Quadruple split

[Inquisition Debate·Individual Competition Round 2] Contest-specific map, mirror space S8219-3318

Northwest Continent, Spiritual Wilderness

"Drink!"

Although she was wearing a very complicated-looking black and white hunting jacket and stepping on rather heavy-looking wooden clogs, the girl's movements were incredibly light and graceful. She swayed and avoided the force of the blade. , and even closes the distance between himself and his opponent to a blushing and heart-pounding level, and uses his backhand to sweep a fan towards the side of the enemy's neck.

Snapped!

She tried her best to raise her shoulders to push away the bat fan that swept towards her neck. She was wearing a dark purple windbreaker with high fashion value, and her right eye was blocked by her side bangs most of the time. She frowned slightly and held the short blade tightly. With all his strength, he stabbed the great Onmyoji in the heart, who almost ran into his arms.

"Slight injuries in exchange for death? How can there be such a cheap deal?"

Gu Xiaole chuckled and turned away. While avoiding the fatal blow, he held a fan behind his back like a dagger and stabbed Yu Shang's right wrist, trying to directly destroy the latter's dominant hand.

However, Yu Shang did not dodge, and while Gu Xiaole swung his fan at his wrist, he stabbed him with another short blade, and the target was still the heart of the great Onmyoji in front of him.

"You're so good at changing!"

Gu Xiaole, who was very talkative both on and off the court, wrinkled his nose and reluctantly withdrew [Hei Chu·Zhao Shi Lu Jue] to block another fatal blow. He said helplessly: "Girl, this fighting style of yours should be left outside the game." Even if you can survive puberty, it will be difficult to survive until menopause.”

Yu Shang threw the short blade of his left hand without hesitation, and after the opponent raised his hand to block, he followed him closely. While performing high-frequency slashes that did not give Gu Xiaole a chance to regain the distance, he said in a calm tone. : "I can't lift anything heavier than a spoon outside the game."

"Then you are almost disabled..."

Gu Xiaole raised his eyes and vomited, and while reluctantly fighting Yu Shang, whose attacks were getting faster and faster, he pouted and said, "Don't you see, I'm giving in to you!"

Yu Shang nodded immediately and said very simply: "I see, can you give me more?"

"If you give me more, I might as well stick my neck out and wipe it on you!"

Gu Xiaole rolled his eyes, then suddenly raised the five-bone bat fan in his hand that rarely appeared with black skin, and said loudly: "Okay, that's it, I'm tired of playing!"

The next moment, the clear sky above the two people dimmed instantly, and then a giant ghost claw covered with dense talismans fell from the sky, directly crushing Yu Shang's position into a deep pit.

【it's over. 】

Countless viewers who followed this game made the above judgment at the same time.

However, just after the ghost claw turned into dots of phosphorus and dispersed, there was no 'mark' on the ground, and the game did not directly enter the settlement stage because one of the parties was killed. Obviously, in the eyes of most people, that one The half-dragon girl who was sentenced to death was not killed and left.

However, as her opponent, Gu Xiaole was not the "most people", so she did not blurt out the standard "Nani!" ’, and didn’t even show any surprise. He just smiled and nodded and said, “I knew you weren’t that simple.”

"No, you should know much more than that."

The half-dragon girl who quietly appeared about half a meter behind Gu Xiaole, with her back to the Great Onmyoji, also laughed and said in a leisurely tone: "Otherwise you wouldn't have done what I did the moment I just completed the 'arrangement' reaction."

Gu Xiaole did not look back at the other party, but fanned himself with the five-bone bat fan in his hand, and asked in a rather curious tone: "I am very curious, why can you be so calm even though you know that you have been seen through?" .”

"Crying and fussing will not change the reality that 99% of the time I will lose to you."

Yu Shang didn't look back, but answered quite honestly: "And there should be a lot of people watching this match. I don't want to lose too gracefully, so even if I'm desperate and want to show off, I still have to be a little more decent for the sake of my image." Pack a shelf.”

Gu Xiaole looked back at Yu Shang in surprise, and said in astonishment: "I can't tell at all. Are you the kind of person who cares about image?"

"Not really."

Yu Shang turned his head and met Gu Xiaole's eyes, shrugged and said: "If I have to say the reason, it's actually that I have agreed to join a well-known gang. Although I don't have any idol baggage, I still want to maintain my status in the outside world. self-image."

