"I must admit, your comprehension ability surprises me," Jie Luo walked to his side and squatted down. "You are the first person to be able to comprehend this and fight back without any explanation."

The Purity picked up the buqiang from the ground, carefully examining it in her hands for a moment. "Rare materials, exquisite workmanship... is this also a snow powder weapon? What you create is indeed terrifying, but it doesn't pose much threat to me—I've been carefully observing the entire battle, whether it's the slender tubes in the tunnels or the thick iron pipes placed behind the camp. They mostly rely on the operator, and you can barely even see my movements." She shook her head. "Over the long years, I've devoured countless warriors, including a Transcendent. You can't win against me."

Suddenly, a green plastic box appeared between the two.

The huge explosion instantly echoed across the rooftop, the classroom windows shattered, and even an entire floor slab was blown open. The sweeping airflow overturned the old iron door of the stairwell.

"It's not that my comprehension ability is strong, but your stage setting is too clumsy!" Luo Lan reappeared in a corner of the rooftop. He gasped for breath, the intense pain from just now still fresh in his memory. Now he understood what those guys whose hands and feet had been cut off felt like before they died. He couldn't bear it any longer, so he "manufactured" a pack of explosives and blew himself and Jie Luo to pieces.

"Clumsy?" The reborn Jie Luo raised her eyebrows. "This is your memory."

"But it was created by your ability. You have to know that six o'clock in the evening is the busiest time on campus. How could there be no one on the playground? It looks exquisite, but it's just a set with loopholes everywhere." He stalled for time while quickly thinking of a countermeasure. "Is this how you devour your opponents? Force them to despair, surrender, and then obediently offer you their knowledge and skills?"

The Purity's skills already had some resemblance to a Transcendent. At least he had only seen this kind of explosive power and speed in Ashes. It was difficult to hit her with ordinary firearms, only high-powered explosives could cause her damage—even though he couldn't escape the explosion range himself.

But was it really that simple? After three resurrections, Luo Lan already felt a fine sweat on his back, and his heart was beating much faster than before, as if he had just run around the playground. His stamina had clearly decreased.

Could it be that the number of rounds in this duel is limited?

If that were the case, the tactic of "manufacturing" a pile of high explosives to blow up the entire building would not work... As it stands, the score is one to three. He must find a way to turn the tide as soon as possible.

Undoubtedly, what he needed was a weapon that could both attack and defend.

"Although I don't quite understand what you're saying, wouldn't it be good to surrender?" Jie Luo tilted her head. "The process of death is a torment for anyone. Even giving up is a wise choice."

"Save that for yourself," Luo Lan roared. "Iron Man!"

In an instant, a red metal suit appeared in front of him. He walked into the back of the suit and silently recited the startup program—

However, apart from a narrow video image appearing in front of the helmet, the armor did not close on its own, nor did artificial intelligence respond to his call.

Before he could even take a step forward, the entire suit fell straight to the ground.

By the time Luo Lan got up, Jie Luo had already plunged her blade into his neck.

The whole world turned upside down. He saw his body kneeling powerlessly, and then he was enveloped in darkness.

"If you want to create a suit of plate armor, you at least have to put joints on it," the Purity knocked on the hollow armor. "Although I don't think these hollow and thin iron plates are of much use."

Luo Lan's heart sank abruptly after his fourth resurrection.

Although the death just now was not painful, he had realized a serious reality—even if he created something he didn't understand the principles of, it would only be an empty shell. For example, the display screen on the visor was just a simple camera.

Damn it, I can only use brute force.

While the other party was still pondering the metal suit, several steel plates ten centimeters thick appeared out of thin air and fell beside him, forming a bunker just enough for one person to hide in. A remote-controlled weapon station with protection rose from the top of the bunker, armed with a 40mm grenade launcher. Luo Lan plunged into it, locked the entrance, and controlled the weapon station to open fire on the Purity.

This time the attempt finally worked.

Even if Jie Luo approached the fortress again, she couldn't avoid the area-of-effect fragmentation grenades. Luo Lan directly bombarded the surroundings of the bunker with a series of grenades. The flying fragments pierced her body full of holes, while also hitting the thick steel plates, making clanging sounds.

Unfortunately, Luo Lan failed to find the opponent's resurrection location in time. The reborn Purity quickly retreated into the blind spot of the stairwell, avoiding the follow-up fragmentation grenades.

Just as he was about to "manufacture" another siege weapon, ten thousand rays of light appeared in the darkening sky. Golden light flowed above the clouds, the sunset glow was replaced by dazzling tassels, and the setting sun also paled in comparison.

He seemed to have seen this scene somewhere before—

In an instant, countless golden lightning bolts fell on the roof of the teaching building, instantly engulfing Luo Lan's figure!

……

When the fifth death ended, he was like someone who had been fished out of the water, his whole body soaked in cold sweat, and the muscles in his calves and arms were twitching uncontrollably.

The fortress had been completely melted by the Divine Will Imprint, but apart from a patch of blackness on the ground, it did not cause much damage. It can only be said that magic still works in this duel, and it is unreasonable.

"Give up," Jie Luo unexpectedly did not press on. "Your spirit is almost at its limit. There is not much meaning in the subsequent battles. Apart from endless pain, you will get nothing."

Luo Lan gritted his teeth, struggling not to fall down. She could clearly press her advantage and pursue him, why did she repeatedly ask him to give up? Could it be that being killed after running out of rounds and actively surrendering, the results are different for her?

"You should also understand now that both creation and death will consume your spirit. Exhausting your spirit means failure—everyone's spiritual strength is different. You have managed to persevere until now, which has exceeded my expectations." She spread her hands. "By the way, I have experienced more than two hundred years of time. If you also count the time in the soul battlefield, I'm afraid it will be doubled again. In other words, my spiritual strength is enough to support me to withstand hundreds of deaths. Your efforts will only make yourself more desperate."

Hundreds of times... is this just bluffing or honest confession? But looking at her relaxed appearance, Luo Lan vaguely felt that the other party was not lying.

And he didn't have much energy to spare.