novelraw Chapter 92 : Sultry Red Forest
Chapter 92 : Sultry Red Forest
Bai Ruohua's elimination was so quick that not only did Jacques Delot's own competitors not react, even the comments were stunned for a second before starting to discuss the battle.
[Did your Sui really not use any weapons just now?!]
[Real-life bare-handed blade catching, folks. Honestly, I do feel like she's a bit stronger without weapons]
[It's not like that. I think it's related to Chen Sui's physical stamina. Her burst is strong, and when her stamina is depleted, her power is like this]
[You call this state stamina depletion?? Am I too ignorant?]
[Stamina depletion, doesn't everyone's stamina depletion mean no strength? You call your sister's state having no strength?]
[Folks, I remember someone saying this analyst would fall with one punch?]
[If you must bring up the black history at this moment, I can only say: Well done! Make all the haters cry!]
[Jacques Delot's Commander is the first to be eliminated. I think Zhu Jing Fu is indeed strong, not just the analyst, their attackers aren't bad either]
[I don't know why, but this year's Zhu Jing Fu really seems brave to me. It's like none of them are the top-tier kind of powerful, but I feel like if you provoke them, the consequences are serious]
[It's not your imagination. Let me put it this way, think about the Pure Blood Tree, meteor trees, Purple-Winged Golden Butterfly swarm, or if that's not enough, First Ring Fourth Academy—provoking them really has serious consequences, and they're truly brave]
[Zhu Jing Fu only cares about value, not whether they can win. Brothers, they can defeat anything valuable]
[Does Jacques Delot still have a chance?]
[I think it's over. Chen Sui finished the Commander and went straight for the soldier's energy shield. I'm crying, she still loves energy shields so much]
With Jacques Delot Commander Bai Ruohua eliminated, the freed Chen Sui heard his words and tilted her head in confusion, seeing Bai Ruohua barely breathing. She couldn't hear clearly and hurriedly told him: "Why don't you tell me after you get out?"
Go to the healing pod first to treat your injuries, otherwise in this state where you can't even speak clearly, it's really hard to understand.
Anyway, after getting out, everyone would still be in the Border Army zone. There's no rush to talk then.
Bai Ruohua's lips moved slightly, then closed powerlessly.
What fault did Chen Sui have? She was just an eighteen-year-old girl whose punches were a bit fierce, whose blows were a bit heavy, whose patience was a bit thin, who hit him a bit hard—what fault could she have?
Bai Ruohua calmed his emotions, then saw the little girl who had eliminated him with a few punches directly charging toward his teammates.
Gu Qinxue turned around, her flames intercepting Xisier. She knew Chen Sui didn't like fighting fire attributes. Perfect, she loved it. With same-attribute suppression, she believed she was inferior to no one.
Xisier's path was blocked halfway. The black and gold mecha swung its long whip, directly lashing down in front of him. Xisier's eyes sharpened as he quickly dodged.
Gu Qinxue's thorny fire whip made him somewhat wary. This was the weapon that had lashed Gu Lingke's spirit body to death with one strike.
Sure enough, the thorny fire whip carried fierce flames, with whistling sounds as if immersed in intense fire, driving scorching heat waves.
The red lion's silhouette appeared behind Xisier, with a huge lion's roar resounding!
Chen Sui had already passed by Bai Ruohua, her silhouette illuminated by the elimination light pillar as she sped by. The blue-green mecha, holding a spear, arrived at Zhuo Yun's lightning net. Xie Chunshi's ice spikes gathered outside the lightning net, while Zhou Chen's Four-sided Mace chopped down.
"Why is breaking a shield so troublesome?"
The blue-green mecha approached with Chen Sui's somewhat tired voice.
Zhou Chen's movements paused, cold sweat seeping from his forehead. Hearing this, he said helplessly: "Zhuo Yun put all his points into defense. This is the first time I've seen lightning-attribute! Not adding points to attack! Adding points to defense! This is too hard to break!"
"Excuse me," Chen Sui's voice sounded. Zhuo Yun, supporting the energy barrier, hadn't reacted before seeing the person breaking through had changed.
His hand involuntarily twitched, the image of Chen Sui bombarding the energy shield still before his eyes.
