As Qingji unleashed a sword strike, a pitch-black rift slowly opened before Lu Yibei, as if a pair of invisible hands were brutally tearing a gap in the curtain of reality.
The rift wriggled like some bizarre cavity, breathing out a massive number of Pink Fluffy Rabbits with a rhythmic pulse.
At the boundaries of the rift, indistinguishable black lines of reality or illusion tangled chaotically, twisting, dancing wildly, and extending in all directions.
At the ends of these lines, faint glimpses of flowing light and iridescent colors scattered, and countless bubble-like scenes emerged and then vanished.
To Lu Yibei's astonishment, she had seen a similar sight before...
Her first encounter with Chatterbox Girl left a particularly deep impression because it was her first.
At that time, on the rooftop of that dilapidated and collapsing tall building, Chatterbox Girl, whose figure was semi-real and semi-illusory, was surrounded by similar chaotic and twisted black lines!
Could it be that time was also severed back then?
What exactly is this Chatterbox Girl...
The thought was chilling. Lu Yibei didn't let her mind wander further down the path that had just opened up. The current situation didn't allow her enough time for deep thought.
She collected herself, looking at the pitch-black rift and the chaotic lines before her, and frowned.
Chatterbox Girl said to ask the Ancestor for help and strike a sword to sever time... It worked, but what now?
How can I pollute the faith of the Pink Fluffy Rabbits?
Stuff something dirty inside? Damn it, I'm not Smelly Girl, I'm not good at things involving poop and pee!
"Next, just leave it to me..."
Behind Lu Yibei, an ethereal voice said, "Later, you only need to concentrate and recall the Yagn Nie in your impression."
The voice was Yagn Nie, but as Lu Yibei heard it, it turned into Pink Fluffy Rabbit.
This voice... is Chatterbox Girl? She paused, about to turn back, but then heard the voice sternly warn, "Don't look back! If you don't listen, ten lives won't be enough for you."
Hearing this, Lu Yibei's body trembled slightly. Her neck, which had already turned a little, froze as if petrified.
In her peripheral vision, she could vaguely see the outline of a tall, slender figure, with a few strands of pale hair dancing in the wind.
In the wind, an unintelligible low murmur came, as if from a dying girl...
That voice, filled with ominousness, eeriness, and coldness, clearly did not belong to a living person.
The voice gradually became clearer, and the girl seemed to be chanting an ancient and mysterious song.
The song was like the singing of a legendary siren, captivating the mind. Although it exuded an eerie aura, it made people irresistibly want to seek the source of the song, even if death awaited at the end.
As the song echoed, a suffocating, strong smell of blood permeated the air.
The temperature around plummeted, and the raindrops suspended in mid-air froze into slender ice crystals at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Immediately after, a strong chill struck. In an instant, the image of a surging Red Sea, churning and raising crimson tsunamis, flashed through her mind.
At the crest of that bloody tsunami, a silver-haired girl with long hair, hands clasped together, eyes lowered, and a devout expression, was chanting. Amidst the churning crimson, figures emerged and faded, all naked and enchanting like demons.
They were laughing, crying, screaming... extending their crimson-bathed slender arms forward, as if to pull everything in sight into that Red Sea.
Just as Lu Yibei's mind was swaying due to the song in her ears and the illusion that appeared in her mind, a hand with slender fingers, pale skin, and a faint ice-crystal-like glow reached out from behind her, grasped her wrist, and guided her hand into the pitch-black rift ahead.
Pain, bone-deep pain.
As if being gnawed and shredded by countless sharp teeth, the moment her arm was swallowed by the pitch-black rift, Lu Yibei felt a bone-deep pain in her arm.
Along with that intense pain, a dizzying noise exploded in her mind.
She heard the calls of thousands of people.
"He knows all secrets, for He spies, from the wind, from the water, from every molecule, there is no concealment, no deception, no escape..."
Those were the calls of countless Yagn Nie believers to Yagn Nie.
"Lu Yibei, now!"
Hearing Chatterbox Girl's soft call in her ear, Lu Yibei endured the intense pain in her arm and the terrifying noise, and silently recalled her impression of the Pink Fluffy Rabbit.
