The Villain Is Too Popular

Facing Chen Xing's sudden 'declaration of victory,' Tendo still couldn't grasp the meaning of her words. However, after some thought, he did manage to figure out one thing: Chen Xing, right now... harbored a great deal of resentment towards him, a very great deal. As for the source of this resentment, Tendo speculated it was because Chen Xing had been suppressed by him for the past two years. After all, if it weren't for him, the position of Stars' pinnacle would have always belonged to her.

Thinking this, Tendo immediately said with a serious expression, "Xing, I have to say a few words to you here. My achievements today are 99% talent plus 1%..."

"Shut up."

Before Tendo could finish speaking, Chen Xing suddenly interrupted him. At the same time, a bloody glow suddenly appeared in Chen Xing's crimson eyes, her gaze shifting from resentment to anger. "Tendo, so... even now, you still think I'm just desperately trying to catch up to you?"

"Huh?"

Tendo looked at Chen Xing with a confused expression, his mind completely blank. He had no idea what Chen Xing was talking about. Before Tendo could even ask Chen Xing for the reason, Caroline, who was not far away, suddenly spoke up out of the blue.

"Idiot."

Tendo turned to look at Caroline. Though she was feigning seriousness, constantly fiddling with her tactical tablet, her drooping cat ears had quietly perked up. This was a unique behavior that only occurred when Caroline was feeling guilty. Thinking this, Tendo immediately said, displeased, "Caroline, why are you suddenly calling me an idiot for no reason?"

Faced with Tendo's interrogation, Caroline, unaware that she had already exposed herself, simply pretended not to hear him, continuing to 'work' with her head down. Tendo was utterly speechless watching Caroline still deluding herself. No way, have you two formed a secret group chat behind my back? Otherwise, why can't I understand a single word you're saying?

For no reason, Tendo suddenly recalled something Yun Meng had once said to him.

'Little Tendo, a girl's heart... can sometimes be even more dangerous than a Star Beast.'

He hadn't understood what that meant before. But now, he understood. Because a Star Beast's heart... how could it be as hard to guess as a girl's heart?!

Thinking this, Tendo simply threw caution to the wind. If he couldn't guess it, then he wouldn't!

"Xing, stop with the nonsense. If you want to fight, then fight. If you don't, then I'm off to the cafeteria to eat. Don't waste my time."

Hearing Tendo's words, Chen Xing wasted no time. Her demon blade, Bloodflame, unsheathed with a 'clang.' Chen Xing's red hair danced wildly in the heatwave, and the Karma Flames entwined around the blade twisted the very air. Chen Kong, from a distance, instinctively took half a step back to avoid the fiercely approaching heatwave.

He stared at Chen Xing in shock, seemingly re-evaluating his sister. Just three days ago, Chen Xing could only ignite flames by using her own blood. But now, she no longer needed blood as a conduit.

And because of the extremely high compatibility between her 'Star Core: Bloodflame' and 'Star Essence: Red Lotus Karma Flames,' Chen Xing had achieved a very high degree of development with it, even though she had only obtained this Star Essence a mere three days ago. She could perfectly integrate it into her original transcendent system.

Boom!

Chen Xing's figure transformed into a crimson meteor, dragging her blade as she instantly appeared before Tendo, delivering a cleaving strike. This strike was so fast that even its afterimage didn't have time to dissipate, and the ground where the blade had passed before was melted into deep trenches.

However, Tendo's reaction to this fierce strike was very relaxed. Having obtained 'Vector Control,' the opponents he feared least were 'Natural-type' and 'Melee-type' opponents like Chen Xing. After all, both of these were perfectly countered by his 'Vector Control.'

Clink!

Tendo lightly raised his right hand. The moment his fingertip touched Chen Xing's blade, the wild flames covering the blade suddenly obediently diverted, as if easily brushed aside by an invisible hand.

