Part 4
Jia Qingwan glanced at them, withdrew her gaze, and looked at the engravings on the source weapon in her hand.
Jia Qingwan: “…”
Jia Qingwan: “…?”
Jia Qingwan: “Wait, what!?”
Jia Qingwan suddenly remembered Yun Yingzhiâs shifty, suspicious, and extremely guilty gaze from not long ago.
Jia Qingwan: “…”
After a thought, Jia Qingwan sent a private message to Yun Yinghui: [?]
Yun Yinghui replied: [Whatâs wrong?]
Jia Qingwan: [Yinghui, I think you really have a misunderstanding of your brother.]
Yun Yinghui: [What happened to Zhizhi?]
Jia Qingwan paused, then after a sigh of realization, she sent: [I think the publicâs gaze is correct.]
Yun Yinghui: [What?]
Jia Qingwan: [Baby Yingzhi truly is a fighter jet running on the front lines.]
Yun Yinghui: [Don’t talk nonsense, Zhizhi isn’t.]
Jia Qingwan: “…”
Time slowly slipped away, and in the blink of an eye, it was finally ten o’clock.
Jia Qingwan entered the appraisal site.
The appraisal site was an open-air arena.
A commentator wearing the Xingyao Competition uniform began to explain the weapon’s grade and skill effects.
The appraisal of a defense-type weapon was conducted via an attack method, where energy was channeled into an output device to test the weapon’s ultimate defense threshold based on the output values.
The commentator spoke incessantly.
A crowd of people in the live stream room sent chat messages.
[Just listening to the explanation, I feel like Red Peony Big Brother is really amazing!]
[Me too. If my teammates had such a source weapon, I think I would feel exceptionally at ease.]
Suddenly, Jia Qingwan interrupted the commentator.
The commentator was stunned and looked at Jia Qingwan with a confused gaze.
[?]
[Why did she interrupt the explanation?]
[More than that, I find this quite interesting. Red Peony Big Brother can’t be seen, and even the warriors he invited are especially unable to be seen.]
The follow-cam drones captured the appraisal site perfectly.
Jia Qingwan looked at the commentator and said, “I am the tester specifically invited by A13167.”
Under everyoneâs gaze, she continued: “As a tester, I have the responsibility and the obligation to present the source weapon he manufactured to everyone in the most comprehensive way possible.”
The commentator paused and said, “Yes.”
Jia Qingwan gave a slight nod and continued in her pleasant voice, “Therefore, I hope to conduct the test in the form of a team battle.”
Commentator: “…”
The commentator was momentarily dazed.
She had worked for the Xingyao Competition for so long, yet this was the first time she had encountered a warrior making such a request.
Jia Qingwanâs aura was imposing. “I believe that only by conducting the appraisal in a team battle can the skill effects of this source weapon be fully demonstrated.”
The commentator felt that the warrior before her was very assertive and particularly difficult to deal with.
Looking at the live room’s chat, many people were full of interest and frequently requested the commentator to agree to Jia Qingwanâs request.
The commentator said, “Please wait a moment, I will ask the organizers.”
Not long after, the commentator looked at Jia Qingwan and asked, “Then, how many people do you think would be suitable for the team battle? Is it 5v5, or…”
Jia Qingwan said directly, “Letâs go with 25v25.”
The commentator had a bewildered face.
Jia Qingwan added, “100v100 is fine too.”
The live room chat exploded.
[Hahaha, Iâm dying of laughter. Did you see the commentatorâs dazed look?]
[So looking forward to it!]
[How strange, why are there so many people here compared to the other rooms?]
[Is there actually someone who doesn’t know Red Peony Big Brother?]
The commentator immediately said, “No, I think 25v25 is just right!”
Jia Qingwan: “…Fine then.” Her voice was full of a “thatâll do” sentiment.
It had to be said that the Xingyao Competitionâs efficiency was very high.
From the moment Jia Qingwan made the request to the approval and the invitation of combatants, it took less than fifteen minutes in total.
Suddenly, fifty warriors appeared in the appraisal arena.
The warriors were split into two teams, with twenty-five people in each team.
The commentator said, “Both teams will now be given ten minutes to get to know their teammates.”
Following the commentatorâs words, the two teams engaged in heated discussions.
During the discussion, the twenty-five warriors on the opposing team frequently shifted their gazes to Jia Qingwan, their eyes full of wariness toward the source weapon in her hand.
On Jia Qingwanâs side, she was clearly the center.
Jia Qingwan said, “As soon as the battle starts, I will use the strongest defense skill.”
Her teammates nodded.
Jia Qingwan added, “You just focus on attacking.”
The others looked at each other, somewhat confused. Since they were testing the defense-type source weapon in Jia Qingwanâs hand, was there really a need for them to attack? Shouldn’t the purpose of their participation be to serve as weak, helpless background characters protected by the defense weapon?
