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Chapter 496: Three Heroes vs. Lute (Part One)
Chapter 496: Three Heroes vs. Lute (Part One)
Lute hadn't even finished speaking before her right hand shot forward, fingers aiming straight for Twenty-Three's eyes.
A sharp cry rang out...
Crimson blood splattered across Twenty-Three's pale face, but... it wasn't her own blood.
A golden blur had sliced through Lute's index and middle fingers with pinpoint precision.
"As you wished..." Feng Bu Jue's voice sounded from behind Lute. He'd rushed forward alongside death poker. "I'm here."
"Heh..." Lute chuckled. "This is the greatest weakness of you humans..." As she spoke, she flung her arms outward, sending Twenty-Three flying backward.
Almost simultaneously, Lute spun around and grabbed Feng Bu Jue by the throat.
"You're clever, clever enough to see through my intentions instantly", Lute continued. "But you're also foolish, foolish enough to walk into this trap knowing full well what would happen."
Their exchange left onlookers completely bewildered—it was a psychological battle between Feng Bu Jue and Lute alone. What seemed like a dizzying series of events to others was, to them, an even more complex and perilous struggle.
First of all, under those circumstances, if Lute had truly wanted to gouge out Twenty-Three's eyes, Feng Bu Jue would have been utterly unable to stop her. Both of them understood this perfectly.
So why had those fingers been severed? Obviously, Lute had deliberately slowed her movement.
In short, she'd been "waiting" for Feng Bu Jue to come save someone.
When Ling Feng attempted to intervene, Lute immediately crushed his Operation with overwhelming force. This was also a signal aimed at Feng Bu Jue—"Not them, only you."
Feng Bu Jue naturally understood Lute's full intentions, but... he had no choice.
"Even an exceptional individual like you remains bound by emotions", Lute said, raising Feng Bu Jue with a single arm. She didn't hurry to snap his neck, instead glaring at him with cruel eyes. "You discarded the most logically sound approach just because you couldn't bear to watch your companion suffer my torment... but... does your choice really change anything?"
As she spoke, Lute casually raised her hand without turning her head, using the same hand that had just regenerated, and fired a snapping strike behind her...
That silent, invisible force instantly reduced Brahma to meat paste as he lunged forward.
"Have you ever considered... objectively speaking, your choice might actually have the opposite effect?" Lute continued. "In the end... your companion will still be tortured and killed by me, except this time, you've gone from being a passive observer to being operationally restricted." She paused. "So in reality... aside from making your own 'conscience' feel better, your actions are utterly meaningless."
Feng Bu Jue couldn't speak as immense pressure on his neck rapidly brought him to the brink of suffocation.
"This is why... the future concerning you is always chaotic..." Lute continued. "I always see something beyond logic, calculations without theoretical basis... Your unpredictable, intertwined fates are the blind spot of every ordered world." She sneered. "Do you know what distinguishes us from you?"
At this moment, Yama and Vishnu suddenly intervened, long whip and bronze colossus attacking from either side of Lute.
But as blade and bronze met, Lute's form shifted from solid to ethereal, vanishing through the gap between attacks.
Two seconds later, she reappeared midair, still holding Feng Bu Jue in her grip.
"We derivative beings also experience emotions... when faced with misfortune, we feel pain just like you humans..." Lute dismissed the others' attacks, speaking directly to Feng Bu Jue. "But when confronted with that kind of choice, I still adhere to the most reasonable strategy." She raised her voice, seemingly wanting all players to hear, "This... is where we derivative beings surpass humans. We value objective outcomes more than seeking personal peace of mind."
"Feng Bu Jue! Watch out!" Shiva roared from the ground as he finally unleashed his ultimate technique.
The last Stone Disc of [Celestial Dance Hourglass] suddenly exploded, activating the earth attribute special effect "Pure Land."
The "Pure Land" effect: removes all enemy skills and Equipment effects (including passive effects) within range for a duration of one minute.
Shiva didn't know if this skill could save Feng Bu Jue, but given the current situation, he could only try this desperate measure—it was better than doing nothing.
Unexpectedly...
At the very moment Shiva intervened, the positions of Lute and Feng Bu Jue... changed again.
This time, the movement didn't originate from Lute, but from Feng Bu Jue, who had been grabbed. He had activated [flying sands whirlwind]...
"Heh..." Lute laughed. "Even with your consciousness fading, you made an exceptionally calm decision..." She turned her head toward Shiva in the distance. "You almost got Feng Bu Jue killed, did you know that?"
Shiva hesitated. "Hmm... coming from someone who won't release his throat... it's rather..."
"Don't forget, in this scenario, Feng Bu Jue is also your 'enemy,' and he'll be affected by 'pure land' too", Lute interrupted. "But I... am unaffected." Having spoken, she snapped her fingers again.
Shiva had seen this technique two or three times already and was prepared. As soon as he saw her raise her hand, he reacted immediately, narrowly avoiding the strike.
"Hmph... meaningless struggle." Lute coldly evaluated, then turned back toward Feng Bu Jue. "Hmm... vitality value's still at 42%, is it? Heh..." She chuckled softly, her ravishing beauty blooming with smiles, but her eyes showed not a hint of warmth—only murderous intent. "Don't you dare faint now. I'm saving Twenty-Three for last... once I finish off these few, your vitality value should be down to 1%... then I'll let you down slowly so you can watch every moment as I..."
Her words abruptly halted as an unusual expression crossed her beautiful face.
"What is this feeling..." Lute muttered, her eyes flashing with white light. "[Mark with cross curse]... truly an inelegant skill..."
"Flattery..." A long-absent voice sounded.
Black Shadow appeared suddenly, swift as a meteor strike.
Xiao Tan struck from behind Lute, first using [demon bat phantom] to evade her lightning-fast counterattack... then launching [terrifying shadow soul chase], severing her arm.
By the time Lute turned back, all that remained before her was a mist of blood and a severed limb.
Both Feng Bu Jue and Wang Tan Zhi had already escaped her control range.
(End of Chapter)
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