Lut hadn't finished speaking when her right index and middle fingers stabbed toward Twenty-Three's eyes.

*Chi*--

Crimson droplets splattered on Twenty-Three's snow-white face, but...this was not her own blood.

Because a golden light flashed by in an instant, precisely severing Lut's index and middle fingers.

"As you wish..." Feng Bujue's voice sounded from behind Lut. He had charged up with Death Poker, "I'm here."

"Heh..." Lut smiled, "This is your greatest human weakness..." As she spoke, she extended her arm and flung Twenty-Three away.

Almost in the same second, Lut had turned around and grabbed Feng Bujue by the neck.

"You are very clever, clever enough to instantly discern my intentions," Lut continued. "But you are also very foolish, foolish enough to know that this would be the result and still walk right into my trap."

Their conversation left the others completely baffled...because this was a psychological battle between Feng Bujue and Lut; the series of rapid changes that seemed overwhelming to others were, to them, a more complex and dangerous game...

Firstly, in the situation just now, if Lut had really wanted to gouge out Twenty-Three's eyes, Feng Bujue would definitely not have been able to stop her. Both of them knew this very well.

So why did the finger-severing scene occur? Obviously, Lut had deliberately slowed down her attack.

To put it bluntly, she was "waiting" for Feng Bujue to come and save her.

And when Ling Feng prepared to intervene, Lut directly used overwhelming force to stifle his actions. This was also sending a signal to Jue-ge—"Others are useless, it must be you."

Feng Bujue naturally understood all of Lut's intentions, but...he had no choice.

"Even an outstanding individual like you cannot escape the constraints of emotion." Lut lifted Feng Bujue up slowly with one arm. She didn't rush to break his neck, but instead stared at Jue-ge with a cruel look, "You abandoned the most logically sound plan, simply because you didn't want to see your companion tortured and killed by me... But... can your choice really change anything?"

As she spoke, Lut raised her hand without turning her head, using the hand that had just healed itself, and released a flick toward her back...

The silent and invisible force instantly blasted Da Fentian, who had jumped up to attack, into mincemeat.

"Have you ever thought... objectively speaking, your choice is likely to be counterproductive?" Lut continued. "In the end... your companion will still be tortured and killed by me, only in this process, you have changed from a 'bystander' to a 'restricted' person." She paused. "In this way... your behavior is meaningless except to subjectively make your 'conscience' feel better."

Feng Bujue couldn't speak. The enormous force on his neck quickly brought him to the brink of suffocation.

"That's why... the future concerning you is always chaotic..." Lut continued, "In you, I can always see some calculation formulas that go beyond logic and have no theoretical basis... Your elusive, intertwined fate is the blind spot of all orderly worlds." She sneered, "Do you know the difference between us and you?"

At this point, Yan Mo and Vishnu also suddenly attacked, long whips and a bronze giant shadow flanking Lut from both sides.

But when the whip blade and bronze collided, Lut's figure had become illusory, disappearing from the gap in the attack.

Two seconds later, she appeared in the air, and Feng Bujue... was still held in her hand.

"We Derivatives also have emotions of joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness... When we encounter misfortune, we feel pain just like you humans..." Lut didn't care about the attacks from others, and continued to say to Jue-ge, "But when faced with that kind of choice just now, I would still stick to the most reasonable strategy." She raised her voice, as if wanting all the players to hear, "This... is what makes us Derivatives superior to you humans. Rather than making ourselves 'feel good', we value the results in the objective world more."

"Crazy Bro! Watch out!" Shiva's roar came from the ground. He finally used his trump card.

The last stone disk of the [Celestial Dance Hourglass] suddenly shattered, and the earth effect "Pure Land" was activated.

The effect of Pure Land is: to clear all enemy skills and equipment effects (including passives) within range, lasting for one minute.

Shiva didn't know if this skill could help Jue-ge escape danger, but given the current situation, it was better than doing nothing.

Unexpectedly...

Just as Shiva made his move, the positions of Lut and Feng Bujue... changed again.

Moreover, this time it wasn't Lut who moved voluntarily, but Feng Bujue, who was being strangled, used [Flying Sand in the Wind]...

"Heh..." Lut smiled, "Even with a blurred consciousness, you still made a fairly calm judgment..." She turned her head, looked at Shiva in the distance, and said, "You almost killed Feng Bujue, you know?"

Shiva was stunned: "Um... It's really... something to hear that from someone who's holding his neck..."

"Don't forget, in this script, Feng Bujue is also your 'enemy', he will also be affected by 'Pure Land'." Lut interrupted, "But... I don't care." After saying that, she flicked her finger again.

Shiva had seen this method two or three times, and he was already prepared. As soon as he saw the opponent raise her hand, he immediately reacted, barely dodging this attack.

"Hmph... Futile struggle." Lut commented coldly, then turned her head again and looked at Feng Bujue, "Um... Survival value is still 42%, right... Hehe..." She chuckled lightly, her beauty stunning, her smile as radiant as a flower, but in her eyes, there was no hint of a smile, only killing intent, "You must not faint, I plan to save Twenty-Three for last... After killing these few, your survival value will be almost at 1%, then I'll let you down and let you slowly admire how I..."

Her words stopped abruptly, and a strange look flashed across her beautiful face.

"What is this feeling..." Lut muttered to herself, then a white light flowed through her eyes, "[Draw a Cross and Curse You]? What a tacky skill..."

"Thanks for the compliment..." A long-lost voice sounded.

A black shadow flashed, as fast as a shooting star.

Xiao Tan killed out from behind Lut, first using [Demon Bat Phantom], dodging Lut's lightning-fast interception... then using [Horror Shadow Soul Chaser], severing Lut's arm.

By the time Lut turned her head again, all that was left in front of her was a cloud of blood and a broken arm.

Feng Bujue and Wang Tanzhi had both left her control.