Quadruple split.

Chapter 2729 Interlude

Chapter 2729 Interlude - Joy

"Hello everyone--!"

The next instant, accompanied by a barely perceptible golden flash that streaked across the sky, the giant umbrella-like [Akatsuki Seven Star Fan] was instantly bounced back into Mo Tan's hand. At the same time, a man with wings on his back, a cheerful demeanor, and an extremely persuasive tone descended from the sky, spreading his arms and shouting loudly: "I am your favorite ace commentator, Noyce Huashao!"

Perhaps stunned by the final match between Yune and Gu Xiaole, the usually enthusiastic audience of the Level 3 arena fell silent, staring blankly at the orc commentator who had suddenly appeared between the two players, dominating the entire broadcast screen. Their expressions gradually turned displeased.

Clearly, many people thought a spectacular clash was about to unfold, but it was abruptly cut short by the unexpected appearance of a top-tier commentator.

"Ahem, well then, first of all, I would like to thank the two contestants for giving us such an exciting visual feast. Although there was a short period in the middle when we couldn't see anything, we were still able to vividly recreate those few minutes of intense battle through our rich imaginations!"

Noyce first bowed to Gu Xiaole and Younie respectively, then flapped his wings and flew into the air, bowing 360 degrees to the surrounding audience, and said loudly: "Then, I want to apologize to all my dear audience friends, because of the force majeure that has occurred on the field, this match will be forcibly terminated, I'm sorry."

boom--

As expected, the moment Noyes finished speaking, a series of noisy disturbances broke out in the stands. After all, it was really unpleasant to end the match so abruptly, especially since both players were getting into their stride and the audience, whose vision had been blocked by the barrier, was finally able to enjoy the match again.

"The reason is simple, dear ladies and gentlemen. Noyce Huashao is honored to inform you that just now, both of our players in this match achieved a breakthrough on the spot, overcoming their bottlenecks in this exciting and intense battle and achieving the Epic rank."

While not actually seeking audience opinions, but not wanting to disappoint them too much, Noyce cleared his throat and said loudly, "As everyone knows, the power limit of this multi-functional, all-purpose braking barrier surrounding our Level 3 arena is only half-step Epic. In other words, if these two contestants who have officially broken through to the Epic rank continue fighting, dear audience members... you might be wiped out by the aftershocks!"

"..."

The audience, which had been incredibly noisy, fell silent the next moment. Although there were still occasional whispers of discussion, everyone's emotions were much more stable than before.

There's nothing we can do about it. After all, everyone's afraid of dying, and in the Tier 3 arena, very few of the spectators can withstand the impact of an Epic-rank opponent.

To put it bluntly, if these two epic battles continue like this, even the aftershocks spilling out of the barrier would be enough to kill many viewers.

So, after careful and meticulous consideration, everyone began to think that Neuer's decision to stop the game was not unreasonable, and some even wanted to give this birdman a little applause.

"Very good, thank you everyone for your support and cooperation."

Noyce bowed to the audience again, then turned to Gu Xiaole and Yune and said, "Next, given that you two have already advanced to the Epic rank, I will once again grant you the qualification to directly advance to the Level 4 Arena. However, considering that the number of players in the Level 4 and Level 5 Arenas is relatively small, the time to match opponents will be relatively long each time. Please understand."

Yune slowly sheathed his longsword and nodded slightly.

"Oh... um."

Gu Xiaole nodded absentmindedly, seemingly a little distracted.

"Ahem, and one more thing—"

Seemingly realizing that neither of them intended to exchange pleasantries, Noyce, who immediately abandoned the interview segment about their advancement experiences, cleared his throat and said seriously, "To express my apologies for interrupting your duel, I would like to present you with a small gift on behalf of the First Outer Mountain Arena of Tianzhu Mountain as a token of my sincerity."

"Ok?"

Upon hearing that it was a gift from Tianzhu Mountain, even Yune couldn't help but become interested and turned to look at what Noyce was holding.

"what?"

Gu Xiaole also lowered her eyes and reluctantly looked over as well.

Then--

"……never mind."

"I don't really need it, thank you."

