Starry Sky Railway: Opening Performance - Taixu Sword God

"Wait, Shuojin actually took such a huge risk to fight me?"

"Him? He never even wanted to win."

Yan Huan recalled Shuo Jin's competition data at the time and analyzed it as follows:

"He knows his skill level is limited, and he won't achieve any good results if he continues to play normally."

"So I wanted to pick someone who was popular and didn't have any ulterior motives to sabotage."

"Did you forget it?"

"Although he was knocked down by you with a few punches in the match, Shuojin's popularity has not diminished since then."

"If Toppa hadn't held a product launch for you two, he would already be live-streaming and selling products on short video platforms."

“Yes.” Camille nodded.

"There are far too many people who use this kind of trick to become famous."

"Fortunately, the company banned him directly. Otherwise, even though his reputation is bad now, he could still make a lot of dirty money by using his popularity in a live broadcast."

"If such people were given a lot of social resources, who knows how many good people they would harm."

“Miss Topa told me that the guy is trying to seduce our prettiest employee in Louvre.”

After hearing all this, Luca realized just how naive he had been.

If it weren't for Yan Huan and Camille's constant help, I would have died long ago from all sorts of inexplicable underhanded tricks.

"Don't worry about the popularity votes."

Yan Huan said seriously:

"You play normally now. If you really lose all your tickets, we'll use the tickets that everyone in Belloberg has saved up to revive you."

"If you can hold on until the end, you can play a few games against those guys with extremely high popularity and scores."

"By then, it will be the end of the race, and the price of each ticket will increase many times over, so we can make more money selling tickets."

"I see. The CEO is very thoughtful."

Luca nodded, his determination to stay on the field at all costs growing stronger.

"As long as I persevere to the end and can still help everyone improve their living conditions, then I absolutely cannot give up!"

Yan Huan naturally understood Luca's thoughts.

After all, Luca lived in the lower district, where the residents naturally didn't have much money.

But the residents of the upper class, especially the nobles, rarely lacked such meager sums.

Bronya had mentioned it back when they were in Taliban.

Even now that Belloberg is in trouble, some nobles are still unwilling to contribute money, and some even plan to secretly immigrate to other planets with their wealth in a spaceship...

The wealthy upper-class nobles, upon learning of the debt issue upon Toppa's arrival in Beloborg, immediately gathered their assets and left by airship; Arillow VI.

Currently, the procedures for leaving the country from Yalilo VI by caravan or tourist spaceship are extremely strict.

Meanwhile, employees of the Interstellar Peace Corporation stationed in Belloborg will also assist the Silvermane Iron Guard in registering departing personnel.

Even if they abandon their home planet, their identity information will still show their homeland as Yalilo VI.

If Yalilo really can't repay the debt by then, these people will still have to be brought back to share the hardships together.

"Mr. Yan Huan, I'm going to train now!"

……

a few days later.

Luca's match has resumed.

At the Jingfeng warship's martial arts ceremony competition venue.

Jimi excitedly announced:

"Next, [Iron Arm] Luca's opponent is the dark horse with explosive popularity, the pure and beautiful knight—Silver Branch!"

"Look at Luca, he's rallied again!"

"Luca! The entire galaxy is waiting for you to regain your confidence, we love you!!" Jimi shouted with all his might.

"Ah... thank you, host." Luca looked up at Jimi with embarrassment.

"Luca! Go for it!!"

In the stands, a large number of fans cheered for Luca.

Light signs, banners, and small merchandise were all arranged.

As the acting leader of Luca's fan club, Camille managed Luca's short video account perfectly, quickly gathering the fans accumulated from previous competitions.

"Mr. Yan Huan!"

Camille, sitting in the audience, excitedly said to Yan Huan beside her:

"Fans have given us a lot of gifts, and now all the proceeds are in Luca's account! We can use the funds in that account to airdrop support equipment!"

"Finally, I don't have to spend my own money anymore!" Yan Huan was also very happy, at least Luca's battles wouldn't cost her any extra money.

How much money is in the account right now?

"100,000 credits! 100,000 dollars!" Camille shouted excitedly.

Chapter 1027 was truly a spectacular battle!

"Brilliant."

Although he only has 100,000 credits, it's a pretty good start considering Luca's current ranking.

The next moment, Yan Huan moved to the arena.

As Luka's coach, it's best to stay on the field to play it safe.

"We meet again, my dear friend. Your demeanor is still as captivating as ever."

Yinzhi first greeted Yan Huan, who had been moved to Luca's side.

"Although I would like to chat with you more, my dear friend, please forgive my neglect."

"Because the main character today is not you, but Luca."

Yan Huan nodded.

Luca quickly added:

"Ah... It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Silver Branch. I've heard so much about you!"

"I heard you're really amazing..."

"It's just an empty reputation." Yinzhi smiled faintly.

"To understand my opponents, I watched the replays of the matches beforehand."

"Your match against Potio was excellent."

"Eh?" Luca felt extremely ashamed.

"Mr. Silver Branch, I'm sorry you had to see this. But don't underestimate me because of it..."

"No no no no."

Yinzhi gently shook her head.

"From the moment you take that first step forward, fearlessly throw your fist at your terrifying opponent..."

"That scene was so beautiful that I held back my tears and lingered in my memory for a long time."

"Uh, what you said makes me shy," Luca said, looking down and laughing at himself.

"Losing so badly, it's not 'beautiful' at all."

"Do not."

Yinzhi placed her hands on her chest and said sincerely:

“I must correct your point, Luca.”

“Idrila’s teachings do not contain the fallacy that ‘the winner is more beautiful than the loser.’”

"Potio was just trying to scare you, but you didn't know that at the time."

"You thought you would die, but for your dignity, for your honor, for your homeland..."

"You still threw that punch at him."

"In my opinion, this is the best embodiment of combat aesthetics."

“However,” Yinzhi changed the subject.

"Although I greatly admire you, according to the rules of the martial arts ceremony, we still have to have a match."

“Of course, no problem!” Luca said seriously.

“I will never let you down, Mr. Silver Branch!”

Yinzhi nodded and said calmly:

"Then, our sparring session shall officially begin."

"Luca, get ready."

He slowly raised his spear, summoning two large shield sculptures to stand guard on either side of him, 'Inviting you to dance with me—'

A large number of petals inexplicably appeared in the sky and fell. Silver Branch raised his spear and swept the petals and the surging spear intent towards Luca. "A pure and beautiful waltz!"

Luca raised his iron fist and battled the silver branch amidst a shower of petals.

After this period of training, Luca's strength has improved significantly. He not only withstood Silver Branch's attack head-on, but also gained a slight advantage.

Standing at the edge of the arena, Yan Huan saw the two shields and judged that Yin Zhi was not taking it seriously.

The two fought for a full ten minutes, until both shield sculptures were shattered by Luca. Only then did Silverbranch stop and praise: