Life Game In Other World
Chapter 1139: Outsmarting Oneself (Vote for Monthly Pass)

Chapter 1139: Chapter 1139: Outsmarting Oneself (Vote for Monthly Pass)

The blood-colored sword light clashed with the pitch-black spikes amidst the fluttering snowflakes, the earth shattered in this moment, and the towering statues began to spread with fine cracks.

One after another, the lights that shone brightly and illuminated the square exploded, as the pitch-black Shadow gradually enveloped the entire vast square.

In an extremely brief period, accompanied by piercing roars, the once spacious square was reduced to countless fragmented stones gathered into a shingly beach.

And upon this stone beach, shades of blood and black interweaved endlessly.

From the square to the statue, from the earth to the sky.

In almost an instant, two streaks of light reached the top of the statue.

The pervasive neon lights in the distance brightened up this dim city, while the drifting snowflakes fell onto the blood-stained shoulders.

Standing atop the statue, He Ao calmly observed Denock in front of him.

Blood had already dyed both of their garments crimson, their bodies riddled with dense wounds.

The injuries on Denock were much lighter than those on He Ao, but due to the continual bleeding effect of the Bloody Slaughter Knife, the blood soaking his body was not much different from He Ao’s in appearance.

"Are you testing my limits?"

Denock looked at He Ao, grasping the spike, and chuckled lightly.

He Ao held the Bloody Slaughter Knife, neither confirming nor denying.

In the recent battle, he had forsaken a defensive style, choosing instead to attack wildly in a mad dog’s offense.

Such extreme high-frequency attacks, while making him prone to injury, were the most likely to test the limits of one’s abilities.

"I must say, your willpower, combat awareness, and martial skills all gave me a sense of astonishment,"

Fluttering snowflakes landed in Denock’s blood-streaked hair, as he tightly clenched the spike in his hand and hoarsely said,

"Even with greatly reduced strength, others rushing at you with that knife would only meet death, but you managed to protect your vitals in such high-intensity combat, and even inflict wounds on me.

"You even made me feel like I’ve spent too long in one place, my eyes covered, unable to see the vastness of the Federation.

"I must admit, you are the strongest in combat cultivation I have encountered these many years."

He held the spike across his chest, his voice calm and cold, "But this is the end. Once I kill you and please the great Chaos, I’ll leave here, and take a closer look at the heroes of this world."

The moment the words fell, his figure suddenly disappeared.

And He Ao’s expression did not change, as though he had anticipated the surprise attack, he raised the blade in his hand, not retreating but advancing instead, taking a step forward directly towards Denock.

The roaring sound once again resounded through the night; the statue’s head, riddled with cracks, could no longer withstand it and exploded with a bang.

Steel and concrete debris scattered across the sky, along with the drifting snowflakes, showering down in all directions.

The two figures originally locked in battle also lost their support and fell from the sky.

More and more wounds appeared on He Ao’s body, and those dense injuries came closer and closer to his vitals.

Although affected by the continuous bleeding ability of the Bloody Slaughter Knife, the injuries sustained by Denock were still far lighter than those of He Ao. If the fight continued in this state, He Ao would be killed before Denock bled out.

But even at this juncture, He Ao still maintained his calm, his mind eerily silent, with only the martial moves previously used by Denock flashing through his head.

Suote’s combat talent was not weak; this, stemming from the body’s instincts, further helped He Ao decipher the situation in combat.

0.02 seconds.

This was the minimum interval Denock took to use his abilities.

The time it takes for a blink is between 0.2 seconds to 0.4 seconds, 0.02 seconds is about one-tenth of a blink.

At maximum intensity, Denock could use his powers ten times in the time it takes to blink.

And what He Ao seemed to be able to seize was only this ’one-tenth’ of the blink.

But even if He Ao exerted all his strength, ordinary attacks could not achieve such a high frequency, and he needed time to reorganize the disrupted energy circuits.

Countless thoughts streamed through He Ao’s mind, the circuitry of Fist Technique, the disrupted circuitry, the circuitry of Martial Techniques.

These patterns of energy flow were like rivers thundering across the earth, branching out into innumerable tributaries before finally returning to the sea.

Eventually, at the moment when the black spike almost pierced through his chest and nearly shattered his heart, a stream of light flashed through his mind.

Why does a disrupted energy circuit have to be ’chaotic’?

This time, he did not wait for Denock to withdraw the spike but directly grabbed it with his hand, yanked it out, held it in his palm, and then, with the remaining half of his body carrying the Bloody Slaughter Knife, he suddenly swung it out.

