Online Game: Crazy Skeleton-Chapter 1288 - 1196: Third Encounter

Regarding this.

The higher-ups made a swift decision, whipping the horses to speed up the planning of advertising timeslots. They turned Su Ran’s martial contest into a prime advertising spot, arranging the ad times according to the amount of money invested. This was a goose that laid golden eggs, which absolutely couldn’t be wasted!

As for the players’ complaints, the game’s backend staff, even if they wanted to address the issues, simply couldn’t. They didn’t have the authority to forcefully intervene in the operation of the game. After all, Su Ran was playing the game by the rules and the game data was all normal. As long as the system didn’t detect any anomalies, their hands were tied.

In this case, all they could do was choose not to address the complaints. They’d simply turn a blind eye until this storm passed.

"Ugh, this woman is really generous, dying and even dropping her armor. She truly has the spirit of a man—so straightforward!"

Su Ran naturally picked up the armor. Fortunately, there wasn’t any lingering scent of body fragrance on the equipment; otherwise, how awkward would that be...

"Whoosh!"

This time, the system’s allocation of the time interval had significantly shortened. Su Ran had yet to express her astonishment when the next battle had already begun.

What Su Ran didn’t know was that because of her, the staff were almost run ragged, overtime work piling up just to handle the monstrous traffic generated by her battles. If Su Ran chose to log off at this moment, it wouldn’t be surprising if the staff broke down crying.

"Eh? You again?"

Su Ran was surprised to find that the player teleported in front of her was none other than Nian Nu Jiao, the same female player she had just beaten. This time she was wearing a light armor that looked fit to burst, clearly not as well-fitting as the previous one.

"You think I want to see you?"

Nian Nu Jiao’s face seemed a shade darker as she extended her fan-sized palm, clearly irritable, "Spilt Water Can’t Be Regained, I won’t fight you in the arena again. You’re toxic! Fighting and losing levels and equipment, do you know how hard it was to reach level 42? It’s infuriating!"

"Right, give me back my equipment now. I don’t want to talk to you!"

"Uh."

Su Ran scratched her head somewhat speechlessly. With nothing much to say, she quickly returned the equipment to keep the peace, lest this woman start holding a grudge against her—now that would be some drama.

Besides, the armor wasn’t anything extraordinary; returning it was no big deal.

True to her word, Nian Nu Jiao didn’t say another word after the trade was completed. She chose to surrender. It was as if she was avoiding the plague, which made Su Ran feel a bit embarrassed.

About a minute passed and the arena once again rippled as a player clad in fiery red emerged.

"Why is the time between battles getting shorter?"

Su Ran grew increasingly puzzled, feeling subconsciously targeted by the system. However, she couldn’t find substantial evidence, and she didn’t even notice who the opponent was.

"Overturning Water, we meet again."

North Mountain Evil Fire noticed that the black-robed, masked player in front of him wasn’t even giving him a glance. This bothered him. Sure, he had lost twice, but was that any reason to be ignored?

This was outright contempt!

Damn it!

"Huh? Oh, it’s you, brother Evil Fire. What a coincidence, we meet again."

It was only then that Su Ran came to her senses, looking at North Mountain Evil Fire and raising an eyebrow, "Seeing your current mood, you seem pretty pleased."

"Of course, I just slaughtered an elf archer, had quite a thrill!"

North Mountain Evil Fire, having brought up the topic, began to boast, "That guy might have a hidden profession and a decent attack speed, but he still couldn’t match my instant casting. I kept him under pressure the whole time; he had no chance to even lift his head!"

"Apart from you, this freak, I haven’t met any opponents worth noting with my speed-focused approach. But I’ve always believed in one thing, ’In the world of martial arts, speed is unbeatable!’"

North Mountain Evil Fire’s eyes blazed with fighting spirit as he confidently said, "You just rely on your Teleportation Skill, don’t you? As long as I can control the entire arena within my attack range, let’s see where you can run!"

"I really don’t know where you get your confidence from. You’ve lost twice and still haven’t been discouraged—got to say, I sort of admire that."

Su Ran felt this guy was being overly and curiously confident. Nian Nu Jiao, by comparison, was virtually incapable of smiling and at least knew when to give up, whereas this player in front of her didn’t seem to know the meaning of fear. If she didn’t kill him a few more times, he wouldn’t learn!

However, Su Ran hadn’t expected Banana to lose to this person and seemed a bit surprised.

"Your admiration is well-deserved. If you’re going to blame anything, blame my irresistible charm."

North Mountain Evil Fire made a move he considered very cool, smoothing his bangs, his lips curling into a smile, "Don’t expect me to pull any punches during the fight. I must avenge my previous death!"

"Whatever you like, as long as you’re happy."

Su Ran was lost for words hearing him speak, watching his battle-ready appearance, she didn’t have the heart to crush his spirit, standing still, awaiting the countdown to the duel.

"Swoosh!"

As soon as the system notification sounded, North Mountain Evil Fire once again demonstrated his fast nature. A fireball was launched in response, and he anxiously scanned his surroundings, eager to see where Su Ran would teleport this time.

However.

This time, Su Ran didn’t opt for Instant Movement, but instead took a step to the right, summoning Wang Cai after dodging the trajectory of the fireball.

"Damn, why’d you change your tactics this time?"

Frustrated that Su Ran had the opportunity to summon her pet, North Mountain Evil Fire held on to some hope since it was just a mongrel dog, probably not much of an impact. As long as he could control the situation in the arena, his chances of victory were still high.

"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!"

Several fireballs appeared again, deliberately arranged by North Mountain Evil Fire into an "X" shape, hurtling towards Su Ran at high speed. In his opinion, no matter how capable this mongrel dog was, it couldn’t possibly block all these fireballs!

By now, North Mountain Evil Fire had made up his mind to go all out in this duel, absolutely unwilling to give up the initiative!

No choice, the cost of dying was too great, losing an entire level, something nobody could bear.

What North Mountain Evil Fire didn’t expect was that the dog had no intention of blocking the fireballs. Instead, it dodged them and raced towards him at an alarmingly fast pace, catching him by surprise.

"Trying to use a pet to bind me? Nice calculation, but it’s no use!"

North Mountain Evil Fire didn’t take the mongrel seriously, quickly moving his feet to widen the gap between them, while still controlling the fireballs to attack Su Ran, who was now fleeing into the sky.

"A Platinum-grade pet useless? What a joke!"

Su Ran muttered under her breath, amused by the boy’s ignorance. To highlight Wang Cai’s power, she decided not to rush to summon her pet, fully focusing on dodging the incoming fireballs.

It had to be said that North Mountain Evil Fire did have some real skill, at least in terms of controlling his magic spells, she admitted she was no match for him.

"Woof woof!"

Wang Cai, having been contained for so long, finally had its chance to shine and wouldn’t pass it up so easily. Its speed unlocked to the fullest, it bolted forward. Just as it neared North Mountain Evil Fire, it activated a burst of speed, gaining sudden velocity and crashing into him with force, knocking him down to the ground.