123: Chapter 124 Utter Despair! The Unbeatable Silence?

"How could I... lose?"

"A 3-Star 5-Cost unit, actually lost?"

Lena's body went limp, and she nearly collapsed to her knees. At this moment, she felt the world go black and spin around her. The faith that supported her crumbled in an instant. Shen Mo hadn't just defeated her; he had defeated the self-confidence she was so proud of!

Her conviction was shattered.

It was a testament to her strength that Lena didn't pass out right then and there.

You have to understand, the fundamental reason Lena had always dared to look down on Shen Mo was that she had once crushed everyone, including the Long Kingdom, using a '3-Star 5-Cost unit'! Therefore, she naturally assumed that as long as she could assemble a 3-Star 5-Cost unit, she would be invincible!

In the previous match, when Shen Mo fought Bae Soo-hyun, he had also crushed the entire field with a 3-Star 5-Cost unit.

This not only didn't frighten Lena, but instead piqued her interest, because she felt that Shen Mo was the same kind of person as her—both players who dominantly crushed others using 3-Star 5-Cost units.

So Lena stepped up. The moment she transformed Xerath, she was excited, she was arrogant, and she was even so thrilled that she started to lose her mind. She thought Shen Mo was truly incredibly stupid!

He clearly had the opportunity to win against her, yet he stupidly missed it!

But reality slapped her hard in the face!

Shen Mo had actually forcibly shattered everything she had with a high-Synergy lineup!

"Fool..."

"So I was the stupidest one all along... Hahaha!!"

Suddenly, Lena began to laugh bitterly, her wretched laughter filled with madness and distortion.

...

"Lena, she...?"

In the USA camp, Gabor spoke up with concern: "Boss, that guy from the Long Kingdom's lineup actually won. This... I think Lena's state is a bit off. What should we do?"

Although they were far away and couldn't hear Lena's laughter, looking at the live broadcast screen, Lena's expression was clearly not normal. She was already showing signs of some kind of madness. If things were allowed to continue like this, no one knew what would happen.

"She has developed a mental demon."

Bernini's calm gaze flashed with cold light, though his tone remained as still as cold, dead water: "Everyone has something they believe in. Just like when facing a desperate situation, people always need some kind of faith to support them."

"To support themselves in defeating an enemy that is absolutely impossible to defeat."

"Some believe in their own strength in desperate times, some believe in their experience, and others believe in their trump cards. In short, no matter what they believe in, they need something to support them."

"Lena is no exception, except that what she believed in was herself during the S11 tournament, the version of her that assembled a 3-Star 5-Cost unit and swept across the field with disdain. But... that belief has been shattered."

"If Shen Mo had used another 3-Star 5-Cost unit to beat Lena today, she might not have been affected at all, and would have just considered it a matter of course."

"Because in her perception, the only thing that can sanction a 3-Star 5-Cost unit is another 3-Star 5-Cost unit!"

"Unfortunately..."

"That just happens not to be the case!"

Bernini sighed and took a deep look at Shen Mo on the arena: "This kid from the Long Kingdom did it on purpose. He saw through Lena's arrogance and insisted on shattering that arrogance in the most cruel way possible..."

"Very good, truly very good. I have gained one more reason to take action against him!"

Behind him, Charlie hesitated for a moment before speaking: "Boss, what should we do now? Just let Lena continue like this?"

"No one can help her."

"This time, perhaps only she herself... can walk out of this!"

Bernini's eyes flashed with cold light: "If she can walk out of it, she will be reborn from the ashes and become stronger. If she can't... it's not impossible that she will be ruined from now on!"

As he finished speaking, the whole arena fell silent!

Bernini sighed slightly in his heart, Lena's figure reflected in his brown eyes, as if he saw his former self.

Back then, hadn't he also had his faith collapsed by Long Chen? He had even once treated Long Chen as a shadow, and almost every time Long Chen's name was mentioned, his body would tremble involuntarily.

But ten years had passed, and he had managed to fight his way out relying solely on his own strength! And this time, he believed Lena could do it too!

...

[Stage 6-1, match over!]

[Shen Mo vs. Lena, Shen Mo wins!]

In the arena, as Alodes's voice fell, the scene immediately erupted with a roaring sound like a landslide or tsunami!

The void trembled, and countless spectators celebrated wildly. Of course, there were also spectators who had bet on Lena who were now stunned like wooden chickens. They stared blankly at the miserable state on the competition field, almost unable to believe their own eyes!

"Damn!! I knew this kid from the Long Kingdom wasn't simple! I didn't expect him to even kill a 3-Star 5-Cost unit!"

"So satisfying! I'm stunned, holy crap, that Dark Volibear's damage is simply outrageous!"

"A slaughter!!!"

"The opponent was a 3-Star 5-Cost unit, yet they didn't even have room to fight back, just directly controlled to death!"

The void spectators cheered wildly. It was as if the pieces commanded by Shen Mo in the battle just now were not chess pieces, but they themselves had gone down to the field and fought a bloody battle.

"Brother Shen is truly too strong..."

In the Oil Country camp, Hakin stared at the arena, dumbfounded, almost popping his eyes out. Karin was even more flushed, her breathing becoming quite rapid: "Shen Mo..."

Inside the livestream, countless bullet comments had already exploded. The spamming messages almost completely covered the broadcast!

"Damn! Who said Brother Shen was going to lose! Get the hell out here right now!!!"

"Open your dog eyes and watch how my Brother Shen slaughtered the opponent!!!"

"Enough said, just two words: satisfying!"

"Haha, that girl from the USA is stunned. I think she's probably questioning life right now."

"Exactly, even a 3-Star 5-Cost unit got crushed. If it were me, I'd be confused too."

"Hahaha!!"

Inside the livestream, the Long Kingdom audience laughed and joked continuously.

In the Beiyuan Base, Long Chen also breathed a slight sigh of relief, and the slightly tense smile on his face slowly became natural. He glanced at the livestream. His face returned to its lazy expression: "What do you say, brothers..."

"Brother Chen is awesome!!"

"Brother Chen is steady, worthy of being the person who understands Brother Shen best!"

"This composure, I kneel to it!"

"Look at how pathetic you all are. Look at our Brother Chen, calm as ever from beginning to end, without the slightest surprise. This is the demeanor of a master; you all should learn from him!"

"???"

"Do you want to listen to what kind of nonsense you're spouting?"

"If I were as awesome as Brother Chen, I would have already teamed up with Brother Shen to slaughter that group of idiots abroad!"

"Would I still be here acting as a cheerleader?"

"Uh... what you said makes so much sense, I have no words to refute..."

...

The noise faded away. On the arena, the countdown timer ended bit by bit. Lena, however, was like a walking corpse, staring at the battlefield with dull eyes, completely unresponsive.

[Stage 6-2, match begins!]

[Shen Mo vs. Lena!]

It wasn't until Alodes's voice sounded that Lena's eyes finally regained a glimmer of light. She turned her head mechanically and stiffly to look at Shen Mo on the other side of the arena.

That was a man drenched in water, his black hair covering his eyes. His body was upright, his straight spine fixed there like a steel bar!

In a trance, Lena didn't know why, but a thought suddenly echoed in her mind.

"Is this man really unbeatable...?"

— — PS: There is another chapter today! Something came up at the company, it might be late!