Challenge: The Fool with the Surname Okayamine

Chapter 130 Madness Part 3: The Demand for Inscription

Susanoo gripped a blazing sword with both hands, its blade flashing with dazzling black flames. The intensely hot sword slashed down fiercely at the six people below!

In an instant, the air seemed to be torn apart by this powerful force, forming a shockwave visible to the naked eye, which swept towards the six people at an astonishing speed.

Ling Qianqing, dressed in the [Gawain] armor, slowly stepped forward. The armor, which originally shone with a silver-white light, underwent an astonishing change due to the extreme heat.

It was no longer that cold silver color, but gradually transformed into a dazzling and eye-catching color, as if it were being devoured by raging fire.

"It's coming."

After saying that, Ling Qianqing gripped the sword hilt tightly with both hands, and crimson flames gathered on the sword like a torrent, rising continuously. Finally, he swung the sword and slashed fiercely at the giant sword of flames that covered the entire sky.

[The Sun - The Sword of Victory in Rotation]

The two swords clashed, unleashing a blinding light that nearly blinded everyone around them.

In an instant, the two stored heat energies collided, forcing the other four to activate their random domains to try to remove the heat energy.

Allen had been waiting for this opportunity for a long time. Seeing that Ling Qianqing had restrained Ming's Susanoo, he immediately leaped up, and the propulsion device of the Pendragon on his back was fully activated. The lightsaber in his hand merged with magic power, turning into a golden stream of light, and rushed straight towards the top of Susanoo's head, about to pierce it.

The moment Allen charged forward, Susanoo's eyes shone even brighter red, and he swung his sword back to force Ling Qianqing back.

However, this excessive use of power also caused a great backlash to the spirit inside Susanoo, with blood spilling from the corner of its mouth.

Allen seized the opportunity, adjusted his stance, and charged forward again. This time, he avoided the frontal shield, circled around to the side, and stabbed Susanoo's side with his specially made spiritual energy disintegration lightsaber.

With a loud bang, Susanoo finally gave way and began to collapse and disintegrate, thus exposing Ming to Eren's eyes.

Allen held a sharp sword, its tip pointing directly at Ming, his eyes radiating an uncontrollable arrogance. The sword gleamed coldly, hurtling towards Ming like lightning, poised to pierce Ming's heart in the left side of his chest!

However, at this critical moment, Allen suddenly felt an unusual sensation in his hand as he held the sword. "Something's wrong. It clearly pierced through the spirit armor and sternum..."

Ming suddenly laughed. "You didn't mean to say you couldn't feel the location of your heart, Miss Allen~ I'm sorry, I don't have that, and you've fallen for my trick."

Black, mud-like flames erupted from his heart, tightly coiling around Allen's still-dazed body, the one that had pierced his own arm, and his smile grew increasingly sinister.

"Do you really think I wasn't on guard? Or rather, I was just waiting for you, and that's why I deliberately weakened the spiritual energy output from my head, waiting for you to break through..."

"not good!"

With composure and decisiveness, Allen used his Freedom Domain to protect his other hand, which was not bound by flames, and immediately swung it to cut off his own right hand.

Blood splattered, but Allen could only grit her teeth and retreat quickly. After all, with her rich combat experience, she could tell whether being completely devoured was more important than sacrificing an arm.

Ming watched as Allen retreated after losing his limb, but did not pursue him. He raised his hand, and the black flames receded back into his body, the wounds healed rapidly, and his severed left hand grew back through the flames of regeneration.

"As expected, the information from the display device is so accurate that I can completely restore it using my mental computing power."

Ming completely devoured Allen's hand, and also fully learned the information displayed by the device within it.

"Damn it! How dare you touch my most respected Lord Allen!" Just as Ye Mo came to his senses, he let out a deafening roar!

At the same time, the numerous, pitch-black, unknown spheres of matter surrounding him began to spin wildly at an astonishing speed.

As if they were given life, they twisted and deformed constantly, and in the blink of an eye, they transformed back into one huge, ever-changing, and rapidly recombine one another.

In the blink of an eye, they transformed back into Barrett sniper rifles gleaming with a cold light! Each Barrett flashed with a chilling metallic sheen, its dark muzzle pointed directly at Ming in mid-air.

Immediately afterward, a murderous intent stirred in Ye Mo's heart, and a series of crisp gunshots rang out. Bullets pierced the air, carrying a sharp whistling sound and a deadly threat, raining down on Ming like a storm.

Seeing the bullets coming, Ming calmly raised his hand, flames erupting from his body in an attempt to dissolve them. But strangely, a bullet passed right through the flames and struck him.

Ming was startled, while Allen sneered, "You think you can melt the Flame Beast? This is primordial matter! It's a non-existent substance created by combining magic power with spells, and this kind of substance has absolute constancy and cannot be destroyed!"

After being struck by that fierce attack, Ming's body swayed violently. However, the killing intent generated in his mind due to the overuse of spiritual power became even clearer.

But Ming still managed to suppress the pain and dizziness brought on by the rampant killing intent in his mind, gritted his teeth, and used all his strength to steady his swaying body.

'We can't delay any longer... Let's go.'

After much deliberation, Ming finally made up his mind and stopped hesitating. He took a deep breath, gathered all his strength into his legs, and then sped off like an arrow toward the boundary of this arbitrary realm.

