Chapter 1104
Chapter 1104 - 1990: A Good Opponent
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The clash of blades rang out with a metallic crispness, and God knows what Eve had mixed in, but at the very least, the strength of these bone blades and spurs was no less than that of the Abyss Beheading Knife.
Unlike Lu Ping’an’s original exoskeleton armor, these blades and arms were also a part of Eve, her control over them as natural as her own body.
"Beheading!"
The slightly naive roar tinged with a milky voice, however, made Lu Ping’an’s scalp go numb.
The eerie radiance of the silver light used for beheading was indeed replicated, but fortunately, it did not contain any "rules."
Lu Ping’an raised his blade, clashing with the same beheading strike to counter it.
This overly long Demon-blade had many advantages, but a clear weakness was its excessive length, which relegated it solely to attacking purposes.
"Beheading."
And this time, as Lu Ping’an attempted a beheading strike, he was met with an even more bizarre outcome.
"Ah, my head fell off."
Speaking was indeed Eve’s "head," only it was being held up on one of her arms.
Several "heads" were held aloft by those arms, and the moment Lu Ping’an’s "beheading" rule was activated, they would proactively come offering their heads like gentlemen.
"Is that even possible?"
"I taught them that back in the day, and she still remembers..."
"Now’s not the time to feel gratified!"
Lu Ping’an felt somewhat numb.
It wasn’t that he genuinely had no way to deal with the current Eve, but rather this situation of evolving as they fought was somewhat overwhelming.
Having scattered some "bone ash" and "blades," she pieced together a semi-bony, semi-crystalline weapon capable of clashing blades in a single bout. Feeling her close-combat abilities and attack methods were still insufficient, she brought out these multi-armed "exoskeleton" armors.
God knows what she might bring out if they kept on fighting like this... A child’s imagination has no bounds, and Eve has the capability to turn it into reality.
Moreover, in the midst of battle, her attributes and combat skills grew at a visibly rapid pace...
"On one hand, it’s been a long time since I’ve had a bloody battle, so now I’m rehabilitating, and on the other, she has never been this serious or this eager to win in her life."
The glint of golden stars in her eyes remained firmly locked on Lu Ping’an.
She was imitating Lu Ping’an’s "body technique," his style of fighting and his flexible combat habits, immediately turning them into her own.
As the "Imitation Master," the girl was clearly very professional, so when Crystal Tentacles began to appear around her, Lu Ping’an was not surprised at all.
"... Detonate."
Lu Ping’an used his Flame power once again to extend the distance between them.
This trait, she should be unable to copy...
"Detonate!"
Still accompanied by a youthful shout, when the crimson flames surged forward, Lu Ping’an wasn’t surprised in the slightest.
His Holy Fire wasn’t so easily replicated, but she had hunted so many along the way—wasn’t it quite normal for her to possess some ability to produce fire?
For the first time, Lu Ping’an enjoyed the "Magic King" treatment.
He watched the originally "weak" Warrior evolve rapidly at a strange pace, becoming stronger and more difficult to handle.
Lu Ping’an let out a roar and used his flames to dodge the opponent’s paltry fire. This time, he attempted to close in.
But his opponent’s sword dance forced him back instead.
God knows where she acquired the skills of a weapon master, but her flurry of four knife strikes nearly chopped Lu Ping’an into serious injury.
And clearly, the girl with shining eyes was still learning, imitating, and making rapid progress.
For the first time, Lu Ping’an felt the strength of Eve... She was not Lu Ping’an’s strongest opponent, but she was definitely among those with the most potential and the fastest improvement.
And because of her "mimicry" trait, she could imitate the structures of other life forms to create "profession combat puppets," which were still a part of her "body," naturally circumventing the local Secret Realm’s restrictions and utilizing various professional traits.
Watching her create warhorses and move with a "Spatial Warhorse" to teleport and charge with a lance, Lu Ping’an felt increasingly helpless.
This progress was too fast, if he didn’t cut it off now, he truly might lose...
"It looks like I must get serious now. Oh gods..."
And as he spread his arms wide, preparing to harness the Divine Bones for a tough stand, what came unexpectedly was the similarly raised right hand and the faster-forming giant bone sword.
"Boom!"
𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂
Before Lu Ping’an could finish his preparations, the heavy blade came crashing down, smashing a huge hole in the ground.
Fighting like this, Lu became more and more suppressed, more and more uncomfortable... His profession’s limitations were truly disgusting to him at this moment.
Both were in the "Fighter Domain," battling with their "bodies," so the quasi-rule species’ inherent advantage was indeed overwhelming at such a time.
"Brutality."
"Brutality!"
The furious whipping whirlwind was blocked by another simultaneous round of whip strikes.
For the first time, an all-out Eve summoned her strongest focus of her life, forcibly analyzing everything Lu Ping’an secretly possessed, either reacting in advance or superficially imitating for an apparent equivalence.
She no longer had the time to attend to her own ethnic group; the man before her applied great pressure, and for the first time, she instinctively felt fear and unease, which she must dispel with battle...
"Fall, fall! Why won’t you fall!"
And while her Crystal Body was exhausted and continuously crumbling, why could Lu Ping’an’s flesh and blood body still persist?
In fact, Lu Ping’an hadn’t noticed that, while he found the opponent’s progress too fast, his own rate of progression was visibly outrageous.
[Acquired a large amount of fighting experience.....]
Such basic data kept flashing on the screen.
With the blessing of immense Martial Destiny, and during this "equal" deathmatch, Lu Ping’an and Eve were both improving at high speed.
Eve evolved set after set of combat skills and tactics, while Lu Ping’an’s movements became more precise and mundane, gradually developing his own style of body technique.
"Rise up! You lazy ones!"
Finally, after another round of beheading and fisticuffs, the first to falter, the girl initiated a change of tactics.
She once again roused a group of Crystal Knights, but this time, in addition to several Dimons, there were a few that looked like Lu Ping’an himself.
Crystal Beasts naturally have multi-threaded consciousness, or to say each piece of flesh has its own sentience, there was no need for intricate puppeteering.
What troubled Lu Ping’an the most was that those "puppets of himself" started to show hints of bloodiness...
"Has my genetic material already leaked? Or is it the blood from the ground?"
The answer was no longer important, as Eve’s growth directly reflected on "pets," they became more troublesome and cunning.
As the battle continued, both sides showed astonishing growth and endurance, dragging the fight into a war of attrition.
Finally, Lu Ping’an could not wait any longer...
— End of Chapter 1104 —