Bonus skillMo Xifeng felt her expression crack for the first time, she had taught more than just one useless prick but this was the first time she was seeing someone as arrogant as her sister. She blinked her silver eyelashes and then said, " Sister Qiang, did you not feel a hot and cold mana sweeping up your spine and then circulating around your heart?"



" Ah, yes I do feel that," Mo Qiang nodded her head in response but it only caused Mo Xifeng to furrow her brows even more as she looked at Mo Qiang and asked, " And you still feel that it's nothing special."

" I mean yes. But that is not going to help me right?" Mo Qiang raised her hand and then questioned Mo Xifeng back, with a shrug and a casual voice, " The duel is a week away from now and if I don't learn how to use my core properly there is a chance that I will be embarrassed by Madam Lian, you might not know this but the situation at the internet is really brewing. I need to take down Madam Lian or else I will be executed on the spot by the netizens."

Mo Xifeng of course knew that because of Madam Lian feeding all sorts of nonsense to the internet the situation was getting worse day by day which was why she knew that her sister can not lose the duel but even so, she could not just rush some things.

If her sister was to push herself too much then——

" Sister," Mo Xifeng turned to look at Mo Qiang, her eyes turning darker with each second as she said in a low voice, " I know that you are in a hurry but your way of dealing with certain things is definitely wrong."

" What do you mean by that I am in the wrong?" Mo Qiang questioned Mo Xifeng, her pride was on the line and she was telling her that she was in the wrong. Was Mo Xifeng not aware of the situation or something?

" You are pushing your body too much," Mo Xifeng replied, her expression haughty and stern as she looked at Mo Qiang with her eyes which were colder than usual. " Because you are expecting too much you are pushing your body way beyond its limits. You might think that it's a small thing but do you know that if you push your body and try to force your core to level up at an accelerated pace then you might lose your life? One of Mother's soldiers was keen on getting to the B rank mecha core which was why she trained day and night, she was clearly insatiable with the small steps and wanted to take a bigger leap, do you know what happened to her?" She questioned Mo Qiang who shook her head in response.

Mo Xifeng sighed as she said continued speaking and then said, " That soldier exploded because of increased and uncontrollable mana surge inside her core. It was horrible since her body blew up into pieces of flesh and blood, she could have risen through the ranks slowly but in her hurry to reach the S rank, she lost her life. Do you want to be like her, sister?"

"That's not what I meant——"

" I know that you are nervous because of the duel which is approaching but sister, you need to understand that you were in the wrong from the beginning. I understand your reasons for suggesting a duel with Madam Lian but even if that woman is a daughter of a basta—— a bad guy, you shouldn't have suggested a duel in front of her in such a hurry."

" You know that you can curse," Mo Qiang knew that Mo Xifeng wanted to say 'bastard' but changed her words right in between.

" A soldier never uses such filthy language, sister Qiang," retorted Mo Xifeng with a stoic face, seeing her like this Mo Qiang rolled her eyes and then cheekily grinned as she raised her hand with her forefinger standing tall while the others were curled.

" You think that I made a mess without knowing what I am doing right?" Mo Qiang questioned causing Mo Xifeng to turn silent which meant a 'yes'.

Seeing her response Mo Qiang snickered and wriggled her finger as she continued speaking, " Look here dear sister if I was not confident that I was going to win this duel do you think that I would have suggested this duel?" As she spoke, she switched on the tab screen and then chose the level-up option for Chi Chi. " I suggested a duel because I knew that I was going to win anyway, it is not like I am the one who is going down on the battlefield."

Her response only got Mo Xifeng to think again as she looked at Mo Qiang and then say, " But a duel is all about honest——"

" I know, I know... but when I said that I am not going to go down the grounds, I did not mean that I would not be fighting Madam Lian but not with my own hands," Mo Qiang's gaze fell on the slow progress bar which slowly turned to 100% as Chi Chi's level turned to level E. Her lips curled into a victorious grin as soon as she saw the new and increased stats of the chinchilla. " I will be using my spirits."

She then pointed to Chi Chi who looked much more healthier and stronger than before.

"You mean to say——" Mo Xifeng began but was interrupted by Mo Qiang who raised her brows and smilingly said,

"That's right, do you think that I am foolish enough to suggest a duel when I am nowhere close to Madam Lian? I am going to use my spirits because I am a spirit summoner and not a mecha morph," Mo Qiang shrugged her shoulders as she started to sprout nonsense. It wasn't as if anyone was going to question her, she was not going against the rules and using her own skills.

Even if her spirits were fighting the duel on her account it meant that she was the one who was fighting the duel.

" But..."

" What?" Mo Qiang drawled as she looked at Mo Xifeng with an evil face. " Do you think that I am doing something wrong? But what about Madam Lian? Is she not in the wrong? She is going to use her A-grade mecha core against me, so why is it that she is not in the wrong? But I am?"

Mo Xifeng frowned as she pursed her lips and then said, " But you are the one who is supposed to, this looks like cheating..."

" Huh? When did I say that I am not going to fight? Am I not summoning the spirits? Am I not using my mana by summoning the spirit? How am I cheating?" Mo Qiang was not going to accept that she was in the wrong! Since she was the first spirits summoner of this world, those rules which were set by the Empress did not apply to her!

Mo Xifeng did not say anything, seeing that Mo Xifeng was saying anything Mo Qiang snickered and then said, " So, sister why don't you be honest with me and teach me Seism core technique?"



Bonus skill—-2--------------------



Mo Xifeng's eyes widened as she looked at her sister who was smiling up at her.

" I want you to teach me the Seism core technique, are you going to teach that to me or are you going to ignore what I want once again?"

This was a hard lump to swallow, Mo Xifeng thought in her head as she rubbed her forehead. She knew that Mo Qiang was snooping in and out of the library and office of their mother but she did not expect that she would somehow manage to stumble on Seism core technique. How exactly, did she even get hold of that technique?

Mo Xifeng looked at her sister and hesitated, she wanted to ask who was telling her all this thing which she was using to go against her but she knew that Mo Qiang will never tell her. Never in her wildest dream would Mo Xifeng ever expect that the one who was stabbing her in the back was none other than her brother-in-law.