However, reality wouldn't disappoint him. As Zhuo Yun anxiously increased the energy level, Chen Sui's mecha had already put away the long spear. She dove forward, her mecha's iron fist directly smashing into the energy shield.
"Boom!! Zzzz—"
The sound of the mecha colliding with the energy shield.
The sound of lightning striking the mecha, with electric sparks spreading along the mecha's metal, quickly reaching Chen Sui's shoulders. The lightning flashed brilliantly, emitting a series of dazzling electric explosions.
The sight made the comments involuntarily grimace, but Chen Sui seemed completely unfazed, again raising her fist toward the energy shield.
"Chen Sui..." Xie Chunshi couldn't help but frown, softly calling her name.
Chen Sui built up power several times, her heavy fists swinging down, with a thin layer of green light shielding the mecha's front.
"I know!"
"Give me a minute."
Her voice was calm and steady, with a kind of convincing, mind-settling magic that never disappoints.
So Xie Chunshi swallowed the words he was about to say.
Zhou Chen's gasping sounded in the team channel, as if the one being lashed by lightning wasn't Chen Sui but him.
This sound made Xie Chunshi's heart even more irritated.
However, hearing the heavy blows in his ears—
"Boom!"
One punch!
"Boom!!"
Two punches!
"Boom!!!"
Continuous, countless swinging fists.
Zhuo Yun gritted his teeth, his face contorted as he supported the lightning wall in front of him.
Watching the replay of the White Sand Sky Pillar Sea Domain, seeing Chen Sui smash the soldier's energy shield, Zhuo Yun had only one thought: the soldier wasn't good enough, don't blame the analyst for being strong.
He was defense-first, arguably the most damage-resistant among the Seven Schools, and wasn't concerned about Chen Sui's attacks on the energy shield.
But facing this moment, Zhuo Yun finally understood—it really wasn't that the soldier wasn't good enough.
It was that this iron giant was right in front of you! Using the most primitive, most brutal method, swinging her fists again and again!
Bringing up piercing wind-breaking sounds, like thunder exploding, this intense pressure and fierce attacking power couldn't be blocked by simple defense.
Zhuo Yun momentarily thought, no wonder Zhu Jing Fu's soldiers turned to strong attack. With such an analyst's pressure, one would constantly wonder: Is my defense really useful?
"Crack—"
"Crack—"
A crack appeared under the iron fist, followed by another punch. With a thunderous boom, the sound of lightning strike exploded like fireworks, crackling. The entire lightning net, along with the energy shield, instantly collapsed!
The energy shield shattered and broke!
Zhuo Yun gasped, and before he could react, a cold light flashed past his eyes, a long spear sweeping past.
Analyst Ye Kaiyun's pupils contracted as he raised his hand to pull the soldier behind him, directly erecting an earth wall firmly in front of the two mechas.
However, when the long spear hit the earth wall, Chen Sui's arm and waist suddenly exerted force.
"Bang!!"
The four-edged spear blade pierced through the earth wall defense, the blade rapidly rotating, directly charging toward the two mechas behind the earth wall!
Ye Kaiyun violently pushed his mecha backward. The long spear that had penetrated the wall didn't continue forward, but Jacques Delot's analyst and soldier hadn't had time to breathe a sigh of relief.
Because several scales slowly rose on the spear shaft.
This scene was too familiar. Ye Kaiyun and Zhuo Yun quickly retreated.
However, on the other side of the earth wall, Chen Sui's palm slammed down hard on the long spear, directly causing the entire spear to penetrate through the punctured earth wall!
Before the trajectory landed, countless flying needles shot out in mid-air!
The flying needles, carrying the lightning net's electric light, directly exploded!
"Damn, Zhuo Yun, you released so much electricity?!"
The soldier was also helpless: "Damn!! She's electrocuted like this by me and doesn't feel pain, and can even collect my lightning? This is f*cking monstrous, isn't it?!"
Ye Kaiyun and Zhuo Yun were both shocked, then quickly dodged the ubiquitous flying needles.
On the other side, Xie Chunshi softly called Chen Sui, who stepped aside.
Ice spikes directly penetrated the earth wall, instantly turning the solid wall into a puddle of soft sand on the ground.
Three mechas rushed out, charging toward the analyst and soldier.
