Chapter 295: I’m Ready, Water Brother!
Is there no danger?
Is that really the case? In the silence, a thought emerged in Bai Kai’s mind.
Just as Lu Xianbei said, he knew Lu Xianbei very well.
This kid has always been worrysome since childhood…
However, before he could think it through, a violent sound of air explosion came from behind, followed closely by the sensing of Shaman Queen’s spirit energy fluctuation, approaching behind him, the distance continually shortening, at an astonishing speed.
Suddenly looking back, he saw Shaman Queen hurtling towards him like a fired cannonball.
As Shaman Queen’s figure swiftly enlarged in their sight, Bai Kai and Lu Xianbei were both alarmed.
No way, how did this guy become so fast all of a sudden?
“Water Brother, didn’t you say you would never be caught up?” Lu Xianbei exclaimed, “If it comes to worst, should we drive? To be honest, I recently mastered a special skill to summon a truck.”
We agreed to stall for time so I could prepare my ultimate move, yet I haven’t even started gathering energy before the enemy is already on us!
Can you do it, Water Brother?!
“…” Bai Kai opened his mouth, wanting to say something but stopped.
He didn’t know how to explain to Lu Xianbei that Shaman Queen’s sudden acceleration also baffled him.
Logically speaking, over the nearly twenty years, he had allocated almost all his “skill points” to speed, and now, with the help of the General, he had gained nearly cataclysm-grade power, there couldn’t be more than three people or urban legends in the world that could catch up to him.
However, just as Bai Kai was organizing his words in his mind, Shaman Queen was already close at hand.
Behind him, five meters, three meters, one meter.
Three meters, five meters…
Bai Kai and Lu Xianbei, “???”
What is going on? What the hell? Is this big brother so fast that he can’t stop himself and flew past?
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“Is this what Huaiyuan Jun looks like in Berserk mode? To be able to do this.” Void couldn’t help but exclaim.
Watching Huaiyuan Jun throw two small mountains targeting Shaman Queen with unimaginable brute force, and using the roaring mountains for cover, taking advantage of Shaman Queen breaking through the mountain, closing in front of her, unleashing a flurry of punches and kicks that sent Shaman Queen flying away, it couldn’t help but feel a bit uneasy.
What is called ‘one force subdues ten’? This is called ‘one force subdues ten’!
After those punches landed, Shaman Queen’s entire chest was twisted and deformed, resembling some sort of pressure board, rising and falling.
Huaiyuan Jun, the type of powerhouse with monstrous strength, is the kind she is least adept at dealing with.
She wouldn’t reason with you; any issue would be resolved with her overwhelming, heavy fists, comparable to high-impact space weapons.
From this, one can see that inside the God Realm Yumen, while torturing that giant, Huaiyuan Jun had no intent to k*ll and had let a lot of water go.
However…
“However, isn’t her state a bit off? Why is she hitting Shaman Queen toward the direction of Calamity’s escape?”
Upon hearing this, the Wordless Book’s peripheral vision glanced at the plump white bug on her shoulder, calmly analyzing, “First, she’s very likely planning to take down Calamity as well. Secondly, if she could perfectly control her power, she wouldn’t be called the weakest guardian…”
“Lastly, why are you here? Shouldn’t you be helping?”
“Hehe.” Void shyly laughed twice, “Sister, you know, my avatar doesn’t have much combat power. It would only make things worse by going.”
“But sister, why are you standing by here? They all seem to be your colleagues, right? Is there a conflict among colleagues?”
“Same.” The Wordless Book replied indifferently.
Same goes for the avatar, same has no combat power, so…
Let’s just watch together; don’t ask too many questions!
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After narrowly avoiding Calamity, Shaman Queen’s figure continued to fly backward, not knowing how many stones she had smashed into.
Her internal spirit energy was in disarray.
Except for not being very proficient in spell formulas, from a certain perspective, he could say he was a perfect pentagonal warrior. Before encountering Huaiyuan Jun, he had never seen a spirit energy user or urban legend that could fully suppress him, gaining an advantage in close combat solely through brute force.
