Star Iron: Imaginary numbers? Dude, I play with quantum reconstruction.

"Oh, I see. I thought it was something else entirely. Um... do I really have to accept this challenge?"

Giovanni, who appears out of nowhere, reappears. "Refusing the challenge isn't out of the question, but then you won't be able to go to the next theme park. So, are you still going to refuse? Let's go, let's leave the battlefield to these two newcomers, and we'll go to the other side."

......

Xing glanced at Walter, then pulled out Hua Wu's Ether Coin with one hand. "In that case, we accept the challenge. Let me show you what test server god power is all about."

Giovanni: ?

Giovanni stared at the portrait on the coin, feeling a strange sense of familiarity about the man. It was as if a jumble of odd memories was flooding his mind.

"The ethereal spirit within this coin..."

Xing paused for a moment and said, "New items are being added to the test server...it's normal. Um...I have some connections with the company. These are Ether coins for testing."

Giovanni had some doubts, but he still summoned his ethereal spirit, which included a Trampler and an Outer Universe Flame.

"Please give it a try."

Xing played an unfamiliar field card at the trampler.

"Field card—Galaxy! All attributes doubled. It's still my turn. Go, the pinnacle of stats and mechanics, the strongest Aether Spirit! Brother Hua!"

Hua Wu, the ethereal being, twisted his neck and said, "Good afternoon, everyone. I am just an unknown guest and do not like disputes."

“These lines…are you sure they fit his personality? Isn’t he the type who loves to stir up trouble?” March 7th said softly.

Xing looked bewildered and said, "Isn't Brother Hua the kind of person who says he doesn't like fighting but then goes on a rampage beating up the other person?"

Giovanni looked at the man, his expression behind the mask becoming intriguing. "This person... doesn't seem to fit in here."

Xing said indifferently, "This is just an ethereal spirit."

Upon hearing this, Giovanni's eyes glazed over behind his mask, because he had heard those words last year.

Last year, a guardian star god stood behind that man and said calmly, "[This is just an ethereal spirit. Are you going to back down?]"

He mustered his courage and gave it a shot, only to be elbowed so hard he was dizzy and left the stage in disgrace.

He thought about it all night, then wrote an appeal all night, and it was approved. Then the Etherfront gained a whole bunch of strange rules.

"An ether spirit? Hahaha... Indeed, it's just an ether spirit. Come on, let's have an etheric duel."

Seeing this, Hiluva felt something was off. "Um, Mr. Giovanni, it seems like Pera and I are the champions here."

Giovanni nodded, then said, "You are indeed championship contenders, but... there's more than one novice player here."

It then pointed to March 7th and Walter.

"Gentlemen, I think you would find this interesting."

Walter pulled out "Eph" with a serious expression. He looked at Hiluva and Pera, and the spirited look in his eyes seemed to have returned. "I will carry on with that child's will until the very end."

“You are the challengers.”

On March 7th, there was nothing to say. Since everyone was already in this situation, I might as well just let myself go.

"Now, I am the master of ether, bring it on!"

Danheng and Qiong watched the two replicas fight for a long time, simply observing the battle between their ethereal counterparts. At first, they could even shout out the names of the moves. However, after watching their own ethereal spirits take several powerful hits from each other, they realized something was wrong.

Then the two started fighting. When the battle lasted for more than 10 minutes, the nature of the game changed. Danheng wanted to end the battle, but Qiong wanted to see how long the two could fight.

Qiong had long lost his initial passion. "Danheng, tell me, how long can this Ether Spirit fight?"

Danheng shook his head. "I don't know. I've never played this kind of game before."

Qiong suddenly came to her senses, "Speaking of which, where are they?"

Dan Heng looked at the battlefield and said, "They left the battlefield to us at the corner of the alley."

Upon hearing this, Qiong suddenly stood up. "Oh no! It's a diversionary tactic! They must be trying to use these two useless ethereal spirits to hold us back while they go off to do something big! This plan is so insidious, it must be my sister's doing..."

"Um...aren't you overthinking it...?"

"Do you understand her better, or do I? She's definitely capable of doing something like this; it's something she can do easily."

......

Giovanni was sweating profusely from the beating. This was the first time he had ever fought against an Ether that was more passive than a health bar.

He has already played three matches, and his four Ethereals cannot defeat the opponent's single Ethereal.

"Miss Anonymous, is your Ether Spirit a growth-type Ether Spirit? How many chips have you equipped?"

Giovanni felt that the opposing Aether Spirit had at least ten chips installed, and he had never seen those strange passive abilities before. He felt that the opponent was cheating, but the player terminal did not report any errors.

One hit will either result in a counterattack, healing, or an instant explosion. Another hit will either result in a double attack, armor break, or freezing the target.

Sometimes a counterattack triggers a follow-up attack, which in turn triggers a double attack. This kind of overpowered Ether Spirit can only be countered by increasing its stats by ten times, but obviously, that's impossible.

Xing said proudly, "Growth type? This is the ultimate form. As for the chip you mentioned... forgive me for being blunt, but it's not very useful. The built-in passive skill is still more useful. This is the third time you've done this. This is a numerical game. In numerical games, besides being strong enough to make bricks fly, it's all about mechanics dominating."

"Uh... haha, I lost, but this ethereal spirit that undermines the fairness of the game... could you please not let it go on stage?"

