轩辕 leads the demonic torrent, primordial waters urge wind's trace.

A peerless swordsman, two distinct sword techniques.

Under the dense offensive, Kuang Zongjianying (Mad Tracker Sword Shadow) was immediately at a disadvantage.

"Just now, he had clearly begun to dissipate into light... What exactly is going on..." Although Jian Shao (Sword Young) wasn't weak either, in front of Ruoyu as she was now, he was almost completely on the defensive.

From his perspective, it was as if he was being simultaneously attacked by two swordsmen, and... this pressure even exceeded fighting two opponents alone.

"Heh... Mad Traces unseen, sparse Sword Shadows..." Between initiating and concluding his moves, Ruoyu even casually mocked her opponent, "Is this all there is to one of 'Dao Jian Xiao' (Laughing Swords)? "

Kuang Zongjianying (Mad Tracker Sword Shadow) knew that his opponent was provoking him, trying to make him bring out his trump card; but he didn't mind doing so, because... he was already being pushed to the brink.

"You want to see my ultimate move, do you..." Jian Shao (Sword Young) responded between moves, shouting resoundingly, "Fine! I'll grant your wish!"

As soon as the words fell, the ultimate move appeared.

Kuang Zongjianying (Mad Tracker Sword Shadow) fully gathered his inner energy, focusing it on his sword.

In an instant, a red light shot up from his sword, causing the wind and clouds to change color.

"[Blood-stained Martial World]!" Jian Shao's (Sword Young) shout arrived with his sword move.

[Blood-stained Martial World]'s power was astonishing, its changes unpredictable, transforming one move into ten thousand, and ten thousand moves into one.

Seeing this, Ruoyu smiled, but her eyes carried a trace of indifference.

She was like an enthusiastic gambler who suddenly lost interest in the game after seeing her opponent's hole card.

"Not bad..." Ruoyu said, but her tone seemed to convey the words "nothing more than this," "Then I'll give you a quick death..."

As she spoke, she combined her two swords into one, merging the two streams into one, and the move [Residual Wind Sword Shadow - Demonic Sword Rampage] emerged in response.

The black and white energies on the Xuanyuan Sword and the Primordial Water Divine Sword converged into an unparalleled sword radiance with the sword technique, instantly shattering Kuang Zongjianying's (Mad Tracker Sword Shadow) red sword energy.

The remaining power of that ultimate move completely bombarded Jian Shao's (Sword Young) body...

At this point, the outcome was clear.

As their figures passed each other, Ruoyu didn't even turn her head to look at her former opponent before heading towards the other killing formation where Feng Bujue was.

And Kuang Zongjianying (Mad Tracker Sword Shadow) could only fall... and swallow the bitter fruit of defeat.

"Feng Bujue!" Two seconds later, Ruoyu, who was striding forward, roared.

Not only Jue-Ge (Brother Jue), who was using [Moon Step] to escape upwards, but also the three people who were chasing Jue-Ge (Brother Jue), as well as the other players and NPCs around, were all attracted to her attention.

"Dou Mo Jiang Lin (Fighting Demon Descends)!" Ruoyu didn't waste any more words, immediately announcing these four words.

Jue-Ge (Brother Jue) naturally understood what she meant; even if she didn't say it, Jue-Ge (Brother Jue) was almost ready to activate this title skill.

"Hmm... something feels a little weird..." Before activating the skill, Feng Bujue was thinking about something else, "What's with this 'domineering female CEO' feeling..."

He didn't have time to think about it, seeing the enemies approaching at an even faster speed than him, he quickly activated [Dou Mo Jiang Lin (Fighting Demon Descends)].

Instantly, demonic flames appeared in the sky, and demonic energy surged.

Feng Bujue, wrapped in demonic fighting energy, tore through the bursting black fire, took a step in the air, and disappeared from everyone's sight.

"So fast!" At this moment, Oda Ai and Sasaki Mei exclaimed at the same time.

The next second, Jue-Ge's (Brother Jue) figure reappeared, standing next to Ruoyu.

"What's the situation?" He didn't mince words, asking a very efficient question.

"Remember that special skill of mine with the mysterious trigger mechanism?" Ruoyu replied.

"[Feng Si Huang Sheng] (Phoenix Dies, Phoenix Arises)?" Feng Bujue responded almost without thinking.

"That's right." Ruoyu said, "Although I still haven't figured out its trigger mechanism... but judging from the current situation, I can be resurrected because of this skill."

The skill they were talking about, Ruoyu had learned as early as during the "Super-Dimensional Brawl"; however, the skill description was also in the style of "Heaven and Earth Reversal Divine Art", giving only two lines of text—Phoenix fades, blood dyes the dust; phoenix arrives, illusion becomes real.

In fact, even now, Ruoyu didn't know the specific effect of this skill; she only deduced that her "full health resurrection from the state of death, and a 50% or more increase in various basic abilities (strength, speed, maximum energy that can be burst out each time, etc.)" was due to the skill taking effect, after seeing that the skill had entered a cooldown state through the skill bar.

