Rain or shine

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Wearing a long windbreaker, a man with vicissitudes on his face shuttled through the crowded auditorium, straightening his worn wide-brimmed hat with one hand, obviously out of tune with the tense and enthusiastic atmosphere around him.

"Sir, please show your identity." The security guard couldn't see it, and approached to ask politely, but was shocked by the blade-like eyes of the man who raised his head, shivered instantly, and his voice weakened.

"Here." A response came from the premium seat in the auditorium, and the blond woman waved to him.

The security personnel were amnesty: "So it's someone Ms. Caroline knows, please go this way."

The man was not polite, and sat down beside her, feeling in his heart that it was the best view, and spread his hands to her.

"Lyon, long time no see. I'm relieved that you're still the same poor old man." Caroline threw him a whole pack of cigarettes, and handed him the lighter for him to light.

"To each other. I haven't seen you for many years. You look mean and arrogant." Leon took two puffs, and finally got enough of his addiction, and blew out two smoke rings in the sky.

The simulated arena was packed to the brim, and the protagonists of the competition aroused great enthusiasm for gossip. As expected of a considerate officer, Qi Nuofeng took advantage of the opportunity to give all the station staff a day off.

Qi Nuofeng and Zuo Danyun sat in the guest seats in the front row. They acted as referees when the artificial intelligence couldn't find out.

"Excuse me." Andre and Raphael sat down in the front row of Caroline and Leon.

"Senior has admired his reputation for a long time, please give me more advice." Raphael smiled like a spring breeze.

Caroline crossed her legs, looked at him carefully, and said with a smile: "Oh, I really don't dare, Raphael, the chief guide? You are a cunning little cunning boy among the juniors, It scares me the most."

On the other side, Lyon and Andre met their eyes, and had no choice but to follow suit: "I have seen your video of the final, and the last blow was good."

"Yes, senior, you should admit that my shots are faster and more accurate." Andre insisted without humility, showing his sharp canine teeth with a smile.

[Please enter the field from both players. 】The electronic broadcast sounded, interrupting their friendly chat just in time.

Doors opened on both sides of the arena's circular stage, and Jason and Julius walked out from the inside and stood in the center.

[Shake hands and salute. 】The two looked at each other, but neither moved.The auditorium exploded, and the strong smell of gunpowder spread instantly.

[Now state the rules, the fight between the two sides ends when one of the physical or mental values ​​falls below the passing line.Various forms of attack and defense can be used, such as supernatural powers, mental, mechanical, and smart phones, and behaviors that threaten life and violate the bottom line are prohibited. 】

Two platforms rose at their feet, holding their weapons.What Jason is holding is a giant gun, which is Leon's "Tiger Roar".What Julius was holding was a silver-white robotic armor, which he attached to his left arm.

[After the inspection, there is no abnormal reaction to the items carried by both parties. 】

A huge screen appeared in mid-air, and the pictures inside began to scroll, and finally stopped at the picture with trees and water.

[Randomly select a map—the map is determined, tropical rainforest. 】

Everyone couldn't help exclaiming, the background setting of the tropical rainforest is one of the most complicated maps.Surprise was nothing but surprise, the scene still changed, the iron floor under Julius and Jason's feet turned into soft soil, the sound of birds and insects came, and the surrounding trees rose from the ground, towering into the sky, everything came to life.

A semicircular protective film covers the arena and also separates the danger from the crowd.

[The competition will start in ten seconds: ten—nine—eight—]

The two reacted the same, quickly observing the memory environment and the available situation.The audience also held their breath and concentrated, not daring to move rashly.

[Three—two—one, the competition begins! 】

The artillery fire set off a wall of earth, and it was Jason who blasted the barrier between them with the "roar of the tiger".

However, an earthen giant appeared out of thin air, with thick arms made of sand, and Julius stood motionless on its shoulders. The giant's slap weighed a thousand catties, and the wind that whipped up made the trees crooked and trembled.The palm covered the sky and the sun like a bowl under a mask, as if a mountain had been built on Jason's body.

But the mountain was not solid yet, it had been torn open, and Jason sprang out from the inside, galloping up the mountain road, the gun rang twice, and its arm was broken off shoulder-to-shoulder.

