What Are You Waiting For?

Novice City. As soon as Chen Lan returned, he immediately opened his attribute panel to check his skills. When he saw that his Primeval Water Sacred Physique was still there, he let out a huge sigh of relief, tears nearly welling up in his eyes. After checking his remaining three skills, he wore an expression torn between heartache and relief. Fortunately, his core skills were intact; otherwise, his class probably would have been completely ruined. However, having lost the Water Control skill, his invincibility in water battles was gone. At that thought, his heart ached so badly he could hardly breathe. He decisively altered his wager in silence, swearing he would never gamble like this again. He had run into Yu Xian this time—what if he ran into Shenshang Chai next? Not far from Chen Lan, a burly player was queueing for a match. [Match Found] [Opponent has rejected your wager] [Opponent has proposed a wager: The loser will randomly forfeit one of their skills to the victor. Do you accept?] Seeing this, the burly player's brows knitted slightly. It truly was an enticing wager; after all, an extra skill meant an additional possibility. The issue was that if the other party was so confident, they were bound to be formidable. Should he accept the challenge? If this were yesterday, he would have rejected the wager without a second thought. But his luck had been exceptionally good today, having already notched a two-win streak. What if today was his lucky day? In the end, he still failed to resist the temptation and chose to accept the opponent's wager. The next moment, he turned into a flash of white light and vanished. Combat Arena. The burly man slowly opened his eyes and looked at his opponent with rising fighting spirit. When he saw Yu Xian across the arena, his facial expressions shifted faster than a Sichuan face-changing performer. First came disbelief, then he realized he had agreed to the wager and his face fell once more, and when he thought of his core skill, his expression shifted yet again. [Yu Xian (Points: 1523) VS Zhao Tiehong (Points: 666), match begin!] The instant the battle commenced, Yu Xian launched an instantaneous zero-frame move: first came Time Stop, followed by a drop of water guided by Water Control shooting toward Zhao Tiehong like a bullet. A single strike. A round puncture wound appeared right between Zhao Tiehong's eyebrows. Time resumed flowing. Before Zhao Tiehong could even register what was happening, his body rapidly dissipated into white light. Yu Xian smiled faintly and steered the water droplet back to his side. Actually, this skill was quite handy—especially when paired with his immense mental resilience, the offensive power was extraordinarily high. Moreover, he could imbue the power of Grand Dao Myriad Phenomena onto the water droplet, giving it power comparable to the 'Droplet.' At that moment, he opened his attributes to check what skill Zhao Tiehong had dropped for him. [Name: Yu Xian] [Enhancement: +1] [Level: 15] [EXP: 45] [Class: Order Guard] [Skills:] [Forward Light Shield] [Grand Dao Myriad Phenomena] [With and Against the Flow: Consumes the power of Grand Dao Myriad Phenomena. Enhances with-the-flow phenomena or against-the-flow phenomena; the more Grand Dao Myriad Phenomena power consumed, the greater the might.] [Water Control: Consumes mental power. Allows control of natural water molecules for one's own use. The greater the mental power consumed, the more water molecules affected; the stronger the mental resilience, the stronger the water molecules' power.] [Imperishable Golden Bell: Consumes internal energy. Forms an Imperishable Golden Bell around oneself for defense; the more internal energy consumed, the stronger the Imperishable Golden Bell's defense.] …… …… Well then. What would come, would come. Seeing that this skill consumed internal energy, Yu Xian immediately realized that he couldn't activate it at all. Hopefully, he could draw an internal-energy-type skill from another opponent later; otherwise, this skill would just be a useless ornament. Yu Xian continued queueing for opponents, but the next three all rejected his wager, only to be instantly killed by his water droplet. Needless to say, the temptation of this wager was truly enormous. Yet most players could also keenly sense the inherent risk: if they lost a core skill to an opponent, their entire build would effectively be ruined. Very few were willing to bear such a risk. Therefore, aside from players puffed up with overconfidence from long win streaks, virtually everyone else rejected the wager. Today, however, Yu Xian was quite lucky. After finishing off three players who declined the wager, another player actually accepted it. With a flash of white light, a player sporting a pig's head appeared across the arena. Interestingly, while most players paled and took on grave expressions upon seeing Yu Xian, this pig-headed player showed excitement, looking thoroughly eager to have a go. [Yu Xian (Points: 1527) VS Tamura Pige (Points: 444), match begin!] The instant the match started, Yu Xian stuck to his routine: freezing time, guiding the water droplet to instantly pierce Tamura Pige's skull, and then releasing Time Stop. This time, however, victory was not his. The wound on Tamura Pige's forehead healed rapidly. He laughed madly: "Hahahahaha! I've finally run into a top ten opponent! I will prove to the entire world that I, Tamura Pige, am the strongest player! Just because you kill quickly doesn't mean you're the strongest!" An ultra-high-speed self-healing ability? Yu Xian thought to himself as he watched. Just then, two jets of white vapor snorted from Tamura Pige's nostrils. Glaring at Yu Xian, he roared, "Take this—Boar Rush!" The next second, a thunderously loud fart exploded from his rear, complete with a jet of yellow gas blasting out. Relying on the propulsion of this gas, his body rocketed toward Yu Xian at extreme speed. Time Stop! Yu Xian immediately halted time. Looking at Tamura Pige frozen midair, his face twisted in disgust. He definitely didn't want this skill—it was far too gross. He swiftly moved away from his original spot, then manipulated the water droplet to barrage Tamura Pige relentlessly, riddling his body like a hornet's nest. Then, he shifted the droplet's form into a razor-sharp blade, dismembering Tamura Pige into pieces in the blink of an eye. Time resumed flowing. Midair, Tamura Pige disintegrated instantly, his fragmented chunks of flesh tumbling down onto the spot where Yu Xian had stood. "Dammit, time stop again?!" Even after sustaining such a devastating assault, Tamura Pige still wasn't dead. One of his eyeballs locked onto Yu Xian as his head regenerated first, bellowing in exasperation. In a mere half-minute, he completely reconstructed himself from the shredded remnants. His bulky body rose from the ground, and he even took out a tattered rag from his backpack to cover his bare backside. "If you have any guts, stop using time stop and fight me fair and square!" Tamura Pige yelled at Yu Xian with blatant arrogance. Yu Xian smiled faintly and asked, "I was waiting for my energy to recover. What were you waiting for?" Every time he used Time Stop, the power of Grand Dao Myriad Phenomena drained rapidly. Fortunately, it also recovered very quickly. In just half a minute, he was good to go again. Oh no! This bastard is going to use time stop again! Tamura Pige realized it immediately and his expression changed, but it was already too late. With his hands still resting on his hips, his body froze once again.