Chapter 254: The Libra's Sponsorship

The person capable of playing a Sword Brave like this was naturally none other than Wen Xishu.

With a mount like the Demon King, Wen Xishu had to admit that the journey was much faster.

"As it stands, my verbal expression issues... are just rather sarcastic, but the meaning isn't too far off. I must find Old Zheng quickly."

Wen Xishu was still very worried about Old Zheng.

After entering the battlefield, he and Old Zheng had been separated just like that, which made Wen Xishu lament the host's sinister intentions.

Without the great Healer, Old Zheng couldn't even speak.

And the great Healer was only effective on teammates, which also led to Wen Xishu's own shortcoming—it could not be overcome.

"Faster, is this the extent of the Demon King's speed?" Wen Xishu urged.

To the ears of Demon King Twenty-Two, these words sounded like this:

"You useless piece of trash, you only lost your arms, but your legs are still there. If your legs are this inefficient, I don't mind carving you into a ball; perhaps you'll roll faster than you run."

Demon King Twenty-Two fell into extreme terror, and its speed suddenly increased.

Soon, under the frantic running of Demon King Twenty-Two, they left the original Area Eleven and arrived at Area Ten.

Crossroads are always the places where problems are most easily encountered.

In Area Ten, Demon King Twenty-Two saw a scattered team composed of a dozen Axe Braves.

The characteristic of Axe Braves is that their melee attack speed is slow, but their attack power is astonishing. And compared to the agile Sword Braves, Axe Braves have health points comparable to Shield Braves.

"Kill them. On this road, except for Shield Braves, you are allowed to kill anything you see."

The result presented by his words was more or less the same:

"Although you are as useless as this, I assume you can at least kill these Braves, right? I'll give you a chance to perform. Next, we'll play a game where only Shield Braves are allowed to survive."

Wen Xishu issued the order.

Upon hearing this, Demon King Twenty-Two thought:

"You got it! Just watch me!"

A terrifying spray of poisonous mist struck; even with bodies as strong as Shield Braves, without defensive capabilities and the healing of a Pastor Brave, the Axe Braves were instantly killed in one blow.

A few Axe Braves had favorable positioning and dodged it.

But they dodged the Demon King's green poison spray only to be unable to dodge Wen Xishu's slashes.

Sword light flashed, and the remaining Axe Braves were all killed.

With over a dozen more Axe Braves fallen, the morale of the Braves dropped to freezing point.

On a macro level, all Braves had abandoned the idea of defeating the Demon King. Large groups of Braves should theoretically band together, but due to the vast terrain...

It was difficult for them to form well-configured teams to crusade against the Demon King.

And most crucially, the Formation Braves responsible for relocating the Demon King were no longer participating in group fights in order to survive.

The formations of the Formation Braves were all being used to protect themselves.

Wen Xishu was still on his way.

After passing through Area Ten, he arrived at Area Nine.

Demon King Twenty-Two's Demon King senses told him—there were a large number of Braves in Area Three and Area Four.

Soon, Wen Xishu arrived at Area Seven again. Everywhere he passed, as long as he didn't see a Shield Brave... he basically killed everything along the way.

There were many corpses of Braves in Area Seven; clearly, the Braves here had engaged in battle with a Demon King.

But they had all been killed.

Looking at the orderly arrangement of the fallen corpses, Wen Xishu could guess the course of the battle here.

Shield Braves defended collectively, Pastor Braves desperately added health, and Bow Braves provided output from the back row.

But unfortunately, a Demon King is not a monster in an online game; it wouldn't be so foolish as to attack the meat shield first.

Wen Xishu took a look and was somewhat relieved that Old Zheng was not among these corpses, so he continued to run wildly.

However, just in Area Six...

Wen Xishu encountered the Demon King that had just wiped out dozens of Braves in Area Seven—Demon King Ten.

This super Demon King, capable of using Demon Energy Cards to create six clones, already had the ability to defeat all the Braves.

Its main body, called Black Liquid, was a strange creature like a puddle of black liquid.

It could be said to be one of the biggest favorites to win this tournament.

In the previous round, it had obtained tens of thousands of points and had four Demon Energy Cards on its body. Two were Fine-grade cards.

It had even assembled a Demon Energy Bond.

Demon King Ten had originally intended to head toward Area Five; it had sensed that a group of Braves in Area Four was currently confronting a certain Demon King.

It wanted to intercept the kill.

But seeing Demon King Twenty-Two, whose arm had been severed, leaving only a small stump, Demon King Ten suddenly laughed:

"You even brought a pet. Is the Sword Brave on your back a figurine you want to collect?"

Demon King Ten mocked.

Demon King Twenty-Two saw Demon King Ten and immediately remembered; this was a Demon King among Demon Kings...

It was one of the favorites to win.