He looked up, only to find that Julius had gone elsewhere at some point.

The leaves rustled, thousands of them surrounded him in the center of the vortex, and he couldn't find the exit.Immediately afterwards, his feet were soft and collapsed, and countless vines clasped his ankles, climbing up and hooking his waist.Densely packed little mechanical ants covered his whole body, and the electric current came suddenly.

It exploded with a bang, and gray clouds rose in the sky of the simulated arena.

The people outside the arena could see it clearly, and they couldn't help but exclaimed at this moment, fearful, and fixed their eyes on the numerical meter on the screen—Jason's numerical value was indeed depleted, but it was only [-]%, which was insignificant.

After the smoke dissipated, they saw a deep ditch where Jason was standing, which was the trace of laser cannons or stray bullets, leading directly to the interior of the rainforest.

Not long after the competition, half of the vast rainforest has been destroyed, and the flowers and plants are wilting, looking pitiful.

Jason on the screen was searching through the dense forest. It was strange to say that he seemed to know the way, turned left and right, stopped to make judgments from time to time, and continued to move within three seconds. His coordinate point on the map was far away from Zhu Lils was getting closer.

"What's going on?" Andre asked.

Raphael smiled and pointed to his nose: "The sense of smell of beasts is much more sensitive than you think.

But the map is changing rapidly, and the two coordinate points that were close to each other suddenly jumped thousands of miles away, which inevitably made everyone dumbfounded.

Caroline couldn't help laughing: "It's a trick from childhood, he really never gets tired of it."

Jason paused, frowned, looked around, and sniffled.

Suddenly, the sky thundered, lightning flashed across the cloudy sky, and the rain poured down.The trees in front of him fell like dominoes one by one, and the land under his feet became bare and barren.

The fire blazed and roared from the end of his vision.

The temperature behind him has cooled down, and the water vapor has condensed, forming a thin layer of ice, and insects, birds and animals have become specimens before they can escape.

The heat wave of the explosion followed one after another, and the tornado fell from the sky, and the closer it was to Jason, the more violent it was.

Jason hesitated a little. The land he occupied had been divided into two halves. His foot slipped and he fell straight into the chaotic sea.

It wasn't a dream, nor was it an illusion. The feeling of cold war on the skin was terrifyingly real.It was as if someone grabbed his body and pulled him into a darker place, gradually deprived of oxygen.

"What kind of power is this!"

The auditorium was already talking about it, many people couldn't bear the shock in their hearts and talked loudly, while some were speechless and trembling with fear.

On the numerical table, Jason's mental value has not been depleted too much, but his physical value continues to decrease.

Caroline knocked on Raphael's seat in the front row with great interest: "Guess it?"

Raphael let go of his chin, and gestured to her to play games with a gamepad.

Caroline smiled and leaned back again.

boom!There was a sudden three-foot-high wave on the sea, and it was Jason who flew out with his back facing the sky.He was drenched all over, and the "Tiger Roar" gun in his hand was still smoking.

With a free hand, he brushed back his wet hair, revealing his forehead, and a pair of fighting eyes.

After a few clangs, he quickly rectified the body of the gun and made the aiming action for high-altitude shooting. The "tiger roar" buzzed like it was fully charged from beginning to end.

"In this case, where does he want to hit?" Everyone raised their necks to find out.

Leon raised the corner of his mouth, lowered the brim of his hat, and muttered to himself, "All of them."

Yes, all of them.When Jason fell, all the bullets were suspended around him in 360 degrees, big and small, pointed and round.As soon as he gave an order, the bullets were like meteors falling from the sky, drawing arcs and hitting the ground.

This is not over yet, "Tiger Roar" turns, and Jason pulls the trigger.

Ability [Death].

White light and yellow light flickered, the wind uprooted the trees, shattered the clods of soil, swirled the ocean, and the excessive energy even made the barrier red alarm. .

The spherical energy exploded like a planet expanding, enveloping the arena.A mushroom cloud rises high, lifeless wherever it touches.

When the vision is clear, there is no shadow of the tropical rainforest in the arena, the loess of the ruins, the huge sunken circular pit, and the ravine with cracks, only two people are looking at each other viciously.