Until this moment, that was what they thought. However, that didn’t stop them from agreeing to Jia Qingwanâs request.
Ten minutes passed quickly.
After the commentator gave the shout of “Battle start,” the warriors on both sides moved in unison.
Jia Qingwan didn’t hesitate at all and directly activated the source weaponâs strongest defense skill. Instantly, the entire appraisal arena was shrouded by a Defense Fortress condensed from water.
Layer upon layer of water curtains covered the sky and the earth, the blue water curtains meandering and flowing like the most beautiful piece of art.
In this battle, Jia Qingwan seized the initiative. Before the twenty-five enemy warriors could even react, she directly dropped the fortress, suppressing them.
In the chat, a group of people didn’t understand and sent questions.
[Wait, isn’t defense supposed to be about blocking? Can’t you only defend after someone else attacks?]
[No one has even launched an attack yet. Why did that young lady use a defense skill directly? And a large-scale one at thatâisn’t that a waste of energy?]
[Isn’t she being too cowardly? Defending first just to avoid being attacked?]
Amidst everyoneâs confusion, Jia Qingwan issued the command: “Attack!”
Following her words, her teammates immediately launched attacks at the opposing warriors.
The passive engravings were activated, and so…
Everyone witnessed the following scene.
The attacks from Jia Qingwan and the others swept directly toward the enemy warriors, while the attacks launched by the enemy warriors within the Defense Fortress were directly blocked by wave after wave of Defensive Water Curtains.
The ubiquitous water, stacked layer upon layer, reduced their attack power wave after wave.
What made everyone feel even more speechless was that because of their special nature, these water curtains clearly didn’t consume much energy.
[I suddenly realized the key point. Although the skill the lady is using is a defense skill, looking at the way theyâre fighting now, this is clearly a cage to trap the enemy!]
[The people inside the cage can’t get out even if they want to, and if they try to attack, theyâll be swallowed by the layers of water.]
[Just putting myself in the enemyâs shoes makes this kind of battle feel so suffocating. Water-type defense can actually be this powerful!]
[This is the first time Iâve realized that a defense-type ability can be used like this. Is this really not an attack skill? Look, these water curtains don’t block the attacks from their own side, but they perfectly intercept all the enemyâs attacks.]
[The commentator said that this isn’t the ladyâs control; itâs the effect of the passive engravings. All I can say is, as expected of a source weapon manufactured by Red Peony Big Brother, whose head is full of combat!]
In the live stream, the battle continued.
Without surprise, the opposing team was in steady retreat.
Jia Qingwanâs team pressed their advantage, and the enemy warriors were divided by the Defense Fortress, trapped in different water cages, looking particularly wretched.
Jia Qingwanâs eyes flickered. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the eighteen testing dolls in the open-air arena.
She endured it, but eventually, she couldn’t help herself and walked toward the testing dolls.
She felt that she had to present this source weapon in its entirety to everyone to do justice to it.
Some people on her own team looked at her with confused gazes.
[What is she doing?]
[You don’t need testing dolls for a defense-type weapon appraisal, do you?]
[I just looked at the data for this weapon released by the competition. I can only call it the strongest defense-type source weapon design conceptâperfectly linked and exceptionally powerful!]
Under everyoneâs confusion, Jia Qingwan activated the eighteen testing dolls.
Jia Qingwan issued the command to enter Level 7 testing mode.
At this moment, the entire testing ground was incredibly beautiful.
The Defense Fortress with its flowing ice-blue water curtains, the various colorful abilities blooming within the water, and the waves rising and falling as the water currents overlapped.
Water could be considered one of the most beautiful skills.
By this time, the enemy warriors had all been wiped out.
[This tester is so powerful. She must have a lot of energy to keep the Defense Fortress going until now.]
[Setting that aside, I want to know what sheâs trying to do now.]
Soon, everyone knew what Jia Qingwan wanted to do.
In that instant, all the water within the Defense Fortress directly swept up the eighteen testing dolls, and then…
The water curtains stacked layer upon layer.
The testing dolls broadcasted:
[-10] [-30] [-70]
The values were still accumulating.
[Wait, this is a defense-type weapon?]
[A Level 6 weapon using eighteen testing dolls at once, and the output has already reached the peak value of Level 7.]
Next, they saw a follow-cam drone accidentally wander into the range of the water curtains. In that instant…
The drone was instantly shredded within the water layers.
[It must be water pressure!]
[I think itâs deep-sea water pressure!]
[Itâs more than thatâthis water also has devouring and destructive properties. Look closely, those dense water currents are all tiny whirlpools. That droneâs wreckage has been completely swallowed up!]
[How terrifying!]
Along with the chat messages, almost simultaneously, the eighteen testing dolls gave the same feedback.
[Output exceeds Level 7 limit. Proceed to the next level for re-testing?]
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