Chapter 131: Chapter 131: Doomsday Factor (Seeking full subscription)
Han Shiyu continued the topic they had been discussing after returning to the surface.
"Daring to call me by my name, you’ve got some nerve! But I must admit, Han Shiyu sounds much better than Professor Han, so just call me that from now on."
"Alright, from now on I’ll call you Han Shiyu."
Han Shiyu turned back with a smile, her beauty radiant.
"I’m afraid there won’t be a future, haha, but don’t panic, you won’t die. I’m still in good condition, so rest assured. In a moment, I’ll hold him off, and then I’ll find an opportunity to open a gap in the Nightmare Fog for you. Lu Luo, Xinzhu is my junior sister. She can’t die here. You have to promise me to take Xinzhu and get out."
Her heartbeat is very fast. A Fifth Tier expert shouldn’t be like this. She’s severely injured; she’s lying.
Han Shiyu was lying; she could accept Qi Xinzhu’s death, but not Lu Luo’s.
Lu Luo fell silent for a moment.
In just those few seconds, Han Shiyu once again slashed down two tentacles imbued with Holy Radiance.
"Aren’t you going to say something?"
"Fine, I promise you."
"That’s good. Just survive."
All of a sudden, Han Shiyu stood up straight. A pair of light wings appeared behind her, giving her the temporary ability to fly.
She held a Sunlight Spear in each hand, soared into the sky, and following the trace of the Nightmare tendrils, she flew back into the fog.
"Senior Sister has already activated the Believer of Light form. What do we do, Lu Luo?"
"Follow Professor Han’s guidance and wait for the right moment to escape," Lu Luo said expressionlessly.
"But Senior Sister..."
"No buts."
"Brother Gu, get ready to withdraw."
"Yes."
Lu Luo watched Han Shiyu’s retreating figure, squinting his eyes slightly and clenching his fists—he wouldn’t accept this!
"Is there no way to save her?"
With the Host’s current strength, it’s not possible to break through the Domain. Given the enemy’s power, even if you could destroy the Domain, you couldn’t defeat him.
If it weren’t for his own involvement, Han Shiyu wouldn’t have been put into such a dire situation. So what could he do now? What was all his effort for in the end? That 100,000 yuan? Compared to Han Shiyu, 100,000 yuan was nothing.
Damn!
As Lu Luo felt dejected upon hearing this information, the Disc inside him spun, offering advice different from that of the Observer.
The Disc has detected the Doomsday Factor. Target object: Nightmare Demon’s Servant.
"The Doomsday Factor? What’s that about?"
The Observer paused for a moment before presenting Lu Luo with a new plan.
Host, please find a way to draw the Nightmare Demon’s Servant out of the fog, connect with it, and drag it into the Doomsday Disc to obtain the Doomsday Factor.
"Get it to show itself? Pull it into the Doomsday Disc? Just by myself? Could I even win?"
According to the Disc’s will, you can.
So what was he waiting for? A way to make Wu En appear?
A flash of inspiration suddenly struck Lu Luo. His efforts had been aimed at handling this incident properly, to complete the school’s commission and get that 100,000 yuan.
Then thinking inversely, what was the purpose behind everything that Wu En, now a Nightmare Demon’s Servant, had done so diligently? Wasn’t it to complete the ritual using these pregnant girls and to create the Fruit of Life?
He had put so much effort into it and even risked appearing within the walls in his Exotic Species form; he must have had very pressing reasons. Lu Luo speculated that Wu En’s physical condition might no longer allow him to remain hidden and wait any longer.
Therefore, these girls were ultimately what Wu En, the Nightmare Demon’s Servant, aimed for. Having put in so much effort, he would definitely not give up easily.
If these girls could present a potential threat to Lu Luo and the others, they could also become bait, a lure to make Wu En reveal himself.
Suddenly, a plan arose in Lu Luo’s mind, a simple one, but it could force Wu En to show himself.
Lu Luo suddenly raised the Rose 390 in his hand and pointed it at a dozen girls.
"We’re leaving. Whether you go or stay, it’s your choice. Now, go outside and squat together. Since you chose to believe him, I won’t insist. I just want to leave this place safely. You’d better do as I say."
