Star Dome Railway, I am surrounded by strange things!

However, at this moment, Xing suddenly stood still and straightened his back, using his shield to withstand all attacks from the incoming automatic robots.

Just as everyone in the audience was wondering what she was going to do, a passionate piece of music suddenly sounded, and Xing suddenly took out another ether coin, struck a very strange pose, and shouted:

"Forbidden Summoning! Summon the ethereal spirit of others for your own use. Come out, Bubbles!"

Oops, I've Been Caught by a Fool!: Chapter 142: Surprise Reversal

Of course, there are no forbidden summons in the Aether Front, at least not in this version.

After Silver Wolf finished using Bubble, he returned it to Xing. As for the coin Xing took out, it was really just a coin. However, this did not prevent Bubble, a BUG-level pet, from instantly turning the tide of the battle with its ability to fight and heal as soon as it appeared.

At this time, Gui Naifen's automatic robot also showed its biggest weakness - it was not very intimidating to the real strong.

Even if Xing clearly stated, "I'm going to take all my attacks and crush your Ether Spirit first," Gui Naifen had no way of causing any damage to the opponent before breaking his Flame Shield.

As a result, Xing, despite the self-detonation of the submarine-explosive mecha and the continuous standing long jumps of the "Grizzlies", forcibly controlled the etheric spirits such as Bubble to defeat all of Gui Naifen's etheric spirits and kill her alive, ending this dark duel in an outcome that no one had expected.

"this is okay too?"

"This is too dark! Just force it?"

"The Dark Mage? The legendary king of endurance!"

Even if it was completely different from everyone's imagination, everything was reasonable, which was the law of the Dark Duel. Soon, Jimi's passionate commentary echoed throughout the venue:

"The winner of this duel——"

"The ultimate winner of this interstellar final celebration——"

"Another champion who will attract the attention of the entire galaxy has been born!"

"She is our Dark Duel King, Miss Star from the Star Train!"

Amidst thunderous applause and cheers, Xing was about to leave the stage after posing as a winner for a long time, but suddenly, the elevator started again, and a figure that no one had expected appeared on the stage again.

"Mr. Giovanni? The competition is over! There shouldn't be any resurrection rounds this year..."

Facing this masked fool with "dark secrets" written all over his face, Xing doesn't think this guy is a reasonable person.

However, she didn't want to have another resurrection match here for no apparent reason. She didn't have a script, so she couldn't just charge at him with her flaming spear and stab him!

Facing Xing's vigilant gaze, Giovanni turned around without a care in the world and said loudly to the audience:

"How can the best banquet be without surprises and twists?"

"How can the best banquet have only spectators?"

"Now, it's time for you to face your final and true challenge. A powerful lady is about to challenge you, everyone present!"

After that, the big screen of the stadium was hijacked again and again, and the picture instantly jumped to the Eternal Winter Ridge covered with ice and snow.

In the scene, the ice-sculpted antimatter legions, supposedly dormant, awakened one after another, inexplicably transforming into ethereal spirits. They knelt on the ground, swearing allegiance to their leader, who stood atop a large block of ice. In unison, they chanted the name of her order—Dark Hook. Then, the antimatter legion and ethereal spirits formed a formation across the snowy plains and marched towards the competition venue!

Satisfied with the shocked expressions of the audience, Giovanni raised his arms and said enthusiastically:

"In this ultimate challenge of dark duel, there will be no spectators. Only the victor will be reborn as life, while the loser will be forever transformed into an ethereal spirit. Guests of the feast, it's finally time for you to perform. Under the watchful eye of that master, bring this performance to a climax!"

Before the audience could digest Giovanni's words, a strange laugh came from nowhere, but resonated in everyone's heart. Suddenly, the entire venue was filled with a "symphony" composed of the sounds of countless objects falling and breaking.

Everyone was stunned to find that everything they held had instantly passed through their hands without any hindrance and fell directly to the ground. Even if they bent down to pick it up, they could no longer touch it, as if they had been completely exiled from the real world.

