Mini World Game Console-Chapter 686 - 687: Fierce Battle! Fierce Battle!
Spiritual Energy is indifferent; it responds to sentiment, moves with the heart, lives with blood, and dies with lack of thought. The Spiritual Control Technique lies in breath regulation, embracing the origin and maintaining unity, combining the five spirits into one, circulating and repeating, endlessly generating life…
In Qiao Muyi's home, a plump orange cat lay in its nest, drooling as it snored away in deep sleep, while Qiao Muyi herself was sitting cross-legged on a snow-white cushion that looked like a giant cotton candy Mantou, calming her heart and breathing slowly, rotating the Qi Cyclone as she once again attempted to break through to the Four-Transit Realm.
This cushion was a welfare benefit provided by the Tactical Bureau to Third-turn Cultivators at the director level. Although its effects were not as good as a Spiritual Energy Aggregation Device, it could effectively improve one's personal Cultivation environment. It was very portable, convenient for Cultivators to practice at home.
After all, the Tactical Bureau and the Heavenly Lotus Academy were not the same. The academy was located in the suburbs and had the funds and the space to build several dormitories equipped with Spiritual Energy Aggregation Devices, but the Tactical Bureau was located in the city center.
And the nature of the Tactical Bureau did not allow Cultivators to live too far away, as they needed to be able to mobilize rapidly. Therefore, the Tactical Bureau's supporting dormitories were still in the process of being cleared and acquired. Currently, most Tactical Cultivators still had to go to specialized Cultivation Grounds in the city to practice, and it was only leaders like Qiao Muyi who were eligible to be allocated such Cultivation benefits.
On the seventh day of the new year, the Tactical Cultivators were basically all back at work, and Qiao Muyi finally got a vacation, allowing her to cultivate day and night.
She had felt that she was at the Third Rank Peak for some days now, but it was as if she faced the shell of an egg—mere light poking seemed to be what was needed for a breakthrough, but she was stubbornly unable to do so. The promotion guidelines she had obtained through the Tactical Bureau's system were vague and only proposed three methods: "Water Drop Through Stone," "Battle Breakthrough," and "Aspiring to Touch the Clouds."
That is to say, to continuously cultivate and 'grind' through the bottleneck, to 'rupture' through the bottleneck through high-intensity fighting, or to 'comprehend' and break through the bottleneck through will and ideals. Satisfying any one of these methods does not guarantee a breakthrough. Some people might succeed with just one, while others might try all three methods and still fail to break through—it depends a lot on luck.
Qiao Muyi could understand the first two methods, but the last one was very metaphysical. The official guidance stated: "The greater your ideals, the higher your breakthrough rate. For example, you can cultivate in order to realize the great revival of Mysterious Country."
Qiao Muyi felt a bitter sense of frustration. As the Female Demon of the Tactical Bureau, she naturally couldn't live up to the Thought Cultivation education from nine years of mandatory schooling; she couldn't have such great ideals.
However, she also understood why Dong Chengling could so easily break through to the fourth transformation—Dong Chengling, the kind of determined person who could forego entertainment, rest, and relaxation for her ideals, and aside from snatching men had hardly any material Desire, naturally met the requirements of "Water Drop Through Stone" and "Aspiring to Touch the Clouds" with ease.
Qiao Muyi was very self-aware. In terms of Talent, she was in no way inferior to Dong Chengling, but she was only slightly more diligent than Ren Suo, and her ideals and Desires were only a bit more than Ren Suo's, lacking firm Determination.
For example, her Desire to travel the world with Ren Suo—if Ren Suo, in order to play the latest Soul Series Game, absolutely refused to travel, Qiao Muyi would compromise and happily give up, spending her days playing and fussing with Ren Suo at home.
Similar to Ren Suo's introverted hedonistic personality, Qiao Muyi had an extroverted hedonistic personality and did not possess what could be considered a life's ideal. Not every Great Demon King wants to conquer the world; not every Supernatural Being has an uncle who dies and then realizes 'with great power comes great responsibility.'
Moreover, with her Talent and Abilities, Qiao Muyi could achieve many goals on her own in the foreseeable future, making it difficult for her to have any 'great ideals that must be achieved.'
Therefore, Qiao Muyi had no choice but to choose to cultivate diligently, attempting to achieve "Water Drop Through Stone."
Just then, the plump orange cat suddenly woke up, letting out a startled and anxious meow.
Qiao Muyi opened her eyes and left her Cultivation State, looking out at the night sky, which was moonless and quiet, with only the distant sound of cars on the road carrying over.
