"Concentration... Wind Breathing... the Fifth Form..." The wind began to spiral around the samurai sword, "Gale!"
The Death God and the samurai, both took a deep breath and made their move!
The two of them pounced like lightning!
Li Changzhou stopped in his tracks, standing still, dodging in the midst of sword light, Snake Shadow, and the sound of wind, his movements eerie and at unbelievable angles.
The Death God was the first to sweat, followed by the samurai, suppressed, completely suppressed! Every slash, every intention in their hearts, all within the other's expectations!
Terrifying, too terrifying!
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
The two used nearly fierce cries to bolster their courage, making their attacks even more ferocious.
Suddenly, Li Changzhou kicked out, his toe striking the samurai's wrist, a strange force sent the samurai sword flying out of the samurai's hand, shooting out like a bullet.
The sharp sound of wind struck towards the Death God.
The Death God quickly raised his Soul-cutting Blade to block the stroke.
Li Changzhou sank his waist, twisted his hips, and with the afterimages of his legs, kicked the two flying away.
Bang! Bang! Two loud noises, the Death God and the samurai slammed against the body of a black taxi, denting the door, as Li Changzhou continued forward.
"Ice Bird, High-Speed Star!"
High-Speed Star: Launches star-shaped beams of light at the opponent, guaranteed to hit.
By the time Li Changzhou realized it, the High-Speed Star had already reached his face.
Bang! A cloud of smoke exploded at the impact point of the High-Speed Star!
Li Changzhou reappeared.
What in the real world, not stopped by the 'Honey Pot World', is guaranteed to hit him?
And 'Photo Transmission', at first capturing a photo of an iron ball, then directly teleporting it beside him, simply taking it away.
The reason for this, was to display the 'master's' might, making everyone believe it was the 'master' who took the target away—although in reality, that's also true—Li Changzhou continued forward with both hands in his overcoat pockets.
"Instant Movement?!" The trainer exclaimed in surprise.
"Summon!" The duelist, whose pain had now eased, stood up again, "Dark Knight of the Gale, Gaia!"
The knight, fully clad in armor, riding a tall steed, holding a crimson spear in each hand, emerged on the streets of Shibuya.
"Dark Knight of the Gale, Gaia, Spiral Spear Kill!"
The steed whinnied furiously, and the knight, body flush against the horse's back, sped forward like the wind, the crimson spears in his hands stirring up ripples of wind.
Just three meters apart, the sharp intent of the spear already caused Li Changzhou's mask to crack.
Li Changzhou didn't retreat, his body slightly leaning forward as if falling, toes plowing the ground, he charged forward.
The tail of his overcoat lifted, like a cape.
Effortlessly evading the long spear, Li Changzhou moved close to the horse, raising his leg to prepare for an upward kick.
With his Constitution, an Ability as high as "56", if this kick landed, even a car would be blown apart.
He was confident that along with the horse's head and the man's head, he could shatter them all together.
However, just as his kick was about to connect—
"Ice Bird, use Guard on the Dark Knight of the Gale, Gaia!"
Guard: Completely blocks the opponent's attack, successive uses decrease the success rate.
Thud!!!
A dome-shaped transparent cover blocked Li Changzhou's explosive kick.
"Dark Knight of the Gale, Gaia, stab him!"
"Ice Bird, Ultimate Impact!"
The Dark Knight showcased exquisite spear skills, the long spear retracted, sweeping towards Li Changzhou's neck.
The Ice Bird pressed its wings down, spinning its body, transforming into a cannonball, with a power as high as 150, like a meteor's momentum and strength, it blasted towards Li Changzhou.
Li Changzhou initiated 'Honey Pot...
He tried to move his leg but was stuck.
"Stand still as if you've stepped on a landmine!!" Kujo Jotaro was brought over whole, bracing his legs against the curbstone, forcefully pulling on the invisible threads only Stand Users can see.
The threads were densely wound around Li Changzhou's legs.
"Seal!" The witch and the monk shouted in unison, chains covered in scriptures, locking down Li Changzhou's entire body.
'Photo Transmission' couldn't be used either.
"This is our Strength!" The samurai propped himself up with his sword, sweat dripping from his forehead, laughing loudly at Li Changzhou.
This was something Li Changzhou could understand, not merely a simple Japanese phrase, but it appeared too often in animations, so he understood perfectly.
"I see, if that's the case, I'll show a bit of my real skill."
Li Changzhou's eyes burst forth with dazzling red light.
Flames like the Sun burned. Two beams of light erupted from his eyes.
Conquering Shibuya!
Squeak——!!!
