Chapter 264 — Blade of the Champion, Academy Invitation
The mechanized chime of the Sailor Moon System rang in Riven's ear.
[Host has simultaneously defeated "Power of the Galaxy" and "Hand of the Star of Nor," completing the special achievement "Champion of the Alliance." A special reward has been granted.]
[The Blade of the Champion set has been issued.]
The Blade of the Champion set was nothing like the starting Exile's Blade set.
It comprised a helm, half-plate armor, leather trousers, bracers, an energy crystal, and the Champion's Edge, among other pieces.
The whole of it gleamed a sky-blue hue, radiant light wreathing every inch.
Superdimensional energy blazed like burning netherflame, divine splendor in full bloom.
With this new equipment empowering her, Riven's combat rating vaulted in an instant from "Stalwart Black Iron" to "Unyielding Bronze."
"I hope you few haven't yet reached the point of being beyond saving."
Riven cast a deep look at Ge Xiaolun and Liu Chuang, who called himself Big D, then, wasting no more time on the scene, sprang up and swiftly departed.
She never realized she had struck her own allies by mistake.
"Holy... a goddess..."
Ge Xiaolun had suffered a calamity out of thin air, yet bore little resentment.
Clutching his face, swollen up like a pig's, a besotted grin crept across his lips.
These wounds on his face—the goddess had dealt them with her own hand!
Liu Chuang, once his rival, was now a fellow sufferer in misfortune.
"Ow, fuck me, this chick hits way too damn hard!"
Liu Chuang had no idea where to put his hands, slumped against the wall, groaning.
He felt as though a fully loaded truck had rammed him back and forth a few dozen times; there wasn't a single good spot left on his whole body.
...
When Riven returned to the clinic, she saw those two "small-time thugs" again, Liu Chuang and Ge Xiaolun.
The smile on her face turned cold in an instant: "What? Here for revenge?"
Power of the Galaxy and Hand of the Star of Nor shrank into a ball of cowardice at once.
How is it we run into this jinx everywhere...
Sure, she's beautiful, but she hits hard enough to kill—no blessing to enjoy!
The two of them hastily waved their hands: "Misunderstanding! Misunderstanding!"
As it turned out, Ge Xiaolun and Liu Chuang had come for treatment of their injuries.
After all, throughout the whole urban district, this clinic was famous for good value and fine quality, with a doctor of superb skill.
"Come in."
A mild male voice rang out.
Riven threw the two of them a disdainful glance and was the first to dash into the clinic.
Liu Chuang and Ge Xiaolun stared at each other.
"You first?"
"Chicken."
"Pah! The word 'chicken' has never existed in my dictionary!"
The two followed one after the other.
Entering the clinic, they were met by a young man with black hair and black eyes, dressed in a white trench coat.
"..."
Liu Chuang fell silent.
He wondered whether he had walked into the wrong place.
That fellow across from them, Mingyuan, didn't look like a doctor at all—more like a movie star.
Ge Xiaolun felt the same distaste in his heart.
As the saying goes, like repels like, while opposites attract.
As a red-blooded man of normal inclinations, seeing a man many times more handsome than himself naturally left him less than comfortable.
"Here for treatment?"
Wang Xu's expression was indifferent.
His gaze swept coldly over Liu Chuang and Ge Xiaolun, working the two of them over as though they were corpses.
Then Wang Yanzhou said with a faint, wry air: "Lucky you came early..."
Liu Chuang and Ge Xiaolun felt their hair stand on end, breaking out in a cold sweat.
"A little later, and these wounds would have healed over."
Riven really had struck hard enough—swap in a pair of brown bears and a tiger, and she'd have pounded them into meat paste.
Still, these two hotheaded lads were no easy marks either.
Both were products of the God-Making Project, possessing transcendent life, their recovery on an entirely different order from ordinary people.
Wounds that would be fatal to ordinary folk merely left Ge Xiaolun and Liu Chuang howling in pain for a spell.
"Since you're here, I might as well give you a bit of treatment."
As he spoke, Wang Linchuan waved his hand.
A cool breeze stirred.
"Hey? It doesn't hurt anymore!"
Liu Chuang's eyes went wide as saucers, hands roving over his arms and legs, his manner positively precious: "Amazing... is this massage or what? Striking acupoints from a distance?"
Ge Xiaolun, too, perked up all at once: "Thanks, Doc! How much for the consultation?"
At these words, Wang Xu eyed him sidelong and waved a hand with a look of supreme condescension: "I don't take consultation fees from paupers."
That was a cutting remark.
Ge Xiaolun and Liu Chuang couldn't tell whether it was kindness or malice.
Just as the two were about to say something, the door was suddenly knocked upon.
Knock, knock, knock.
"Come in."
Three burly men in black suits and sunglasses strode briskly into the clinic.
They moved with the gait of dragons and tigers, physiques magnificent, their developed muscles all but stretching their suits out of shape.
They were dressed like bodyguards, yet their soldierly bearing made Ge Xiaolun and Liu Chuang instinctively sit up straight.
"I'll keep it brief."
"We've come to invite every person of extraordinary ability here to join the Super God Academy, to serve the country and defend the people."
These three mysterious men seemed already to know of the special abilities of those present, and came straight to the point with their invitation.
At this, Riven, like an underage girl unable to make up her mind, gazed imploringly at Wang Xu, hoping he would decide for her.
Wang Xu merely smiled: "Just follow your own heart. You've already had your answer for some time now, haven't you?"
At these words, Riven was taken aback, and the hesitation in her lovely eyes swiftly faded.
Her expression firm, her tone resolute, she said: "I'll go!"
She was a person with dreams!
She would become the Super God King, defend home and country, and rise above the rest!
Upon receiving Riven's answer, the three men in black breathed a faint sigh of relief.
Of the several "people with special abilities" in this little clinic, Riven was the one the Super God Academy valued most.
Originally, Riven was merely a lucky girl blessed with second-generation super-soldier genes; she didn't even possess a "divine body."
Yet she had effortlessly thrashed Ge Xiaolun and Liu Chuang, the two "faction leaders" long since anointed by the Super God Academy.
Her assent was a good beginning.
"I... pah! I'll go too!"
Unexpectedly, the second to agree was none other than the small-time thug Liu Chuang.
Having said it, he felt the strange stares of everyone present and his old face flushed red: "What? Can't a thug love his country too? My dream is to become a glorious soldier!"
True enough—though this fellow idled about all day, his nature wasn't bad, and he had never done anything truly unconscionable.
Even the street youths who ran with him, held in check by Liu Chuang, had never dared to cross the line.
Otherwise, no matter how strong Liu Chuang was or how brilliant his potential, he could never have received an invitation from the state.
Cathay was no American Empire.
"May I ask, Mr. Wang Xu, whether you would be willing to serve as our resident physician and accept a special appointment at the Super God Academy?"
The three figures in black fixed their burning gazes on Wang Xu.
Wang Xu was no product of the God-Making Project.
His origins were shrouded in mystery, yet he possessed a singular gift for healing any wound.
Even the transformation in Rui Mengmeng was connected to this very man.
Those above held Wang Xu in the highest regard.