Lantern Sister is still very capable.

Chapter 226: Admit Defeat

At the critical moment, sparks flew as Chu Deng opened her mouth and spewed out scorching flames, blocking Zero's attempt to press her advantage. The collision of ice and fire created layers of mist, mixed with the blood she had just spat out. As ice spikes fell from the sky and struck her, bursts of blood mist dispersed, obscuring everyone's vision.

Chu Deng took the blow from the high-level superhuman without hesitation, leaving everyone who witnessed it deeply shocked.

"Did I lose?" Death murmured, gazing at the blood mist on the screen, and said with self-reproach, "I am not as good as her."

He Feiquan didn't say anything, just quietly watched the competition.

"Can we still fight? Nuwa isn't responding."

"Zero Degree did not stay behind. I just saw that the ice cone changed shape when it hit the ground, and each one was covered with ice spikes."

"Judging from the amount of bleeding, the injury is quite serious. Even if he can still fight, he probably won't last much longer..."

"If all you can do is talk bad news, then you only have that little insight."

Sunflower overheard the people around her discussing the situation inside and clicked her tongue. If Chu Deng only had that much ability, he wouldn't have been able to create the blood mist to confuse Zero Degree's vision. He must have a backup plan.

Zero squinted, silently counting in her mind. As long as Chu Deng lost his ability to move for one minute, Nuwa would announce the end of the competition.

...19, 20, 21...35...

The sound of sharp weapons cutting through the air suddenly rang out, like a sharp sword cleaving through the mist. When it was clear, several ice spikes had already crossed the mist and were heading towards zero degrees.

"Click——"

He recovered in just thirty-five seconds... Before Zero could even be shocked, he saw Chu Deng constantly changing positions in the air, stepping on the flying ice spikes, gradually approaching him.

Zero quickly dodged the ice spikes. As the battle progressed, both of them had very little ability left. Chu Deng had just been overwhelmed by him and was seriously injured. Even though she was skilled in combat, Zero was not afraid of close combat at this moment.

Where did she learn fighting? Before Zero could think any further, Chu Deng had already closed in, kicking the end of the ice spike, which hurtled straight toward Zero.

There was only one. He turned slightly to dodge it, but found that the ice spike was covered in cracks just before it got close to him, and it shattered right in front of him.

The shattered ice shards had a wider attack range, and Zero was caught off guard, momentarily blinded, with the corner of his eye being scratched by the rapidly flying ice shards.

Blood flowed down the corner of his eye, looking like a tear of blood.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Chu Deng approached Zero Degree, and the two clashed again. Zero Degree blocked Chu Deng's arm as she swung it down. Realizing that Chu Deng wasn't very strong and was also at her limit, Zero Degree couldn't help but say, "Why don't you just admit defeat now? You're still young. You can wait for another chance."

He was unaware of the bet on the Level 5 Fire Crystal Core. He Feiquan only told Chu Deng, the person involved, about it. He thought that if Chu Deng couldn't pass the internal test and told the other Level 4 Ability Users in advance, it would be a bad thing whether she was forced to participate or was blamed by everyone for being less skilled and causing the Level 5 Crystal Core to be lost.

Chu Deng raised an eyebrow. "You're the one who should admit defeat."

As soon as she finished speaking, Zero felt that her aura had completely changed. Her whole body reeked of blood, and sparks of crimson fire could be seen emerging from the wounds on her body.

Chu Deng swung her hand back in the air, and crimson flames appeared. The blazing flames had no shape, but she grabbed them and swung a scythe toward Zero Degrees.

what? !

Zero was surrounded by crimson flames. The flames were invisible, but it was as if his neck had been severed by a scythe. When his head fell off, the cut on his neck was clean, the skin and flesh at the edges were charred black, and the blood was sizzling as it evaporated from the high temperature.

Zero's head fell to the ground, his eyes fixed on the flaming scythe in Chu Deng's hand. His body, which had been standing still, moved. He raised his hands, as if he wanted to touch the scythe Chu Deng was holding.

Nuwa appeared out of thin air, flicked her snake tail in the air, and announced the end of the competition.

[Match 1, Zero Degrees vs. Lighthouse, Lighthouse wins!]