Death Game: Starting as a Trickster, Pretending to Be a God

Chapter 733: Battle Participants

”Ouch... that hurts!”

Inside Li Nianʼs villa, she clutched several tissues stained red by her nosebleed, while Xiaoyun applied medicine to the bridge of her nose.

Lin Yu hadnʼt hit anywhere else—all three punches had landed squarely on Li Nianʼs nose.

On the other side, Phantom soaked his hands in a basin of ice water, complaining about the people from Order.

”Those bastards from Order are really ruthless, especially that guy called ʼMay Mayʼ—he went straight for A Nianʼs face, how infuriating.”

Xiaoyun remained relatively calm as she continued applying medicine while asking, ”Isnʼt he a friend of that ʼZhu Mingʼ whoʼs about to join the organization? Why no mercy at all?”

Li Nian heard Xiaoyunʼs words and sighed.

”Actually, that was him showing me mercy... if heʼd fought me seriously, Iʼd be hurt worse than this.”

Xiaoyun looked surprised. ”Is that guy really that strong?”

Li Nian nodded. ”At least in direct combat ability, heʼs far better than me.”
”And... he should have been promoted to ʼSecond Tier.ʼ”

Li Nian said quietly, and Xiaoyun fell into thought again.

”ʼSecond Tier,ʼ huh...”

Phantom also realized what Xiaoyun was thinking about and directly looked toward the other side of the living room, where Comedian was performing an imaginary bone-chewing routine for Li Nianʼs dog, trying to make it laugh. He asked, ”Comedian, old pal, the bets you arranged with Li Hua are for participants below ʼFourth Tier,ʼ with same-tier opponents, right?”

Comedian stopped his chomping motion, turned around, and spread five fingers in a meaningless gesture.

”Yep, Li Hua just sent me a message asking if two ʼSecond Tierʼ matches and three ʼThird Tierʼ matches would work. I said no problem for now.”

Hearing Comedian say that, Xiaoyun understood.

”So itʼs definitely ʼSecond Tierʼ going up,” Xiaoyun looked at Li Nian. ”Though A Nian doesnʼt like fighting, when it comes to all-out life-or-death battles, her combat power among ʼSecond Tierʼ is almost top-tier... which means theyʼll probably have that ʼMay Mayʼ going up.”

”A super rookie who escaped from the ʼDiviner,ʼ already terrifyingly OP at ʼFirst Tier,ʼ and now heʼs silently promoted to ʼSecond Tier,ʼ” Phantom said hesitantly. ”Can ʼDesignerʼ handle that?”

”As for who youʼll have go for the other slot, weʼre not sure if this ʼMay Mayʼ will even fight, but Iʼm certain about who the other combatant will be,” Xiaoyun said quietly. ”Itʼll definitely be Orderʼs strongest ʼSecond Tier,ʼ Li Huaʼs direct subordinate in Su City... if Wang Yuyang doesnʼt go against him and goes against ʼMay Mayʼ instead, our ʼFree Allianceʼ only has two ʼSecond Tiers.ʼ”

Hearing this, Li Nian felt another pang of pain in her nose. ”Ouch, do I really have to go up? Canʼt we send four ʼThird Tiersʼ instead?”

Xiaoyun shook her head. ”This time, Central China and East China should be the main regions, and since Li Hua is leading, Orderʼs ʼThird Tierʼ combatants are easy to predict. East China head ʼGamblerʼ Li Hua, Central China Inspector ʼNicholasʼ—those two are confirmed. Then Hangzhou Chief Captain ʼJade Cross,ʼ Haicheng Chief Captain ʼHippo,ʼ and either ʼSnowy Owlʼ or ʼCanaryʼ from ʼNight Watchmenʼ... Phantom, youʼre injured, Magic-Bunny canʼt be used temporarily, and I used too many corpses in todayʼs fight. On our side, we canʼt scrape together three ʼThird Tiersʼ that can reliably counter the above.”

Phantom fell into thought. ”Ah, but even if Xiaoyun and I force ourselves to go up, wouldnʼt that be better than sending A Nian to face ʼMay Mayʼ or ʼA-Yinʼ?”

Comedian laughed. ”So I saw this coming—the moment I heard Li Huaʼs proposal, I confirmed the matter of ʼoutside help,ʼ and Iʼve been waiting for today!”

”Although our ʼFree Allianceʼ doesnʼt have enough manpower anymore... we can still ask for outside help.”

”And when it comes to outside help, ʼSecond Tiersʼ are much easier to recruit than ʼThird Tiers,ʼ arenʼt they?”

”Besides, an incredibly strong ʼSecond Tierʼ... we just happen to know one from the ʼPsychological Society,ʼ donʼt we?”

Phantom frowned. ”You mean ʼDesignerʼsʼ girlfriend? ʼCitalopramʼ is very strong, but if you want her to fight ʼA-Yinʼ or ʼMay Mayʼ... she might not mind personally, but ʼDesignerʼ probably wonʼt agree.”

As Phantom spoke, Comedian wagged his finger.

”Of course Iʼm not talking about Little Wangʼs beloved. Iʼm talking about that reserve member—Order is after the demon she has; it makes sense for her to fight for herself.”

Li Nian rubbed her chin upon hearing this. ”Uncle Comedian, Sister ʼZhu Mingʼ is indeed very strong, but... sheʼs still a reserve member after all.”

”Agreeing on behalf of ʼOrderʼ and offering the demon in her possession as ʼcompensationʼ was already pretty presumptuous of us.”

Phantom looked at Li Nian. ”Oh ho, looks like youʼre quite close to that ʼVeterinarian.ʼ”

Li Nian pursed her lips. ”We do have a pretty good relationship, and Iʼve received a lot of favors from her.”

Comedian laughed heartily. ”Donʼt worry, since sheʼs interested in joining our ʼFree Allianceʼ and sheʼs your friend, how could I let her suffer?”

”Since Iʼve already agreed with Order on her behalf, whether we win or lose, whether sheʼs willing to fight or not, Iʼll give her compensation,” Comedian raised one finger. ”Iʼll give her a [Void Bottle], top-grade quality, as my welcoming gift.”

As Comedian spoke, Li Nian raised an eyebrow. ”Uncle Comedian, youʼre really splurging big this time.”

Just then, a leisurely voice came from Li Nianʼs yard.

”If thereʼs compensation, I can indeed agree, but... what is a [Void Bottle]?”

Everyone looked toward the yard, where a woman in a white lab coat gracefully leaped down from the wall and walked toward the living room.

Phantom stood up. ”This must be ʼZhu Mingʼ... or rather, now ʼClozapineʼ of the ʼPsychological Society,ʼ right?”

Xiaoyun looked over Lin Yu appraisingly, showing great interest. ”How interesting—youʼve really got the temperament that suits our ʼFree Alliance.ʼ”

Comedian also looked at the newcomer and smiled. ”Welcome, welcome. You can check the effects of the [Void Bottle] yourself... but before that, youʼre a ʼVeterinarian,ʼ right? Iʼve got a ʼVeterinarianʼ joke for you!”

”Once upon a time, a dog had a stomachache and went to see a veterinarian. When it arrived at the clinic, it said to the vet, ʼDoc, my stomach hurts, could it be from eating too much raw meat?ʼ To its surprise, the vet looked terrified. Guess what the vet said?”

Before the other could answer, Comedian burst out laughing and continued.

”The vet looked at the dog and said...”

”ʼNever mind your stomach—youʼre a dog, how can you even talk?ʼ—Hahahahaha!!”