Picking up the phone beside her, there were only messages from 10086, Taobao, and her subordinates.
However, Qiao Muyi was certain something had happened, as the air was filled with the scent of negative emotions. Moreover, just a moment ago, she definitely felt an intense fluctuation of Spiritual Energy, not far away!
A powerful premonition made Qiao Muyi immediately change into her clothes and shoes. Just as she was ready, her heart suddenly felt like it was being gripped, an overwhelming sense of crisis causing her entire body to shudder!
Xiao Suo!
Qiao Muyi's gaze turned frosty as she flew straight out from the balcony, leaving the fat orange cat at home questioning its life.
Spiritual Energy flickered into steps, her focused intent transforming into wind. Qiao Muyi became a brilliant Star Scar, speeding past buildings on the spring breeze, dashing towards Heavenly Lotus Academy as fast as lightning and Sprinting Thunder!
"Ghostly Stroll V2.10D"!
"Void Speed Star Trace V1.21B"!
The system governing access to Spells did not treat all Cultivators equally. Ordinary civil servant Cultivators could only learn the lowest-grade Spells, equivalent to nerfed versions, and rarely received updates. However, Tactical Bureau and military Cultivators not only learned the best original Spells but also frequently received updates and iterations to their Spell information. Thus, even among Cultivators of the same turn, those from the Tactical Bureau and the military could create a huge gap between themselves and ordinary Cultivators!
Right from the start, Qiao Muyi used her two most powerful Movement Spells, hastening on her way while taking out her phone to call Yu Kuangtu.
In the blink of an eye, she had clarified her thoughts, trusting her own intuition, absolutely certain that Ren Suo was in danger. After November, she discovered some subtle changes in her awakened spells, which, while being her own awakened spells, seemed to form an indescribable connection with Ren Suo. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚
Although Qiao Muyi had previously needed others' negative emotions to drive her awakened spells, Ren Suo was different. If others were like harvestable seedlings or enemies to be wary of, Ren Suo was the only one she acknowledged, the sole accomplice who would follow her into Frenzy until the world's end.
However, all of Qiao Muyi's destructive impulses had long since dissipated, and she would never let Ren Suo sacrifice anything for her again. But the changes in her awakened spells allowed Qiao Muyi to accurately sense Ren Suo's condition.
While currently she could only sense Ren Suo's explosive negative emotions and a rough direction when he was in crisis, if Qiao Muyi continued to cultivate and grow stronger, she might even be able to sense Ren Suo's joyful mood and exact location in the future.
If Ren Suo ever dared to have thoughts of straying, she would immediately find him and break his "dog legs" (referring to any injury that Ren Suo could heal himself).
Now that Ren Suo had encountered danger, naturally, he wouldn't be able to answer the phone.
But just now, Qiao Muyi was chatting with Ren Suo on WeChat; he said he was still at home and would return to Lianjiang with his sister tomorrow, yet now he appeared near Heavenly Lotus Academy…
Discounting the possibility that Xiao Suo would audaciously lie to me and sneak back to have an affair, there's another possibility: Dong Chengling used Spatial Movement to bring Ren Suo to her place for an aboveboard seduction.
Currently, with Ren Suo in danger, Dong Chengling must also be nearby, and thus she couldn't expect Dong Chengling to help Teleport Ren Suo away.
She could only first reach out to Yu Kuangtu, who was on duty at the Tactical Bureau tonight, and ask him to call hundreds of Tactical Cultivators to go fight at Heavenly Lotus Academy!
"Fire Dog, don't sleep! Wake the others and head to Heavenly Lotus Academy immediately! Ren Suo and Dong Chengling might be in trouble! I'm almost there," Qiao Muyi blurted out the moment the call connected. "Contact the nearby Yangtze Troops! If even Ren Suo is in trouble, we are likely dealing with Fourth-Tier Rank combat power!"
"Understood," Yu Kuangtu quickly agreed. "I also felt something was off. I'll lead a team and take a helicopter there immediately."
"Good—"
Suddenly, Qiao Muyi's whole body sank down, like a Meteor falling onto the trees flanking the highway, narrowly avoiding a sharp purple Radiance!
There was no time to put away her phone; at worst, she would requisition one from a random driver later, as she clearly remembered Ren Suo's phone number anyway. Qiao Muyi's hands ignited with black flames as she forcefully slashed, transforming into a fierce sky of demonic flames!