Gu Xiaole laughed and sighed: "It seems that the gang you joined has a very good reputation."

"Quite the opposite."

Yu Shang shook his head quickly and said dryly: "The reputation of that gang is so bad that being a member of it is quite stressful for me. The reason for cherishing the image is ultimately just I just don’t want to be implicated too badly by those people.”

"understood."

Gu Xiaole clapped his little hands vigorously, and then his eyes suddenly focused: "Then you should lose with great grace!"

——! ! !

With a soundless but huge black light beam flashing through the air, Yu Shang's location instantly turned into a hemispherical pit, like an ice cream ball with half a scoop scooped out.

But the problem is, the game is still not over!

Not only was it not over, in the next second, at least a hundred daggers emerged from the air, whizzing and flying towards Gu Xiaole from various angles.

However, the latter did not disappear instantly after being attacked like Yu Shang. Instead, he calmly let the daggers pass through his body and raised his eyebrows. After taking out the dagger and quietly taking out the pendulum at the same time, I have already started to counter your illusion?"

"It seems that's right, so it's about time you break through the 'first level', right?"

Yu Shang's voice came from all directions, and at the same time, a large number of butterfly shadows flashing soft blue light continued to separate from the air, and began to fly up and down around Gu Xiaole with a dizzying and strange frequency.

"OK."

Gu Xiaole nodded happily, then raised his empty left hand, held it in front of him for a moment, and then suddenly slapped it on the [Hei Chu·Zhao Shi Lue Jue] in his right hand, and said leisurely: "Super The spirit body and the human cut off the bloody teeth.”

The next moment, the originally exquisite and small five-bone bat fan suddenly turned into a giant sword with a length of at least ten meters and an extremely exaggerated size, and was swept out after Gu Xiaole held a slightly clumsy and exaggerated 'sword flower'. It directly flattened a space of about twenty meters in diameter centered on the young onmyoji, easily breaking the 'first layer' of illusions that Yu Shang said, and smothering those butterfly shadows that had not yet played their role.

"So, this is the second level?"

Gu Xiaole looked down at the chains that tightly bound his body, and looked at Yu Shang half a meter in front of him, who was holding a short blade about to stab, with a somewhat disappointed expression: "Isn't it a little too crude?"

Yu Shang shook his head and said calmly: "No matter how subtle it is, you may not even bother to cooperate with me."

After saying that, he rushed towards Gu Xiaole, aiming the short blade in his hand at his neck and heart.

Then--

"Thunder Curse·Falling Star."

Accompanied by the crisp voice of the Great Onmyoji, a bright electric light fell from the sky, directly splitting away the opponent within a short distance and the 'second level' illusion.

"Thunder Curse·Light."

The 'third layer' illusion whose existence was in the form of [darkness] had just deprived Gu Xiaole of his vision when it was shattered by the dazzling lightning and collapsed on the spot.

"Fire Curse: Purifying Burn."

The blazing flames lit up half a second before the illusion of the 'fourth level' erupted, directly freeing Gu Xiaole, who had turned into an ice sculpture, from his confinement.

"Is there a fifth floor?"

Gu Xiaole looked at the opponent in front of him with a smile and winked playfully.

"have."

Yu Shang nodded and gently shook the pendulum wrapped around his left wrist: "But you don't need to do anything about this last layer. I can just destroy it myself."

After saying that, the pendulum on her wrist released a burst of soft hazy light, dispelling the slightly gloomy silence around the two of them, and then...

After revealing this false silence, the participants were surrounded by thousands of people!

"My advantage in this battle is these brave and capable 'partners'."

Yu Shang smiled at Gu Xiaole and slowly retreated into the 'battle formation' around the two of them: "The fifth level illusion itself has no effect at all, it is just to cover up the auras of my friends, and what you have to do is Killing me in the midst of everyone's encirclement and suppression shouldn't be difficult for the Great Onmyoji, right?"

"Well, it's really not difficult."

After Yu Shang's figure completely disappeared from the crowd, Gu Xiaole, who nodded slightly and had a smile in his eyes, actually put away her weapon [Hei Chu·Zhao Shi Lu Jue], and then clapped her hands gently: "But if I say, Isn’t this actually the last level of illusion?”

