Who are you calling a stable boy?!

This divine art, based on a high-level anti-vibration barrier, can not only protect the recipient from most physical impacts, but also inflict physical and psychological damage on those who dare to attack the recipient at close range.

Based on YOYO's understanding of Sodour, he knew that Sodour's special anti-shock barrier could launch up to twelve counterattacks against the enemy.

In other words, while it appeared at first glance that Joan seized the opportunity to kick the defenseless Sodour more than twenty times, in reality, Joan also suffered a total of twelve counterattacks during the process.

In this situation, Joan simply collapsed to her knees instead of losing consciousness, and YOYO genuinely admires Joan's willpower.

Komilia's restoration spell was executed skillfully, and combined with spells to heal serious injuries, Sodouer, who had been completely disfigured, was quickly restored to normal.

However, he showed no signs of waking up.

"This is......"

After pinching Sodou's cheek, Komilia realized that Sodou's condition seemed to be affected by some kind of intimidation effect.

hiss......

Could it be true, as some players have speculated, that the golden beast Zheng Jing is actually a martial monk?

Is it true? Do multi-armed humanoids become monks?

This sounds like someone claiming to have seen the succubus Desna...

Komilia shook her head.

Now is not the time to think about these things.

If it's something like intimidation, or even something that directly affects the mind, then she's temporarily out of options.

There were no suitable spells among the ones she had prepared today.

The only thing YOYO can do here is try Holy Light...

Thinking this, Komilia raised her head, just about to call out "YOYO," but before she could even utter a word, her expression changed.

Noticing the change in Camilla's expression, and following her panicked gaze, YOYO turned around.

"This young lady is quite capable; she fixed it right away. No wonder this kid dared to be so shameless; it turns out you had his back."

Zheng Jing, peeking around, looked at the fully recovered Suodouer on the ground and gave Komilia a thumbs up.

"No, that..."

Komilia shrank back nervously.

"We meet again, golden beast... no, now I should address you as Lord Zheng Jing."

Stepping to the side, protecting Komilia and Sodour behind her, YOYO looked at Zheng Jing with a serious expression.

Upon hearing this, Zheng Jing glanced at YOYO, then frowned, his smile fading, and he became serious.

Seeing the two staring at each other like that, Komilia swallowed hard.

She believes in YOYO.

Unlike Sodol, who had an extremely extreme attitude towards unbelievers and heretics, YOYO can truly be considered a model figure among the younger generation of paladins in the church.

Well, in a sense, Sodour can also be considered a role model among the younger generation of inquisitors in the church.

Komilia felt that those judges who were either cold-blooded, extremely irritable, or a combination of both, were indeed at least six out of ten like Sodour when it came to dealing with unbelievers and heretics.

Furthermore, it is said that Sodour also studied with the famous Pastor Hurren in the church for a period of time...

In short, it was within Sordou's and YOYO's expectations that Sordou would be enraged after being knocked off the stage.

Just as she is now certain that YOYO would never take the initiative to attack Zheng Jing, violating the rule that prohibits contestants from fighting privately outside the ring during the tournament.

But she didn't know if Zheng Jing would make a move against YOYO!

Although most monks are order guardians who follow the precepts, the courtyard is large and contains all kinds of players, and there have been monks who have used the power of chaos.

Furthermore, we cannot be certain that this golden beast is indeed a martial monk...

What if they're barbarians who somehow learned the Intimidation Fist from somewhere?

"you......"

Just as Komilia was getting so nervous that she started having wild thoughts, Zheng Jing, with a solemn expression, stared at YOYO and spoke.

"He looks familiar."

"...You don't remember me? Of course, I'm a defeated opponent who couldn't even last a single round, why would I bother to remember me?"

YOYO chuckled self-deprecatingly, then put on a serious face.

"You have injured my teammate."

"What? You want to help him get revenge? Sure, come on over!"

"Private fights between contestants are prohibited during the competition."

YOYO shook her head.

"Wow? Are you going to complain to the organizers?"

"The tournament did not prohibit players from intervening in other players' violations."

YOYO continued to shake her head.

"So, you're admitting defeat?"

"Sodour's personality is indeed unpleasant, but he is not only my teammate, but also my childhood friend. Now that I have seen you hurt him like this, I cannot pretend that it didn't happen."

"Hey, you little rascal, you're such a worrywart!"

Zheng Jing glared at him: "Get to the point! Speak your mind!"

"I will defeat you fair and square on the tournament stage."

As YOYO spoke, she stared intently at Zheng Jing, her eyes shining brightly.

-

Ultimately, the second match of the tournament ended in victory for the Nobles team.

Joan, who successfully kicked Sodour out of the arena, was seriously injured and naturally could no longer continue the match.

Therefore, as the general of the female fighter team, Shampoo faced off against Komilia, the mainstay of the noble team.

Shampoo's abilities are indeed outstanding.

She was able to become a top fighter in the women's fighting team not just because Wu and Joan took care of her.

Unfortunately, that iron mace, which was as big as a human head, ultimately failed to break through Komilia's tower shield.

Shampoo is a skilled martial artist with wide-ranging and powerful moves.

However, to her surprise, Komilia's strength was even greater than that of her, the strongest woman in the Heroine Clan!

