Chapter 94: She Threw a Dog
Looking at Luxianbei, clad in armor and charging towards her, Miss Rabbit’s mouth twitched slightly, and even the momentum of the fire axe in her hand slowed down due to a momentary distraction.
“DUANG—!”
A heavy metallic clash echoed like a morning bell.
Luxianbei, who had closed in on Miss Rabbit, raised his forearm, using the sturdy arm armor of Ling Tai Purification to block the trajectory of the axe strike.
As the axe blade met the arm armor, a shockwave spread out, whipping up a howling wind.
Consequently, like an invisible hand being pushed backward, Miss Rabbit’s legs skidded across the ground.
After retreating several meters, she suddenly jumped back, creating distance between her and Luxianbei.
After stabilizing her stance, she glanced down at her numbed palm and then raised her eyes to Luxianbei ahead, her gaze landing on the armor on his right arm, knitting her brows.
That bright silver arm armor, after withstanding a cleave, showed no trace of a scratch.
What unsettled her further was that Luxianbei’s armor seemed to carry some bizarre power.
Accompanied by the tremors from their collision, this strange force passed through the grip of her fire axe into her body, making her feel as if her soul was being purified, inexplicably giving rise to an impulse to drop the fire axe in her hand and stop fighting.
d*mn it, where did Calamity get such a bizarre set of armor?
For heaven’s sake! A king of urban legends, and all he knows is how to tinker with this life-saving stuff, which really fits his character.
However, wearing such a thing would naturally limit his movements; whether he could keep up with me during a fight is one thing, and whether I could leave when I wanted to is another—this advantage is mine!
Just as Miss Rabbit was thinking this, a howling wind surged towards her, tugging at her clothing and long hair, interrupting her thoughts.
Looking up, the hint of nonchalance that had briefly appeared in her eyes instantly vanished.
As Luxianbei’s petite frame began to exert force beneath the armor, he charged forward, and the gale suddenly erupted.
That heavy armor seemed not to hinder his mobility in the least, and the heavy muffled roar of the metal clashing as he moved only amplified the momentum.
The sense of oppression was overwhelming!
“From your expression, you seem to think that I’m hindered by this armor, right?“
Just as Miss Rabbit was in shock, Luxianbei’s annoying voice drilled into her ears.
“I just can’t understand why people always associate tanks with being clumsy? In fact, tanks can be quite fast! At least, they’re much faster than those little electric scooters!”
Miss Rabbit, whose thoughts had been seen through, darkened her expression and opened her mouth, just about to retort, when she heard a soft call from not far away—Sesa.
“Get back, use that one, I’ll hold Calamity for you!”
“Hmph!” Miss Rabbit glanced at Sesa, letting out a soft grunt, suppressing the displeasure stirred by Luxianbei’s trash talk, and retreated.
She was no stranger to battling Calamity; she knew full well that once affected by Calamity’s words, she would be at a disadvantage.
With a ghastly howl, the next moment, dozens of bone spikes, the thickness of a child’s arm, plummeted from the sky.
As soon as the bone spikes hit the ground, they rooted themselves and blossomed into a field of skeletal flowers, which instantly wilted amid booming sounds, sending countless sharp bone fragments spiraling into a pale storm.
As if already anticipating this, Luxianbei bent down, using his fingers for support, his feet swiftly spinning as he steadied himself on the ground.
Staring at the pale storm ahead, a hint of hesitation briefly flashed in his eyes beneath the helmet, but he soon took a step forward, chasing after Miss Rabbit.
He knew just how strong the defense of Ling Tai Purification was from being thoroughly tested through countless beatings from Qing Ji.
Only with the destructive power of the Hundred-Armed Giant Power, combined with the exquisite technique on the level of Qing Ji, could one penetrate the armor and inflict a degree of damage to the body underneath.
Sesa’s attack was strong, but not strong enough!
Forward, right into the center of the storm.
That petite figure, as if unhindered, surged forward, kicking up a fierce wind.
A whisper of spell formula drifted in like a hallucination.
“Desolate Wilds, grass and bones see.”
Watching that beast-like figure and listening to the countless bone fragments scraping against the armor with a piercing sound that made one’s teeth ache, Sesa momentarily thought that Calamity seemed intent on crashing into Miss Rabbit to k*ll her.
Just as he was lost in thought, Luxianbei had already torn through the “storm,” returning before Miss Rabbit. With a prescient impulse, one hand precisely seized her arm bearing the axe, while the other held a ball of red flames radiating stunning heat.
That was a 2.292-fold enhanced [Crimson Flame].
Calamity truly seemed to want to crash into Miss Rabbit to k*ll her.
