When a person is in a high-ranking position, their words carry the law.

Chapter 50: Residual Pain
The purity of Bai Ze's internal energy astonished all the astute audience members present.

Kim Jung-jae used the extremely costly Blood Refining Technique, which results in either death or severe injury. It's only because the StarNet can update his status that he's eliminated; in reality, he would have been finished in the previous match.

Furthermore, Kim Jung-jae also blocked out pain, ignoring the agony caused by the Blood Refining Technique, and his skills were not affected.

However, this high-risk, life-or-death method was actually countered by the side-effect-free "Qi Guan Chang Hong" and even gained a slight advantage.

With his punch blocked, Bai Ze transformed his fist into a claw and grabbed Kim Jung-jae's arm.

"Bullet Finger".

He unleashed a burst of condensed energy "bullets" from his fingertips, creating a bloody hole. Then, he clenched his fingers and forcefully pulled Kim Jung-jae, causing him to stumble and struggle to move.

At the same time, Bai Ze's other hand, as gentle as a breeze, quietly pressed down on Kim Jung-jae's lower abdomen, dantian, and his inner energy suddenly shot out, piercing into the surrounding acupoints.

Kim Jung-jae was completely at a disadvantage, but he refused to admit defeat. He suddenly tried to channel his inner energy into his dantian and forcefully clash with Bai Ze.

In reality, Kim Jung-jae would absolutely not dare to do that. Even if he could block the attack, he would die soon afterward from a ruptured dantian.

"The problem is that they chose Xingwangba for this match!"

Kim Jung-jae grinned smugly, and as he channeled his inner energy into his dantian, he raised his right leg and silently swept it toward Bai Ze's groin.

However, his smile suddenly twisted in the next moment.

A sudden, intense pain erupted, starting in the abdomen, hands and feet, and spreading throughout the entire body.

"Aaaaah!" Kim Jung-jae's screams were like the howls of a ghost.

"How can this be?"

He screamed in disbelief.

The pain sensation should have been blocked, so why did it suddenly turn back on?

"Of course it's because of me," Baek Tae replied to Kim Jung Jae's question with a smile.

"Impossible. I've blocked out pain in reality. You couldn't possibly undo it." Kim Jung-jae said incredulously.

But reality forced him to believe it.

In reality, the projection of consciousness on the StarNet is not foolproof.

For example, if someone dies, even after being refreshed, there will still be a hallucinatory, eerie feeling. Intense pain will also leave a residue.

At times like these, it's necessary to stop playing and log off to rest.

People subconsciously filter out this uncomfortable experience and gradually recover their energy after resting offline.

Bai Ze took advantage of this sensory residue and used special methods to stimulate Kim Jung-jae's abdominal acupoints multiple times in a short period of time, causing this sensory residue to affect reality and awaken his body's sense of pain.

Because of the shielding and the sudden acquisition of pain sensation, Kim Jung-jae's pain tolerance is now much lower than before.

This was the special method that the "King of Mouth" sent to Bai Ze, which Bai Ze commented was a method that could somewhat harm Kim Jung-jae.

For others, this method might only cause some physical stimulation, but for Kim Jung-jae, the situation was quite different.

It was precisely because the "King of Mouths" brought out something that looked high-end that Bai Ze became suspicious of this person who was actually a hidden master.

However, all of this has nothing to do with Kim Jong-jae anymore.

When the pain fully returned and swept over him like a raging storm, Kim Jung-jae experienced the backlash of the forbidden technique, injuries to his hands and feet, and pain he had never felt before in a short time.

The interaction between flesh and bone, the rushing of blood through the blood vessels, and the lowered pain threshold meant that these sensations, which were normally considered normal, were now causing Kim Jung-jae immense pain.

He huddled on the ground like a maggot, then slowly disappeared in a flash of white light.

I wonder what kind of torment he will suffer in reality. And this is what the "mouthy king" meant by a small punishment as a warning.

"Tsk tsk, this must feel really exciting." Bai Ze silently mourned for Kim Jung-jae for a second.

[Baize defeated Kim Jung-jae.]

StarNet announced the winner.

"They won so easily?" Lin Yunlan in the audience looked shocked.

"Because he is inherently stronger than Kim Jung-jae, even if Kim Jung-jae used forbidden techniques. The Slu people's tricks are indeed just petty cleverness."

Jiang Xun smiled with interest, watching Bai Ze gradually disappear from the arena. "That genius from Canghai City might not be just a rumor."

The genius from Canghai City who briefly appeared online a month ago has been dismissed as a rumor because there has been no follow-up.

But in Jiang Xun's view, rumors might not necessarily be rumors.

"Just him?"

Lin Yunlan was somewhat skeptical, but after recalling the violent palm print from before, she found this explanation more acceptable.

Losing to a genius who is one star stronger than two stars is better than losing because of carelessness and falling into a trap.

"Do all geniuses these days have quirks?" Lin Yunlan couldn't help but sigh.

Her cousin was a Fu Rui Kong, a genius in Canghai City who showed no mercy when it came to beating women.

Perhaps the reason why I, an ordinary genius, am out of place among them is because I have no quirks.

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"Concession."

On the number one arena, Xi Yuheng gracefully sheathed his sword and smiled at his defeated opponent.

'Next up should be Jiang Xun's match; he should be in ring number one too.'

As Xi Yuheng thought to himself, he subconsciously looked for a spot in the surrounding audience seats.

Upon closer inspection, he discovered that the audience seats were not full!

Previously, due to the competition, Xi Yuheng hadn't paid attention to the audience. Although he considered himself to be only a few people qualified to be his opponents, now that he was in the ring, he wouldn't be distracted by anything else.

Putting on a show can be risky; if you accidentally mess it up, you'll be in big trouble.

So it wasn't until now that he realized the audience seemed to be far fewer than he had anticipated.

At that moment, with the match over and private chat reopened, a message caught Xi Yuheng's eye.

[Mr. Xi, this is bad! The spotlight has been stolen by Bai Ze and Kim Jung-jae in arena number two.]

“Bai Ze…” Xi Yuheng said with a bit of a headache, “Why is it him again?”

The case is solved; their audience was lured away by that slutty, cheap woman next door.

If you're in the stands, you can't switch rings freely; you can only watch one match at a time. But if you leave the stands, you can switch between different rings at will, and even watch multiple matches simultaneously.

It's not that Xi Yuheng's audience has all left; there should still be more than 10,000 people watching him now. But without a doubt, the number of people who only watch him is less than 10,000.

More likely, it's because they were simultaneously managing another event in virtual space.

Thinking about this, Xi Yuheng couldn't help but become curious.

Yuqing Heavy Industry hired a lot of online trolls and arranged many plans for the promotion of the Two Elements Magnetic Sword. With so many trolls and plans, how could they still let the hype be stolen? Who is Bai Ze's subordinate?

(End of this chapter)