Go back? There's no going back.

"Yeah……"

At the same time, in Area 16 of the Royal City, on the crowded streets, the scenery on both sides of the car windows was slowly receding.

With her snow-white and slender legs crossed together, the empire's first princess half leaned in the carriage, listening quietly to Su Wei's very detailed explanation on the communicator.

Originally, she had been fiddling with the TV for a long time but failed to watch the resurrection match broadcast. She was already feeling a little depressed and was planning to apologize to Su Wei for wasting her time again and then hang up.

But at this moment, listening to the detailed explanation of a stupid kid who seemed afraid of being unhappy, Celsia was silent for a moment, and the corners of her lips, which were originally tightly pursed, gently outlined a soft arc.

"There are very few people in the entire continent who can reach the fifth level before the age of twenty. If I remember correctly, the person you are talking about... should be from the Sky Empire. Is he a relative of the Space Queen?"

After listening carefully to Su Wei's description, Celsia was silent for a moment, then said thoughtfully: "I remember that the senior seemed to have said before that the main competition is roughly the same as the revival competition, and it seems that all candidates also participate together... As a result, you saw the most troublesome opponent as soon as you arrived, Su Wei."

"Although I find it a little strange that the Queen's brother has fallen to the point of playing in the resurrection match, with the two trump cards of the fifth level and the ten thousand beast body, it shouldn't be a problem for him to enter the main competition. By then, he will be your most troublesome competitor."

At this point, as if she was worried that Su Wei would be hit by this, Celsia paused for a moment, then changed the subject and began to encourage him: "Of course, you don't have to worry too much. Since it is an assessment for all candidates, the result should not be determined solely by their current strength—"

"Well, you're right. I...hiss, I also think so."

In the room, Su Wei breathed a sigh of relief as he heard the princess' voice, which showed that her mood had obviously improved. He then focused fully on listening.

Since this fire test was supervised by Her Majesty the Queen herself, even Her Majesty the Princess did not seem to know the specific contents of the test, but... listening to the latter's meticulous and thoughtful analysis, Su Wei felt warm not only physically but also in his heart.

As expected, the princess... is a flawless person.

"Now, there is still no sign of reaching the end...?"

At this moment, the nun who had been standing in front of Su Wei with her chin resting on his shoulder suddenly opened her mouth slightly and asked him in a low voice.

"……without."

Hearing this, Su Wei was silent for a moment, then shook his head slightly.

Previously, with the indirect help of the silver-haired young man, he had tried to speed up the process.

But, it's just a drop in the bucket.

Especially now, after the silver-haired young man defeated the phantom beast, the projected resurrection match assessment scene has become dull again.

Although Su Wei really wanted to see the silver-haired young man display his might in the projection again, until now, there has been no major movement in the projection that would allow Su Wei to seize the opportunity.

After sitting back on the sofa, the burden of hard work... once again fell on the shoulders of the nun.

This also made Su Wei's situation become stagnant again.

"..."

At this moment, after the previous trance, Manqisi has gradually recovered.

Listening to Su Wei's response and looking at the princess who was still in communication with Su Wei, she hesitated for a moment, and finally... made a bold decision.

The next second, just like what I had seen in those study materials before, biting the latter's ear, Manqisi whispered: "You...didn't you eat?"

“Ah…?”

Su Wei was stunned when he suddenly heard these ambiguous words coming out of the nun's mouth.

Have a meal?

What does this mean?

"Huh...you still don't understand?"

Tilting her head slightly, Manqisi stared at Su Wei's confused eyes from a close distance, pursed her lips, and whispered again: "What I mean is, you are so useless, you little waste, completely useless, like a small fish..."

"You know what? Even the scene just now was all staged by me to deceive you—"

"No way? You're lying, could it be that... could it be that you really believed it? That's why I say that a virgin kid like you who has never seen the world... is quite funny..."

After saying this, the nun closed her mouth again.

In the past, among the study materials she had read before, there were some things that she still remembered clearly even after a long time.