Of course, she had also activated the second-tier Soul Intent state (maximum efficiency plus limited burst) after her resurrection, which was why she was able to easily defeat Kuang Zongjianying (Mad Tracker Sword Shadow) and Cai Bupa (Not Afraid).

"So... how long can your state last?" Jue-Ge (Brother Jue) asked again.

"I don't know." Ruoyu said, "Maybe it's like your Dou Mo Jiang Lin (Fighting Demon Descends), and after a while, there will be some side effects, so..."

Having said that, they didn't need to continue; they had already understood each other implicitly.

Just then, Heyang Nobutsugu and Sengoku's duo also arrived...

To use a vulgar analogy, the three of them were like three scantily clad sexy ladies charging towards two burly men who had just finished taking Viagra and whose effects hadn't worn off.

This was called "running into the barrel of a gun."

Feng and Li didn't need to speak, knowing which move to use at this moment.

Jue-Ge (Brother Jue) channeled his energy with one hand, gathering the Mad Demon Playing Cards into a blade, and demonic fighting energy wrapped around the edge like flames.

Ruoyu merely spread her two swords, and the sword energy, demonic energy, and killing intent... were already surging forth, vast as the starry sky.

At this moment, on a high point far from the battlefield, Xu Huaishang, who had just worked with Fang Jin to kill Heyang Tomohiko... recognized this move, and muttered, "The Saint Demonic Flashing Glory Slash, huh..."

Indeed, the basic pattern of this "linked attack" hadn't changed, but the effect of the move... due to the growth and changes of the two users, was no longer what it used to be.

This move was no longer "Saint Demonic Flashing Glory Slash"; the new move that the system gave was called—[Mo Yi Kui Sen Luo] (Demonic Arts Measure All Things).

And the first people to collide with this newly born combined skill... were Oda Ai and Sasaki Mei.

In an instant, the demonic move appeared.

The two rushing over only felt the surrounding space change drastically, and time and space seemed to be covered with a layer of gray-black shadow, and their movements... also slowed down with this change.

"What's going on?" In Oda Ai's shock, her neck suddenly broke.

Then, her head separated from her torso and flew up... the cut surface of her wound was extremely smooth, but not a drop of blood flowed out, and what came out of it was a mass of black, gas-like shadow flow.

"How could this..." Sasaki Mei couldn't even finish a complete sentence before being cut into several pieces, and his separated limbs, like his teammate's, had black matter overflowing from the wound.

This scene was truly bizarre... to describe it, it was like using a high-speed camera to film a slowly changing ink painting.

In the almost black and white scene, the two people's bodies were cut off, and black ink-like matter slowly dyed their entire bodies, erasing them from the picture...

It was unknown how long it took, but the onlookers finally recovered from this dreamlike scene.

At this time, Oda Ai and Sasaki Mei had both fallen to the ground, leaving only a silent stillness, witnessing their ending of turning into white light.

"That was close..." Several seconds later, Heyang Nobutsugu's voice rang out again, "I didn't expect... there would be monsters like you in this world."

Yes, he was still not dead.

He dodged the positron cannon, traversed the barrage of attacks, and withstood the howling sonic cannon...

Just now, at a place only one step away from the effective range of [Mo Yi Kui Sen Luo] (Demonic Arts Measure All Things), he had stopped in time again.

Heyang Nobutsugu had retreated unscathed again and again from attacks that were enough to kill or seriously injure script Bosses; this was clearly not something that could be explained by coincidence.

"I see... I think I know your secret." Feng Bujue, after releasing the skill, turned his head and looked at Heyang Nobutsugu.

"I see it too." A second later, Ruoyu, who was beside Jue-Ge (Brother Jue), replied in an even more manly tone than Jue-Ge (Brother Jue), "This guy... can see 'death', right?"

The "death" she spoke of was not a state, nor was it the noun we were familiar with, but an abstract concept after it had been personified.

For example, an ordinary person standing on the edge of a building's roof, looking down, would see the street scene; but Heyang Nobutsugu standing in the same place, looking down, in addition to the street scene, would also be able to see a kind of invisible, shadow-like filling material... and the range of this substance just happened to cover the place where he would fall to his death if he stepped out.

That... was "death" after it had been personified, and could also be regarded as "a domain of death that, once touched, would have a very high probability of causing death."

For Heyang Nobutsugu, as long as he didn't come into contact with that substance, and didn't step into the "domain of death," he would be safe. He had been able to live to this day and become an almost invincible swordsman, and this ability to "see death" had undoubtedly contributed greatly.

"Heh... I thought that no one would ever be able to see through my secret..." Heyang Nobutsugu also confessed frankly, replying with a cold smile, "That's right, I can see its entity in the instant before death approaches... Over the years, I have relied on this ability to walk countless times on the edge of life and death, tempering my martial arts to this invincible realm."