A two-meter-high tower shield and a flail made of mithril—Komilia apologized, but wielded these two weapons with ferocious speed.

Finally, after fighting for almost two minutes, Komilia seized the opportunity and delivered a shield bash, shattering the melon hammer in Shampoo's hand.

Without her weapon, Shampoo struggled to inflict significant damage on Komilia, who was also buffed. The pressure increased dramatically, and Shampoo made a careless move, getting her ankle caught in Komilia's flail and falling off the ring.

Thus, the Women Fighters team, like the Radiant team, was unfortunately eliminated in the first round of the group stage.

Chapter 230: Good Brother! How do I get to Cursed Spring Village?

"cheers!"

The flickering flames, together with the warm lamplight, illuminated the night.

With a cheer from Mai Shiranui, the people sitting around the campfire also raised their glasses.

"Alas!"

After downing the monkey wine in his glass in one gulp, Old Sang patted Zheng Jing's shoulder forcefully: "Good wine, Old Zheng! Is this fruit wine? I didn't expect fruit wine to be so potent! Where did you get it? Do you sell it?"

"A family secret recipe."

Zheng Jing grinned.

"If you like it, I'll send you two cans later."

"Okay, okay! When you have time, come visit me, and I'll take you to try the best borscht in the world!"

"..."

Sitting next to the two men, holding a glass of carbonated drink, Ranma looked at Zheng Jing and Lao Sang, who were arm in arm, with a hesitant expression.

"What's wrong, Ranma? You want to try it too? Haha! It's a pity that according to your country's laws, you're not old enough to drink alcohol yet! But don't be discouraged, I'll keep a jar of monkey wine that Old Zheng gave me. When you come of age, come find me and we can drink together!"

"Uh, no, I'm not..."

Ranma shook his head.

Although he was somewhat curious about the exact taste of that fragrant monkey wine, at this moment, he had a more important question on his mind that he needed to answer.

"Hmm? So you have something on your mind?"

Zheng Jing raised an eyebrow, exchanged a glance with Lao Sang, and then sat down on either side of Ranma.

"Ranma, don't be so reserved. Look, among these teams tonight, there are only three of us guys. They're having a lively chat, so we can have a good heart-to-heart talk too."

As he spoke, Zheng Jing gestured with his chin toward the campfire.

The first day of competition ended with the Women Fighters Team and the Radiant Team being eliminated in the first round, but this did not stop everyone from holding a banquet that night to celebrate the Tohsaka Team's advancement.

The banquet was held at the villa where Team Tohsaka was staying. Not only the Women Fighters Team and Team Glory attended, but also Team Champion and Team Super Weapon, where Ranma is located.

However, only Chizuru and Kyoko from the champion team came.

They did try to get Anzi to come along, but unsurprisingly, they failed.

Meanwhile, Ranma's Super Weapon Team was present in full force.

Captain Athena Asamiya is a familiar face to everyone present, and a contestant who has participated in previous tournaments.

However, this time, she was not accompanied by her mentor, Grandpa Chin Gentsai, or her fellow disciple, Kensou.

Athena was very pleased that this year's tournament was suddenly changed to a team competition format.

Unfortunately, the power within Junior Brother Bao's body has become abnormal. Not only does Zhen Yuanzhai need to keep a close eye on him, but the dragon power within Shii Kensou's body is also needed to ensure Junior Brother's safety.

Athena was not planning to participate in this tournament, but Chin Gentsai, who had always been reluctant to let his disciples participate, unexpectedly took the initiative to support Athena this time.

Support is one thing, but without teammates, she still can't participate in the competition. So Chin Gentsai used the connections he had built up over the years and quickly found two suitable teammates for Athena.

One of them is Ranma, who had the good fortune to meet Master Chin Gentsai during his previous travels and training, and who had a good relationship with Athena and Kensou at previous tournaments.

As for the other one, he was a stranger to most of the people present.

She was a young woman who looked to be no more than twenty years old, wearing a cheongsam, with red hair, and a gentle and talkative personality.

Her name is Hong Meiling.

"Hey, Lao Zheng."

Suddenly, Old Sang lowered his voice, leaned over Ranma in the middle, and said to Zheng Jing, "Have you noticed that Miss Hong has been secretly watching you?"

"Don't overthink it. As Athena said, Miss Hong is the guardian that Old Master Zhen found for the two younger generation. She wasn't spying on me, Old Zheng. She was just concerned about Ranma."

But I feel...

Do you think Sister Marissa is secretly watching you?

"Uh, cough."

Old Sang coughed and patted Ranma on the shoulder: "Ranma, Old Zheng is right. The three of us can have a heart-to-heart talk. If you have anything to say, don't keep it to yourself."

Seeing that Lao Sang had changed the subject, Zheng Jing twitched the corner of his mouth and then glanced at Hong Meiling by the campfire.

That glance happened to meet Hong Meiling's gaze, which she was secretly casting at him.

Upon meeting Zheng Jing's gaze, Hong Meiling quickly turned her head and tossed her flowing red hair to him.

"I...I need to go to the restroom."

Ranma racked his brains and finally managed to come up with this sentence.

As he spoke, he nudged Zheng Jing in the waist with his elbow.

"Let me take you there, this villa is quite big."

As he spoke, Zheng Jing was the first to stand up.

Seeing this, Ranma quickly followed.