Chapter 139 "The Main Character's Challenge"

Pairo decides to bid farewell to everyone after spending some more time in the Heavens Arena and embarks on a journey to find survivors and victims of the Kurta Clan's massacre. The Old Man of the Book advises Pairo to first obtain a Hunter License and suggests that he should be able to easily obtain relevant information through the network of professional Hunters.
Jeremiah has now completed 10 victories and decides to challenge a certain moderator from the Sky Arena. He wants to finish his agreement with the Elder Writer quickly so he can hurry to the Al Region and resolve some matters. News has also arrived from Pyron that they have found many hunters interested in exploring the Star Ruins, preparing for the second expedition.
As for Kyle, according to the advice of the elder in the document, Kyle's "cold fire" and his other two psychic abilities are likely to have many shortcomings and need further training. In addition, Kyle's main psychic skill is not offensive. Unless he can defeat most psychic ability users solely relying on psychic techniques, it is best for him to adventure in a team with other people.
Therefore, Kyle finally decided to continue his training in the Sky Arena. After Jeremy completes the challenge set by the host, they will go to the Al region together. To be honest, Kyle is very curious about the Star Ruins. Piyuan welcomes Kyle's joining, as every team hopes to have a food-based esper with good combat power.
Today, Jeremy and the 231st floor forum user "Mucus" Langdu clashed. Langdu was an obese person with layers of skin resembling a Shar-Pei dog, constantly shedding and covered in numerous pus-filled blisters. Just his repulsive appearance was enough to discourage many challengers. Moreover, Langdu possessed the psychic ability called "Mucus," which allowed him to project the highly toxic bodily fluid incubated within him through his oozing skin, using it as an offensive attack.
In general, he is a really disgusting person no matter how you look at it.
Kyle couldn't understand why Jeremy would choose to challenge this OP.
"Ah, the reason is simple," Jeremy answered casually while resting with his eyes closed in the lounge, "because he's the easiest one to deal with among all the OPs. It won't take much time to take him down."
Kyle thought for a moment and realized that, as far as he knew, Jeremy had at least three different ways to deal with that kind of toxic liquid.
"Just be careful yourself and don't end up in a mess," Kyle reminded before entering. Please note that the @ symbols in the translated content may not match with the original text's @ symbols.
"Don't worry, don't worry, it will probably take about 10 minutes to solve."
Waving his hand, Jeremy stepped onto the stage, facing him, "Mucus" Langdu also walked up. Langdu, at this moment, grinned, revealing a set of uneven yellow teeth, and chuckled at Jeremy.
Jeremy covered his face with his hands, saying, "I mean, can you stop laughing? It's grossing me out."
"Hehehe, you can still surrender now." Longdu had long been accustomed to facing opponents like this, and there were many people who applied for surrender on the spot because of his appearance. Translation:
The Wise One's precious ring had long been worn on his hand, with its dark red gemstone shimmering with radiance. Activated by the sun's protection, it emitted an aura capable of dispelling negative conditions, which Jeremy controlled to surround his own body. The "stench" and toxic gas, identified by Jeremy as negative conditions, were also dispelled.
"The competition begins!"
The referee exclaimed, and Langdu took the initiative to attack. Pus oozed from the sores on his skin, spraying a yellow-green fluid towards Jeremy.
Jeremy's mouth twitched, and he suddenly regretted choosing this opponent. "I think if I stay any longer, I won't need to eat for the whole day! Let's end this quickly!"
With this thought in mind, Jeremy directly summoned the Fool's Staff. The staff transformed into a chain, and with a flick of his hand, Jeremy locked Langdu in an instant. Please note that I have translated the given Chinese sentence into English while keeping the @ matches intact.
As Jeremy tightened the chains around Lang's body, black fluid began to seep out from the wound on his body. Jeremy furrowed his brows as he discovered that this black substance could corrode his own aura.
"Haha, my mucus is not just toxic!" Langdu laughed loudly, "Prepare to die!"
As he spoke, Langdu sprayed a large amount of yellow-green fluid mixed with black at Jeremy. At the same time, his body rapidly shrank visibly, causing his skin, which resembled that of a Shar-Pei dog, to become even more droopy. His slim body quickly freed itself from the chains restraining Jeremy.
"Ah, the shelter of sunlight expands!"
The halo controlled by Jeremy gradually enveloped the entire arena, and the fluid from Jeremy emitted a sizzling sound in mid-air, as if a drop of water was being thrown into a hot pan. The halo of the shelter of sunlight quickly wiped away these fluids that were still in the air, leaving only a few wisps of smoke.
Jeremy once used this ability to directly remove the opponent's Nen ability "Plague Mist" while dealing with the Yin Beast Bat, even preventing the opponent from ever using the Nen ability "Plague Mist" again.
This time is no exception. The halo rapidly spreads and quickly envelops Langdu's body. His body starts emitting green smoke, indicating the process of detoxification is extremely painful. In agony, Langdu rolls on the ground and eventually lets out a painful howl.
Maintaining his ability, Jeremy saw more and more blue smoke emerging from Rangdu's body. Meanwhile, his figure was continuously getting thinner, and his external skin showed burn marks as if from flames. These marks were increasing, as if Rangdu were being roasted in the fire.
This development also caught Jeremy by surprise, and he hesitated whether to stop using his psychic abilities, considering that he had already won.
"Keep going, don't stop," the voice of the old scribe reached Jeremy's ears. Jeremy looked up at the spectator stands, where the old scribe and Pairo were sitting. Jeremy didn't know how the old scribe had managed to transmit his voice directly into his ears, but out of trust for his own mentor, he continued to activate his ability to protect himself with the power of sunlight.
Soon, all the audience at the scene noticed Langdu's abnormality. Jeremy, who stood on the stage with Langdu, had already noticed something was wrong.
After the skin was completely burnt and rotten, Langdu's internal condition was revealed, which was not the fresh flesh of a normal person, but rather clumps and pieces of rotten flesh and decaying organs. The bones, instead of being pure white, were as black as ink.
Jeremy stepped back and realized that things were unfolding in a way he had never expected.
"What on earth is going on!?" the commentator girl's voice was filled with astonishment and a hint of fear. "Langdu contestant's body has completely decayed! What could have happened?!"
"Be careful, catch the fleeing thing!" The words of the elderly scribe were serious and quick as they reached Jeremy's ears.
Almost at the same time, while the elderly scribe was transmitting his message, Jeremy had already moved and, with his hand covered in a large amount of Qi, caught a dark green flying insect that had flown out of Langdu's head. This insect had a huge and sharp mouthpart, and as Jeremy caught it, it tried to resist and bite his hand.
Jeremiah frowned slightly and discreetly put his hand behind him, then turned to look at the referee who seemed oblivious to the situation. "Referee, you can make the ruling now."
"Ah, understood! The battle is over! The winner is Jeremiah La!" The referee hurriedly announced the outcome, longing to leave the field as quickly as possible.
Not caring about the dissatisfaction of the audience who came to watch this match, Jeremy held onto the bug and quickly left Sky Arena to return home. He entrusted Kyle with all the necessary procedures after the competition. (Please note that the use of
“师父，这究竟是什么虫子，它一直在吃我的念气！”杰尔米询问早早回来的文书老人。
“唉，怎么什么牛鬼蛇神都冒出来了……”文书老人从杰尔米手中接过那只虫子，不知道用什么办法让它安分了下来，“等凯尔回来，我有事情要和你们说。”