Upon discovering that the two crystal plates, as thin as cicada wings, bore a high-resolution half-body photo of Noyce Watsau (holding a rose in his mouth), Gu Xiaole and Younie immediately and without hesitation declined the offer of the somewhat narcissistic high-level observer to become the star host.

"Don't mention it, don't mention it."

Noyce laughed, then pulled out a quill pen from somewhere, quickly signed his name on the two crystal sheets, and shoved them into their hands: "It's nothing valuable, just accept it."

Thus, Gu Xiaole and You Nie, who had been forced to accept the autographed photo, did not refuse any longer and reluctantly accepted the small gift that was not very valuable.

Thank you all for your understanding!

And so, after bowing to the audience one last time, Neuss announced the end of the match.

Then, spectators who were not interested in the subsequent match arrangements and those who needed to use the restroom began to leave, while Neuer left with the two players along the players' private passage.

"So……"

After walking with the two, each lost in their own thoughts, for a while, Noyes stopped and smiled at them, who had unconsciously stopped with him. "Congratulations again, both of you. I had already activated your Level 4 Arena access before I came here. You can play anytime you want. Is there anything else I can do for you? If you have any questions, I will try my best to answer them."

Gu Xiaole gently shook her head, indicating that she had nothing to ask.

After a brief silence, Yune slowly spoke to Noyce, saying, "I want to become a Sword Saint."

"Sword Saint..."

Noyce stroked his chin and then said in a serious tone, "As far as I know, whether it is a berserker, shield warrior, swordsman or other similar profession, as long as they reach the legendary rank, they will be widely respected as 'Sword Saint'. So in my opinion, if you don't intend to change your name to 'Sword Saint', you just need to work hard to advance to the legendary rank."

Yune nodded slightly and then asked, "How do I advance to the Legendary rank?"

"what?"

Noyce scratched his head and hesitated, "Probably... talent, effort, and luck... something like that?"

Yonie continued to nod, then asked, "More specific?"

"More specific..."

Noyce sighed and said with a wry smile, "Do you really need to ask me something like this?"

Yune nodded and said seriously, "I think you know, and you also said you would try your best to answer."

“But that’s not what I’m talking about.”

Noyce twitched the corner of his mouth, and finally sighed again under Yune's gaze, saying slowly, "Come back when you're halfway to legendary status."

Yonex: "How..."

"Don't ask me how to become a half-legendary."

Noyce interrupted him with a dry voice, saying irritably, "If you can't even take that half a step, then don't even think about becoming a Sword Saint."

"it is good."

Yune nodded, then turned to look at Gu Xiaole, who still seemed distracted, and said seriously, "Thank you."

"You're welcome."

Gu Xiaole shook his head and gave a somewhat forced smile: "Didn't I also take this opportunity to advance? We're even."

"it is good."

Yoni smiled and then strode away.

"It seems he won't be back anytime soon."

Noticing that Yune didn't head towards the players' rest area but instead walked directly towards the exit of the Grand Arena, Noyce shrugged and casually remarked, "He's a rather troublesome guy, isn't he?" "Yune-san has a pretty good personality."

Gu Xiaole smiled faintly, then slightly quickened her pace and said to Noyce, who was about to say something, "You can go ahead and get back to work."

"Uh……"

The latter was taken aback at first, then smiled and nodded, saying, "Alright, anyway, even if you ask me for advice like he did, I can't give you any constructive suggestions."

The girl gently shook her head: "You've already helped me a lot by waiting until I advanced to the Epic rank before intervening."

"Haha, I definitely prefer dealing with young people who know how to talk."

Noyce nodded with obvious satisfaction, then waved his hand and vanished from the girl's sight in an instant.

“Ah…Ahahaha…”

After standing there for a full two minutes, the girl suddenly seemed to have all her strength drained away and knelt down on the spot. She gently bit her lip and muttered softly, "I really am... terrible."

……

five minutes later
"Sister Xiaole!"

The first winged girl to spot Gu Xiaole widened her eyes in surprise, then with a cheer, she flapped her wings and pounced on her like an arrow: "Amazing! The first epic player!"

"Pfft."

