The loud collision of weapons accompanied by the sparks echoed over the black tide in the outer city of Sky City. Accompanied by it were the flames that did not belong to this world emanating from the Snow Spirit Fantasy Ice, wrapped in black protective gear.
The dark flames on the armor seemed to burn more intensely as the woman's abnormal state became more intense, and her attack on Duan Qing became a little more crazy. A sigh of relief in her chest also followed this.
As the battle progressed, Duan Qing, who had been on the defensive, finally used a fierce sword to knock the woman's screaming and rushing image back to the place. His eyes that kept patrolling followed.
He also pulled back from the Magic Empire magicians who were gradually approaching from the direction of the tower, and used his peripheral vision to pay attention to the surrounding movements: "Don't come here!"
"...She seems to pose a great threat to this place." Kristine, who was at the far end after hearing the sound, conveyed her voice from a distance: "Even if you don't plan to deal with her...I will
Get rid of her."
"I will solve this problem." Duan Qing, who gritted his teeth and resisted the attack from the front, replied in a low voice: "Her Emerald Star will absorb your magic energy! You will only be a disservice!"
"...Okay." Then Christine's figure disappeared again into the sight of countless pairs of eyes staring at her: "Freya and Jin are already here. If you have any questions...you can call us at any time.
."
"So this is probably your strategy."
Ignoring Kristine's departure, Duan Qing stood upright and looked past the woman at Liangchen Meiyu: "Use the Tyron Tower as a fulcrum to occupy the land of Felong County..."
"We have no choice on this point. After all, the magic structure here is the most suitable place to summon that tower." Pointing her finger behind her, Liangchen Meiyu replied with a low smile: "If there is no this city in the sky,
, our people should have captured Zaraha City by now."
"Coupled with Fenghua Town...the two important places on the left and right of the Principality of Elnifia will be under the control of the restorers." Duan Qing raised the bloody sword again and hid his eyes behind the sword.
Blade Queen: "Is your target the center of the Free Continent, all the land in the principality?"
"We have no interest in the land of the Principality. It is something that mortals can long for." Liangchen Meiyu, who suppressed her smile, shook her head: "The harassment in Eta County is just to divert the attention of the Principality. Our real goal is
It’s just those core technologies that belong to ancient magic, and even more ancient secrets, such as..."
"The virgin forest on the top of Hulan Mountain."
After telling one of the answers for the other party, Duan Qing's eyes were placed on the ice feather bone sword in the hands of Xue Ling Huan Bing, who was approaching again: "There is a primitive furnace there, similar to the one in Tania City.
The one with the same usage..."
"That's right." Nodding her head, Liangchen Meiyu snapped her fingers: "It's a pity that the place has been taken over by the Magic Council. It's very difficult for players to get close to it now."
"There may be many similar places, including Falling Star Mountain, which no one has ever figured out what it is used for, and the city beneath my feet."
The surface of the blood-red sword blade exuded a dangerous and sharp aura. Duan Qing lowered his body and blocked the pair of black eyes that Xue Ling Huan Bing had drawn closer in an instant in front of him: "What are those furnaces...what do they do?"
?”
"I don't know how to answer this kind of question."
Looking at the blurred figure of the man who was fighting with Snow Spirit Huanbing again, Liangchen Meiyu grinned: "After Tania's battle failed, I understood a truth..."
"If I want to defeat an enemy like you, I not only need to dismantle the fate around you, but I also need to block your intelligence."
Amid the energy shock that was constantly overflowing in the air in front of him, he reached out and took out a small cane that exuded a black aura, and then used the black silk thread scattered on the cane to outline runes that exuded an ominous aura.
The small magic circle composed of runes gradually became clear in front of the man, and silver energy that did not belong to any kind of magic element stirred up in the air. Echoing this energy, Snow Spirit Huanbing confronted Duan Qing.
The bone sword that came together also advanced a bit, and seemed to become more powerful with the appearance of this magic circle: "It seems that the energy level of the Emerald Star is still beyond our imagination. The previous squeeze...
It’s far from enough.”
"Is this what you use to control her?" Duan Qing, who was suppressed by the renewed power of the Snow Spirit Fantasy Ice, his eyes lit up slightly: "The thing to control that silver mask?"
