"Bai Qingxue, now you see the gap between us, don't you?" Cao Chenghua looked across at Bai Qingxue and said with a smile. "This match was over before it even started. You never had a chance."
"Your only outcome is a crushing defeat!"
Bai Qingxue remained silent.
She had never expected Cao Chenghua to bring in someone as powerful as Canglang Zhantian as his outside helper.
Now the situation had spiraled beyond her control.
She had been counting on Xiong She to secure a win, and then as long as Yefeng won one more match, they would take the victory.
But now...
Two matches remained. Even if Yefeng won, the score would only be tied at two to two, and they had no more strong fighters left.
"Big Brother Yefeng, what's going on?" Ziyan Liuyun's eyes went wide as she watched Canglang Zhantian's almost magical attacks. "How does he know those techniques too?"
"Canglang Zhantian uses Eye of Observation and Two-Stage Acceleration with such mastery that Cao Chenghua most likely learned them from him." Only Shi Feng had kept his composure, and he explained in a measured tone.
Ziyan Liuyun suddenly understood.
But Shi Feng's words dealt an even heavier blow to Bai Qingxue and the others, and one by one they fell silent.
If the remaining Lingshe and Tengshe had also learned such techniques...
"Hahaha, your guesses are spot on. Both Lingshe and Tengshe can use them, and their proficiency is even higher than mine," Cao Chenghua laughed heartily when he noticed the expressions on Bai Qingxue's faces. "Now you know, Bai Qingxue. You have no chance of winning. And the two helpers you brought in are only level 22 outsiders. Even if they have some skill, how could they possibly compare to Lingshe and Tengshe, whose strength has increased dramatically? You should just concede now so you don't end up looking too pathetic."
Lingshe and Tengshe both turned their gazes to the remaining Shi Feng and Ziyan Liuyun, their eyes full of disdain.
"How boring. Our final opponents are them? I can't even test my skills properly," Tengshe sighed in disappointment. "If it were a fight against Bai Qingxue, maybe I could push myself a little."
"I've heard that this one called Yefeng is pretty capable. He was the first player to enter White River City and single-handedly defeated over a hundred people in the early days of the Divine Realm. He does have some ability — he should be enough to serve as a warm-up for you two." Cao Chenghua glanced at Shi Feng and said flatly.
"He's right. Don't underestimate that Yefeng," Canglang Zhantian spoke up. "I've seen his battle footage. Everyone's level was very low at the time, so it's hard to judge much, but from his movements I can tell he has considerable martial arts training. He hasn't mastered Eye of Observation yet, but you'd still better be careful when facing him."
After Canglang Zhantian had agreed to become Cao Chenghua's outside helper, he had barely spoken outside of their training sessions. So when he spoke now, it naturally drew everyone's attention.
"Him?" Lingshe looked at Shi Feng, who had no presence or pressure about him at all, and cracked a smirk. "Big Brother Canglang, you're overthinking it. We were personally trained by you. Some outsider like this? I can handle him easily on my own."
When Lingshe had first joined Cao Chenghua's side, he had no idea that so many martial arts techniques could be applied in the game Divine Realm. When Cao Chenghua had approached him, Lingshe had been dismissive and unwilling to join, believing that Bai Qingxue's combat techniques were what he wanted to pursue. But after facing Canglang Zhantian in a fight and being utterly destroyed, Lingshe finally realized he had been nothing more than a frog at the bottom of a well.
It was as if an ordinary, unremarkable person had suddenly met Superman one day.
Superman was just a human fantasy — science fiction that could never exist.
But now Lingshe was being told that such things were real. The shock had been enormous.
That was why Lingshe had joined Cao Chenghua's side without hesitation, and he had received special training from Canglang Zhantian, ultimately investing a massive amount of time and effort to master the secret technique Eye of Observation.