" Why are you lost in thought?" Mo Qiang waved a hand in front of Mo Xifeng causing the latter to snap out of her daze. With her eyes focused on Mo Qiang once again, Mo Xifeng sighed and then said, "That's only natural, I did not think that sister will find out about Seism core technique."

" Why do you think that I am a dumbass who doesn't know anything?" Mo Qiang sullenly asked to which Mo Xifeng shrugged and then said,

" I will not go as far as calling you a dumbass but yes, you are an idiot."

'Idiot,' like an arrow aimed straight at her heart that word hit Mo Qiang straight where it hurts the most causing Mo Qiang to stumble and almost fall on her back but somehow she managed to hold herself up.

" Fine, even if I am an idiot. You have to admit that I found this technique! Now you need to teach me how to do it!" Mo Qiang exclaimed as she looked at Mo Xifeng, these days she had been trying to break the technique into pieces such that she will learn the technique in just a few days.

In the book, the Seism core technique was explained in great detail but if one was to read it, they will only understand —- lala this lalala that. It was difficult as heck which was why Mo Qiang had broken the entire theory and then noted it in her own plausible explanation.

The Seism core technique was completely based on the capacity of a house. If the beam of the house was weak then it cannot withstand great pressures, there was a limit to which a beam could push itself and hold the house intact. Similarly to that, a core cannot withstand huge pressure since the capacity of the core is limited to a certain point.

If she was to push her core to take on great pressure at once then it was surely going to explode like a three storeys house built on a single beam. But if she was to share that pressure with another person whose core was much stronger than hers then she was sure that she could at least summon a weapon even if not an entire mecha form.

"I understand that you seem to be eager to learn that technique but I am afraid we cannot do that," Mo Xifeng's voice was firm as she refused Mo Qiang again. Her eyes darted to the small chinchilla in Mo Qiang's lap and then added firmly, " The key to the Seism core technique is to share the pressure with someone else but do you think that your spirit can withstand the pressure? His being is too small for that—— and even if you take the majority of the load on yourself, you will only exhaust your core, Sister. It's nothing but courting death in my eyes, I think you should give up on this matter as well."

" Is that what you think?" Mo Qiang snickered as she turned to Chinchilla who nodded his head and then shifted to his human form. Soon a young boy with two small ears and a long tail was standing in front of Mo Xifeng whose eyes widened as she looked at Mo Qiang.

" This..."

" You thought that I was courting death just now right? Then what do you think of this now? And maybe you don't know this sister, but spirits core are much stronger than yours and mine, they can easily take control of immense pressure," explained Mo Qiang when she saw that Mo Xifeng was still hesitating, she rolled her eyes and then added, " And you are right Seism core technique is all about sharing the pressure between two individuals to summon a dual mecha form but when did I say that I am going to summon an entire mecha form? I only want to summon a weapon."

Mo Xifeng's pupils constricted as she looked at Mo Qiang and asked, " How are you going to win with just a weapon?"

" You don't have to worry about it," Mo Qiang snickered as she looked at Mo Xifeng. " I assure you that I know what I am doing, I will definitely win this duel."

Her voice was confident and her eyes shone with determination as she spoke causing Mo Xifeng to be in a daze.

[ Ding —— Mo Xifeng's favourability points have increased by + 7 points.]

[ Your current FP is 7 points.]

[ Mo Xifeng now considers you as an annoying elder sister than a trashy older sister.]

[ Stats upgraded to E level.]

[ Chi Chi's special skill unlocked as a bonus.]

" Are you sure that you can win?" Mo Xifeng asked once again as she looked at her sister who seemed to be looking at somewhere else with a cheeky smile on her face.

" I wasn't sure till now," Mo Qiang muttered as she looked at the blue floating screen as she read Chi Chi's special skill and smirked. " But I am sure that I am going to win now."

This time she was going to uproot Madam Lian from the base and then throw her afar to a place from where she will never be able to climb up.

Lost humanityA few more days passed just like that and soon the day of the duel arrived.



Mo Qiang choose a black and royal blue outfit which was sitting at the far back in the wardrobe of her predecessor. She wanted to buy a new outfit since she did not like the dresses worn by her predecessors which showed too much skin but her already squeezed-up bank balance slapped her in the face and told her a big, fat no.

With her hands nimbly buttoning up the buttons of the corset-like shirt which showed a generous amount of her bosom, she turned to look at Xiao Jiao who was yawning and asked, " Did you do it properly?"

" Don't worry," Xiao Jiao yawned once more as she nodded in a lopsided manner, watching Mo Qiang wear pants which had slits in the middle of the legs of the pants with lace tying down to the bottom. " I did as you asked, I am sure nothing would go wrong this time around."

With Xiao Jiao finishing her job correctly and her Seism Core technique finished, Mo Qiang was sure that she was going to win. She clenched her fists and looked at her reflection in the mirror, her green eyes took in appearance and Mo Qiang curled her lips in satisfaction.

" This time I will make sure to dump that trash in the trash can properly," Mo Qiang spoke with determination flashing in her eyes. This time, Madam Lian will have no room to manoeuvre anymore, all her lies and schemes that she had played in the past, she was going to unravel each one of them!

' Heh, I will teach her a lesson for underestimating me like this,' thought Mo Qiang as she picked up her spirits and turned around to walk out of her room and headed straight to the training grounds where the battle was going to take place. Her boots made a light thudding sound as she walked down the accelerator which was turned off with the lack of energy cores.

As she stepped out of the house, Mo Qiang looked at the sky which was gloomier than usual and narrowed her eyes before muttering, " Man if I was not confident that I was going to win this duel, this setting would have made me choose my coffin."

" You can still choose one if you are in the mood," remarked Xiao Jiao causally. " You humans are fragile to begin with who knows you might need it real soon. Do you want me to choose some trendy styles for you? It's not like the coffin will go to waste ——ow, ow, ow... it hurts!"

Xiao Jiao screamed as Mo Qiang stretched her puffy cheeks which throbbed in pain.