The remaining female students glanced at each other, feeling there was nothing wrong with what Lu Luo said at this moment. Moreover, some of them didn’t believe Wu En’s words. Compared to Wu En, they even wanted to leave with Lu Luo. But in many situations, it was no longer their choice to make.
Under Lu Luo’s coercion and request, these dozen Nightmare Seeds slowly stepped into the center of the quarantine area, which was an open space.
"Qi Xinzhu, come and tie them up."
"Oh, okay! But there’s no rope."
"No matter, I have some."
15 points of energy have been consumed to make a change: Bedsheet—Rope.
With the ropes, Qi Xinzhu quickly tied up these dozen women.
Just as she wanted to ask what to do next, she saw Lu Luo take out an energy grenade and stand next to the group of women, looking at the fog that obscured the sky.
"I don’t know whether to call you a Nightmare Demon’s Servant or Priest Wu En. But I know, you’ve put in so much effort, even daring to appear within the walls in the form of an Exotic Species, probably just for them, right? There are quite a few experts inside the wall! Even at the Fourth Ring, there are powerful people like Ludie and Lord Qiao Xing who can deal with you. So they are very important to you, irreplaceable. Am I right?"
WHOOSH!
A tentacle suddenly stretched out from the fog and pointed straight at Lu Luo, but fortunately, Lu Luo was already prepared.
Steam, Second Gear.
His skin turned crimson as intense steam erupted from his pores, and he initiated his most powerful attack technique.
Qi Union Slash.
This attack, benefiting from the 1.8 times speed and strength amplification of Second Gear, the kinetic energy of Steam Qi He, plus Lu Luo’s own physical constitution and understanding of slash strikes from his sword training, was the most powerful strike Lu Luo could deliver, even surpassing the Deliberate Bombardment Fist.
SLICE!
The Sword Qi pierced the tentacle, cutting it in half. However, under the pressure of the opponent’s Holy Radiance, the Qi Union Slash dissipated quickly without shredding much of the tentacle.
Although Lu Luo’s strongest strike caused certain damage, it was just one of the simplest mist tentacles. Han Shiyu had cut off countless such tentacles. This was the disparity between them.
"Lord-level strength, huh? Indeed formidable. But there’s enough time now. 3, 2, 1!"
DING!
Lu Luo directly pulled the pin of the grenade and threw it towards the crowd of girls.
In the horrified gazes of the group, the grenade traced an arc and flew toward the center of the crowd.
At the same time, the fog in the sky turned into a wisp of grey smoke, rolling toward the crowd.
From within the fog, a withered hand in a white priest’s robe snatched the grenade; the owner of the hand was an elderly white-robed priest.
His hair was completely white, without a trace of black, and his white robe gave him a very holy appearance. If one only looked at his clothes, there was no sign of an Exotic Species. But one glance at his face, with blackened eyes, age spots covering his face, deep-set eye sockets, and an emaciated body looking like a mummy, would reveal him as a sinister creature that seized life itself.
The 99-year-old priest, Fifth Tier Believer of Light, Fifth Tier Lord-level Nightmare Demon’s Servant, finally showed himself.
The Holy Radiance in his hand gradually enveloped the grenade. It swelled slightly within the radiance, then disappeared without a sound or blast wave, vanishing silently.
Dispelling the Holy Radiance, the old Priest calmly tossed the remaining shrapnel to the ground and calmly looked at Lu Luo.
"As you wished, young man. I have come!"
Why does everyone in this world have to be so pretentious? Even a nearly 100-year-old man has so much style?
This was something Lu Luo couldn’t figure out. Before Lu Luo could reply to Wu En, Han Shiyu’s voice had already arrived.
"You’ve finally shown yourself, Wu En. Die here."
Han Shiyu suddenly appeared from behind Wu En, the Sunlight Spear shooting straight at him.
Wu En’s body writhed, and two tentacles extended from behind to block the Sunlight Spear, casually neutralizing Han Shiyu’s attack.
Compared to Wu En’s composure, Han Shiyu swayed, unsteady on her feet, looking as though she might collapse at any moment.
"If it were a moment ago, you might have had a chance, but how much Holy Radiance do you have left now?"
"Enough to kill you!"
