bullyxtreme Chapter 4 : Promotion
Chapter 4 : Promotion
PromotionAlthough this opponent could also be considered a one-in-a-hundred beauty—her looks and figure could be described as above average—her temperament was extremely cold and gloomy. She slightly lowered her head like a poisonous snake lurking beneath withered leaves, making people feel extremely uneasy.
There was a faint sense of familiarity, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't recall where they might have met.
Is it just my imagination?
After hesitating for a moment, Cecilia decided to hold back for now and greeted her opponent first.
Slowly putting down the sharp table knife, which gleamed with a silvery light, the silver-haired girl parted her rosy lips and asked calmly, "Hello, have we met somewhere before?"
As soon as she finished speaking, the Sharpshooter girl opposite her suddenly drew her longbow. Accompanied by a sharp, ear-piercing whistle as the air was torn open, a black arrow whistled toward her!
This unscrupulous shot was incredibly fast. From a slow-motion perspective, the arrow not only shot out in a spiral but was also coated in a grayish dark gleam. Clearly, it wasn't an ordinary arrow, but a high-level skill.
If it were any other passerby player, and caught off guard, that arrow might have hit its mark easily.
However, what she was facing now was none other than the universally acknowledged number one in combat, Cecilia. No matter how fast the attack, thanks to her astonishing agility and dynamic vision, it all became sluggish and turtle-like in her eyes.
She could have easily dodged the attack or even taken it head-on with her body without issue.
Yet Cecilia chose not to do either. Instead, she suddenly twisted her body, the white hem of her dress blooming like a water lily. With a graceful arc, the tip of her knife traced a silvery curve through the air, striking the black arrow dead center.
There was no sharp metallic clang, no sudden flare of sparks.
It was just like slicing tofu—the silver blade sunk unimpeded into the hardened arrowhead, slicing through the shaft and the fletching behind, splitting the arrow cleanly in two from the middle!
It was obvious to anyone that while this high-difficulty maneuver was flashy, it served little practical purpose other than to show off.
But Cecilia did it anyway—as a show of force, warning her opponent not to waste time with such meaningless tricks.
However, even so, the Sharpshooter girl opposite wasn't frightened by this display.
She looked at Cecilia, her eyes still carrying that cold, sinister light, which didn't waver at all in response to the bisected arrow, as if she had expected this outcome all along. She simply said calmly, "You are indeed strong—worthy of the world's number one title."
"You flatter me."
Twirling the silver table knife in her hand, Cecilia kept her expression calm and slowly asked, "Still not considering answering my question?"
"I haven't met you before."
The Sharpshooter girl hesitated, then shook her head slightly, raising her longbow once more.
That's strange... At that moment, Cecilia's mind raced with thoughts.
She claimed she hadn't seen her in the game, so it must have been in the real world. In the past while, the only women Cecilia had interacted with in reality were Gu Yanxi and Lin Wei. Was there any other girl?
Black hair...a cold expression...
Suddenly, Cecilia recalled a face that had radiated utter disgust.
She realized who the girl in front of her was. Although there were differences between this in-game character and the real person, the blade-sharp eyes and aura of weary disdain toward the world reminded Cecilia of that night a few days ago.
Back then, when she was still Chen Zixuan, she'd once gone to pick Gu Yanxi up from cram school. At that time, the person spying from behind a street tree not far away should have been this very girl.
According to Gu Yanxi, she'd been forced by her family to attend cram school. So she was an internet-addicted girl...
No wonder they met here. Truly, enemies' paths cross often.
Cecilia let out a slow breath. This was the first time she'd ever felt such anger. Her chest rose and fell slightly, her heart pounding, while her mind raced with ways to use her knife to slice this person before her into a thousand pieces.
Facing the new wave of arrows flying toward her, she curled her lips into a similarly cold smile.
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At the same time, in the arena lobby, the players were still watching the battle records on the display screen intently.
"It's been half a minute already."
Seeing that it had been thirty seconds since Player 0058's match began, the crowd let out another wave of exclamations. From the first match until now, Cecilia had ended each fight with a crushing advantage within a few seconds of the start. This was the first time that a match had dragged on for half a minute without ending.
Aside from the fact that Cecilia's opponent this time must be particularly troublesome, no one could think of any other explanation.
But was there really someone in Legend of Kaloran right now who could withstand Cecilia's onslaught for a full thirty seconds?
Even Dawn's Light, currently acknowledged as the national server's number one defender, probably couldn't manage that.
"When did the national server produce another monster like this?"
"I wonder where they are on the level ranking..."
As several people chatted, one of the assassin players seemed to sense something. He opened another player's profile and, after just one look, couldn't help but exclaim, "Qinxiao's match is past forty seconds too—forty-one, forty-two..."
When the others heard this, they quickly glanced at Cecilia's match record. As expected, her match had also gone on for over forty seconds—identical to Qinxiao on the other side.
Both players were among the arena's top win rankings. There was no way it was a coincidence they were matched together. It looked like Cecilia's opponent this round really was the celebrity Sharpshooter player, qinxiao.
Seeing this, nearly everyone felt a deep sense of disbelief.
Was Qinxiao really that strong? She was playing Sharpshooter, a class hard countered by Assassins, and could still hold out so long against Cecilia without losing. It was completely beyond common sense.
As luck would have it, just then, the result on the match record screen switched—unsurprisingly, Cecilia had claimed victory once again.
The black-haired girl holding a longbow was left stunned as she was teleported back to the lobby.
Even as her HP hit zero, she hadn't managed to see which direction Cecilia's final attack had come from.
Meanwhile, up on the arena ring, as the battle ended, system Miss's voice again rang out in Cecilia's mind.
"System notification: You have been promoted to Porcelain, tier 4. May you have great fortune in the arena!"
Player: 0058
Wins: 43
Arena rank: Porcelain, tier 4
Available points: 2
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