Hero to the rescue (2)

Yueru became even more disheartened upon seeing Violet's opponent. Since Ye Feng had invited her, than Violet should definitely possess some degree of strength even if she was only a Level 20 Cleric, so Yueru had hoped that she'd end up against Blackhearted Arrow, who is the weakest among Cao Chenghua's team, and have a slight chance at victory. 

But now, even that hope of Yueru's has been dashed, as not only was War Wolf Level 25, five levels higher than Violet, but from the danger she sensed from him and the way Cao Chenghua and the rest of his team treated War Wolf respectfully, Yueru could only guess how powerful the man is. 

Snow's expression wasn't that good either, but when she looked at Violet who was walking away, shock overtook her once again. 

Previously, due to her anger over Nimble Snake's treachery, she had only glanced at the Cleric, not paying her any mind.

Now that Gentle Snow paid closer attention, she discovered that, this little girl named Violet Cloud was definitely not as simple as she seemed. Similarly to Ye Feng, the feeling Violet Cloud gave her was one of complete mystery, and she wasn't able to sense or perceive her existence at all. 

However, unlike Ye Feng who gave no particular feeling and seemed to just blend into the crowd like a random passerby despite his incredible strength, the feeling Violet gave off was different. She felt like the starry sky at night: silent, awe-inspiring, and profound. 

'Just who is this little girl that Ye Feng brought with him?' Gentle Snow was quite confident in the accuracy of her sixth sense, and after she started playing God's Domain, that sixth sense had only grown keener; so she couldn't help her shock when she discovered the harmless-looking little girl was, in reality, someone as powerful as Ye Feng. 

Moreover, aside from the unfathomable feeling Violet gave her, Snow also realized that, despite Violet obviously being a young girl of 16 or 17 years old, she had an incredibly mature aura around her. There was vey little of a youthful aura remaining around her, as if she were already a grown woman who had seen the world. 

Though, that wasn't the thing that particularly surprised Snow, as she knew there were some people who simply matured faster than others due to different circumstances in life, but the way Violet walked, talked and carried herself gave Snow a different feeling of maturity than normal; one Snow had only ever felt from women like her mother. 

Snow suddenly remembered how Violet acted and practically clung onto Ye Feng, and a slightly disturbing thought occurred to her, before she glanced at Feng who was munching on a Chocolate Stick while spacing out, then at Violet's departing back, then back at the chocolate-eating man, and then back at the little girl who was striding towards the arena; eventually shaking her head at the thought with a faint blush on her still pale face, feeling that her imagination was simply going wild. 

On Cao Chenghua's team's side, everyone was all smiles and grins upon seeing who will be fighting in the fourth match, feeling that victory was already in their hands. 

"Brother War Wolf, I leave the taking care of this matter into your hands." Cao Chenghua said to War Wolf respectfully, his original arrogance having been a little toned down after getting his ass kicked by Gentle Snow, but he still treated everything as already over as there was no way for War Wolf to lose to anyone on Gentle Snow's team, let alone a little Level 20 Cleric. 

War Wolf merely nodded as he watched Violet walking into the arena without a shred of anxiousness or worry on her face, feeling like something was off. He originally didn't pay any attention to the Cleric, but now that he was about to go up against her in a duel, he naturally took a better look at his opponent as that has turned into a habit of his by now; but what he noticed disturbed him a little. 

Despite his acute senses, War Wolf could feel nothing from Violet. Although this would normally be good, as there was no danger, War Wolf genuinely could feel absolutely nothing from this little girl, as if she didn't even exist to his senses. Normally, even Assassins who were great experts or professional assassins in real life wouldn't give him this feeling or could completely escape his senses; yet now, a little girl who was only a Cleric remained completely invisible to his senses. 

What disturbed War Wolf the most, though, was that when he looked at the little girl's deep violet eyes, it seemed like she could see through his entire existence, making his heart shudder. 

A serious look appeared on War Wolf's face as he entered the arena and stood opposite of Violet. Although he had no idea why he received this feeling from a little girl, no matter what, she was still only a Cleric. Not to mention that he needed to win this fight. 

"Ye Feng, will Violet really be alright?" Zhao Yueru asked as she took a seat beside Feng. She wanted a straight answer from him.