What is the Pink Fluffy Rabbit like? Lu Yibei thought.
First of all, it must be pink, and it must have a lot of fur, like an Angora rabbit, with big, long ears that can be flapped to fly when necessary, and big, watery eyes...
Since it's a urban legend, it's not too much to exaggerate its appearance... A round body like Totoro in an anime, that's not too much, right?
Finally, it always has a mischievous expression, likes to play pranks, but has no ill intentions...
Thoughts flashed through Lu Yibei's mind, and an entity with a concrete image, both adorable and slightly comical, with a personality like a little demon, gradually took shape in her mind. fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm
Thus, amidst the calls of thousands of people, a discordant noise suddenly appeared.
"The Pink Fluffy Rabbit knows everything, because the Pink Fluffy Rabbit is peeking, from the wind, from the water..."
Immediately after, as if to refute this "heresy," the believers' calls to Yagn Nie instantly intensified, changing from whispers to resounding shouts.
Countless shouts converged into a noise that almost solidified, as if to shatter the consciousness of those who heard it.
However.
Soon, a few more discordant noises appeared among the countless shouts.
"The Pink Fluffy Rabbit knows everything, because the Pink Fluffy Rabbit is peeking..."
"Pink Fluffy Rabbit..."
The discordant noises grew more and more numerous, gradually vying with the original calls, and then overwhelming them.
"Pink... He... Fluffy Rabbit..."
Finally, after a brief silence, the calls erupted again, and from the mouths of countless people, only one voice remained.
"The Pink Fluffy Rabbit knows everything, because it stares with its big watery eyes, in the wind, in the water, in every molecule, there is no concealment, no deception, no escape..."
Just then, the hand holding Lu Yibei's wrist slowly released.
In her peripheral vision, the silver-haired figure quietly faded away, like smoke being scattered by the wind, quietly fading and disappearing without a trace.
The moment the figure completely vanished, as if the wind blew past her ear, creating an illusion, someone whispered in Lu Yibei's ear, "See you again Lu Yibei, I have to... go rest first."
The next moment, after Qingji unleashed that astonishing sword strike, time, which had briefly paused, began to flow again.
The pitch-black rift in front contracted violently, swallowing all the chaotic black lines, leaving only a thin black line that slowly dissipated, as if a line drawn with a pencil had been erased by an eraser.
The raindrops suspended in mid-air, frozen into ice, were once again called by gravity, falling into the embrace of the earth, shattering on the ground with a "crackling" sound into a A pale ice powder that scattered everywhere.
Lu Yibei, "..."
The style of this Power description suddenly became cute and playful!
The aura that Chatterbox Girl emitted just now was very similar to the core of the Demoness Seed urban legend itself...
Could it be that the ability to pollute the faith of the Pink Fluffy Rabbits so quickly was due to the use of Charm ability?
Thinking of this, Lu Yibei suddenly felt as if a new world had opened up to her.
Ever since she discovered that she possessed the Charm ability, her usage has always been simple and crude, almost instinctively affecting the target's mind.
But seeing Chatterbox Girl use a similar ability at this moment, she felt that she had vaguely touched upon an advanced way of using the Charm ability.
Charm is not just about using beauty to confuse and make the target indulge in beautiful illusions. Going a step further, it can make the target completely indifferent to reality and cause a deviation in their perception of reality.
It's like the difference in color perception between a colorblind person and a normal person.
Chatterbox Girl used this characteristic to spread Lu Yibei's perception of the Pink Fluffy Rabbit to countless believers of the Pink Fluffy Rabbit and completed the assimilation.
This is similar to an illusion, but different. It fundamentally erases the target's original perception of something, similar to how the Reverse-pattern Evil Flower Gu manipulates the target's senses.
The urban legend is still the same urban legend, but its believers' perception of it has undergone earth-shattering changes. This is polluting faith!
Polluting faith and ultimately affecting the urban legend itself is something that has been happening continuously since ancient times, just like how Gnostics reshaped the Messiah according to pagan myths, ultimately leading to the birth of the New Testament, which gradually grew stronger, while the Old Testament gradually declined.