" You really...just because you are some freaking immortal there is no need for you to look down on my fragile life!" Mo Qiang snapped at the little squirrel. " I am still young and there is no way I am dying so soon, so you don't have to worry about me like this got it?"

" Gwact eats," Xiao Jiao replied only then did Mo Qiang let go of her but as she turned around, she came face to face with Mo Xifeng who looked a bit awkward while looking at her.

"What's wrong?" Mo Qiang asked as she looked at her sister who was staring at her with those electric blue eyes that glowed under her silver bangs.

" Here," Mo Xifeng handed her a small ball which looked like those round chewing bubblegums which were quite popular in the nineties. She still remembered buying them for two cents by pushing them inside the small machine.

" Thanks ...but what am I supposed to do with it?" Mo Qiang asked as she looked at the pink ball.

Mo Xifeng's expression if possible turned even more concerning as she sighed and then said, " This is a hallucination ball, it will give you a small leeway in case Madam Lian were to use some sneaky move... I ... I bought it last night because I thought you might need it."

If this was before Mo Xifeng would not have cared about Mo Qiang and would have allowed Madam Lian to teach her a lesson but last night after Mo Qiang let her use Huhu to calm her erratic emotions, Mo Xifeng could not turn a blind eye to the duel. Though she truly believed that a person should be honest and upright when facing their opponent in a duel but this was Madam Lian, they were talking about.

Mo Xifeng was afraid that Madam Lian will not be able to stay honest and might pull some sneaky move to harm her sister which was why Mo Xifeng used a huge chunk of her savings and bought this hallucination ball.

" I—-why are you looking at me like that?" Mo Xifeng wanted to say something more but she changed her words when she saw Mo Qiang looking at her with teary eyes and a hand covering her mouth.

" Little Xifeng, you worry about your elder sister so much...? I am so touched, aww..." Mo Qiang stretched her arms and hugged Mo Xifeng causing the latter to go stiff as she spoke in a cold voice, " Don't get me wrong, I am only doing this because I worry that Daddy Gui will be upset and aggrieved... I am not doing this because I fear that you will be beaten to a pulp. Got it?"

" I know, I know," since Mo Xifeng did not want to admit it Mo Qiang did not make things difficult for her either. She turned to look at the bustling training ground and then exclaimed, " Looks like the entire star is here to see the duel."

"That's right," Mo Xifeng did not tell Mo Qiang the reason those people all came to see this duel was only to watch her getting beaten up. They were long dissatisfied with Mo Qiang and were thus wishing to see her getting taught a lesson, they even started placing bets and till now only she, Wen Gui, their mother and Yin Fu had placed bets on Mo Qiang, As for the rest including the netizens they were all placing their bets on Madam Lian.

'It's better if I keep this matter to myself lest her morale goes down,' thought Mo Xifeng.

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Lost humanity —-2Mo Xifeng thought that as long as she did not say anything, Mo Qiang will not find anything but then——



" Come one, Come all! We are still placing bets on who will win the duel! Currently, we have Madam Lian with 10,00,000 star gold coins and Mo Qiang with 10,000-star gold coins! Those who want to win two times their betting price, you still have a chance to make your fate turn around and make this your lucky day!"

The announcer spoke in the microphone while standing on the small make-shift stage, her voice boomed in the surrounding since the microphone she used amplified her voice ten times. Because of this, Mo Qiang had no trouble hearing that there was a bet going on and that she was in a rather unfavourable position.

Mo Xifeng who heard the voice of the announcer glared at the latter, her hair moving like that of a Medusa as she aimed a hard look at the woman who was speaking jovially on the stage. Her glare was so intense that the announcer turned to look at Mo Xifeng and her smile which was brilliant and glowing slipped off her face when she faced the dark expression on Mo Xifeng's face.

" Uhh...." Did she do something wrong? Why was Mo Xifeng looking at her like that?

' I am going to kill her,' Mo Xifeng thought in her head as she turned to look at Mo Qiang in worry that her sister would take things too hard but to her surprise, Mo Qiang turned to look at her with shiny eyes and asked, " How many savings do you have left?"

" Around fifty thousand gold star coins," she actually had 100,000 golden star coins but then she brought the hallucination ball and also used 5000 golden star coins to place on the bet. While Wen Gui used 4000 and Yin Fu and Mo Yan used 500 each as they had the lowest savings.

" Then use the remaining savings on me as well, I promise that I will win back two times the bet you have placed... don't worry you will not make a loss with me here," this was a perfect chance to earn money! How can she let go of this chance?

Mo Xifeng paused as she looked at her sister, in all honesty, she did not wish to use all her savings but before she could say anything Mo Qiang reached her hand and then placed it on her shoulder and with the perfect puppy dog eyes she cooed, " Please..."

Mo Xifeng: "....." If you make that face how am I supposed to say no?!

" Fifty thousand golden coins on Mo Qiang," In the end, Mo Xifeng arrived at the betting stall and looked down at the announcer with a looming gaze which was filled with a terrifying murderous aura, seeing her like this the announcer was a bit startled.

" I...I see," the announcer ran the payment which finished with a ding and Mo Xifeng turned to walk away with a gloomy look on her face. A few mers wanted to get close to her when they saw her beautiful face and tall build with rippling lean muscles but when they saw the gloomy air around Mo Xifeng, they all took a step away from her.

" Hey, what do you think? Why is Miss Xifeng acting like that?"

Due to the special and rare event which was being held at the training ground, from old to young everyone came to enjoy the show. Including Mo Xifeng's admirers as well.

" Why won't she be upset like that?" Another mer rolled his eyes and questioned back. " She is the youngest mecha morph who condensed her mecha core successfully and became the youngest mecha morph, despite being exiled she is still the pride of our galaxy. If her sister makes a fool of herself like this, surely Miss Xifeng's going to be upset."

" Do you really think that Miss Qiang will make a fool of herself?"

" Isn't that obvious?"

" She is right, how can Miss Qiang defeat Madam Lian? It's impossible."

" Hahaha, that's right. But we should be glad that something like this is happening, or else how will we witness Miss Qiang getting beaten to a pulp?"

Mo Qiang heard the gossip which was going around and did not pay attention to anyone, she knew that her reputation was not good and this was something that she expected but what annoyed her the most was the big a*s screen hovering at the side of the training field with the comments of the netizens displayed on it!