Flying needles shuttled through, detonating lightning upon hitting the mechas, electrocuting Ye Kaiyun and Zhuo Yun into various contorted shapes in mid-air.
[Both are being electrocuted, why does one maintain composure while the other... um... contorts weirdly?!]
[Don't be like that, this electricity is Jacques Delot's, it's released by their own soldier]
[What kind of monster is Chen Sui? I've been watching, and she seems completely painless. Is it really that easy?]
[Hmm, I can only say, whoever imitates will know]
[Want to imitate? Don't seek death (sincerely)]
[It's over, Jacques Delot is truly, one step behind, every step behind]
[Fighting Zhu Jing Fu, you can't give them any chance, otherwise they're like hungry wolves seeing a bone, directly biting you clean! So remember! Either don't fight, or don't give them a chance!]
[Jacques Delot was already very cautious, with two attackers controlling Zhu Jing Fu's analyst, even directly distancing the battlefield]
[Zhu Jing Fu isn't just troublesome because of their analyst. Haven't you noticed their lineup? Soldier, Commander, analyst, dual attackers—all can open up the situation. Once the situation is opened, the rhythm is taken by Zhu Jing Fu, and there's absolutely no chance of recovery]
[You know, I knew Zhu Jing Fu was powerful, but I never imagined they could achieve such a result against one of the Seven Schools]
[How to put it, First Ring Fourth Academy wasn't really that much worse. Oh, I'm talking about strength, not character—in character, they're all scum]
[Seventh Ring Third Academy too, being remembered by the Seven Schools' Commanders, really isn't some unknown commodity. Can only say, Zhu Jing Fu has been underestimated by everyone]
Once the earth wall was broken, Zhu Jing Fu's mechas directly charged toward Ye Kaiyun and Zhuo Yun.
The two attackers restrained by Zhou Chen and Gu Qinxue immediately felt a sense of alarm, but before they could rush to rescue, Zhu Jing Fu's strong attackers suddenly changed their attack stance. The previously relaxed battle suddenly became perilous.
Zhu Jing Fu's agile attacker darted through the forest, the mecha almost impossible to track among the concealing broad leaves, coming and going without a trace.
Harper's movements paused, her cannon's aim wavering. Just as she was uncertain of the agile attacker's position, a black shadow appeared behind her. The Four-sided Mace swung down at an angle, instantly bringing flashing lightning.
Harper's back was painfully struck. She hurriedly turned to slash with her light sword, but Zhou Chen's silhouette had already disappeared before she turned.
This scene shocked the netizens watching the live broadcast because even with a god's-eye view, the audience couldn't clearly see Zhou Chen's movements.
This agile attacker truly embodied the characteristics required for this position at this moment: swift as wind, agile as a ghost shadow, position uncertain.
He became the most dangerous assassin in this forest.
Harper was constantly attacked by the flashing black shadow, but she could never determine his position. The mecha always flashed past her eyes, leaving only an afterimage. Her cannon repeatedly fired into empty space, creating enormous panic in her heart.
Was Zhu Jing Fu's agile attacker always this fast?
She couldn't help but wonder.
Just as Harper was puzzled, the Four-sided Mace swung down from behind again, directly lashing at her waist, batting the mecha in another direction.
As her peripheral vision swept past the mecha's position, a flash of blue light appeared in her vision, then the mecha was covered in blue light, completely obscuring its trace.
Harper finally understood in her mind!
—It's Blue Fin!
Zhou Chen's afterimage wasn't from movement speed but from Blue Fin concealing the mecha, creating a lingering illusion.
Knowing the reason, she fired her cannon again, directly brushing past the mecha. Zhou Chen narrowly avoided a shot, immediately realizing his concealment coating had been seen through, but he quickly adjusted.
As he continuously leaped, leaving countless electric signals in the forest, Zhou Chen stopped dodging and directly flew toward Harper, his Four-sided Mace raised high, chopping down!
Harper swung her light sword, bracing herself, waiting for the violent clash with the Four-sided Mace.
However, at the moment their weapons collided with a loud clang!
"Rumble!"
"Zzzz—Zzz!"
Countless lightning bolts crawled like snakes toward Zhou Chen's Four-sided Mace, instantly reaching Harper's eyes, then suddenly exploding in front of the mecha.
Thunder and lightning!
