Chapter 95 : Chapter 95

Chapter 95. Overwhelming Them with Top-tier Equipment and Calling It Cheating? So what? Go File a Complaint!

“What? No, wait. Phoenix Team already lost two people just like that? Is this not a little absurd?”

“Damn! That is the divine might of a ninth-rank Magical Artifact. Just now, when those two from Phoenix Team were sent flying, I could not even see it clearly. That golden light was so blinding I could not even open my eyes.”

“Spark Team’s fighting style is disgusting. This is not fair at all. They are simply crushing the other side with weapons and equipment.”

“Not only that, but the two members of the Spark Team with sixth-realm strength have not even made a move yet.”

“What? No way. Is the Phoenix Team really going to lose? I bet my entire fortune on the Phoenix Team winning. Damn it, give me my money back!”

“...”

After that brief silence, the entire arena erupted in uproar over the outrageous result of Spark Team eliminating two members of Phoenix Team in less than ten minutes.

From the stands, Jiang Yichen nodded slightly and could not help praising them. “Quite clever.”

“Man, you cheated!” Jiang Feng, seated nearby, was the one who panicked. “Using ninth-rank Magical Artifacts in the preliminary round is fundamentally unfair!”

The moment Jiang Feng said that, the nearby spectators also became indignant.

“That is right, Young Master Jiang. You are clearly destroying the fairness of the league. Who starts a preliminary match with equipment of such a ridiculous level?”

“I am going to appeal to the League Chairman. There is no fairness in this match at all.”

“Exactly. I support that!”

“...”

Some of the spectators who had bet on Phoenix Team to win began protesting in a fit of hotheaded outrage.

【Ding! A Slacker Choice has been triggered.】

【Option One: Faced with everyone’s accusations, you patiently explain things to them and help them understand you. Reward: the title “Mr. Explainer.”

Option Two: Faced with these unreasonable accusations, you take it easy and ignore them. After all, you did not violate any rules, so why bother with them? Reward: “Low-grade Slacker Gift Pack.”

Option Three: Faced with these baseless accusations, which deny your team’s hard-earned results, fight magic with magic, keep yourself in a pleasant mood, dispel your unhappiness, and maintain a healthy slacker mindset. Reward: “Advanced Slacker Gift Pack.”】

Looking at the three options before him, Jiang Yichen smiled faintly.

The members of Spark Team had trained from morning until deep into the night for an entire month, and these people still dared to question them?

His gaze swept across the crowd as he folded his arms over his chest and said, “Do the league rules say that ninth-rank Magical Artifacts are forbidden in the preliminary round? No, they do not.”

“So what is the problem with me giving them to Spark Team? You can use them too. Oh... does Phoenix Team not have any? Tsk, tsk.”

Smiling, he looked at his younger cousin Jiang Feng.

Jiang Feng was instantly rendered speechless, his face flushing red with frustration, utterly unable to refute him.

The surrounding spectators were left just as speechless.

After all, the Team League had been held for thirty seasons, and not once had any team ever used a ninth-rank Magical Artifact. Even eighth-rank ones were exceedingly rare.

That was why the rules had never imposed an upper limit on weapons.

Well... Young Master Jiang did not seem to be wrong after all.

“Man, you...” Jiang Feng’s face was red, overcome with the suffocating frustration of having anger he could not vent.

Jiang Yichen said flatly, “If you are not even equipping Phoenix Team with ninth-rank Magical Artifacts, then what are you playing the Team League for?”

“Take a piece of advice from your elder brother. If you cannot afford to play, then do not play.”

At those words, Jiang Feng’s eyes widened, and his chest rose and fell sharply.

Damn it!

Was a ninth-rank Magical Artifact something that could simply be handed out whenever one pleased?

Weapons of that level were so precious that even the state had to store them with great care, while top great families treated them as clan-protecting treasures.

As the young master of the family, he had only seen them a few times. He had never even used one himself.

And Jiang Yichen expected him to equip Phoenix Team with ninth-rank Magical Artifacts?

Jiang Feng was breathing heavily with anger. He had never imagined that, just to ensure Jiang Yichen’s victory, Jiang Zhentian would hand over the Jiang Family’s ninth-rank Magical Artifacts to him.

Other than Jiang Zhentian giving them to him, Jiang Feng could not think of any other way Jiang Yichen could possibly have obtained such treasures.

Winning by relying on weapons and equipment, yet still looking so pleased with himself.

Man, you are far too arrogant.

Jiang Feng stood up and stormed off in anger. He then took out his phone and sent a message to his father.

“Father, make the League Chairman revise the rules. Ninth-rank Magical Artifacts cannot be allowed. I still have Huaxia’s number-one Yanhuang Team. I can definitely defeat Jiang Yichen’s team.”

In the VIP section, Jiang Dongnian frowned slowly after receiving his son’s message.

Trying to revise the rules after the competition had already begun would likely be no easy matter.

But from the looks of this match, if the rules were not changed, then Spark Team really might steamroll its way to the championship through superior equipment alone.