At least the people who were surrounding the grounds were holding back while scolding her. But those arseholes sitting behind their computer screen were not holding back at all!

" I hope she loses that head of her, she looks fcking ugly."

" You don't have to worry though, with Madam Lian in front of her —— she will definitely lose more than just her ugly head."

" Ugly head?" Mo Qiang felt a nerve throb in her head as she looked at the screen. " I will show you what this ugly head can do!"

" Why are you getting upset like this, I thought you were very well aware of how you look," said Xiao Jiao as she looked at the angered Mo Qiang who turned to look at her as if she was looking at an idiot and then said, " What do you know? I can call myself ugly because it is my face but no one else had the right to call me ugly!"

Xiao Jiao: "....." Oh.

Mo Qiang looked at the excited crowd and turned her head to look at Madam Lian who was talking with her mother. Honestly, she did not expect anything less than this, her predecessor was indeed a bit of a b*tch but was she really that bad? That people would wish death upon her?

She understood that they wanted to see her getting roughed up but hoping that she lost her head, Mo Qiang couldn't help but think that other than losing natural resources, people lost their humanity along with it.

Animal abuser" If she tries to do anything sneaky make sure you go for her eyes," Wen Gui stood next to Mo Qiang as he explained to her the weakest points of the human body. " For a woman, her weakest points are her legs and abdomen but that jerk, Madam Lian! She has done loads of leg workouts along with some core exercises which is why you cannot attack those parts but you know you can always go for her eyes. The second she does anything just poke her in the eyes!"



As he spoke, he made Mo Qiang wear some really sharp fake nails.

" If sister pokes Madam Lian with those, there is a very plausible chance that she might make Madam Lian go blind," Mo Xifeng raised her hand in objection as she looked at the shiny nails which were rather against her aesthetic. Why were they so glittering, it was upsetting to look at them!

" Really?" Wen Gui's action paused before he took off the sharp nails and started to replace them with even sharper ones. "It's better if she goes blind once and for all at least that way she will know how to sit still and not run amok like a popcorn spluttering on a hot pan!"

His expression was malevolent as he spoke making Mo Qiang and Mo Xifeng shudder even Xiao Jiao hid behind Mo Qiang and stated, " You better turn her blind, I am afraid that if Madam Lian does not go blind, the two of us will surely go blind if we lose."

On the other side, Mo Yan was speaking to Madam Lian. She did not wish to talk with Madam Lian on the day of the duel but even so, she was worried about Mo Qiang, no matter how much of a troublesome woman she was, at the end of the day, she was her daughter and Mo Yan could not watch her getting killed or lose a limb.

" Madam Lian," as Mo Yan approached Madam Lian, the latter had her back on Mo Yan which was why Mo Yan could not see the sneer which was playing on Madam Lian's face before she turned around to look at her.

" Madam Mo, is something the matter?" Madam Lian smiled softly at Mo Yan causing the latter to feel even more guilty of what she was going to say, though Mo Yan knew her request was unreasonable, there was nothing she could do other than this to ensure Mo Qiang's victory.

" During the duel, if you could please restrain your mana, I do not wish to see my daughter getting hurt," Mo Yan spoke to Madam Lian as she told the latter to be careful with Mo Qiang.

" You don't have to worry about this, Sister Mo. Miss Qiang might be in the wrong but I have watched her grow up in front of me, there is no way I will do anything to harm her," Madam Lian spoke with an honest smile on her face but in truth, she had already decided to break Mo Qiang's left leg as well as her right hand making it such that she will be incapable of doing even her own work.

That way, it will be really easy for them to kill Mo Qiang and make it look like an accident once she was exiled to a faraway star.

Madam Lian knew that even though Mo Yan looked like she was tired of Mo Qiang, she adored Mo Qiang a lot. After all, Mo Qiang was her first child and she was Wen Gui's daughter, everyone in the imperial star knew that for the sake of marrying Wen Gui, Mo Yan almost went against her majesty.

And if something happens to Mo Qiang who was Wen Gui's little darling surely it will be quite a huge blow to Wen Gui and in case something happened to Wen Gui then it will not take long for Mo Yan to pass away as well.

With the entire Mo family gone what can Mo Xifeng and those mers even do? In fact, Madam Lian was not even worried about those mers. She knew that they hated Mo Qiang as long as that woman was dead, those mers would surely run away leaving Mo Xifeng behind and even if Mo Xifeng was the youngest mecha morph, she will not be able to take her and General Wei down!

....

" For goodness sake just start already! What is with that delay!?" Qi Hong who was watching the live telecast munched on his artificial popcorn and stared at the blue screen which was hovering in front of him.

He wanted to see Mo Qiang get a rough beating today, if that happened then she might become a bit calmer and will stop harassing him every once and now. But what surprised Qi Hong was that no matter how long he stared at the screen, he couldn't see Mo Qiang...did she run away on the day of the duel because she was too scared to face Madam Lian?

There was a big possibility of such a thing happening.

He turned to look at Li Wan who was bringing him a glass of orange solution and asked, " Where is Mo Qiang? If she is not here how am I supposed to see her ugly mug getting smashed up?"

Li Wan frowned and then placed the glass of orange solution on the table before turning to look at the screen as he replied, " What are you talking about your Highness? Miss Qiang is right there."

" Right, where?" Qi Hong questioned as he turned to look at the screen where he searched for the goth wannabe with messy makeup, a lanky and badly dressed figure which made her look like a stripper from the red light district.

Sighing, Li Wan raised his hand and then pointed at Mo Qiang who was dressed properly with no thick makeup and her dark blue hair tied in a long ponytail. " There she is."

Qi Hong followed Li Wan's finger and looked in the direction which he was pointing and ——

Bang!

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Animal abuser —-2"Your Highness?" Li Wan looked at Qi Hong whose expression looked quite a lot like —-∑(ΦдΦlll and was a bit surprised at his actions. Li Wan glanced at Mo Qiang and then turned to look at his master once again, no matter what Mo Qiang did not look as bad as she did in the past in fact she looked quite nice. So why was the prince acting like this?