'Flame Dance: Demonic Flame Sky'!
"Heh."
Qiao Muyi heard a sneer, one common across the Multiverse, and found that her assailant didn't dodge or evade, but directly withstood this tactical-level attack capable of incinerating a building!
The dark flames in the air suddenly dispersed, revealing the figure of a purple-robed woman. With her black hair tied up in a high ponytail and wearing a mask that covered her mouth and nose, she had a notably artistic black carved belt around her waist. Her body shimmered with a purple glow as she shot out beams of purple light from her hands, watching Qiao Muyi with an ethereal look in her purple glowing eyes.
"Who are you?" Qiao Muyi surveyed her surroundings, finding not a single person nearby on the highway. Her eyes flashed with a cold light as she let out a heavy breath. Her 'Iron Cloth V3.23A' transformed into 'Absolute Blade Armor,' her eyes darkened with shadow as if she were a Demon, her hair billowing as if she were a deity, emanating a heart-thumping murderous aura!
'Demon King's Descent'! Any intelligent life that witnessed or sensed Qiao Muyi's Demon King form would uncontrollably experience Fear, Despair, withdrawal, and other negative emotions to the extent that they could not control their actions!
Qiao Muyi seldom used this move because even she couldn't precisely control it. But now, there was no one else around, the enemy was unknown, and she was also in a hurry to rescue Ren Suo, so naturally, she had no reservations!
The purple-robed woman's spirit was shaken but not panicked; instead, she looked at Qiao Muyi more fervently, emitting a joyous laugh as she charged toward Qiao Muyi like a purple Meteor!
Fourth-Turn Combat Power!
After just one exchange, Qiao Muyi felt the gap between her own and the enemy's strength. Even though she was a Third-turn Cultivator with powerful awakened spells, fighting against an enemy with Fourth-Turn Combat Power still inevitably put her at a disadvantage!
Moreover, compared to her, the purple-robed woman had no shortage of Supernatural Abilities, including combat beams of purple light, defensive purple radiance on her body, and teleportation abilities—to mention a few—all of which seemed even more refined and powerful than Qiao Muyi's!
Knowing she couldn't quickly deal with the enemy, Qiao Muyi forcefully stepped on the Spiritual Rank, turning into a Star Scar to attempt to shake off the purple-robed woman with Movement Spells!
WHOOSH!
The sharp sound of cutting the air aimed directly at the back of her head, forcing Qiao Muyi to turn and cross her arms in Defense. Yet she was still struck by the bursting purple beams and slammed onto the highway, crashing through a telephone pole and into the ground!
The purple-robed woman, seizing the opportunity and pressing her advantage, flew forth, her hands blazing with even brighter and sharper purple light, ready to deal the finishing blow and capture this unexpected prize as a Specimen to bring back!
"Motherfucker!"
With a loud curse, the ground suddenly heaved as if an earth dragon turned over, unleashing a tidal wave that swept towards the purple-robed woman. Raging flames, like a Black Dragon, surged forth, blocking all her escape routes!
The purple-robed woman stood her ground fearlessly as her body's purple glow flashed, repelling all the attacks!
BANG! BANG!
The charging purple-robed woman was compelled to halt mid-way. She realized in horror that both of her hands were firmly clamped!
Adorned in a Jet Black Feather Garment formed from Spiritual Energy teeming with darkness, Qiao Muyi's hands clamped onto the purple-robed woman's like a vise. Her eyes were covered in a burning shadow, and her Multiverse-common deadly gaze caused the purple-robed woman's face to pale significantly.
"Why must you insist on preventing me from rescuing someone?" Qiao Muyi's voice was melodiously creepy, as if the Abyss was whispering with Gentleness, "I've always been restraining myself, not allowing myself to get angry."
"Xiao Suo isn't here, and once I get angry... who could stop me?"
With a dull clap of thunder, at that moment on the Tactical Bureau's Roof, the Tactical Bureau personnel in the helicopter, preparing to rush to Heavenly Lotus Academy, suddenly saw a black column of flame rising in the distance, piercing heaven and earth!
Everyone instinctively glanced at Yu Kuangtu. Li Dan patted his shoulder and comforted him, "Although you're no longer Lianjiang's number one flame Cultivator, you're also not a Fourth-Stage Cultivator."
Yu Kuangtu responded, "Don't imitate Qiao Muyi's way of speaking. I can't beat Qiao Muyi, but I can beat you."
「...」
"Brother, Teacher, get out of here!"
