Cohabitation with Sword Spirit-Chapter 199 - 169: Operation (Double-Length)

December 25, 2017

In the Aozora Martial Arts Arena, Wang Jiu finally brought Shen Qingming to face her first true opponent in every sense.

Shan Heqiu.

This match attracted quite a large audience, and when Wang Jiu piloted the warmed-up Shen Qingming into the arena, they saw that the surrounding seats were all filled to capacity. Even a vast number of spectators had bought standing and hanging tickets, crowding many areas like sardine cans, sharing the friction and heat with one another.

Even though this arena was just the inconspicuous seventh sub-arena, and even though at the same time, the championship favorite Qian Ye was making his debut in the main arena number one, it was evident that people were more concerned about the girl who created a miracle in the opening battle.

When Wang Jiu piloted Shen Qingming into everyone's sight in the arena, one could clearly hear the deafening cheers coming from all directions like a mountain or a tsunami.

"Come on, Shen Qingming! I've bet all my possessions on you being defeated in seconds! Don't let us down!"

"You little bitch, go die! Our Mr. Wang Jiu fan club will never forgive you!"

"Ugly woman, why haven't you committed suicide yet? Hurry up and do it!" 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

"Shen, you scum, I ￥#￥#%@#￥... What are you doing? I bought a ticket to enter, who are you to expel me!? Am I not allowed to curse with my first-class premium ticket!? Where did you get such big rules here in QingCyan Cloud yun City? I want to see your leaders, I want to complain, I want to... Ah ah!"

...

For a moment, Shen Qingming's breath was stagnant. If not for Wang Jiu controlling her entire body and restraining the flow of her Qi Blood, she feared she might truly be enraged to the point of exploding by this thousand-man's criticism. But since getting to know the Celestial Divine Sword in May, being angry had become commonplace for the girl. After a moment, she calmed down and said humorously to Wang Jiu in her mind, "I didn't expect you to be so popular. I, the idol of the QingCyan Cloud, was just eliminated by you in the first round, and now I've really become a rat in the street."

Wang Jiu said, "This is a typical case of selective persecution delusion. If you listen carefully, there are actually more people here wishing you well. You just actively chose to listen to the malicious voices."

As he spoke, Wang Jiu utilized the True Essence within the girl's body to convert it into a simple Sound Filtering Technique, isolating those abusive voices outside.

The girl immediately heard a different kind of roaring cheers.

"Little Sister Spirit Cat, you must win! I've always been your supporter!"

"Shen Qingming, I love you! Love your whole family, and your whole family loves you!"

"Little Sister Qingming, I want to have your children! And... What are you doing!? I bought a ticket to enter, on what grounds are you expelling me?!"

Shen Qingming was silent for a while, then shook her head self-deprecatingly and said, "Indeed, even though there are so many supporters, I only heard the malicious voices. It's probably because I'm already used to being agreed with, but can't accept others' opposition. It seems my mindset cultivation is really lacking. I'll leave this competition to you, Ah Jiu."

"Naturally, I said I would help you win the championship, and I won't break my word."

Shortly after Wang Jiu piloted Shen Qingming into the competition area, on the other side of the arena, Shan Heqiu also walked over slowly from the registration point.

This was an unremarkable young man whose height, stature, facial features, and even demeanor had no outstanding traits, the typical passerby type that can't be recognized in a crowd, and even his True Essence Fluctuation was faint, exuding the aura of a weakling.

Shen Qingming observed Shan Heqiu seriously for a while and said, "This guy is really good at pretending. If you hadn't just told me about his background, I couldn't have imagined this guy was an upper-level expert..."

Wang Jiu said rather seriously, "He's not pretending, but has pushed his cultivation technique and family-heritage magical treasures to the extreme to create the illusion of weakness. The Thunderous Power in his body has transformed from intangible to tangible, condensing a Thunder Pool within him, thus the speed of his True Essence circulation is slower than usual. In fact, with this posture, he intends to go all out."

"Just like he instantly defeated his first-round opponent just now?"

Not long ago, when Wang Jiu was playing Shan Heqiu's data for Shen Qingming, Shan Heqiu used the Thunderous Unmoving Body in the first-round match to defeat an early-stage Cloud Surge Realm opponent with exceptionally sharp defensive counterattacks. That keen timing and formidable power during defensive counterattacks left a deep impression on Shen Qingming.

"That was just a diversionary tactic, making people mistakenly believe that his trump card was a defensive counterattack strategy to hide his true ace. But this round, he looks like he intends to go all out right from the start," Wang Jiu said. "Later, your body might experience a heavy load."

"Manipulate as you please, anyway, I've been bedridden most of the time since meeting you..."

Shen Qingming's resigned words made Wang Jiu feel a deep sense of agreement.

Piloting a mere Wind-Rising Realm mount to face an all-out, fully armed mid-to-late-stage Cloud Surge Realm expert is very challenging without paying some price. After all, this Shan Heqiu isn't as amiable as Li Wanqing was during practice.

However, from a different perspective, as long as one is willing to pay a price, Shan Heqiu is nothing to Wang Jiu.

——

On the other side of the arena, Shan Heqiu appeared more solemn than ever before.

The energy in the Thunder Pool within his body was about to overflow, countless electric snakes writhing in the void, stimulating the flesh, blood, and meridians around him, even his intangible Divine Sense, causing his whole body to tingle slightly and his mind to fall into a state of chaos.

Though seemingly in a dire state, his full-force explosion in this posture was extraordinarily terrifying.