Countless lightning flashed on the mecha like frost flowers!
Harper's scalp tingled with pain as lightning struck her entire body!
Her light sword was knocked away by the Four-sided Mace!
The mecha slid down.
With a "thud" sound!
Directly crashing into the ground.
Damage level prompts and elimination prompts sounded simultaneously. Only when the mecha's protection device activated did Harper regain awareness from the continuous electrical shock.
On the other side, Ye Kaiyun and Zhuo Yun, surrounded by Zhu Jing Fu's three members, also succumbed under the joint siege of flying needles and ice spikes.
Two elimination light pillars rose.
At the same time, coordinates refreshed to Jacques Delot. Just a second before Zhuo Yun's elimination, his coordinates were refreshed.
This ten-second coordinate refresh continued after Zhuo Yun's elimination, followed immediately by Xisier's elimination signal in the same position.
Wrapped by Gu Qinxue's thorny fire whip, the massive explosion caused by being thrown to the ground directly eliminated Xisier.
Seeing this mecha thrown down, Chen Sui suddenly remembered that this person seemed to have said something when approaching her. Seeing Xisier enveloped by the elimination light pillar, Chen Sui approached him. At the edge of the light pillar, she sincerely said: "Sorry, there might not be a chance to fight this time. We can arrange a duel, no, I mean sparring, during the off-season."
Xisier's eyes rolled around, settling on her, thinking of the Commander's miserable elimination, he hurriedly shook his head.
No need, he had been reckless.
However, Chen Sui didn't notice Xisier's obvious rejection, still planning post-off-season arrangements, thinking she should be able to spare a few days to loosen up at the fighting arena.
By now, on the sixth day of the Sultry Red Forest competition, Jacques Delot was completely eliminated!
With Zhuo Yun's coordinates refreshed, everyone saw Jacques Delot soldier's coordinate refresh position, with five elimination light pillars rising.
Some speculated that Jacques Delot had eliminated a full team, others guessed that Jacques Delot had eliminated Zhu Jing Fu.
But, after Zhuo Yun's signal lit up, no one knew temporarily that this team had been eliminated ahead of time, missing out on the Star League Competition proper.
At this moment, Zhu Jing Fu's five members, temporarily resting outside the Silent Monument Forest, looked at the dim sky. There was still some time before nightfall, but dark clouds covered the sky, already a harbinger of red rain.
Chen Sui took out the meteor tree roots from her spatial button, her tone somewhat uplifted: "Now, let's see if my propagation is successful!"
The first propagated version of the meteor tree, as she buried the stump, had richly concentrated wood-attribute energy gathering toward it, beginning to grow under the curious gazes of the comments and the three judges in the control room.
The meteor tree visibly grew trunks, with leaves spreading out. Although it didn't look as tall as naturally grown meteor trees, and even seemed somewhat frail, its branches and leaves spread out, still able to shelter the entire team from wind and rain.
In the control room, Mo Qiu'an reluctantly nodded: "This is acceptable. Although it doesn't look like the original, after growing for a while, it could reach that level."
Seeing her satisfied smile, Jian Run amusedly said beside her: "Director Mo, don't speak too soon. Zhu Jing Fu might take it away when they leave."
"That won't do," Mo Qiu'an said with a smile in her eyes, thinking Zhu Jing Fu wouldn't take it since meteor trees had no value outside the energy field.
In the field, looking at the meteor tree's condition, although somewhat sickly, Chen Sui was still satisfied and nodded.
Just as the meteor tree was successfully propagated, before the lantern fruits could grow, red rain poured down heavily!
Day not yet ended, red rain already falling.
Many teams in the Sultry Red Forest were caught off guard, and this red rain had extremely strong corrosive properties, increasingly affecting mecha damage.
Watching the red rain fall from the sky, with bloody smell instantly spreading, any Commander with a bit of intelligence understood the changes in the red rain. Following this, the struggle for meteor trees and rain shields became the hottest battle reason in the red rain.
At this moment, with the red rain entering the night, all the Zhu Jing Fu members sat under the tree.
This meteor tree looked unable to bear much weight, so no one dared to lie down on its branches, fearing they might break and let the red rain in.
"This little tree, though thin, is very useful," Zhou Chen evaluated, then looked at Chen Sui, suddenly feeling the thing resembled its owner, "Just like you, a bit thin, but powerful."
