Rose Life Garment

"What are you doing?" Clotho-Lan asked.

"Oh, you'll know in a moment."

Xu Xiaoyou waved her hand, and the die flew into the air out of nowhere; behind her, the phantom of a lucky roulette machine rose, and the die turned into '1' chip, piling onto the machine's table.

Xu Xiaoyou looked at the woman with a cold, superficial smile.

"Please begin, President Clotho-Lan?"

"A lot of hocus-pocus."

Clotho-Lan snorted coldly and pressed in close, flashing across the hundred-meter distance in an instant.

A heavy punch surged toward Xu Xiaoyou's face; the latter raised her brow, lifted her right arm, and retreated a few steps.

As she threw her hand out, the roulette machine behind her operated automatically, releasing two bronze-colored dice that spun around the machine before stopping on the numbers '3' and '4'.

The roulette machine stopped spinning, and a 'Lucky' notification sounded, triggering a critical bonus for this throw.

Ten chips clattered down, and including the initial chip, there were now eleven chips stacked on the table.

"Not bad luck," Xu Xiaoyou nodded.

Clotho-Lan shook her head and threw a giant net coated in poison directly at her.

This was the Poison Net, a common attack for a grade 2 street fighter; if trapped, one's body would rot and become paralyzed, losing the ability to move in a short time.

Xu Xiaoyou still dodged it with a side step.

At that moment, a faint sense of crisis rose in her heart; she expressionlessly used 【Thief's Footwork】 to retreat rapidly as a bolt of lightning descended from nowhere, striking the ground she had occupied a second ago.

Before the bounty match, she had researched President Clotho-Lan.

Her divine endowment, "Caged Evil Electric Raiment," created a 'Quenched Electricity' domain around her while active; lightning would strike randomly roughly every minute and a half, and getting hit would reduce the target's maximum health, resistance, and apply a series of negative effects.

However, if Clotho-Lan herself was struck by the lightning, her physical body would be tempered and strengthened.

Undoubtedly, the nature of her divine endowment meant she was a fighter who grew stronger as the battle progressed; being dragged into a war of attrition would be extremely disadvantageous.

Clotho-Lan's fighting style was always aggressive, giving Xu Xiaoyou no chance to counterattack as she lunged forward again.

Her mechanical arm extended, and with a grab at the air, dust condensed in her hand before she slammed it forward in a Sand Toss.

Afflicted by the Sand Toss effect, Xu Xiaoyou fell into brief blindness; she reacted based on her senses, only to be hit by a whip kick that sent her skidding dozens of meters to the right, barely stopping herself with a sudden step.

It wasn't over; Clotho-Lan closed in once more with a Sliding Tackle, a Skull-Crushing Knee, a Poison Dragon Punch, a Thousand Hands Secret Act, a Phoenix Dance Inquiry, and a Moon-Catching Flame Blast.

Carrying her long-accumulated fury, she wanted nothing more than to vent all her rage onto Xu Xiaoyou.

Her moves transitioned seamlessly, forcing the girl to retreat step by step.

"Is dodging all you can do?" Clotho-Lan growled.

Xu Xiaoyou remained silent, her long whip cracking through the air to intercept the punch sweeping toward her face.

With a gentle flick of her wrist, Clotho-Lan was twisted to the side, but the latter reacted instantly, pressing one hand to the ground to deliver a heavy sweep kick.

Xu Xiaoyou took the hit head-on and was sent flying, lightning striking her body and leaving charred marks.

Looking at her health bar, which had dropped significantly, she remained unfazed.

She kicked off the ground lightly to retreat further, and the Hand of Silence burst from her skirt like a cage-breaker, blocking her front.

She prepared to block the Dragon Flame Blast that the woman was launching through the air!

As the fiery giant dragon's eyes flared with incandescent light, it roared and crashed into the Hand of Silence; the surging flames erupted in a cross-shape, instantly swallowing her figure.

The lingering power contained a faint dragon's roar, making the hearts of the spectators tremble.

"As we can see, right from the start of the match, Clotho-Lan has demonstrated her powerful suppressive ability, continuously pinning down Dark Gold Rose; the situation appears completely one-sided," the host shouted.

Seeing Xu Xiaoyou retreating on stage, the audience members who were already dissatisfied with her felt incredibly satisfied.

"Is that all, Dark Gold Rose? Weren't you talking big just now? How are you getting beaten so badly you can't even fight back?"

"I thought you were actually powerful, but it's just big talk."

"No wonder Dark Gold Rose never releases her divine endowment; it turns out it's completely useless, and she can't win even with it active, haha!"

"I told you she has no real combat ability and only knows small tricks; in a one-on-one duel, she can only run for her life!"

"Yes, that's it! Crush her, Clotho-Lan!"