Although she did not know why, Zhao Yueru felt that Feng knew something she did not.

"Of course. Why wouldn't she?" Feng asked as he glanced away from the system message he had received and looked at Yueru in confusion, but suddenly remembered that she was still too weak to recognize the impossibly large difference in strength between Violet and War Wolf. 

Upon hearing Feng's nonchalant tone and the way he looked at her as if she had just asked a stupid question, Yueru gritted her teeth as she glared at Feng who was placing another Chocolate Stick in his mouth and enjoying its sweet taste. 

The fight this time was determining Snow's fate, and if Violet lost, that would be the end for Snow's future; as well as hers since she had promised to leave the virtual world along with her best friend. 

Yet, this hateful bastard was treating the matter so casually as if it didn't matter at all, and like everything has already been decided. Yueru currently wanted nothing more than to take a few bites out of him to relive her anger and anxiety, but stopped herself due to knowing she was no match for him. 

'Don't bite him Yueru. Don't bite him Yueru. He isn't worth sinking your teeth into.' She repeated in her mind as she tired her best to calm down. 

"What's wrong?" Feng asked in confusion upon seeing Yueru suddenly getting so pissed all of a sudden, before he seemed to have realized something "Ah, I get it. You're mad because I'm the only one eating Chocolate Stick's at the moment[2]. Look, even if I wanted to give you one, you'd die right after eating it. Not to mention they're really expensive" Swallowing the rest of the Chocolate Stick, Feng explained to Yueru as he tried to stabilize the berserk Mana inside of him. 

Although Yueru was a magical class player, she was still too inexperienced with Mana to control the side effect of consuming a Chocolate Stick, and would most likely die. Also, aside from the ten Feng had already eaten at the store, Olivia had only sold him 9,990 more Chocolate Sticks, while also giving him the few extra ones that were being sold at the counter. As Feng had to eat 10,000 of them to finish the Inferior Legendary Quest, he couldn't casually give Chocolate Stick's away. 

Meanwhile, Yueru had truly been about to pounce on Feng and take a few bites out of him this time if it not for Gentle Snow holding her back.

Feng chuckled upon seeing Yueru's reaction, before he stopped joking around and looked at the arena with a confident expression, reassuring the two beauties "Relax. Violet's got this." 

Snow and Yueru became slightly more relaxed after Feng said so, for some reason not doubting his words. 

Inside the arena, as soon as the countdown ended, War Wolf immediately charged at Violet, who was smiling leisurely with her eyes slightly narrowed as she awaited War Wolf's approach, showing no signs or attacking or casting any spells. 

Everyone stared at the stationary Violet surprise, not expecting this Cleric girl to not seem to be planning to fight back at all, with Cao Chenghua's team members grinning as they thought Violet was simply to scared to move. 

Snow's team, though, grew incredibly anxious as War Wolf got closer to Violet, feeling like this competition was doomed. 

Yueru was about to scream out to Violet when she saw War Wolf reach her and slash his saber, but Violet suddenly moved. 

Calmly, yet quickly, Violet took a step back, while War Wolf's saber missed her robes by a centimeter as it created a beautiful arc. War Wolf's, as well as the spectator's, eyes widened upon seeing Violet's quick movements and War Wolf missing. 

The shock was especially high for Cao Chenghua's team, as they knew exactly how powerful War Wolf is, and that it was nearly impossible to dodge his attacks, especially if one was not a class with high Movement Speed. Yet now, they had seen a Cleric five levels lower than War Wolf, rather easily, dodge his attack.

They even wondered if War Wolf was just messing around, but considering his personality, it was highly unlikely he even knew how to joke, let alone that he would do it in an important competition like this. 

But before anyone could react, War Wolf attacked once again as he stomped the ground and used Shield Bash, propelling his body towards the small Violet. 

War Wolf had already realized from his first strike that there was indeed something odd about this girl named Violet Cloud. She seemed to not only possess martial arts knowledge, but was also extremely powerful and experienced. War Wolf had used Omnivision to try and predict Violet's movements, but he had failed to grasp anything from carefully observing Violet during his strike, and he still wasn't even able to perceive her movements with his senses even when she dodged his attack. 

