ached, the air in her lungs grew thin, and she could faintly taste iron in her mouth.

Everything was urgent, but Jiang Qiuqiu forced herself to calm down.

She narrowed her eyes, staring at his face—so plain it looked artificial—and slowly relaxed her resistance.

She still had strength to spare, but she had already opened the gates to her Spirit Sea.

The Mercenary sighed. "Quite talented. But your talent will cease to exist after today."

With that, his spiritual power fully entered Jiang Qiuqiu’s Spirit Sea, preparing to wreak havoc. What he didn’t expect, however, was that the moment he was in, Jiang Qiuqiu gathered up her own Sea of Spirit Power.

Her vast spiritual power instantly coalesced into a sphere, enveloping the intruder.

Mo Si had said that spiritual power attacks were two-way streets. The person whose Spirit Sea was invaded might have it collapse, but similarly, if the invading spiritual power was weaker than the host’s, it too could collapse inside the other’s Spirit Sea.

’This is my last chance!’

It was both like and unlike her countless training sessions. She mobilized all her spiritual power and launched the fiercest possible attack against the foreign force.

The best defense is a good offense. The Mercenary was merely an A-level Spiritual Power User who focused more on training his Beast Gene. Though he did practice with his spiritual power, it was not his main focus.

Therefore, in their initial clash, Jiang Qiuqiu even held a slight advantage.

Once she gained the upper hand, Jiang Qiuqiu unleashed her spiritual power as if it were limitless!

She condensed her spiritual power into a cone, closed her eyes to observe, and pinpointed the Mercenary’s spiritual weak point. Then, she stabbed forward fiercely—