Chapter 55 Meng Rui, Farewell
In an instant, Meng Rui let out every curse she knew in this lifetime!
Just a moment ago, she had been gloating.
Er Niu was dead, a strategist had arrived, and she had received a B-rank side quest. A perfect day.
But the moment the strategist showed up, he put her in a checkmate.
The key question was, how did that kid do it?!
A clone technique?
How was that possible?
Meng Rui nearly ground her teeth to dust, forcing two words through the gaps.
"Da Qiang!!!"
The only possibility she could think of was that this was a scheme set up by Da Qiang, that Veteran.
Otherwise, it would mean that things like ninjutsu actually existed in the real world.
But wasn't that just too ridiculous?!
"Hehehe... Hahahahaha!"
Fufu, realizing he had also been played, burst into loud laughter!
"Didn't see that coming, did you? Woman, you farm people, winning no loyalty. This is divine retribution! Die!"
As he spoke, the golden light flared!
In the sky, Fufu's figure seemed to merge as one with his Flying Sword!
After being trifled with, the Golden Core stage expert was finally enraged!
At the tip of his sword, golden light condensed into tangible form, creating streams of sword qi. These streams of sword qi moved like living creatures, circling and dancing in the air before fiercely slashing toward Meng Rui.
Faced with such an assault, Meng Rui felt immense pressure. Although her body was powerful under the effects of the Gene Lock, she was completely helpless against Fufu, a Golden Core stage sword cultivator!
Unless she could knock Fufu out of the sky, only then would she have a chance to fight back.
Right now? She could only take a one-sided beating.
Her mutated limbs waved continuously, trying to block the seemingly sentient streams of sword qi, but every strike sent a massive force through her, making her arms go numb.
Fufu's attacks grew more ferocious. His sword techniques contained a Golden Core stage cultivator's control over the power of heaven and earth. Each strike stirred the surrounding spiritual energy, forming golden tornadoes that trapped Meng Rui within, preventing her mutated limbs from unleashing their proper power.
Meng Rui charged left and right within the tornadoes. Her sharp blades constantly clashed with the golden whirlwinds, and each collision made her feel a colossal suction force, as if it wanted to drain all the strength from her body.
If she didn't find a way to break free soon, she would be completely devoured by these golden tornadoes.
Her eyes darted around, searching for any environmental factor she could use.
The underground river!
That was the only way.
Meng Rui then used every ounce of her strength and launched a frenzied assault on the perimeter of the golden tornadoes!
For a moment, sparks flew everywhere!
Watching the battle from afar, Dio Brooke's eyelids twitched with each deafening strike.
A duel of this level was no longer something he could interfere in.
During a lull in Fufu's assault, Meng Rui, clinging to her last sliver of hope, pressed the button on her communicator.
Her voice was urgent, laced with a slight tremble. "Da Qiang! Da Qiang! Can you hear me? We can talk!"
However, the other end of the communicator was deathly silent, with no response whatsoever.
Meng Rui's heart sank. She took a quick look and found that the communicator's channel had been cut.
Her face turned pale as she realized she was now completely isolated, with no outside help.
The golden light intensified as Fufu's attacks surged toward Meng Rui like a tidal wave.
Fufu needed to kill this woman as quickly as possible.
Because if Team China had fled, he might still be able to give chase on his Flying Sword.
"Damn you!" A final trace of hesitation flashed in Meng Rui's eyes. She knew that if she didn't play her trump card now, she would really die here.
In her desperation, Meng Rui made her decision. Her body shot forward, recklessly charging toward the tornadoes formed by the golden sword light.
Her figure flickered in and out of view within the golden radiance. Each slash of the sword light inflicted grievous wounds on her body.
Even with the Gene Lock activated, her body couldn't withstand the full-power attack of a Golden Core stage expert like Fufu. She was being sliced to pieces.
This was the terror of a Golden Core stage expert—a power sufficient to tear apart all resistance.
A victor's smile had already appeared on Fufu's face; he seemed to have already seen the outcome of the battle.
However, just then, Dio Brooke's shout shattered his confidence.
"Captain! Look!" Dio Brooke's voice was filled with urgency.
Fufu narrowed his eyes, following the direction Dio Brooke was pointing.
He discovered that not far from Meng Rui's body, which was being shredded by the golden light, a small, flesh-colored, one-eyed creature was sprinting away at an incredible speed.
This small creature was extremely fast, its trajectory almost impossible to track.
A flicker of doubt crossed Fufu's mind; he didn't understand what this little creature was.
But he knew he had to catch it!
The small creature was very fast, covering over a hundred meters in the blink of an eye.
Using the complex terrain and its own physical advantages, it vanished after a few flashes. Even Fufu, with his bird's-eye view, lost track of its figure!
Seeing this, Dio Brooke fully activated his spiritual power scan.
A second later, terror flashed in his eyes!
"Crap! Captain! I forgot she can use a mental shield!"
"Let's chase it together!"
Onboard the Marauder, Ren Arakawa, who had been monitoring the battlefield with detection equipment, slammed his fist on the table.
"She still got away!"
He frowned in thought. "Is her true form a Parasitic Beast? Was Meng Rui just a host body?"
"Whatever!"
"Dan Nusi!" Ren Arakawa immediately shouted.
"Are we really using that?" Dan Nusi's expression was somewhat hesitant. She knew that once the blackwater was used, it would be like opening Pandora's Box.
"Use it!"
Across the sky, the Marauder, like a phantom in the night, silently released a metal prism.
The metal prism hovered steadily in mid-air, its surface shimmering with a faint glow, as if accumulating some kind of power.
Suddenly, it opened, emitting a low hum.
As the hum sounded, the metal prism released a large amount of black dust. The dust spread rapidly through the air as if it had a life of its own. It mixed and intertwined in the sky, forming a strange black mist.
This blackwater was like tens of millions of mosquitoes, circling and dancing in the air. Their sheer number was enough to inspire terror.
A portion of this blackwater began to drift in the direction of the Marauder, while the other part flew toward the distant battlefield glowing with golden light, right where Fufu and Meng Rui were locked in a fierce battle.
Zhang Jie looked at Ren Arakawa's excited back, utterly awestruck!
This whole scheme had truly screwed Meng Rui over.
Not only was she forced into a dead end, but this woman was also made to cough up 1,400 Reward Points for each of the newcomers.
Even Ren Arakawa, a Veteran, had managed to scam another 1,400 for himself.
Meng Rui would never have imagined, even in death, that she would one day be scammed so miserably, would she?
Onboard the Covenant, Da Qiang held his communicator, his heart filled with complex emotions as he watched the blackwater fill the sky.
When he realized things were going south, he had feigned concern, picking up the communicator as if to say a few words.
As for whether he would have turned back to save Meng Rui, that was another matter entirely.
But when he saw the blackwater descending, his last shred of hesitation vanished.
"Better you die than I."
"Meng Rui, farewell."
(end of chapter)