However, as he was already in the fight, War Wolf could only rein in his building up anxiousness and continue fighting while hoping the exploit the Level and class advantage he had over Violet in order to defeat her. Moreover, while using Shield Bash, he targeted Violet's left side a bit more, which would cause her to dodge to the right where War Wolf could slash her with his saber as soon as she revealed an opening after avoiding his shield. 

Though, War Wolf plan didn't exactly go as planned, as his Shield Bash struck only thin air, while Violet was nowhere to be found in sight. As War Wolf quickly scanned his surroundings for the whereabouts of the Cleric, Violet suddenly appeared right in front of him. Before War Wolf could react, Violet's golden staff struck him in the face, forcing him to stumble a couple steps back while a damage of -501 appeared above his head. 

With his HP being over 4,300 points, a damage of five hundred would usually not be incredibly significant, but the problem was that the damage had come from a melee hit from a magical class, not to mention a Cleric. 

The spectators became even more shocked after seeing their exchange. 

Unlike War Wolf whose vision had been blocked by the shield, as well as him not being able to sense Violet or her movements, the watching players saw in full view as Violet took a step back and disappeared from plain sight like an Assassin when the Shield Bash was about to strike her. She then suddenly appeared in front of War Wolf and struck him with her staff; for some reason choosing a melee attack instead of using her spells. 

Though, the damage caused by Violet's literal smack to War Wolf's face frightened them even more as their fear of the little Cleric grew. 

War Wolf quickly recomposed himself and dashed towards Violet once again while slashing his saber, but being more careful and focusing all of his senses and Omnivision on her movements this time, hoping to be able to perceive her actions. 

A small smile appeared on Violet's face as she looked at the charging man. However, there was something a bit sinister in that faint smile of hers. 

'Ah, her bad habit is kicking in again.' A faint, amused smile surfaced on Feng's lips when he noticed the subtle wickedness in Violet's smile and her eyes that were of a hunter looking at prey, or more like of something looking at its new plaything. 

When in constant battles and wars in the Greater World where your life was constantly on the line, people would eventually start to develop ways to blow off stream and stress while enjoying their time whenever they could. Around 80% of the population would eventually develop one, and this percentage isn't for just the human race, but for all of the other races as well. 

For some it's simply sleep, for some it's food, for some it's alcohol, for some it's sex, for some it's some kind of hobby. 

Though, in a place like the Greater World where there were practically no laws and rules for those strong enough, along with plenty of war, it wasn't at all rare for some to develop psychopathic, messed up or perverse tendencies, which some might call immoral. 

Those that thought they wouldn't end up in such a state and would remain firm on their morals and principles would quickly learn that it wasn't completely up to them, and that everyone had a breaking point. 

Feng was one such person. He had originally thought that he wouldn't fall to the state of the savages he saw everywhere, and for a time, he was right, as he kept himself in check while being too busy to even come close to indulge or develop such things. 

But he later on found himself enjoying some things he never would before, with torturing quickly becoming a favorite of his, and although he struggled hard to remain himself as he originally believed he would, reality struck him and Feng eventually gave in for his mental sanity's sake as well, since he had realized that the stress was starting to get to him and affect his performance. 

Everyone eventually had something. 

As for Violet, she had developed two main ways for stress relief, one of which was cooking, while the other was not exactly as pure and moral as the former. 

Casually dodging War Wolf's continuous slashes, Violet slid her staff off the attacking saber, causing it to brush past her while her staff once more struck War Wolf's face. 

War Wolf stared at Violet with slight rage this time after stabilizing his footing. From the way she dodged his attacks and landed blows on him with ease, War Wolf could tell his opponent could kill him whenever she wanted, but chose not to. 

Meanwhile, looking at the Cleric's eyes that were gazing at him as if he were a toy that could be played around with, War Wolf couldn't help his anger and rage despite knowing that he should stay calm. He could take being beaten, being weaker than his opponent and losing even though he had a mission to accomplish, but what he couldn't take was being humiliated in such a manner. 

Charging forward, War Wolf started using his skills while attacking Violet in hopes of achieving something, but he couldn't land a single hit on her. 

After a couple of minutes of having his attacks dodged while being smacked around by Violet's golden staff, War Wolf only had a little over 1,000 HP remaining, mostly because Violet has been holding back with the amount and the strength of her hits, while his face was all battered and bruised. 

