Infinite Gods Reign Supreme

Chapter 146 - The situation really took a sharp turn for the worse!

The alarm sounded.

When Valentina came to her senses, warning messages flashed across all the screens in front of her—not just about the Millennium Falcon beneath her feet, but also about the numerous prosthetic systems connected to it. All the electronic devices were on the verge of going out of control; in a few seconds, all the electronic components might explode!

How can such a thing happen?
How did the situation suddenly get to this point?!

His thoughts raced, and the second-stage gene lock unconsciously activated. The rapidly working muscles within his body instantly suppressed all the out-of-control prosthetics. Furthermore, the external force emanating from the Yuan Qi system repaired most of the prosthetic components that weren't completely destroyed back to their original condition.

Combat effectiveness has decreased by approximately 15%.

The external force continued to spread outward, but within the millennia-old engine, an ominous sound had already erupted!
That's too late.

Something must be done immediately!
The green light's glow expanded rapidly outwards, suppressing the instantaneous explosion of all mechanical structures at the cost of temporary overload. And at the very moment it took effect—

"Recycle!"

The Millennium Falcon, now merely obstructing the view, plummeted rapidly towards the specially designed storage space. Simultaneously, the silhouette of the attacker and Jacob's hastily unfurled group flight scrolls came into view.

The spell's effect has taken hold.

However, the attack team, which had also completed a short-distance teleportation, also acted at the same moment.

Sixth Ring Spell: Greater Dispel Magic!

Sixth Ring Divine Art: Advanced Dispel Magic!

Both spellcasters were using the same strategy: to counter each other's attacks. In the midst of this rapid clash of forces, the fastest opponent had already closed the distance to almost touching Valentina.

It was that person, the swift one who had fought Luo Yinglong before the communication was cut off. He held a delicate but powerful double-serpent staff in his hand, and immediately brought it down towards Valentina's shoulder.

Clang! The willow leaves collided.

The rapier should have been much faster, but it could only barely keep up here. The remnants of her damaged prosthetic body were definitely slowing her down, but that didn't mean she was helpless against such an unexpected event.

—Synthetic Wistron... overclock it!
The damaged internal prosthetic body was forcibly activated under the influence of external forces. The perception of time was thus stretched, and the enemy before him slowed down. The demonic silver sword in his secondary hand suddenly thrust out, and its special effects were rapidly activated.

slow down.

The wanderer's speed suddenly dropped due to the curse. At the same time, Willow Leaf White Garden was also activated, and the built-in ice-attribute dust crystals began to work and take effect, releasing the ice storm specifically designed to restrict high-speed targets.

A cold current and a sword appeared together.

However, before she could hit her target, she precisely caught a hint of mockery deep in the wanderer's eyes.

The answer has already become clear in my mind.

—Damn it! Doesn't this guy's advanced teleportation ability have any cooldown?!

The sword missed its target.

The Wanderer's figure shifted from in front of her to behind her—at the moment the teleportation ended, the Wanderer's figure paused for a barely perceptible instant. However, that brief moment was at most enough for her to avoid being shot in the head on the spot.

'Thud—' The staff of twin serpents grazed her ear and struck her shoulder. The sound of bone cracking rang out suddenly, and Valentina's brow furrowed slightly—the shattered shoulder bone instantly returned to its complete structure under the forced correction of her second-tier muscles. Only then did she realize that the staff of twin serpents actually had the ability to ignore the protective layer of her body's spiritual energy!

What a troublesome combination—Valentina could already feel her head throbbing.

but--

— Detonate.

Behind him, the holographic cloak, which had been rendered inactive by the 'Curse of the Mechanical Spirit', began to flutter unexpectedly under the influence of the external force.

She lacked the ability to repair the high-tech equipment that had been with her for so long in such a short time. However, she could use her external projection ability to activate the external energy source of the holographic cloak as a bomb—although she might be blown up even more, at least it would serve a purpose!
'Bang!'

Large bursts of light and flame suddenly exploded.

A sharp pain and a sense of impact struck her simultaneously, and amidst the shattered light and shadow, Valentina plummeted downwards. She struggled to turn her head back and look at the sky, where, in the vast expanse, she observed the same numerous wounds on the Wanderers.

It seems that the other party's injuries are more serious.

The green light ring will be usable again soon.

But before that, we need to see what other people do—

As she fell, the other battles on the sky became clearly visible in her eyes.

She saw it—she saw another attacker, a three-eyed woman who also possessed psychic abilities, who had already gotten close to Liesel during the attack.

This is not right!
When she and the others were besieging Yu Zhiwei, she clearly used a ranged fighting method. However, at this moment, she attacked in a way that exceeded Liesel's expectations.

It was a sword, a sword forged from light. Its blade was pure scarlet, yet it contained an extremely dense and ultra-high temperature.

—A Sith lightsaber? A Force user!?