"Whether or not you're invincible is something you can talk about after you survive!" Feng Bujue didn't intend to listen to the other party finish speaking, and after taking a breath, he immediately killed his way up again, launching a series of [Rankyaku (Storm Leg)] combos at medium range.

Putting aside how long Ruoyu's skill could allow her to last, Jue-Ge's (Brother Jue) [Dou Mo Jiang Lin (Fighting Demon Descends)], only lasted a mere three minutes, and once the time limit was up, he would enter a half-crippled state; so he simply couldn't afford to waste time... If it wasn't for the fact that releasing the combined skill had given him a feeling of exhaustion, he wouldn't have even wanted to delay taking those two breaths.

"Hmph... you seem to be in quite a hurry."

Unexpectedly, Heyang Nobutsugu was now running around everywhere, using his superb lightness skills to play a game of guerilla warfare with Jue-Ge (Brother Jue).

This tactic, which Feng Bujue used to rely on with [Ling Shi Ju Shen Shu-Kai (Spirit Consciousness Focus Body Technique-Modified)] in the past, was now being used on him by someone else.

"Don't think that only you can see through your opponent..." Heyang Nobutsugu said as he ran, "I can also see that the martial arts you're using have exceeded the limits of what you can withstand, and if I delay for a while... you will bring about your own destruction."

It had to be said that this Boss was quite difficult to deal with, and just the characteristics of "being able to bend and stretch" and "sizing up the situation" were something that many big shots in the main universe could learn from.

The tactics used by Heyang Nobutsugu were very correct, and in fact... they had already worked.

At this moment, only Feng Bujue had charged up, while Ruoyu was slow to follow, and the reason for this... was that the consumption of the move [Mo Yi Kui Sen Luo] (Demonic Arts Measure All Things) just now had been too great; even Jue-Ge (Brother Jue), who was in the Dou Mo (Fighting Demon) state and whose "physical and spiritual power were regarded as infinite", had to catch his breath for a short while after making the move, so Ruoyu's situation could be imagined.

In fact, Ruoyu had already been unable to stand steadily by the time the skill had ended, but she was afraid that if she fell, it would attract attacks from other players, or become a burden to Jue-Ge (Brother Jue), so she gritted her teeth and persevered.

"Bujue..." After another moment, Ruoyu was finally unable to continue, and she knelt on one knee, speaking with difficulty, "I'm... afraid... this is as far as I can go, I'm sorr..."

She ended this battle with an apology, and this time... she truly turned into white light and left the script.

[Feng Si Huang Sheng] (Phoenix Dies, Phoenix Arises), was originally a skill that "temporarily resurrected and increased combat power," similar in nature to a final burst of glory, and once the energy of the move burned out, the player would still die.

As for the changes in her personality, they were unrelated to the skill effects, but were simply an accident...

First of all, the [Feng Si Huang Sheng] (Phoenix Dies, Phoenix Arises) state put a heavy burden on the player's spirit; coincidentally, Ruoyu's Soul Intent was also a power that required extremely high mental strength... Under the combined effect of the two, the excessive load collapsed a "barrier" in Ruoyu's spiritual world, creating a crack in her "seal," which affected her personality.

Even if only a trace of the emotions that had been suppressed for decades were to be revealed, it could be strong and dangerous...

Of course, just how strong and dangerous would have to wait until Jue-Ge (Brother Jue) returned to the real world to experience it, which was a story for later...

Looking at the present, the battle between Feng Bujue and Heyang Nobutsugu had entered a rhythm that was extremely disadvantageous to the former.

The time remaining for [Dou Mo Jiang Lin (Fighting Demon Descends)] was running out, but Jue-Ge (Brother Jue), lacking skills, was unable to use his limited two skills and physical abilities to deal with the constantly retreating Heyang Nobutsugu.

Even putting aside Heyang's ability to "see death," his caution and cunning alone were enough to deal with the current Feng Bujue.

"It's over... something's going to happen..." Seeing the time passing second by second, Jue-Ge's (Brother Jue) attention had been diverted to other things, "Juan Menghuan, Bi Lao Shi, and... Xu Huaishang, there are three other players around..." He quickly scanned the surrounding situation with data vision, "If there are no accidents, they are the only remaining opponents, but at this moment, I simply don't have the time to deal with them..."

Those three had naturally seen through this as well, and had silently come to a place closer to Jue-Ge (Brother Jue) and Heyang, ready to "finish him off" at any time.

"I'll definitely die when the skill ends..." Feng Bujue thought, "There's no choice... At the last ten seconds, I'll create some distance and quickly use [Chuck Norris's Razor] to..."

Just as he was thinking about this, his line of sight... unintentionally swept across something.

It was a figure, a figure that was still very far away from him.

That person was leading a white horse, slowly walking from the direction of the town entrance.

In the eyes of others, that person was nothing special, but the moment Feng Bujue, who had data vision activated, saw her, he determined... that person's appearance would change everything.