The monster’s roars whistled past her ears, colorful elemental attacks splashed everywhere, and sword blades sliced through the air with the scent of storms...
Big Ka conscientiously stuck to her task, holding back the Golem. For her, this wasn't particularly difficult.
Since it was a target that lacked mobility and was further restricted by the lava, all she had to do was use her attacks to keep it staggered.
Mo Shao had given her a task so easy that she could even afford to let her mind wander slightly during the battle.
Of course, she wouldn't actually do that. If a lapse in her concentration caused Mo Shao’s plan to fail, things would turn for the worse.
Even though she didn't quite understand what Mo Shao was planning yet.
—But she decided to just trust her regardless.
After observing her for so long... well, it hadn't actually been that long, but anyway! She instinctively felt that the other girl was trustworthy!
—This was a knight’s intuition!
...
And Mo Shao certainly did not let her down. After Big Ka had blocked it for only a short while, she heard a sound breaking through the air!
Whoosh—!
Big Ka subconsciously turned her gaze toward the source of the sound, but in the end, she didn't even need to shift her focus.
Because the speed of the one producing that sound was simply too fast; one moment they were high in the sky, and the next, they had arrived at the Golem’s location!
Boom—!
As the sound of the air being sliced ended, a roar echoed through the area!
Under everyone’s gaze, in the dark of night, a flash of bright gray light with a cold, metallic texture sparked instantly!
It was incredibly sharp! Incredibly fierce!
Then, a massive cloud of dust erupted, obscuring everyone's vision, but also making them even more curious.
—What kind of situation could cause such a commotion?
...
Finally, the dust cleared, revealing the scene within...
Mo Shao held a silver-gray iron spear, the radiant light of flowing lava illuminating her and making her shine. Her gray eyes seemed to have flames flowing through them.
Under the moonlight, her hair appeared to be dyed with a silver glow. Her clothes were slightly torn and messy, but this only added to her heroic aura.
As for the Golem, it slowly became transparent until it finally vanished completely into the air, returning to nothingness.
All it left behind were several colorful, dancing soul orbs circling around Mo Shao, making the scene look quite ethereal.
“Wooo! Sister Hui is a total badass!” someone shouted first, and then a wave of voices from the crowd followed immediately.
...But wasn't that a bit too much of a grounded way to cheer?
Mo Shao was a bit speechless, but she didn't dwell on it. At any rate, she had dealt with that troublesome Golem.
“You’re amazing, Sister Hui!” Little Ka praised her sincerely from the side, blinking her eyes and asking curiously:
“What was that move just now? It was so powerful! It one-shot that big Golem! Can I learn it?!”
Yes, she had already reverted from her Big Ka form back to her Little Ka form. Since the Golem was dead, the pressure had plummeted.
Maintaining her Big Ka form drained her mana at an exaggerated rate, and she had been relying entirely on blue potions to keep it up—notice that she hadn't even fired her light cannon?
...
“Actually, I just flew up into the sky and used the spear to accelerate as I dove down. But you can't fly right now, so you can't learn it for the time being.”
Mo Shao gave a simple answer, but although she made it sound easy, the reality... was extremely complicated!
When she flew into the sky and accelerated back down, she had actually summoned her account from her previous life—specifically, that motorcycle.
—She had used it for a round of secondary jet acceleration!
Right before she hit the ground, she put the motorcycle away—after all, that thing didn't add much damage.
If it exploded upon impact, it would likely hurt her as well... though she didn't know if something constructed from magic could still explode.
Most importantly, Mo Shao “felt” that the damage from that one strike was enough, so she didn't want to overcomplicate things.
After all, if the motorcycle broke, she would have to reconstruct it, which would consume a lot of magic. In the early stages, magic had to be used where it mattered most.
For instance, a few seconds before she was about to land, she had infused the iron spear with magic and thrown it.
Besides increasing the spear’s speed and damage further, it served another crucial purpose—it bought her time to save herself.
...
As for why she needed to save herself and how?
Nobody would think a person could survive after a dive from such a height, right? —At least, Mo Shao’s current physical body couldn't do it.
So she had to save herself; otherwise, it would be far too embarrassing to die from fall damage instead of by the enemy’s hand.
Her solution—the Ender Pearl.
After throwing an Ender Pearl, it allowed the user to only take the damage associated with teleporting, rather than the falling damage.
So using it to escape fall damage was the perfect choice.
As for why she didn't use a Water Bucket landing—she was afraid that if she failed, she’d just end up as a splat on the ground.
—By the way, a single layer of lava doesn't provide much of a buffer. It's said that you need three layers of lava to completely cushion a fall.
Of course, one must always have a backup plan. Mo Shao had naturally prepared one, just in case something went wrong with the Ender Pearl.
Her operation was that at the very last second, she used magic to throw her Soul Gem upward and use a slow-fall effect on it.
Even if her body was destroyed, she could reconstruct it, couldn't she?
In addition to the above, she had performed one more maneuver for this attack—she used the Snake Talisman to turn herself invisible.
She could have indeed created a super flashy special effect in mid-air, looking as grand as a falling meteor!
—But what was the point of doing that? It would just be telling everyone, “I have a very powerful attack coming, watch out and dodge.”
Especially since the enemy’s intelligence was quite high.
Therefore, to avoid being noticed and having her efforts wasted, she simply stayed invisible!
...
“I see...” While clearing out monsters, Little Ka blinked. From her expression, it seemed she still wanted to try it.
“Take it easy. If you want to try, you have to have a way to handle the descent,” Mo Shao reminded her with a bit of amusement.
“I know, I know~” Little Ka waved her hand and nodded in agreement. Then, she saw Mo Shao holding something:
“What’s this? Why is it so bright?”
A gray gem was emitting a clear, brilliant light. It was very dazzling and somehow gave her a... reliable feeling?
“Um...” Mo Shao was also a bit confused.
Because she currently didn't understand why her Soul Gem was suddenly shining so brightly right now.
—She didn't think she had used it for anything special.
Rate on N.U.
