Volume 7, Chapter 19 – Manipulating Emotions

Finally…

After making plenty of preparations, the Professional Tournament held within Dawn’s territory was finally carried out as scheduled.

Players of different professions from all across the Main World gathered together. And most of these players came to Dawn for one purpose, to make a name for themselves in this tournament.

Under Xingyu Muxi’s planning, the competition was divided into two major areas.

One part was team battles, and the other part was solo battles.

And within those two parts, there were two major sections, the life profession area and the combat profession area.

As the name suggested, players in the life profession area competed in which life professions were stronger. Because life professions in the Subworld weren’t just about looking at a player’s proficiency, they also tested the player’s understanding of the life profession’s content.

Differences in understanding would make the value created by players of the same life profession turn out different.

Within the life profession competition, it was further split into many smaller categories. For example, Alchemist, Blacksmithing, Enchanter, and all kinds of other life professions.

And in the combat section, it was also split into countless competition categories.

Warrior, Archer, Mage, Assassin, Priest, Knight, and other basic professions.

Likewise, those basic professions also included hidden professions extended from the basic ones, for example Tianyin’s Blood Knight. Although Blood Knight wasn’t a basic profession, it was categorized under the larger Knight category.

Likewise, as a Ranger, Xingyu Muxi was categorized under the Archer category as well… Mm, even though Xingyu Muxi’s melee ability was far stronger than her ranged ability.

And within different professions, matches were also held by different ranks. For example, normal versus normal, elite versus elite…

And as the only two Throne-tier players among the players, Andrew and Yunchou naturally participated in this tournament as well. However, because there were only those two at the Throne-tier rank, the match directly ignored the difference in profession, and the two of them were arranged for the decisive battle on the final day of the tournament.

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In other words, Andrew and Yunchou would have their showdown on the last day of the competition.

“The tournament finally starts, can’t wait, can’t wait!”

“The strongest normal rank in the Warrior profession has to be me!”

“If you had even a few peanuts you wouldn’t be drunk like this, even I, with my hidden Berserker profession, don’t dare say I can take first place!”

“What’s so special about a hidden profession? Discriminating against us normal professions?”

Where there are people, there are disputes. When the competition was about to begin, plenty of players who had already entered the arena started arguing one after another.

Of course… considering this was Dawn’s territory, these players still wouldn’t go as far as fighting big fights on Dawn’s turf.

“Xiaoyin, the opening ceremony needs you to appear~”

At the final preparation stage, Xingyu Muxi found Tianyin, who had been looking forward to it for a long time.

“Eh? Sister Xiaomu isn’t going for the opening ceremony?”

“I can’t do that. With such a grand opening ceremony this time, I can’t steal your spotlight, Xiaoyin~”

Xingyu Muxi shook her head as she refused, then lovingly patted Tianyin’s head.

“Doesn’t Xiaoyin need those players to be affected by your Seven Original Sins power? You can’t miss an opportunity like this~”

“Wuu… Th-This is how it is…”

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Xingyu Muxi was right.

If she personally appeared at the opening ceremony, Tianyin really could expand the influence of Lust.

But… even though she was tempted, Tianyin was still a little stage shy.

She had been full of authority when she commanded the army against the enemy before, yet at this critical moment, Tianyin was actually a little stage shy…

“Um… Sister Xiaomu, if I go up there, what should I do?”

Even though she was a little stage shy, Tianyin couldn’t let down Xingyu Muxi’s kindness.

So even without experience, Tianyin still humbly asked for guidance.

“What should you do? It’s actually pretty easy. You just need to use some fairly short words to announce that the competition is starting~”

“R-Really?”

Tianyin widened her eyes, half believing and half doubting.

“Really. Such a good opportunity, Xiaoyin, hurry and go up there~ Oh right, remember to wear that loli outfit set from a few days ago. After all, Xiaomengyao said that was clothing made specifically to match you, Xiaoyin~”

“Loli outfit set?”

At first, Tianyin didn’t react.

But a few seconds later, Tianyin finally realized what it meant. Her delicate, cute little face instantly turned bright red.

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“Wh-What loli outfit set! I-I-I don’t have that kind of thing at all!”

Tianyin said that with her mouth, but in her heart, she wanted nothing more than to bite Xiaomengyao hard a few times.

“Alright, alright. Anyway, Xiaoyin, hurry up and get ready. In a little while, it’ll be time to go up.”

Xingyu Muxi covered her small mouth with one hand and giggled. After rubbing Tianyin’s soft silver-white long hair, she walked away.

“Wuu…”

Only Tianyin was left behind, slightly troubled, starting to think about what to do next.

Very soon, it was time for the entire tournament’s opening.

And because this profession competition was “officially hosted,” it wasn’t just players who came to Dawn to watch or to compete.

Many players who hadn’t come to Dawn could also watch the live broadcast of this competition remotely.

Not only in the game, even in the real world, videos of this Professional Tournament began broadcasting around the clock in shifts. So no matter where the players were, they could actually see the entire process of the competition.

And inside the arena built in Dawn, countless players gathered within it. And the gazes of these players, as time passed, also gathered toward the same place.

The commentary platform designed for the competition. In Xingyu Muxi’s plan, she would hire several professional player commentators to explain the content of the matches from up there. And at this moment, because the competition hadn’t officially begun yet, there actually weren’t any commentators on the platform.

However… The platform’s position was very eye-catching. You could say every player in the entire arena could see whoever was standing on the platform.

And at this moment.

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Tianyin, who had been told by Xingyu Muxi to personally announce the start of the competition, also walked up onto this eye-catching “stage,” feeling a bit uneasy.

All eyes on her.

The moment Tianyin appeared, all gazes converged together, and as she appeared, the arena, which had been slightly noisy, suddenly went quiet, sinking into silence.

Facing countless unfamiliar gazes, Tianyin felt a little nervous.

But after being nervous for a few seconds, that nervous feeling disappeared, replaced by a very, very strange feeling.

Feeling those countless gazes, Tianyin suddenly had a sensation that she could clearly distinguish the emotions contained within every unfamiliar gaze.

Envy, affection, surprise, admiration.

Possession, evil, malice, indifference.

Whether positive emotions or negative emotions.

In this instant, Tianyin felt she could distinguish them with ease.

Not only that.

Tianyin also had another feeling.

That was… she could control… and toy with those emotions filled with all kinds of desires.