"No, no, no, Lord Han Shiyu, I have never intended to be your enemy. I just want to fulfill my wish. Life is precious. Why fight so desperately? It’s not worth it."
Wu En’s expression was calm, and he spoke slowly, just like an ordinary old man. However, everyone present knew how terrifying his strength was, even stronger than Han Shiyu.
"Life is precious? What about those people you’ve butchered? They were innocent."
"In my life, I, Wu En, have never killed without reason. Even these girls, there are reasons. Their lives will soon merge with mine for the great cause of Li Ming. They are honored."
There goes another twisted justification. Lu Luo couldn’t quite understand why Wu En, being so old and presumably having experienced so much, suddenly adopted such extremist thoughts and even became deformed. Was it all just to serve the Dawn Disc?
"Have you ever thought that these girls don’t want to be part of your grand cause? They just want to live."
"Some sacrifices are always needed for the future of mankind, just as the knights in the past sacrificed themselves to save the second-generation Life Knights. This kind of sacrifice is worthwhile."
Lu Luo understood that Wu En had become utterly fanatical. Even today, he didn’t think there was anything wrong with what he had done.
Seeing that talking was futile, Han Shiyu gave up and advanced with her weapon, engaging once more in fierce battle with the two Believers of Light.
Lu Luo stood aside, carefully watching Wu En’s movements, waiting for his chance.
Analyzing the Nightmare Demon’s Servant’s weaknesses. Target is a Lord-level Exotic Species. Observer level is too low; analysis is slow. Please level up the Observer as soon as possible...
"No need for analysis. I already have an idea of what to do. Maintain the overclocking state to reduce consumption and wait for the right moment."
Although the System does not know where the Host’s confidence comes from, Sequence S-11 Observer chooses to obey the Host’s commands and shuts down the analysis.
"Because no matter how you analyze it, we’re not going to beat a fully intact Fifth Tier powerhouse right now. I need other opportunities."
At first sight of Wu En, Lu Luo felt an inexplicable excitement. This excitement didn’t originate from him but from the Doomsday Disc inside him. The feeling was like a hunter seeing the prey they have long desired. The time for the hunt had arrived.
The Doomsday Disc has detected the Doomsday Factor for the Host. Please connect the Host’s limb with the Doomsday Factor.
"I need to physically connect? Sending me, a Second Tier, to hit a Fifth Tier Lord in the face? Isn’t that the same as having a glass-cannon shooter charge at the top solo player during a meltdown?"
Even though he said this, Lu Luo’s body felt more excited. Seeing Han Shiyu in a tough fight, he suddenly shouted.
"Han Shiyu, I’m coming to help you!"
"Are you brain-dead? Don’t come over; he will kill you!"
Seeing that Lu Luo was actually coming, Han Shiyu immediately felt anxious. Wu En was no ordinary Fifth Tier Lord. A Believer of Light inherently possessed both healing and combat capabilities, and coupled with the Exotic Species’s body and Nightmare abilities, Wu En’s strength exceeded everyone’s imagination. Although Lu Luo had improved rapidly, facing such an enemy, he didn’t stand a chance.
Lu Luo knew Han Shiyu was worried about him going to his death, but he felt the same; he didn’t want Han Shiyu to die either. If Ludie was the first person to help Lu Luo, then Han Shiyu was the second, and she was much gentler compared to the rough Ludie.
"Han Shiyu, stop acting like you have everything under control all the time. In reality, you don’t control anything. There are some things you think you understand, but you really don’t! Like me, I am a man you will never be able to figure out!"
Taking advantage of the stalemate between Han Shiyu and Wu En, Lu Luo charged directly behind Wu En. With a rapid series of Qi Union Slashes at full power, he severed three tentacles that had extended towards him.
Lu Luo had finally gotten close to Wu En.
He didn’t waste words and directly stabbed at Wu En’s back with the Wraith Blade, but the opponent’s powerful Holy Radiance still blocked Lu Luo’s attack. The pressure of their colliding force and energy made a sizzling sound.
"This power... are the young people of nowadays really this formidable?"
Wu En had a high opinion of Lu Luo, but that was as far as it went. Because Lu Luo’s Second Gear Steam Qi He, channeling his 24 points of strength to the extreme, coupled with the sharp Wraith Blade, still couldn’t break through Wu En’s Holy Radiance defense. Under the dual pressure, the Wraith Blade even began to bend.
