10: Chapter 10 Settling Old and New Grudges Together

Lin Feng's shrill, mocking voice instantly shattered the brief silence in the corridor.

At the same time, Yan Zidong frowned slightly, his gaze sweeping back and forth between Chen Xi, Lin Feng, and the others, as he asked in a deep voice:

"Do you know each other?"

Lin Feng felt a jolt in his heart. His face was plastered with a fawning smile as he leaned in close to Yan Zidong to explain:

"God Yan, this guy is exactly the one I mentioned to you before, the... trash Support from our Shenfeng Battle Team."

"Oh?"

Yan Zidong's eyebrows shot up, and a flash of malice instantly crossed his eyes.

So this person was actually the trash who had been kicked out of the Shenfeng Squad.

This was perfect; he could settle old and new scores all at once.

The way Yan Zidong looked at Chen Xi was as if he were looking at an ant already crushed beneath his foot.

A cruel arc curled at the corner of his mouth as he spoke in an almost commanding tone:

"So it's you, trash! Who gave you the courage to occupy Room 301? I order you, now! Immediately vacate this stronghold room for me!"

Facing Yan Zidong's demand, Chen Xi merely glanced at him coldly and squeezed four words through his teeth:

"Who do you think you are?"

"Room 301?"

Only then did Lin Feng and the others snap out of their daze.

They hurriedly stepped forward a few paces, their gazes passing over Chen Xi to land on the tightly closed door behind him.

They saw that the metal plaque at the entrance, which had originally been engraved with the words "Night Curtain," had now been replaced by a brand-new sign.

On it, carved in powerful, vigorous calligraphy, were two characters that were completely unfamiliar to them— "Nirvana."

"Yo, you're pretty quick, establishing a new battle team so soon?"

Fang Yue said sarcastically, his words dripping with disdain.

Lin Feng's gaze fell with interest on the person behind Chen Xi—Li Murou, who had been somewhat nervous from the very beginning.

He looked Li Murou up and down, a playful smile on his face:

"Tsk tsk, I really didn't expect a piece of trash like you to find new teammates so quickly. And... it's such a beautiful girl, too."

Immediately after, he put on an expression he thought was very suave and said to Li Murou:

"Little sister, you must not let this guy fool you. Your captain is a completely useless piece of trash. If you follow him, you'll never have any future. I advise you to leave the team quickly and find someone better!"

"That's not true!"

Although Li Murou was a bit afraid, hearing someone slander her captain like that made her summon her courage. With a flushed face, she retorted: "Captain Chen is the strongest Support Professional I have ever met!"

"The strongest Support?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Feng laughed exaggeratedly, his laughter echoing through the corridor, filled with shrill mockery.

"Hahaha! Little sister, you're still too young! No matter how strong a Support Professional is, they're still just a Support! They are destined to be the kind of trash that follows behind others picking up scraps, and they will never compare to us damage-dealing Professionals!"

"Captain Lin is right!" Fang Yue cheered wildly from behind, pointing at Chen Xi's nose and cursing:

"Chen Xi, you piece of trash! Did you hear that? Hurry up and give up Room 301! You don't deserve Room 301!"

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Li Murou was trembling with anger:

"Support Professionals can be very strong too! I am also a Support..."

However, before she could finish speaking, she was interrupted by Lin Feng's even more rampant laughter.

"Hahahaha! No way? Did I hear that right? So... your so-called 'Nirvana Battle Team' only has two people in total, and they're both fucking Supports!?"

He laughed until tears were almost coming out, pointing at Chen Xi and Li Murou, and said to the team members behind him:

"I was wondering how a cute girl like you could be so shortsighted as to join the team of a piece of trash like Chen Xi. It turns out you're just two unwanted Professionals huddling together for warmth!"

"Hahahaha!"

The members of the Shenfeng Squad immediately burst into an unrestrained fit of wild laughter.

Facing the mockery of this group, Chen Xi's expression remained largely unchanged.

He simply reached out and gently patted Li Murou on the shoulder, who was so angry that her eyes had turned red, signaling her to ignore this pack of mad dogs.

Immediately after, Chen Xi raised his head, looked at Lin Feng with a calm gaze, and said indifferently:

"Whether we deserve it or not isn't for you to decide. This stronghold room currently belongs to our Nirvana Battle Team. Good dogs don't block the road; please move aside and don't stop us from training."

"Training?"

Hearing these two words, Lin Feng's laughter came to an abrupt halt. A flash of malice crossed his eyes as he stepped forward abruptly, blocking Chen Xi's path directly.

"Perfect, we were just wanting to showcase the current strength of our Shenfeng Squad in front of God Yan. Chen Xi, don't say I don't value our old friendship. How about this: we'll send someone to play a one-on-one duel with you, how about that?"

His gaze swept over Chen Xi and Li Murou, his face full of confidence in his sure victory.

"Since you're acting so badass, we won't bully you. How about this: we'll just send Sun Lin, the weakest member of our team, to fight. You can send anyone you want to duel her. As long as you can last 30 minutes against her, you win!"

He paused, his eyes flashing with greed, and threw out his ultimate goal:

"If you lose, you have to obediently give up Room 301 to us!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Fang Yue and the others behind Lin Feng immediately understood the implication.

In their view, Chen Xi's "Nirvana Battle Team" was just a joke composed of two Supports with zero combat capability.

And although Sun Lin's role in team dungeons wasn't as great as the others, as an Assassin, her single-target burst and 1v1 combat ability were the strongest in the team.

If Chen Xi accepted this duel, he would undoubtedly lose!

Lin Feng could keenly see that the newly arrived ace, Yan Zidong, had an extraordinary obsession with this 301 stronghold room.

If he could take Room 301 without a fight by using this opportunity, he would not only please this great god but also humiliate Chen Xi severely—killing two birds with one stone!

And if Chen Xi dared not accept... that would be even better! It would be the perfect chance to crush his arrogance right in front of Yan Zidong, making him have to take a detour whenever he saw him in the future!

This move had a hundred benefits for Shenfeng and no drawbacks.

Chen Xi sneered as he looked at the face in front of him that was written full of schemes.

How could he not know what little scheme Lin Feng was plotting in his heart?

It's just that, no matter how much Lin Feng calculated, he miscalculated one thing.

With the monstrous ability that Li Murou's current S-rank class core card displayed.

Let alone a mere Sun Lin, even if all five members of their Shenfeng Battle Team went up together, they might not necessarily get any good results.

Since Lin Feng was proactively sticking his face out to be slapped, there was naturally no reason for him not to oblige.

He wanted to take Li Murou to run dungeons anyway, and he also wanted to quickly farm monsters to earn some battle team points.

Farming monsters is farming, and farming people is also farming.

As long as Shenfeng could provide corresponding stakes, such as giving some battle team points or something.

Chen Xi didn't mind letting Li Murou teach them to recognize the facts.

And incidentally, let Li Murou personally shatter the psychological shadow that Yan Zidong had caused her, and completely establish the self-confidence that belonged to an SSS-rank genius.

Without much thought, Chen Xi met Lin Feng's confident gaze, a cold arc curling at the corner of his mouth.

"Fine, let's fight."

His voice was calm, yet it carried an unquestionable power.

"If we lose, Room 301 belongs to you, and we will re-apply for a stronghold room."

Chen Xi's gaze swept over every person in the Shenfeng Squad, and he said slowly:

"But, if we win, I want you, Shenfeng, to pay us 100 battle team points!"