Qiao Liya transford into a blue light and rushed toward him.
With Kaionis’s Snow in hand, all knowledge of swordsmanship suddenly flooded into Su Ming’an’s mind. Like the girl had once done, he stared intently at the dazzling blue light and then, with all his strength, slashed down—
[——HP-75! (Combat Power Suppression! ntality Resistance! Break Technique!)]
With a combat power as high as 600, this strike was no longer an insurmountable gap before him. Glancing at his own HP of 55, Su Ming’an lifted his eyelids from the exploding blue light.
When only the kings remained on both sides, rules no longer mattered, leaving only the most direct confrontation.
Eni’s HP was still at 95, and he struggled to prop up his pain-ridden body, his hand trembling as he held the sword. He controlled his brilliant flas, closely watching Su Ming’an’s HP—around 50.
Under normal circumstances, this amount of HP wouldn’t stand up against even one of his own attacks, and since he was a ranged attacker and the opponent was lee, he could definitely kill the enemy before he got close.
He eyed his opponent, dragging his heavy body with each step forward.
Each step he took was calculated precisely—there must be no room for loss. The cost of failure was too great, unbearable for either side.
The calm-faced opponent watched him expressionlessly.
Eni suddenly felt a strange significance... It was as if the opponent, who at least had so emotion, suddenly beca devoid of fluctuations.
At the mont when the opponent finally stepped into the farthest attack range, a flash of light crossed his eyes, and he yelled, as if to bellow out all the suffocation and anger, sending a fla like an arrow from his palm!
The opponent’s form abruptly moved.
"Swoosh!"
Like a dance on black and white tiles, the snow’s gleam from the sword flickered only for a mont in the sight.
Then, the figure rapidly closed in, reaching him almost instantly!
Eni had level 4 basic swordsmanship, whereas Su Ming’an had level 1 basic combat; the improvent each level brought was almost a qualitative change.
The swordsmanship skills inherently given to Yuanyuan were displayed with a level—lv.9.
It was precisely the ninth level of swordsmanship, which allowed her to skyrocket her combat power to 300 without adding a single attribute.
It was truly just that swordsmanship skill that she relied on.
Eni saw that person appear instantly before his eyes, and his pupils constricted as he recalled the nightmare scene of his arm being severed.
But next, he grew angry at his own retreat, the blood-red flas around him burning fiercely all at once.
... If long-range doesn’t hit, then co try close combat!
Pass through my flas and endure the pain of being scorched all over—In such flas, even if you can endure the intense pain, the rapier in your hand will lt into molten iron!
Eni’s eyes burned with mad flas, channeling all his mana into the flas enveloping him, blooming like a red lotus, whose bodily heat saturation was beginning to overwhelm even his innate resistance.
—He didn’t believe his opponent would dare to step forward under these circumstances!
That’s what he thought, and then, he saw the person in front of him move his hand from the hilt up onto the blade.
—And then he charged into the flas unprotected.
"Huff—!"
Eni watched in amazent, seeing the opponent’s face remain unfluctuating, watching the leaping flas roast his skin and clothes, and seeing the hand that protected the blade gradually stain a bluish-black, then char and decay, as if completely immune to pain.
The hilt of Kaionis’s Snow lted in the intense heat, dripping molten iron, yet the segnt of the blade protected by his palm remained sharp.
The sll of charred flesh wafted to Eni’s nose, bringing a sense of mortal danger.
In fear, Eni tried to retreat from this man, but the Red King opened his mangled palm and then, holding that segnt of the blade, plunged it fiercely into Eni’s throat!
[——HP-1280! (Combat Power Suppression! Fatal Wound!)]
Eni’s eyes gradually dimd.
His HP dropped to zero in an instant.
—He lost.
He shouldn’t have treated his opponent like any common foe.
His opponent wasn’t human.
His opponent was a madman.
Without empathy, without normality, impervious to pain, a madman who faced death unflinchingly.
The bright red flas continued to dance.
The Blue King, with endless regret and loss in his eyes, collapsed.
In a world of deathly silence over the chessboard, only a single figure remained standing.
Under the boundless expanse of the star sea, that was the only shining light.
Reborn from the flas.
...
[You have cleared the "World Chessboard", and an evaluation is currently being calculated based on your performance...]
[Achieved Rating Level: SS (Highest)!]
[Evaluation has been recorded in the final assessnt of the world, rewards will be distributed after the end of the world]
[You have acquired the final clue (Perfect Level): The Real Duoduo’s File Bag]
[Clue has been recorded in your clue bar and is accessible at any ti.]
[Preparing to distribute your equipnt reward...]
[Acquired Equipnt (Aurora Ring)]
[Aurora Ring (Purple Grade): This is the brightest future and also the gentlest curse.
