Chapter 221

“Maintaining the [Seven Rings of the Burning Heavens] consumes a massive amount of energy. I’m going to withdraw it, so be careful from here on out.”

“And use your energy sparingly.”

She soared into the sky once more, charging toward that witch!

As for Xue Yi, she felt as if she had been reborn.

It wasn't just her left hand.

It seemed that the other mechanical parts of her body had also been affected, undergoing changes even she didn't understand.

Facing the disappearance of the energy shield.

She noticed the slave legion in the distance charging over again.

And a giant troll was leading the charge.

Xue Yi chose to meet them head-on; the moment she moved, her speed was noticeably much faster, which gave her a start.

And she cleaved the opponent directly in two!

Once again, memories surfaced—a sequence of sword moves and techniques.

There were five in total.

The one the woman used earlier, [Heart Technique Reaches Taishan, Strength Pierces Mountains], was the second one; it grants infinite strength, capable of splitting mountains and cleaving peaks!

This allowed Xue Yi to begin adapting and familiarizing herself with them.

“『Heart Technique Crosses the Huang Quan, Sword Intent Severs the Flowing Water!』”

In an instant, her sword moves became like flowing water, continuous and weaving through the fray.

This was the most suitable technique for a crowd-combat environment.

And with a single thought.

Several flying swords formed instantly, and with a flash of sword light, they pierced through the griffins in the distance, causing them to fall.

Now there was no need to worry about the monsters in the sky.

Xue Yi was incredibly shocked.

To think such a thing was possible!

This is just too strong!

Creating weapons needed for battle out of thin air—this is truly inconceivable!

There’s no need to worry about what to do if a weapon breaks.

Furthermore, the flying swords released floating beams, blasting away quite a few monsters in one go.

After all, the flying swords of the Cloud-Skiff are not mere cold weapons.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

The Cloud-Skiff woman also defeated the wizard. She looked at the wreckage on the ground and let out a cold snort.

“Didn't expect that, did you? My Spiral Magic Sword has this move too.”

“[Imaginary Collapse].”

That was something created by my lord Su Han.

Based on the collapse phenomenon and the processing of modified imaginary energy, it extends into an ultimate destructive effect.

It pursues only thorough and pure power.

Everything else is discarded!

The Spiral Magic Sword didn't have this ability at the beginning.

That was to test the results.

Once she figured out the bottom line.

She stopped holding back.

As for only having one hand, and being unable to shoot arrows with one arm?

What a joke!

It can auto-fire and track targets.

Pulling the string by hand is just the style of everyone here on the Cloud-Skiff, okay?

At this moment, the wreckage was still emitting sounds of extreme unwillingness.

“I hate this! It’s a pity I only just promoted to a Sixth-Ring Wizard not long ago and haven't stabilized or accumulated enough. Besides, we wizards, infiltrating the Cloud-Skiff, had no way to bring all our equipment.”

Only with full gear is a wizard truly at their peak strength!

They were all restricted.

There was no help for it.

And only next to a Wizard Tower can one be without scruples and go full power!

This surprised the Cloud-Skiff woman.

Oh?

Newly entered the Sixth Ring?

Wizards are indeed not simple; no wonder they could cause such a stir in the galaxy.

After all, a Seventh-Ring Wizard, when combined with technology, can wipe out an entire civilization on a planet.

This is a watershed.

Although it takes quite a bit of time.

It also defines the middle-to-high tiers of wizards: Sixth Ring (Intermediate), Seventh Ring (Advanced).

But if placed outside.

The Sixth Ring is already a leading figure in interstellar warfare.

A terror in one's own right!

And yet, they still have to be driven by the Seventh Rings above them and sent here to the Cloud-Skiff for infiltration operations.

The wreckage finally let out a sigh.

“To be able to cross swords with a top-tier Cloud-Skiff figure like you, never mind, I am satisfied.”

“I presume you must be one of the top experts here on Luo Fu.”

The Cloud-Skiff woman’s expression turned strange.

“Didn't I say? I’m just a reservist, the kind that ranks near the bottom.”

“There are plenty who are stronger than me.”

This made the wreckage so angry it vomited blood.

“Impossible!”

“You despicable person, even now, you still try to deceive me!”

Cloud-Skiff woman: “Just as you said, things are already like this, do you think I have any need to lie?”

Once these words were out, the wreckage was instantly stunned.

Then it fell into silence.

It also realized.

So the wreckage was incredulous.

“How could it be like this?”

“I would rather believe this isn't true!”

“Damn it!”

The Cloud-Skiff woman slowly raised her long sword.

“Alright, let me send you on your way.”

She plunged her weapon down.

With this, the wreckage finally died completely.

The woman sighed.

The Abundance’s blessing is truly astonishing; even like this, it could still talk.

And according to the files.

Abundance-kin can resurrect immediately after being killed.

The Mara-Struck can do this too.

They really are a bunch of monsters.

