Starry Sky Railway, starting with a single draw of the Underworld

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"Meow meow."

Yunli is very obedient now. She does whatever Qiong asks her to do. She raises her hands to make the shape of cat paws, looks at Qiong with watery eyes, and when she opens her mouth to meow, you can see a thread connecting her lips. The sound of her meow is melodious and pleasant. There is no skill involved. It is all the emotion that a cat shows in spring.

Qiong felt that the cat's meow sounded like a symphony, which boosted his attack speed. So he pampered Yunli the cat again. He was determined to be a cat lover today.

Qiong's happy life on the Immortal Ship unfolded like turning the pages of a book. He shuttled back and forth between several women, including Huang Quan, Yu Kong, Fei Xiao, Ling Sha, Yun Li, Cocolia, and Xi Lu Wa, becoming a master of time management. He tried to take care of each wife at different times. When he was too exhausted, he would go to Ling Sha to ask for some medicine. Although Miss Chi Long would always grumble and tell him to wait to die, she would always bring him some medicine and then try its effects herself to see where it needed to be improved.

In the midst of this blissful life, the martial arts ceremony of Luofu finally began on the Jingfeng Ship. The identity of the defending swordsman undoubtedly fell to Yan Qing, the Cloud Cavalry Guard. Now it was up to all the heroes and warriors to see if they could successfully challenge the arena and defeat Yan Qing.

VIPs with invitations can directly challenge Yan Qing, but Jepard and Luca are not among them. They came here partly to promote their hometown and partly to see how their strength compares in a competition open to the entire galaxy. Neither of them wants to be frogs in a well and wants to see their opponents from the outside, so they are prepared to challenge from the bottom up.

Jepard and Luca were quite strong, so they quickly passed the initial qualifying rounds. The next stage of the competition was to challenge the reigning champion. According to the event schedule, they would be given a stronger opponent. As long as they defeated the reigning champion, they would win the match. After that, fame and fortune would rain down on them. It all depended on whether they could seize the opportunity.

According to the tournament rules, you can see some information about your opponent before challenging them, such as their name and appearance, which are unrelated to their combat strength. When Luca saw his opponent in the rest room of the Racing Ship, he almost spat out a mouthful of soda.

"This... how could it be this person? Quickly, go and inform the Emperor."

Luca was horrified when he saw the opponent named Toppa on the panel. Even though he was a resident of the Lower City, he had only heard about the recent planetary crisis from other people. After all, the company wanted to take over the robot army led by Schwarz, and Toppa was the leader of that army.

Looking at the young, white-haired woman on the poster, Luca knew that this was not just a coincidence; she was a real dangerous person who had come here to fight. Luca wasn't afraid of this woman and had the courage to fight her, but he had heard that Qiong and this Topa seemed to have some kind of secret relationship. They were very familiar with each other, otherwise the previous Belberg debt crisis wouldn't have disappeared so quickly.

Chapter 353 This is a bond forged in life and death

As Qiong's brother-in-law, Jepard knew where he was and immediately found Qiong and told him about Luca's opponent. Qiong was also stunned at this time. He never expected that Topa would come to the Immortal Ship in person and participate in this strange competition. She didn't seem like a combat type at all. His impression of Topa's combat was that she commanded the company's robot army to do work.

So Qiong and her female companion went to Topa's rest room. There was still some time before the arena match started, and the match information was being announced now, which also gave both sides time to prepare.

“My dear Yelena, why didn’t you tell me you were coming?”

Qiong burst into the lounge, and upon seeing Topa there, he was so moved he almost cried. He stepped forward, took her hand, and said...

"I'm not here to play around, why would I tell you?"

Topa wasn't surprised at all that Qiong had come to visit; in fact, he was looking forward to it. He felt that if Qiong didn't come, he must not care about him.

"You're here to bail someone out, right?"

Qiong thought of the message she had sent to Toppa earlier. Currently, one of the company's transport fleets is still being held by Luofu. The worst outcome is that the company will abandon them, and what awaits them is either execution or a lifetime of prison food in the Youju Prison. Either way, they are quite unlucky. After all, they helped Bu Liren enter the Immortal Ship. Even if they say they were unaware, it will be difficult to produce evidence.

"Pretty much. The previous cargo delivery incident strained the relationship between the company and Luofu, so I had to come in person. That's just how I am destined to be a busybody."

Topa said helplessly that when she learned about this through a text message, she knew she couldn't escape it. Because of her work, she was the closest to Luo Fu. Miss Yelena was also beautiful and kind-hearted and didn't want to see the company's unlucky guys being executed by Luo Fu as villains.

"I understand the logic, but why are you fighting in the arena?" Qiong asked, voicing her biggest question.