For the Power of a urban legend, this is like being infected with a virulent virus and suffering from a serious illness. Although they can recover most of the time, it is inevitable that they will be severely weakened.
Lu Yibei's perception of the Pink Fluffy Rabbit was the original strain of the virus, and Chatterbox Girl used a Power similar to the core of the Demoness Seed urban legend to strengthen and accelerate the spread of the "virus."
This kind of ability is lethally effective against Psychic and urban legend who gain power through faith.
When believers become a burden, a threat, or even cause substantial harm, from the perspective of Psychic and urban legend, it is the same as instigating conflict and causing disasters, which is also a genuine man-made disaster!
Lu Yibei could even imagine the scene where Chatterbox Girl, after learning the enemy's Power description, quickly pollutes the opponent's faith in battle, affecting their Power and weakening their strength.
It would definitely feel like being constantly debuffed with weakness throughout the entire team fight, completely unable to deal damage, and extremely uncomfortable.
However...
I probably can't reach that level yet, but if I combine it with the Reverse-pattern Evil Flower Gu...
Under similar Spiritual Energy fluctuation levels, it should be possible to affect the perception of a single target, but more practice is needed to use it in actual combat. Lu Yibei thought.
Immediately after, Hua Sang's voice sounded from behind, interrupting her thoughts.
"What... happened just now? Where is Qingji?"
Lu Yibei looked at Hua Sang and shrugged, "That old man went to chase his little Yanzhi."
After speaking, she turned around, took a few steps forward, and bent down to pick up the complete Lingtai Pure Karma that had fallen to the ground.
The next moment, the Lingtai Pure Karma seemed to be suddenly melted by high temperature, turning into a liquid, floating in Lu Yibei's hand, constantly wriggling and deforming, like a living blob of mercury.
Lu Yibei, "???"
What's going on? What is this? Where's my big sword?
Just as Lu Yibei was momentarily stunned, the Lingtai Pure Karma, which had turned into a liquid, suddenly burst out with dazzling silver light. Under the shroud of silver light, it changed its form in the blink of an eye.
A rhombus-shaped tower shield, as tall as she was and slightly curved, emerged from her hand, followed by a gauntlet that was almost integrated with the tower shield, then a heavy phoenix-winged full-face helmet, a triple-ring armored gorget, and a mountain-patterned chainmail Coat over heavy armor...
After putting it all on, she looked like she had the upper half of her body encased in a steel bucket welded from twenty-five-centimeter steel plates, and was also holding a thickened tower shield!
Even Hua Sang, who was skilled in defense and stood beside her, looked at Lu Yibei's appearance, silently gave a thumbs-up, and exclaimed like an expert.
"..."
Is this... Holy crap! No way?!
It was only then that Lu Yibei suddenly remembered that Qingji had told her a long time ago that the Lingtai Pure Karma had sentience, and after gaining its recognition, it would change ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) its form according to the holder's disposition...
The incomplete Lingtai Pure Karma before was still held by Qingji, so it maintained the form of a broken sword.
At this moment, the wisp of residual fragment residing in the last piece of the fragment dissipated, and Lu Yibei finally became the new holder, and the form of the Lingtai Pure Karma naturally changed.
And her disposition is prominently "afraid of death," so the Lingtai Pure Karma became this ghostly appearance.
Lu Yibei, "..."
Although... doesn't that mean my Taihe Gentleman Sword Illustration was practiced in vain?
Excuse me, does anyone know where I can learn "shield skills"?
If you know, please private message me, it's quite urgent!
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In the God Kingdom of Yagn Nie.
In a state of chaos, thunder rumbled like drums.
Just the booming vibrations alone caused boundless chaotic colors to shatter in response.
Then, azure lightning spanning over ten kilometers trailed a dazzling path through the chaos, scattering countless destructive branches.
Zhang Huainan didn't know if the message he sent could prevent the unknown source of the call from awakening the Code F Monster, he could only keep fighting, trying to inflict damage on the Code F Monster and delay its awakening.
He didn't know how long passed like this, accompanied by a violent spatial tremor.