No wonder they became one of the calamities that swept across the universe.

It’s just like that cook, Yancui, in Changle Heaven who dissects beast-ships; she discovered that beast-ships can generate "biological energy" out of thin air through the Abundance’s blessing, and then convert that biological energy into other forms of power.

It’s very abstract.

And so, what followed.

She and Judge Judge Xueyi jumped out of the fantasy space. There were many Cloud Knights and Ten-Lords Commission ghost envoys here, and Hanya was there too.

Moreover, Hanya was worried to death.

After all, she couldn't find anyone.

But even with a thousand thoughts in her heart, what she said out loud remained.

"As long as you are alright, Sister. What exactly happened?"

So Judge Judge Xueyi explained a little.

It left the Cloud Knights completely astonished.

They looked at the woman beside her with awe-filled eyes.

Judge Judge Xueyi, however, looked at her own arm.

"That... it is time for me to return this to its rightful owner."

The woman gave a hearty laugh.

"It’s fine."

"Consider it a gift for our fated meeting; after all, you need this power more than I do."

"Besides, for me."

"This doesn't count for much."

She took a medical device out from somewhere in space.

It was a syringe.

Then she gave the site of the severed limb an injection.

The next moment, a miraculous thing happened: a substance resembling mercury and liquid metal began to flow and grow rapidly at that spot.

And it quickly formed a new arm.

"See? Isn't that better?"

"And whether my hand is severed or not, it doesn't affect my ability to take the other party down."

The Ten-Lords Commission ghost envoys and Judge Judge Xueyi were all shocked.

What kind of method is this?

It can even do this?

After all, the Ten-Lords Commission is closely linked to automaton technology.

As in Judge Judge Xueyi’s character story, there are instances where a severed hand cannot be reattached and must simply be hung at her waist.

Sometimes when it breaks, she has to go and replace the parts specifically.

For an automaton to reach this level, it implies increasing precision and complexity, not to mention this android who is suspected to have an even higher level of technology.

Then, inside her arm, there should be many different parts and circuits, right?

And yet they were all generated at the same time???

How could it be so convenient?

In reality, this is somewhat like the "flesh-repairing agent" used by Mayuri Kurotsuchi in *Bleach*.

Give it an injection, and severed flesh can grow back directly.

Su Han remembered this matter one day.

And so he created this technological version of "mechanical repair fluid."

Judge Judge Xueyi remained hesitant.

"But, this arm is so precious."

Meanwhile, at the street corner on the other side, Su Han, Esdeath, and Firefly were passing by.

He tilted his head slightly.

"Keep it."

"That person has looked into your deeds, witnessed your battle this time, and knows that you are someone worthy of being entrusted with it."

"Not to mention, the Ten-Lords Commission's technology is too backward."

"With this, you can handle things more conveniently in the future."

The woman was startled.

"Lord Su Han!"

Sweat poured down her face.

Wh-why is my lord here?

This made Firefly unable to help but laugh out loud.

"Go, other places still need you."

"Yes!"

The woman immediately stood at attention, and then her figure vanished.

Su Han didn't look back anymore.

He walked away directly.

It left Judge Judge Xueyi and the others at a loss.

Even some of the ghost envoys had twitching expressions; being told such things in public, yet having no way to refute it.

There was no way.

The man had the qualifications.

In reality, it was indeed so.

Because Judge Judge Xueyi’s automaton body, as stated in her character story, is also made of artificial skin.

But in reality, it is not flexible.

She cannot even sigh.

And in Hanya’s story, it is noted that because the craftsmanship is not exquisite enough, when Judge Judge Xueyi makes a worried expression with half-closed eyes, it looks like she is dozing off.

There is also the fact that she has no smile.

The expressionless Judge Judge Xueyi appears exceptionally strange in Hanya’s eyes.

Judge Judge Xueyi can capture a person’s tone and changes, as well as the reactions of muscles to various situations, but she cannot feel human emotions; she has become increasingly like a machine.

You will find that this is almost the opposite of the androids from *NieR: Automata*.

They are all designed to imitate humans.

Yet the androids have rich emotions and will, becoming more and more like humans.

Not to mention that before this.

Su Han had already felt that the Ten-Lords Commission’s automaton technology was very poor.

Looking at it now, there is no error; some people describe these Ten-Lords Commission automatons as being without blood or tears.

But when androids are injured, they have blood.

This is a difference that has arisen in the philosophy of evolution and manufacturing.

Consequently, they have become increasingly cold and ruthless.

And yet, even like this.

The automaton performance is still not up to par.

For someone like Su Han, it is naturally a long story.

And the Ten-Lords Commission is full of old things.

Their ways of thinking and such are all quite lagging.

Logically speaking.

You all engage in this kind of cyber-soul, digital life as a final line of defense, the Alliance’s foundation, and so on.

If you are really pushed to the limit, just release all the dead.

If truly pushed to the limit, he would simply release all the dead.