"Hm? Of course, I was sincerely expressing admiration!"
After more than twenty years, it was indeed a rare occurrence for Qian Renxue to be so "filial" towards her grandfather.
Lin Yi helplessly said, "Sincerity may be sincere, but in such circumstances, your purposefulness is too strong and the level of acting is high, which leads to a lower degree of admiration."
After hearing Lin Yi's explanation, the grandfather and granddaughter exchanged awkward glances.
Anyway, no matter what, the critical hit effect had already accumulated to two percent, so it wasn't useless.
Qian Renxue followed her grandfather off the stage, while as soon as Thousand Waves stepped down, he ran over to Poseissi's side, which immediately drew a wary gaze from the Sea Dragon Douluo.
As the representative accompanying the Seven Sacred Pillars, he naturally had the duty to protect the High Priest.
"Don't look at me with that kind of gaze, I'm an old acquaintance of your High Priest, right Xi Xi?"
Poseissi didn't respond to him but asked curiously, "Will the effects of such verbal promises actually be reflected in the next attack?"
"Hm? This isn't just a verbal promise, Xi Xi. Didn't you see that after each attack, Senior Lin Yi would shoot a light sphere at the attacker, and upon fusion with the light sphere, they truly received the reward."
Poseissi remembered this scene.
"So that's how it is."
Now, she was actually quite eager to give it a try.
But it felt... strange.
The main issue was, she always felt like there was an additional layer of unclear relationship between herself and Lin Yi.
They had only just met and hadn't had much interaction, though she had received a great favor from him, but this favor wasn't enough to make Poseissi feel obliged to obey Lin Yi blindly.
Yes, she now felt that as long as Lin Yi gave her an order, she would immediately carry it out, regardless of whether the command went against her own principles.
Poseissi couldn't imagine that she had already been bound by a layer of servitude.
When she stood before Lin Yi and interacted with him, this servitude would manifest even more strongly.
If Lin Yi asked her to go east, she wouldn't go west; if Lin Yi asked her to undress, she wouldn't get dressed.
"It's Tang Chen's turn now."
Thousand Waves' voice came from beside her, interrupting Poseissi's thoughts.
"What's up with him?"
Poseissi looked curiously at Tang Chen's sullen expression and asked.
"Hungry, I guess. This guy doesn't like breakfast."
"What??"
Poseissi was dumbfounded.
Thousand Waves was struggling to hold back his laughter; he certainly knew what was wrong with Tang Chen.
Tang Chen had lost any thoughts of looking towards Poseissi's side. When he learned that the result of Thousand Waves' attack with the Sweetness Boost was increased damage, his body was still alive, but his heart died on the spot.
Oh well, just wish them happiness then, and as for myself, I'll just wait to die alone in loneliness.
But in fact, neither he nor Thousand Waves could imagine that the goddess they were both yearning for had already been completely controlled by Lin Yi's hands.
This just confirmed that saying: the aloof goddess in your eyes will accept any excessive demand from another man.
Just because that man is handsome, has status, is powerful, and is wealthy.
Tang Chen's steps drifted as he walked towards the stage, bending in a bow towards Lin Yi with a sickly demeanor.
"Greetings, Senior Lin Yi."
Lin Yi, observing Tang Chen's demeanor, couldn't help but sigh in his heart; this guy wasn't as thick-skinned as Thousand Waves.
So no matter what age, as long as you're thick-skinned enough, you can gain an advantage in pursuing a girl.
"Begin."
Just as Tang Chen summoned his Martial Soul and was ready to attack, Lin Yi suddenly realized that this guy seemed to be planning not to care about the damage...
Damn, just because of a lost love, he's really hitting rock bottom!
"First soul skill, Slaughter Hammer!"
The Hao Tian Hammer in Tang Chen's hand suddenly grew a bit larger, glowing with a blood-red light; the yellow soul ring floated above as the Hao Tian Hammer in Tang Chen's hand began to emanate a cold chill, the manifestation of killing intent.