"This kind of ability...is a monster." The people watching were speechless, unable to speak clearly.

There was not much panic on Julius's face, but his mental fluctuations were very violent, which made people guess that he was trying to calm down.

If only that would be great!Zuo Danyun shook his head and frowned.On the contrary, his second brother was very excited.

"Playing so big?" Julius said, grinning grinningly, "Can your body hold it up?"

"It's okay... one size for one size." Jason looked at him, his chest rising and falling, and his breathing was uneven. He pointed to his mechanical hand and said, "I can't afford to spend with you."

Julius raised his eyebrows and remained silent——Jason was right, the reason why he was able to do a job with ease was because he didn't just use his ability [Creation].The chemical drugs and various mechanical mechanisms in the mechanical hand help him control the natural elements and creatures. He likes games, and the mechanical hand is his game controller. Since he was a child, he has a soft spot for controlling others. [Creation] gave him Have fun with Creator privileges.

The information between them was not equal, and Jason knew it well. He knew Julius far less than the other party knew him.Coupled with the messy things he is good at, the longer the battle line is dragged, the more Julius will have a way.

"Then what should I do? I have no reason to cooperate with your brutal killing."

"...Spiritual warfare, you and I are both good at it."

Hearing this, Julius's eyes lit up, and his smile grew stronger: "Don't regret it."

"Tiger Roar" and the manipulator landed at the same time.

With a long wolf howl and a fire-breathing roar, a white wolf appeared at Jason's feet, and the dragon behind Julius flicked its tail and spread its wings left and right.

——Spiritual guides, materialized spiritual consciousness, they are ready to go, their paws and palms throw a thin layer of smoke on the ground.

And their masters, after looking at each other for a while, closed their eyes together.

"Spiritual duel?"

Qi Nuofeng had no choice but to appease everyone, let them sit down again, and gave them a warning.He admitted that the strength of the two duels far exceeded his expectations-if Jason wins and cooperates with Julius in the competition, then the word "strongest" must be reformed.

Julius woke up in his own mental image, in the hall of the palace, in the mirror, he was the same age as Jason, and he was in the prime of life.

Jason was already waiting there, with black hair and golden eyes, half of him was kept in the oblique light from the floor-to-ceiling windows, and the other half was hidden in the darkness.The dazzling white flashed across his eyes, which was caused by the dream catcher hanging from Jason's neck. Although there were no bells, there were jingling bells in his ears.

Julius had a severe headache, his mind was chaotic and chaotic, something was about to break out of the cocoon, and the fragments were pieced together and overlapped.

He didn't allow him to be sad, Jason's bullet had pierced through the pillar, the silver steel was shiny, and after two rounds, most of the ceiling collapsed rumbling.

Jason crushed rocks under his feet, opened his arms, and hundreds of guns floated in the air. In his eyes, there was doom.The laser beam shot through the palace, and the flaky blade split the dome and the ground like a cake, and the thin cones that fell from the sky were nails, piercing through the connecting roads, turning it into a helpless island prison.The angle-adjusted particle spotlight cannon, the intensive offensive, is enough to restrict the movement from all directions.

The bombardment is raging, hell and death are all in the world, the bombed palace is a blooming flower, the stamen at the highest critical point is Jason's foothold, the hunter only has the prey in his eyes, and the moment his bullet hits, it is straight and unmistakable, it is the capture The horn of the heart, the scythe of death screamed behind him.

In the golden pupils, it was like a golden sea surging, cold and hot at the same time.

"I saw you again."

The gunpowder smoke filled the air, and Julius' figure was clear from it, his eyes were blood red, and more than a dozen bullet marks and gunshot wounds on his body were healing.

"Once or twice, I want to imprison you forever."

The white wolf roared, raised its ears, and raised its tail. It fought with the dragon, its claws hooked the dragon's skin, leaving several bloody horizontal lines, and its sharp teeth bit the dragon's back, tearing the dragon's skin outward. , the severe pain made the dragon raise his head and scream in pain.

But the white wolf was still not satisfied, relying on his agility and lightness, he even jumped up to the top of the dragon's head, and slapped its head hard with its claws, the white bones were exposed where the nails passed.

