Chapter 339: Council Academy’s Main Carry
Xu Zhi wasn’t particularly familiar with Lian City Academy. In fact, she felt she didn’t even truly understand Lian City itself, despite having lived there for some time.
Lian City was, without question, a city with sharply defined social strata. One stayed within the “layer” corresponding to their class—worlds beyond that were inaccessible, no matter how long one lived. In such a city, the Council stood at the very top of power, and the academy it established naturally enjoyed all the advantages that came with it.
What kind of abilities would a main carry trained in such an institution possess? Xu Zhi found herself looking forward to it.
On the day of the match, she finally saw the Council Academy’s main carry, who had never appeared before. Unlike Chu Xiaoyue or Jiang Qing of Lingzhou—both of whom had very distinct outward traits—this girl looked no different from other extraordinary students. Compared to someone like Xu Zhi or Chu Xiaoyue, whose appearances were refined and striking, she could only be described as modestly pretty.
But what set her apart was something else entirely—her presence was incredibly faint. Even though everyone knew she was the main carry, people would unconsciously overlook her. This was likely some kind of externally manifested extraordinary trait. To Xu Zhi, this was far more reliable than something as superficial as eye-catching beauty.
And when this main carry stepped onto the stage, it confirmed one of Xu Zhi’s suspicions.
This peculiar trait… was indeed [Moth].
At the commentary desk, the commentators were equally astonished. “A [Moth] as the main carry—this is the only team in the top 20 with such a setup!”
[Moth]-type extraordinaries inherently carried an aura of chaos and individuality. Most of the time, they appeared more “uncontrollable” compared to other attributes. In the league, [Moth] was the rarest attribute to appear.
Even when present, they were usually assigned support roles. Very few teams would make a [Moth] their main carry. While [Moth] users were often seen as unpredictable, eccentric, and difficult to grasp—even dangerous—before reaching the [Named] level, they generally lacked the direct destructive power of attributes like [Blade], [Winter], or [Forge].
However, once they advanced into [Named], certain extreme [Moth] users could become incredibly troublesome and difficult to deal with.
Thus, in the league, young [Moth] users were both rare and almost always relegated to support positions.
“No one expected Lian City’s hidden trump card to be a [Moth]—this is truly surprising.”
“And she’s even entering the 1v1. The match is about to begin—let’s see what kind of surprises this [Moth] main carry will bring!”
If there was anyone most excited for this match, Xu Zhi believed it was herself.
She thought of her own [Moth] abilities—whether it was [All-Seeing Eye] or [Moth Form], both were extremely powerful. Yet… purely in terms of offensive capability, they were somewhat lacking. Combined, they provided her with strong self-preservation, but she still lacked a decisive, one-strike ability capable of instantly eliminating an opponent.
If possible, when her [Moth] attribute broke through into [Named] in the real world, she hoped to gain such an ability.
And now, here was another [Moth] who seemed to possess exactly that kind of offensive power. Naturally, Xu Zhi was eager to see her performance—perhaps it would offer some inspiration.
[Moth]—a symbol of chaos.
This Council Academy main carry clearly understood that well. On a 1v1 stage where [Blade] and [Forge] usually dominated, her seemingly fragile [Moth] presence felt out of place. But when the match began, the audience quickly realized—with astonishment—that this understated [Moth] could toy with her opponent effortlessly.
The moment the referee announced the start, something happened so quickly that, without real-time data indicating the activation of her extraordinary ability, the audience wouldn’t have even realized anything had occurred. All they could see was Dingchan’s player standing still for two seconds, as if thinking.
Only after the commentators relayed the data did it become clear—he wasn’t thinking. He had already been struck by an extraordinary ability in that instant.
Then, this empty-handed [Moth] main carry simply walked straight toward him.
Meanwhile, the Dingchan player seemed to see something terrifying. He suddenly grew alert, looking around frantically, turning to defend, even retreating step by step—moving closer and closer to the [Moth].
He seemed to believe the danger was coming from elsewhere.
He even exposed his back completely to his opponent.
When he had retreated to within a single step of her, the “safe” space behind him suddenly produced a slender hand.
It looked utterly ordinary—except for a faint gray glow at the fingertips, a trace of the extraordinary.
Then, that unremarkable hand pierced effortlessly through his back, passing through his body and emerging from his chest.
The entire process carried a strange, eerie calm. Aside from the Dingchan player’s panicked, disoriented reactions—as if trapped in a hallucination—the Council Academy main carry showed no emotional fluctuation from beginning to end.
Only when his chest was pierced did the Dingchan player regain clarity—but it was already too late. He could feel his internal energy, his limbs—everything—slipping out of his control. Even his thoughts…
When the hand was withdrawn, what should not have been a fatal injury for an extraordinary being proved decisive. The Dingchan player barely struggled before collapsing to the ground.
From the way he fell, it was clear—he had lost control over his body entirely.
The first 1v1 was taken with ease.
“What a bizarre ability.”
Tong Zhou frowned. He disliked abilities that seemed so obscure and incomprehensible.
“It is troublesome,” Xi Min said. “At the start, she used something like a hallucination—though stronger than ordinary illusions. The opponent didn’t even notice her approaching from behind. In the illusion, he even forgot to use his own abilities.”
In just that short match, Xi Min had already analyzed quite a lot.
“It’s not just visual hallucination—it likely affects cognition and perception as well.”
“And it seems there’s almost no preparation time before activation.”
That was borderline absurd.
“She used two abilities in this match. The first is the hardest to guard against. The second, from what we can tell, is applied through her fingertips. It probably requires some form of physical contact—we’re not sure whether simple touch is enough or if it needs an open wound. That might be why she doesn’t use a weapon.”
“But judging from the effect, it disrupts the opponent’s internal extraordinary energy and bodily control.”
“The two abilities complement each other—but most likely, she has more than just these.”
