31: Chapter 31 The End of the Competition

As the battle of the first stage of the God War Rookie Tournament concluded, the participating deities disconnected from the arena's divine domain link and returned to their respective simulation pods.

The battle of the first stage of the Rookie Tournament.

All participating deities were locked in the sky above the virtual divine domain, unable to issue commands to their own kin or use divine arts to assist them.

This competition tested the strength of the deities' kin.

"Squeak!"

The hatch of a mechanical combat pod opened, and Gu Sichao sat up from within. He shook his head, a hint of anger appearing between his brows.

Gu Sichao put on his clothes, swallowed the recovery potion prepared on the coffee table in one gulp, and then tapped open the communication link with Lawyer Chen.

"Chen Jintian, get the combat videos of our company's participants organized for me, and by the way, contact the officials of the God War Rookie Tournament."

"I'm going to file for a tournament arbitration!"

Gu Sichao roared into the other end of the phone.

The reason he was so furious was mainly due to what had just happened in the God War Rookie Tournament.

As the third son of the Gu Family, Gu Sichao was a legitimate member of the family and enjoyed the treatment of an official participant in the God War Rookie Tournament.

For official participants, the venue arrangements in the virtual divine domain were based on the attributes of their kin—such as the forests where Oak Elves resided, the snowy plateaus where Winter Rage Beasts descended, and the grasslands where Behemoth Orcs and Ogres often stayed.

Gu Sichao's divine name was [Tidal Holy Lord], and his subordinates were all Tidal Nagas and Sea Giants.

However, in the just-concluded God War Rookie Tournament, the divine domain map where Gu Sichao descended was actually a Gobi desert.

A group of marine kin descending into a desert Gobi, the thought of it was simply inconceivable.

If it weren't for Gu Sichao's own strength and his sufficiently powerful kin, he might have become the first official participant to be eliminated.

Gu Sichao knew with a little thought that someone was definitely playing tricks, and the only person he could think of was his illegitimate sister—Gu Siqian.

On the other end of the line, Lawyer Chen said with a trembling voice, "G-Young Master Gu, something big has happened."

Gu Sichao frowned, and before he could ask anything, the sound of smashing things came from outside the room.

Then the door of the private room was kicked open, and several people in suits, looking like bodyguards or thugs, stood outside the door.

A thin, tall man walked out and said with an unkind expression, "Young Master Gu, Gu Sichao, you are the legal representative of the Black and White Bear Divine Realm Network Company, right? The boss of that Yang Bai."

Gu Sichao did not hang up the call; instead, he turned on the recording function and asked, "It's me. May I ask what this is about?"

The thin, tall man pointed behind him and said, "Come with us, and don't try any funny business."

As he spoke, the thin, tall man snapped his fingers and cut off Gu Sichao's divine domain communication.

Seeing that sending a warning wouldn't work, Gu Sichao clicked his tongue, pushed away the bodyguard's large hand, shook his suit, and said seriously, "I can walk, don't push me."

Leaving the room and arriving in the corridor outside, Gu Sichao finally realized how tricky the situation was.

This was an official VIP room, yet it had been sealed off by a group of unidentified men in black, and the official personnel didn't even move.

Gu Sichao followed the thin, tall man to the back, where he saw a woman who had been beaten miserably.

For two seconds, he felt she looked familiar, and upon closer inspection, it was someone he knew very well.

"Gu Siqian?!"

"What did you do, you bitch, to bring this fire onto me?" Gu Sichao asked in surprise.

Gu Sichao was a little scared. Ever since Gu Siqian latched onto some wealthy patron and regained her name with the [Si] generation character in the Gu Family, she was considered a part of the Gu Family.

And now, Gu Siqian was beaten until her nose and face were swollen, her makeup was ruined, and she completely lacked her previous arrogant appearance, looking instead like an ugly duckling being bullied.

Gu Siqian did not speak, but just gave Gu Sichao a fierce look; her expression was as if she wanted to tear him apart alive.

Gu Sichao was a bit confused by this development.

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Black and White Bear Divine Realm Network Company, Combat Office.

"Squeak!"

The hatch of a mechanical combat pod opened, and Yang Bai sat up from within. He shook his head, his brows filled with exhaustion and mental fatigue.

Although he did not use spiritual power and did not participate in the battle, this was his first time expanding his divine domain for such a long time.

"Mr. Yang Bai, this is a recovery potion, please drink it quickly."

Just as Yang Bai was preparing to get up and leave, a sweet female voice came from the side, accompanied by a cup of pale green liquid.

"Sorry, I'm allergic to this stuff."

Yang Bai waved his hand, dissuading the girl with starry eyes who wanted to come closer, and then left the combat office.

Yang Bai found Lawyer Chen's office, knocked on the door, waited for two seconds, and seeing no response, turned the doorknob.

"Why is it locked? Didn't he say that when it was over, he would be waiting for me here?" Yang Bai wondered.

Then, Yang Bai went to a corner, opened his divine power chip, found the name [Gu Sichao], and dialed.

"Sorry, the user you are calling is not in the signal area, please try again later."

"Sorry..."

Yang Bai looked at the disconnected call and felt speechless. Before he could hang up, Lawyer Chen's call came through.

"Yang Bai, I'm sorry. Young Master Gu has been taken away by some men in black. Something might have happened. I will contact you tomorrow. You should take a taxi home first today."

Lawyer Chen said this briefly and hung up in a hurry, leaving Yang Bai completely confused.

"What is going on with everyone?"

Yang Bai was a bit confused but didn't dwell on it. He took the elevator directly to the underground parking lot of the Black and White Bear Divine Realm Network Company.

Using the employee magnetic card that Gu Sichao gave him, he unlocked a shared official electric car and then drove away.

After leaving from the back door, Yang Bai circled around to the front entrance of the company.

The reason he didn't listen to Lawyer Chen and take a taxi from the front door was that the front entrance of the Black and White Bear Company, for some reason, was already crowded with people, and it wasn't hard to see the uniforms of many different media companies from the outside.

"Is business over at Young Master Gu's end this good? Forget it, I won't disturb him."

Yang Bai took two glances, then stepped on the accelerator and sped away from the scene.

"Dear viewers, what you are seeing is the Black and White Bear Divine Realm Network Company, where the God War Rookie Tournament contestant—Yang Bai—is employed."

"Now that the first match of the God War Rookie Tournament has concluded, our station will follow up with an interview with Yang Bai to ask about the future plans of the Black and White Bear Divine Realm Network Company."

"This is Pineapple Entertainment, I am host Pineapple Fish. We have reached an agreement with the staff inside Black and White Bear, and in at most half an hour, we will be able to see the new dark horse contestant, Yang Bai."

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At the entrance of the Black and White Bear Divine Realm Network Company, reporters had set up their cameras and microphones, broadcasting the situation on-site, completely unaware that the main subject of their interview had already run off from the back of the company.