At the rear of the steam train.
Unlike the leisure of Jing Liuli facing the beast horde, Chen Xing's battle appeared much more 'tragic'.
On the sea surface, Chen Xing's Demon Blade, wrapped in blazing blood flame, sliced through the bodies of numerous Star Beasts again and again.
Some Star Beasts directly hit by the fiery blade were instantly cleaved in two.
The lucky ones who narrowly avoided the blade's edge quickly began to burn upon touching Chen Xing's terrifying blood flame.
The searing pain caused them instinctively to dive into the deep sea, trying to extinguish the flames on their bodies.
But this blood flame, fueled by life force and Star Energy, couldn't be quenched by seawater. They could only slowly turn into scorched corpses amidst their mournful wails.
Simultaneously, the blood flame released by these Star Beasts burned by Chen Xing was absorbed by her, replenishing her own stamina and Star Energy consumption.
Therefore, although Chen Xing was alone, she was like a tireless killing machine.
She harvested the lives of Star Beasts with efficiency and precision, one after another.
What was strange was that even though the corpses of the Star Beasts floating on the sea had piled up into small mountains, the Star Beasts, as if drawn by some force, charged toward Chen Xing relentlessly, completely ignoring their instinct for survival.
"Tendo, is Xing playing the role of a bait-and-switch enforcer?"
Jing Liuli sat on the roof of the rear carriage, swinging her legs and clicking her tongue in wonder.
"After all, who would deliberately make the scent of blood so sweet? This is clearly luring the Star Beasts to their deaths."
"She's definitely overdoing it a bit."
Tendo's voice suddenly came from behind Jing Liuli.
"This line is a vital supply route for the City of Steam. If she keeps killing like this, we might get a violation warning from the Association later."
"Then why don't you go talk her out of it, Tendo?"
The instant Jing Liuli finished speaking, Tendo's figure left a silver afterimage where he stood.
The next second, he appeared behind Chen Xing in mid-air and pressed one hand against her Demon Blade, which was about to swing down.
The flames on the blade automatically split three inches from his palm, not allowing even the tiniest spark to get close.
"Alright, Xing, that's enough playing."
Hearing Tendo's words, Chen Xing trembled, and the fighting fervor in her eyes instantly receded.
She looked around and belatedly realized that the entire sea area was covered in Star Beast corpses and burning blood flame, with the seawater dyed a bizarre dark red.
But just then, a Level 2 Star Beast suddenly surged out from beneath the waves, opening its massive, fanged maw to bite at the two of them!
Tendo and Chen Xing both remained calm, not even twitching an eyelid.
Because the moment the Star Beast came within three meters of Tendo, it mysteriously froze in mid-air.
Then, its body violently exploded like an over-inflated balloon!
Purple-green blood mixed with shattered bone flew outward, only to be blocked by an invisible barrier before touching Tendo's clothes, turning into a fine rain of blood splashing onto the sea.
Seeing this scene, Chen Xing's pupils contracted.
She clearly sensed that in that instant, Tendo used 'Vector Control' to reverse the flow of Star Energy and blood inside the Star Beast's body, causing it to instantly explode.
And if this ability were applied to her...
Seeing Chen Xing lost in thought, Tendo knew this girl was subconsciously comparing herself to him again.
"Don't think about it. It's not as easy as you imagine."
Tendo smiled and patted her shoulder, saying, "At least if it were you, I'd have to touch you to achieve this level."
Hearing this, Chen Xing, without any warning, suddenly took his right hand and said expressionlessly, "Like this?"
Tendo: ???
Looking at the straight-faced Chen Xing flirting with him, Tendo was momentarily stunned.
Wait, she has this move?
However, before Tendo could figure out how to navigate this situation, Jing Liuli, riding her Dream Pillow, hurtled straight toward the two of them. The pillow trailed a string of crackling dream butterfly phosphor dust behind it, looking like an out-of-control purple missile.