Gu Xiaole chuckled as he picked up Ji Xiaoge and spun her around twice, rubbing her hair as he said with a smile, "I still have at least three more ahead of me."

"A person whose existence is not even known, a mysterious person, and a Cordoba."

Ji Xiaoge waved her small hand and said in a serious tone, "None of them are human!"

"Let's leave aside the guy with the question mark in first place, but don't just casually expel the other two from the list."

Gu Xiaole winked playfully and said happily, "But I am indeed much better than before. If we play another team battle final, I can wipe out Mimi and the rest of them all by myself."

Immediately afterward, Mo Tan, Ya Ya, and Jadka walked up to Gu Xiaole and congratulated him in unison. Wang Badan, who had just regained consciousness, rolled his eyes and turned to Mo Tan, saying sarcastically, "Look at her, and look at you, how can you be so shameless!"

I'll deal with you later.

Mo Tan first glared fiercely at the foul-mouthed bastard, then pursed her lips, hesitated for about two moments, and looked at Gu Xiaole again, smiling with heartfelt admiration: "You're amazing."

"Hehe, aren't you going to thank your older sister?"

Gu Xiaole pointed at Mo Tan and said with a smile, "If I hadn't forced that swordsman to use his ultimate move, how could you have been inspired by him and broken through to the half-step epic level thanks to your sister's help?"

Ji Xiaoge, who was stopping Gu Xiaole from making any physical advances, was stunned for a moment, then exclaimed in surprise, "Mo, you were acting strangely just now because you broke through?!"

"This one……"

Mo Tan slightly shifted her gaze and nodded, saying, "Although she's definitely not as powerful as Sister Xiao Le, she should indeed be at the half-step epic level."

"Woo!"

The winged girl rested her head on the shoulder of the beautiful female Onmyoji, pouting and complaining, "It seems like I'm the only one who hasn't made any progress."

"You're already very good."

Mo Tan smiled and said very seriously, "Have you forgotten about the Ascension Fortress? Don't you realize how many people are now fawning over you?"

Ji Xiaoge tilted her head and thought for a moment: "...That's true?"

"Even if anyone should be anxious, it should be me and Ya Ya who are anxious."

Jadka chuckled, then turned to Yaya, who seemed hesitant to speak, and said, "Shall we go to the arena and play some matches later? I was getting a little itchy to play myself."

Tooth twitched its ears, met Jadka's gaze, and silently nodded: "Woof, I understand—"

"Let's sign up then and start playing from the level two arena. Hehe, these days my old bones are really worn out, it should be quite fun~"

Jadka patted Tooth's head, then nodded to Mo Tan and the others, and left with the dog girl whose ears were pulled back.

"Huh-"

The winged girl stretched lazily, then took a deep breath, waved her little fist, and said earnestly, "I need to get busy again here!"

"Eh?"

Gu Xiaole was taken aback for a moment, then asked curiously, "Pigeon, didn't you just arrive?"

"No, no, no, I arrived a long time ago. I watched half of Mo's game first, and then I watched your game, Sister Xiao Le. I haven't been lazy at all."

Ji Xiaoge smiled, spread her hands helplessly, and said, "As you all know, I'm the only one with the highest authority at the Ascension Fortress. If I'm away for a long time, it will easily delay everyone's work, so I need to keep a close eye on things during the initial period."

Gu Xiaole nodded vigorously and smiled, "Okay, then I'll go with you. Anyway, I just advanced to Epic rank and don't plan to play anymore for a while, so I can keep you company."

"Okay, okay."

Ji Xiaoge nodded immediately, pecking at rice, and said cheerfully, "But I have to go back to the Seventh Outer Mountain first. I need to get some materials from my mentor. Let's meet in front of the workshop at the Seventh Outer Mountain in half an hour~"

"Eh……?"

"Mo, if you're not planning to continue playing for a while, why don't you come find me with Sister Xiaole later?"

"it is good."

"Alright, I'll be going now! See you later!"

……

five minutes later
Tianzhu Mountain, the seventh outer mountain
"Little pigeon? What brings you here..."

"..."

"...Should I leave you alone for a while?"

"……Um."

"Let's go to the smaller workshop; it's quieter there."

"...Thank you, mentor."

"……you……"