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A silver-white sword energy, so long that its beginning and end were out of sight, seemed to fly from the void, sweeping across the entire God Kingdom.
Everything within sight abruptly froze.
As if blacked out, Zhang Huainan felt his consciousness briefly disappear for several seconds.
The moment his consciousness regained clarity, he seemed to remember something, looked in the direction from which the silver-white sword energy had shot, and his eyes suddenly turned red. He murmured with trembling lips, "That's Senior Brother Qingji's..."
Just then, amidst the seemingly endless chaotic colors drifting in the God Kingdom, a hint of pink quietly appeared. Gradually, the pink color increased, and dense pink spots were attached to all the chaotic colors within sight.
It looked as though he had contracted some kind of severe skin disease.
Zhang Huainan snapped out of his melancholic state and noticed the dense, pink spots. He was stunned for a moment, his eyebrows furrowed.
After the chaotic colors were covered with the dense, pink spots, the Spiritual Energy fluctuation plummeted. He had achieved his goal of sending the message, but the way it was achieved seemed somewhat different from what he had expected...
Immediately after, the Evil God, who had once been forced into a corner of the God Kingdom by the chaotic colors, was the first to blow the horn of counterattack.
A huge shadow emerged, a monstrous giant fish like a mountain, its outline sketched in a chaotic void. From the gills of the giant fish, dense, dark green tentacles extended.
Those thick tentacles, over a hundred meters in diameter, thrashed violently as if lashing the chaotic colors with a long whip, emitting sharp shrieks like steam whistles.
Hearing the shrieks, Zhang Huainan collected his thoughts and looked up at the most brilliant chaotic color, surrounded by countless factories and machinery, narrowing his eyes slightly.
Now, it was time to suppress this Yagn Nie... Zhang Huainan thought.
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Meanwhile, on the other side, Amsterdam.
The sky was overcast, leaden clouds piled up, obscuring the moonlight, and a fierce wind howled like a wail.
In the sky, dark ink-like clouds rolled, like rows of giant waves rising and falling, like countless wild beasts that had broken free from their cages, jostling to crash into the ships flying in the sky.
In these turbulent and violent clouds, a monstrous, pitch-black ship confronted four smaller ships.
On that huge ship with a pitch-black hull, entangled with seaweed, and its deck covered with dark green sticky flesh, Bruce Ma, dressed in a luxurious dark red Captain's uniform, stood tall, looking at the four ships opposite, which surrounded him in a fan shape, his face gloomy.
Before this, Nameless Book had warned him that Code F Monster would corrupt all "items". Although he had dealt with it very carefully, even painfully judging dozens of members, doing just this was clearly not enough!
When he learned of the message sent by Zhang Huainan from Nameless Book and reluctantly took action, he was astonished to find that the invasion of the Tulip Club by Code F Monster was much more severe than he had imagined.
The reason the Tulip Club could dominate a region, besides the gods they believed in, was the seven ships from different eras.
Those ships with legendary stories, submerged in the deep sea, gradually transformed into special existences between urban legend and Spiritual Energy items over long periods, and with a "Captain" with a well-suited Spirit Mark, they could form a terrifying combat force.
However, six of these seven ships were invaded to varying degrees, and only the "Revenge Black Swan", bestowed by that Adult God and personally Captained by Bruce Ma, was spared.
In fact, when Bruce Ma discovered that six ships had been invaded, he realized that Code F Monster was not after the wealth of the Tulip Club at all, but was likely after the ships.
Now, the seven ships, which were the foundation of the Tulip Club, had two of them torn apart by the urban legend that Nameless Book had transformed into. Looking at the remaining four ships, Bruce Ma was hesitant to make a decision and could only constantly maneuver with those four ships using the almost crushing speed of the "Revenge Black Swan".
As an A-level Spirit Ability User and controlling the most powerful "Revenge Black Swan" among the seven ships, he had a high degree of certainty that he could sink those four ships, but if he did so, the strength of the Tulip Club would be severely damaged and greatly reduced.
Moreover, those ships were not only the foundation of the Tulip Club but also the relatives and trusted partners of this group of pirate descendants.
"I didn't expect someone like you to have a time of indecision? If you can't make up your mind, I think I can do it for you..."
