Chapter 19 Talk

Liu Wu-dai casually fired a shattering arrow, blasting open the dome at the entrance of the subway station. She leaped forward, light as a willow leaf, and nimbly slipped through the crack.

Her toes skimmed across the ground, easily dissipating her momentum.

She saw the situation inside the subway station clearly.

The subway station's structure had mostly collapsed due to the fractured rock strata.

The ground was covered in a dense network of deep cracks, and rubble was everywhere, making it difficult to find a foothold.

A constant stream of mist poured from the cracks, unlike the dry ice smoke used in stage productions. Instead, it condensed and gathered, forming a shallow layer of fog that crept along the ground.

The Yuangmo leaned against a pillar, lying on its back. A massive wooden arrow was firmly lodged in its chest. Its neck and spine had been brutally crushed into powder, and the gulu gulu on its forehead had completely lost consciousness.

"Hiss..."

The Yuangmo, possessing a respiratory system after its fusion, breathed with difficulty. Green, gelatinous muscles laced with white veins vibrated constantly, like a quivering humanoid jelly.

The only reason the Yuangmo was still alive wasn't because Li Ang was merciful.

But because a cross-shaped two-handed sword, entirely composed of light, hung high above the Yuangmo's head.

That sword emitted a majestic, serene, bright, and pure white light, enveloping the Yuangmo below within a pillar of light.

The air around the light sword seemed to resonate with inhuman, inarticulable sacred chants.

Also enveloped by the light sword were the Bafang Mingyue Gongdeng (Eight Direction Bright Moon Palace Lantern) and the Jijiu, who sat not far from the Yuangmo.

Rewinding time by half a minute,

After Liu Wu-dai fired her arrow and struck the dying Yuangmo, two light swords flew from the subway tunnel below, enveloping the Yuangmo and the Bafang Mingyue Gongdeng, blocking Li Ang's attempt to strangle the Yuangmo.

Explosions, punches, bullets, flames, illusions—no form of attack could penetrate the range of the light swords.

Neither Li Ang nor Chu Yin and the others could harm the Yuangmo beneath the light swords, nor could they take the Bafang Mingyue Gongdeng, which was also enveloped by the light swords.

Beneath the light swords, that space, echoing with faint chants, seemed completely isolated from the gray-white world, unable to touch each other.

In bewilderment, the Jijiu, also with a light sword hovering over his head, slowly walked out of the subway tunnel.

His physical condition was much better than the last time they met.

His battered body, repeatedly assaulted by Li Ang and Chai Da-xiao-jie (Miss Chai), was now covered in pale yellow ointment, filling in all the wounds.

His severed limbs had been replaced with arms and legs made of some white rubbery material.

The joints were also smeared with piles of pale yellow ointment that emitted a strange, unpleasant odor.

The current Jijiu looked like a damaged toy that had been barely repaired, giving the impression that he might fall apart at any moment, even with just normal movement.

"Good thing..."

The Jijiu gave a bitter smile under Li Ang's icy gaze, staggered closer, and sat down beside the unconscious Yuangmo. "I finally made it."

"Rushing over to die?"

Li Ang said calmly, his hands moving without pause. He skillfully took out various explosive devices from his backpack,

placed them around the Jijiu and the Yuangmo, and said lightly, "The effect of these light swords is probably to make a few units invincible for a certain period of time, right?

Whether it's a skill, equipment, or item, the greater the power, the greater the limitations and the greater the consumption.

I don't think the duration of these light swords can last until the sixth barrier contraction is complete."

""

The Jijiu didn't answer directly. He silently watched Li Ang set up the explosive devices, his eyes filled with unknown emotions.

Li Ang was right. The item the Jijiu was using did have its limitations.

[Name: Light Seal Sword]

[Type: Consumable item, disappears after one use]

[Quality: Perfect]

[Effect: Light Seal. After chanting for thirty seconds for the three Light Seal Swords, you can designate three targets to enter a state of stasis. Targets must be within one kilometer and must not have hostility or resistance to the user. Targets can move freely in a state of stasis, but cannot use skills, equipment, or items. Cannot attack, be attacked, or be injured. Existing injuries will not heal, nor will they worsen. Spiritual energy, physical strength, sanity, and other values cannot be naturally restored. The state of stasis lasts for ten minutes and cannot be actively canceled. After the Light Seal effect ends, the user's spiritual energy is forcibly reduced to zero.]

[Consumption: 500 spiritual energy, 500 physical strength, 100 sanity]

[Cooldown: None]

[Requirements: Able to read, understand, and chant Runas text]

[Note: The light sword hangs high in the sky, serenely protecting all living beings.]

This item, the Jijiu's greatest reliance, had a powerful and domineering effect.

As long as a player was within the Light Seal, whether stepping into lava, walking on the seabed, facing a nuclear explosion, or breathing chlorine, they could directly ignore all damage.

Within these ten minutes, even if the sky collapsed and the earth caved in, even if the earth was destroyed, the target protected by the Light Seal Sword would be safe and sound.

Generally speaking, the correct way to use this item should be... for other teammates in a script mission.

The suitable scenario should be when a team of players is challenging a boss in a script mission, the user hides in the dark and suddenly uses the Light Seal Sword to seal the boss and the boss's minions, buying time for other teammates to recover and buffer the cooldown time of their skills.

It can also be used to protect dying teammates at critical moments of battle.

The only flaw was probably the ten-minute duration, and that after the effect ended, the user's own spiritual energy would be forcibly cleared.

Clearing spiritual energy meant that most skills and equipment could not be used, and the debuff of spiritual exhaustion, dizziness, and mental depletion would be applied, making the user essentially useless and at the mercy of others.

No matter how you look at it, it was not suitable for the current deathmatch environment.

"You're right."

The Jijiu leaned against a pillar, a bitter expression on his face.

He glanced at Li Ang and the others, whose faces were gloomy, and laboriously raised his white rubber arm, glanced at his watch, and slowly said, "Everyone, don't be so wary. With the three light swords, you can't hurt us, and you can't take this Bafang Mingyue Gongdeng.

Eight players have already arrived, which means there's only one foreign player left who hasn't arrived—I guess he's on his way here too.

Why don't we have a good talk?"

"What do you want to talk about?"

Li Ang asked calmly, having already laid out the explosive devices.