The strong enemy from a thousand years later gave him an intense sense of excitement.
It was multitude times more thrilling than when he fought Longxiang!
The pain of twisted and shattered bones made his nerves, spirit energy, and the core of his urban legend rejoice.
If he hadn’t received the guidance of that supreme will to k*ll Calamity and obtain the chance to fulfill his long-cherished wish again, he was determined to battle that woman until d*ath.
After a few breaths, as the momentum of being thrown back gradually stopped, Shaman Queen leaped into the air, carrying a surging red flame, glancing around, searching for the traces of Calamity and that white shadow.
At that moment, a horn sounded in the distance.
Thick black mists emitting a strong odor of d*ath surged beside him, raising a wave of murderous intent, followed by a phantom-like giant warship cutting through the waves.
Shaman Queen looked up, her gaze landing on those hideous colossal beings, her eyes trembling slightly.
On those indescribably massive beings, she sensed a familiar aura, seemingly from the same origin as hers.
That was the aura of war, d*ath, and destruction.
Is this the scene of war a thousand years later? Shaman Queen wondered.
She initially just wanted to regain the opportunity to fulfill her long-cherished wish, but now, after witnessing an enemy as powerful as Huaiyuan Jun and the projection of the invincible fleet summoned by the General, she suddenly began to like this era.
Thus, she must become the victor of this battle, must survive, must k*ll her kind and grasp the opportunity bestowed by that will!
With this thought, her mind gradually became frantic, and she dashed forward, attempting to accelerate and escape the countless warships’ descending shadows of d*ath.
At that moment, a light invaded her field of vision.
Initially, it was just a blue and a purple, two points of starlight.
Then, those two points of light violently throbbed, rapidly expanding as they unfolded, dancing from top to bottom, spreading out while accompanied by a distant and resounding dragon roar.
With the dragon roar that shook heaven and earth, two streams of fierce, violent light fell from the sky, like two arms, tightly constraining Shaman Queen in place.
The two streams of light, one strong and one weak, one soft and one hard, were vaguely visible, their controllers—an old and a young figure, one male and one female.
In the next moment, pale papers howled as they flew in like flocks of white doves, creating a storm, then quietly faded away, weaving an invisible barrier.
Within the barrier, the rushing streams of light, the howling winds, and the swirling yellow sand… at that moment, seemed to have been paused, freezing right there.
At the same time, above the sky, countless warships came thundering in. Dozens of grappling hooks shot out, piercing into Shaman Queen’s body, pulling violently, as if to tear her into countless pieces and drag the shards onto the deathly warships.
The cannons on the ships shook violently, the thunderous noise resonating, under the blinding light, it seemed like only flames and d*ath remained in front.
After a few breaths, as the illusion made by the cannon fire gradually dissipated, countless dark undead emerged from the ships, gathering together, wielding swords and firearms, riding the surging wave of d*ath, rushing towards Shaman Queen, and in the blink of an eye, consumed her figure…
In an instant, the entire wasteland seemed to fall into a dead silence.
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Lu Xianbei crouched on Bai Kai’s back, secretly observing the others battling Shaman Queen while accumulating enough power to deliver a fatal blow to her.
Seeing everyone suppressing Shaman Queen, it was clearly a scene of beating her to the point of not knowing which way was north, Lu Xianbei felt a surge of joy.
Although everyone’s raw power was slightly weaker than Shaman Queen’s, it didn’t mean they couldn’t pose a threat to her. The highly concentrated assaults forced Shaman Queen into a predicament where she could only passively defend, making it difficult to retaliate.
That feeling was like a fierce tiger being hunted by a pack of wolves.
For a moment, she even felt that if she waited a little longer, Shaman Queen might fall under their just collective assault.
The last time she unleashed the power of the Miracle Flower, it had already affected her greatly, if possible, she truly didn’t want to take the risk and touch that extremely dangerous force again.
At this moment, after Shaman Queen had received a beating, she was hurt a bit.
The situation was increasingly dangerous!
However, things didn’t go as she wished.