Fortunately, Tendo and Chen Xing reacted quickly and immediately dodged, thus avoiding being killed by Jing Liuli's "rocket headbutt."
Once the Dream Pillow stopped, Jing Liuli peeked out from the edge of the pillow and stuck out her tongue.
"Oops! Sorry! My Dream Pillow suddenly lost control~"
Lost control?
Chen Xing's face darkened at Jing Liuli's poor excuse, not believing a single punctuation mark of it.
After all, this clumsy excuse wouldn't fool a three-year-old, let alone her.
Staring at the smugness in Jing Liuli's eyes, Chen Xing suddenly missed the purple slacker she knew as a child, the one who would hide whenever she saw her.
Because during these six years apart, this purple slacker had actually cured her 'Chen Xing PTSD.'
And just as Chen Xing was considering whether to let a certain someone relive the fear of being dominated by her, Jing Liuli, riding the Dream Pillow, zipped away with a swoosh, clearly sensing the 'danger' and deciding that running first was best!
When Chen Xing turned to look, she saw that not only Jing Liuli but also Tendo, who had been standing beside her moments ago, had vanished.
Only she remained, with the mass of Star Beast corpses floating on the sea, bathing in the night sea breeze.
After lingering for a moment, Chen Xing snorted toward the direction Jing Liuli left and returned to the train.
Inside the steam train's first-class cabin, after Chen Xing returned.
Fox was adjusting his tie, Meiling was wiping seawater from her fingertips, and Danica was distributing potato chips, as if the supposed fierce battle had all been an illusion.
Chen Xing glanced at Tendo, who was resting with his eyes closed in his seat, then silently returned to her own seat and closed her eyes to rest.
Tendo, who appeared to be sleeping, was actually looking at the Stars Theatrical Version: The Grand Offshore Concert Hall that he had redeemed with a million popularity points in the 'Popularity System.'
But after watching the theatrical version once, Tendo's expression became somewhat strange.
Because he hadn't expected that his sudden breakthrough, done on a whim, would also be included in the main feature by the Stars production team!
The main feature of the theatrical version not only showed his entire Second Awakening process but also edited in the clips of Chen Xing holding his hand and Jing Liuli launching a missile that 'lost control.'
And the reason the Stars production team inserted their storyline was actually to create a stark contrast with the protagonist group's subsequent encounter on the offshore train.
Because in the theatrical version's plot, the steam train carrying Chen Kong and the others also mysteriously stopped mid-journey.
Unlike the ease of Tendo's group, the protagonist group had to endure a bitter battle to protect the passengers before finally achieving victory.
It is said that no comparison means no harm.
In the same scenario of the train stopping mid-journey, Chen Kong and his team were battered and wounded protecting the passengers, while Tendo's side looked like they were on a leisurely vacation.
As for the key figure connecting these two plot threads, it was none other than the train conductor of this very steam train!
Although the theatrical version hadn't aired yet, so Tendo couldn't see the bullet comments, he could already imagine what the comments would look like once it did.
Tendo looked at the conductor in the theatrical version, who was constantly bragging about his group's impressive battle results, and for a moment, he didn't know what to say.
Because he genuinely hadn't intended to step on the protagonist group to elevate himself, but he couldn't stop the fact that there were 'good people' in the Stars production team!
Thinking about this, Tendo suddenly felt a sense of emotion.
The once upright Stars production team had finally bowed their heads to 'traffic.'
Because no matter how he looked at it, in this theatrical version, Chen Kong... no longer looked like a protagonist!
All the thunder had been stolen by him and the others!
However, the original theatrical version was still lacking something. Let him manually add a little more flavor to this theatrical version!
With this thought, a bold plan slowly emerged in Tendo's mind.
One of the key figures in this plan was Caroline, who would also be arriving at the offshore concert hall soon.
Tendo hadn't coordinated with her on this point.
But Tendo felt that given his chemistry with Caroline, even if she didn't know his plan, she would certainly be able to perfectly cooperate with him later.
After all, they were the officially recognized Best Partners.
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