At Lin Qingyue's command, the "Quantum Battleship" squad instantly transformed into a sharp dagger piercing through the chaotic battlefield!
Lin Xiyue took the lead.
She was like a heavy armored vehicle with a roaring engine.
With the [Immovable Mountain] shield raised in front of her, thick earthen-yellow currents of air surged around her body, and the runic light of the [Mountain's Resilience] Libram was pushed to its absolute limit.
She poured all her strength into her legs, blasting straight toward that "Gold-Medal Courier" who was smugly admiring his three meal tickets!
There were no flashy techniques.
Only the most primal, barbaric collision.
That Red-Name Senior Brother was also a skilled fighter; the moment Lin Xiyue launched herself, the hairs on the back of his neck instantly stood on end!
A fierce sense of oppression caused the smug smile on his face to freeze, and his body's combat instincts drove him to immediately dodge to the side.
But as fast as he was, someone else was faster!
"Freeze."
Su Wan's cold voice rang out.
There was no chanting and no casting animation; the staff in her hand simply tapped forward in a casual manner.
Crack!
A bone-chilling, frost-white Frost Ring exploded outward, using that Senior Brother's feet as its epicenter!
The ghastly white frost spread madly along the floor tiles, accurately and securely "welding" his feet—as well as the feet of his two teammates preparing to support him—dead to the ground!
The chill even froze the astonishment on their faces.
"Holy shit! An instant-cast Frost Ring? Is this a freshman?"
Those two teammates were frozen solid by this incredibly overbearing hard crowd-control Skill. Let alone providing support, even moving a single toe became an extravagant hope.
"You've got some skills!"
The "Gold-Medal Courier" Senior Brother was first shocked, then enraged. The qi all over his body suddenly erupted, forcibly shattering the frost spreading under his feet!
The Frost Ring only delayed him for less than half a second!
When experts exchange blows, half a second is a massive chasm!
It was this fleeting delay that caused him to completely lose the best opportunity to dodge.
He had no other choice but to roar and cross his arms in front of his chest. A thick layer of earth-yellow protective inner qi instantly condensed into shape.
"Are you trying to tickle me?! Too bad, it's not strong enough!"
"Bang—!"
A soul-shakingly loud crash rang out—not the clashing of metal, but a savage collision of pure power!
The shield and arms collided fiercely!
The floor tiles under the Senior Brother's feet exploded upon impact, with cobweb-like cracks spreading madly in all directions.
His entire body was pushed back a full three meters by the tremendous force. The muscles in his arms knotted and his veins bulged out as he abruptly halted the charging Lin Xiyue!
"So tough!"
Lin Xiyue gritted her teeth, feeling the rebound force transmitted from the shield numbing the webbing of her hands and leaving both her arms trembling.
"Is that all you've got?"
The senior brother suppressed the tearing pain radiating from his arms. The muscles in his right arm suddenly bulged again, actually intending to use sheer brute force to send Lin Xiyue and her shield flying!
But at the exact moment he exerted force, the corner of his eye caught a pink blur silently closing in on his blind spot.
It was that pink-haired junior priest who had remained motionless until now.
She still wore that harmless, lazy smile on her face.
That pink staff, so overly ornate it was almost laughable, was now grasped firmly in both of her hands.
The tip of the staff was leveled, pointing directly at his ribs.
A center straight thrust so standard it belonged in a textbook.
"Flashy nonsense!"
The senior brother roared, sounding more like he was trying to embolden himself.
His left arm continued to bear down hard against Lin Xiyue's shield, while his right arm, surging with internal energy, transformed into a fiercely unparalleled whip-like shadow, lashing violently toward the pink staff!
He intended to forcefully parry this deadly "spear"!
However, the moment his arm was about to make contact with the staff, Lin Qingyue flicked her wrists.
The shaft of [Beloved] trembled bizarrely. Instead of being deflected, it clung to his arm at a tricky angle and smoothly slid right up it!
[Millelith Spear Techniques] — Entangling Spear!
The senior brother was horrified, a chilling sensation of "holy crap, what the hell" shooting straight to the crown of his head!
His fully accumulated fierce internal force was like a clay ox entering the sea, instantly dissolved and deflected by a viscous and bizarre force, making him so frustrated he almost vomited blood!
Worthy of being an elite senior student, his combat instincts far exceeded those of ordinary people.
In a split second, not only did he not retreat in panic, but a fierce glint flashed in his eyes as he went with the flow!
"Now that you're stuck, don't even think about leaving! Break!"
He suddenly dropped his shoulder, the muscles of his right arm and the latissimus dorsi under his ribs instantly exerting force. He actually wanted to use a "reverse joint clamp" motion to forcibly lock this slippery "spear" in place, and then use his terrifying physical strength to twist and snap it!
This move was the optimal solution for a pure body-refining martial artist when entangled by a weapon, breaking finesse with sheer power!
However, what he was facing was a monster sporting a Priest ID.
Right at the moment he exerted force to lock down, Lin Qingyue sank and pushed her wrist again. The shaft of [Beloved] seemed to instantly lose its bones, becoming as soft and slippery as a spirit snake.
In the gap where his arm and body were about to close together, the tip of the staff drew a bizarre "S" shape, bypassing his point of force by a hair's breadth!
The next second, the pink staff had already slid along his arm to the vital spot on his flank.
