Chapter 56 Quanzhi Haichuan

The fist landed, shaking the earth and shocking the heavens.

The gigantic Luote resembled an egg that had been cracked open. The metal shell on its surface disintegrated and scattered, while the metal liquid within surged out, flooding the ground.

Without a doubt, it was a fatal blow.

However, Drunken Reverie’s own body… was also shattered by the force of the impact. Every one of the more than two hundred bones in his body was cracking. His muscles and internal organs couldn’t withstand the backlash from this earth-shattering strike and were reduced to a bloody pulp.

Of course, this was the expected outcome. Drunken Reverie was already prepared for it.

Laughing at the Heavens' final strike before death revealed many of Luote's characteristics in this form. It was because of his sacrifice that Drunken Reverie was confident he could succeed.

Drunken Reverie also knew that whether he succeeded or not, he would die… Not to mention the damage caused by the backlash, just the consumption of the Tiandi Bahuang Fist (Heaven and Earth Overlord Fist)—"80% of maximum stamina"—already exceeded his limit. Once the excess consumption was transferred to his survival points, the result would be the same.

"Did it work this time?" Pegasus looked wide-eyed.

"How is that possible…" Honghu adjusted his glasses and said in a deep voice, "You just don't listen to others, do you? You didn't listen to a word Drunken Reverie said to the other party for so long, did you? Your brain automatically blocks out any sentence with more than fifteen characters and a little bit of intelligence, right!"

"Stop complaining and come help!" Uncle Wasted interrupted their conversation, "Remember, if I die after activating the skill, you must defend the rice cooker with your lives!" As he spoke, he tucked the rice cooker under his arm and scurried forward.

Honghu naturally understood what he meant instantly and followed suit. Although Pegasus didn't understand what was going on, the sentence "Stop complaining and come help" was clearly less than fifteen characters, so he did as he was told.

Glug glug glug… A sound like a casserole stewing came from not far away.

On the ground, Luote’s body, which had been destroyed again, began to stir… Except for the fragments of the outermost metal shell, the metal liquid inside his body gradually gathered again, bubbling like magma.

In less than ten seconds, a mass like a slime (a fictional creature that appears frequently in video games, usually a semi-solid jelly-like substance) was born from the liquid.

"Is this the prototype of a new form…" Honghu said, looking at the object.

"I don't care if she's unformed or fully formed…" Uncle Wasted put the rice cooker on the ground, stood firmly, and prepared the Mafūba (Demon Sealing Wave) stance, "Let's take her down in one fell swoop while we have the chance!" He aimed at the target, waved his arms, "Demon Seal…"

Suddenly, with two popping sounds, the mass in front of them… split into two…

"Huh?" Uncle Wasted's sunglasses slipped down his face a little as he widened his eyes and complained, "Are you kidding me?"

"There's nothing to be surprised about…" Luote's voice sounded again, this time… as a double voice.

At this moment, the two masses of liquid metal on the ground solidified into two identical Luotes in perfect unison…

"My fifth and sixth forms… are two symbiotic entities that exist simultaneously…" The two Luotes spoke with the same speed and tone, completely synchronized, "Twin Mode."

In terms of appearance, the Twin Mode Luotes were no different from the ninth form that the players first saw. The problem was… now there were two of them…

"Too bad, the Demon Sealing Wave seems to be ineffective…" said the Luote on the left.

"I think…" the one on the right continued, "you won't have another chance to use that move again."

With that, one of them raised her left hand and the other raised her right hand, as if they were the same person on opposite sides of a mirror, each forming a white energy ball in their hand.

"Hey! Your companions are nearby! Do you want to blow them up too?" Honghu immediately shouted.

"Right… thanks for the reminder." The two voices replied together. As "they" spoke, they reduced the size of the energy balls in their hands to the size of ping-pong balls, and then added, "This intensity should be enough to kill you."

"Don't even dream about it! Take my Pegasus Meteor Fist!" Pegasus didn't care about the energy balls in their hands. Seeing that the Demon Sealing Wave was no longer feasible, he stepped forward and activated the skill.

Hundreds of fist shadows poured out, no matter if there were two or twenty, all would be hit.

Unfortunately, these attacks only caused very weak damage to the Luotes, and the wounds on their bodies could heal in half a second. It seemed that Luote's recovery ability had returned to that highly flexible and resilient state.

Seeing this, Honghu pondered and said, "Hmm… to defeat this 'Twin Mode', there's probably only one way…"

"To blow both of them into smithereens at the same time, right?" Cold sweat broke out on Uncle Wasted's forehead, "I know that without you telling me… But I don't have that kind of skill…"

"Hmm… neither do I…" Honghu replied.

"Pegasus Meteor Fist!" Pegasus was still working hard over there, releasing his meteor fists again and again.

Although he didn't do much damage to Luote, this continuous interference did work. Both Luotes were unable to concentrate on releasing an energy blast.

"Speaking of which…" The Luotes simply gave up on throwing energy balls and said together, "You, who should have been the first one I screened out… actually managed to survive until now…"

"Hmph! How can a hero be defeated here?" Pegasus shouted in response, "Take this! Pegasus…"

"Always meteor fist… meteor fist… shut up!" For the first time in this battle, Luote showed obvious anger, "Don't get cocky, you piece of trash!"