Soon, she heard the chilling, piercing laughter reverberating.
“Ha, hahaha, what a wonderful era, this lord likes it!”
That was Shaman Queen’s laughter.
With the laughter, the undead summoned by the General’s powers continually crumbled and fell apart, and Shaman Queen’s figure shot out from the gaps in the broken crowd of darkness, like shedding heavy, obstructive armor, rushing towards the last battlefield with a body full of scars toward Nanling Yaohua.
The fierce tiger, hunted by wolves, erupted with ferocity under the stimulus of pain and bl**d, awakening from confusion, realizing that against the pack of wolves, the only chance of escape was to break them one by one.
“Boom——!”
Shen Baiwei’s time barrier woven from her powers was abruptly shattered by the rush of bl**d light, and Shaman Queen instantly pounced in front of Nanling Yaohua, fiercely throwing a punch with her remaining arm,
An absolutely merciless, all-out attack!
The air exploded, and countless lines of bl**d light whirled forth from her scorched fist.
Seeing this, Nanling Yaohua instinctively raised her green bamboo sword to counter but was shoved aside by Nanling Peak.
In an instant, the two figures collided violently several times and then flew apart with a loud bang.
After failing a single attack, Shaman Queen didn’t continue to entangle, immediately retreating and switching targets, flying straight towards Shen Baiwei…
Seeing Shaman Queen maneuvering between everyone, fighting and retreating, continually avoiding a direct confrontation with Huaiyuan Jun, which caused great peril, Lu Xianbei’s heart raced.
She couldn’t tell if it was her imagination, but she felt that amidst the onslaught, Shaman Queen’s flesh was breaking apart, and her power was not only not weakened, but instead, she was quietly becoming stronger, dragging a body riddled with wounds, as if wrapped in scattered flesh, growing increasingly courageous in battle.
The scene was completely chaotic, like a serving of Mapo tofu mixed with strawberries, made with fillings, mixed with red worm bait and Grade 42 concrete, evenly spread on a pizza crust and baked into a soup dumpling.
“…”
d*mn! Is that guy the protagonist of some shonen anime?
How can she continue to grow stronger in battle?
If this keeps up, will there be a breakthrough in battle again later? Wouldn’t we all be done for? Lu Xianbei thought.
However, as much as she grumbled, she vaguely began to guess the reason for Shaman Queen’s growing strength.
It was that terrifying will…
As another urban legend influenced by that will, if she chose to comply, she could gain the power to touch “Surpassing Calamity and turmoil,” then Shaman Queen should be able to obtain similar benefits.
No one is a fool; who would work without compensation?
After a brief moment of contemplation, Lu Xianbei withdrew her thoughts, steadied her mind, and asked Bai Kai, “Water Brother, honestly, how confident are you in your speed?”
“Why are you asking this all of a sudden?” Bai Kai retorted, “Of course I’m 100% confident!”
“Isn’t that a bit low?” Lu Xianbei frowned.
“Well, if you put it that way, it’s 1000% confidence!” Bai Kai raised his chin slightly.
“Barely enough!” Lu Xianbei clicked her tongue, “Then I have a favor to ask of you, turn around, keep Shaman Queen busy until my ultimate move is ready.”
“What do you mean?” Bai Kai’s expression changed, a sense of foreboding rising in his heart.
He sensed that Lu Xianbei was up to something again.
“What I mean is, it looks like everyone can’t hold on much longer, and I’m also Shaman Queen’s main target, so please, Water Brother, take me around her, maintaining just the appearance of being able to catch up but always being slightly out of reach…” Lu Xianbei explained, “You wouldn’t want everyone to get hurt, right?”
“How can I put it? It’s like dangling the customers’ appetites, making them think they have a chance, but in reality, no one can truly possess you.”
Upon hearing this, Bai Kai’s mouth twitched violently, and he turned his head to look at Nanling Yaohua, whose clothes were already stained red with bl**d.
At that moment, he felt an unprecedented sense of dire helplessness!
Ignoring Shaman Queen, Nanling Yaohua might be in danger, while following Lu Xianbei’s suggestion would put Lu Xianbei in peril. How could he make a choice?