Chen Sui was completely lying flat, her palm held in Gu Qinxue's arms, her back encircled by her arm, making her not too uncomfortable lying down.
Hearing Zhou Chen's voice, she lazily lifted an eyelid, perfunctorily saying: "Mm-hmm, whatever you say."
Zhou Chen choked, seeing her half-dead appearance, extremely puzzled: "Why aren't you like this when fighting?"
"Because, first, we need to overwhelm the enemy with momentum," Chen Sui explained reasonably. Zhou Chen nodded, concluding: "Oh! So it's about appearing stylish!"
Can't let others think the showing off failed. He understood. No wonder he never showed off as well as Chen Sui. It was because his coolness lasted less than three seconds!
Chen Sui rolled her eyes, completely exhausted.
Zhou Chen tried to sit beside Gu Qinxue, but her mecha raised slightly. Zhou Chen could even feel Gu Qinxue's sharp glance, so he immediately straightened up, walking a few steps toward Chen Sui.
Seeing a small space between Chen Sui and Xie Chunshi, he tried to squeeze into this gap, but on the other side, Xie Chunshi raised his eyes, inconspicuously shifting toward Chen Sui.
Zhou Chen stopped in his tracks. He looked at Xie Chunshi, whose black and gold mecha met his gaze without any guilt.
Zhou Chen: .
Not sure what you're trying to do.
But he still gave the leader face, sitting beside Puluo, leaning against the huge mecha body, lying on the meteor tree trunk, sighing somewhat: "Puluo, if only your shield was still here, it would be so comfortable to sleep on."
Puluo lowered his eyes to look at him, somewhat speechless, but didn't verbally retort.
Chen Sui had been lying for a while, watching the red rain seep into the ground, the night deepening darkly, finally regaining some energy.
"Three Seven Schools, Jacques Delot eliminated, only Golden Tower left. After eliminating them, other teams can be directly cleared by coordinates," Chen Sui mentally calculated how much work remained in this arena.
At the same time, she also silently sighed, always feeling her physical strength was sufficient, but unexpectedly, these consecutive days would be so tiring. Was it because of promoting spirit body assimilation? Chen Sui pondered.
But no one could answer this question. The spirit body resonance process was also an extremely strong physical consumption for awakeners, not just energy consumption. It required awakeners to have excellent physical condition to withstand energy washing. Chen Sui had mass-concentrated energy twice, her physical strength depleted by energy washing, which was perfectly normal.
Chen Sui unconsciously sighed, lying in a position that was a bit low. Xie Chunshi's angle allowed him to see her actions clearly.
His gaze noticed the analyst and strong attacker squeezing each other's hands, as if playing some game. Xie Chunshi flexed his palm, somewhat puzzled.
Didn't Chen Sui need her other hand?
But soon, his attention was diverted by her words.
Hearing this, Xie Chunshi circled Base Station B on the map: "Golden Tower should be active around here. When Jacques Delot was eliminated, the refresh cycle changed once. The current cycle is 3 hours, with mechas in the field below 30. Besides Golden Tower and us, there are fewer than 20 mechas left. After eliminating Golden Tower, we can end the track in two days."
"So now it's about eliminating Golden Tower," Zhou Chen continued, initially somewhat excited, then thinking of something, his face turned bitter: "End so quickly? Let's not. We haven't found the Snow Bud Branch yet, and there's still a lot on our list."
Chen Sui also nodded, approving of Zhou Chen's awareness.
Seeing them scanning the list, Xie Chunshi's eyes carried a bit of laughter: "No rush, we won't encounter Golden Tower so quickly. Tomorrow we'll head toward Base Station B. We haven't been there yet, and materials we haven't seen are probably there."
As for Golden Tower, they were still far away.
With this random refresh, who knows when the two schools would be refreshed.
However, despite saying this, Zhu Jing Fu again discussed battle arrangements for Golden Tower.
When dealing with the Seven Schools, they always showed the highest vigilance, giving their all each time.
After defeating Jacques Delot, Zhu Jing Fu's increased mecha damage was resolved by repair devices and wasn't a major problem.
Therefore, after the red rain ended the next day, Zhu Jing Fu was fully equipped and ready, heading toward Base Station B.