Long Weapon Martial Techniques, tip amplification by 30%!

The essence of using a short weapon to execute a long weapon technique is treating the entire body as part of the weapon, which also requires a certain buffering distance.

Although the buffering distance this time was a bit extreme, He Ao barely managed to execute the long weapon technique.

And it was at the moment he swung the blade tip that the familiar sense of disruption struck again.

He Ao’s energy circuits were disrupted once more, weakening his power.

Denock immediately pulled out the spike He Ao was holding with force and then swung it back to block the bloody blade.

At the same time, before He Ao could adjust his internal energy circuits, they were disrupted again.

In the midst of their fierce bout, Denock roughly figured out the timing of He Ao’s energy circuit adjustments.

Accompanied by a soft ’bang,’ the spike easily blocked the abruptly thrust blade tip, even attempting to take advantage of the situation to flick it upwards, dispelling He Ao’s blade.

Then, almost in the same instant, He Ao seemed to anticipate Derek’s disruption, lightly lifting the bloody blade in his hand and stabbing out once again.

Underneath the energy circuit of the Long Weapon Martial Techniques, He Ao also prepared the Second Burst Martial Techniques, but what he used now was not the Second Burst.

Because the energy circuit of the Second Burst was also disrupted, this was a technique that He Ao modified based on the disrupted energy circuit of the Second Burst.

Its power amplification was about 28%, lower than that of the Long Weapon Martial Techniques, but it could achieve a special effect.

To launch a second attack within a very short time on top of the original attack.

This time, with Denock’s help in disrupting the circuit, took less than 0.02 seconds.

When the fierce attack struck the spike, Denock’s cheeks did not even have time to show surprise.

The unexpected force of the strike hit Denock’s spike, flinging it open unexpectedly, and aimed a direct stab at Denock’s forehead, behind which lay his brain, the convergence point of his energy.

All of this happened so quickly that even the snowflakes swirling around the two fighters didn’t have time to react.

According to the properties of the Bloody Slaughter Knife, as long as He Ao could insert the blade tip into Denock’s forehead even a bit, even if it almost didn’t reach the energy convergence point, the critical hit effect would still help He Ao tear open that energy convergence point.

However, just at the moment when the bloody blade was about to touch Denock’s forehead.

On that seemingly brutish and reckless face, the corners of those thick lips curled up slightly.

In that instant, an even more violent disruptive force completely scrambled He Ao’s energy circuits, nearly erasing the amplification brought by Fist Technique and Martial Techniques, slowing down He Ao’s speed as a consequence.

All of this, still happened within 0.02 seconds of the previous disruption.

Following that, the deflected cone swept sideways, taking advantage of He Ao’s slowed down speed, striking towards He Ao’s chest.

The blood-colored blade tip finally reached Derek’s forehead, and a bright red wound burst open instantly along Derek’s brow.

But that was as far as it went.

The blade tip ultimately failed to advance further, and it was still very far from the true convergence point of energy.

The black cone struck He Ao’s chest, the massive recoil shattered the already cracked base of the statue that Denock was standing on.

And accompanying the sound of breaking bones, He Ao’s body was instantly sent flying backwards.

He could feel the heat from the friction between his skin and the air, the terrifying velocity tearing through the night air with a whistling blast.

Then, like a meteorite falling from the sky, he crashed into a deserted shopping mall next to the plaza, smashing straight through it and landing on a double-decker bus on the adjacent street, which had already been deserted.

The immense force caused the bus to crumple like paper, then tear and eventually burst through.

Following the punctured batteries, a surging fire erupted beneath the bus, and He Ao’s body completely crashed into the ground.

The surging power and fine cracks tore the road apart, extending for hundreds of meters at once.

Below Denock’s feet, the statue he was standing on finally couldn’t withstand the overwhelming impact, and chunks of stone fell from the statue like a rain of rocks, as the magnificent statue standing amidst the neon skyscrapers of the city crumbled with a roar.

"I’ve been holding back this power interval for so long,"

Inside the statue was the control center, and with the crumbling rock falling, Denock’s body plummeted, pushing off the surrounding debris, moving through the hollow of the statue at the highest speed as if a divine being born from this sacred sculpture.

He looked at the burning bus, his voice rising, "I didn’t expect you to actually discover it."

He raised the spear in his hand and laughed heartily, "Indeed, they were all too weak. They were killed by me before they could even discover my trap. But you’re different, you’re weak, but smart enough."