There was actually a gap in strength between Demon Kings. Although everyone's initial attributes were the same, their points were different.

The cards they drew were also different.

Demon King Ten said:

"One-third of the Braves are already dead; they are no longer a threat. Before they all die out, killing a few Demon Kings is also quite reasonable."

There was no more useless chatter.

Demon King Ten appeared at a distance of three zhang in front of Demon King Twenty-Two with a speed that was almost like teleportation.

This gave Demon King Twenty-Two such a start that the thought of fleeing immediately crossed its mind!

It knew very well that its card deck could not compare to Demon King Ten's. The opponent's combat experience in high-attribute mode was also completely beyond its ability to rival.

But in the end, it did not flee. Because the man on its back seemed very excited.

Wen Xishu looked on with pleasant surprise:

"This speed is really good. Suitable for traveling."

These words naturally also possessed an extremely powerful mocking effect:

"A beast of burden of your breed is more efficient at working than the one under me."

Demon King Ten should have been angry, but it was first startled—did this Sword Brave actually dare to speak like that?

Wasn't this Sword Brave the Demon King's toy?

In the time it took to be astonished, it suddenly became alert.

Through continuous teleportation, it dodged several sword beams.

But the sword beams carried causal locking; as long as one wasn't in a specific emotional state, they could not be avoided.

Therefore, those sword beams in the air instantly changed direction.

Originally, they were just straight beams of sword light... but these sword lights suddenly began to wriggle like earthworms, and then rushed toward Demon King Ten again!

What the hell kind of sword technique is this?

Wen Xishu was not idle either; he was still swinging his sword continuously.

If two sword beams couldn't catch up to Demon King Ten, then twenty, two hundred.

Before long, on the battlefield of Area Six, the world was filled with dense sword marks!

It was like a snake swarm composed of hundreds of sword lights, searching for food.

Demon King Ten was not so easy to deal with; it immediately realized... if it didn't kill the Sword Brave, it would definitely be slashed to death later.

This was a combat intuition; it could feel... those eerie slashes would ignore its defense and deal high damage to it.

Now, it seemed to understand.

So that was how Demon King Twenty-Two's arms were broken! It wasn't that the Sword Brave was the Demon King's plaything, but that the Demon King was the Sword Brave's plaything!

This was, of course, an extremely incredible thing!

How could there be such an overpowered Brave?

But Demon King Ten's ability to accept things was clearly above that of Demon King Twenty-Two. It couldn't understand this outrageous situation, but it also knew that it had to solve the trouble in front of it first.

A terrifying venom spray, plus slashes issued by the Demon King's claws that were enough to rival sword beams!

Not only that, but the Demon King's purple flames also descended from the sky.

Demon King Ten did not underestimate the enemy at all and instantly unleashed many methods.

Under the attribute bonuses of some Demon Energy Cards—these moves were even more lethal.

Facing this threat, the Demon King Twenty-Two under Wen Xishu instinctively began to flee.

Wen Xishu didn't care; with two deft sword strikes, he severed Demon King Twenty-Two's legs and head.

Rather than becoming someone else's experience points, it was better to become his own. Afterward, Wen Xishu very calmly endured all of Demon King Ten's attacks.

When he walked out of the bombardment of poison mist, flames, and claw blades completely unscathed, Demon King Ten even doubted if it had seen wrong.

The ability to instantly kill a Demon King, plus a powerful survival ability that could not be broken by a Demon King...

Is this really a Brave?

"You... you have a God Card! More than one?"

Demon King Ten also realized the key point, but although Wen Xishu had neutralized its attacks, it had not yet neutralized Wen Xishu's attacks.

The dense "snakes" in the world changed direction and once again rushed toward the Demon King.

Wen Xishu said:

"I'm in a hurry, and you seem to have a card that can provide acceleration; I think you can help me."

To Demon King Ten, these words were heard as:

"Your card has made you a fast-running dog, you should be grateful."

Demon King Ten was furious and immediately released its clones.

Not long ago, it was by relying on these clones that it wiped out a party of heroes.

And what was even more terrifying was—it also possessed a Demon Energy card.

Card Name: Clone Enhancement.

Card Grade: Demon Energy.

Card Effect: When you are able to release clones, your clones will exist permanently and possess the full attributes of the original body. Furthermore, in terms of judgment effects, they are treated as the original body.

Card Bond: Division Leads to Success.

Bond Grade: Demon Energy.

Bond Effect: Only by killing you and your clones simultaneously can you truly be killed.

This was Demon King Ten's greatest source of confidence; it believed that while there might be people who could draw Demon Energy cards,

it should be the only one capable of drawing this kind of special bond card.

And this was, without a doubt, an incredibly powerful bond card.

As the clones appeared, Demon King Ten did not fear Wen Xishu's slashes; it controlled the clones to absorb all the slashes entirely.

