The loud collision of weapons, accompanied by 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 bit crazy. The suffocation in his chest gradually accumulated as the battle progressed. Duan Qing, who had been on the defensive, finally used a fierce sword to knock away the afterimage of the woman who was screaming and rushing forward. When they arrived at the place, their constantly patrolling eyes were withdrawn from the Magic Empire magicians who were gradually approaching from the direction of the tower, and they paid attention to the surrounding movements with their peripheral vision: "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 afar: "Even if you don't plan to deal with her...I will Get rid of her."
"I will solve this problem." Duan Qing, who was gritting his teeth and resisting 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 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 lands of the principality?"
"We have no interest in the land of the principality. It is something that mortals crave." 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 Xueling Huanbing, 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, Liangchen Meiyu snapped his 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 figured out what it is used for, and the city beneath my feet."
The surface of the blood-red sword exuded a dangerous and sharp aura. Duan Qing lowered his body and blocked the pair of black eyes that Xueling Huanbing had drawn closer to him in an instant: "Those furnaces... what exactly 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, Liangtatsu Meiyu grinned: "After Tania's battle failed, I understood a truth..."
"If we want to defeat an enemy like you, we not only need to dismantle the fate around you, but we 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 threads 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 magic element stirred up in the air. Echoing this energy, Snow Spirit Huanbing confronted Duan Qing. The bone swords that were together also moved forward 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 that controls 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 and the Grand Magister Antenaros...if the possessed person's thinking cannot be synchronized with the Emerald Star, its power cannot be fully exerted."
"At the expense of your 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 Even with this setting, you can’t 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 will greatly enhance 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 who was still charging towards Duan Qing in front of him. : "Judging from her increasingly obedient behavior, this in vivo experiment is really a success."
"…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 Linghuan Bing away again, it flew past Liangchen Meiyu: "Aren't you afraid of causing mental exhaustion? Is that so? 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 Snow Spirit Huanbing. She held her head in her hands. His hatred seemed to become more intense, and his eyes looking at Duan Qing seemed to have an even crazier light. A sword attack belonging to Liangchen Meiyu then flew to Duan Qing's side first. At the same time, there were several black command runes pointed at Duan Qing in mid-air. The black-armored woman's strength was once again increased by a few points. Then he also abandoned his long sword and rushed towards Duan Qing's position with his phantom claws: "Moshang Qingshan!"
"...I don't want to leave behind an enemy for eight lifetimes, and also 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 got in the end was a false mind, right?"
"So what if it's fake? You're always 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'll 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, who used his sword to block the attack of two sharp claws again, also lowered his voice: "Since I can't leave any regrets, There is one more, then..."
"The wrath 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 weird energy, and finally, together with the suddenly stretched muscles, turned into cracked fragments. Duan Qing, who had received the blessing of power, 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 close at hand, away. His right hand, which turned into a demon, then abandoned it and lost its light. With his bloody long sword, he punched the opponent's chest from afar: "The first thing that needs to be compensated for...is the attribute disadvantage."
"Among the skills with lower blood volume and stronger attribute-improving effect, 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 was enlarged 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 whose body was constantly trembling, also noticed the changes in the woman covered in black energy in front of him. Dark red cracks appeared in the unobstructed air, and he jumped in the direction of Liangchen Meiyu: "The next thing that needs to be solved is the culprit..."
"As long as you destroy what you're holding, this farce should be resolved."
The iron fist, which was heavier than the blood-red fist delivered from a distance before, 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. Liangtatsu Meiyu, 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 this can destroy my long-term friendship." A carefully designed plan? Even without the encouragement of the anti-heart 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 Xue Ling Huan Bing'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. ...She can no longer listen to anything other than obeying my instructions!"
"...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 with him."
"...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 with the rules of the game world."
Putting away her increasingly distorted expression, Liangchen Meiyu once again assumed 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. No! 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. In the chest. The color of blood all over his body slowly faded away as the last trace of vitality was emptied. Duan Qing, who had not made any movement, then showed an inexplicable smile. He looked at the long hair of the woman who had "revenged her great revenge". With eyes still burning with black flames, he slowly opened his arms: "Forget it..."
"If my death can't change anything, then this is the last resort."
He put his hands together, and then let out a loud shout. For some reason, his body that was not yet 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 connected the two bodies together in Liangchen Meiyu's shocked eyes from behind. At the same time, appearing in front of him were the bloody palms belonging to Duan Qing after piercing the woman's body, like The face of the naked man who was hugging each other and resting on the woman's shoulder then pulled out a smile, revealing an emerald green gem 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 his 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.