Just as Bruce Ma was hesitating, a hoarse, low voice sounded behind him.
Bruce Ma heard the voice but did not turn back.
He knew the owner of that voice was Nameless Book, and he also knew that her current appearance was enough to give any local person nightmares for at least a month.
"Let me think again, damn it, let me think again..." Bruce Ma growled.
Nameless Book looked at his back, pondered for a moment, shook her head, and was about to destroy the four ships in front. Just then, a sudden change occurred.
Those ships trembled violently, stirring the air and emitting low roars, as if giant beasts were growling.
The next moment, the pale flesh attached to those ships, emitting a chaotic multicolored glow, suddenly exploded, and the splashing pale pus drew arcs in mid-air, bursting out with brilliant light, like fireworks filling the sky.
And then...
Those streams of light, at the moment of falling, strangely transformed into fluffy, round, pink rabbits with mischievous expressions, emitting strange, eerie laughter.
"Yeeheehee—yah-hoo!"
Nameless Book, "???"
Just as Nameless Book was stunned, a pair of huge pink rabbit ears popped out from the four giant ships with a "pop".
The style looked like a carnival float.
Bruce Ma, "???"
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India, Pashupatinath Temple, at the end of a dirty, narrow alley.
A Psychic covered in blood leaned against the broken wall, trembling as he assumed a fighting stance.
Less than ten minutes after the helicopter crashed, only he remained of their group of six Aptya members.
He had witnessed his companions being swallowed by the pale giant beast, torn apart by the strange monster birds, and backfired by the Spiritual Energy items in their hands... Scene after scene of bloody and bizarre tragedy almost caused him to have a mental breakdown.
And now, he was also about to collapse.
Through his bloodshot and swollen eyes, which could only open a small slit, he saw an overwhelming paleness, on the ground, on the buildings, in the sky... and those strange figures that had merged with objects.
Immediately after, just before he was about to lose consciousness, as if hallucinating, the paleness in his vision suddenly turned pink, fluffy pink, the whole city was pink.
At that moment, he felt that he had finally been driven mad by this terrifying urban legend...
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On the mountain road surrounding the Zhenwu Mountain Scenic Area.
Two shared electric bicycles were speeding at an astonishing speed.
Normally, the maximum speed of electric bicycles is limited to 25km/h. Although some daredevils will modify them to increase this limit to 60km/h, that is already close to the limit an electric bicycle can withstand.
Of course, that is just common sense. If a miracle occurs, it is outside the scope of discussion.
And the people riding the two shared electric bicycles were Shem and Saleh, and their speed reached an astonishing 120km/h.
The reason they created such a "miracle" was simply because they sensed the miracle flower blooming, and when they reached the Zhenwu Mountain Scenic Area, they even saw from afar that huge, holy, and brilliant golden flower blooming grandly in the sky.
The fragrance of that miracle flower drifted all the way to Shizhou City, dozens of kilometers away.
"Faster, faster, faster!" Shem urged Saleh loudly, "That direction is the direction of Da Chunyang Palace. Such a huge miracle flower blooming must be the Holy Child creating a miracle in Da Chunyang Palace! If we are late, we won't be able to witness the great moment of the miracle's birth!"
"Understood!" Saleh shouted, turned the front of his bicycle, rushed off the road, and plunged into the pitch-black mountain ravine.
Seeing this, Shem slammed on the brakes, and with sparks flying from the wheels, he stopped the electric bicycle by the roadside. Then he craned his neck, glanced at the bottomless mountain ravine, and his features twisted into a knot.
"So... the young people nowadays are just ignorant! Now is the time for the Holy Child to create a miracle, it's not your time to create a miracle. Do you have to show off at a time like this?"
He muttered to himself, restarted the electric bicycle with smoke billowing from its wheels, and drove towards the depths of the Zhenwu Mountain Scenic Area. Not long after, flames erupted from the wheels.
Under the night sky, looking from afar, it was like the Ghost Rider in a movie, with occasional screams of pain.
...
A few minutes later.
Shem, with a burnt backside, and Saleh, with scratches all over his body, sneaked into Da Chunyang Palace one after another during the chaos and successfully met up near the mountain gate.