"I was rejected. I came all this way to negotiate, but there wasn't even a negotiating table. The people from Xianzhou told me that if I wanted to have a say, I had to prove that I was a friend first. My God, how am I supposed to prove that I'm a friend?"

Topa, hands on her hips, said with great dissatisfaction, "I'm one of the ten Stonehearts, when have I ever suffered such humiliation? I was thinking that Luo Fu would at least give Diamond some face, right?"

However, Toppa completely dismissed this idea when she saw the three Immortal Ship Generals gathered together. She then showed a polite smile, indicating that she had no objections. She was just a minor one-tenth of the Commander, while the three giants she was facing were real Hunting Commanders. Even Diamond herself did not have much face here.

"So that's why you thought of having a contest?"

"Yeah, I helped the Xianzhou people defend the arena and kick the challengers off. Does that make us friends?"

Topa's words made Qiong both amused and exasperated, but it also proved that her little brain was working very fast, and she was able to come up with such a strange idea. If she could really defend the arena, fight her way to Yanqing's side, and then defeat him, then she would have truly achieved the goal of making friends through martial arts.

"Actually, there's no need to go through all that trouble. You can just tell Jingyuan that you're my wife."

Qiong felt that Jingyuan and the others probably didn't know about her relationship with Topa, and they couldn't possibly have imagined that one of the ten people in the Stone Heart group was her wife. That's why they deliberately made things difficult for her. At this moment, her own face was much more useful than Diamond's face. Luofu was almost becoming her backyard.

"I don't believe it. Who do you think you are? Do you think being your wife can solve anything?"

Topa rolled her eyes at Qiong and said that she knew Qiong had influence in the Immortal Ship, but such an important matter could not be accomplished by his personal connections alone.

"Just because I resolved this crisis on the Immortal Ship, everyone here knows that anyone who becomes my wife must be a good person. Even if they were originally a heinous villain, they've been redeemed after becoming my wife."

Qiong patted his chest confidently, but then, remembering that his wife had a big bad guy like Dan Shu, he added a few disclaimers.

"That sounds interesting, but let me finish defending this round first. I've heard that the one attacking the ring is a young man from Beloberg."

Topa stroked her chin and began to think. It might not be useful for her to defend the title. In fact, she had come here with the intention of just having some fun. Since she was already here, she couldn't just leave in a sorry state without doing anything.

"He's just a young man, out here to broaden his horizons. You're my wife, so don't hold back."

Qiong ruthlessly betrayed Luca, but Luca didn't need him to plead for mercy anyway. This wasn't a life-or-death situation; it was a contest to test their strength.

"Does this sound like something an emperor would say? It represents your dignity."

"What's more important than your wife, right?"

Qiong smiled as he looked at Topa, his hand wandering to her slender waist, bringing them closer together. He could already smell her fragrance.

"I was just about to ask, your female companion is quite special. I thought it would be Miss March accompanying you."

Topa broke free from Qiong's embrace and looked at the female companion Qiong had brought. She knew most of the people around Qiong, but she had never seen this woman with light blue hair and a very large chest before, and she looked dull and not very smart.

"Oh, her name is Han Ya. I got her by doing good deeds."

Qiong came to Han Ya's side, put his arm around her shoulder, and pulled her close to him. Han Ya glanced at him but did not express any emotion.

"Where did you get this from? Get me one too."

Topa said strangely that the crow in front of her gave her a strange feeling, the kind of person she had never seen before. Topa had seen countless people, and she felt that there was no way she didn't have this type of person in her memory, so she was very curious.

"In the Prison of the Dead, she is a judge of the Ten Kings' Division, and her condition is almost the same as that of a dead person."

Qiong explained Han Ya's origins in a very serious manner. He had learned from Han Ya that she had seen the Martial Arts Ceremony in her lifetime, but had not had the opportunity to see it again after entering the Ten Kings Division. So he took some time to go to the Prison and showed off his achievement of killing Bu Liren in the Prison, asking what rewards he could get in return.

The Ten Kings Division offered substantial rewards, making it a rather wealthy department. However, Qiong proposed exchanging those rewards for a few days of Han Ya's freedom so she could come out and watch the martial arts ceremony. The Ten Kings Division initially disagreed, but when Qiong offered to exchange all her merits for it, they did not reject her request and released Han Ya, which is why she became their peculiar female companion.

"Qiong boy, are living people not enough for you?!"

Topa gasped. Now she knew why she wasn't familiar with someone like Han Ya. It was because everyone she knew was alive, while Han Ya was dead, from the underworld. It would be a miracle if Topa could even be familiar with him. Qiong was really giving her a strange lesson in how she learned things.