"Her mind had already been destroyed when the mutated Emerald Star possessed her." Liangchen Meiyu, who maintained the magic circle with all her strength, shook her head: "We just used the 'anti-heart side'
It just guides this process. According to the research of the Speaker of the Magic Council, the Grand Magister Antenaros...if the possessed person's thinking cannot be synchronized with the Emerald Star, its power will not be fully exerted."
"At the expense of sanity?"
"Originally I could have circumvented this, but unfortunately her obsession with you is still beyond my expectation, so I had to use a more radical method, and then slowly replace her with the whole body in the following time.
The false world is outlined..."
"...Although she has lost her mind, she is still a person." Glancing at the cold and dark face of Xue Ling Huan Bing in front of him from the corner of his eye, Duan Qing said in a sharp voice: "Even if the person left behind in the free world
Without such a setting, you cannot use the illusion in the game to influence a player!"
"So I used some other methods." Liangchen Meiyu's smile gradually widened: "Some... ways to immerse her in the fantasy world forever."
"...Have you taken medicine?"
"As expected of the former king, he even knows such methods."
Uncontrollably chuckling, Liangchen Meiyu proudly looked at Duan Qing's suddenly changed color: "Ever since I gained her trust, she has never stopped taking neuroenhancers. That kind of thing will enhance the player's connection with the virtual world."
The degree of connectivity of the world, thereby greatly enhancing players’ perception and control of the virtual world..."
"If the tightness of this connection reaches a certain critical point... everything that happens in the virtual world will in turn affect the player's cognition." He pointed to the back of the woman in front of him who was still charging towards Duan Qing.
: "Judging from her increasingly obedient behavior, this in vivo experiment was really successful."
"...You bastard."
The awe-inspiring sword energy suddenly flew out from the direction of Duan Qing, and together with a rainbow-like blood-colored light and shadow that pushed Xue Ling Huan Bing away again, it flew past Liangchen Meiyu: "Aren't you afraid of causing mental exhaustion?
?Aren’t you afraid of——"
"Experiments always come with a price. Compared to the power she has gained now... what does this cost mean?" She interrupted the other party's words, and Liangchen Meiyu, who had her arms outstretched, suddenly restrained her emotions.
Laughing: "What's more..."
"Instead of watching her slipping away from my hands as she gets closer and closer to you every day, I might as well destroy her with my own hands." His eyes darkened: "Even if it means death..."
"She will also die in her hatred for you!"
The piercing buzzing sound screamed towards the horizon as the magic circle between his palms vibrated. At the same time, there was another scream from Xueling Huanbing. She held her head with both hands in her eyes.
The color of hatred seemed to become more intense, and the eyes looking at Duan Qing seemed to have a crazier light. A sword energy attack belonging to Liangchen Meiyu then flew to Duan Qing's side first, and at the same time, it swept across
There were also several black command runes in mid-air that he pointed at Duan Qing. The woman in black armor, whose strength had increased a bit again, then abandoned her long sword and pointed at Duan Qing with her phantom claws.
He rushed over from where he was: "Moshang Qingshan!"
"...I don't want to leave an enemy for eight lifetimes, and it's under inexplicable circumstances."
Using all his strength, he moved the substantial black claw in front of him to his left side. Duan Qinghengjian dispersed the scattered claw energy into the black tide that was coming again: "Even if you really get it,
What she finally got was a false mind, right?"
"So what if it's fake? You're much better than you are now!" Liangchen Meiyu, who was still activating the magic circle in her hand, laughed wildly and said: "Do you know what the news outside has become now? You will immediately
It’s going to be bad luck!”
"You don't need to remind me, I'm standing here today...just to solve this matter." Duan Qing used his sword to block the attack of two sharp claws again, and his voice also became lower: "Since I can't leave any regrets,
There is one more, then..."
"The fury of blood!"
Blood red, deeper than the setting sun, surrounded Duan Qing's whole body as two red lights flashed in his eyes, and then entered his nose as he took a deep breath.
The surface of the ragged and exposed skin turned as dark red as a demon due to the injection of some strange energy, and finally, together with the suddenly stretched muscles, turned into cracked fragments. It was blessed by strength.
Duan Qing then grinned at Liangchen Meiyu, who had a solemn look on his face, turned around and threw the body of Xue Ling Huan Bing, who was just around the corner, flying away. His right hand turned into a demon and then abandoned the blood-colored long sword that had lost its light.
, punched the opponent's chest from a distance: "The first thing that needs to be compensated for...is the attribute disadvantage."