" What is the matter, your highness," seeing that Qi Hong was still looking quite out of it, Li Wan could not help but ask again.

" What is the matter?" Qi Hong felt like slapping his aide on the face, he narrowed his tourmaline eyes and pointed at Mo Qiang who looked like she had just walked out of a fashion magazine and then snapped, " Do you see no difference in this woman and the one who used to harass me?"

Li Wan glanced at Mo Qiang and then blinked his eyes before turning his gaze to look at Qi Hong and stated, " But why does it matter? Even if she is looking good, I believe that your highness is not a face con who would forget all her harassment just because she looks good right?"

Qi Hong: (ー_—) You idiot, if that was the case then why would mers like me fall for those red flags in those CEO kidnapping stories?! It is all about the face and good bodies! What's wrong with being a face con? I am a face con!

....

Just as Qi Hong was going to explode, he heard the announcer's voice echoing out of the screen.

" The challenger of this duel, Mo Qiang is here!" The announcer shouted at the top of her lungs, her voice was so loud that it immediately attracted the attention of Qi Hong and everyone else in the training ground. But as they turned to look at Mo Qiang, they were surprised to see that she leapt inside the training ground with a mouse —— no, a chinchilla sitting on her shoulder.

" Huh....?" Why was this chinchilla jumping along with its master? And what was with that cool pose? Though a chinchilla looked cute with its tiny arms crossed and standing on its little feet...what was the point of cuteness?

Was Mo Qiang trying to kill Madam Lian with Meng aka cuteness?

Everyone's eyes were wide even the announcer who was watching Mo Qiang step inside the training ground was stunned and couldn't help but ask, " Miss Qiang...what...what are you going to do with that chinchilla?"

Mo Qiang who was standing nonchalantly on the side was ignoring the commotion, she turned to look at the announcer only when the latter questioned her and with a casual shrug answered, " He is my partner and weapon."

Partner and weapon? That tiny thing? Don't tell us —— she was going to throw that fluffy ball of cuteness on Madam Lian's face?!

The onlookers turned to look at Mo Qiang simultaneously and everyone had the same expression as they called Mo Qiang an animal abuser in their heads.

" That...That's animal abuse!" Qi Hong shouted at the screen while clutching the floating blue screen on both sides with an angry look on his face. " You are...just because you look good now, you think that you can do anything huh!"

" Your Highness please calm down, if Miss Qiang is proven as an animal abuser, she will surely be sent to jail. Don't worry !" Li Wan exclaimed while trying to hold his highness back from going off his hinges and commenting in case the Prince of the Imperial star who was doted on by the princesses, the queen and the king was to comment, this matter was bound to blow up!

On the other side of the field, Mo Qiang had no idea that she had offended the prince of the Imperial Star. She turned to look at Madam Lian and announced, " I am ready for the duel!"

" Are you sure?" Since the announcer was not clear of the situation she asked again. " Are you really going to use that cute little thing as your weapon?"

"That's right!" Mo Qiang nodded in all seriousness as she turned to face Madam Lian.

" Oh that girl," Mo Yan covered her forehead feeling like her head was going to explode. She thought that her daughter had a plan when Mo Qiang said that she was going to face Madam Lian but now she was telling her that she was going to use a plush little thing to fend off Madam Lian's attacks. She was surely joking!

It was a good thing that she asked Madam Lian to go easy on Mo Qiang or else who knows what would have happened!

" This is the good girl, you have raised?" Though Mo Yan trusted that Madam Lian will not go hard on Mo Qiang, she still couldn't turn around and glare at Wen Gui. It was all his fault that he pampered their daughter! Look at what kind of joke she pulled in front of everyone.

Wen Gui looked at Mo Yan and scoffed, " You are going to judge my Qi Qi by overlooking just the cover of the situation? No wonder she calls me dad and you General!"

His words aimed straight at Mo Yan's heart but Wen Gui did not care, he turned to look at Mo Qiang and shouted, " Go for the win, Qi Qi!"

His cheer caused the crowd to laugh while Yin Fu, Xie Jie and Shao Hui stood silently. Well, at least Xie Jie and Shao Hui were, Yin Fu on the other hand was melting in a puddle of pleasure as he looked at Mo Qiang with his hands covering his cheeks and muttered, " Doesn't she looks so good? Especially with that Chinchilla? It's just the correct amount of cuteness and feminine energy. She is making my heart swoon."

Xie Jie: "...."

Shao Hui: "....."

Blegh.

Madam Lian turned to look at Mo Qiang who was acting like a fool and grinned, she knew it. She knew this woman was still the same good for nothing, what practising to control her mana? Mo Qiang was clearly here to make a fool out of herself and that too by handing Madam Lian that obnoxious head of hers!

' Very well, since she wanted to lose that head of hers so desperately. I will certainly oblige with her wishes!'

This is cheatingMadam Lian had long noticed that the crowd was not standing on the side of Mo Qiang, in fact, they all seemed to be quite excited to watch Mo Qiang getting her face set into an ugly one and thus she was not worried about roughing this woman up.



If truth be told then she had always wanted to beat this arrogant, wishful and annoying daughter of Mo Yan. Clearly, she was not as great as her but because Mo Qiang's mother was Mo Yan, Mo Qiang's arrogance knew no bounds, she even looked down on her but of course that was until Madam Lian hooked this woman up with those wonderful drugs which made Mo Qiang a simpleton who was putty in her hands.

The moment Madam Lian saw Mo Qiang step inside the training ground with the small chinchilla, her desire to teach Mo Qiang a lesson intensified even more. She was really looking down on her if this woman thought that she could take her down with that small ball of fur!

The excitement of the crowd continued to heighten as Madam Lian stepped inside the training ground.

No sooner did she step inside the training grounds, than Madam Lian summoned her mecha sword. Her right arm glowed as the mecha particles of her core shuddered and condensed around her right arm before morphing into a mechanical arm which was holding a foam sword that was glowing with a dangerous red right.

On the other hand, Mo Qiang stayed where she was instead it was the small chinchilla who jumped down from her shoulders and like a challenger who was walking down the fighting ring, the chinchilla walked in the middle of the training grounds.