Enraged, War Wolf continued his slashes at Violet, which she naturally easily dodged, but as she avoided another of his attacks and pulled back a few yards from the Shield Warrior, War Wolf used a skill to suddenly reach her front, before slashing his saber at Violet while activating Rapid Strike, a skill that boosted his Attack Speed by 20% for three attacks. 

As Violet was still in the motion of dodging War Wolf's last strike, she became unable to escape his fast surprise attack, and War Wolf believed that he'll finally manage to get a blow on the Cleric this time, after which he can easily kill her as soon as the strike lands and he continues with a few more before she can recover. 

However, as he looked at Violet's eyes that gazed at him with mockery and disdain, War Wolf felt that something was not quite right, and that things wouldn't go as he expected. 

Tapping the tip of her shoe off the ground, Violet suddenly bounced up into the air. 

The fast saber slash sliced air apart, but it only sliced that as it missed its mark. 

Gazing up at his saber, War Wolf saw Violet standing on its blade as light as a feather while she looked down at him with another faint smile. In the next moment, before War Wolf could react, Violet's leg moved as her tiny foot suddenly landed on his jaw, sending him flying through the air with his HP dropping by over 200, before he heavily smashed into the ground; while Violet elegantly landed on the ground. 

As War Wolf recovered from the kick and attempted to stand back up, he suddenly felt a faint pressure on his chest, as if something was pushing him down. When War Wolf looked up at his chest, the view of a smiling Violet standing on top of him greeted the enraged Shield Warrior. 

"Is this really everything you've got, Big Brother War Wolf?" Violet's mocking words only served to fuel the fire of War Wolf's anger even more, as he tightened the grip on his saber before swinging it at Violet. 

But having already predicted the move, Violet had stepped off of War Wolf before he even swung his saber, and took a few steps away. 

Hurriedly standing to his feet, War Wolf took large steps towards Violet who still had her back turned to him, slashing with all his might at her. Before the saber could cut her apart, though, Violet lowered her body slightly, evading the attack. 

Seeing Violet still in front of him while wide open, War Wolf wished he could slash down at her with his saber, but with a slight move of her wrist, the head of Violet's staff that she was holding next to her lowered, while the shaft and butt rose, striking up at War Wolf's crotch. 

War Wolf's eyes widened upon the intense pain that came from his lower area, but before he could recover, Violet straightened herself as she turned towards him with the golden staff in her hand moving as she swung it at War Wolf six times in a single breath. 

"How disappointing." 

Six Extreme Smacks!

Despite activating a Lifesaving skill, all of War Wolf's remaining HP was instantly erased as his beaten, lifeless corpse fell to the ground. 

The faint smile on Violet's lips remained as she glanced at War Wolf's corpse, apparently pleased with herself. 

After all, in their previous life, War Wolf's interference and participation in this competition had caused a bit of trouble for Feng, not to mention it almost got her Big Sis Snow expelled from God's Domain, so Violet naturally had to make War Wolf suffer a little this time around now that she had the opportunity. 

Though, Feng judged that she might have gone a little overboard with that hit to the balls, even if he's currently Underworld's lapdog[3]. 

Victor of the fourth match: Violet Cloud! 

Even after the system announced the end of the match, none of the spectators reacted, as they remained completely still while watching Violet exit the arena and walk up to Feng with a smile before sitting next to him. 

Everyone could tell from War Wolf's techniques and high attributes that he was definitely a top-tier expert, yet despite that, he had still been beaten to a pulp by Violet, a Cleric, who was five levels lower than him. 

No one could have ever imagined such an outcome to the fight, and that was especially so for Cao Chenghua's team who had personally experienced War Wolf's might, and knew that he could defeat any of them within a few moves. 

One couldn't even begin to imagine how powerful Violet, who could toy with him to death, truly was. 

Of course, it wasn't simply Violet's combat standards that made it impossible for War Wolf to ever beat her, but also her insanely high attributes that allowed her to play around with him until she decided to end the bullying. 

After all, even before Violet got promoted into a Tier 1 True Saint, with her multiple pieces of Epic equipment as well as her top-tier Fragmented Legendary Weapon, Violet's attributes had already reached the Tier 2 standard, and after she finished her Class Change Quest, her attributes increased by a large margin again; reaching the Peak Tier 2 standard. 