Wu En wanted to turn around, but Han Shiyu immediately blocked him with the Sunlight Spear. Although she didn’t know what Lu Luo was planning to do, she decided to create an opportunity for him anyway.
Because Lu Luo was Li Ming!
Han Shiyu would always believe in Li Ming, but that didn’t stop her from cussing Li Ming out.
"What the hell are you trying to do?"
"Almost there, we’re about to break in!"
Although Lu Luo said this, he was actually just comforting Han Shiyu. Wu En’s Holy Radiance protection was too sturdy, impenetrable by any means.
Sizzle! The Wraith Blade was bending more but hadn’t made any progress in breaking the defense.
Lu Luo grew more and more anxious; he needed a physical connection. How could he establish a connection if he couldn’t even break through the Holy Radiance?
Han Shiyu can’t die here, Qi Xinzhu can’t die here, neither can Brother Gu, and nor can I! We have to live well together; we need to find a way to crack open his shell.
Qiao Xing’s teachings flashed through Lu Luo’s mind.
The first form of Sword Heart’s four styles, the Spiral. This technique is the simplest, requiring only a swift stab, delivered with extreme speed and power, during a standard thrust. Then infuse the Spiral Sword’s energy into it, resulting in a piercing sword technique that can penetrate anything indestructible.
Alright, the supposedly simplest stab that Qiao Xing talked about, Lu Luo was clueless about it. His swordsmanship at this moment was so crude that he couldn’t even perform the Shock Sword, which Qiao Xing considered a rudimentary skill.
So now, his only hope was the Observer.
"Let’s do a Hall of Thoughts. Replay the demonstration of the Spiral Sword technique."
Recklessly imitating a high-tier technique that you haven’t mastered may lead to great physical strain and unpredictable consequences.
He couldn’t worry about that now.
In overclock mode, the Hall of Thoughts initiated, and the scene of Qiao Xing wielding his sword was clearly displayed once more.
Lu Luo didn’t bother with the underlying principles and clumsily twisted his arm, imitating what he had seen. Then leveraging the Second Gear Steam Qi He as the driving force for the Spiral energy, using his own arm as a channel and unleashing all the power of the Qi Union Slash, he forcefully rotated and thrust.
SWISH!
A rough stream of Spiral Steam Sword Qi was truly unleashed by his stab, a testament to brute force creating miracles.
However, just as the Observer had warned, this stab placed an enormous strain on his body, leading to unforeseeable consequences.
CRACK! Lu Luo’s arm, with a Constitution of 20, couldn’t withstand the combination of the Second Gear steam power and the force of the full rotation. It broke.
And that wasn’t the worst of it. The Wraith Blade he’d been using for some time now...
TINK, TINK, TINK! It shattered, fragment by fragment, exploding against Wu En’s back.
But all these sacrifices were worth it.
Paying the price of a fractured arm and a shattered weapon, Lu Luo’s crude Spiral Sword Qi finally pierced through Wu En’s Holy Radiance protection.
Qiao Xing was right; the Spiral Sword Qi can break through anything indestructible. Even Lu Luo’s completely instinctive thrust, which couldn’t even be called solid in form, let alone have the divine essence of Spiral Sword, still managed to penetrate the Fifth Tier Lord’s Holy Radiance. This demonstrated the incredible power of the Sword Heart’s four styles.
"It’s open! Step back, Han Shiyu."
Han Shiyu frowned. At this distance, if she stepped back, wouldn’t that put Lu Luo in danger?
"Are you sure you want me to step back?"
"Can you hurry up? His Holy Radiance is about to close up."
Seeing that Lu Luo didn’t seem to be on a suicide mission, Han Shiyu gritted her teeth and ultimately decided to follow his wishes.
"Alright."
She drew her Sunlight Spear and quickly retreated, while Lu Luo lifted his unbroken arm.
He gently touched Wu En’s back.
"Come with me, Priest Wu En."
Connecting with the Doomsday Factor is in progress. Checking complete. Doomsday Factor level is 1.
Initiating the Doomsday Disc. Entering Disc Space.