He even snorted at Madam Lian before doing a hand gesture that said, 'Come on.'

Seeing this Madam Lian could not help but frown as she looked at Mo Qiang and asked with a scrunched-up nose, " Miss Qiang, have you forgotten that you are the one who is supposed to fight this duel?"

" Who said that? I am very well aware of the fact that I am the one who is going to fight this duel," Mo Qiang blinked her eyes as she looked at Madam Lian whose face twisted as her eyes blazed with anger but since she always pretended to be the nice aunt from next door, Madam Lian could not shout at Mo Qiang.

She suppressed her anger and asked, " If so, then why are you sending this chinchilla to fight me?"

" Oh, that's because he is the one who is going to fight you, Madam Lian," Mo Qiang replied while looking at Madam Lian steadily with a small smile playing on her lips.

" Are you trying to insult my honour by playing such a childish prank?!" Madam Lian clenched her fist as she glared at Mo Qiang, a nerve throbbing dangerously in her forehead as she looked at the insolent woman in front of her.

" Of course not," Mo Qiang closed her eyes as she continued to smile. " How can I insult someone as great as you Madam Lian?"

" Then what is the meaning of this?" Madam Lian questioned as she continued to insist Mo Qiang step inside the training ground and receive a pummeling beating.

" This... did I not say that he is my partner and my weapon?" Mo Qiang arched a brow as she raised her hand and then smiled at Madam Lian before adding, " My goodness, you really don't listen do you, Madam Lian? Summon!" Once she finished speaking Mo Qiang shouted grandly, this was the code word which she came up with the spirits.

The five of them have decided that as long as she used the word 'summon', the spirits would change into their human form from animal form.

Since she could not reveal Xiao Jiao's identity, she could only pretend to be a spirit summoner. It was a good thing that there was no spirit summoner in this world which made Mo Qiang an exception something that she was very much willing to be!

No sooner Mo Qiang shouted those words than the small chinchilla glowed with a brilliant white light. And as soon as the light died down, a young boy of around twelve or thirteen years old appeared and to make matters worse, he was carrying a big barrel behind his back and in his hands was a large Borris cannon.

" What the——" Madam Lian did not expect something like this to happen, her eyeballs popped out of her sockets as she looked at Mo Qiang who was smiling at her and asked, " What is the meaning of this? This is simply cheating?!"

" How is this cheating?" Mo Qiang smiled evilly as she shrugged her arms and then drawled, " Just like how you are a mecha morph, I am a spirit summoner. You are using your weapon which you summoned with the help of your core and I am using the spirits which I summoned with my core... am I not using mana? Am I taking the help of an outsider? Am I doing something that is against the rules?"

For the sake of her plan Mo Qiang had done one after another recheck of the rules of the duel and even though it seemed like she was cheating the truth was that she was only taking advantage of the loopholes which was not against the rules!

" But...But you are using a spirit!" Madam Lian skimmed over all the rules of the duel inside her head but she did not find one statement that would prove that Mo Qiang was going against the rules. Maybe it was because she was the first spirit summoner of the imperial star which was why she was an exception to those rules but being an exception to the rules meant that she was out of bounds!

" But is that against the rules?" Mo Qiang emphasized as she arched a brow and looked at Madam Lian with a grin which was quite similar to that of a hunter finally getting hold of its prey as the stupid prey tumbled inside the trap which the hunter laid on the ground of the forest. " If you want to blame me for cheating then dictate the rule or the amendment which will prove that I am cheating!"

Madam Lian gnashed her teeth but did not say anything, seeing her like this Mo Qiang was tickled. Since this woman liked using others for her advantage, it was indeed wonderful to see her getting taken advantage of because she was too arrogant!

" So are you ready for the duel, Madam Lian?" Mo Qiang questioned haughtily which made Madam Lian's anger surge another degree.

Odd card which needs to be dealt with--------------------



" I am ready for the duel," though Madam Lian was upset that she was thrown off the loop like this, there was nothing that she could do since there was no rule which could clarify that Mo Qiang was cheating.

As she declared that she was ready for the duel, everyone who came to watch the duel sensed the sullen note in Madam Lian's voice.

The crowd shuddered when they saw the look on Madam Lian's face, it was as if she was announcing someone's death sentence. Seeing the change in her surroundings, Madam Lian clenched the fingers of her left hand as she stared at Mo Qiang.

'It's all right it doesn't matter. So what if this woman is a spirit summoner? She is still the same hooligan whom everyone wants to see getting roughened! I will simply fulfil the expectations and the wishes of the onlookers and when they see me winning this duel they will soon forget Mo Qiang's status as the first spirit summoner!' Madam Lian thought in her head as she came to a stand in front of Mo Qiang's spirits.

And finally, the announcer announced the commencement of the duel.

" The duel between Madam Lian and Mo Qiang begins!"

Once the start of the duel was formally declared, Madam Lian did not wait for anyone. She kicked her left foot on the ground and then pounced at the spirit which Mo Qiang summoned, did these two idiots think that they can defeat her?

Hah, such a tiny little boy it will be surprising if he could even land a hit on her.

With that thought in her head, she raised her sword and then leapt in the air while aiming for Boris's cannon which the young spirit was holding in his hands. Madam Lian's plan was swift and concise, she was going to first take care of the spirit such that he will not be able to attack her and then tackle Mo Qiang down. It is not as if she was going to summon another spirit right?

Before the duel began the distance between the spirit and Madam Lian was more than ten metres as they were standing on the opposite end of the ground but with just one leap Madam Lian appeared in front of the spirit. Seeing her take such a grand leap, the crowd was simply in awe while Mo Qiang's family was in distress, especially Mo Yan.

She was well aware of how powerful Madam Lian was, if she was to attack Mo Qiang like this, she will surely break a bone or two of her daughter.

Because Mo Yan was worried, she clenched her fingers hard in her lap. She clearly asked Madam Lian to go easy on Mo Qiang then why——

" Do you see that Yan'er?" Wen Gui who sat next to her suddenly spoke up causing Mo Yan to pry her eyes away from the duel while her husband kept a close eye on what Madam Lian was doing to their daughter. " Even when you told Madam Lian that she needed to go easy on our daughter, the latter simply went ahead and did her own thing. Doesn't it make you question just how loyal she was when she was serving you throughout all these years?"