Luck Third Level (cannot exceed A)
Spirit 5
Durability: 5/5
Equipnt Requirent: None
Special Skill (Morning Glow): Every five percent of your health can temporarily be transford into one point of spirit, and your health cannot drop below five percent. The conversion ratio will change as the level increases.]
[Ding-dong! You have been upgraded to (First Rank Four) Player]
[Ding-dong! You have been upgraded to (First Rank Five) Player]
[Achieved Honor (Number One Player): The true Number One Player, you have obtained the scepter of the world.]
[You have received 40 Honor Points.]
[Body damage detected, repairs in progress...]
...
When Su Ming’an opened his eyes again, he was facing the empty third floor of a hospital.
Duoduo was no longer there. Under the wide swatches of sunset light pouring through the floor-to-ceiling windows, he saw a stack of files that had suddenly appeared.
He extended his hands and saw his left and right arms, perfectly repaired without any signs of fla scorch, looking exactly like their original perfect state.
"Ding-dang!"
The sound of tal hitting the ground was particularly crisp. He slightly shifted his gaze.
The silver fine sword had fallen to the ground. The previously lted hilt had been perfectly repaired and in the sowhat viscous crimson sunset, it looked like a piece of perennially unlting ice, extrely beautiful.
He picked up the sword and gazed at it intently.
...
[Snow of Caeneus (Blue Level, can grow): The vain and futile dream of shattering reality
Attack Power:18~36
Durability:25/25
Equipnt Requirent: One-Handed Weapon, Strength Requirent 2 or more
Special Attributes: The high and mighty snow that cuts through all deceitful aversion; creatures touched by its frost will have no reincarnation. Accompanied by Ice Attribute, Darkness Suppression, killing creatures of the Darkness Series can evolve. As it has been carefully repaired by the organizers, its attributes have experienced decent growth.]
...
He took off his coat and wrapped it around the sword bit by bit carefully, then he took a rope and scissors from his backpack and made a simple Sword Bag to carry on his back.
He moved forward, opened the stack of files, and as his gaze slowly shifted down, he confird his speculation.
[Clue linked! Hypothesis linked!]
[You have obtained the final inference.]
[Perfect Pass Route · Completion 90%]
...
He put the files into his backpack and, carrying the sword bag, walked down the stairs step by step.
Waiting on the second floor, Lv Shu saw his figure and greeted him, "Back again? You were up there for a long ti, I’ve already explored the second floor."
Lv Shu did not know if Su Ming’an had acquired anything good, but seeing him co down safely was reassuring; he disliked seeing good people die.
Suddenly, he noticed that Su Ming’an’s lost arm had returned, and instead of the unconscious girl who should have been on his back, there was now a long Sword Bag.
"Should I take you back? Many zombies have appeared again on the first floor." Lv Shu didn’t know what had happened, but that didn’t stop him from wanting to help.
Then, he saw the young man look at him once.
"Thank you, thank you for your kindness," Su Ming’an said, "However, you have attacked before, and to prevent another unexpected attack next ti... it’s better if you don’t follow ."
Lv Shu looked sowhat bewildered at him.
Watching as the young man’s figure gradually moved away, he suddenly noticed the barrage that he hadn’t paid attention to until now, which was flooding like crazy.
[May endless glory crown you, Number One Player!]
[Number One Player, may your martial fortune prosper!]
[— Ahh my Ming’an bro!! It’s heartbreaking and exciting!]
[Even if death isn’t real, choosing to die in an absolutely realistic scenario is really rare...]
[She is the true uncrowned king, she will always be my Lighthouse!]
[I am crying; these are the emotions you can never et in reality, she is the myriad of lights crowning him!]
[She sent out the gentlest blessings before burning herself out, and he will beco the Lighthouse that forever shines in everyone’s eyes.]
[May you both sparkle forever.]
[Number One Player, may your journey be smooth!]
[If glory still awaits yonder, may you be filled with hope and be unstoppable!]
[Number One Player, ...]
[...]
...
Lv Shu’s heart suddenly surged with astonishnt; he looked up abruptly at the figure disappearing into the shadows, seeing that seemingly particularly heavy Sword Bag.
He suddenly rembered what the barrage had once told him about the young man’s "boastful claims".
The words from that recorded clip, he still rembered them.
[In the spotlight, everyone’s eyes are looking in one direction, naturally forming a central focus—if we want to lead such a desperate group, making them all move towards a common goal... we need to establish a clear and firm goal.]
[—If everyone is a lost ship in the ocean, I hope... I can be their compass, the person under the central spotlight
—and the forever steady Lighthouse.]
Watching the figure that gradually vanished into the darkness, Lv Shu pondered these words over and over.
Then, his eyes sparkled with an extra glow.
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