The battle continued. The screen shifted to another side, showing a girl in a school uniform running forward. She suddenly stepped into empty space, falling into a chaotic dimension where countless building fragments floated in the air.
A black wind of blades pierced through from above, grinding countless pieces of debris into powder. Killing God Changqing pursued from behind, his engine heavy sword slashing repeatedly. One blade wind after another swept out, tearing the chaotic space to shreds.
The girl leaped continuously between the shattered rocks. Blade winds brushed past her one after another, leaving behind faint trails of blood.
"Killing God Changqing's death mark is on me now," the girl said calmly.
"Yulan, hold him there. We'll be there to support you soon," Lu Shuhang replied steadily.
"Understood."
The girl with the ID Yulan waved a hand. The black mist surging around her body converged toward her right hand. In the next moment, a giant scythe appeared in her palm, and a bloodshot eye on it snapped open!
【Erebus's Death Contract.】 Xu Xiaoyou spoke up at the right time.
On the screen, Yulan, who had been fleeing, shifted to the offensive. She shouldered the scythe's handle, leaped to the right, and twisted her waist to put her whole body into the motion. Her wrist and elbow propped up the long pole as she threw it with all her might. The massive scythe flew out spinning, turning into a whirling razor as it hurtled toward Killing God Changqing.
The man remained composed. He kicked several massive boulders with his engine heavy sword to launch them forward, but they were all ground to dust by the giant scythe. Seeing this, Killing God Changqing decisively raised his blade to block. Along with the spinning blade of the scythe, he was pushed back a hundred meters through the air, crashing through countless stone walls before finally coming to a halt.
Looking closely, a layer of black mist was faintly emerging on his body. A black mist mark was slowly forming over his head, while a semi-humanoid phantom appeared behind Yulan at the same time.
Killing God Changqing frowned slightly, glancing at the mark above him. The girl in the school uniform landed in front of him, holding the scythe handle behind her with one hand. The scythe head pointed downward, its sharp edges overflowing with black deathly aura.
"The ability of this mimicry is to stack a death mark called 'contract' on people. Each layer of the mark increases the enemy's attributes by 5%," Xu Xiaoyou explained.
"When the marks reach six layers, it will release 'Life Harvest' with a priority of 999, dealing true damage equal to 100% of the enemy's maximum health."
"Wait, you said it increases the enemy's attributes?" Angelina noticed the catch.
"Why else would it be called a contract?" Bai Youyou said.
She glanced at Angelina.
"Oh right, Angelina, I forgot you have no sense of contract spirit whatsoever. People from many guilds have already complained about you hiking prices on the spot when a commission is almost finished."
Angelina spread her hands, utterly indifferent.
"If it makes her unhappy, I'll just do it all as I please."
"It forces the enemy to sign a contract with the user, gaining attribute boosts at the cost of trading their life. Six trades mean completely handing one's life over to the reaper."
"So, you die if you get hit by that scythe six times?"
"Perhaps," Xu Xiaoyou said calmly. "But that's for people who keep their word. It's ineffective against those who don't follow the spirit of a contract—either through trickery or by killing the reaper before he knocks on the door."
"A desperate gambler always finds a way to become a deadbeat."
"Should I praise you two for being two peas in a pod?" Bai Youyou looked at Xu Xiaoyou and Angelina expressionlessly.
Xu Xiaoyou smiled with narrowed eyes and tilted Angelina's chin.
"How can you say we're two peas in a pod?"
"It's clearly that interesting souls always find common ground and attract each other. Am I right, Anya?"
Angelina silently brushed Xu Xiaoyou's hand away.
Tang Xin sighed and shook her head.
In the end, she was the one who had to pay the price for these two troublemakers.
When Meijiu was around, these two were usually somewhat restrained, fearing they would be bad influences. Now that Meijiu was gone, the two had completely let loose, doing whatever seemed fun. The most dangerous time was when Xu Xiaoyou smilingly suggested playing Russian roulette with Angelina, filling all six chambers and betting on the revolver exploding.