His smile grew brighter, "But have you ever heard this saying, too smart for your own good—"

At that moment, a blood-colored brilliance suddenly burst out from the flaming bus.

"Hahaha,"

Seeing this blood-colored brilliance, Denock paused slightly, then burst into laughter, "You couldn’t defeat me even at your prime, and now that I’ve beaten you to the brink of death, you think you can beat me?! A withered lamp dares to compete with the grand sun for brightness?"

He lifted the spear in his hand and used it to disrupt the approaching blood-colored brilliance.

However, ultimately, nothing happened.

The anticipated interruption and halting of the blood-colored brilliance did not occur.

The brilliance still maintained its terrifying speed, rushing towards Denock.

Denock’s face didn’t have time to show surprise before he immediately lifted the spear, blocking the oncoming Bloody Slaughter Knife aimed at his chest.

However, the incoming Bloody Slaughter Knife unexpectedly changed direction in mid-air, lunging for his forehead.

Denock immediately raised the spear, swinging it overhead.

Bang—

Amidst the falling rain of stones, the dark spear still blocked the bloody blade.

Then in the next second, the figure accompanying the Bloody Slaughter Knife ’grasped’ the knife tightly, and it seemed only then that the body ’collided’ with the knife, carrying dreadful power that directly shattered the spear.

During this process, Denock continuously tried to disrupt the energy circuit and muscle of the person before him.

But this ’disruption’ had no effect and couldn’t hinder the terrifying force that was pressing forward.

Pfft—

Accompanied by a soft sound, the blood-colored blade of the knife plunged into Denock’s forehead, then instantly pierced through his skull.

Bang—

Denock’s skin instantly burst open, as fresh blood tore through his body.

He widened his eyes, blankly staring at the man who had stopped in his tracks, feet planted on the ground.

The sound of thunder rumbled as fragmented shards from a shattered statue fell around the two men.

"Have you ever heard the saying,"

the figure held the Bloody Slaughter Knife in one hand and gently wrapped his other arm around Denock’s body, "Cleverness may overreach itself."

Pfft—

The blood-red blade was instantly pulled out, its spray of red and white staining the fallen rocks.

"What exactly, did you do?"

Denock’s eyes bulged as he opened his blood-gushing mouth with a hoarse voice.

He Ao took a few steps back, the blood-colored blade hanging down towards the shattered ground, and spoke slowly, his voice hoarse yet calm echoing amidst the falling rocks, "Inertia."

Upon hearing this word, Denock’s eyes instantly widened.

He seemed to understand something, wanted to say something, but could only provoke a round of dry coughing.

The fall of stone rain finally stopped at this moment, and now the grand and enormous statue was left as nothing but a circle of rubble.

The two blood-drenched figures stood in the middle of this circular ruin.

Denock’s body bent forward kneeling on the ground; he ultimately could not say anything, finally only managing to hoarsely squeeze out two sounds, "Heh—heh—"

It seemed as if he was mocking himself, or perhaps mocking the world.

His body eventually pitched forward, collapsing to the ground.

He Ao reached out his hand, a pristine snowflake falling into his blood-red palm, gradually melting into the center of his hand.

He looked down at Denock’s corpse, at the gradually dissipating energy circuitry.

The Chaos Mage’s ability was strong, but not without limitations; it seemed that the target had to be within the caster’s field of view to be effectively used, and there was also a certain range limitation to the spell.

This range should only be around a hundred meters or so.

The most typical example was that a helicopter’s noise was very loud and could be heard from far away; Denock was well aware that He Ao was the one piloting the helicopter.

With the Chaos Mage’s ability to cause explosions with just a glance, there was no need for him to wait for He Ao to approach before using it.

However, he only acted against He Ao when he was close enough, using a machine gun to disrupt him from killing Lokte.

Moreover, during the fight just now, he never allowed He Ao to leave his sight, and would immediately pursue if He Ao scattered.

Of course, this was He Ao’s guess; in Denock’s mind, there wasn’t any thought related to the Chaos Mage’s abilities, he didn’t even have any thoughts related to the cool-down of his powers.

Denock had extensive experience in dealing with ’Mind Readers,’ even without knowing whether He Ao had the ability to read minds, he was on guard against He Ao.

These old-school B-rankers who had emerged from the battlefield and roamed the Federation for decades all had their own ways of survival.

Until the end, before he revealed himself, He Ao couldn’t be sure whether Denock’s abilities had a cool-down period or not.