Looking at their bodies in fear as they gradually became translucent and even inexplicably light, Giovanni's words just now instantly echoed in everyone's heart.

Ether...spirit?

Have we all become ethereal spirits?

In an instant, countless screams of terror filled the entire arena. Strong and weak, protagonists and supporting characters alike, were equally shocked by this impending "final challenge."

"@＃￥%＆!" Jiang Yan blurted out curse words in a panic!

He had never imagined that this masked fool would go so far as to not only let the gods watch the fun, but even ask them to do it themselves? What merits did everyone have to let Aha do it himself?

More importantly, if they were merely transformed into ethereal spirits, they might still be able to find rare artifacts and ask for help from the Envoys to come up with a minimal solution. But if Star Howl's army truly resurrected, and Yalilo Six was destroyed by her, how could there be any resurrection match?

However, faced with such a desperate situation, Jiang Yan, a master of ruthlessness, instead ignited his fighting spirit.

Bastard, fight it! How can you have the nerve to call yourself a Luofu person if you are afraid of the Star God?

Without any time to discuss any countermeasures, Jiang Yan jumped up directly, using his flaming wings to pull out a long comet tail, and landed directly in front of the commentary desk. He kicked away the frightened Jimi who was as scared as a quail, and announced loudly through the radio:

"Please don't be nervous, this final challenge is a national experience event held to promote the Ether Front."

"Later, we will send everyone the same Ether Spirit combination as this year's champion, Miss Xing. Under Miss Xing's leadership, you will fight against the Ether Spirit Legion of the Dark Lord Hook, and experience the exhilarating feeling of being the champion!"

"Not only that, the top 100 players will also receive a surprise gift from the organizing committee of this tournament, as well as an autographed photo of the overall champion, Miss Xing."

"Please return to your seats quietly. The Ether coin distribution is about to begin! I repeat, please return to your seats quietly. The Ether coin distribution is about to begin!"

After saying all this, Jiang Yan quickly said to Prometheus in his heart:

"Quick! Prometheus, quickly replicate the star's ethereal spirit infinitely and project it into the shape of an ethereal coin, giving each audience member control over one!"

"Silver Wolf, come and help!"

Soon, the voice of the Silver Wolf came out from the arm:

"Well, since you helped me just now!"

Although he was reluctant, the excitement in Silver Wolf's tone was simply uncontrollable when he learned that he could fight against "Joy". In a blink of an eye, he asked Prometheus to pull him back along the network, and began to frantically copy and establish a human-computer interface in the private server he built.

This was the emergency plan Jiang Yan had come up with. He used Prometheus's huge storage space and the "private server" that had been set up long ago to allow all viewers to become players and link to this "private server". He then summoned endless "champion decks" to drown Hook's virtual pawns and ethereal spirit army!

Although he didn't know how Aha was going to play the game, Jiang Yan believed that if one wanted to win a game, the most important thing was to play by one's own rules!

Want to correct the rules? A Star God like you can't afford to play like that? Just kill me!

Jiang Yan won the bet. Even though he was talking to himself like this, Giovanni still didn't react at all. He just admired everything in front of him like a typical man of fun.

Soon, the audience was pleasantly surprised to see that ether coins magically appeared in their hands out of thin air, and just as the strange guy had said, they only needed to shout "Duel" to successfully summon the ether spirit summoned by the legendary champion, especially the dimensional piggy bank that had just shined brightly.

These magical coins really produced magical effects and soon calmed the situation down.

Even the most unsophisticated players wouldn't believe that a single tournament server could be crammed with tens of thousands of players and hundreds of thousands of Ether Spirits in the blink of an eye.

Even the most knowledgeable players wouldn't think that without any preparation, this guy who popped out of nowhere could conjure up countless Ether Spirits;

So...it turns out it was really a show effect!