Seeing the unknown and strange warrior on the balcony, Ren Xingmei instantly felt an immense sense of danger and shouted a warning at once!
Dong Chengling reacted just as fast, her Qi Cyclone rapidly spinning as she specifically located her parents' home, then slapped Ren Suo, intending to send him away first, then figure out how to get Ren Xingmei and Little Jiu to safety!
However, Dong Chengling's slap on Ren Suo's chest only produced a loud sound. Ren Suo didn't Teleport away at all!
Dong Chengling was taken aback, her complexion changed rapidly, and she urgently said, "Teleport isn't working!"
At that moment, upon seeing the figure of the Black Armored Warrior, Ren Suo, wearing the "Listening Headphones," was bombarded with many prompts:
"You are currently in 'Morag's Domain of Tyranny,' which forbids all Spatial Movement abilities and has priority."
Morag's Domain of Tyranny! It's a Didela Warrior!
"You guys get out of the way!"
"The Demon King Returns! Ignite my negative emotions to strengthen all abilities!"
"Gauze Clothing! Ghostly Rapid Step!"
Ren Suo turned into a blur of shadow rushing toward the Black Armored Warrior, unleashing a Furious Roar and firing an Ice Lotus Explosion, followed closely by the Flame Spiral Pile Driver!
"Heh."
Although Ren Suo was the first to launch an attack, the speed of the Black Armored Warrior was even faster!
Neither fire nor Cold Ice could penetrate his barrier. He closed in swiftly, his hands snapping like bowstrings, shattering Ren Suo's "Gauze Clothing" in an instant!
However, thanks to battle experience from who knows where and the combat from The Dark Side of the Moon, Ren Suo wasn't panicked at all. Relying on the pain-suppressing effect of "Gauze Clothing," he braced himself against the hit, his hands transformed into claws, activating "Finger Lock" and seizing the Black Armored Warrior's throat!
At the same time, Dong Chengling became a dive-bombing swallow, her hands turning into high-frequency vibrating cutting blades, slashing at the torso of the Black Armored Warrior!
Even though Dong Chengling had relied too much on her awakened spells in the past, which meant she only mastered this single Combat Spell, as a Fourth-Stage Cultivator, her Physical Condition was almost superhuman. Even without the ability to Teleport, she still possessed terrifying combat power!
"Heh."
Again came a cold laugh, and both Ren Suo and Dong Chengling felt a powerful shock wave, hurling them away!
Ren Suo slammed into the fridge, a muffled groan stopping him, his body too injured to move. He watched the Black Armored Warrior casually dust off his War Armor and toss the 1000XM3 headphones hanging from his neck, which were almost broken, away.
"Suo..." Dong Chengling fell onto the shattered door, propping herself up off the ground, trying to stand.
Even though Dong Chengling had a high level of Cultivation, her combat experience was based on the ability to Teleport. Once she lost that ability, her combat power was almost the same as Ren Suo's. If the opponent was not affected by the aura of a Fourth-Stage Cultivator, she might even be less capable than Ren Suo!
"I'm fine," Ren Suo's mind was spinning wildly, and he suddenly shouted, "Grab the treasure!"
When playing "Light and Dark Traitor," Ren Suo could only understand the characters by reading the subtitles, because they were speaking in the Didra language. However, for this reason, Ren Suo could remember some highly frequent Didra words, such as 'Grab the treasure,' which was an insult meaning someone was trash or useless.
The Black Armored Warrior paused for a moment, then let out chilling laughter, taking steps toward Ren Suo.
"Negative emotions from Sony, +100"
It's Sony!? I thought he was dealing with a run-of-the-mill Didela Warrior from the Morag faction, but it turned out to be Didela Prince Sony!
Wait, at the start of the game, Sony's mission was... to capture a Different Dimension Coordinate!
Ren Suo's thoughts raced, and he shouted, "Xing Mei, quickly take Teacher Dong and leave! His target is Cheng Ling!"
Ren Xingmei, who was hiding on the side pondering what to do, was slightly startled and then hurried over to help Dong Chengling up!
HMPH.
The Black Armored Warrior didn't seem worried at all. He pressed a button on his fierce belt, shooting out two red beams of light from his eyes, locking onto Ren Xingmei and Dong Chengling.
He was relishing the pleasure of toying with the little mice.
Ren Suo recalled information about Sony, including one detail: 'Sony is very familiar with people from Grand Duke Morag,' and Morag was a Great Lord infamous for his sadism. One could imagine Sony's character from that.