Not only that, but Chen Xing, who was holding the blade with one hand, seemed to be pulled by some terrifying force during this process. Her body suddenly pitched in the direction the blade deflected, clearly losing her balance.

Fortunately, Chen Xing was indeed the strongest person beneath Tendo. Just as most of her body was about to hit the ground, her left hand quickly braced against the ground, and her right hand, holding the blade, swung out again. She completed a sweeping motion with astonishing flexibility. The Bloodflame demon blade in her hand drew a perfect arc, aiming directly for Tendo's ankle.

However, Tendo chuckled at this strike, then precisely kicked the back of the blade with the tip of his shoe.

This kick also produced an effect similar to twisting Chen Xing's power earlier, causing Chen Xing's grip on the blade to involuntarily loosen, and her weapon slipped from her hand.

If it were a normal battle, Tendo could have already attacked Chen Xing, who was now unarmed. But because of their earlier agreement, Tendo could only watch as Chen Xing performed a flip, caught the demon blade's hilt as it fell from the air, and attacked him again.

However, under the absolute disparity in strength and the Star Essence counter-effect, Chen Xing, who currently only had melee and flame techniques, was completely helpless against Tendo, who possessed Vector Control. Her proud flame damage was utterly useless in the face of Tendo's Vector Control.

As for swordsmanship? Although Chen Xing's swordsmanship was good, Tendo, with his 'Stellar Eclipse Eye,' could perfectly counter all of her swordsmanship techniques. This pair of eyes allowed Tendo to perfectly predict all of Chen Xing's movements within the next second.

Her Star Essence was countered, her base stats were countered, and even her swordsmanship was suppressed. It could be said that although Chen Xing's strength was unparalleled among everyone except Tendo, Tendo found fighting her much easier than fighting anyone else. There was nothing she could do; after all, his 'Vector System' inherently countered 'Melee Natural-types' like Chen Xing.

Under this absolute suppression and absolute counter, even though Chen Xing's strength had made significant progress, she still failed to force Tendo out of that small circle, only a meter in diameter, within the three-minute timeframe.

Because every time Chen Xing attacked, Tendo could effortlessly deflect the flames covering her blade. And the force on the blade would always rebound in a strange way.

Of course, the most terrifying thing was that Tendo could anticipate and respond to every one of Chen Xing's moves in advance, as if it wasn't Tendo fighting her, but her future self.

Under such absolute suppression, the three minutes quickly ran out.

"Time's up."

Seeing that the time was almost up, Caroline, from a distance, suddenly announced the end of the game. Hearing her words, Chen Xing abruptly extinguished the flames around her body and coldly sheathed her demon blade.

"Xing, it seems this time, I won again." Tendo said, smiling, looking at the expressionless Chen Xing. However, to his surprise, facing his 'provocation,' Chen Xing, who would usually flare up and argue with him, now strangely fell silent, not uttering a word. She calmly turned and left the training room, leaving a bewildered Tendo standing there.

Watching her retreating figure, Tendo couldn't help but ask Caroline, who was nearby, "Caroline, was Xing so disheartened by me that she doesn't even want to speak?"

Seeing that Tendo still hadn't figured out what Chen Xing was 'angry' about, Caroline immediately gave an answer that Tendo completely couldn't understand. "Nothing. She's not disheartened; she just thinks there's nothing worth saying to a block of wood."

"???"

Amidst Tendo's flurry of question marks, Caroline, for some reason, also actively left the training room. Watching these two successive riddle-tellers depart, Tendo, for the first time, felt his brain was a bit inadequate. Thinking this, he looked at Chen Kong, who was also looking dazed nearby, and asked, "Kong, do you know what they mean?"

Chen Kong thought for a moment, then apologetically shook his head, indicating that he didn't understand either.

"I see you're also a blockhead. You can't even figure this out. What good are you?"

With that, Tendo ignored Chen Kong's bewildered expression and hurried off to the cafeteria to eat.