The spiritual guide is the embodiment of the reaction deep in the human heart, and the character and behavior are all connected with the master.

"When I first picked Jason up, I felt like I was raising a wolf cub, who was aggressive and liked to bite people." Leon tutted in the stands, "Caroline, you have a good eye, he is really suitable as a wolf cub. Hunters or killers, rational, indifferent, respect life and believe in the law of the jungle, know how to enjoy the thrill of gambling with life in battle and the freedom of crazy selflessness."

Caroline heard this, but said: "Oh, you're flattering me, this is Zuo Yaoqing's eyes. Maybe he didn't realize it, except for that boy, he has always liked strong people, and the list of his predecessors ranges from military officers to big Dude, the more challenging it is, the more fun he has. I know how perverted and scumbag my son is - he likes to control other people's lives, make them shabby and then throw them away, just to see the desperation of the superior expression."

The situation on the field reversed.

The wings on the back of the dragon grew sharp claws, and the white wolf was caught and fell. It breathed out blue flames, forcing the white wolf to hide and flee. Thick finger bones clamped the white wolf's neck, watching it writhing and struggling, the wind breathed out from its nostrils, and laughter came from its throat.

Raphael looked at the field, clenched his hand on his thigh into a fist, and was then held by Andre on the side.His body trembled slightly, and his fists loosened.

"Qi Nuofeng! More control personnel, especially guides!"

In fact, there was no need for Zuo Danyun's sudden reminder, Qi Nuofeng had already noticed it.

On the numerical table, the mental fluctuations of Julius and Jason fluctuated greatly, and the smell of pheromone had passed through the barrier and drifted outside the arena.All the sentries were in a commotion, and their emotions were on the verge of losing control.

But in less than three seconds, they all calmed down again - Raphael is indeed the chief guide, and his ability to control the field is first-class.His pheromones are like ice-cold spring water, and his mental tentacles gently caress the restless emotions of the sentries, patting their heads lightly like taming animals, making them calm and relax.

Jason's body flew out, and his back hit the smooth marble slab. The cold temperature penetrated through the material, and the bruises and bruises made the pain even more painful.

The poisoned arrow pierced through his chest and pinned him, the wound dizzy and wet his clothes.The spreading rose vines pierced his palms and feet, as if handcuffs were clinging to his wrists and ankles, tightening tightly.He couldn't move, and the blood dripped down the flow, splashed on the granite surface, and a few dripping flowers burst out.

He coughed up a mouthful of red phlegm, felt his throat was sticky, and couldn't speak.There are thorns hanging from the neck, and it is passed around and around, worrying about what is not tightening.

It started to rain in the sky, and his skin was covered with rain, burning hotly, and gradually corroded into yellow.

Julius slid his fingers across his face, tapped his furrowed brow, and smiled contentedly.Suddenly, Julius grabbed Jason's jaw and lifted it slightly: "Say, beg my forgiveness. Say!"

"... Absolutely, no..." Choking with difficulty, Jason replied, his golden pupils looked into the depths of his eyes, his voice became weaker and weaker, "I, did nothing wrong... You know, you know, otherwise, ahem, otherwise you wouldn't let me go..."

The whistle of the train sounded suddenly, breaking the weight too abruptly.

Memories rewind, as if reappearing yesterday.

The smell of blood in the air became thicker. Jason clenched his fists, leaned forward, and forcibly tore off the vine. Numerous spikes pierced his flesh, but he ignored it.

An uppercut landed firmly on Julius' right cheek, throwing him back a few meters.

"Qing, I'm not as greedy as you, nor as cowardly as you."

Julius wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. Jason in front of him was covered in cuts and bruises, but healed slowly, while the scratches on his body had not faded.

"The winner has been decided." The gun in Jason's hand pressed against Julius' main artery, and the silver light reflected their matching faces.

The white wolf's fur was stained with blood, and finally knocked the dragon to the ground, his eyes were wide open, and the sharp teeth could be seen in the mouth like sharp cones.

What's even more surprising is the difference in data between the two on the screen value table.

Julius, who was good at mental attacks, had his mental value dropped to a dangerous level, while Jason, who was good at physical attacks, had also lost a lot of physical values.

[According to the rules, the competition is over, and the winner—Jason. 】