Otherworldly Affairs Office-Chapter 799: Flamel the Calm (Please Subscribe)
The changing circumstances restored Flamel's anger to calm; after a misstep granted Pei Yan the upper hand, he began to reassess his cards and shifts in power on the field. Following a bout of internal struggle, he walked between the two teams, looked at Pei Yan and forced a smile, "Pei Yan, well played! It seems this initial engagement has given you the first victory. You truly are the Child of Origin, your tactics are indeed remarkable. Even more admirable is how you managed to disguise everything so convincingly in such a short period. If I'm not mistaken, this must have been a plan set before the contest, huh? Ha, I never expected Flamel to become the first unlucky victim of your strategy. Being calculated so by two Children of Origin, my loss is not too unjustified."
Pei Yan and Pei Jin exchanged a smile upon hearing Flamel's words, nodded at him as a response. As Flamel mentioned, the recent attack was precisely one of the tactical plans Pei Yan and his sister formulated during their special training based on their own characteristics.
Pei Jin's abilities are rooted in biotechnology; one of her abilities awakening is gene replication. This awakening resembles Detrich's clone ability faced against Pei Yan earlier but is superior in combat effectiveness. Once Pei Jin collects the opponent's blood, she can extract DNA from it, thus perfectly replicating the opponent's abilities. This is why she could wield the powers of multiple abilities users when first confronting Shitang Longsi.
Though this replication is bound by time and limitations, its extraordinary nature already leaves the Investigation Hall's high-ranking officials in astonishment. Therefore, when Pei Jin publicly displayed her abilities, Gu Shenghui immediately decided to secretly cultivate her as a hidden ace within the Hall. When Lin Junzhao escaped divinely and obtained four Origin Seeds from Lin Ruxue, Pei Jin was officially elevated to Child of Origin. Her capabilities then further extended, allowing her not only to replicate the abilities within abilities users but also to use her origin traits to replicate and simulate the magic of multi-realm organisms. Today, with her strength even greater, Pei Jin can even extract a portion of the enemy's memories from collected blood and perform a short-term fusion with her own memories.
To make the disguise flawlessly complete, the Investigation Hall specifically had the Equipment Division create a series of disguise devices for Pei Jin, including shape-changing tools and clothing to suit her will. With the addition of these items and the temporary enhancement of mutual ability synchronization gained through special training, the siblings calculated together to have Flamel swallow this bitter fruit caused by his momentary oversight.
Faced with the silent treatment from the Pei siblings, Flamel did not flare up as before. He, bearing heavy responsibilities, understood what was truly essential to him. After calming his emotions, he smiled at Pei Yan and continued, "Now one of our people already got eliminated without knowing if they are alive or dead. The grudge between our teams should be written off, right?"
"Flamel, I think you are either not good at math or have a bad memory! I remember I stated very clearly just now, you eliminated three of my friends' teammates, you should repay me with three as well! You still owe me two people!" Pei Yan now steadfastly demanded to compete fiercely against the Magic Realm, firmly rejecting without a hint of concession.
"Pei Yan, don't push it too far! It's not that I'm afraid of you, but you should think carefully. Now on the field, only you, me, and the Immortal Palace remain as strong teams. The other teams are barely surviving. The most suitable choice for you and me should be to temporarily abandon the grudge between our teams and clear out the small fries on the field. It's not too late to finalize who comes first after securing the top three spots. You don't want to fight hard and vainly pave the way for others, do you?"
Flamel was by no means afraid of Pei Yan. If it were a wild battle rather than a contest, even in a disadvantaged position, he would still have the confidence to relentlessly fight with the Investigation Hall's team. But the situation was different now, in this contest surrounded by strong enemies, and after losing Frentz, he no longer had the confidence to eliminate the Investigation Hall's team with minimal casualties. When two tigers fight, one will always get wounded!
Now, there's still a lurking dragon along with three ravenous dogs eyeing him intently. Even if he defeats Pei Yan, he would still inevitably face the combined counterattack from the Immortal Palace and the Spirit Monster Realm. If that happens, the subsequent variables in the contest would be too large. Flamel can tolerate his team finishing second but absolutely cannot allow himself to fail to enter the top three. Such results have never occurred even during the weakest periods of the Magic Realm in past tournaments, let alone in this battle gambling on the fate of the realm's future today, he has to be cautious.
"What you say does make some sense…" After hearing Flamel's words, Pei Yan nodded. Just when the opponent thought he was about to concede on his proposal, Pei Yan suddenly shrugged, grinning at Flamel, "But I still refuse. Top three, huh! I think eliminating you first and leaving myself, the Immortal Palace, and my friends from the Hell Realm Demon Race aligns more with my interests."
After speaking, Pei Yan removed his mask and bowed to Lin Daozi from the Immortal Palace, smiling, "Brother Lin, how about you let the team tournament's second and third be contested between my friends and me?"
"Hahaha!" Hearing these words, Lin Daozi couldn't help but burst into laughter, and this laughter was genuine rather than feigned. Now, the entire Immortal Palace's team is full of joy, having done nothing while the other teams have already battled ferociously amongst themselves. With Pei Yan speaking cleverly, instead of asking for the first place for himself, he suggested letting the Immortal Palace grant second and third places to him, which showed great respect to the Immortal Palace. This move significantly improved the previously poor impression of Pei Yan among the Immortal Palace's disciples.
"Fellow Daoist Pei jests, my Immortal Palace can assure that we won't engage in any despicable acts of taking advantage of others during this battle. If Fellow Daoist Pei and his friends have the strength to secure a spot, my Immortal Palace would be glad to see it happen!" Saying this, Lin Daozi bowed to express his return courtesy.
Faced with Pei Yan's provocation and Lin Daozi's words lined with hidden jabs, Flamel, clearly angered to the extreme, still reached out to stop Lanloste, who was ready to charge forward desperately. Closing his eyes and taking a deep breath to calm himself, he slowly opened his eyes. This time he didn't look at Pei Yan but instead gazed past the crowd, fixing his gaze on Xila, and spoke startling words, "Xila, you and your teammates should withdraw!"
Looking at Flamel's rightful expression as he uttered words of withdrawal to others, Pei Yan was shocked and found it amusing, just as he was about to taunt him, Xila stepped forward amidst the crowd, looked at him gravely, and asked, "Are you sure you want us to do this? You know the price we'll have to pay if we do this?"
"I'm sure! Withdraw. We will fulfill the promised things!"