For example, in many cases, if you want your opponent to persist for a longer period of time, you must not let him feel nervous, but encourage him gently.

Similarly, if you want your opponent to finish the work faster, you can try to insult him or her and irritate him or her.

That is why, as Su Wei took the initiative to describe the situation of the resurrection match to the princess, and realized that the two sides might really continue chatting until the princess arrived at the venue, she had to try this folk remedy to try to lower Su Wei's threshold and let him finish the work ahead of time.

However, ideals and reality are always at odds with each other. After she finished speaking, within a few seconds, the nun felt that... her unconventional attempt did not seem to have the desired effect.

She didn't know whether Su Wei's condition improved after hearing her words, but now, facing the other party's gaze that changed from confusion to astonishment and finally turned into some kind of aggression, she felt a chill on her back and subconsciously shrank her shoulders.

“…So, that’s how it is.”

When their eyes met, he whispered to her, "I'm sorry I couldn't fill you up."

"If there is another opportunity later, I will try my best."

A few seconds later, as her young master's whispers came into her ears, Manqisi trembled all over and suddenly shivered uncontrollably.

Why, why does it feel like the situation has not only not improved, but has suddenly become even worse?

"..."

After saying this to the nun, Su Wei's attention, which had been briefly distracted, did not linger any longer, but instead refocused on the projection screen in front of him.

After all, she had just reminded him of the things to pay attention to during the main competition, especially the silver-haired young man, a competitor with a huge gap in strength. At this moment, the princess was still stuck in the road, waiting for him to continue explaining the progress of the resurrection match.

Thinking of this, Su Wei once again focused on the game situation on the projection.

***

At the same time, on a stand at the first venue.

Two men, one tall and one short, gathered together. They looked through the transparent protective light curtain covering the venue below and stared at the silver-haired young man who was in the illusion.

"I think... the most perfect one among all the materials this time should be that boy."

Looking at the projection of the silver-haired young man who single-handedly killed a Corrupted of the same level, the shorter of the two, the hunchbacked young man, seemed to have seen some treasure, and a gleam of light flashed in his cloudy eyes:

"I can't wait to present him to Master Jim. By then, we should be able to add our names to the list—"

"Indeed... From what we can see so far, he is undoubtedly a Thousand Beast Body. Moreover, he was able to cultivate to a quasi-saint level of Thousand Beast Body before the age of twenty..."

Listening to his companion's words, another tall and strong man nodded, but soon reminded:

"But now is not the right time. Although I don't know what the Queen is thinking all of a sudden, she actually took the initiative to open the examination venue to the public... But we still have to wait for the signal from Master Jim. It seems that he will need some time to prepare completely."

"I know, I'm just taking a look, yes... taking a look..."

Hearing the voice, the hunchbacked candidate looked at the silver-haired young man and licked his lips meaningfully.

“…Are they all gone?”

On the other side, in front of the main entrance of the church.

He stood with his hands behind his back, looking aloof and silent for a long time. After he felt that most of the projections in this illusion should have moved away from him, the silver-haired young man started to move again.

The pose he had just made was naturally meant for a certain blonde nun who must be looking at him in the projection now.

If nothing unexpected happens, the all-round close-up without blind spots is enough to capture anyone's heart.

And now, after dealing with the first phantom beast in this resurrection match illusion, the silver-haired young man does not intend to stop.

Although it has not been explicitly stated that killing the phantom beast will allow him to enter the main competition, but... the silver-haired young man who has already regarded this resurrection match as his own personal show will naturally find ways to continue to focus more cameras on himself.

Yes, next he planned to find more phantom beasts, and kill them one by one with the force of dimensionality reduction attack under the watchful eyes of everyone.

"Ok?"

However, just as the silver-haired young man crossed the street in front of the main entrance of the church and turned the next corner, he suddenly heard a scream in his ears. He frowned and turned to look in the direction of the sound.

"Kro! You beast, you dare to lead the corrupt to me, don't let me catch you..."