" She saved my life——" Mo Yan began to speak but she was interrupted by Wen Gui who raised a brow and finally turned to look at her and said, "That is indeed true but ... is it not possible for her heart to change? Admit it Mo Yan, no matter how good a person was in the past—— with the onslaught of greed and power they are bound to change."

Mo Yan did not say anything as they turned to look at Mo Qiang and Madam Lian once again when they heard a loud sound echoing on the grounds.

Whoosh!

The onlookers in the crowd turned to look at the scene in front of them, when they saw Madam Lian swing that long sword which was so sharp that it could cut down even the spirit along with the canon they were sure that the spirit was going to die and so will Mo Qiang.

Madam Liam cruelly swung the sword at the spirit's face while collecting her mana and instilling in her sword to deliver a fatal blow to Mo Qiang as well.

Once Madam Lian found out that Mo Qiang was a spirit summoner she gave up her plan of sending Mo Qiang out of this dead star instead she decided to kill her on the spot!

There was no point in keeping such an odd card alive who knows maybe one day this woman might come and bite her in the back. It was better to kill Mo Qiang when she had the opportunity to do so!

Her eyes glowed with a vicious glint as she collected more and more mana inside her blade, the second the blade of her sword hit the cannon, Madam Lian was sure that with the impact the nerves in Mo Qiang's head will explode and as for the spirit, there was no point in even mentioning it.

He was going to die for sure.

Mo Yan's face stiffened while Wen Gui stood up from his chair, he wanted to take a step forward and protect his daughter but he was stopped by Mo Xifeng who caught his wrist and pulled him back while looking at her brothers in law who despite despising Mo Qiang looked worried.

" She will be fine."

Even though the rest of the crowd was certain that Mo Qiang was going to lose, Mo Xifeng had immense trust in Mo Qiang. She knew that there was no way Mo Qiang was going to die in the hands of Madam Lian which was why she stopped the mers from stopping the duel.

" But..." Wen Gui opened his mouth but he was interrupted by Mo Xifeng as the latter said,

" Daddy Gui, please trust sister a little more even though she seems like she is in a tough spot, I am certain that Sister Qiang is aware of what she is doing."

She had been observing Mo Qiang from the very second Madam Lian leapt in the air and despite the blade being only a few inches away Mo Qiang was too calm. This calmness made her certain that the outcome of this battle was going to be different than what others expected it to be.

Sure enough the next moment, Mo Xifeng heard a blast which was so loud that it nearly caused her to go deaf.

And when she opened her eyes, Mo Xifeng saw Madam Lian sent flying on the other side of the training ground with a sticky green liquid spread all over her body.

Dangerous weaponEveryone thought that Madam Lian was going to end the duel with just one move but no one expected Mo Qiang's spirit to send Madam Lian flying away!



The onlookers turned to look at the small boy who was holding a cannon with a metal barrel on his back and was stupefied.

This small thing...it can do something like this as well?

Shock, disbelief and surprise-filled their faces as they looked at the small boy who seemed quite proud of himself.

" Well, he is quite cute isn't he?" One of the mer suddenly spoke up as he looked at the duel which was taking place.

As soon as the mer stood up for Mo Qiang and her spirit, the women and mer surrounding him looked at him with surprise in their eyes.

" What are you saying? Think before you speak at the least! If Miss Qiang wins this duel then she will become more arrogant and she will start bullying us even more, how can you even think of speaking up for her?" One of the women could not help but reprimand the mer who seemed to be supporting Mo Qiang and her spirit.

The mer was a bit terrified when he was scolded by the woman but he still insistingly said, " But I did not see Miss Qiang bullying anyone for a month or so."

" Humph, what do you know?" Another woman spoke up in a reprimanding voice. " Have you not heard of a proverb that says that a tail of a dog will always remain crooked even if you were to put it in a bottle and take it out after ten years? No matter what a crooked person can never change their ways! I am sure she is only pretending sooner or later when she gets tired of acting like a good woman, she will come back to her old ways!"

Seeing that no one was willing to believe him, the mer did not insist on speaking up for Mo Qiang but he suddenly had a feeling that something was going to change after this duel.

On the other hand, Madam Lian who was sent flying was stumped only for a few seconds before snapping out of her daze as she flipped in the air and landed on her feet elegantly. She looked down at the green and yellowish liquid which was sticking to her clothes and scrunched up her nose since it smelled really bad.

' What is this...don't tell me this is some sort of acid or maybe poison...?' Since Madam Lian wanted to kill Mo Qiang, she took it for granted that Mo Qiang wanted to do the same to her.

Maybe her terror was visible to the naked eyes because a second later Mo Qiang cupped her hands over her mouth and then yelled so loudly that everyone in the training grounds could hear her, " Don't worry, Madam Lian. I am not like those crooked, black-hearted women who backstabs someone under a disguise. It's not poison or acid!"

It was just pee since chinchillas released tufts of fur and pee when they were threatened or scared. The barrel was filled with pee and tufts of fur which can be changed according to the danger that Chi Chi felt.

' Heh that woman deserves it though,' thought Mo Qiang in her head as she looked at Madam Lian who was scrunching up her nose in disgust. If it was her, she would have slapped this woman's face with a slipper that was covered with golden slop!

" That b*tch!" Madam Lian hissed under her breath, she was perfectly aware of the fact that Mo Qiang was scolding her in disguise.

However soon she calmed down, there was no point in getting angry like this, most probably that sly girl was only trying to provoke her such that she will make a mistake.

"It's all right, so what if she blocked my attack one? It must be because I was too confident. But this time it will be different," muttered Madam Lian as she turned the sharp edge of her sword on the other side, earlier for the sake of pretending she was using the blunt side of her swords but now that the situation was like this, no one could blame her for taking this duel seriously.

' There is no way Mo Qiang will be able to protect herself while hiding behind that tiny thing!' Madam Lian thought in her head as she once again rushed towards Mo Qiang and this time she was much more faster than before.

