Chapter 635
Chapter 635 - 615: Fierce Battle
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As the pages of the book turned, revealing the "forest", Lu Ping’an’s focus shifted, the setting already changing ownership.
"The Life Illustration of the Wind Reverser..."
When Lu Ping’an brought out this book, it wasn’t for the creation within, neither Little Flame nor Zhi Xi needed its intimidation.
It was because it was a Silver Curse at the Upper Silver tier, and also a quasi-rule creation of the Way of Life.
"...Whole, is One."
When Lu Ping’an integrated this into his martial arts, an inexplicable connection was established between the book and himself, making it Lu Ping’an’s "weapon."
If one had the spatial sense of the Blind Sword Saint, or used Spirit Vision to observe, they would see the book and Lu Ping’an integrated into one entity, as if a complete soul.
"Tsk, as expected, still a bit forced."
After completing the connection, what Lu Ping’an felt was the strong Life Source Force transmitted from the book.
It was a source of pollution, and Lu Ping’an’s abilities opened this source of pollution, linking it to himself, naturally resulting in its Erosion and attack.
But as a price, Lu Ping’an also got what he wanted...
[Obtained infusion of Life Source Force, Life tier received a boost, Life Affinity slightly increased, resistance improved, some properties considered as Decree-level entity.....]
At this moment, Lu Ping’an was no longer just an individual.
He had become a "socket," having "Zhi Xi", "Little Flame", and now also, "Life Illustration" plugged into him.
When these individuals come together as a whole, a natural connection would form between them. As the "core," Lu Ping’an would suffer the invasion of Little Flame’s Holy Fire, Zhi Xi’s mental erosion, and of course, the basic contamination properties of Life Illustration as a "Taboo item".
But what is lost is gained, when experimenting with these abilities before, Lu Ping’an discovered, surprisingly, that once he completed the connection and resisted the Erosion, his "Life level" was forcibly improved by the Silver Curse at the Upper Silver tier.
Consequentially, he had some of the properties of the Life Illustration as a Silver Curse, thereby gaining some attributes of the high-level life series professionals.....
"...luck, isn’t that bad."
The tree-men stepped into reality, with tall figures standing in front of the Water Dragon.
And this time, both Da Ren Willow and the "Cactus" weren’t in a rush to fall into rage... Lu Ping’an, who held these cards, could subtly control their impulses.
Every time he used these cards before, Lu Ping’an would just let them go berserk... In fact, as a low-level Gardener, even though he was holding the cards, he was still unable to fully control these curses that are higher ranked than him.
Now, the connection between him and them was still present, and Lu Ping’an had the potential to accurately control them.
At the same time, the tree-men had become taller, stronger, and larger... They were, for the first time, enjoying the life energy blessing they should have had as "Gardeners".
The giant tree-man and the Water Dragon clashed, the War Monsters tearing each other, fighting fiercely.
The earth was shaking, the fight of the huge beasts caused the audience inside and outside the venue to cheer thunderously.
A grand sight like this was always the audience’s favorite.
And the Golden Armored Knight on top of the dragon finally drew out his Javelin.
Blue lightning tore through the sky, Lu Ping’an barely had time to raise his hand to block... At this moment, he couldn’t handle a second cursed item, he couldn’t even use a lance to block.
The collision happened too fast.
But contrary to the expectation of most audiences, Lu Ping’an actually managed to block the Javelin and held onto it... The "Silver Mark" power that eroded the metal, under Lu Ping’an’s enhanced resistance, turned into harmless waves.
"Is this what Chris was talking about, without enough resistance, it’s hard to even stand in high-end games..."
Lu Ping’an looked up, at this moment Hannah... revealed a familiar smirk.
Another clash of metal, before Lu Ping’an had time to respond, he was already flung sideways.
He crashed directly into a wall, only then did he realize... What just happened? Who hit me?
The Golden Armored Knight stood where he was before, his serrated Battle Axe glowing faintly.
