"Sawadera-kun truly lives up to being the seed player from the Island country!"

"Isn’t that obvious? I heard only that person here could match him."

"That person? It can’t be that legend, right? Didn’t he retire over a decade ago? He’s too old now."

On the tournament stage, Sawadera Shichirou executed a flying kick, sending the Crystal Ball held by his opponent flying. The ball spun leisurely in the air twice before hitting the ground with a splatter, shattering into numerous pieces.

The opponent fell sprawling to the ground, utterly defeated, and raised his hand: "I, I concede!"

Sawadera Shichirou didn’t withdraw his leg, instead, he kicked the person off the stage and beckoned to Tang Tianyi: "You’re next."

Luo Qianqian instinctively stepped in front of Tang Tianyi.

But Sawadera Shichirou burst out laughing: "What kind of man hides behind a woman? What kind of man are you?"

Tang Tianyi shook his head at Luo Qianqian, reassuringly patting her hand, and looked at the deliberately provocative Sawadera Shichirou on stage: "Whether I’m a man is not up to you to decide. If you want to challenge me, wait till the end. And besides, proving it to you is meaningless, I don’t like men, after all."

"You!" Sawadera Shichirou’s eyes widened, glaring viciously at Tang Tianyi, then turned his gaze to Luo Qianqian.

Luo Qianqian waved her hand instinctively: "I was never a man, you can tell just by looking, unless there’s something wrong with your eyesight."

Tang Tianyi burst out laughing, his face full of helplessness.

"Let’s go, we’re far from there." Luo Qianqian looked calmly at the order. They drew numbers towards the end, while Sawadera Shichirou drew Number One.

The two walked away hand in hand, not taking Sawadera Shichirou seriously.

"Do you want some water?" Tang Tianyi noticed the beads of sweat on Luo Qianqian’s forehead as she sat beside him and furrowed his brow slightly. The air conditioning indoors was set to a low temperature?

This was a huge space with the first two underground floors integrated, there was no reason it should be this hot?

Luo Qianqian looked at Tang Tianyi, her brow slightly furrowed: "I think... my Inner Strength is running rampant, it’s a bit chaotic. Aren’t you affected?"

"No..." Tang Tianyi was stunned by Luo Qianqian’s words, looking full of disbelief.

After carefully sensing, he kept his brow tightly furrowed; this space, let alone being full of Spiritual Energy, should probably be described as thin?

From the moment she sat down, Luo Qianqian felt restless. The seats weren’t numbered; instead, they were chosen by themselves.

To avoid being calculated against, Luo Qianqian specifically chose a position more in the middle, a place where no matter how you count, it wouldn’t match her number.

She closed her eyes, only to find that she lost contact with the old man!

No matter what, she couldn’t enter her Sea of Knowledge.

Reaching out her fully intact right hand, she furrowed her brow and softly said to the ground: "Coagulate!"

There was no response from the ground.

Her face instantly filled with panic; her hand-to-hand combat skills really stood no chance!

Usually, she relied on Ice Edge to defeat opponents instantly, never considering the need to train her physical body. She assumed her physical capabilities far surpassed ordinary people, so she neglected them.

Realizing the importance of the physical body now came too late.

She opened her eyes, helplessly looked at Tang Tianyi: "I... it seems like someone jammed my signal..." You all are Wi-Fi, I’m in airplane mode...

Though Luo Qianqian didn’t explain clearly, Tang Tianyi understood, looking at her with surprise and alarm.

From the previous signs, there was no notion of surrendering. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

Even if they surrendered, the severely injured Crystal Ball player falling wasn’t proof enough?

"Do you know what’s going on?" Tang Tianyi took deep breaths, trying to regain his composure.

Luo Qianqian shook her head: "I realized as soon as I sat down, but I don’t know when exactly it happened."

Unless you intentionally try to sense it, you wouldn’t know there’s a problem when you don’t need it.

But intentionally trying to sense it would waste a lot of energy, leading to insufficient energy and inability to compete in the best state.

Luo Qianqian understood how crucial this unexpected situation was, furrowing her brow tightly, then she looked at the chair.

It seemed that the riot started as soon as she sat down, but now it was completely silent...

But when she looked at others, they clearly had no issues. After a long pause, she stood up and walked to the audience behind her, to Diwu Yan: "Who prepared the chair?"

Diwu Yan replied with some surprise: "Of course it was the staff."

...Pointless question!

"I’m asking about the sponsor? Or Qiyun Country?"

"How would I know?" Diwu Yan shook his head, subtly pointing with a finger from under his sleeve towards Sawadera Shichirou who kept looking at Luo Qianqian: "What’s going on with him?"

"Probably... trying to sabotage me." Luo Qianqian didn’t say much, she returned to Tang Tianyi’s side, sat down obediently, with disbelief written all over her face.

As hosts, shouldn’t Diwu Yan be aware of these arrangements without needing to circumvent any detours?

But just at this moment...

"Number Fifteen, Number Sixteen, Platform Three."

Luo Qianqian was Number Fifteen, and seeing Number Sixteen being Jingjiang Rousi left her bewildered; how could it be Jingjiang Rousi?

Totally speechless, she raised her hand to concede, but then Jingjiang Rousi spoke up: "I concede, I don’t fight girls."

Having said that, he stepped off the platform.

Luo Qianqian was at a loss, girls? What’s wrong with girls?

Nevertheless, not having to fight was a relief; she stepped off the platform and sighed in relief.

Meanwhile, Xu Tianyi won without a hitch.

Halfway through time, the second round commenced, winner vs. winner to decide the top three, loser vs. loser for first place, and among the four, ranking matches were held, only the top three are taken.

In the first round, after drawing lots, Luo Qianqian encountered Sawadera Shichirou.

Besides lamenting her poor luck, there was nothing she could do.

Seeing the smug-faced Sawadera Shichirou, Luo Qianqian frowned, determined not to concede to someone from this country.

Even now, having inexplicably lost her abilities.

Stepping onto the platform, Luo Qianqian took a deep breath, her gaze burning: "Nice trick."

Sawadera Shichirou paused, then smirked coldly: "When I invited you, you didn’t come, now it’s too late if you want me to go easy on you!"

Luo Qianqian just smiled, going easy? If they were friends, that might be possible, but this person? Not a chance!

We of the Huaxia Ethnic Group will never concede to the Island country!

"Qhianqhian..." Tang Tianyi watched the girl on the stage, his worry clearly evident.

His gaze like a torch, he stared intently at Sawadera Shichirou: "Your family will have a disaster shortly." The sarcasm was obvious, his slightly upturned lips adding even more provocation.

Not only your family, but from all directions around you too!