Watching that ball of energy hovering between them, brewing astonishing force, Miss Rabbit’s eyes widened slightly.
Although, by virtue of Sesa’s powers, she could minimize the damage from such fiery spells, even if she took a hit directly from [Crimson Flame], she would only sustain light injuries.
However, she was taken aback by Luxianbei’s reckless offensive approach.
Today’s Calamity seemed somewhat abnormal?
Catching the surprised look on Miss Rabbit’s face, Luxianbei half-jokingly, half-seriously said, “Little Rabbit, how about we both take all the spells I unleash up close? Whoever falls first wins, okay?”
“What do you think, isn’t that fair? So, let’s start with the enhanced Crimson Flame, and then it’ll be the Four Beasts Bright Sky Cannon in rapid succession. After that, I haven’t thought it through yet; let’s see if you can hold out until then.”
I’m just armored thickly and ready to trade bl**d with you; are you scared?
In fact, Luxianbei had already thought this through when he tested the defense limits of Ling Tai Purification.
One day, she would be surrounded by alchemical explosives, cradling a white puppy, standing in the middle of thousands of enemies, ready to pull the “fuse.”
Miss Rabbit thought, d*mn, why does Calamity seem more and more like a terrorist?
He used to just throw bombs; after some time apart, he’s now even orchestrating s*icide attacks!
What an “artist” from Huacheng? Doesn’t she know that at such close range, once this spell detonates, she wouldn’t escape unscathed either?
Miss Rabbit thought, her emotions becoming chaotic.
That feeling was like originally thinking that the opponent was a “heavily armored tank,” only to realize it was a “s*icide truck.”
For a moment, she even doubted that the figure charging forward was truly Calamity.
From past experiences, the real Calamity, when faced with two opponents, would usually avoid confrontation.
And then, a thunderous roar erupted.
Blazing flames spread, creating a red vortex at the epicenter, shattering the concrete surface, which was stirred up and hurled in all directions, a pungent smoke creeping out.
From the thick smoke, Miss Rabbit was forcibly lifted into the air by a strong gust, like a kite with a broken string, falling backward. After landing, she rolled and tumbled several times before barely steadying herself, her long hair still flickering with sparks, and her clothing was riddled with scorch marks, appearing quite disheveled.
In contrast, Luxianbei stood unmoving in the center of the vortex, the firelight reflecting a crimson hue on his armor, calm and composed.
Defending against a spell of [Crimson Flame] level was merely an entry-level application for Ling Tai Purification.
“Cough cough cough—!” After a round of violent coughing, Miss Rabbit looked grimly at Luxianbei and asked in a low voice, “Calamity, where’s your sword? Why aren’t you drawing it?”
She remembered the broken sword in Calamity’s hand, having experienced his exquisite sword techniques.
But today, from the beginning of the battle until now, there had been no sign of Calamity drawing his sword at all.
What was this? Not going all out? Calamity, you’ll pay for your underestimation! Miss Rabbit thought vehemently.
“What do you know? Having the sword in heart, what does it matter if I don’t have it in hand? I’m already one with the sword, you know?” Luxianbei raised his chin slightly.
Though it was a physical union, isn’t it still a form of unity? Luxianbei added silently in his heart.
Immediately afterward, just as he was stepping forward to chase after Miss Rabbit, a tremor suddenly arose beneath his feet.
The ground rolled as if boiling, amid sounds resembling sharp teeth grinding, pale bones emerged from the earth.
It was as if the bones were growing like plants, extending inch by inch, drawing a circle around Luxianbei, and with booming sounds, constructing a skeletal barrier that enclosed him.
In the next moment, countless sharp bone spikes erupted from the skeletal barrier, akin to a grotesque giant opening a gaping maw, snapping shut, sealing Luxianbei within a towering wall of bones.
“Now’s your chance, hurry!”
Hearing Sesa’s shout, Miss Rabbit’s gaze sharpened, she took a deep breath, holding the axe, and instantly pushed her spirit energy to the limit.
“Mooners, essence of the dark moon, decay, ruin, upon…”
As she murmured incantations, it was as if the controller limiting her spirit energy’s flow broke down, causing the already surging waves of spirit energy to spike again.
Like a swarm of mosquitoes biting, the pain instantly etched itself into her limbs.
“Ha—!”
With slightly parted lips, she slowly exhaled impurities, several strands of pale flames dispersing from her lips.
The core of her urban legend trembled violently, like an overloaded power furnace, pouring surging spirit energy into her limbs, morphing into the lunar fire.
Thus, flames burst forth, igniting from her toes, palms, and the crimson depths of her eyes.