If anything happened to either of them, how would he explain to his senior brothers in the future?
Just as Bai Kai was engaged in a fierce internal struggle, Lu Xianbei had already closed her eyes, lost in her own thoughts.
After all, torturing one person was still torture, torturing two people was also torture, and before breaking Shaman Queen’s mentality, it wouldn’t be a big deal to mess with Water Brother’s mentality a bit too.
The fatal blow prepared for Shaman Queen had already entered the final stage, and her state was far from optimal, so she must remain fully focused at this moment.
“Half a minute, Water Brother, I just need half a minute…” Lu Xianbei murmured.
Since Bai Kai said he had 1000% confidence, then she would have 1000% trust in him.
Trust that Bai Kai could help her and everyone buy half a minute of time.
Bai Kai glanced at Lu Xianbei from the corner of his eye, gritted his teeth, and turned toward Shaman Queen.
At the same time, with the terrifying power of the Miracle Flower accumulating within her, Lu Xianbei, who had closed her eyes, felt the intense pain in her internal organs finally erupt, tormenting her consciousness,
As if issuing a warning.
With life rapidly fading, her complexion gradually paled, her limbs and internal organs slowly lost their sensations, as if her entire body was transforming into a hollow shell.
Her consciousness slipped several times toward the edge of collapse, only to be pulled back by sheer willpower.
In a daze, she seemed to see an endless, deep rift, and beyond the rift, eternal darkness.
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The sound of wind howled in her ears furiously.
Bai Kai, unleashing his speed to the extreme, transformed into a white shadow, racing around Shaman Queen.
His spirit sense detected the furious, murderous spirit energy fluctuations, which pursued him tirelessly like a hound, alternating between near and far, causing beads of sweat to form on his forehead.
His spirit energy was being severely depleted.
Strangely, he recalled when he was a child, sneaking into a herder’s home with Lu Ming to steal sheep, chased by dogs leaping about.
On that day, he could even feel the hot breath that the shepherd dog exhaled against his rear.
Time seemed to slow infinitely, half a minute felt as long as a century.
Then, Lu Xianbei’s voice finally rang in his ears again.
“I’m ready, Water Brother!”
In the next moment, Bai Kai felt Lu Xianbei struggling to climb onto his shoulder and then used his shoulder as a launching pad, kicking off towards the pursuer behind.
Feeling his shoulder lighten suddenly, Bai Kai turned his head back sharply, but there was no sign of Lu Xianbei, only a chaotic swirl of black lines enveloping the sky…
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Watching as Calamity unleashed two instances of “Unconventional Calamity Event: Time” in less than half an hour, the Wordless Book couldn’t help widening its eyes slightly.
This time, including herself, almost everyone secretly observing, whether they were individuals or urban legends, confirmed that Calamity indeed controlled that terrifying power.
Next, as the chaotic black lines spread massively.
The world reflected in her eyes seemed to be suddenly shattered, distorting.
Everything within sight twisted at strange angles, rotated, reversed, overlapped, as if it were a kaleidoscope carved from chaotic black lines.
Then, those chaotic black lines began to wriggle, as if devouring everything within the covered range, violently contracting.
Getting smaller, smaller, turning into a barely discernible black dot, finalizing the disappearance of the air, wind and sand, spirit energy, and… Shaman Queen from that space.
Leaving only a chaotic glow of mixed codes, the figure transforming into various bizarre shapes incessantly.
However, everyone seemed oblivious to its existence, watching it gradually descend, progressively dissipating, becoming thinner.
Like a snowflake drifting towards the earth in the sunlight, constantly melting away.
“Xiao Bei—!” Bai Kai’s heart-wrenching roar resonated.
And just within the pairs of bewildered or grief-stricken gazes, another pair of eyes emerged with a look of surprise.
They… couldn’t see Lu Xianbei? Why? Nanling Yaohua tilted her head, not having time to think much, her figure flashed, and she caught hold of Lu Xianbei’s hand as she continuously fell…