But at this moment, everyone was only concerned about one issue.
That was the fact that Tang Chen seemed to have only used his first soul skill without applying any boosts.
Wouldn't that mean a downgrade in reward quality?
Thousand Waves frowned from below the stage: "This guy, can't he handle a setback?"
"What in the world is wrong with him?"
Poseissi asked.
"He thought you liked me, which is a fact, and then when this guy heard the truth, he couldn't accept it and stopped caring about the damage from his attacks. This time he attacks, the reward quality is definitely going to drop by six or seven levels."
Poseissi pretty much understood what was going on. She frowned, turned around, and kicked Thousand Waves to the ground.
"After all these years, you two haven't grown up at all! One is even more hopeless than the other!"
"How is this my fault?"
Sitting on the ground, Thousand Waves looked up at his crush with a wronged expression.
Poseissi couldn't be bothered to reply.
How old were they, still caring about these romantic feelings like they were young?
Poseissi had long stopped caring about such things. What she cared about was where the end of her life would be, how far she could go, and whether she could eventually reach the level of gods.
Perhaps staying calm all these years had changed her mindset.
But what Poseissi didn't know was that she would soon be overwhelmed by a man's presence and gradually lose her principles and bottom line.
After all, that man was someone who would bury his head into any task at hand.
"Ha!"
Tang Chen swung the blood-red Hao Tian Hammer in his hand, charging towards Lin Yi. The hammer hit Lin Yi, sending out a wave of blood-red ripples.
A faint golden glow gathered around Lin Yi, and the lowest level of Damage Rebound, like a just-filled and then deflated golden balloon, struck Tang Chen and quickly dissipated.
This...
Tang Chen was stunned.
He was someone who could deal over five hundred thousand damage from the start and had never experienced such low-level damage before.
Retracting his Martial Soul, Tang Chen turned around, glancing at Poseissi distractedly before silently retreating and waiting for Lin Yi to announce the results, his heart filled with apathy.
Lin Yi looked at the panel.
[Blood Loss: 113687]
[Remaining Health: 899914366873]
[Damage Level: Black Junior (Downgrade)]
[Random Reward: Negative Energy Damage Increase]
[Host Reward: Positive Energy Damage Increase]
Lin Yi looked at the rewards, puzzled.
He wondered if it was because the Soul Master contest was about to be held that lately there had been many rewards converting various things into damage increases.
For example, previous sweetness, admiration, and now negative energy.
Wait, Lin Yi read the explanation and suddenly was shocked.
Are you kidding?
The highest enhancement for this negative energy is 100%??
That's just Black Junior damage. It makes sense for Golden Junior to have a maximum of 100% increase. But why would Black Junior also have such an ability?
Could there be a miscalculation in the System?
No, wrong.
Lin Yi looked at the content of the footnotes and thought it through to understand the reason.
It was still because of the specific type of reward. This damn thing is a negative energy damage transformation!
Only when the negative energy reaches 100%, would the damage increase reach 100%!
But with 100% negative energy, that's almost like losing hope in living, and even if the damage increase reaches the maximum of 100%, the only thought for the reward receiver would be to die immediately.
No wonder it's a Black Junior reward; normal people wouldn't want to have a lot of negative energy.
However, Lin Yi looked up and felt that this reward surprisingly suited the man in front of him quite well.
"Damage 113687, lower than your personal highest damage record, so the reward quality is downgraded to Black Junior, and your reward is a Negative Energy Damage Increase."
Having said that, Lin Yi flicked the black orb of light towards Tang Chen.
He explained further, "Just as it sounds, the percentage of negative energy in your body corresponds to the damage increase you get."
"Worth mentioning, regular minor annoyances in life do not count as negative energy."
Tang Hao, having merged with the reward, was shocked to see the percentage of negative energy within him.
ps. Recommending a friend's book.
"Douluo: Starting with a Breakup from Tang Hao"
Many of you should have read the author's previous book about being abandoned by Tang Hao from the start. It did well, and the new book is also guaranteed quality.