Chapter 1591: Esports Tournament Part 18

CLANK!

BOOM!

"Care for your flank, Feng!" Carmen called out.

"Don’t worry," Xu Feng smirked and blinked away. His previous position was immediately blasted to smithereens.

Shortly after the attack, Carmen clicked her tongue and retaliated by bombarding the Knight Lancer with her voidlings.

The voidlings directly attach themselves to the Knight Lancer and explode upon contact.

The explosion left behind residue that wore down its defensive attributes and inflicted burn.

"Nice!" Xu Feng exclaimed and launched Celestial Spears at the Knight Lancer’s critical flesh points.

SHINK!

The spears easily penetrated the Knight Lancer and caused their health points to drop by a whopping 30%.

Thanks to the erosion effect from Carmen’s voidling, Xu Feng felt like a big DPS class.

’Oh, who needs a buff when you can have Carmen?’ This was so much better than equipping penetration items or ignoring defense gear.

Just at this moment, Carmen sent out her void blast and annihilated the remaining health points of the Knight Lancer.

In the meantime, the projection of Serene Paragon finally broke out of the Void Domain Field.

Xu Feng was about to make a move, but Carmen extended her arm.

"I got this." She said coolly. Soon, she flew into the air and made sure Serene Paragon would have a hard time reaching her.

A swordsman was melee range, whereas she was a long-range class.

As long as she kept her distance, it would be nearly impossible for Serene Paragon to win.

Alas, Carmen was too confident.

"Still too green." Xu Feng shook his head and commented.

Swoosh!

While Carmen took flight, Serene Paragon locked the space itself and slashed numerous times.

By the time Carmen realized the danger and tried to flee, she found herself restrained in the sky.

"Uh oh..." Carmen made a facial expression that a kid would make when they got caught being naughty.

"Help, honey?" She said coyly.

Poor Xu Feng could only facepalm and redirect the slash in another direction.

Of course, it sounded cool, but he basically cheated using the simulation feature to cancel the attack and unsummon the data version of Serene Paragon.

With the data version gone, Carmen was freed from the restraint. She glided downward and smiled awkwardly.

"Ah, that was unfortunate." She scratched her head. "I didn’t expect her to lock down the space around me."

"Ahem!" Xu Feng coughed aloud, his eyes stern.

"What did you do wrong there?" He asked in a lecturer’s tone.

"I didn’t protect myself in the case of a locked space?" She lowered her head and said timidly.

"Not that one. You did something even wrong for that to happen in the first place."

"I took flight?"

"Nope, try again."

Carmen pursed her lips and felt ashamed. She knew exactly where she went wrong, but didn’t have the courage to admit it. She was definitely going to get a big earful once she gave the correct answer.

Thankfully, she was saved by an unexpected call.

"Veronica called me." She exclaimed hurriedly and flashed it to Xu Feng.

Only Veronica could become her lifesaver at this moment.

Sure enough, Xu Feng paused his movement and waited for the phone call to end.

’Did something happen?’ He wondered silently. Veronica wouldn’t randomly call them for no reason. If it wasn’t something urgent, she would usually just send them a text message.

"WHAT?!!"

Carmen suddenly exclaimed loudly and turned to Xu Feng.

"You’re saying that some despicable people are claiming that Vanguard Guild is selling benefits in exchange for sexual intimacy?"

Xu Feng’s expression gradually turned cold when he heard that. Without hesitation, he opened the Game Forum and checked what was going on.

Sure enough, he saw numerous posts regarding the people who were rumored to have slept with him in exchange for an alliance.

The most talked-about person was Gentle Wind, aka Feng Qing Rou. Her personal information was almost exposed in every post, and each one was calling her slut or whore.

There were even outrageous ones who dared to ask how much for a night.

At a glance, it seemed like the malicious posts were targeting Gentle Wind.

However, Xu Feng knew very well about their true intent. What they wanted to do was not ruin Gentle Wind, but his Vanguard Guild.

’Not even a day has passed since the city opened, and some are already restless.’ He narrowed his eyes. This kind of low-level move didn’t affect him much, but the same couldn’t be said for others.

Similar to how men would feel infuriated if they were slandered as being unable to get their manhood up, women would feel infuriated if they were slandered as being a slut.

It was the greatest insult, and he wasn’t going to let the culprit slide. Negative publicity at this moment could also be lethal.

The esports tournament was sponsored and organized by the World Government.

What does the World Government care about?

The reputation and clean record.

Even if Gentle Wind were to win her sections, the negative publicity could affect her standings.

By affecting, Xu Feng didn’t mean the World Government would deny her.

Instead, it would be the audience constantly talking trash about her, which could affect her performance.

Nobody liked being smeared and could still perform exceptionally.

Moreover, Gentle Wind’s guild being an alliance with the Vanguard Guild was no longer a secret. Although it was never officially announced, it was basically an open secret now.

In other words, any bad publicity from Gentle Wind’s side would also be collateral on the Vanguard Guild’s side.

"What should we do about this, Feng?" Carmen ended the call and asked him.

"We can’t just let them get away with this! This is the lowest scum move!" Her eyes were practically ablaze because she knew exactly how harmful and terrible this kind of slanderous remark could be.

If allowed to fester longer, mental problems or depression could arise.

Her hand clutched tightly to Xu Feng’s arm, clearly conveying her dissatisfaction and anger.

"Rest assured, they’re going to regret this." Xu Feng flashed a warm smile and gently patted her hand.