Ye Mo was not about to give up. He shouted, "Trying to run? I'll teach you to tear me to pieces on behalf of the esteemed Lord Allen!" He manipulated the primordial matter to transform into a giant chain and chased after Ming.

Ming noticed the movement behind him, but had no time to turn around. After confirming that the flying speed was not as fast as his own, and that he could repair his body because of the Pendragon data, Ming did not worry too much. He just needed to run desperately towards the border.

Just as Ming was about to reach the border, Joliana, driving lightning and coordinating with the drone, quietly approached Ming from behind.

"My precious little fire beast, you have to stay here today!!!"

Ming felt a chill run down his spine. Knowing danger was approaching, he forcibly twisted his body to avoid it.

The nine drones sped and spun rapidly through the air.

Their movements were perfectly synchronized, as if controlled by an invisible hand. As they moved at high speed, streaks of electricity flickered and leaped across their bodies, weaving together into a dense electric grid.

In the blink of an eye, these nine drones miraculously combined! They were tightly connected, forming a huge and powerful electronic gun.

The gun gleamed with a blinding blue light, and crackling sounds of lightning occasionally emanated from it, sending chills down one's spine.

The manifestation device [Percival] unleashes its maximum magical power—the pseudo-spell [Thunderous Holy Lance]!

In the blink of an eye, all the heavenly lightning converged. "Damn it, for the future of SSS!" With a roar, Xiang Ming hurled the Thunder Holy Spear. The point where the two collided erupted with a dazzling light, as if the entire domain was illuminated by this light.

Immediately afterwards, the lightning bolt that had been struck by the inscription seemed to have been subjected to a tremendous impact, and it actually rolled back and slammed heavily onto the ground.

In an instant, the earth trembled violently, smoke and dust filled the air, and rocks flew everywhere. A huge, bottomless sinkhole suddenly appeared before everyone's eyes, a sight that was both shocking and terrifying.

As the billowing smoke gradually dissipated, a figure slowly emerged from the bottomless pit.

Upon closer inspection, one could see that Ming was wearing a suit of armor forged from solid ice, gleaming with a cold yet dazzling light. The armor at his chest was somewhat damaged.

【Extreme Cold Ice Puppet - Ice Armor】

"I can't afford to get hurt anymore. I need to repair myself at the highest frequency, and then the feelings just keep growing stronger. It hurts so much..."

'Ding'

Ming subconsciously activated the full range of sound perception abilities of [Soul-Suppressing Demoness] and sensed a high-speed object rushing towards him from behind.

Ming was startled and turned around abruptly like lightning, his gaze instantly locking onto Artemisia, who was rushing towards him.

She carried a magical longsword, like a silver rainbow stretching across the sky, steadily hurtling towards Ming. The sword was wreathed in azure magic, like the shimmering light of a tranquil lake.

The manifestation device [Lancelot] unleashes its maximum magical power—the pseudo-spell [Sword That Severes the Lake's Light]!

Seeing that Artemisia's sword was about to pierce him, Ming stomped his feet on the ground and used the reaction force to leap backward.

At the same time, he crossed his arms in front of his chest, and a layer of black flames surged out, transforming into a shield to resist any possible residual force.

"You guys really won't give up." Ming sneered. At this moment, his mental processing power was working at high speed, analyzing the attack patterns of the crowd in conjunction with the [Divine Eclipse Chapter] appearing within his body.

After landing, Artemisia didn't pause, charging at Ming again with her sword drawn. The others also surrounded him, forming an encirclement. Ming knew he couldn't fight anymore, and a strange light suddenly flashed in his eyes.

A red light flashed in Ming's eyes, and his body began to burn and disintegrate. Everyone was stunned. What kind of new move was this? In the instant they hesitated, half of Ming's body had already turned to ash.

【Black Flame Style - Etherealization】

Ming's figure gradually blurred, but how could Ling Qianqing let him escape so easily?

Relying on the sun in the sky and the depletion of magic power, Ling Qianqing plunged the Flame Sword into the ground. The flames spread along the ground, actually surrounding and interfering with the Ashes of the Demonic Inscription.

Ming was trapped in the flames, but his face showed no panic. He let out a low shout, and black flames surged from his body, fighting against Ling Qianqing's flames.

In an instant, the heavy sword slashed fiercely at Ming's body, and he also reformed his hand into a scythe. The flames of the two collided with a roar.

'Such powerful strength, even stronger than Tohka's, and her magical energy is also unusually abundant, what's going on...'

As he thought about it, the [Divine Eclipse Chapter] within his body translated rapidly until the words "Magic Adaptation Surgery" flashed before his eyes.

"Seriously... how much does DEM even pay you guys a month? Do you have to work this hard... even doing that surgery that shortens your lifespan..."

Ling Qianqing seemed oblivious to the outside world, completely absorbed in the fierce battle.

The giant sword in her hand gleamed with a crimson light, and with the swing of her arm, it unleashed a series of sharp sword energies, but the intense heat seemed to tear the void apart.

“To protect…” she murmured, as if answering Ming’s earlier question.

"Oh?"

“You are a calamity because of the elves, my sister, and Qing’s family all died in that spacequake… So Qing doesn’t want to lose any more people who are good to her!” Her eyes were incredibly resolute, as if she had already resolved to kill Ming here.

At this moment, Ling Qianqing was extremely radiant, just like the sun that had already foreseen that it would give up everything. Knowing that death was inevitable, she did not hesitate at all and only wanted to eliminate this black beast before she died.

"Disappear, monster!!!"