So it was naturally easy for Violet to clobber War Wolf to death while using basic dodging along with combat techniques like Void Steps, and she could have even killed him in one hit if she wanted to, but Violet chose to control her strength in order to play a little longer and properly dish out a punishment. 

As everyone was in deep thoughts after the fight's end, with even Yueru being quiet for a change, the final round's fighters were announced. 

Fifth match: Ye Feng vs. Blackhearted Arrow.

"Welp, it looks like I'll have to be the hero to the rescue." Feng stood up and stretched when he saw his name pop up, smiling as he assured "You don't have to worry, Miss Snow. Although the fight will definitely be a tough one, I believe that as long as I put my everything into it, there's a chance I will pull through and win." Speaking as if he was about to enter some grand and hard fight, and not simply slaughter some noob, Feng took great steps as he entered the arena; while Snow and the others looked at him slightly speechlessly. 

"Blackheated Arrow! You have to win this! You absolutely must win this." Cao Chenghua nearly shouted in Blackheated Arrow's face as he tried his best to keep calm and composed, but was failing miserably. 

After all, War Wolf's brutal defeat had left him greatly shocked and disturbed, and after realizing that his plans have fallen apart while the weakest member of his team was left to fight a person of unknown strength and origin, Cao Chenghua couldn't help but begin to panic at the thought of losing the competition and being barred from logging into God's Domain ever again. 

"D-don't worry Guild Leader. I can definitely beat that Level 20 guy." Although he tried to sound confident and reassuring to both Cao Chenghua and himself, Blackhearted Arrow convinced nobody. 

With the countdown ticking, Blackearted Arrow could only enter the arena and hope that this swordsman wasn't as monstrous as that Cleric. But when he saw the playful smile on Feng's face, Blackhearted Arrow instinctively had a bad feeling. 

5...

4...

3...

2...

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Start!

Blackhearted Arrow immediately spun around and activated Wind Chaser, intending to increase the distance between him and his opponent. 

But when he nervously turned around to look, Blackhearted Arrow was surprised that not only was Feng not chasing after him, but was also still standing in the same spot as he continued to smile in a playful manner while watching Blackhearted Arrow. 

'Not intending to chase me?' Blackhearted Arrow's previous anxious mood was immediately soothed when he saw Feng just standing there, as if waiting for him to come into melee range instead. 

Blackhearted Arrow retrieved the deep-blue longbow from his back and retrieved the precious Wind Breaking Arrows from his bag. He then nocked the arrows, aimed at Feng, and drew his bow into a full moon.

Wind Breaking Arrows. There was also an additional Knockback effect when the arrow hit its target. Furthermore, the bow Blackhearted Arrow used, Blue Wings, had an effect that increased an arrow's speed by an additional 15%. Compiling both of these effects, even an agility-focused Assassin would struggle to dodge his attacks. At most, they could use their weapons to deflect the arrows.

Previously, Blackhearted Arrow had tested the Wind Breaking Arrows with Nimble Snake. Within 20 yards, even with Nimble Snake's skills and extremely fast reaction speed, he could only use his daggers to defend himself against the arrows. 

As soon as he was prepared, Blackhearted Arrow fired the three Wind Breaking Arrows at Feng. The arrows flew at a very fast speed as the sound of wind breaking echoed behind them. 

During this time, despite seeing Blackhearted Arrow aim the arrows and fire them at him, Feng remained nonchalant as the same smile remained on his face while he stood with his hands in his pockets. 

Just as the three Wind Breaking Arrows arrived before Feng and were about to pierce into him, Feng's hand moved and swiped in front of him. 

In the next moment, the three arrows that should have pierced into his body were now held between Feng's fingers. 

As shocked expressions appeared on the faces of Blackhearted Arrow and the spectators, Feng threw one arrow slightly in the air while he held the other two in his hand like he was about to throw darts with his index finger inbetween them. 

Watching Feng pull back his hand, Blackhearted Arrow realized what his opponent was about to try to do, but it was already too late. 

The sound of wind breaking sounded once again, but louder this time, as the two arrows flew and pierced through Blackhearted Arrow's thighs, quickly reducing his HP to just above 100, before the force behind them continued to carry him all the way to the arena's wall and nailed his legs to it. 