Several clones had their limbs sent flying from the slashes, but before long, these clones began to regenerate and heal at an astonishing, light-speed pace.

Wen Xishu became interested.

Because his slashes, logically speaking, should have taken effect on the original body, yet now the clones had absorbed them all.

It was evident that these were no ordinary clones.

He had to admit that it was impossible for every Demon King to be as weak and ordinary as Demon King Twenty-Two.

There would always be a small number of Demon Kings who became troublesome due to possessing powerful cards.

The Demon King Ten before him was just such a troublesome existence.

"I'm in a hurry. If you can't help me, then I don't mind killing you. Although I'll be moving slower, it's still better than wasting time here."

The effect of these words was:

"Riding a dog is more tedious than killing it, so I might as well kill the dog."

Demon King Ten sneered:

"Although I can't kill you, your cards must have flaws, and I will slowly find those flaws."

"After all, you can't kill me either!"

Wen Xishu was indeed finding it difficult to kill this Demon King Ten.

The opponent possessed a Demon Energy card that enhanced speed to the point of teleportation, had a clone card and clone bond, and possessed Demon King attributes that were already strong to begin with.

If he relied solely on the two god-tier cards—Emotional Double-Edged Sword—he truly could not kill this Demon King.

But Wen Xishu still had three Weird God Cards, and he had browsed through all the Weird God Cards.

To prevent a situation where the opponent's attributes were too high and could not be killed by mechanics—such as this very moment—Wen Xishu had specifically chosen two such cards.

Card Name: Scale's Measurement.

Card Grade: Weird God Card.

Card Effect: A mysterious lord, based on their own "Scale Fifty-Fifty" trait, sponsored a special trial card. It seems that no matter how powerful an opponent you encounter, with this card, you can share attributes with them. Note: This card requires active use. Cooldown: Five minutes. Duration: Two minutes.

Card Name: Scale's Mirror Image.

Card Grade: Weird God Card.

Card Effect: A mysterious lord, based on their own "Scale Fifty-Fifty" trait, sponsored a special trial card. It seems that no matter how powerful the opponent's methods are, you can always use the same methods. Note: This card requires active use. Cooldown: Five minutes. Duration: Two minutes.

Card Bond: Scale's Fairness.

Bond Grade: God.

Bond Effect: When you have collected both Scale's Measurement and Scale's Mirror Image, you will unlock the additional "Mirror Break" ability. The effect of Mirror Break is that, in addition to gaining the opponent's methods, you also gain the corresponding methods to break them.

Wen Xishu did not know if this Scale was the Scale he thought it was...

If it was, he had to say that the fairness of Libra was that there was no fairness.

Wen Xishu's figure began to blur.

Soon, one clone after another appeared in Demon King Ten's eyes.

At the same time, as he acquired the opponent's abilities and attributes, Wen Xishu instantly understood... it turned out that one needed to kill all the mirror images and the original body together for it to take effect. Because there were actually many types of mirror cards, only now did he confirm which type the opponent was.

And, Wen Xishu now possessed super attributes that would last for two minutes.

For example, speed nearly equal to teleportation, and sensory abilities powerful enough to rival a Demon King.

In this instant, Wen Xishu could feel that Lao Zheng's familiar aura was in Zone Four.

"Die."

Die. There was no extra translation; when speech is simplified to two words, the effect of linguistic imbalance can be ignored.

As the words fell, in Demon King Ten's eyes, there was deep fear and disbelief.

Its first reaction in its mind was—how could the opponent have the same abilities as me?

How is this possible? Did he also draw the same card deck? Can such a low-probability event happen?

Or could it be that these are also God Cards... If this is true, then exactly how many God Cards does he have?

Immense fear, like a night curtain suddenly covering the daylight, made Demon King Ten feel that the opponent was simply too sinister, more sinister than dead water.

Endless fear swept over it. In the final moments of its life, what it saw were countless violent slashes, in a time difference of less than half a second...

All the clones were completely destroyed.

And it itself was hacked into pieces amidst the wild and tyrannical slashes.

It could not dodge, because the opponent possessed the same speed as it did.

When the endless slashes filled the entire space, the shattered pupils reflected only the back of the Sword Hero.

This Sword Hero had come in a hurry and left in a hurry; after unleashing his moves, he didn't even look back once.

It finally realized...

That it and the opponent were not existences on the same level at all.

In this Land of Obsession, the opponent was definitely one of those super horrors on the level of the Red Houses.

Demon King Ten, killed in action. This most powerful Demon King died.

At the same time, Demon King Eleven in Zone Four felt an unprecedented sense of oppression.

It was enjoying the pleasure of tearing apart heroes, but suddenly, a chill rose up its spine.

A super terrifying existence was approaching Zone Four at an incredible speed!

(End of chapter)