As if that was the only sound left, the destructive red light slicing through everything.
Taxis melted away, buildings sliced open like cakes, the world seemed to split in two under those twin beams of red light.
With a "Crash!" the Gale's Dark Knight·Gaia shattered into pieces of light.
The Ice Bird, smoking all over its body, lay on the ground like a roast chicken, its eyes spinning, yet it was still alive.
The witch and the monk collapsed in fear;
The duelist passed out from pain the moment his monster was destroyed;
A child hugged his head, crouched beside a car, shivering uncontrollably;
The silk thread in his hand suddenly burned and broke, Kujo Jotaro used too much force and was thrown out.
Everyone, alive, dead, player, non-player, huddled on the ground like moles.
Shibuya fell into absolute silence.
Li Changzhou continued to walk forward, hands in his pockets, the crunch of broken glass under his feet.
He reached the iron sphere, laid his hand on it lightly, and both disappeared at the smoky intersection of Shibuya.
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At Dogenzaka 2-chome, in front of a convenience store, inside a sedan.
Turquoise Pool opened her eyes.
"Isn't your brother too cool?"
"Yes!" Li Qianxia nodded vigorously in agreement, "He's super cool at pretending, when he first met Qing Lan, he even spoke in that disgustingly charming voice, so gross!"
"That is pretty gross."
Tokyo time, 8:30 AM, two people approached the sedan, the slender one sitting in the backseat, the tall and lean one in the passenger seat.
"Let's head back." Li Changzhou stretched out the seat belt and buckled up.
"Drive." After Turquoise Pool gave the order, the car started moving steadily and then sped off toward Shimokitazawa.
"We're leaving just like that? I haven't even had my shopping spree in Ginza!" Li Qianxia couldn't believe it.
"Qian Xia," Yang Qinglan took out her phone to contact Zheng Qing, instructing her to start prepping for receiving the target, "You and your brother's money can't even buy a single piece of clothing in Ginza, let alone go on a shopping spree."
"..." Li Qianxia's lower lip protruded out.
Turquoise Pool, speaking to Li Changzhou in the passenger seat, said: "Since you're pretending to be 'The Host,' why didn't you kill anyone? Everyone's impression of 'The Host' is that they kill without blinking."
"...I'm not really 'The Host'." Li Changzhou replied with a hint of helplessness.
Li Qianxia watched Yang Qinglan and Zheng Qing's conversation with a poker face, but in reality, she was already laughing so hard her abs were cramping.
'The Host' kills without blinking? Hahaha!
"It looks like you can't do big things, your vision is too narrow," Turquoise Pool commented again.
"Yeah, I've been like this from the start, so——"
"So you could only be my husband, and I'll protect you."
"..."
"I'm not scaring you, you pretended to be 'The Host,' caused trouble in Tokyo, and are unwilling to join the Special Warfare Bureau, 'The Host' will definitely come after you. Only I, your sister, can protect you."
"Let them come." Li Changzhou's stubbornness kicked in.
Li Qianxia bit her index finger, a thoughtful gesture, and she could hardly keep the corners of her mouth from twitching.
Turquoise Pool saw he was impervious, utterly unwilling to give in to her, but she didn't press him and changed the subject.
"How about the four of us take down the Storm? I'll take the items and give you two hundred thousand Game Coins."
"Two, two hundred thousand?" Li Qianxia's smile vanished in an instant.
If you sold it for cash, you could buy a whole building in Ginza, right?
If you used it to level up skills, upgrading from A+ to S− only cost 12,800!
"Not so great." Li Changzhou hadn't even considered this option, "I'm the kind of person who, if someone slaps me, I make sure they end up toothless. I'm a bit vindictive, even brutal, but keeping promises is one of my few virtues."
Besides, no matter how much Game Coin you have, there's nowhere to buy S+ level Visualization (although there's no guarantee of getting it either).
"Okay then, I'll listen to you." Turquoise Pool smiled.
"..."
Although he knew she was lying, the affectionate atmosphere deliberately created by the beautiful woman was still devastating to men. Fortunately, Li Changzhou only had Yang Qinglan in his heart.
The car arrived in Shimokitazawa, took a different alley, and the two men and two women once again used a weakened version of "Vertical Earth Golden Light."
Wait a minute.....
Li Changzhou had just reacted, a bit dazed, when he felt a sharp pain in his chest, and found himself already in the secret base of the Special Warfare Bureau.
"Bad... review! I want to... complain about your... teleportation service!" he clutched at his chest, gasping in pain.
Among the many players in Shibuya, none had injured him, but two rounds of teleportation had almost taken him to his grave.