Li Yao was rendered speechless. He didn't know what kind of expression he should put on to welcome such a big 'surprise'.
He should've realized it earlier.
What else could have made Ding Ling Dong soar all the way to the middle level of the Building Foundation Stage in only a couple of months other than the Occult Orbs?
Bi Ran rubbed his hands and asked curiously,
"Mr. Li Yao, you and this' Crimson Queen 'Ding Ling Dong are both the most popular figures in the Grand Desolate War Institution in recent years. You must've fought with her in school, right? How was it? Was she as tough as she was described to be? What did it feel like to fight with her? I've only seen a few of her combat videos. She was indeed as crazy as a demon! "
Li Yao scratched his nose and mumbled, "More than that.
"More than that … Oh right, which battle team did Ding Lingdang join?"
Bi Ran replied,
"Team Blue Bronze! They were unbelievably lucky. They were about to be kicked out of the top hundred, but with the addition of such a strong newcomer as the Crimson Queen, they were saved from the jaws of doom!
"They've been training in the Occult Orbs recently. I'm told that they are going to build a brand-new tactical cooperation with the Crimson Queen as the attack core. But they'll be back tomorrow.
"Mr. Li Yao, I suggest you find a place to stay. It won't be good if the members of Team Lingering Wind see you wandering on the street. When Team Blue Bronze returns from the Occult Orbs tomorrow, they will be there for sure. Team Lingering Wind will definitely go after them instead of you."
Li Yao raised his eyebrow.
"Why? Private duels are allowed in Empyreal Star City?"
Bi Ran shook his head hard.
"Of course not. But generally speaking, nobody will turn down an invitation to a duel, because it concerns the reputation and dignity of an Orb Patroller. If you refuse an invitation, you will be regarded as a coward. Who would want to explore the Occult Orbs with you?
"Especially for a newcomer like you, it's time for you to perform well. If you refuse a duel, it will be disadvantageous for you to join the team. "
Li Yao pondered for a moment. He smiled faintly and said,
"I understand. Thank you for your advice. This is my spiritual crane messenger number. After I find a place to settle down and familiarize myself with the environment of Polaris City, I will definitely help you modify your saber. As for which battle team I will choose, I will definitely help you modify it. I don't want to make a decision so quickly. If there's anything I need, I'll definitely look for you again. "
"That's not a problem. If Team Heavenly Talents has any work to modify magical equipment in the future, we hope that you, as an expert of refining, can help us. The fee is not a problem at all. We can settle it with contribution points!"
Bi Ran said straightforwardly as he exchanged numbers with Li Yao.
After the two sides separated, Li Yao was not in a hurry to find a place to stay. He put his hands in his pockets. He leisurely returned to the central square.
He connected to the mainframe crystal processor again and searched for information about Team Blue Bronze.
A long and dense stream of information quickly rolled down from the top of the light curtain.
As it turned out, Team Blue Bronze had quite a strong background. It used to be a team of foreign Orb Patrollers. It was the only super team that had made it into the top five of the top hundred teams!
Yin Qingfeng, the former captain of Team Blue Bronze, was in the high level of the Building Foundation Stage. He was the soul of the team and a rare hybrid-type Cultivator who specialized in three classes. He had talents in fighting, management, and research at the same time!
He had built Team Blue Bronze from an unknown third-rate team into one of the strongest teams in Occult Orbs Fellowship within three years on his own!
However … Three months ago, when Team Blue Bronze was exploring the Occult Orbs, a powerful barrier was triggered. In order to save his teammates, Yin Qingfeng activated a powerful restriction. He gritted his teeth and resisted the crazy attacks of the barrier.
In that battle, Yin Qingfeng and Gao Peng, another expert in the team, perished!
Team Blue Bronze had been reduced from a full team of six to only four members. Their ranking on the Rank of Stars had dropped from the third to the 91st. They were about to fall out of the top hundred of the Rank of Stars!
Right then, the incomplete Team Blue Bronze discovered a newcomer named Ding Ling Dong.
Li Yao basically knew what happened after that.
After Ding Ling Dong joined Team Blue Bronze, she discovered the ancient heritage of the experts of the Star Ocean Imperium during her first expedition to the Occult Orbs. Her Cultivation soared, and so did the overall capability of Team Blue Bronze.
Right now, the five-member team ranked 79th on the Rank of Stars.
Team Blue Bronze hadn't released any recruitment notice recently. The old members were trying their best to get along with Ding Ling Dong. It seemed that they were trying to raise her as the next soul of the team.
While he was reading, Li Yao chuckled without a sound.
When he saw Ding Ling Dong for the first time, he felt that she was a woman who was like a small sun. Wherever she went, she would release dazzling brilliance.
Even in Occult Orbs Fellowship, where experts and stars were shining, Ding Ling Dong was so dazzling that she stood out immediately.
Watching Ding Lingdang soar into the sky as fast as lightning on her own path of cultivation, Li Yao felt as if his heart had been filled with honey. He was overjoyed.
Pausing for a moment, he asked the mainframe crystal processor to retrieve the video of the competition between Ding Ling Dong and Guo Yu.
He had learned from the beginner's guide on the mainframe crystal processor that the competition in Occult Orbs Fellowship was fierce. There were too many competitions to count. Also, when one party proposed a duel, the other party wouldn't turn it down.
After all, the Occult Orbs were too tempting.
Every visit to an Occult Orb was equal to a 'fortuitous encounter'. Who would be willing to give up such a great opportunity?
The cost of entering an Occult Orb was extremely high, and the opportunities were limited. Who should be allowed to go and who shouldn't? The conflicts of interests involved were too great. It was almost impossible to come up with an absolutely fair solution.
