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Chapter 480: Lute Arrives
Chapter 480: Lute Arrives
Frostlight blades flashed, silver shadows danced.
The icy cold blade carved blossoms of crimson blood.
In an instant, Kai Duo’s swords had already cleaved Fei Chai Shu’s upper body into fragmented, unrecognizable pieces.
Boom—
Just as Kai Duo thought he’d landed the killing blow, the magic containment wave’s energy beam suddenly reversed course and struck his back.
“What’s going on…? The user is dead, yet this technique still persists?” This was the first time Kai Duo showed shock since the battle began.
His original plan had been simple: if he could kill Fei Chai Shu before the magic containment wave struck him, the technique would vanish. But now… the opponent’s corpse was already unrecognizable, yet the magic containment wave remained active.
“Heh… You actually startled me,” Fei Chai Shu’s figure reappeared, though slightly shifted from his original position. His former body gradually vanished, while a new body materialized—beneath his sunglasses.
“This is impossible!” Kai Duo exclaimed, eyes wide. Obviously, he had no idea about Fei Chai Shu’s most critical trait—his sunglasses were the core physical form.
As a Level 1 derivative being, Kai Duo could have known this beforehand. But unlike D1-Long, Kai Duo was the type of derivative being who never checked tactical analysis interfaces.
Even after ascending to Level 1, he never corrected this habit. After all, from a derivative being’s perspective, one could generally gauge an opponent’s data strength at a glance. So when facing weaker targets, Kai Duo usually skipped checking tactical analyses. By his combat standards, opponents were often eliminated before Tactical Control Options even finished analyzing them.
Even after ascending to Level 1, he never corrected this habit. After all, from a derivative being’s perspective, one could generally gauge an opponent’s data strength at a glance. So when facing weaker targets, Kai Duo usually skipped checking tactical analyses. By his combat standards, opponents were often eliminated before Tactical Control Options even finished analyzing them.
“Hmph… Success!” Fei Chai Shu’s body reformed while maintaining the same posture he’d held when casting the magic containment wave. The bound Kai Duo, ensnared by the energy beam, was now completely paralyzed.
Then, Fei Chai Shu clenched his previously outstretched fists and mimed throwing something toward the Electric Rice Cooker on the ground, shouting, “Off to the Electric Rice Cooker with you!”
As his roar echoed, Kai Duo’s body began sliding along the magic containment wave’s trajectory… inching toward the Electric Rice Cooker’s green energy beam.
Just as everyone believed Fei Chai Shu was about to save the world…
Suddenly!
“Are you joking with me?!” A woman’s voice rang out.
The next second, thunderclap erupted from the ground—Boom!
A blinding white beam roughly three meters wide surged skyward, devouring the Electric Rice Cooker and most of the magic containment wave’s energy beam, extinguishing them instantly…
Fei Chai Shu stood at the beam’s edge, narrowly avoiding annihilation, but he immediately sensed his control over the magic containment wave had been severed.
J1-Kuai Duo tore free from the energy, flipped twice mid-air, and landed nimbly, wiping cold sweat from his brow. “Phew… Thanks, Lute.”
“Dragon’s dead,” Lute’s figure appeared at the street’s end, but her voice carried clearly to everyone’s ears. “And it was a player who did it.” She paused. “If even you could be taken down… I’d have to call you all pathetic.”
“Watch out… She’s their leader!” Fei Chai Shu shouted urgently. Fortunately, his magic containment wave had been forcibly interrupted, so no skill consumption occurred.
“Let’s see…” Lute nonchalantly scanned the players. “Hmm… Those clearly not meeting requirements can be eliminated first.” She raised her hand, pointing at [Namereallyhardtodecide] and [reallyhardtoname]. “Kai Duo.”
“Understood.” Kai Duo responded instantly.
Before he finished speaking, he’d already moved.
Kai Duo erupted at speeds faster than before, dual-wielding swords as he targeted his victims.
From their high vantage point, Lao Qu and Zhen Ge felt like collateral damage. Honestly, since the battle began, they’d wanted to help but lacked the capability. Lao Qu, specializing in medicine with martial arts as backup, never found chances to heal anyone. Zhen Ge, a martial artist supplementing with spirit arts, couldn’t even match Sashimi’s speed—stepping in would’ve meant instant death.
Now, barely surviving a near-fatal ambush, J1-Kuai Duo’s fury surged. This assault was ruthless and overwhelming.
Their fates were practically sealed…
Of course, they wouldn’t just wait to die.
Zhen Ge thrust out his palm, conjuring countless shimmering character shapes with his hands, roaring like a tiger. In an instant, palm shadows rained down like a storm, filling the sky.
But Kai Duo’s swords moved faster.
His dual blades danced with unmatched agility, shifting through infinite variations in an instant, their edges flashing with deadly grace. Without pausing, he shredded Zhen Ge’s palm storm into nothingness…
Those dainty short swords unleashed mountain-shaking, thunderous force. The buildings beneath the players’ feet shattered under the sword qi’s pressure, let alone flesh-and-blood bodies.
In the blink of an eye, razor-sharp winds swept through, reducing Hiei Studio’s two members to minced flesh amidst the collapsing ruins.
Bang—
Gunfire rang out, but it was late.
Even if it had come slightly earlier, it would’ve changed nothing.
Mid-air, Kai Duo didn’t dodge. He knew the bullet couldn’t hit him.
“That one over there…” Lute spoke as the gunshot echoed. “…also doesn’t meet requirements.”
As she finished speaking, she slowly opened her palm, revealing a bullet resting there.
No one saw how the bullet reached her hand. Perhaps she intercepted the sniper round mid-air using speed beyond the bullet itself… Or maybe she used some spatial technique to pluck it from space…
Soon, this became irrelevant. Compared to what Lute did next, it truly didn’t matter.
“Judging by the sound… that direction, perhaps?” Lute turned calmly toward [Name Zhen Nan Qu]’s location, her expression unshaken. “Hmm, difficult to judge the distance…” She raised her fingertip, already forming a white energy sphere.
“Then… a one-kilometer radius.” Her tone was as casual as choosing a snack. “That should erase him completely.”
In one second, the white energy sphere expanded from basketball size to that of a water vat.
Lute flicked her finger, and the sphere roared skyward.
About three seconds later, a violent burst of light erupted in the distant sky, swallowing an entire landscape. Though its power fell short of Dragon Slave, it was more than sufficient to exterminate all players within the range…
(End of Chapter)
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