"What are you waiting for? Use all those mysterious abilities of yours!"

The cheers of the crowd made Clotho-Lan's fighting spirit soar as she pressed forward, landing heavy punch after heavy punch on Xu Xiaoyou.

She thought the other girl would keep talking back, but she only saw Xu Xiaoyou slowly raise her eyes.

Those gorgeous golden eyes watched her calmly as she spoke words that made no sense to her.

"The prize pool is still accumulating."

As she spoke, several more dice fell into the roulette machine, and the chips stacked up to twenty.

Clotho-Lan's punches hammered into Xu Xiaoyou one after another, but she didn't fight back; instead, she used various movement-type skill cards to maintain high speed, circling around Clotho-Lan within the arena.

"Are you trying to stall for time with me?" Clotho-Lan laughed as if she had heard the world's best joke.

"Fine! If you want to play, I'll play with you to the end."

"Let's see who gets the last laugh!"

A bolt of thunder fell from the sky, coursing over the surface of Clotho-Lan's body; the flickering arcs of electricity constantly tempered her flesh.

The current flowed through her entire body, filling her bones and muscles, making her dazzling long hair grow even brighter.

Double Quenched Electricity caused blue-black tattoos to grow on the woman's bronzed back, appearing like writhing mathematical diagrams, her expression ecstatic.

Once 'Quenched Electricity' reached ten layers, she could even trade blows with the Killing God Changqing; at twelve layers, she could face him head-on.

She was confident that after five more tempers, she could defeat that guy; no one could beat her in a battle of attrition!

Time passed minute by minute; dazzling flashes of electricity erupted on the arena from time to time, accompanied by the roars of lions and dragons as terrifying power tore through the air.

"Why isn't she fighting back?" Angelina yawned.

"If she lets her keep tempering herself with electricity, her attributes will be boosted to a horrifying level."

During a previous resource war, she had fought Clotho-Lan head-on; back then, the woman had reached nine layers of tempering.

Angelina had fallen into a disadvantage the moment they clashed; if Bai Youyou hadn't arrived in time for them to flank her, she probably would have been in a very passive position.

"Fierce Tiger Sky-Roar Wave!"

On the stage, the woman let out a massive roar, and the phantom of a golden giant tiger behind her also roared toward the heavens, pouncing toward Xu Xiaoyou with infinite majesty.

From Xu Xiaoyou's perspective, the giant tiger turned from illusory to solid, expanding infinitely like a mountain crashing toward her!

The priority of 【Attack Deflection】 was not enough to evade this attack.

As her opponents grew stronger, many refined grade skill cards with surprising effects were starting to become less useful.

Fortunately, she could use patches to strengthen these skill cards.

Three chips from the roulette machine flew into the air, turning into streams of light that sank into the 【Attack Deflection】 between Xu Xiaoyou's fingers.

The simple refined card glowed, its original surface gradually dissipating and being reconstructed by new points of light, replaced by a card with violet patterns: 【Attack Deflection: Beyond】.

Her body was suddenly swallowed by white light.

The aftershock of the tiger's roar surged across the entire field, even making the host tremble.

"We can see that President Clotho-Lan's ultimate move hit Dark Gold Rose directly! With the accumulated internal force, this blow shouldn't be easy for Dark Gold Rose to— Wait!"

Looking at the figure walking out from the dust, not only the audience and the host, but even countless analysts widened their eyes.

"Dark Gold Rose... she's completely unharmed!"

Xu Xiaoyou calmly brushed the dust from her sleeve; a giant steam-powered die suddenly descended behind her.

Electricity coursed through the spinning, surging faces of the die, and the numbers in the prize pool accumulated frantically, jumping upward as chips fell like a torrential rain, piling into a small mountain.

"Confirming bet of 22 chips | House Edge!"

House Edge!

"High Roller."

Xu Xiaoyou opened her arms, embracing the chips falling from the sky as if embracing the Goddess of Luck herself.

Innumerous dark gold chips fell toward her; every time a chip turned into light and merged with her body, a different buff effect popped up.

There were negatives, but the majority were positive gains.

Electric shield, rectification, dominance, strike resistance, lucky enhancement, locked steps, opal skin, transcendent charm, fantasy-type enhancement, all-damage resistance...

"What's going on with this person? Look at her buff bar! It's increasing—no, it's flashing!"

The betting was complete: twenty buffs in total!

In an instant, the 'Dice of Fate' behind Xu Xiaoyou stopped spinning; the electric light flashed violently, suddenly erupting into a giant wave that swept across the entire arena like a storm.

This giant wave was named Luck.

Looking at the blonde girl who was now a completely different person, Clotho-Lan's face grew several shades more serious.

The feeling this girl gave her was more than twice as strong as before.

Could her divine endowment also be a growth type that grew stronger over time?