Therefore, the only solution left was to fight with strength. Whoever had the bigger fist would be qualified to go to the Occult Orbs!
The leadership of Occult Orbs Fellowship, including the Jin Dan experts and the Yuanying experts, were well aware of the situation, too.
However, the purpose of Occult Orbs Fellowship was to select the best of the best. Therefore, they just let it be.
To put it bluntly, in the competition in Empyreal Star City, the losers would only suffer some physical pain.
But if the losers were lucky enough to enter the Occult Orbs, they would be blown into smithereens in no time.
There was only one rule: no personal fights. All the conflicts would be settled in the arenas.
Yuanying experts were stationed in Empyreal Star City. If any personal fights were discovered, the initiators of the fights would never be allowed to enter the Occult Orbs.
For the Orb Patrollers, it was a punishment that was worse than death.
In such a way, Occult Orbs Fellowship ensured the strong sense of competition among the Orb Patrollers. It also maintained the general order in Empyreal Star City.
There were hundreds of colossal arenas in Empyreal Star City. From the rings where two people would compete, to the arenas where two Star Teams would compete, to the enormous battlefields that could accommodate dozens of Star Teams at the same time, everything was available here.
Every day, countless Star Teams and Orb Patrollers would compete fiercely in the arenas with contribution points or the chance to enter the Occult Orbs as the wager.
Li Yao turned on the video of the competition between Ding Ling Dong and Guo Yu. He watched it attentively.
The battle was taking place in a mountainous area that was full of cracks where hot steam was spurting out nonstop.
It was a completely one-sided crushing, ravaging, and massacre.
In only three minutes, Guo Yu had been beaten beyond recognition. He was lying on the ground on his back, cramping like a dead dog.
Ding Lingdang pursed her lips and turned around to walk out of the arena.
But as it turned out, half of Guo Yu's misery was just an illusion. Gnashing his teeth, he stood up silently with a hideous face. Streams of black gas were dancing around his right arm. Then he turned into a streak of blackness and stabbed at the back of Ding Ling Dong's head!
Li Yao's eyes suddenly turned as sharp as that of a viper's. His eyes narrowed into two thin lines. He clenched his fists so hard that his knuckles were cracking.
Half a second later, Guo Yu screamed miserably as he was sent flying hundreds of meters away. He crashed into a mountain rock, creating a crater with a diameter of more than three meters. Gravel and dust flew everywhere.
Three burning fire serpents were dancing around his body. Almost all of his bones had been minced into pieces. His skin and flesh had been burnt. His body was pitch black.
Ding Ling Dong turned around and glanced at him. She smacked her lips.
Li Yao was quite familiar with the movement.
It was because the opponent was too weak. She felt a bit bored.
"Bitch, just you wait. I'm not going to let you go!"
Guo Yu was in so much pain that he wanted to die. He screamed in the burning fire.
Ding Ling Dong yawned slightly.
She looked around and found a stalagmite about two meters in diameter. She opened her arms and widened her eyes. She exerted her strength and broke the stalagmite from the root.
Then …
She spun the stalagmite twice and smashed it in Guo Yu's direction.
"Boom!"
Guo Yu was crushed by the stalagmite that weighed dozens of tons. His disgusting curses came to an abrupt end.
First, his bones were broken. Then, his skin and flesh were burnt. Finally, he was crushed by the stalagmite that weighed dozens of tons.
No wonder Guo Yu had to stay in the ICU for half a month, even though he was in the Building Foundation Stage.
Li Yao couldn't help but grin silently, revealing his white teeth.
It was indeed Ding Ling Dong's way of doing things.
He was looking forward to his meeting with Ding Ling Dong the next day more and more.
However, first of all …
Li Yao's smile gradually became hideous.
He searched for all the information about Team Lingering Wind, especially Guo Yu's battle videos, and began studying them wholeheartedly.
He wanted to know Guo Yu from all aspects, especially his strength, features, and fighting patterns, and find out his fatal flaws.
"You want to use me as a warning to Ding Ling Dong?
"You asked for it yourself. Don't blame me for it!"
…
Two hours later, in a training room where the Children of Occult Orbs were gathered in the south district of Empyreal Star City.
"The newcomer of the Grand Desolate War Institution was almost tricked into the arena by me. I was going to torture him in the name of testing so that he could vent his frustration after being locked in the med bay for more than half a month. By the way, I was going to teach that Inferno Witch Ding Ling Dong the grave consequences of messing with Team Lingering Wind!
"I didn't expect that the damn fatty of Team Heavenly Chosen would ruin everything at the last moment. How infuriating!"
Guo Yu gritted his teeth and said as he ruthlessly trampled on a strength training machine that could carry ten tons of weight.
His refined aura had completely disappeared. At this moment, his entire body was shrouded in a thick aura of insidiousness and resentment!
As a Child of Occult Orbs, he had never been so humiliated before. He had been heavily wounded by a young girl from the outside world and had been hospitalized for more than half a month. He had become a joke in his circle!
He hated it so much!
Not only did he hate Ding Ling Dong, he hated everybody from the Grand Desolate War Institution, too.
"What's the hurry?"
Long Chengde, the vice-captain of Team Lingering Wind, sneered, "This Vulture Li Yao is said to be quite famous in the outside world. But in Occult Orbs Fellowship, he is only a rookie among rookies.
"For us, he is just an appetizer. It doesn't matter whether we eat him or not.
"Ding Ling Dong, the Inferno Witch, has been in the limelight recently. She has attracted the attention of many experts. She is our real meal!
"All in all …"
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