Madam Lian thought that Mo Qiang and her spirit just got lucky out of the blue. She was certain that even if Mo Qiang somehow turned out to be the first spirit summoner there was no way she would be strong enough to defeat her.

Who was she? She was an A-grade mecha morph. Even if she was to tie a blindfold around her eyes and fight with Mo Qiang, she could still defeat her!

' Though I will be blamed for using this move but for the sake of nipping the bud before it blooms, I need to make a small sacrifice!' Madam Lian's eyes flickered evilly as she jumped in the air upon reaching a certain distance which was quite close to Mo Qiang and then morphing her other arm into a mechanical gun.

" Madam Lian!" Mo Yan did not expect that Madam Lian will do something like this, was this still a duel? This was execution on the spot!

But Madam Lian pretended not to hear Mo Yan as she aimed the gun at the spirit while the sword at Mo Qiang.

This time for sure, she was going to kill both of them together!

" I ask you to stop right now, Madam Lian!" Mo Yan shouted as she summoned her own sword and was prepared to go down the training ground as she placed her foot on the railing which was in front of the sitting arrangement.

But before she could jump in the air, a loud bang echoed in the training ground causing her to pause as she yelled in worry and terror, " Mo Qiang!"

Dangerous weapon —-2--------------



" That daughter of a bastard!" Wen Gui screamed as he stood up from his chair, the rim of his eyes turned red if something happened to his daughter, he will kill Madam Lian even if he had to go to prison for killing that woman!

Mo Yan's heart was also thumping wildly as she stared at the billow of red smoke which was rising in the air. She was scared out of her wits thinking that her daughter might be bleeding on the training grounds or maybe worse...

She gulped as she turned to look at Mo Xifeng and said, " Go...and look at what happened to your sister."

" The duel is not over Mother," Mo Xifeng stated calmly but even though her voice was calm, her fingers were clenched tightly as she looked at the ground where Madam Lian attacked Mo Qiang. A part of her was scared that something might have happened to Mo Qiang but a part was confident that her sister was all right.

"She can't win, Xifeng," seeing Mo Xifeng acting so stubborn Mo Yan said to her youngest daughter, wanting her to snap out of her daze. But Mo Xifeng stood where she was and then turned to look at Mo Yan and firmly said, " I have confidence in sister Qiang, I am sure she is still standing on her feet."

Since Mo Qiang said that she was going to win, Mo Xifeng was going to hold on to her words until she sees her on her knees.

"Wife!" Yin Fu shouted in worry since the red clouds of dust were so dense that they could not see anything, Yin Fu was very worried about Mo Qiang as well but at the same time, his eyes were flickering darkly.

'That Madam Lian, she sure knows how to court death! Once this duel gets over, I will make sure that she loses all her ability to scheme!' Yin Fu thought in his head, a woman who dared to scheme against his wife. He will not leave her alone that easily!

The crowd of onlookers waited for the dust to settle down, they were all prepared to see Mo Qiang on her knees but as soon as the clouds of red dust slowly started to settle down, they were all surprised to see Mo Qiang standing on her feet and in front of her was a——-

Wall of fur!

That's right a wall of fur!

"Oh thank goodness," Mo Yan crumpled down on her chair as she covered her face just now she was so scared that she felt her heart thumping so loudly that it was about to jump out of her chest. " Oh thank goodness she is all right, thank goodness."

Beside her, Wen Gui also heaved a sigh of relief as he let go of the railing which had small dents in the shape of his fingers as he unravelled his fingers from the metal.

' Madam Lian is quite fortunate if not today would have been her last day on this star as well as the world,' thought Wen Gui in his head.

" She is all right!" Yin Fu screamed happily as he cupped his hands over his mouth and closed his eyes in relief behind him, Xie Jia and Shao Hui also let loose those breaths which they were holding till now.

As soon as Shao Hui and Xie Jie breathed out the two of them glanced at each other before turning their face away from one another.

It wasn't that they were worried its just that will look awful in black and nothing more.

" What the..." Madam Lian was sure that she was going to win but she did not expect a sticky wall of fur to suddenly appear in front of her, she pulled the sword out of the wall which was holding her in place but no matter what she did, the tufts of fur continued to stick to the blade of her sword making it impossible for it to explode.

And the more she tried to pull the sword out the more deeper it was swallowed by the wall of fur.

" The hell you are doing!" She screamed as she looked at Mo Qiang who simply shrugged and then said, " All is fair in love and war, Madam Lian and this is war." As she spoke she looked at the blue screen and then smirked when she saw Chi Chi's special skill sucking Madam Lian's mana which she instilled in her weapon.

" You..." Madam Lian wanted to scold Mo Qiang but suddenly she realised that the sword in her hand was getting more and more light, her eyes widened when she noticed that her mana was getting sucked from the sword which was stuck in the fur wall. " Stop..."

Madam Lian wanted to hold on and pull her sword out of the wall of fur but no matter how much she tried to resist, the wall of fur did not let go of her sword and strangely enough, all the mana that she instilled in the sword was slowly getting drained out.

" What are you doing?" She asked Mo Qiang who raised her brows lightly and then softly chuckled before saying, " Madam Lian did you never hear this saying? Those who hide evil thoughts in their head will sooner or later suffer the slap of karma."

"...You B*tch."

" But since Karma is a bit late in delivering that slap," Mo Qiang took out the special weapon that she had prepared just for Madam Lian from her space ring and then took hold of it properly before she continued to speak, " I will be the one delivering it properly on your face. Don't worry it will really hurt."

" Stop, I say——"

WHACK!

An intense impact struck Madam Lian on the face which caused her to spurt blood from her mouth as her head turned to the side. Madam Lian's eyes widened as she watched her fake teeth which she had planted inside her mouth after her real teeth were smacked out by Mo Qiang.

How ...How is this possible? She questioned in her head but before she could think of anything there was another smack and Madam Lian was sent flying down on the ground. She thought that maybe Mo Qiang was using some special weapon to deal with her but as Madam Lian raised her head with her hand clutching her nose, her eyes widened in disbelief when she saw Mo Qiang's weapon.

T...This?