Liesel's pupils contracted; in that instant, she understood why she could sense that the opponent's mental energy fluctuations were different from those of ordinary mental users. A blurry Stand was summoned, yet the swinging fist was still within the opponent's perception—Force-level precognition allowed the opponent to accurately predict even relatively simple tactics. And the raised lightsaber then sliced ​​a long, narrow gash into Liesel's Stand.

it hurts!

The shared senses of the Stand caused the intense phantom pain to tear a similarly long and narrow wound directly into Liesel's body. Her body stiffened abruptly, and the three-eyed Bewitcher bypassed the Stand's protection, its crimson lightsaber thrusting forward again, this time powerful enough to melt through her skull.

For an ordinary person with mental strength, this would certainly be a dead end.

but!

—My Stand and Ripple technique were all developed by myself!
The mental fluctuations between the psychic users remained locked in a stalemate. However, at this close enough distance, even the precognitive abilities of the Force users were rendered ineffective—surprise appeared simultaneously in all three eyes, yet Liesel had already unleashed a burst of energy and slammed into the chest of the psychic.

Jeet Kune Do, the inch punch.

The lightsaber could not be used to strike.

Even with the fastest possible correction of the slash trajectory, he could only futilely cut off a strand of Liesel's hair. The three consecutive short punches that followed, empowered by the second-tier gene lock, directly caused the three-eyed woman's chest to cave inward and bulge outward toward her back.

"You—" The life-saving substitute item on the manipulator's body had already been used up during the previous confrontation with Yu Zhiwei. And in the next moment—

A sound was heard.

The voice of the fool was slow and deliberate, yet the moment it uttered the first word, it conveyed the entire message to everyone in the room.

"You seek a goal, but choose the wrong opponent at the crucial moment."

The feeling of failure filled my mind.

The fourth punch, which should have directly pierced the throat or blown off the head, was delayed for a moment. Even though Liesel dispelled the false thoughts that had suddenly surged from the depths of her mind in the next instant, the three-eyed psychic who was about to be killed by her successfully increased the distance between them rapidly while coughing up blood.

The trouble is big.

Liesel tried to close the distance, but a sudden burst of Force energy thwarted her last attempt to turn the tide.

The distance between them widened completely. The Controller's severe injuries, under the influence of some kind of expensive consumable, were rapidly healing. A fleeting sense of frustration crossed Liesel's mind. However, just as she was preparing to regroup...

A glimpse of something beyond my field of vision.

Unbelievable things came into view.

—What are you doing, Miss Singer!

Something wrong has happened.

The Fool's power took effect on the Celestials, whose minds were most in need of protection—a massive, semi-spiritual skeletal arm. It emerged from behind Almaria, and was originally intended as a surprise attack to directly cripple or even kill her opponents.

Half-witch transformation—this is her trump card, a power she has never used in this world and could never have foreseen before, used to turn the tide of battle.

This power is extremely strong.

This power comes at a price.

Only desperate magical girls transform into witches. In other words, when using witch powers, the magical girl's mental resistance decreases due to the influence of despair. To the point that she can easily become indiscriminate in her attacks, blurring the lines between friend and foe, becomes a common occurrence!
The giant hand swung out.

That triumphant strike, however, strangely struck Jacob, who was locked in a battle with the scholar.

Almaria was still shouting confidently until she hit the wrong target.

"How could such a petty trick fool me! Don't think I won't notice you hiding there—wait, what are you doing?"

She saw the protective barrier around Jacob evaporate beneath the giant arm. Even with her utmost effort to restrain herself, the semi-spiritual skeletal arm erased one of Jacob's arms as easily as an eraser removing pencil marks—and Jacob didn't even have time to pay attention to her, instead struggling to erect a new magical barrier.

"Thus, the game is decided."

The scholar raised his finger and unleashed the most crucial spell.

Nine-ring protective magic - Mage Disintegration.

Jacob's hastily erected defensive barrier and all the magical effects on him vanished. Even the Shroud of Resurrection and the Crown of Thorns on his head emitted a shattering glow—having lost his ability to fly, he plummeted downwards. Whether he was about to be struck by Disintegration, a Finger of Death, or a bullet, it wouldn't make much difference.

Almaria's pupils dilated slightly. A strange feeling suddenly welled up from the depths of her heart, growing rapidly, like a sprout about to break through the soil.

but……

In battle, losing focus is a very bad approach.

The arcane fire erupting from the Fool's palm had already reached her, melting her witch-like, ethereal giant hand that might have been able to turn the tide. And perhaps in the next second, she herself would suffer the same fate.

no solution anymore.

The situation took an unexpected and rapid turn for the worse.

From the tattered shroud and crown of thorns, violent elemental forces surged and climbed outwards. These were the sealed darkness and wind, about to break free of their prison!
(End of this chapter)