Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

But there are also those like Grace, who resolutely leave home simply to pursue their own path.

However, other female members mostly join the association to avoid being forced into arranged marriages, and the association also protects them.

After all, being born into nobility meant one couldn't avoid the fate of arranged marriages.

Many people join the association in pursuit of freedom and gradually develop a sense of belonging. However, they are unwilling to give up their noble status, so the association is considered a neutral organization.

"Go, Captain!"

"Captain, you're the best!"

"Captain, knock him down!" the young man from the Pharmacist Association shouted. Even Grace couldn't help but laugh; these young people were really energetic.

"Hmph, a lowly person dares to try to defeat our Prince Henry? That's just wishful thinking. Have you poor bastards from the association gone mad?" A young royal apothecary couldn't help but retort.

However, these people completely disregarded him: "Captain, don't listen to this guy, he's just jealous of you."

"You...you are simply unreasonable! You actually side with outsiders and oppose the true masters of this world. You will regret this!" The masters he was referring to were naturally the royal family and nobility.

The association members curled their lip in disdain. "The real master? Even Mushroom God hasn't said that yet. You, some royal lackey from who-knows-where, are already calling yourself that."

Seeing that no one paid any attention to him, the young man sulked and went away.

Stepping onto the ring, Prince Henry sneered, "I'll make you kneel and apologize!"

"Then good luck." Xu Jiawei didn't feel angry because she felt that this person was really one-dimensional in his evil, just a standard template for a villain who gets slapped in the face.

I really want to punch him.

At the referee's signal, Prince Henry launched the first attack. He casually brandished his weapon, completely disregarding Xu Jiawei. Prince Henry curled his lip in disdain: "Inferior."

However, just as he thrust his weapon at Xu Jiawei, she vanished. Xu Jiawei was preparing to probe the background of this Prince Henry, who was at least level 82 and whose combat power should not be underestimated.

The instant Prince Henry's weapon fell, Xu Jiawei vanished from her spot.

After toying with Prince Henry a few times, the prince, as expected, became enraged and shouted, "You cowardly rat who only knows how to run away, don't you dare run!"

The elderly woman in the audience shook her head. "Useless, stupid as a pig," she thought. "It seems my nephew is going to lose."

To stop him from running away, Xu Jiawei decided to grant his wish. She instantly teleported behind Prince Henry, who felt a chill run down his spine. He tried to turn around, only to see Xu Jiawei pull out an epic-level longsword and place it against his neck.

He lost with just one blow. "You lost," Xu Jiawei said calmly.

In broad daylight, she couldn't possibly kill this person. Besides, he was ridiculously weak, a world apart from the Great Divine Envoy. His combat power was at most comparable to that of the High Priest. Xu Jiawei was afraid that if she slashed him with her sword, she would kill him outright.

"Impossible! I couldn't possibly lose! How could I lose to a lowly level 70? How could your stats be so high? You must have cheated!" Prince Henry couldn't believe that he had lost in just one blow.

However, whether or not she cheated, the audience could see it clearly, and the referee immediately declared Xu Jiawei the winner.

Upon hearing the referee's voice, Prince Henry's eyes turned red with anger. Watching Xu Jiawei turn and leave, he immediately unleashed his strongest attack as a magician. He had just been careless; he was a magician, yet he used warrior fighting methods, which didn't count at all.

"Go to hell, you lowly creature! Go to hell and repent!" Prince Henry's smile was still on his face when Xu Jiawei teleported behind him at an extremely fast speed and released a parasitic spore attack.

She was genuinely afraid of accidentally killing someone if she used other skills.

"My goodness, a sneak attack! What a disgrace to our nobility!" mocked the king of another country who was at odds with King Henry.

King Henry glared at him fiercely, then shouted, "Stop! How dare you harm my son!"

He immediately launched a skill attack, blocking in front of his son. Xu Jiawei dodged it, it seems this guy is stronger than that Prince Henry.

Prince Henry was surrounded by mushrooms and collapsed to the ground, unconscious. King Henry, his eyes blazing with fury, cried out, "You lowly commoner, how dare you attack my child after the game! I won't be satisfied until you're dead!"

"Pah! You shameless old man! It was clearly your son who attacked first!" Li Ming, who was sitting in the audience, couldn't hold back any longer and spoke up directly.

"Hmph, I don't care. You injured my son, which is a heinous crime. Blame it on the fact that you didn't have anyone backing you up!" King Henry immediately launched an attack. The nobles below pretended not to see anything and were all playing dumb. Why would they offend the king of a country for a player who didn't even have a foundation?

The association and the players remained calm. They believed in Xu Jiawei; if the players didn't stand up for themselves, even with the association's help, no one would respect them.

Weakness is the original sin. No matter how right you are, others will not listen unless you become strong. Then your words will be the truth.

"Bring it on!" Xu Jiawei quickly released parasitic spores, but the king was actually wind-attribute and blew the spores away. Xu Jiawei then switched to releasing photon meteors. She dared not take out the Staff of the Goddess of Light now. After all, these families had been passed down for thousands of years. If someone recognized her, Xu Jiawei would have no peace. Murder and robbery would happen every day.

Therefore, Xu Jiawei essentially cut off her own arm in this competition.

Countless photon meteors attacked King Henry from the sky, but King Henry snorted and directly used his demigod-level weapon to disperse the attack.

While King Henry was attacking the photon meteor, Xu Jiawei directly enveloped him in a light cocoon. Then, the parasitic mushroom flew into the light cocoon, and the activity inside the cocoon disappeared.

"That's it?" Xu Jiawei sneered. Since she had already offended them, she might as well just kill them to avoid trouble. So countless photon meteors flew toward the cocoon of light and the unconscious Prince Henry. Just before the meteors hit Henry and his son, a powerful pressure came.

"How dare you!" An old man with a white beard rushed over, his immense pressure pouring down on Xu Jiawei. He sensed that his descendant was in danger and hurried over.

Xu Jiawei simply snorted and released all her pet beasts to block the old man's attacks. They all wanted to kill her, and she couldn't even fight back. Did they really think she was an easy target?

Photon meteors rained down on the father and son, quickly burning them to ashes.

"Aaaaaah!! How dare you kill my son and grandson! I'll kill you, turn you into a puppet, and torture you every moment to atone for my son and grandson's sins!"

Alright, you beat the young one, and now the old one comes; you beat the old one, and now the even older one comes; it's never going to end, is it?

"Oh no, that player is in trouble. Old man Henry is a veteran top-tier mage."