Even though rationality still told all the audience that no mortal technology could turn everyone into ethereal spirits, the audience, whose judgment had been disrupted by one brutal incident after another, still mostly accepted everything they saw with doubt.

Right, without some dark twist, what’s the point of calling it a dark duel?

Didn’t you see that the Masked Fool didn’t deny it either?

What a great event! I was just feeling a bit unsatisfied after watching the finals! I can do it too! Now, I'm also a Legendary Endurance King!

At this moment, Jiang Yan's friends also came back to their senses:

"That's right, everyone follow me! Let's face the final challenge together!" Xing chose to trust Jiang Yan without hesitation. With the pace of a strong man, he took the lead and walked out of the venue along the passage.

Shajin and Topa also made the same choice. Instead of completely cutting ties with the competition team, they, in the name of the project leader, bluntly ordered the competition team to start fully guiding the audience to temporarily put away their etheric spirits, leave the venue in an orderly manner, and prepare to line up to meet the enemy.

With their endorsement, the audience gained more trust. After leaving the venue one by one, they quickly formed a long snake formation in the square outside the stadium, guided by the grating originally used to capture silver wolves, and in the order of their seats.

The "general" leading them was none other than Xing, who was striking a powerful pose in front of them, and Jiang Yan, who was amplifying his command using the resonance of imaginary force.

"Don't be nervous, just treat it as a group cosplay. The important thing is to participate. We haven't set it too difficult."

"Now, follow our champions and shout out the slogan calling for victory!"

"Duel! My turn!"

"Duel! My turn!"

"Now, let's summon the MVP of this tournament—Bubbles!"

"Come out, Bubbles!"

"Come out, Bubbles!"

Tens of thousands of bubbles instantly filled up most of the square, forming a sharp contrast with the virtual soldiers and ethereal spirits rushing down from the Eternal Winter Ridge with a large amount of wind and snow.

The notoriety of the Antimatter Legion resounded throughout the universe. If what was before them was not an ether spirit but a real body, everyone would have been scared out of their wits and would have wanted to escape from this galaxy immediately.

But even if they were ethereal spirits, these virtual soldiers couldn't be weak... A dimensional piggy bank versus an antimatter army? Could it possibly work? A huge question instantly popped up in countless people's minds.

However, to their surprise, the seemingly ferocious Antimatter Legion was completely vulnerable to this massive formation of ten thousand pigs. No matter how much health they lost, it was instantly replenished by countless bubbles. Tens of thousands of bubbles moved effortlessly into the empty space, crushing the vanguard Antimatter Legion directly.

"All troops attack!" Seeing the great victory, everyone's morale suddenly soared and everyone became excited.

Controlling the etheric spirits to beat down the antimatter army? This large-scale military formation is so much more exciting than individual competition! Charge, charge! This is simply unstoppable!

Of course, it was pure fantasy to expect a group of rabble to maintain their formation while moving. The long snake formation turned into a vertical snake formation in a blink of an eye. Fortunately, the opponent was also an equally matched opponent. The believers of "I have learned my operation, and all that's left is to A over there", a messy hedging battle soon broke out.

Fortunately, as long as too many heads are given away, the front line will naturally be blocked; as long as it is blocked, the bubbles will naturally pile up together; as long as they pile up together, the blood replenishment will naturally exhaust the opponent, break through the gap, and start the next round of long snake formation.

So under this extremely ugly but extremely exciting tactic of "less than ten thousand bubbles, invincible if more than ten thousand bubbles", everyone who turned into ether spirits rushed to the top of the Everwinter Ridge tirelessly and without any sense of hunger or thirst.

However, they were looking forward to a battle of the century, but they were shocked to find that the great demon who summoned countless ethereal spirits, the Lord "Dark Hook" chanted by the ethereal spirit of the virtual soldier, threw himself into Miss Xing's arms without any resistance:

"I knew it, I knew it! Honorary team member, you will definitely come back to see us...!"