Angelina had been sober then, but she didn't stop her at all. Instead, she eagerly agreed to the girl's crazy request.
If Tang Xin hadn't happened to return, she didn't dare imagine how difficult the scene would have been to clean up.
When she went to confront Xu Xiaoyou, the other girl just acted like it was no big deal, claiming she was currently in a 'strong luck' state and that it would have exploded.
"She can only harvest the life after stacking six layers. What if the opponent is very strong and she can't reach six?"
"That usually doesn't happen," Xu Xiaoyou said. "Yulan's agility is very high. As a stealth-class, she also has the Unchecked Rampage passive. Ordinary main attackers are easily caught in a gap and taken out in one six-layer burst."
"As for non-ordinary situations, they naturally have non-ordinary ways to deal with them."
In the recording, blade lights clashed. The crisp sound of weapons colliding rang out continuously. To everyone's surprise, Killing God Changqing actually seemed to be suppressed. Yulan held the giant scythe, her offensive elegant, using the momentum of the previous strike to swiftly swing into the next.
The giant scythe whirled through the air, and blood splattered. Killing God Changqing's contract count reached five in the blink of an eye. One more hit, and he would be harvested and killed.
"Don't be deceived by appearances," Xu Xiaoyou said slowly. "This guy is faking it. He's taking the layers on purpose."
Seeing that only the last layer remained, a cold light flashed in Yulan's eyes as killing intent rose. Her left hand gripped the long pole, and she lunged forward. Closing her hands, she lowered her waist to an incredible angle. The giant scythe, which had been swinging upward, shifted into a sweep, spinning rapidly above her abdomen as the blade closed in on Killing God Changqing's weak spot.
"Yulan, don't be reckless!" Lu Shuhang's warning rang in her ear.
Killing God Changqing let out a soft huff and sank into a low stance. Gathering his strength in his waist, he stepped out forcefully with his right foot, kicking the giant scythe into the air. He followed up with another kick to the girl's chest, forcefully sending her flying backward.
He swung his engine heavy sword behind his head and swept it out with force. A black blade light swept across the entire field, piercing through a hundred meters in an instant. Exploding stones swirled like silvergrass!
Seeing the black blade light approaching rapidly and filling her vision, Yulan instinctively squeezed her eyes shut. However, in the next moment, a flying blade tore through space. Then, a black-haired youth swapped positions with it, suddenly appearing in front of her. At the moment his hand touched her, Four-Leaf Wutong was swapped over out of thin air.
Triggering the godspeed force, the two turned into a streak of light and lunged toward the right wing, narrowly avoiding the blade light and appearing in an open space. In the next second, the other three members of the team also appeared beside them out of thin air, moving so fast that their figures couldn't be seen clearly even when slowed down dozens of times.
The screen was paused.
"This is...?" Angelina was stunned.
"This is the effect of Lu Shuhang's mimicry, God of Assassination. He can swap positions with a designated allied unit. This is the only effect of this mimicry. As for that visual impact of shifting shadows shown on the screen, that's the result of the dual link between Lu Shuhang and Four-Leaf Wutong."
"Godspeed force plus position swapping—it looks like they're just flashing all over the place."
Xu Xiaoyou explained.
"Don't underestimate this mimicry. The allied units also include weapons he throws himself. He can even place weapons on his teammates in advance to select and swap positions. Paired with Four-Leaf Wutong's godspeed force, he can bring all his teammates to a safe location in an instant, even from across the entire battlefield."
"Whether for offense or defense, this is an overpowered legacy grade mimicry. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it the strongest among the five."
"And the price? Is it still consuming psyche?" Angelina raised an eyebrow and asked.
"No," Xu Xiaoyou said, lowering her eyes. "The only price is that his heart will be in a state of overload because of it."
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