Luo Qingyan punched Lin Ran indignantly, "Don't you dare mention whale jelly again!"
"Oh right, aren't we up first?"
"For the KOF arena later, I'll go first!"
"If I can't beat them, at least I can vent my frustrations on them!"
Lin Ran shrugged indifferently, "If you want to go, then go..."
"When you get tired, you can just pass them to me."
"I've got your back no matter what, so go all out!"
With that, Lin Ran pulled Luo Qingyan to the side of the preparation area, looking at their opponents displayed in the magic prism.
"Boring, not even their main team..."
Lin Ran sighed.
The opponents displayed on the magic prism were the second team from Lighthouse Country.
Most of the people in it were unknown to them.
Although they appeared to be around the sixth or seventh tier, Lin Ran and Luo Qingyan didn't take them seriously.
Since establishing the shared contract with Lin Ran, Luo Qingyan's combat power had surged dramatically with her nearly infinite mana.
Fighting above her tier was now commonplace.
The two of them made no effort to hide their voices, so their words were clearly heard by the second team from Lighthouse Country.
The members of the second team were instantly displeased.
If you had a full team of seven, then perhaps it would be understandable.
But now, no matter how powerful you were, you only had two people, right?
What was even more infuriating was that the male of these two had suffered a severe backlash from a secret art due to yesterday's battle with the Sea Whale.
While they might have been apprehensive about the mysterious power of Dragon Country before, now that your trump card was played, why would you be afraid?
John, the captain of the second team from Lighthouse Country, walked up to Lin Ran and Luo Qingyan with a grim expression.
"Excuse us!"
"When we meet in the arena later, I won't hold back or anything just because of your performance yesterday..."
"If any accidents occur, please forgive us!"
Oh, how arrogant!
Lin Ran smiled and nodded, "Understood..."
"I'll return the same words to you."
"Also, please try to last a little longer, don't get wiped out before I even get a chance to fight."
As the saying goes, silence is golden when people don't see eye to eye. John's expression worsened after hearing Lin Ran's words. He didn't say anything further, let out a cold snort, and walked towards their preparation area.
The atmosphere in the venue, after a brief uproar, became filled with excited anticipation.
No one wanted to know the true combat power of these two from Dragon Country, especially their performance in the arena, which was even more worth noting.
"With such terrifying secret arts, their normal combat power shouldn't be that high, right?"
Sandu, the Corrosive Current from the Ocean Federation, glanced at Dol, the Lethal Golden Boot from the Panama Federation, beside him.
Dol blinked, "Theoretically, that should be the case, especially since they are suffering from the backlash of the secret art."
"But I think winning against this team shouldn't be much of a problem."
Sandu was surprised, "You're so optimistic about them?"
"The second team from Lighthouse Country is indeed not as monstrous as that Ironclad Man, but their strength is definitely not weak."
"Among ordinary people, they are geniuses who can easily fight above their tier."
"Plus, there are seven of them, so they should have some advantage, shouldn't they?"
Marguerite, the Scorpion from the Australian Federation, suddenly interjected, "Never mind seven, even if there were seventy, I still think the Dragon Country side would win."
Sandu almost choked on his own words.
After seeing Marguerite's serious expression, he could only nod with a headache, resigned, "Then let's just watch..."
On the other side, Arthur looked at Caesar, "Will Lin Ran and the others win?"
Caesar snorted, "Definitely!"
"Could it be... you doubt their strength?"
Arthur quickly waved his hands, "Not at all... not at all..."
"I'm just a little worried."
"Lin Ran in his prime would definitely be unstoppable, but with his current slightly compromised state, it always makes one a bit uneasy..."
"Not to mention, the opponents are from Lighthouse Country, with whom they don't quite get along."
Julia, however, clenched her fists beside him, "Lin Ran will definitely win! Are you blind or something!"
Arthur, who was about to say something more, saw that it was Julia speaking and promptly shut his mouth obediently.
...
And while they were bickering, the players who were the first combatants for both teams had already stepped onto the arena.
From Dragon Country, it was naturally Luo Qingyan, who was ready to fight from the start.
From Lighthouse Country, they first sent out a sixth-tier awakened named Jackson as a probe.
After both sides were positioned on the field, the magic prism above began its final countdown.
The attention of the entire audience, as well as the two players on the field, was fixed on it.
3!
2!
1!
The moment the countdown ended, Jackson roared and slammed his hands on the ground, causing countless stone pillars to erupt from the ground.
However, Luo Qingyan completely ignored all of this.
She instantly switched to her Holy Angel form, spread her divine wings, and charged forward with her light sword.
At the same time, she unleashed almost all of her mana outwards without reservation.
Instantly, blinding golden light surged and covered the entire arena.
"Holy Light Cross Slash!"
A pure, scorching, and incredibly large holy cross slashed down towards Jackson.
This move stunned all the spectators outside the arena.
They had seen extravagance before, but never such wasteful extravagance.
Going all out with all their mana right from the start, without any consideration for stamina?
This was just too wild...
Not to mention, Dragon Country, being the side with fewer people, should have paid more attention to stamina!
Jackson, who had intended to fight steadily, hadn't expected Luo Qingyan to be so uninhibited from the start. He hurriedly began to inject more mana into his attacks.
But by then, trying harder was naturally no match for Luo Qingyan, who had poured all her strength in from the beginning.
The extremely surging radiance annihilated Jackson's stone pillars with destructive power, hitting him squarely.
"Waaah!"
In pain, Jackson frantically manipulated more earth walls for defense, but their energy was simply too inferior in quality to Luo Qingyan's. They were, as expected, annihilated one by one.
"Holy Light Meteor!"
Seeing that her first strike was successful, Luo Qingyan didn't pursue. She raised her hand and waved towards the sky, and nearly a hundred large meteorites of holy attribute rained down with a whoosh.
Under Luo Qingyan's control, every single one of these meteorites landed on the arena.