Chapter 459: Chapter 278: Gu Qiye and You Ruirui Join the Battle (Bonus 4/10)
She turned her head to look around, only to realize that during her confrontation with You Ruirui, scattered ice dust had silently filled the air, then wrapped around her entire body.
At this moment, the fluttering ice dust seeped into her pores, ushering a wave of extreme cold that froze the blood under her skin; the lethal chill penetrated her blood vessels, causing the swiftly flowing dragon blood to stagnate.
"A trap, huh..." The Bloodline raised an eyebrow, her body seemingly encased in an ice coffin, and even her fingertips couldn’t move an inch.
You Ruirui explained expressionlessly, "I’m not good at close combat, playing the close battle with you was just to set up this trap. The ice dust I created will freeze your pores and blood. It’s a dual guarantee: first, to ensure you can’t squeeze blood out from your pores; second, even if you still possess superpower, it will be blood whose activity is reduced due to the ice dust."
She paused for a moment, tugging at her black gloves, "This way, your abilities are essentially equivalent to having none."
"Little girl is quite cunning." The Bloodline teased.
"I don’t think you’re older than me, don’t judge people by appearance." You Ruirui replied blandly, "It’s just the side effects of my superpower that make me look like a child."
"Chatting with me like this, are you sure I’m completely captured? Maybe... I still have some killer moves hidden."
With these words, the Bloodline was forced to unleash her trump card after merging with dragon blood. She activated the "Dragon Transformation," making her blood boil entirely.
In the next moment, her pupils stood tall with a bright golden glow, and intricate scales layered over her body, extending from her neck to her ankles. From the veins of the vampire girl’s body, fiery blood pierced through the ice cover, bursting out from the gaps between the scales, instantly burning away the ice dust on her skin.
"The cost of this move is possibly losing my sanity; I didn’t want to use it..." The Bloodline licked her lips, her voice becoming hoarse and sounding like some ruthless non-human creature.
You Ruirui raised an eyebrow, slightly serious, "I underestimated you; it seems I need to take this battle more seriously."
Meanwhile, in another corner of New Leaf Village’s superpower prison.
A jet-black lightning bolt was darting across the scarred earth, continually colliding with an ominous crimson katana, ricocheting and repeating like a black beast driven by a wild, savage will, relentlessly biting its opponent with utmost ferocity and rage with each attack.
The arcs of lightning, black as the void, tore through the air, flickering and rampaging. As it raced, Gu Qiye’s body didn’t emit the usual thunderous roar—even the sound itself was swallowed by the black electric glow.
Thus, in the instant their confrontation happened, the only sound audible was the nearly explosive, frenzied vibration of the Demon Blade, while Jack the Ripper couldn’t rely on the roar of electricity to discern Gu Qiye’s movements!
Not even five seconds into the confrontation with the opponent, her hands were already trembling slightly, struggling to grip the Demon Blade tightly, while arcs of electricity danced on her injured left shoulder, preventing blood from flowing simply because it was seared away by the remaining electricity before it could gush from the wound.
At this moment, her entire body was shrouded in a sensation of numbness, making her feel as if her body didn’t belong to her.
"So fast... he’s become so much stronger? No wonder he was incorporated by Rainbow Wings." Yanmo Lin’s dark eyes wandered about, her gaze flickering, swiftly switching focus in an attempt to keep up with the black lightning darting around.
Suddenly, she closed her eyes, almost instinctively drawing her blade.
A blade of moon-like clarity flashed by! However, before the blade could reach, Gu Qiye transformed into a streak of black electric light that skimmed past, with the crimson glow in the mask’s eye socket trailing a line of ferocious afterglow in the air.
"Squish—!" The sound of muscles tearing was extremely piercing, a slender arm split in two from Yanmo Lin’s left shoulder.
Yanmo Lin frowned, opened her eyes to look forward, not even bothering to check her shoulder wound.
"Next time... it won’t just be an arm." Gu Qiye halted his movement, clutching the left arm torn from Yanmo Lin’s shoulder, his voice under the mask devoid of any emotion.
He raised his hand, the black electric glow searing the blood on his fingertips and burning Yanmo Lin’s left arm completely.
Standing ten meters apart, he lifted his gaze towards the one-armed Jack the Ripper. Despite both being Catastrophe-level, their speed and strength were worlds apart, completely incomparable. If this fight continued, it would evolve into a one-sided torture.
"You’ve turned dark, great hero..." Yanmo Lin said expressionlessly, "You weren’t this decisive before." With her remaining right hand, she suddenly swung her blade, and an eerie crimson light burst forth!
At that moment, the Demon Blade switched to a scythe form, a crimson crescent moon ballooned from the blade, shattering the ground and melting rebar as it forced Gu Qiye to retreat.
Then, the scythe in Jack the Ripper’s right hand transformed back into a katana. Amid the blood moon’s eerie light, the katana’s guard suddenly opened up into a "卍"-shaped gap.
Following this, the entire sword, like a creature opening its pores, unleashed countless twisted spirits that screeched out, binding her entire body.
This was the unique ability awakened in the "Demon Blade" form after Jack the Ripper’s Celestial Driver ascended to the third tier—enhancing her power by possessing souls residing in the Demon Blade.
The power of this move depended on the number of souls under her blade—the more souls, the stronger the curse power, yet the cost was that each use severely overdrafted her lifespan.
After several more uses, her lifespan might reduce to less than two years.
"Let’s continue." She raised her head, a strange purple-red light flashing in her pupils.
Gu Qiye frowned, slightly crouching, his body once again shrouded in pitch-black electric glow.
Meanwhile, Xia Pingzhou had already retreated to the barrier with Ayase Origami, gazing from afar alongside the Queen’s Statue at the battle of four Catastrophe-level fighters—a brief description.
He thought to himself, should it be said that he’s worthy of being a Salvation Society officer? Warden "Julius" had single-handedly stopped three Catastrophe-levels of the brigade earlier.
If it weren’t for the constraints of age, Julius’ solo combat ability would likely have surpassed Rainbow Wings’ level, comparable to the people of Lake Hunting.
Of course, when facing Julius earlier, Bloodline and Jack the Ripper hadn’t revealed their trump cards; otherwise, they wouldn’t have had such a difficult time.
"No matter what, the fight is over now." Xia Pingzhou thought and looked up at the sky.
Just then, a two-meter-long dark blue shark flew in like a rocket, its body covered in black tide. From afar, it looked almost like a giant black seaweed rice ball.
"Everyone, stop for the shark-shark!" Yaguba roared, his body suddenly expanding mid-air.
In an instant, a giant shark, three hundred meters long, opened its massive jaws in the air, casting an immense shadow over the land that enveloped the four Catastrophe-level superpower users engaged in battle.