"What!?"

Yu Shang, who had completely hidden himself in the crowd, couldn't control himself, and finally accidentally said this famous line that would probably be defeated soon after he said it.

There seemed to be a breeze blowing——

When Yu Shang came to his senses again, he found that he was once again eye-to-eye with Gu Xiaole, and around the two of them, there was no one alive left in the 'battle formation' that was the former's final trump card.

"That is……"

The pupils of Yu Shang's exposed eyes suddenly shrank, staring intently at a certain black figure in mid-air.

"Sorry, I hope I didn't scare you."

Gu Xiaole shrugged and introduced with a somewhat embarrassed expression: "That is my 'Samurai Soul', which can also be said to be a 'born ghost'. To put it simply, it is a person who has a very bad personality and has been hiding it since he was developed...or It is said to be a special sealed 'Shikigami'. The reason why I let her come out for some air today is mainly because you thoughtfully arranged five layers of illusions to block my contact with the outside world. In addition, those NPCs are not real NPCs, but Some beings that are closer to data will be wiped out by the system even if they don’t die here..."

Buzz——

A bone-deep chill interrupted Gu Xiaole's explanation, and Yu Shang's health instantly dropped from 89% to 31%.

In mid-air, there was a shikigami with the same appearance as Gu Xiaole, but with dark sclera and blue pupils. He cast a cold glance, and then slowly floated down to the open space between Gu Xiaole and Yu Shang.

She has long, dark blue hair that hangs casually around her back, and her skin is so fair that it is almost voluptuous. She wears white clothes and scarlet hakama with patterns drawn by countless ghost heads. What she holds in her hand is not Gu Xiaole's double-shaped five-bone bat fan. , but a 'royal coin' with a large number of black zigzag strips of paper connected to the top. In terms of clothing, compared to Onmyoji, it is better to say...

"Miko?"

Yu Shang, who is deeply involved in the ACG circle, was a little surprised when he looked at the "Shikigami" in front of him who was full of weirdness but had a certain holy temperament. His expression was very surprised.

"Yeah, I don't know why. This guy is obviously the Samurai Soul of this Onmyoji, but he has the shape of a miko."

Gu Xiaole scratched his cheek in confusion and said in a dejected tone: "And I don't know why, she can be said to be completely disobedient to orders. She can do anything except not hurt me."

Yu Shangpi, who was losing blood at a rate of 2% per second, nodded with a smile and asked: "So?"

"So the main reason why I spent so long with you is to please her. After all, this kind of opportunity for Samurai Shodown to make a killing is rare, and if you want to increase your chances of winning in the subsequent games, you must rely on her power."

Gu Xiaole didn't hide it, he stated his purpose very happily, and then suggested to Yu Shang: "Now that my purpose has been achieved, why don't you just fight with me?"

"Okay."

Yu Shang didn't hesitate, and immediately rushed towards Gu Xiaole. He struck the last blow before his health was naturally lost, and said with a smile: "Then I will fight with you!"

The next moment, the shrine maiden's attire reluctantly raised the black royal coin in her hand——

[Pseudo·Intrinsic Barrier: Against the God Hundreds of Water Soul-killing Formation]

…

‘Hey, flat four-eyed monster. ’

'what? Scumbags and bastards. ’

‘I just watched an interesting game and I’m going to share some information with you. ’

‘Who is following whom? ’

‘The Great Onmyoji who was ranked thirteenth before the closing list and a bastard. ’

'Then what? ’

‘If I’m not wrong, the Great Onmyoji probably made a breakthrough in the game just now, and it was a very high-quality breakthrough. ’

‘What’s wrong? Half an epic? ’

‘That’s not true, but it’s mostly about freeing up the [Field], or something called [Inherent Barrier]. ’

‘Fuck, is it real or fake? ’

'I'm not sure. After all, I'm just a low-level waiter, so I can't guarantee it to you. But even if it's not true, the pressure I felt at that time should be enough to surpass you. ’

'So what you mean is...'

‘Even if you can dress me up and fly with me just for the team competition, you should get serious about improving your strength. ’

‘Yeah, I understand. I’ll make a unique barrier for the next game and play with it. ’

Chapter 1882: End