"Mmm," Xing agreed readily on the surface, but in reality, she had prepared a whole bunch of these things behind her back.

Even Fenfeng, Xingxiao, Jingyuan, and Yanqing were added to her list.

"Can you guarantee you won't use this ethereal spirit?"

"I can, I absolutely won't use it," Xing said confidently. After all, Hua Wu had a bunch of aliases; he could just use any name he wanted. At worst, he could use the divine power of the immortal ship to elbow the ethereal spirits present.

"I salute your competitive spirit and hope you will live up to your word."

Xing nodded. "As long as the other side doesn't act outrageously, I won't act outrageously either. If the other side acts outrageously, I'll act outrageously too."

Chapter 180 Resurrect! My Badge!

On the other side, Walter summoned Ephemeral Wind, a skill that even the strongest Aether Spirit master could not defeat.

"Tearing apart the hurricane!"

Hiluva looked at the pile of piggy banks, rubbed her eyes, and said, "Is this cheating?"

“Cheating? It’s just another way to win.” Walter was now like a solitary musician, refusing to listen to anyone else’s opinions.

He took off his glasses and looked at the pile of dust like a loving father looking at his child, then proudly raised his head.

Hilva's Aether was the same Aether that Walter had captured before—the Beloborg Elbow King, an Aether modeled after Dunn. After the other three Aethers crashed one after another, the strongest in the upper Beloborg district could only die with resentment, surrounded by a group of pigs.

"Although the process was a bit... you passed the test."

March 7th was a little confused, "Didn't they say we'd be adding...?"

"There were three matches in total. Mr. Giovanni has already lost. I lost too. Now it's just you and Pera left. Do you want to give it a try?"

After witnessing the tearing hurricane, Pella had lost all will to fight. "According to my calculations, this is simply a numbers game, and their numbers... should be far superior to ours, so there's no need to fight anymore. Besides, they've already proven their strength."

“Indeed, your strength has far surpassed that of novice players. These are the qualification badges for the Echoing Corridor. Please keep them safe. The badges of the two gentlemen next door are also inside.”

Giovanni bowed in farewell and then disappeared from the spot.

Hilva looked at Walter, then at the Ether Expansion Chip in her hand. "Although I don't think you need this, according to the rules, this Ether Expansion Chip needs to be handed over to you."

Walter took the chip and then examined the data on it. "A shield chip?"

"Congratulations on clearing the Echoing Corridor and obtaining your tickets to the Interstellar Victory Celebration."

After saying that, the two left.

March 7th scratched his head, "Um... is this the punishment for cheating?"

Xing said confidently, "Don't worry... If it's not mentioned in the rules, can that be called cheating? That's called a shortcut to victory, a ladder of wisdom."

As soon as Xing finished speaking, Qiong jumped out.

"So, as expected... you sent Danheng and me away just to obtain..."

Xing listened to Qiong's words, snatched the qualification badge from March 7's hand, and then tried to perform a miracle on Qiong.

The badge was like a shooting star in the night sky, and Qiong accepted it with a confident expression.

"Weak? You think you can ambush me with this kind of strength? I was foolish enough to think you could do that..." Qiong slowly exerted her strength, and a crisp sound rang out, the sound of the badge crying.

"Too immature, too weak."

Xing said calmly, "This is actually your qualification badge, the kind used to participate in competitions, but now... it's broken in your hands. Judging from the sound... it's at least eight pieces."

"What? Could it be..." Qiong immediately opened his eyes wide, looking at the fragment in his hand. At this moment, he only knew that he seemed to have done something extremely stupid.

"This...you...such a treacherous and despicable scheme...I have lost, I have lost completely."

"No, I haven't lost yet. I can repair it just like I repaired the Qiongquan Sword."

"Rise, my badge!"

Qiong placed the fragment on the ground and then frantically beat it, trying to restore the badge.

Despite this powerful emergency treatment, the badge couldn't withstand it and was completely shattered.

Qiong stared at the badge in front of him, unable to believe that his restoration technique had failed.

"Badge Fang! Why did you leave me? Without you... how could I have participated in such a competition full of strong opponents? Badge Fang! My badge!"

He knelt on the ground, looking at the cracked earth, and kept pounding on it.

The Echoing Corridor at this moment is the true "deathly echo" corridor.

Hearing the sound, Dan Heng arrived late again. As soon as he arrived, he saw Qiong beating the ground.

Looking at the object on the ground again, it resembled the qualification badge he had seen last night. He roughly understood; the object was probably too fragile, and Qiong had accidentally broken it.

"Running so fast just to... pound the ground here? Or how about I give you my qualification badge, and you take my... conviction to the 'Interstellar Victory Celebration'?"

Qiong shook her head violently. "No, that's not my badge, that's yours. My badge has left me, left me. It will never come back, never..."

March 7th was too ashamed to look at; she felt the purity was too high, a level she could never reach no matter how she acted.

"Um...who's going to take care of this? I don't know what to do."

Walter approached quietly, then struck down with his cane, and the world was quiet again.

"Danheng, carry him back to the hotel. As for his badge..." Walter looked at the black metal that had been melted into a lump by the high temperature, then looked at his own badge in his hand.

He planned to duplicate his own badge, then replace "Walter Yang" with "Qiong" on it. As for the information on the chip inside, he believed Xing would handle it.