As Hook threw himself into Xing's chest to wipe his tears, all the audience suddenly found that their bodies became heavy in an instant, and the snow under their feet had texture again.

So...we survived?

However, before they could begin celebrating ecstatically, the snowstorm at Everwinter Ridge gave them a strong sense of the reality of life:

"Freezing! Freezing to death!"

"I'm freezing! Can someone lend me a coat?"

"Help, help! I'm freezing!"

As ether spirits, they certainly didn't feel the cold, but after turning back into humans, they were almost blown away by the cold wind from the Eternal Winter Ridge. They were directly transformed from soldiers who were about to celebrate their victory into a group of quails forced to huddle together.

Fortunately, the Silver Mane Iron Guard rescue team, urgently dispatched by Bronya, arrived just in time, saving the Aether Front warriors, who had triumphed decisively over the Antimatter Legion, from being utterly wiped out in the freezing cold like their enemies. They were able to dress in their heavy winter clothes, bragging to each other as they descended the mountain contentedly, concluding this magical and unforgettable event.

Only Jiang Yan at this moment no longer had the leisure to care about the living conditions of the people around him.

At the moment when everyone "came back to life", his consciousness began to flow, fly, and roll rapidly, and finally arrived at a mysterious place beyond time and space.

A giant holding a bunch of masks in his hands and wearing a bunch of masks himself is "standing" in front of him, maybe looking at him, maybe not.

There were no words or movements. Jiang Yan could only hear the other party's laughter:

"Aha!"

Oops, I've been entangled by a fool! : Chapter 143 Transfer Payment

I was spotted by Joy?

If the Star God wasn't right in front of him, Jiang Yan simply couldn't believe that the God of Fun was actually interested in him.

In the universe, for any traveler on a destiny, the greatest honor is to be glanced at by a star god.

But Jiang Yan knew full well that even though he often did grueling things, his personality wasn't "joyful" at all. He was completely different from the down-to-earth, fun-loving type like Giovanni. Even if he did something truly impressive, what good would it do if he didn't stay on that path?

With doubt and confusion, Jiang Yan looked at the giant in front of him, but this action only resulted in the countless masks in the giant's hands shaking violently and laughing like crazy.

"What's so funny? Can you tell me about it?" Jiang Yan suddenly felt that while meeting this universally recognized psychopathic Star God was undoubtedly a huge honor, it probably wasn't a good thing.

Thinking about the appearance of those masked fools, although they might not have been normal people to begin with, it was clear that after receiving the blessing from the person in front of him, they were completely different from normal humans. I wonder if I will become like this soon... Thinking of this, Jiang Yan couldn't help but frown. But to be honest, he really didn't dare to interrupt the other party's performance. He could only wait quietly for the other party to finish laughing.

After a long time, Ah Ha, who was full of energy, finally slowed down his smile and lowered his head to move closer to Jiang Yan.

It was not until then that Jiang Yan discovered that this giant had no head at all, and the masks held by countless hands did not seem to be "looking" at him, but seemed to be looking at something farther away and more illusory. It seemed that what made it laugh was not itself, but some kind of joke that did not exist at this moment and did not exist here.

Suddenly, a crazy voice sounded in this space:

"A boring person does something interesting, an interesting person does something boring. Which one is more interesting? Which one is more boring? Who will win applause? Who will leave in disgrace?"

Jiang Yan didn't think he had the right to refuse to answer questions from the Star God, even if they came from a famous madman.

So, after a little thought, he replied:

"The former, after all, the former will bring surprises, while the latter will only bring regrets."

However, this answer did not seem to satisfy Aha. It suddenly became very sad and even whimpered in pain. Drops of "tears" enough to fill a bathtub fell from its non-existent head, soaking Jiang Yan into a drowned rat in a blink of an eye.

"I'm sad. Why are you so boring? And why are you so interesting?"

As he was speaking, the giant suddenly became happy. He clapped his hands that were holding the mask and laughed wildly again. "Although it's not what I want, it's what I want!"