Free Web NovelFor the third round, they selected Feng Seventeen, the tall, slender young woman, to sit atop the {Wooden Ox and Flowing Horse}.
Though tall in stature, she was light of weight, making her the ideal choice for this round.
However, Qiao Jiajin felt a new idea stirring.
“Star gal,” he called.
“I’m here, ge,” Ning Eighteen replied.
“What’s the third round?” He glanced at the distant wooden boxes. Continuing like this might cause trouble.
“It should be {Right Wrong},” Ning Eighteen pointed to the third wooden box in the distance. “This round should be even more dangerous than the last.”
“More dangerous than iron balls?” Qiao Jiajin nodded. “What’s the ball made of now?”
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“I can’t say for now,” Ning Eighteen shook her head. “But {Right Wrong}, as the third star of the Big Dipper, is associated with {Yin Fire}.”
“Yin Fire...?” Qiao Jiajin widened his eyes. “Fireballs!?”
Ning Eighteen sighed, “It’s very much possible... but truth be told, all these mechanisms are made of wood; it hardly seems likely they could launch fireballs.”
“Is that so...” Qiao Jiajin pondered, nodding, then rubbed his chin.
The chin was quite the marvel; one touch, and all that lingers in the mind are those stubborn stubbles.
‘Forget it, there’s no use thinking,’ Qiao Jiajin looked up at the others. “I originally wanted to get on the wheelbarrow this round, but now it seems that’s impossible.”
“Ah?” Bai Nine blinked. “You want to get on? Qiao ge, didn’t we agree before that the strongest person should board last?”
“Yeah, but something doesn’t add up,” he said, glancing at the distant iron balls. “This game doesn’t follow the difficulty we set. If I’m seated in the last round, no one would be able to handle that round’s {balls}.”
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Everyone understood Qiao Jiajin’s implication.
It resembled a strategy of sacrificing one battle to claim the war, yet their choices were clearly misjudged. The {balls} were clearly growing more dangerous each round; could they still risk Qiao Jiajin taking the last seat?
“But this round isn’t possible; I still need to block the {balls},” Qiao Jiajin remarked gravely. “{Fireballs} and the like... it’s just too much for you all.”
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Although he couldn’t imagine how a wooden mechanism could shoot fireballs, Qiao Jiajin knew that getting on the wheelbarrow now would be a terrible idea—these young ones would die.
“Star gal, will the next few rounds have any safer {balls}?”
“Yes.” Ning Eighteen lowered her head and counted. “The fourth star, {Academic Intelligence}, corresponds to {Yin Water}; the fifth, {Abundant Fortune}, corresponds to {Yin Earth}; the sixth, {Towering Gates}, corresponds to {Yin Earth}; even the final one, {Greedy Wolf}, corresponds to {Water Wood}. None of these seem as dangerous as {Yin Fire}.”
Qiao Jiajin felt he understood. If {Academic Intelligence} is {Yin Water}, it would probably shoot ice balls just like in the first round. That meant this could be a buffer round, one of lesser difficulty for everyone.
The best plan now was for him to handle the {fire} of {Right Wrong}, and let these youngsters deal with the {water} of {Academic Intelligence} in the next round.
“Alright... uh A’... A’Feng?” Qiao Jiajin looked at Feng Seventeen. “I’m not great with names, what’s your {Reverberation} again?”
“Huh?” Feng Seventeen seemed rather introverted, smiling awkwardly, she replied, “My {Reverberation} is {Lightning Flash}...”
“Flash gal!” Qiao Jiajin said decisively. “Now that’s much easier to remember.”
“Uh...” Feng Seventeen seemed completely unable to deal with Qiao Jiajin’s cheerful personality, only managing an awkward nod, “Whatever you say, Qiao ge.”
“Flash gal, you get on the wheelbarrow first. Everyone else, continue doing just as you all had before,” Qiao Jiajin cracked his neck. “I wonder what temperament {Right Wrong} has. I’ll go see for myself.”
Having already overcome {Monetary Affairs} alone, the others naturally trusted his prowess. But this round, {fireballs} could appear... as something one could not even touch, how was he supposed to catch it?
Qiao Jiajin didn’t consider these questions at all. He stretched his limbs while approaching {Right Wrong}.
Looking closely, he noticed this wooden box was indeed different from the others; its color was darker.
‘{Right Wrong}, what does your heartbeat feel like...?’
Qiao Jiajin made a fist with one hand and opened the other into a palm, taking a wide horse stance and steadying his body, then slowly reached forward with his fingertips to touch {Right Wrong}.
{Right Wrong} wasn’t easy—its touch was warm.
“Let’s go!” the wheelbarrow team shouted as they pushed forward.
As the wheelbarrow moved, Qiao Jiajin felt {Right Wrong}’s heartbeat change; its interior began to flare violently.
{Right Wrong} lived up to its name, everything was black and white, pure and blazing with intensity.
‘A very passionate heartbeat...’ Qiao Jiajin’s expression darkened. For a moment, he truly felt this wooden box could shoot flames. ‘This is going to be tricky... damn.’
With every passing second, Qiao Jiajin felt his fingertips grow hotter.
When the wheelbarrow had just traveled six meters, the entire {Right Wrong} emitted a thick plume of smoke, and then spat forth a black {ball} streaked with wisps of red.
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Feeling the peril, Qiao Jiajin retracted his hand at once, but the {ball} had already shot directly at his face.
He twisted his hip, falling backward, and raised both hands to the sides of his head. Just as the back of his skull was about to hit the ground, he executed a kip-up and planted his hands behind his head.
Although he avoided this {Yin Fire}, what about the people pushing the wheelbarrow?
Qiao Jiajin didn’t have time to think. He dropped to the ground and snapped his leg upward, striking the black-and-red {ball} forcefully with the top of his foot.
{Crack}!
A sharp sound rang out. Qiao Jiajin felt his foot scorching, and this {ball} seemed to have a different material from the others. ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom
It was even more fragile than {ice}.
Countless sparks scattered in the air, and in an instant, everyone saw thick smoke rolling above Qiao Jiajin, black clouds scattering, and a surge of intense heat emanating from the shattered black smoke.
“Ah! Damn!!”
Qiao Jiajin felt countless sparks raining down on him, forcing him to roll several times across the ice.
“What the hell?!” Qiao Jiajin angrily stood up, scratching his hair and flicking a few embers away. “Big ol’ Horse ma’am, what are you playing at?!” freēwēbnovel.com
Only then did Terrestrial Horse reveal a pleased smile. “What’s the matter?”
“Puk-gaai—” Qiao Jiajin shouted. “Isn’t this a lit coal ball? Is this how you wanna play?”
“I already warned you earlier that if you didn’t want to die, you should have stayed away from these {balls}” Terrestrial Horse said, shaking her head with feigned helplessness. “You rushed forward on your own, thinking yourself clever, how was I to stop you?”