The tip of the staff seemed to tap lightly, but it was actually as fast as lightning.
A stream of [Geo Spear Intent], condensed to the extreme, precisely pierced the weak point of internal energy on his flank!
"Ugh..."
The Senior Brother trembled violently, and the immense force gathered in his arms instantly collapsed.
His whole body stiffened, falling straight backward.
The red light on his body representing the "hunter" flashed wildly a few times, and with a soft sizzle, completely extinguished.
Eliminated!
The three golden meal tickets tightly clutched in his hand also slipped out of his grasp at this moment, slowly floating into the air.
"A pleasure doing business with you."
Lin Qingyue's unhurried voice sounded from below the falling meal tickets.
She simply reached out her hand gracefully.
Those three cards representing braised pork freedom obediently fluttered into her palm one by one.
"Three deliveries, successfully signed for."
Lin Qingyue revealed a sweet and amiable smile to the Senior Brother, who was struggling to get up, and gently waved the spoils in her hand.
The senior brother saw this smile, then looked at the extinguished red light on his body, and finally stared fixedly at that pink staff, his mind going completely blank.
Was he... eliminated just like that?
He had shattered the strong crowd control of the Instant-Cast Frost Ring, forcefully withstood the full-power charge of the Heavy Knight, and as a result...
He was poked out of the match by a Pink-Haired Priest using a pink staff?!
The meal tickets he had worked so hard to snatch hadn't even warmed up in his hands, yet in the blink of an eye, they had become someone else's loot!
No, how was this signing for delivery?!
Looking at their clear division of labor and outrageously tacit coordination in their modus operandi, this was clearly a premeditated "precision interception"!
It was a professional-level case of robbing the robber!
"You..."
He opened his mouth, but for a moment, he actually didn't know where to begin roasting them.
These junior sisters were too bizarre!
Meanwhile, the commotion on their side had already caused the "peanut gallery" at the edge of the square to erupt.
"Holy shit?!"
"What's the situation? What just happened? How did Zhang Kuang go down?!"
"Zhang Kuang, a body-refining specialist... was one-shot by a freshman Priest?!"
"Did you see that clearly? That wasn't an instant kill, it was teamwork! Knight's charge, Mage's hard control, Priest's finishing blow! Taken out in one combo, it was so smooth they don't even seem like freshmen!"
"That Priest's spearmanship is really something! Sticking, coiling, thrusting, all done in one breath! This unconventional junior is practically meant for our Tianshu!"
"How are they freshmen? They're clearly seasoned veterans wearing freshmen's skin!"
"Sis! Beautifully done!" Lin Xiyue ran back excitedly, slamming her heavy shield onto the ground. Her face practically had "My sis is super badass" written all over it.
"Just the basics."
Lin Qingyue stuffed three meal tickets into her hands. Her gaze had turned into a radar, sweeping across the chaotic battlefield once again to find their next "lucky customer."
"Where is the next target?"
Su Wan also walked over. A flush of excitement tinged her usually aloof cheeks, brought on by their exhilarating teamwork.
"Don't rush. Let the couriers collect the goods for a little longer."
Lin Qingyue rested her staff on the ground and looked around. Her demeanor was exactly like an owner patrolling her own fishpond, dissatisfied that the fish were too small.
"There are too few goods right now; it's not worth us taking action personally."
Her gaze moved rapidly across the battlefield, taking in the movement trajectories and the number of successful grabs of each Red-Name Senior Brother.
On the other side, Xia Lian was like a silent ghost, weaving through the shadows of the crowd.
Her task was not to snatch tickets, but to "persuade them to retreat."
Seeing Lin Qingyue's Squad succeed, a Red-Name Assassin felt a surge of greed. Just as he was about to sneak up from the flank for a surprise attack, he suddenly felt a chill by his ear.
A training arrow without an arrowhead was accurately pinned into the floor tile in front of him, its tail still vibrating at a high frequency and buzzing loudly.
The Assassin Senior Brother's footsteps stiffened, the hairs all over his body standing on end.
He abruptly turned his head, but his field of vision was filled only with the chaotic and unfamiliar faces of freshmen; he couldn't find the archer at all.
But he knew this was a warning.
If the next arrow was aimed at his throat...
A layer of fine cold sweat broke out on his forehead. Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately changed direction and fled this place of trouble at top speed.
In just one short minute, Xia Lian used the same method to "persuade" three Red-Name hunters who attempted to approach Lin Qingyue's Squad to retreat.
She was the most loyal sentinel, clearing out an absolutely safe hunting ground for her teammates who were currently "collecting packages."
"Sis, over there! That guy in the blue tracksuit, he's grabbed five of them! A big client!"
Lin Xiyue was sharp-eyed and quickly spotted the new "fat sheep".
Lin Qingyue looked in the direction she pointed, her eyes immediately lighting up.
"Not bad. This courier is highly capable and worthy of our special attention."
She once again issued clear and concise instructions.
"Usual rules: Xiyue clears the way, Su Wan controls the field."
"Xia Lian, act freely."
Three responses—one cold and clear, one excited, and one calm and steady—rang out simultaneously.
Lin Qingyue tightened her grip on [Beloved] and lazily added:
"Respected 'Gold-Medal Courier' Senior Brother, your package has been collected at your door by the 'Quantum Battleship' Squad. If you are satisfied with our service, please give us a 5-star review."