Sacred Souls: Genesis
Chapter 343 - Chapter 343 Chapter 332 Not Recognized (1st Update Request for

Chapter 343: Chapter 332 Not Recognized! (1st Update! Request for Monthly Pass! Recommend!) Chapter 343: Chapter 332 Not Recognized! (1st Update! Request for Monthly Pass! Recommend!) In these four days, Wan Xiang enjoyed what it meant to undergo the big boss’s treatment in online gaming. She and Feng Yi were led by the elite strategy team of Leap Motion Nucleus to slaughter through all the fifty-level instances of Holy Spirit.

She had obtained almost all the gear she could use, which was then taken by Caramel for specialized modification.

Self-hanging, as Wan Xiang’s in-game guardian, naturally enjoyed this treatment as well.

Today marked the start of the holographic game exhibition. After arranging everything in the game, Jiang Qiao immediately bought a plane ticket to Upper City.

It’s worth mentioning that the Wan sisters happened to live in Upper City, and under the temptation of two front-seat tickets to the championships offered by Jiang Qiao, Self-hanging used the excuse of ‘taking my little sister to the art gallery for a weekend relaxation’ to bring over Wan Xiang.

So now, Jiang Qiao was sitting with Self-hanging and the two Wan sisters in the Upper City sports stadium. In reality, Wan Xiang gave Jiang Qiao the same impression as in the game, like a little black cat. The sister seemed like a typical female college student who liked electronic sports.

Although Jiang Qiao sat next to the two, he struggled to strike up a conversation… because they were not well-acquainted.

She was still a fan of both Cola Mania and Leap Motion Nucleus. Cola Mania had her favorite player, and Leap Motion Nucleus had hers too.

So now, she was wearing a shiny Cola Mania supporter headdress and holding a shiny Leap Motion Nucleus support sign in her hand.

Jiang Qiao wondered whether her mixing signs would lead to trouble, but Self-hanging was quite outgoing. She managed to successfully start chatting with fans of both teams sitting around her, and once she started, she hardly stopped.

The first half-hour of the holographic projection show was all about enticing trailers from various major game manufacturers. These trailers, combined with the holographic projections, made even Jiang Qiao couldn’t help but exclaim how amazing it was.

When the main event of the holographic projection show, the Conflict Seasonal Playoff Championships, started, the audience delivered applause and cheers together.

At that moment, Jiang Qiao also checked the official live stream on Youtube Video about the holographic projection show, which had skyrocketed from five million views, only from major game manufacturers’ trailers, to ten million views–and it was still rising.

This showed the global popularity of the Conflict Professional League.

Jiang Qiao could only describe this popularity as ‘really nice, really nice.’

The final was thrilling. Both Cola Mania and Leap Motion Nucleus were powerhouses from China, but the ultimate champion was still the more well-rounded Leap Motion Nucleus.

A golden rain fell from the sky, and amidst the celebratory cheers of Self-hanging, which left Jiang Qiao practically deaf, the members of Leap Motion Nucleus took to the stage to enjoy the cheers from the entire audience.

“If it weren’t for Caramel missing that sword swing, we might not have lost, but Little Cloud really performed too well!” After cheering, Self-hanging kept on muttering continuously.

At this moment, Jiang Qiao glanced again at the official live stream’s views which had risen to fifteen million–a very rare level of viewership for a regional conflict.

Following the host’s statement, “Raise the trophy! Leap Motion Nucleus!” what came next was the all too common player interview segment.

The first to be interviewed was Juan Canyun. This was his first championship since his debut. But Juan Canyun stood on stage completely frozen and went into shutdown mode. It wasn’t until a senior teammate patted his shoulder that Juan Canyun squeezed out the very common phrase from his lips.

That was “Thank you for your support.”

After speaking, Juan Canyun passed the microphone to his coach, Mo Shigui, as if he was tossing a grenade.

Mo Shigui appeared much calmer. He spoke briefly and officially, essentially saying, “This world championship definitely belongs to us,” and such.

After everything was said, Mo Shigui even glanced at his watch.

While winning the playoffs was certainly worth celebrating, the upcoming Black Ash Knight raid was an even greater challenge for Leap Motion Nucleus. Mo Shigui’s teammates also checked the time in their own ways.

The Leap Motion Nucleus team, after reveling in their victory, had their minds filled with thoughts on how to defeat the imminent attack from the Black Ash Knight.

Because their first encounter with the Black Ash Knight had been a disastrous defeat! Just this single BOSS could technically take on both their team and Cola Mania!

As per the schedule, the Black Ash Knight was to arrive at the Upper City Stadium battlefield ten minutes later, though initially, they had expected more than half an hour of leeway.

But the final contest between Caramel and Juan Canyun was so fiercely contested that both, worthy disciples of Thorne, fought through two extended matches before a winner was determined.

Fortunately, the award ceremony had already ended… Logically, they should have been able to exit the stage immediately.

“I believe many fans of Leap Motion Nucleus have a lot of questions to ask. Next up is the marching out segment and audience interaction.” The host’s next words, however, stupefied the entire team of Leap Motion Nucleus.