Immediately after, upon seeing that there were numerous disciples in Da Chunyang Palace fighting with those monsters whose bodies had merged with objects, pale flesh was everywhere, and a highly uncomfortable Spiritual Energy permeated the vast palace complex, they came to two conclusions.
First, Da Chunyang Palace was definitely going to be finished this time.
Second, the Holy Child was indeed a symbol of miracle, able to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create a rare miracle in the world within Da Chunyang Palace.
With these conclusions and their yearning for the miracle flower, the two sneaked all the way to the vicinity of Chi Li Hall amidst the chaos, and then... witnessed the "miracle" with their own eyes.
Under the night sky, the remains of the high tower that had been burned down stood tall. At the top of the remains, there was a slender figure enveloped in golden light. Behind "her", a golden flower that covered the sky and the sun was blooming, with tens of thousands of petals overlapping, dazzling the eyes.
"She" stood there, freely casting the fragrance of the miracle flower, as if residing at the very top of the world.
Countless strange figures and a massive amount of pale flesh shot towards "her" like moths to a flame, but something unexpected happened before they even touched "her" body.
Suddenly, the golden light intensified. Under the shroud of dazzling golden light, those strange figures and pale flesh froze in mid-air, and then a touch of enchanting pink appeared out of thin air.
Countless figures with pink rabbit ears and palm-sized pink rabbits resembling cartoon plush toys fell from the sky, as if a pink storm was raining down.
In that pink rainstorm, bizarre and eerie laughter that could cause mental pollution erupted everywhere.
What is a miracle?
Shem and Saleh looked at each other, and then simultaneously got the affirmative answer in each other's eyes.
This is a miracle!
The Holy Child is invincible, we are willing to follow him with our lives!
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Situations like those in Amsterdam, Pashupatinath Temple, and Da Chunyang Palace were constantly unfolding in the seven areas invaded and corrupted by Yagn Nie.
On this night, in the seven areas, the whole city was filled with Pink Fluffy Rabbits...
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Late at night, in the Bamboo Scroll Illusion.
Deep in the dense forest, a black and ugly strange fish floated in front of a desk, the tips of its long fins emitting a faint blue light, writing furiously on a virtual paper in front of it.
"Operation Plan 3792, and the Super Pretty Girl Demon Slayer System Task Version 632..."
The current situation was constantly hurtling in a direction that deviated from the original trajectory, and the system was becoming increasingly confused. The series of plans formulated before were clearly no longer applicable.
Fortunately, it had rich experience in dealing with the seven extinction factors, and was able to revise the original plans in time to cope with various possible changes.
Time passed bit by bit. When the system had written tens of thousands of words on the virtual paper and was about to complete the initial revision, Gu Qianqian, controlling Gu Jinhua, descended from the sky and landed beside it.
"System, system..."
"Stop bothering me, Gu Qianqian!" The system interrupted sharply, "Didn't I just tell you not to disturb me if there's nothing wrong?"
"But..."
"There are no buts!" The system interrupted again, "If you continue to cause trouble here, the rewards for your next three tasks will be halved!"
"..." Gu Qianqian was silent for a few seconds, pouted her little mouth, and tentatively asked, "What about this time?"
"What about this time?" The system looked at Gu Qianqian, stunned.
"The reward for this time won't be halved, right?" Gu Qianqian asked in a low voice, "I just completed a task."
System, "..."
Has this Miss had her head rammed by a pig, is she being foolish?
She hasn't left the Bamboo Scroll Illusion, where could she have gone to complete a task?
Thinking this, the system looked through the task list with suspicion, and then froze.
【Legendary Task Three · The Moment of Awakening, Fierce and Worrying Yagn Nie (Completed)
Countdown: 46:45:23 (Stopped)】
"System, system, where's my reward?" Gu Qianqian asked, pursing her lips.
System, "..."
After a few seconds of silence, it slowly shifted its gaze to the virtual paper floating in front of it, sighed heavily, and then let out a crazy shriek, its fins dancing like sharp knives, tearing it into pieces...
What the hell is this?!