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Like a tattered sack, Riesel was slammed down from mid-air by this powerful and unparalleled strike!
boom! ! !
The ground was smashed into a large crater again, and smoke and dust filled the air.
This time, there was no sound at all in the ruins.
On the enormous magic screen, cold words slowly appeared.
[Rice Phoenix: Exit]
Rias landed slowly on the ground. She shook her slightly numb hands, then gently, repeatedly, clenched her fists, making a crisp "crack" sound.
Chapter 145 The Target: Phoenix's Tears
The cold words "Exit" on the screen signaled the end of this farce.
In the spectator room, after a brief silence, an irrepressible excitement erupted.
"We won! Rias won!"
Nami jumped three feet high, almost shaking the calculator in her hand apart.
Shizuka Marikawa was so excited that her face turned red, and she hugged Rika Minami beside her, shouting and jumping.
"That was so cool! That combo was amazing! He was like an action star!"
Only Saeko Busujima remained seated, but the knuckles of her hand gripping the hilt of her sword were slightly white from the force, and her breathing was a few degrees more rapid than usual.
That wasn't excitement, that was longing.
It is an aspiration for that kind of fighting style that is brutal and purely violent.
Zhou Ye stood up, stretched, and his bones cracked and popped.
He calmly glanced at Rias, who was surrounded by her family members on the screen, and then at the group of excited girls around him.
"Time to warm up."
Zhou Ye flexed his wrists, his tone as calm as if he were saying, "It's time for dinner."
"If Lydia wins here, Sazex will likely test our strength, and the Phoenix family will probably make us fight in order to save face."
As soon as he finished speaking, a chilling fighting spirit rose up in the room.
Saeko Busujima followed, standing beside Zhou Ye. Her purple eyes held undisguised bloodlust and desire.
"So, is it possible to kill him, boss?"
Her voice was soft, yet it carried a murderous aura that seemed to freeze the air.
The moment this question was asked, the cheerful atmosphere in the room was instantly shattered.
Jill and Nanri Kaori's expressions turned serious.
If it were in the past, Zhou Ye would have nodded without hesitation.
If you dare to mess with him, be prepared to be uprooted.
But it's different now.
The future brother-in-law, Sirzechs, is still watching from the VIP audience room. Rias is, after all, a demon and the heir to the Gremory family.
He couldn't go too far and make things unmanageable, making things difficult for Rias in the Underworld later. (bdg)
"Hmm... I'm afraid that won't work."
Zhou Ye shook his head, rejecting Saeko Busujima's suggestion.
"This ranking game has a protection mechanism. Although there are occasional minor accidents, we have to give the Demon Lord face this time. It's easier to talk to him, and it will also make Rias look good."
Saeko Busujima's fighting spirit subsided somewhat, but it remained sharp.
She simply nodded and said nothing more; to her, the boss's orders were everything.
"I won't die..."
A voice filled with deep regret rang out.
Nami pulled out her precious calculator again at some point, and started pressing the buttons while muttering to herself.
Suddenly, as if she had thought of something, her eyes lit up with a flash of money symbols.
"If I don't die, then I can take the [Tears of Phoenix]!"
She suddenly raised her head and looked at Zhou Ye with shining eyes.
"Boss! That roast chicken prepared a drop of Phoenix's Tear for himself and all his followers in order to win against Lady Rias! When he fights us later, he'll definitely equip his followers with the same item to save face!"
Nami became more and more excited as she spoke, her calculator clicking away rapidly.
"Those are Phoenix's tears! Top-tier recovery potions that money can't buy! Whether we use them to research their immortality properties or sell them to a sucker, we'll make a fortune!"
Seeing Nami's greedy expression, before Zhou Ye could speak, Gil Valentine, who was standing to the side, spoke up with a smile.
She crossed her arms and leaned back on the sofa, her azure eyes sparkling with the wisdom of an elite police officer.
“The idea is good, Nami. But have you considered that if the opponent has a chance to drink it, all our attacks will be in vain?”
Jill's words were like a bucket of water poured over Nami's head.
"Then we must kill them instantly, giving them absolutely no chance to use their abilities."
Nanri Kaori took over the conversation, stroking her chin as her fingers, accustomed to handling guns, unconsciously made tactical hand gestures.
This former Raccoon City policewoman is now in combat readiness.
"It's not easy to instantly kill a top-tier demon; their physical strength is extremely high."
Nanri Kaori frowned and continued her analysis.
"Conventional physical attacks are unlikely to incapacitate them immediately. Unless..."
She looked at Zhou Ye, her eyes questioning.
"Unless we use large doses of anesthetic weapons to directly break down their resistance at the neurological level."
"What dosage do you need?"
Nami asked nervously.
Nanri Xiang held up one finger, then added ten.
"At least ten times the dose used to deal with an adult African elephant. And it must be a specially made model that can overcome demonic magic resistance."
"ten times?!"
Nami exclaimed in surprise, "The cost..."
"money is not a problem."
Zhou Ye interrupted Nami's cost accounting.
He walked into the middle of the crowd, his face showing a calm and composed demeanor as if he had everything under control.
"Anesthetics or other weapons are not the point."
His gaze swept over every girl present.
"The key question is, how should we approach this upcoming exhibition match?"
A playful smile curved at the corners of Zhou Ye's lips.
"Is it like Rias, using the magic they're familiar with to crush them and show them what a true genius is?"
"Or should we use pure skill and violence, which they cannot understand at all, to ravage them and instill fear in them from the bottom of their hearts?"
He paused, then looked at the eager Saeko Busujima and the serious-looking Gil and Rika Nan.
"Or perhaps both?"
Zhou Ye clapped his hands lightly.
"Alright, let's stop discussing and get ready."
"Whatever they bring, we'll accept it."
Chapter 146 Exhibition Match
In the VIP audience room on the other side, the atmosphere was as oppressive as solidified lead.
Heath Ledger Phoenix had a gloomy face; his face, which had previously carried a touch of aristocratic arrogance, was now only ashen.
The magic circle flashed, and several ragged and wounded members of the Phoenix family, supporting the completely unconscious Riesel, appeared in the center of the room.
Riesel's miserable state was ruthlessly exposed to all the demon nobles.
The gorgeous dress had been reduced to tattered rags, her face was covered in bruises, blood was still dripping from the corner of her mouth, and her chest was caved in unnaturally, clearly indicating broken ribs.
"waste!"
Heath Ledger roared inwardly, a violent killing intent almost bursting from his eyes.
He wished he could use the Phoenix Fire right now to burn these incompetent servants, who couldn't even protect their master, to ashes!
But he can't.
Demon King Sazex sat nearby, while the heads and representatives of the other families looked at him with a complex mix of shock, sympathy, and schadenfreude. Since the Underworld withdrew from the Ranking Game, the Phoenix family had been the biggest beneficiary. Whether it was providing logistical support (Phoenix's Tears) or participating in the Ranking Game, the increased profits naturally attracted envy from demons who desperately wanted to see Phoenix fall into their trap.
He had to maintain the Phoenix-Kex family's reputation.
He couldn't afford to be branded a sore loser and become a laughingstock among the other nobles.
Heath Ledger forcibly suppressed his anger and simply waved his hand coldly.
"Take him down for treatment."
His voice was hoarse, low, and devoid of any emotion.
The family members, feeling as if they had been granted a pardon, bowed tremblingly and wanted to get rid of this hot potato as soon as possible.
"and many more."
A calm yet supremely authoritative voice rang out.