Looking at the prompt on the game panel, Xu Mo's heart skipped a beat as some unpleasant memories resurfaced.
He still remembered the first time he had reached the Great Saint rank in this game. While adventuring across the Endless Sea, he had suddenly received this exact notification during a deep-sea voyage.
Immediately after, it was game over, which had annoyed him so much that he went out and bought a bucket of KFC to cope.
How on earth could he encounter such a thing in a place like this?
But surprise aside, this time, Xu Mo instinctively felt no real anxiety.
Sure enough, at that exact moment, warning data continued to generate on the panel:
【Warning: Data error.】
【Nothing happened.】
The final phrase, “Nothing happened,” carried a bizarrely comical vibe that almost made Xu Mo burst out laughing.
He looked back at his game panel. Sure enough, his remaining Sanity was stuck at 96/300, completely greyed out and static.
—Slaughter God Mode.
Bai Feifei's special talent had unconsciously triggered under the impending crisis of Dawn City's destruction and her clash with Liang Shuguang.
Nicely done!
Xu Mo praised her once again in his heart.
It seemed that in this clash of abilities between an unnamed NPC and a free character, the free character had emerged victorious.
Xu Mo could have chosen to contain the Blood Medal of Choice directly right now, but he held off for the moment.
Because if he could get used to fighting in this state, he would become even stronger! Besides, he wanted to experiment with a few other things in a bit...
After unleashing his roar, Liang Shuguang stared at Bai Feifei, feeling a trace of tension.
He might have looked casual, but that last move was actually one of his ultimate trump cards. He hadn't used that power in a very long time.
He wanted to see how this “Bai Feifei” from the mysterious organization would handle it.
But in the next second, a sword slashed forward!
On Bai Feifei's half of the face, a fierce and arrogant grin appeared. The sword descended, enveloped in a violent tempest of black and white energy.
Liang Shuguang was utterly dumbfounded.
There was no counter-strategy or defense—his attack had simply failed to do anything at all?!
“Holy shit! You actually have some tricks up your sleeve!” Xu Mo laughed and cursed, devoid of anger and even showing a hint of pleasant surprise. “You really do have something related to the Evil Gods of the Old Days!”
Liang Shuguang's pupils shrank. Overwhelmed by shock, he didn't even dare to block. He retreated rapidly, dodging the oncoming slash in a rather undignified manner.
By the time he stabilized his posture, his face was a mask of disbelief.
“How are you unaffected?!” He stared intently at Bai Feifei below, his voice wavering significantly for the first time.
He had assumed that since she belonged to that mysterious organization, she might possess some special method to counter his trump card.
But he had never expected her to remain completely unfazed, as if nothing had happened at all.
Xu Mo hefted his sword and sneered, “Did you think you were the only one with cheats?”
“Everyone's got their own hacks, you know?”
He paused, his expression growing even more insufferably arrogant as he pointed a finger at his own nose.
“When I was pulling off insane stunts back in the day, you weren't even—actually, wait, you were already dead. You were dead as a doornail!”
Indeed, in every previous playthrough, Dawn City had been destroyed. By the time Xu Mo was pulling off his massive endgame moves, Liang Shuguang was long dead.
However, Liang Shuguang clearly failed to comprehend, his eyes still clouded with confusion.
Xu Mo, on the other hand, didn't stop for a second. He launched himself into the air once more, his longsword transforming into a flurry of afterimages as he unleashed a relentless barrage of slashes upon Liang Shuguang!
Liang Shuguang swung his dark red glaive with one hand, violently clashing against the black and white energy!
Amidst the metallic ringing, shockwaves of energy exploded in concentric rings. The two traded dozens of blows in mid-air in the blink of an eye.
Yet at this moment, Liang Shuguang seemed to display a strange tacit understanding, almost as if he were holding back!
Despite possessing the strength of a Prophet, he refrained from deploying any of his signature lethal techniques, choosing instead to engage in a raw test of physical stats.
A solemn expression crossed his face, as if he were deep in thought.
With another clash of their weapons, their eyes met from barely half a meter away. Xu Mo suddenly grinned.
“Alright, didn't we agree to talk while we fight? Now is the perfect time for a chat.”
Liang Shuguang frowned, remaining silent.
“I'm getting more and more interested in you!” Xu Mo stared at him.
“Spill it. What exactly happened thirty years ago? And what's the deal with that power of the Evil Gods of the Old Days you just used?”
“Do you also have a piece of an Evil God's corpse? Why hide it? Pull it out and let me have a look.”
Liang Shuguang silently observed the flippant girl before him, his expression gradually turning solemn and serious.
Complex and unreadable emotions flashed through his eyes. After a long silence, he suddenly spoke, “You still seem too young right now. Your seniority is lacking.”
Xu Mo: ?
Liang Shuguang slowly tightened his grip on his glaive. They continued to trade blows as they spoke, the metallic clashing echoing a few more times.
Liang Shuguang continued:
“The current you isn't quite up to par. There doesn't seem to be much point in talking to you!”
“What rank is that Sinking Black in your organization? Is he really not coming today?”
“If there's anything to say, have Sinking Black come out and say it. Isn't he the one who wants to contain the Evil God's corpse?”
He paused, a murderous glint flashing in his eyes as he asked, word by word, “If I were to kill you... would he appear to save you?”
Xu Mo's face had already darkened the moment the man called him too young. He immediately spat back in anger:
“Who the fuck do you think you're talking to? Since when did you get to be picky? Doubting my seniority?”
The more he spoke, the angrier he got. Raising his longsword, he delivered another vicious downward slash!
“Even if you witnessed the power of the Evil Gods of the Old Days thirty years ago and think you're worldly, that doesn't mean shit!”
“How many of them have you actually seen? Let me tell you, I've seen plenty.”
“Do you even know anything about the Evil Gods of the Old Days?!”
Liang Shuguang snorted coldly and said:
“You might not have seen as much as I have. Perhaps I really do know a thing or two.”
For some reason, after clashing over the tier of their cheats, they had suddenly started measuring their seniority.
Xu Mo's brow twitched. Just as he was about to speak, Liang Shuguang suddenly took a deep breath.
This time, however, he did not unleash that soul shriek. Instead, as if having made a firm decision, he suddenly said:
“For instance, have you ever heard of a very peculiar method of Old Ones' Awakening?”
He stared at “Bai Feifei,” trying to read her reaction.
“It involves piecing together different traits—or rather, corpses—of the Evil Gods of the Old Days, to resurrect a single Evil God of the Old Days!”
As those words fell, Xu Mo's expression instantly froze.
Xu Mo: !?
Bai Feifei: ...
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