Jiang Dongnian turned his head toward Zhou Mingyuan, only to find the latter staring at him with cold eyes full of accusation.

“...” Jiang Dongnian gave Zhou Mingyuan a look, telling him not to worry. He had a way.

In truth, neither of them had expected that, under an overwhelming gap in the realm, Spark Team would still manage to turn the tables through top-tier equipment.

The Phoenix Team had now been reduced to only three members. Not only were they at a disadvantage, but the two strongest members of Spark Team had yet to make a move.

It was already a certain defeat.

Jiang Dongnian and Zhou Mingyuan exchanged a look and slowly rose to their feet. There was no longer any point in watching the rest of the match.

Seeing the sour expressions on their faces, Shen Qingyue instantly felt somewhat more at ease.

That little rascal, where did he get those ninth-rank Magical Artifacts from? Could Zhentian have secretly given them to him? she wondered.

After all, the Jiang Family’s ninth-rank Magical Artifacts could only be used with the permission of the family head.

A smile touched her lips. No matter what, as long as her son could win, that was enough.

Beside her, Tang Wuji glanced at his second son and nodded in approval. “He still has a bit of brains after all. That is rather surprising.”

“Wuji, have you noticed that Xingchen and Xiaolong have changed tremendously over this past month?” Chu Ningfeng looked down at the arena and sighed in admiration.

Over the last month, Chu Xingchen’s progress had been nothing short of astonishing. He had started at the fourth level of the fourth realm, yet in only one month, he had broken through into the Grandmaster realm.

He found it utterly incomprehensible. That speed of progress was simply beyond anything he could understand.

And the beginning of it all had been when Chu Xingchen joined Jiang Yichen’s Spark Team.

Chu Ningfeng narrowed his eyes slightly and turned his gaze toward Jiang Yichen in the audience, his curiosity unmistakable.

Tang Wuji also nodded. “More than tremendously. Ever since Xiaolong joined Spark Team, his performance in the martial path has been downright shocking.”

“Madam Shen, just how did Yichen train Xiaolong? Why has his realm advanced so quickly?”

Shen Qingyue looked somewhat embarrassed.

She had no idea either.

“If you want to know, you can go take a look at Spark Team’s training base.”

At that moment, Su Zhan stepped in to smooth things over, a faint smile on his face.

The training base?

Tang Wuji and Chu Ningfeng silently committed that to memory.

Shen Qingyue also became curious and decided to visit after the match ended.

On the arena platform.

Tang Long dropped onto the ground with a thump, his face deathly pale, looking as though he had been completely drained.

Using that ninth-rank golden shield with full force just now had nearly emptied him out.

Chu Xingchen helped him up and handed him two Top-grade Pills.

But Tang Long looked utterly resistant. “I am not eating them. I am seriously sick of eating pills. I will recover by myself.”

Chu Xingchen ignored him and stuffed them straight into his mouth. “I have two left. Digest them.”

Tang Long looked like he wanted to cry but had no tears.

For the past month, he had been forced to consume two thousand Top-grade Pills every single day. Brother Yichen had demanded that he finish every last one of them, and he really had eaten until he wanted to vomit.

And whenever Chu Xingchen and Su Linyu could not finish theirs, they would stuff those into his mouth too.

Even pigs were not fed like this. It was downright murderous.

“Captain Huang, is there any point in continuing?”

Nearby, Su Linyu slowly closed the Vermilion Bird Feather Fan and looked up at Huang Lu in the air, her face unusually serious.

“Cap... Huang Lu, just surrender. If I fall asleep, you will stand even less of a chance.” Sleep God stepped forward and half-opened his eyes as he advised her in a weary tone.

Huang Lu’s arm trembled slightly, and her expression grew incredibly complicated.

Sleep God had once been one of her team members. She knew better than anyone how terrifying he became after falling asleep. Back then, even she had only barely managed to suppress him.

If they continued, defeat would be certain.

Huang Lu slowly loosened her clenched hand, her face full of dejection. “Sleep God, were those ninth-rank Magical Artifacts given by Young Master Jiang?”

Sleep God nodded slightly, his expression touched. “Captain, I told you long ago that Boss is a very good person. If you had not left, we really could have won the championship together.”

Huang Lu froze slightly. Scarlet fire feathers drifted down from her crimson wings as she slowly turned to look at the championship trophy high above the arena.

From the day Phoenix Team was founded until now, she had fought in the league for four years. Every moment of those four years, she had dreamed of leading her team to lift that championship trophy.

Last season had been the closest she had ever come, yet because Young Master Jiang had made Phoenix Team deliberately lose to Yanhuang Team, the championship had slipped through her fingers.

She had hated him for it, yet there had been nothing she could do. She had only been an employee under Young Master Jiang.

But now, after leaving with her team, she had been defeated by a team Young Master Jiang had assembled in only one month.

No matter how many excuses she found, she had still lost.

A miserable smile appeared on Huang Lu’s face, filled with regret and helplessness.

“Sleep God... I have lost.”