Douluo Dalu: I'm Summoning Game Characters

"You, get online, to the death!" Gu Yue gritted her silver teeth, pointed directly at Lu Jingming, and initiated a simulated challenge, the kind where one fought to the death.

One must know that the experience of dying in the Simulated Universe was quite terrible.

"Huh?" Hearing Gu Yue's words, March 7th, Firefly, Robin, and the others were all astonished, turning their gazes to Gu Yue, completely bewildered as to why she suddenly flared up.

"Oh, alright," Lu Jingming readily agreed. Gu Yue, a mere Soul King, where did she get the courage to challenge him?

"Hey, A'Ming, don't bully Gu Yue." March 7th put her hands on her hips, pouting and glaring at Lu Jingming.

Although she didn't know why Gu Yue suddenly wanted to challenge Lu Jingming, she knew very well that Gu Yue couldn't beat Lu Jingming, and was definitely going to be bullied again.

At the same time, she felt a bit helpless about Gu Yue's stubbornness. Even though she knew she couldn't win, she always refused to admit defeat, unlike herself, who was all about playing it safe.

"March, don't interfere. I'm going to let him know my power today."

Gu Yue pulled March 7th behind her, signaling her not to intervene. She wasn't just refusing to admit defeat, nor was it for the two hundred-thousand-year soul beasts that were killed. More importantly, she wanted to understand Lu Jingming's power better through fighting him.

However, after being classmates with Lu Jingming for two years, whether in Simulated Universe battles or real-life sparring, she had never been able to force out Lu Jingming's second martial soul, nor had she witnessed the simultaneous appearance of the powers of destruction and creation.

And what she most wanted to see was Lu Jingming's self-martial soul fusion skill. She knew that Lu Jingming had mastered a self-martial soul fusion skill, but had never used it.

She really wanted to see it, because that might be the perfect fusion of destruction and creation.

"Fine, if you want to fight, then fight!"

March 7th looked helpless, simultaneously anticipating that Gu Yue would be uncomfortable for the next few days. In reality, Lu Jingming would show mercy, but in the Simulated Universe, he would be as ruthless as possible.

Whether it was a simulation battle with her, Firefly, Castorice, or Jinhsi, he never knew what showing tenderness to a woman meant.

The only one Lu Jingming hadn't fought in the Simulated Universe was Robin, and that was because Robin was a support, who wouldn't fight one-on-one.

Although Lu Jingming struck hard in the Simulated Universe, he was much gentler in reality, always stopping just short of causing harm during sparring.

"Go easy on her!"

Before putting on the Simulated Universe login device, Robin's gentle voice echoed in Lu Jingming's ears. At the same time, a faint, elegant scent lingered at Lu Jingming's nose. But before he could savor it, his spiritual body was already transported to the Simulated Universe.

"Let's make this quick!"

Scarlet lightning crackled, and five soul rings—two purple, two black, and one red—shone. Spiritual power and soul power perfectly fused. On the black long spear, a spear intent capable of destroying all things was poised to erupt.

"Underestimating me? Then come and try."

Gu Yue's pretty face darkened, and she gritted her teeth. Elementium light orbs of various colors spun wildly around her, and her four soul rings—purple, purple, purple, black—lit up.

In two years, with her S-rank student status, Gu Yue had obtained a large amount of Honkai energy in the holographic strategy, raising her first soul ring from a hundred-year to a thousand-year level.

Lu Jingming twirled his spear, his expression indifferent. Gu Yue couldn't beat him at the same rank, let alone with him having a higher rank now.

But the next moment, his expression changed, because in Gu Yue's hand appeared an incredibly ornate silver long spear. The spear body was inlaid with magnificent gems, and its entirety resembled silver dragon scales.

The Silver Dragon Spear! Lu Jingming felt a headache coming on. Was Gu Yue not even going to pretend anymore? To defeat him, she even brought out a divine artifact.

This was the exclusive divine artifact of the Silver Dragon King, possessing the ability to devour energy and life, while also enhancing Gu Yue's power to manipulate elements.

"Where did you get this weapon? It's quite good-looking."

Lu Jingming's mouth twitched. He wanted to see how Gu Yue would fool him.

"It's an heirloom, got a problem with that?"

Gu Yue raised an eyebrow, her tone indifferent.

"No problem!"

Lu Jingming was speechless, but he didn't expose Gu Yue. He lifted Black Abyss and charged forward. He had said he would finish quickly, and he wouldn't change that because of a divine artifact.

For a moment, the clanging of metal resounded continuously in the Simulated Universe.

Ten minutes later, Lu Jingming removed the Simulated Universe login device and leisurely left the classroom under March 7th's judging gaze.

After Lu Jingming left, Gu Yue removed her login device, her face pale, and her spirit withered.

"Are you okay?"

Robin's gentle voice reached Gu Yue's ears. An invisible force connected the two, and the resonance of their spiritual power instantly restored most of Gu Yue's withered spirit from having "died" once.

"Thank you."

Gu Yue nodded to Robin. No matter how many times, she found Robin's power truly miraculous. The resonance link, the harmony of all things—this power, in some ways, was also incredibly terrifying.

Therefore, Gu Yue had never underestimated Robin just because she was a support-type soul master, because powerful individuals like Castorice, Firefly, and Jinhsi all respected Robin greatly.

Lu Jingming walked out of St. Freya Academy and saw Keqing from afar, holding a pink-furred fox.

The sunlight shone on her, outlining her hurried and busy figure.

"My Lady Keqing! Are you working overtime again?"

Lu Jingming quickly walked forward, took the small fox that pounced on him, and looked at Keqing's tired face, his heart aching.

"Since I've taken on this job, for this city and its residents, I must be responsible for it. On the other hand, you, as the city lord, are too negligent," Keqing frowned slightly, her tone carrying a hint of dissatisfaction.

Keqing didn't feel there was anything wrong with her actions. On the contrary, she felt Lu Jingming was too negligent, spending all day with those girls instead of working overtime with her.

Lu Jingming felt a bit helpless. He wanted to spend more time with Keqing, but Keqing was too "competitive." She was either practicing swordplay or working, giving him no chance to flirt.

Keqing was decisive and highly efficient. Her presence was almost everywhere in Abyss City. Many things that would normally take two or three months to complete, she could compress into one month.

Those working under Keqing had repeatedly advised her to reduce the intensity of work, but she had ruthlessly rejected them.

Even Changli was a bit helpless about this and could only assign more staff to Keqing to alleviate the pressure on those individuals.

Everyone in Abyss City knew that working under Lady Keqing meant exceptionally generous welfare benefits, as Keqing was very generous with her spending.

But the premise was that you had to be mentally prepared for long-term overtime.