The pale flames enveloped Miss Rabbit’s eyes, cloaking her limbs, even her snowy ears and short tail transformed into pale flames, swirling vigorously behind her.
These flames did not cast the usual shadows of objects but burned bright while emitting no warmth; only the decay and ruin within could be felt, as if any hint of a spark would summon d*ath.
Right after, as her hand, wrapped in pale flames, swept across the axe blade, the fire axe was ignited, morphing into a giant flaming axe.
Pale flames swirled atop the giant axe; although nothing was there to burn, mere exposure to the air produced piercing “sizzling” sounds.
It was as if some invisible substance was being incinerated.
This was the culmination of Miss Rabbit’s efforts to strengthen herself over this period.
Though restricted by the peculiarities of Sesa’s powers, her spirit energy fluctuations could not be raised further.
However, after undergoing a series of transformation experiments that ordinary urban legends could not withstand, leveraging the powers and the subtle connection to the moon, she gained the ability to temporarily siphon a fragment of lunar power at the cost of burning her vitality.
Though it was merely siphoning, and could only be considered a clumsy imitation, despite not knowing why the decayed yet pure lunar power would exude an evil aura,
The one wielding this power now bore the atmosphere of calamity, instilling her with the courage to face Calamity.
Even if the spirit energy levels were not vastly different, an A Grade is still not the same as another A Grade!
Thus, with her arms crossed, dragging the giant axe, she charged forward.
As the axe blade scraped against the ground, the earth melted beneath it, leaving deep ravines.
Just at that moment, the skeletal barrier that had confined Luxianbei shattered, and from the dark gap came a soft call.
“Dog, come!”
In the next instant, Luxianbei, now draped in heavy iron armor, reappeared, holding a dog in his hands?
Looking at the pure white puppy in Luxianbei’s arms, Miss Rabbit’s thoughts went haywire, momentarily forgetting to move forward.
The barrel-like armor, the remarkably agile steps, and that one trembling dog made Luxianbei look like a character straight out of a comedic manga.
d*mn it, does he even know this is a life-and-d*ath struggle? Miss Rabbit thought.
Just then, Luxianbei stopped about five meters away from her.
Then, he threw a dog at her.
In silence, Miss Rabbit stared expressionlessly at the dog, which spiraled through the air like a cannonball, and with one hand wielding the axe, she casually chopped downward, drawing a trajectory in front of her.
“Thud,” the small dog was split in two, but there was no bl**d, only the faint outline of a white wolf appearing.
The next moment, brilliant silver light erupted from the body of the white wolf, and the forces of corrosion and shattering collided, triggering a shocking explosion.
Astounding energy scattered, sweeping through the air, easily severing entire groups of trees and collapsing the already dilapidated swimming pool structure.
In the explosion’s firelight, all sounds were violently stripped away, plunging Miss Rabbit into utter silence.
Half an hour later.
On a deserted ring road near Huacheng, heavy rain poured down.
In the rain, a pale-faced, raggedly clothed man was carrying a shapely woman on his back, sprinting towards the direction away from Huacheng.
The woman was gravely injured, her entire right arm missing, and the shoulder and chest near the right arm were a bloody mess, with bl**d ceaselessly dripping, leaving a dark red trail on the gray asphalt.
“Cough cough—cough cough cough—!”
After a fit of violent coughing, Miss Rabbit lifted her eyelids, glancing at Sesa’s profile, angrily asking, “Calamity?”
Seemingly guessing what she wanted to ask, Sesa spoke, “Don’t worry, she didn’t chase us, and those Huacheng urban legends didn’t follow either.”
Upon hearing this, Miss Rabbit slightly inclined her head, leaning against Sesa’s back again, a strong hatred surfacing in her eyes.
Just as Calamity had said, today in Huacheng, she felt as trapped as she had under Mu Se’s control.
Having engaged and lost, barely escaping, being surrounded and blocked by urban legends armed with spirit energy items along the way, she felt like a lost cat!
She knew that term should be “a dog without a home!”
But now she didn’t want to mention any terms related to dogs!
Unlike being controlled by Mu Se, Calamity was almost something she had single-handedly created; in other words, everything Calamity had should have belonged to her.
Suddenly, Sesa’s forward stride faltered, and Miss Rabbit was momentarily stunned. Just as she was about to ask him why he stopped, she saw a figure slowly approaching through the rain curtain.
That person was tall, dressed in a fitted white shirt with a slightly open collar, a pure black tie slanted hanging, black trousers on the bottom, light golden hair standing upright, holding a large black rod.
From the spirit energy fluctuations, the newcomer was not Calamity, but their spirit energy level was not beneath Calamity’s.
In an instant, it felt as if concrete filled their veins, leaving both of them froze in place.