"Among the skills with lower blood volume and stronger attribute improvement effects, this one has the best effect."
The dull sound of beatings suddenly erupted as Duan Qing's fist hit the rune magic circle, sending Liangchen Meiyu, who was still trying to raise his cane, instantly flying into the sky, and with the tumbling sword.
The player who came out passed by the Snow Spirit Fantasy Ice, and the action that was about to throw itself at him again also paused for a moment as the rune magic circle temporarily failed, and then was radiated by Duan Qing's body that enlarged it several times.
The majestic force forced him back a few points. Duan Qing, who was trying hard to maintain the powerful force simulated by the Intention Sword, and his body was constantly shaking, then noticed the changes in the black energy-covered woman in front of him.
, he originally wanted to continue moving forward, but then he stepped out a series of dark red cracks in the unobstructed air, and jumped in the direction of Liangchen Meiyu: "The next thing that needs to be solved is the culprit..."
"As long as you destroy the things in your hands, this farce should be solved."
The iron fist, which was heavier than the blood-red fist delivered from afar, instantly rushed to the front of Liangchen Meiyu like a shooting star, and then stopped in mid-air in front of another figure who suddenly appeared in front of the straight fist, facing
Liangtatsu Miyu, who was very satisfied with this scene, then let out a burst of wild laughter. At the same time, she stretched out her fingers to push aside the emergency braking punch that violated the laws of physics: "Hahahaha! You think you can destroy my long-term friendship like this?"
A well-designed plan? Even without the encouragement of the rebel side, she is already my puppet now!"
"...Get out of my way, Snow Spirit Huan Bing."
"It's useless, it's useless! Emerald Star will take advantage of every host's mental flaw!"
Looking at Duan Qing's serious face staring at Xueling Huanbing's arms spread out for a moment, Liangchen Meiyu laughed and said sarcastically: "The deeper the host's obsession with the inner demon, the greater the hatred will be in the end.
...Except for obeying my instructions, she can no longer listen to anything!"
"...Labour and management don't want to repeat those cliche plots that only appear in NPC plots." Duan Qing still ignored the voice of the man blocked behind him by Xue Ling Huan Bing: "If you don't get out of the way, I will kill you."
Beat him away together."
"...Oh? Is this really good?"
As the figure in front of her still remained unresponsive, Liangchen Meiyu's rhetorical question rang out again: "Her mind has been deeply connected to this body? If it is destroyed easily... maybe it will
Will there be any unforeseen consequences?"
"..."
"You can only face me now according to the rules of the game world."
Putting away her increasingly distorted expression, Liangchen Meiyu once again put on a gentlemanly posture: "The corrosion of the drug has penetrated deep into the bone marrow, and the Emerald Star has completely occupied her mind. This situation can no longer be solved by any means."
Oh! You have lost her forever!"
"Sleep in endless regret!" He laughed and hugged Xue Ling Huan Bing's waist, caressed the face of the woman in front of him with his fingertips, and then waved forward: "My dear, kill him."
puff.
No unexpected miracle happened. The black-armored woman who had been floating on the spot raised her long white hair, and suddenly stretched out her hands in response to Liangchen Meiyu's order, and penetrated deeply into Duan Qing, who was also motionless.
The color of blood all over his chest slowly faded away as the last trace of life force was emptied out. Duan Qing, who had not made any movement, then showed an inexplicable smile. He looked at the woman who was "revenged" and still fluttered.
With long hair and eyes still burning with black flames, he slowly opened his arms: "Forget it..."
"If my death can't change anything, then there is only one last resort left."
He put his hands together, and then let out a loud shout. For some reason, his body that was not dead then gave birth to ghost-like strength, and he buried the vase-like gesture deeply into Xue Ling Huan Bing's heart. The four crossed arms
Then Liangchen Meiyu's shocked eyes connected the two bodies together. At the same time, Duan Qing's bloody palms after piercing the woman's body appeared in front of him, as if they were hugging each other.
The face of the naked man resting on the woman's shoulder then revealed a smile, revealing an emerald-green gemstone held between his palms: "Okay..."
"The nightmare is over, my little apprentice."
A low murmur spread in Xue Ling Huan Bing's ears as the palms of her hands were clasped together, and then there was a trace of light appearing between the fingers. The palms belonging to Duan Qing were then followed by the ink...
Together, the green emerald stars turned into real stars and exploded in the sky above the Sky City. (To be continued)
This chapter has been completed!