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Chapter 354 You knew that, yet you still dared to come?

"You've come at the right time. There are a total of 61 charges against the company regarding Bu Liren's prison break. It's time to talk about something we both like."

The crow stared blankly at Topa, a stiff smile tugging at the corners of its mouth, and walked towards Topa like a zombie.

"Qiong boy, don't let my appearance fool you. I'm not good at dealing with these underworld figures. What I mean is, it's best to have living people at the negotiating table, ahhh!"

Topa stiffened and backed away. When the raven's icy hand touched Topa's shoulder, she felt as if she were being dragged to the underworld and couldn't help but let out a scream.

A moment later, Topa leaned back on the sofa with a blank stare, seemingly lost in thought. In reality, she had been walking for a while. She had taken to heart what Crow had said about the company, but Crow was a chatterbox and would unconsciously ramble on when he spoke. Topa, who was already very uncomfortable with this, was even more tormented and numb.

"I see now. You'll stop at nothing to make Belloberg's people win. You're capable of doing things like this."

Topa glared at Qiong and said that she was about to go to the arena, but in her current state, she had no strength left to fight. She was afraid that she would have to hand over the victory to someone else, and that someone would be one of Qiong's subordinates.

"I didn't know you were afraid of ghosts... Besides, crows aren't ghosts, and they work very hard too."

Qiong took out a tissue and wiped Toppa's forehead, saying that everyone seemed to be subconsciously afraid of crows, but Qiong thought they were quite cute and not scary at all.

"Why should I suffer like this? I should be calling for gold dust."

Topa said sullenly. Although he knew the trip wouldn't go smoothly, he really didn't expect Qiong to bring a female ghost to scare him. This kid always manages to come up with something new.

"If only Sand Gold came, we could leave everything to him and just go on our dates."

Qiong smiled and continued, then pinched Topa's chubby chin with his palm, turning her face left and right as if he were toying with her.

“Poor little Yelena, let me see your face, is it pale with fright?”

Topa was amused by Sora's actions and slapped his hand away. However, as his hand left, Sora leaned in and sealed Topa's mouth with her lips.

"Ok?"

Topa gasped and tried to push away the forceful kiss from Qiong, but Qiong held her tightly around the waist, extending the kiss to more than ten seconds before letting go.

"You bastard, who told you to kiss me!"

Toppa wiped his lips, glaring angrily at Qiong. "It's only because of Qiong. If anyone else dared to do this, Toppa would really use his topaz and command power to get justice for himself."

"Do you remember our promise at Pinocchio? You would be my wife the next time we met, and you didn't object."

Qiong, holding Topa's hand, wasn't afraid of her at all. She proudly explained why she dared to do this. Qiong had a very accurate grasp of emotions and knew when to do what without being truly disliked.

"I seem to remember that it only counts if we meet by chance, but this is not a chance encounter. I know you are here."

Topa said unhappily that her first and second meetings with Qiong were both chance encounters, which is why they made an agreement to meet three times by chance. But this time, due to an unexpected incident, Topa had no intention of becoming his girlfriend.

"Hey, you know I'm here and you still dare to come? Isn't that like sending lambs to the slaughter? Don't you know what's going on?"

Qiong glared at Topa with an air of righteous indignation, her forceful manner leaving Miss Yelena speechless, as if she were the one in the wrong.

"So it's my fault now? I'll kill you."

Without a word, Toppa pulled out his pistol and pressed it against Qiong's head, clearly intending to blow his head off. Qiong, however, wasn't afraid and hugged Miss Yelena, giving her another kiss on her round face.

Toppa was completely helpless against Qiong and could only let him take advantage of him. It was under these circumstances that the bell rang to signal the start of the match, summoning both fighters to the ring.

Qiong readily let go of Topa and didn't stop her from doing her business. She got up, straightened her clothes, gave Qiong a disapproving look, and walked towards the exit of the lounge.

"Go ahead, dear Yelena, I'll cheer you on."

Qiong's hand landed on Topa's soft yet firm buttocks, making a crisp "smack" sound. Yelena was furious that Qiong was cheering her on in this way.

"You wait for me!"

After saying that, Toppa stormed off. Qiong was so arrogant because she knew she wouldn't have time to settle scores with him. Now she had to hurry up and finish this stupid arena match so she could teach Qiong a lesson.

"Crow, let's go. This match should be pretty good."

At this moment, Qiong took Han Ya's cold hand and led her towards the viewing area. As he led her, Han Ya stared at him and asked the question that had been on her mind.

"Everyone else deliberately avoids me; they basically won't meet me a second time. Only you are willing to come back to me after you've met me."