Though, as arrows were consumable objects and would vanish after being fired from a bow and hitting something, the two Wind breaking Arrows immediately disappeared, causing Blackhearted Arrow to fall face first to the floor and continue with a forward roll. 

Feng held the third Wind Breaking Arrow in his hand with his eyes narrowed as he carefully watched Blackhearted Arrow fall from the wall; waiting for the right moment. 

'Now!' When he saw Blackhearted Arrow fall face first to the floor and roll forward with his back to the floor, Feng aimed and chucked the arrow with his full strength at Blackhearted Arrow. 

Blackhearted Arrow suddenly sensed grave danger, but before he could react, he could feel the armor on his backside rip and an incredible piercing pain as something flew up his back hole; causing him to yell out a blood-curling scream. 

"Hole in one!" Feng clenched his fist upon seeing that he struck the mark, as well as Balckhearted Arrow stop moving after a moment of screaming in pain and turn into a lifeless corpse. 'Ahhh, dammit. I forgot to collect his immortal Soul.' Feng suddenly remembered the conditions for collecting a killed player's Immortal Soul, and realized he was too far away, but soon shrugged his shoulders 'Well whatever. There'll be plenty of chances in the future.' 

"We won?"

Although Zhao Yueru could see that Ye Feng was the victor of the final match, she still asked in disbelief after seeing how the fifth fight ended. 

Even though Yueru knew that Ye Feng would absolutely wipe the floor with Blackhearted Arrow, and she had been relaxed ever since Violet won her fight, the ending to the fifth match, as well as the competition, left her completely stunned at the way Ye Feng had killed Blackhearted Arrow; and Yueru couldn't help but place her hands over her shapely butt cheeks which subconsciously clenched at the image of Blackhearted Arrow screaming out in agonizing pain. 

"Indeed we did." Snow's expression was a bit weird right now as well, but she soon shook away those thoughts and focused on what was the most important right now.

At this time, the five matches of the competition had come to a close. Naturally, Gentle Snow was the overall winner. As for Cao Chenghua, the loser, at this moment, his eyes were bloodshot. 

Despite all of his calculations and machinations, he had never expected that the two outsiders Gentle Snow had invited would be so powerful.

However, his thoughts were meaningless now because the Main God System had already begun enforcing the conditions of the contract. Cao Chenghua's body began to slowly fade out of existence as the Main God System expelled him from God's Domain permanently.

Just like that, the Acting Guild Leader of Ouroboros, a relatively influential character in the virtual gaming world, could not log into God's Domain ever again.

Without Cao Chenghua supporting them, Nimble Snake, Soaring Snake and the recently resurrected Blackhearted Arrow, whose eyes were still filled with terror and a few tears as he held onto his backside, were at a loss. 

From now on, Gentle Snow would be the Guild Leader of Ouroboros. It would be a piece of cake for her to deal with them.

Regret turned Nimble Snake's stomach.

Originally, he thought his future would be set if he followed Cao Chenghua. Yet, now...

As for War Wolf, he had left as soon as he had resurrected, knowing the outcome would be Cao Chenghua's loss, and not wanting to see that pink-haired devil again. 

Gentle Snow had immediately expelled Nimble Snake, Soaring Snake and Blackhearted Arrow from Ouroboros.

Although the three of them were experts, who knew what sort of schemes they would concoct in the future? It was especially true for a sly and treacherous bastard like Nimble Snake.

Afterward, Gentle Snow gave both Feng and Violet 30 million Credits each as remuneration for their help, before the two of them headed out. 

 "Let's go." Feng said to Violet after they returned to White River City. 

"Where to?" Violet asked in confusion, originally thinking that they'd go and do their own things after wrapping up Snow's matter. 

"White Fog Canyon," Feng answered, his expression growing slightly serious "The timeline has moved up slightly." 

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1. Now that I think about it, ouroboros really is a symbolic name for the Ouroboros Guild as well as Gentle Snow's situation. 

2. Idea for line from Death Note

3. By the way, when Youlan left Underworld and joined Zero Wing, is it known whether or not War Wolf came with her? After all, he did clearly know about Youlan's situation and advised her when they were going to Titan City, but I don't think it was ever said if he left with her.