Was it Teleportation? The high-level ability of the Runner Department? No, it shouldn’t be, there was no spatial fluctuation detected.
"...Your chest."
Zhi Xi’s words were somewhat urgent.
Lu Ping’an looked down and found Zhi Xi’s armor had been torn open, a magical vine twisted out from within the gap, with a light golden blaze winding around it.
"How long will it take to recover?"
"...I don’t know. There’s still some strange power around the wound."
All the news that Lu Ping’an got was bad. The enemy, with just one hit, had knocked him out of his "unity of heaven and man" state.
At this moment, she was fiercely punching Little Flame...once the physical connection was severed, Lu Ping’an lost control of it.
But Little Flame, directed a bite straight at the Golden Armored Knight who attacked its master, even if its instincts told it, it had no chance of winning.
With two hits, the poor Little Flame was hammered into the ground, the flame on its body diminished, clearly indicating a serious injury.
When her attention returned to Lu Ping’an, that beastly gaze was fixed on Lu Ping’an. In that moment, the instinctive fear of life-threatening danger directly assaulted him...At this moment, without further confirmation, everyone knew the sheer gap in raw power between the two sides, and it was too much.
Just as expected, in the next moment, the Golden Armored Knight appeared in front of Lu Ping’an again, the deadly battle axe fiercely swung upward...only to strike an illusion.
Lu Ping’an, using an advanced Shrink Land technique, managed to slightly increase the safe distance and buy some time to investigate exactly how the opponent managed to do it.
A spatial system with an unreasonable teleportation ability? Such a super convenient ability wouldn’t be so easily possessed by a pure battle-professional, and Lu Ping’an’s fully activated Spatial Perception did not receive any feedback.
However, when he once again used "Everything is One" and made himself into a whole entity, he also detected something that did not fit in.
On his own right hand, there was a hint of a creepy energy lingering that he couldn’t dispel.
Instantly, Lu Ping’an’s gaze fell upon the javelin embedded into the ground. It was the weapon Hannah used to attack Lu Ping’an previously.
"A Taboo item that hits the first time and teleports the second time? Tsk, heavy armor with teleportation...continuously flashing, isn’t this cheating?"
This clearly was a powerful Taboo item, or perhaps a powerful Abnormal Ability.
Where Lu Ping’an’s gaze fell, the Purification Holy Fire burned on his right arm...but after burning for a while, Lu Ping’an only felt discomfort, and that strange energy still existed.
"...Zhi Xi."
"You owe me compensation."
After using the unified ability, communication became extremely quick. As soon as Lu Ping’an finished responding, his right arm, which had been infiltrated by the strange energy, was "cut off" immediately.
The metallic arm smashed into the ground and disintegrated at a rapid pace, while a silver metal was spreading and reviving on the cut-off wrist.
Zhi Xi was contributing her own energy, but at the moment, a large number of "tentacles" emanating from Lu Ping’an’s severed wrist were barely usable as an arm.
Lu Ping’an looked at Hannah, not seeing her teleport again, it seemed that his gamble had paid off.
Just when Lu Ping’an had just gotten rid of one big trouble and slightly relaxed, a loud boom came from behind him.
One of their giant tree-men was directly knocked down by the water dragon, and the venomous water spewing out from its mouth corroded the poor newborn unlucky ones.
Looking back, only two of the first batch of four tree-men summoned were left, and both bore wounds.
The shredded and corroded wood on the ground showed the fate of these powerful tree-men once Lu Ping’an couldn’t control them.
𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶
I’m afraid that this kind of pure reliance on autonomous summons for restraint won’t be of much use against a truly strong opponent.
If the water dragon was not restrained, two against one...Lu Ping’an could not beat either of them, let alone both.
And the Golden Armored Knight was approaching Lu Ping’an step by step, the cold light in its eyes seemed to suggest that the end was near.
— End of Chapter 635 —