Han Ya was genuinely surprised that Qiong would bring her out of the Ten Kings' Court to watch the competition, but she couldn't feel happy, or rather, she no longer felt that kind of happiness. She wanted to know why Qiong would go to such lengths to treat a dead person like herself.

"Isn't it because I'm lusting after your body? Look how beautiful you are."

Qiong frankly told Han Ya the reason. Han Ya didn't care about her appearance; that was something she only cared about when she was alive. Now, she was so shocked when she looked in the mirror that Toppa's reaction was normal.

"I'm not pretty, your sister is. She shines like a star in the sky, a beauty that could topple kingdoms..."

Han Ya seemed to have found an opportunity to start praising her older sister, Xue Yi. Her talkative nature kicked in again, and if she wasn't stopped, she could probably talk all day long, but Qiong had no interest in listening.

"Okay, if you say that again, I'm going to kiss you."

Qiong stopped Han Ya's narration. He was the only person on this immortal ship besides Xue Yi who could make Han Ya stop rambling, and this cessation wouldn't make her angry. Han Ya looked like a friendly older sister next door, but she was very cold inside. If anyone tried to escape while she was praising Xue Yi, she would directly tie them up with iron chains, pull them back, and start talking again from the beginning until the person had a mental breakdown. It was quite an achievement to be able to escape from the hands of the judge who had never shown mercy to anyone.

Chapter 355 was obviously a loose end.

Han Ya didn't know why he couldn't bring himself to hurt Qiong. Maybe it was because they were comrades who had fought side by side, or maybe it was because he had gone to the Ten Kings' Division alone to bring him out to watch the competition. He didn't have to do such a dangerous thing. It was just because she had mentioned that she had seen it before during their previous conversation.

"Qiong, here."

When Qiong arrived at the audience seats, San Yueqi, who had reserved seats for them, raised her hand and waved, saying that Xiao San Yue was also a member of the challenge ring. After all, her swordsmanship had reached a high level, and it would be a waste not to learn it if she didn't find an opponent to fight. However, it wasn't her turn yet, so she naturally came here to watch first.

Qiong sat down next to Han Ya with her. Han Ya looked at this older sister with special status with curiosity. It was quite an achievement for Qiong to be able to summon such a person. However, Han Ya was originally of the ice attribute, so she was not afraid of the cold Han Ya.

The arena battles had already begun. Topa seemed to be there to compete in a team event, followed by the company's combat personnel and powerful mechs, while Luca was all alone, relying solely on his iron fists and experience to fight. This kind of battle, where the forces were not evenly matched, was the most exciting. Everyone was waiting for Luca to either defeat the strong opponent or be killed by it, but it was clear that the weaker side was more favored.

"Topa, come on, come on! Hit him! Hit him to death!"

When Qiong saw the exciting part, he also stood up from his chair and cheered for his favorite person just like the audience around him. However, when his shouts reached March 7's ears, he felt like he had to say something.

“They’re giving you the right to represent Belloberg, aren’t you afraid he’ll rebel?”

March 7th grabbed Qiong's arm and complained, "As a subject, Luca is bleeding and sweating there to avoid disgracing his homeland, but Qiong has already surrendered. Following this kind of emperor is really bad luck."

"Haha, you underestimate my personal charm. The people of Belloberg love me so much, why would they rebel?"

Qiong said proudly that although he did not live in Beloborg for long, everyone knew that the changes to the entire planet were brought about by him. Not long ago, he even performed a miracle that melted the ice and snow. Moreover, Qiong was loved by people because he did not interfere in affairs. This kind of emperor who brings benefits to the country from time to time and does not issue strange decrees that disturb the people is simply the emperor of dreams.

"If I go into battle later and encounter someone like your wife, you won't cheer for the other side, will you?"

March 7 looked at Qiong suspiciously and asked, "Although the probability of this is very small, Qiong has too many wives. You could even hit one if you threw a stone in a crowd. Now Luca has encountered one."

"It's hard to say, but you're my wife too, so I'll probably cheer each other on."

Qiong shrugged and said.

"Strangle you!"

March 7th angrily grabbed Qiong's neck and said something. Qiong also made a face with her tongue sticking out, and only then did she let him go so she could concentrate on watching the game. She could argue with this jerk anytime, but it would be a pity to miss the game.

"Crow, come and try cheering for Toppa. Didn't you just meet?"

Qiong said to the crow beside her, "When I watched the game, there seemed to be a light in my eyes. I was reminiscing about the past, as if nothing had changed."

"A dark person like me is not suited to do these things."

The crow shook her head and said that she had spent far more time in darkness than in the sunlight, and apart from some important memories, she had forgotten what she was originally like.