No, it was as if she had been accumulating to a certain point and then suddenly exploded.

The true power of that divine endowment was only manifesting now.

Warning bells rang in Clotho-Lan's mind; she lowered her gaze slightly, her legs tensing with power.

Hesitation was not her style; she planned to end the match with lightning-fast methods while the other was still showing off her abilities.

Unexpectedly, Xu Xiaoyou moved even faster this time.

A golden light flashed across the arena as Xu Xiaoyou tore through space, swinging her long whip and arriving right in front of her!

So fast... that was the only thought in Clotho-Lan's head.

She instinctively raised her hand to grab the long whip, wanting to use it to restrain Xu Xiaoyou, but she saw the girl flash a smile as her body shifted, and a whip kick suddenly swept toward her.

The moment she was hit directly by this whip kick, Clotho-Lan felt a massive force surge through her entire body; her figure flew back uncontrollably, slamming straight into the perimeter wall.

How could her speed be this fast?

"President Clotho-Lan, your luck is actually quite good; the prize pool only accumulated twenty-two chips."

Xu Xiaoyou spoke into Clotho-Lan's ear.

The latter's eyes widened as her chest suffered another massive impact; cracks instantly appeared in the hundred-meter perimeter wall, and the terrifying force spread all the way to the dome.

"But your luck is also not so good, because when I entered 'House Edge,' twenty out of those twenty-two effects were buffs."

"Should I say you are lucky, or unlucky?"

"You lunatic, what are you talking about?"

Clotho-Lan roared, erupting with power to push Xu Xiaoyou back a few steps; she kicked up countless giant stones, hurling them all with force toward Xu Xiaoyou.

"I'm saying that regardless of whether you are lucky or not, at this moment, I am lucky."

Xu Xiaoyou swung her long whip, crushing all the incoming giant stones within it.

Her figure vanished again like a surging bolt of electricity, racing toward Clotho-Lan.

This was the characteristic of her divine endowment, "Rose Life Garment," which deployed the 'Endless Long Dream' domain upon release.

Within this domain, luck was amplified, and she entered a 'Funding' state for the first ten minutes; every two minutes, different dice would be randomly dropped to gain 'chips' based on their face value.

Once the funding time passed, she would activate House Edge, where all chips were automatically consumed and converted into effects—buffs that could be positive or negative.

During this time and afterward, chips would still be produced continuously, and she could consume them to perform Beyond strengthening on her skill cards.

The price for all of this was that once House Edge ended, her luck would be forcibly reduced to the worst state, 'Unlucky,' for over half an hour.

The long whip and fists clashed, swallowed each other, and vied for dominance; only blurred figures could be seen flashing across the arena as electric lights flickered on and off.

Wherever they passed, stone and metal shattered, and space distorted.

Xu Xiaoyou flashed a hundred meters away and raised her hand, several long-range skill cards manifesting as the three violent elements of fire, lightning, and wind all shot toward Clotho-Lan.

Another bolt of lightning struck down, bringing Clotho-Lan's electricity quenching to seven layers; restless arcs of electricity coursed through her as she threw a punch, the erupting current swallowing all the attacks.

The moment she located Xu Xiaoyou, she stepped on the ground and shot out like a cannonball, arriving beside the girl with a shrieking arc of electricity.

She slammed her punch into the ground, and a ball of electricity compressed before the thick, heavy air suddenly expanded outward, surging to swallow Xu Xiaoyou!

An electric sword manifested in Xu Xiaoyou's palm as she cut down the incoming light; a pillar of fire erupted from beneath her feet, the ground cracking in layers as a flaming demon surged toward Clotho-Lan with a sneer!

Fire and electricity clashed and intertwined, swallowing one another; dazzling light erupted frequently, and in the blink of an eye, the two had fought from the left side of the platform to the right.

If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, no one would believe that this was a battle between the commanders of two teams.

The long whip hissed like a wild snake while the heavy fists hammered out like a machine gun; with all sorts of moves deployed, both of them were fast to the extreme, leaving brief afterimages on the platform before vanishing.

A blink later, they were running along the walls, defying gravity; if not for the protective measures, the aftershocks of their clash would have likely destroyed the spectator stands completely.

Boom! A violent burst of fire erupted, and a figure filled with arcs of electricity was slammed into the ground, only to quickly break through the mist to pull away; following closely was Xu Xiaoyou, emerging with two pitch-black butler twin blades.

She had used 【Bad Girl Workshop: Beyond】.

The duration of House Edge depended on her psychic power; unlike Clotho-Lan's divine endowment which grew stronger as she fought, the window of advantage for her was between the tenth and twelfth minute after activating her endowment.

Once the opponent reached eight layers of tempered electricity, even she would find it troublesome in this state.

She had to finish this quickly.