Vol-2: 105. One vs. Four

105. One vs. Four

The four Gamma-tier powerhouses arrived in an instant, their speed and reflexes far surpassing the grand duke Li Aozi had faced earlier. However, constrained by the public setting, they dared not use their full power, wary of endangering the dignitaries present.

But everyone understood one truth: mercy toward the enemy is cruelty to oneself.

A Tianhuan Dragon faction warrior immediately charged at Li Aozi, his claws slicing through the air, igniting scorching flames as he aimed straight for Li Aozi's throat.

Li Aozi didn't dodge or avoid it. Instead, he leaned forward, directly colliding with the warrior's claws. The flames, like a cutting torch, smoothly burned through and tore apart Li Aozi's chest armor. But this didn't bring the Dragon faction warrior any sense of relief.

On the contrary, he grew more solemn.

Normally, with such an open chest wound, the body should stop moving, but Li Aozi wasn't hindered in the slightest.

He simply glanced at himself with a mischievous look. Then, the Dragon faction warrior suddenly felt a chilling cold spread through his body. At that moment, red-black tendrils burst from Li Aozi, stabbing into the warrior.

"Dragon faction warrior Chu Wei, huh?" Li Aozi glanced playfully at the battle information. This guy had quite a background, much like Nimotin, another boss from the current game version.

After all, those guarding the gathering were all mainline bosses from Tianhuan's 2.0 storyline, each requiring hundreds of players to take down.

Now, they all hesitantly attacked, facing him alone.

As the tendrils pierced his body, Chu Wei's face twisted in shock. He could clearly feel his life force being drained, his cellular vitality halting.

"Damn trickery!"

Chu Wei cursed, quickly retreating as his hand turned into a blade, slashing off the tendrils inside him. He immediately began striking his pressure points, activating a protective qi aura. The pale green energy shielded him, attempting to cut off Li Aozi's further life-draining ability.

Chu Wei's expression darkened as he urgently called to his comrades:

"This guy has life-draining abilities! Let's finish him quickly, together!"

This was the advantage of Tianhuan—face and pride didn't matter. Even the strongest among them focused solely on results, using any means necessary.

However, Chu Wei hadn't yet realized the terrifying extent of Li Aozi's fully developed Blood Demon technique. The more enemies, the less likely he was to die. With [Death Link] active, all their damage would be shared and absorbed by him.

Gamma-tier [Medium] Suzuka, dressed in her shrine maiden uniform, had already made her judgment. She bit her finger, using her blood to paint crimson eye shadow around her eyes.

[Self-Hypnosis]

After a brief murmur, the strength of her spiritual power greatly increased. Without hesitation, she cast a series of hand signs, summoning the spirit she had contracted with.

[Summoning Ritual: White Fox]

"Heaven and Earth essence, the subtle force of all beings, aid my body, let a thousand apertures open to the spirits!"

Her casting was swift. As Chu Wei clashed with Li Aozi once more, Suzuka's eyes glowed with eerie spiritual light. She suddenly shouted:

"Bite him, Spirit Fox!"

Grrraaahh!

As soon as she spoke, a massive white spirit fox crashed through a nearby building, its jaws opening wide with fierce malevolence as it bit Li Aozi at the waist.

"Now's the time."

[Talismans]

Suzuka's decisive action had a significant effect. She raised her hand, conjuring three ghostly blue flames around her, amplifying her spiritual power. She then threw three yellow paper talismans, which transformed into bolts of lightning, striking Li Aozi precisely.

Zap!

The three bolts hit Li Aozi, but apart from a numbing sensation, they caused him no harm—[Armor of the Mountains]'s rocky layers completely negated the damage. Meanwhile, the white fox shook its head violently, thrashing Li Aozi back and forth, refusing to release him.

"Spirit Fox Shrine Maiden Suzuka, what was the strategy to defeat her again?"

Li Aozi's mind raced, recalling past strategies for defeating these enemies.

The [Medium] profession was immune to gravitational damage, the Dragon faction's [Warrior] had formidable face-to-face combat abilities, and the remaining two were still waiting for the right moment to strike.

"—Got it."

The two "masterpiece" weapons in Li Aozi's hands crossed swiftly, and behind him, a ghostly purple samurai warrior apparition rose.

[Soul-Engraved Sword Saint: Battle Demon]

"Let me show you what kind of weapons you've underestimated."

Li Aozi's left hand grasped Tsu: Shadow's Edge, a katana whose properties he knew by heart. With the Battle Demon's support, the blade felt like an extension of his own bones.

Roaaar!

The white fox, enraged, slammed Li Aozi to the ground, pinning him with its massive claws, preparing to tear him apart. But Li Aozi seized the moment, rolling up and driving his shoulder into the fox's nose.

[Pegasus Strength]

His body swelled with power. Enhanced by the talent [Unyielding Resolve], Li Aozi's high [Charisma] maximized the Omega energy's strength, unleashing a massive surge of force from his body.

[Strength Check Passed—Omega-enhanced Strength rated at: 154 points]

Boom!

The sheer power was so immense that even the towering three-story-tall white fox, hit in its vulnerable nose, was knocked back, tumbling to the ground.

Li Aozi spun his blade, ready to strike again, but Chu Wei came charging at him with a punch, forcing Li Aozi to dodge and leap back a hundred meters, twisting in midair to avoid Suzuka's barrage of spells.

"Tch! What a hassle! Gamma-tiers are no joke."

Li Aozi decided not to hold back any longer, swinging his long blade with a sweeping slash.

Swish—

A narrow crescent of purple-black energy ripped through the air, speeding toward Chu Wei, who dismissed it as an ordinary sword energy attack. He braced himself, rooted in a horse stance, and summoned his protective qi.

Sword energy, which typically relies on vacuum force to deal damage, could normally be blocked by a strong qi aura. Especially for a Dragon faction warrior, a master of qi control.

He thought he could deflect it easily.

But—

Shiiing!

The flowing purple-black crescent effortlessly penetrated the qi aura and struck Chu Wei's chest, searing and corrosive like a depleted uranium round. The intense radiation spread beneath his skin, instantly causing massive cell death and halting regeneration, crippling his bodily functions.

"It's radiation!" Chu Wei's face turned pale as the purple-black wound on his chest dug deeper into his body. He could feel the strange, devastating damage spreading.

"High-intensity radiation! Don't let him hit you!"

But his warning came too late.

Swoosh!

Li Aozi reversed his grip on the massive sword Dust-Sealed Sanctuary and drove it into the ground. Everyone looked on in confusion as Li Aozi suddenly twisted the hilt as if revving a motorcycle.

Hum—

The runes on the sword lit up with golden light.

Chu Wei was shocked. "That sword... it wasn't supposed to be a cold weapon!"

"Of course not."

Li Aozi replied:

"It's a magic weapon."

In the next instant, the sword-like box cracked open, erupting with brilliant light. Li Aozi grasped the hilt, drawing out a finely crafted, radiant sword from within.

'Galactic Tongue: Luminous Blade of Radiance, extinguishing shadows and evil.'