But Ren Suo couldn't stand up at the moment. The impact from Sony's move had severely injured him, and he needed to perform Healing on himself first!
Watching Ren Xingmei trying to help Dong Chengling leave, Sony casually swiped his claw. The claw marks cut into the wall and shattered the ceiling, creating rubble that blocked the exit!
"Xing Mei, his target is me. You get away first," Dong Chengling whispered. "He just wants to capture me; I won't die. You go and get help. I'll figure out a way to get your brother out too. He can't block Teleport forever."
Indeed, Sony's claw swipe just now could have torn both of them to shreds, yet it had narrowly missed them, suggesting that Sony intended to capture Teacher Dong alive.
So, should I flee?
Teacher Dong will be fine. Big Brother is Healing himself right now. He's faced so many dangers this past year and always come out unscathed; this time will surely be no different. I can't help much by being here. Maybe it's better to escape and get help... and besides...
If Teacher Dong... If the Meteor is to grant my wish... If...
With myriad thoughts swirling in her head, Ren Xingmei finally bit her lip hard and helped Dong Chengling towards the stairs, smashing through the obstructive debris with her fist!
She knew that escaping had a slim chance of success; she knew that she might not even be able to escape herself, but she just couldn't make the rational choice!
Ren Suo is thinking about me and Teacher Dong, and Teacher Dong is thinking about me and Ren Suo. I can't just think about myself!
Why does a Meteor fly so fast?
Because it carries too many heavy wishes.
Why does a Meteor fly so fast?
Because it doesn't want to let you down.
Placing Hope in a Meteor is meaningless, but making choices that won't lead to disappointment—that's something I can do!
Seeing Ren Xingmei and Dong Chengling attempting to flee, Sony, who was heading toward Ren Suo, stopped in his tracks. With another claw swipe, he directly demolished the building's passageway!
His figure flickered, turning into a shadow and appearing in front of Ren Xingmei and Dong Chengling.
"Xing Mei, you need to..."
"No." Ren Xingmei stood up, taking a fighting stance. "My brother will save us! He can block your Teleport—he must have a similar Ability! I won't let you take her away!"
Ren Xingmei focused her mind, using "Gauze Clothing" and "Finger Lock," and charged toward the Black Armored Warrior with a sharp cry!
I know this Charge is meaningless, but compared to fleeing like a scared dog, at least this way... I'll look cool!
Even though I like wearing dresses, I'm also a tomboy who loves being wildly stylish and cool!
"Luna, Little Jiu!"
At Ren Suo's furious shout, two figures suddenly sprang up from the room, attacking the Black Armored Warrior!
The Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit, dressed in seriously ill-fitting, tight clothes, swung her ghostly and unpredictable claws, creating thousands of claw shadows!
The blue-haired girl in a Plain White Robe fired a Moonlight beam, as vast as a river, illuminating the entire space!
HMPH.
The Black Armored Warrior pressed a button on his belt, and black waves of energy burst forth, nullifying all attacks! The Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit and the blue-haired girl whimpered as they were blown away, but they quickly got up and charged back into the fray!
Only Ren Xingmei was unaffected. Her small fists struck the sturdy War Armor. She hesitated for a moment and looked into the Black Armored Warrior's Crimson eyes.
The cold Gauntlets grabbed Ren Xingmei's neck, and she lost all strength in her body; she couldn't even use her Qi Cyclone. The Black Armored Warrior wasn't looking at Dong Chengling but was fixated on her, mumbling something, his body emanating Crimson Spiritual Energy fluctuations. Ren Xingmei suddenly realized—
His target isn't Teacher Dong; it's me!
Big Brother, why'd you give me false intel! If I'd known I was his target, I would've bolted earlier...
At that moment, the Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit and the blue-haired girl attacked the Black Armored Warrior from a distance with Spiritual Energy Beams. Exasperated, the Black Armored Warrior flung Ren Xingmei aside and transformed into a black shadow, charging at them!
"Luna, Little Jiu, that's enough! I've changed into my gear!"
The Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit and the blue-haired girl quickly hopped aside, dodging the Black Armored Warrior's assault. As the Black Armored Warrior turned around, he saw Ren Suo rushing to the side of Dong Chengling and Ren Xingmei.
After making sure that the two of them were mostly unhurt, Ren Suo turned to face Sony, lifted his left hand, and showed the blue ring Mark on his left ring finger, asking,
"Although I know you can't understand, and I feel a bit guilty towards Los, would you prefer to be killed by a female or a male?"