The members of Leap Motion Nucleus looked bewildered at Mo Shigui, and he shook his head indicating he was unaware of this.

When Mo Shigui looked up at the big screen… he realized that this was actually a segment for advertisements.

There were numerous major sponsors for the Conflict League, and it was mandatory to fit in various advertisements as per the sponsors’ requests during the match. The most typical example was at the beginning of each match when the commentators had to recite a long list of sponsor names as if they were tongue-twisters.

Therefore, on such a significant occasion as the championship finals, sponsors definitely wouldn’t miss this excellent advertising opportunity.

“First, please welcome our Naisin Company to present the champion robes to all the members of the Vibrant Nucleus.”

The host himself might have felt somewhat awkward, but he still competently delivered this speech with a spirited tone.

What even is a champion robe?

Juan Canyun looked around, truly fearful that the Black Ash Knight might suddenly appear at the venue, yet he had no weapon to confront the Black Ash Knight with.

But there were already several staff members actually carrying what was called the champion robes onto the stage; Juan Canyun glanced at them… The so-called champion robe was just a very ordinary sports T-shirt, at most printed with the logo of the competition.

Juan Canyun didn’t oppose the garment, the key issue was that he was already wearing a jersey that symbolized his honor, the uniform of the Vibrant Nucleus, and wearing this T-shirt would cover it.

Wear it? Juan Canyun glanced at the veterans beside him; some of the Vibrant Nucleus members had smiles on their faces, while the more temperamental ones were outright showing a deadpan expression.

Eventually, Juan Canyun turned his gaze towards Mo Shigui beside him.

Mo Shigui directly used lip reading to express the word ‘Wear it!’

Naisin is the world’s largest sports brand and also the biggest sponsor of the Conflict League, essentially acting as the father to all professional teams and the Conflict League itself. The chief sponsor’s request for the players to change into their co-branded T-shirts on stage wasn’t anything substantial, it just… looked somewhat distasteful to outsiders.

But after all, the Conflict League needed commerce and capital support; without advertisements, many clubs would have closed down long ago.

Juan Canyun reluctantly wore the somewhat large T-shirt, and the other members followed suit.

“Now, what our Vibrant Nucleus team members are wearing are the T-shirts co-launched by Naisin and the Conflict League, everyone can now go to the official website to search and purchase them.” The host methodically read through this segment, then he seamlessly moved into the next part: “Next up is the official interaction segment sponsored by Bailey Company.”

“Old Song,” Black Pot Brewed Meat lowered his voice while tapping his wristwatch, reminding Mo Shigui… The Black Ash Knight would refresh soon.

“Five minutes left, try to cooperate.”

Mo Shigui was also helpless, but these professional players needed to eat, and pleasing the sponsor ‘Daddy’ was necessary. Helping with a few commercials was not too much; it’s just that today they were short on time.

The audience interaction was essentially a raffle session. The drawn audience members would receive a gift from Bailey Company, and also be invited on stage to interact with the players.

The first lucky audience member was a woman who, as she walked onto the stage, enjoyed various envious and jealous looks from the seats, shook hands with each of the Vibrant Nucleus members, received a gift, and even got to take a photo with all members of Vibrant Nucleus before leaving the stage.

Meanwhile, her question also troubled Juan Canyun deeply, “Little, do you have a girlfriend?”

Juan Canyun didn’t know how to answer, and the host, seeing Juan Canyun’s trouble, quickly moved to the photo opportunity.

Though all members of Vibrant Nucleus were very reluctant, they still had to forcibly “operate.” The woman wanted to stand close to Juan Canyun, but he tried to stand slightly away from her.

Just when the Vibrant Nucleus squeezed out a commercial smile for the photo, the photographer suddenly showed a look of fright on his face.

Juan Canyun detected something from the change in the photographer’s expression, and immediately reacted by pushing the woman next to him away with his hand.

The venue burst into uproar, but the woman had just staggered a step or two away when the spot where she had been standing was suddenly struck by a pitch-black greatsword.

The ground cracked open instantly under the slash of the greatsword; Juan Canyun’s eyes widened as he looked at… the pitch-black figure that had appeared behind him.

Black Ash Knight! He didn’t know when it had appeared on the award stage, its crimson pupils scanning over all the members of the Vibrant Nucleus.

A deep, somewhat harsh voice echoed throughout the entire venue.

“You…,” he said and then raised the pitch-black greatsword in his hand again, swinging at Juan Canyun.

At this moment, panic began spreading gradually throughout the audience seats because the projection of the Black Ash Knight was too realistic, realistic to the extent that people mistook it for a thug in medieval armor wielding a greatsword who had burst into the venue.

This thug even wanted to kill a member of the Vibrant Nucleus!

“Unacceptable!” the Black Ash Knight roared, his greatsword swinging down at Juan Canyun again, and at this moment, Juan Canyun wanted to use “Cloud Formation” to backflip away from the Black Ash Knight’s attack.

But he realized he wasn’t holding a long spear in his hands, and looking down, he saw he wasn’t wearing the Cloud armor but a T-shirt and cotton pants with the somewhat ridiculous Conflict logo swaying on the T-shirt.

As the Black Ash Knight’s greatsword was already striking down towards him.