Bang bang, two almost overlapping muffled sounds.

Two figures shot out along two symmetrical paths, instantly appearing on either side of Pegasus.

Then, a massacre ensued…

The two Luotes' hands were like a storm sweeping away fallen leaves as they unleashed a flurry of attacks on Pegasus. In those short ten seconds, Little Ma took at least hundreds of punches…

Honghu and Uncle Wasted naturally wouldn't stand idly by. They quickly attacked, each targeting a Luote, but at this moment, several figures rushed out from all directions, surrounding the two players.

"Tch… of all times…" Uncle Wasted's heart sank.

"Backup arrived…" Honghu's face also turned unusually ugly.

The figures attacking were undoubtedly derivatives of origin. At a rough glance, there were more than fifteen of them. And it wasn't just here. Even Not Afraid, who was on the other side of the street, was surrounded.

Instantly, a flurry of fist shadows and streaks of light filled the air. The players were struggling to protect themselves, let alone cover others.

And at this moment… Luote's pincer attack on Pegasus had also stopped.

Little Ma fell to the ground face down, his body twitching slightly, almost every inch of his skin covered in blood, but… he wasn't dead yet.

The reason he was alive wasn't because he was an unkillable cockroach, but because… Luote wanted him to live.

Luote could directly see how much survival value Pegasus had left, and she could accurately control the power of each of her punches. None of her attacks just now were at full strength. The reason was simple… she wanted to beat Pegasus as much as possible, to make him suffer…

"Hmph… trash…" The two Luotes looked down at Pegasus with disdain, coldly saying, "What heroes are there in this world… defending justice for the weak? Hating evil like an enemy? You're an adult human being, do you still believe these stories? Are you naive or just retarded?"

One of the Luotes spoke, raised her foot, stepped on the back of Pegasus's head, and pressed down hard, "Power is what brings absolute order. If you want to play that hypocritical game, first see if you have the strength to do so…"

Bang—Luote kicked Pegasus again, turning him over.

Only then could it be seen… Pegasus had been beaten beyond recognition. His entire face was bruised and swollen, his eyes almost impossible to open, and his lips and brow bones were cut, blood flowing freely.

"Take a good look…" The other Luote transformed her head into a flat oval shape and leaned it in front of Pegasus, "Look in the mirror…" Her face was metallic, so it could indeed be used as a mirror, "You look like this… and you dare call yourself a hero?"

"Stop it!" More than ten meters away, Honghu, seeing this scene, shouted sharply, as if trying to rush over to help, but he was deeply trapped in the encirclement, how could he have any energy to spare? After a turn, he was wide open and struck several times by the three derivatives behind him, dying on the spot.

"See… your friend sacrificed his life in vain to save you." Luote sneered at Pegasus, "And what can you do? Besides shouting 'Meteor Fist' again and again, and then using that attack that doesn't even scratch the surface… what else can you do?"

Slap—

Pegasus, lying on the ground, actually raised his arm again… He used his bloody, swollen fist to weakly hit Luote in the face.

"You're courting death!" Luote roared in furious anger. She grabbed Pegasus by the neck with one arm, lifted him up, and threw him high into the air, "I'm going to blast you into molecules!" In a fit of rage, Luote's fingertips instantly condensed an energy ball with a radius of one meter, just waiting for Little Ma to rise to a sufficient height before throwing it.

Beep beep beep—

"Hmm?" At this moment, the other Luote was also looking up at the sky. Suddenly, she seemed to have discovered something… Her expression changed several times in a few seconds, "What's going on!"

Warning:

——High energy reaction detected.

Data recognition:

——【Pegasus Meteor Fist】

Tactical control options:

——???

Survival probability:

——0%

"Unreasonable…" The Luote controlling the energy ball also quickly showed a look of surprise, "That trashy skill… zero survival probability?"

"Impossible…" The other Luote continued, "His stats are all nearly exhausted, he's covered in wounds, even breathing is difficult, how can he still use skills…"

"Absurd!" Luote immediately shouted angrily, waved her finger, and threw the energy ball into the sky.

In this instant, everyone present slowed down the pace of battle… They all looked up at the sky in unison. The audience in the broadcast area also watched this scene with bated breath.

However, the imagined destructive light explosion… did not happen.

"Disappeared?" Everyone, including the two Luotes, was asking this question in their hearts.

Of course, such an attack would not disappear out of thin air… It was just… evaporated by the heat of the cosmos.

Seconds passed…

Above the night sky, in the clouds, a star, brightly streaking across the sky, fell.

"A hero… never gives up…" The guy who had been beaten like a pig's head fell down, muttering to himself.

"A hero… never gives up…" He seemed to be having a hard time speaking, but the determination and passion in his eyes did not waver in the slightest.

"Is it soul intent…" The two Luotes' voices became a synchronized duet again. The shock on their faces seemed to merge into one as well, "How can there be such inexplicable soul intent? The algorithm makes no logical sense!"

"Ooh!!!" Pegasus burned his last strength, stretched out his arms, gathered his fist, and shouted, "Pega! Sus! Mete! Or! Fist!"

It was still this move, because it was the only one he knew. But what did that matter?

To a hero, the move itself was never important.