As someone who prioritizes killing others, I'm forced to stream a death game.

The punch was very powerful; it hit Ding Xiujie in the eye and caused him to bleed.

Ding Xiujie lost his balance, and despite the excruciating pain of his eyes popping out, he still tried to regain it.

Unfortunately, Kindaichi did not give him that opportunity.

In a life-or-death battle, the chance to decide life or death often hinges on a single moment.

Ding Xiujie had already lost that moment.

He was pinned down by Kindaichi, and his body was no longer in a defensive stance.

After several punches, Ding Xiujie lay on the ground covered in blood, his face mangled and looking utterly miserable.

But he had not completely died.

Kindaichi revealed a disdainful expression, walked over, and stomped on Ding Xiujie's neck, killing him on the spot.

After Ding Xiujie was completely killed, a pop-up window appeared on the deathmatch stage indicating that the deathmatch had ended.

"Kindasuke wins."

The Sky-Piercing Gang's first battle ended in defeat.

This changed the expressions of both the upper echelons of the Sky-Piercing Gang who were watching the martial arts competition from afar and the others who were watching the deathmatch on site.

"What kind of trickery did that Kaneda Suke just use?" Zhao Yang asked the person next to him with a solemn expression.

"...I didn't recognize him." Xi Wei, also representing the Sky-Piercing Gang, shook his head. "It should be some kind of poison! If you encounter this person later, don't have any contact with him!"

As a veteran of battles, Xiwei quickly came to his own conclusion.

But this conclusion was immediately refuted by Zhou Feng on the other side: "What are you thinking? This is hand-to-hand combat where weapons are not allowed. How can you fight hand-to-hand without contact?"

"..."

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.

Liu Ren, however, never put his mind to this matter from beginning to end.

His gaze fell upon his own live stream.

Just now, a word that Kindaichi uttered was accurately caught by the viewers in the live stream.

It was as if a parry had been triggered.

【Jiuhuang! That damn Japanese guy, didn't he just say Jiuhuang?!】

I don't know, I didn't hear you clearly, I was just spacing out.

He definitely said it! He mentioned Jiuhuang!

[We agreed that "Eternal Night" has nothing to do with real-world settings!]

This is amazing!

[They really are from Japan!]

[This smug look on his face is exactly the same as my stereotype.]

What exactly is the background of the central courtyard?

[No, I should say, what exactly is the background of "Eternal Night"?]

Now that even the Nine Emperors have appeared, could the area outside the central courtyard be the "real" world?

【have no idea……】

There's still too little information.

But one thing is certain: that bastard is a Japanese guy living a miserable life!

How could Ding Xiujie, that big, burly guy, have lost?!

[This is just a game, brothers, don't take it seriously.]

Can't we take games seriously?

[It doesn't work in the game either!]

No, it's precisely because it's a game that I, Tamagotchi, am taking it seriously! Can't the Sky Piercer gang put in a little more effort?

The disclosure of new information.

Liu Ren also participated in the martial arts competition as a contestant.

These two factors caused Liu Ren's already incredibly popular live stream to see an even greater surge in viewership.

There is a faint trend of it crossing the 1.5 million threshold.

One and a half million people watched online.

In this era, this is already an extremely remarkable achievement.

It was through Liu Ren's management that "Eternal Night" was able to rise to the top on its very first day of broadcast.

Seeing that almost all the viewers in the live stream were focused on this matter, Liu Ren took the opportunity to say, "Do they have any background in Japan? I'll ask them indirectly when I go on stage later."

【real or fake? 】

Is the streamer really that confident?

[Are you guys new here again? The streamer's always been so confident!]

My brother Liu is the kind of man who can escape even from the clutches of the King of Hell!

Don't overdo your boasting, or you'll regret it.

However, the fact that a streamer dared to participate in the Martial Arts Festival shows they're quite capable.

[Aren't you going to use that "logout" tactic again? That's been done to death.]

Is it a real fight or a staged fight?

[I already said, the streamer is amazing! You guys are really something, go watch the replay yourselves!]

【…】

Liu Ren didn't seem to care much about the criticisms in the comments.

There are always new voices, which means there are always new viewers clicking in.

This is a good thing.

This indicates that the popularity of his live stream has been steadily increasing.

After Ding Xiujie lost the first game.

In the second round, it was Zhao Yang's turn.

His opponent was still Kaneda.

"He's playing two matches by himself—without any breaks or rest?" Xiwei frowned deeply.

It's not just him.

Sun Yujie, who was sitting at headquarters watching the martial arts competition, also felt a sense of unease.

He hadn't felt this way in a long time.

Staring at the image displayed on the floating window, Sun Yujie took a breath: "To have someone take the stage repeatedly, they must have something to rely on... In this martial arts competition, is it possible that my Qingtian Gang will only be able to get some scraps again?"

He remembered that the Sky-Piercing Gang's performance last time wasn't very good.

In the end, they only brought back two or three hundred people.

If things continue like this, how will we fight the next battle for the beacon tower?

He is the head of both the Ordinary Martial Arts Hall and the Mysterious Martial Arts Hall.

No one knew better than her the hidden dangers within the Sky-Piercing Gang.

Therefore, he selected as many of his top combatants as possible for this martial arts competition—just to make the results look better.

This was intended to compensate for some of the gap in the Sky-Piercing Gang's combat strength in the mortal realm.

but now……

No matter how worried Sun Yujie was, he could only sit in the distant headquarters and watch the martial arts ceremony proceed.

On the deathmatch stage.

Zhao Yang stared intently at Kindaichi in front of him, his muscles tensing up all over.

Having witnessed Ding Xiujie's previous battle, he knew very well that the enemy would use bizarre methods, such as poisoning, to cripple him.

If you want to win, there's only one way—

“…Killing him as quickly as possible—that’s my only chance of survival!” Zhao Yang’s eyes narrowed.

The moment the deathmatch starting sign, suspended in mid-air, shattered, he pushed off the ground with one foot, launching his entire body forward at incredible speed.

—Instant Flash!

A straight punch aimed directly at Kindaichi's face.

Given the average person's reaction speed, there's simply no way they could react.

Even if you react in time, you can't dodge it!

Zhao Yang had used this move many times and was already very familiar with it.

But, just as his fist slammed into Kindaichi's face—

Kindasuke's figure suddenly disappeared.

"!?"