"Hahaha! The beast is talking about you, you traitor! Sister Man has really raised you for so many years in vain - come on, don't fantasize about making it to the finals. Today, let's go home hand in hand and roast sweet potatoes together -"

"Get lost! Don't come over here!"

Soon, the silver-haired young man caught sight of two candidates running wildly on the street, cursing each other.

Behind these two candidates were several corrupt officials whose true colors had been revealed.

If you observe more closely, you can see that the only one who is actually running away is the gray-haired candidate who is running in the front.

The white-haired young man following closely behind him was not so much running away as trying to trip him up, trying to slow down the gray-haired candidate and perish together with him.

Coincidentally, the silver-haired young man knew both of these candidates.

No, it’s not so much that I know him, it’s more like… I have an impression of him.

After all, whether it was the candidate with a tuft of white hair on his forehead or the candidate with gray hair next to him... they had all had close contact with him not long ago and even had a conflict with him.

Especially the white-haired young man.

Originally, after being disobeyed in public by a third-level bug, and now meeting again in this illusion that does not prohibit candidates from eliminating each other, the silver-haired youth Luke would definitely "crush" the other party to death without hesitation.

But now, recalling the scene in which the two men tried to stop him, the silver-haired young man has realized that these two bugs know the blonde nun.

Thinking of this, the murderous intent that had just emerged in the silver-haired young man's eyes was visibly restrained.

The silver-haired young man looked thoughtful as he glanced at the two third-level and one fourth-level corrupt beings chasing after the two men.

The next second, his legs were covered with dense black scales again. The silver-haired young man dodged and disappeared from the spot.

Then, just as the panicked gray-haired young man was knocked to the ground by the white-haired young man from behind and was entangled tightly, both of them suddenly felt their bodies lighten.

"……what?"

At this moment, the gray-haired young man, who was originally disheartened and was about to curse at the white-haired young man, was suddenly stunned.

After realizing that he was lifted up from the ground at the critical moment, he subconsciously looked at the other person.

The white-haired young man had the same reaction.

When the two of them were picked up and their eyes met with the silver-haired young man, they were all stunned.

Why would this silver-haired young man save them...?

***

"..."

In the conference room.

Su Wei quietly looked at the scenery in front of him.

To be precise, he was looking down at the trembling nun who was right in front of him.

At this moment, the bracelet on his right hand no longer made any sound.

Although Su Wei tried to verbally describe the situation of the resurrection match to the princess who was stuck in traffic more than ten minutes ago, it didn't take long before... the princess took the initiative to hang up the call.

After all... during that period of time, except for the silver-haired young man who took the initiative to conflict with the fantasy beast without understanding the situation of the illusion, the other candidates were extremely cautious.

In the subsequent projections, nothing worth describing happened.

There was nothing to say. Su Wei couldn't possibly describe the clothes and facial features of the candidates in the projection to the princess who didn't even know them, right?

For this reason, even though the princess was stuck in traffic, she still took the initiative to hang up the call.

However, before hanging up, Su Wei could clearly hear that the princess was in a good mood.

In this way, Su Wei could finally feel relieved.

The projection on the wall once again broadcast the scene of the silver-haired young man confronting several corrupted creatures on the roof, but neither Su Wei nor the nun had the spare time to observe the latter's heroic posture.

"Then I will try my best."

Now, he no longer had to worry about the princess hearing any strange noises, and he finally had time to confirm with the nun who had just spoken so arrogantly... who exactly was the "trash" in question.

"No... no need to try so hard..."

After the voice fell, Su Wei was responded by the cautious voice of the nun: "Actually, actually I just wanted to... woo?!"

But this time, the nun's words quickly came to an abrupt end.

Then, as Su Wei slightly raised his head and looked at the ceiling with increasingly unsteady eyes, a red exclamation mark appeared again in his field of vision.

【Ding! 】

[Contacting "Biyi" and seizing its protection——]

I don’t know why, it has always appeared before, but now as the whole room becomes quiet again, the red exclamation mark suddenly starts to flash violently.

【Ding! 】