Infinite Gods Reign Supreme

Chapter 84 - Staring blankly

People are always capable of doing this.

Looking for glasses while wearing glasses, looking for coat while wearing a coat.

After exhausting all my efforts and racking my brains, I finally discovered that what I had been searching for had always been right beside me from the very beginning.

Valentina set down the Vast Sky Scepter—which, driven by telekinesis, flew up automatically and returned to its rightful owner along with the Greatsword of Sin.

She looked at her palm.

Squeeze tight, release, then squeeze tight again.

Then I couldn't help but chuckle.

"I actually did this... Sigh." He shook his head. "No, if I hadn't exchanged for a higher-level Qi enhancement, I probably wouldn't have realized this possibility existed. And..."

She bowed slightly to Si Ming and Yu Zhiwei.

"Thank you, Captain. And... Miss Yu."

Si Ming waved his hand casually.

Yu Zhiwei stretched and gave a mischievous smile.

"Just saying it doesn't mean I'm being sincere. Although I think the captain might not mind, as for me... Vana, I won't be satisfied unless you give me a half-hour shoulder and back massage."

"Okay," she agreed.

However, her agreement was not unexpected for Yu Zhiwei—serious people always do serious things, even in normal circumstances. As long as Yu Zhiwei asked her in a normal tone, she would take care of her as usual.

but……

“But I have one more condition.” Her hand gripped Willow Leaf White Jade once more, causing the silver rapier to gleam with an even more dazzling light than before. Her muscles tensed slightly before relaxing again, allowing her to gaze at her seemingly lazy conversational target in the most focused way possible for a duel.

"Tell me about it?" Yu Zhiwei's expression remained unchanged, and she tilted her head slightly.

“Fight me.” Valentina’s gaze swept over the Void Scepter hovering beside Yu Zhiwei. “Fight me without holding back, with all your might… I know you haven’t been at full strength since you joined the Celestial Team, and you’ve never even fought seriously once. But I still want to know your true strength… and how many times have I told you, don’t call me Valentina!”

A gentle breeze was blowing.

Yu Zhiwei's lips curved into an elegant smile, her long, slender eyelashes framing her star-like eyes. Her breathing was deep and her demeanor refined. Yet, her eyes held a strange, profound meaning.

"How cruel, Vana. We've known each other for so long, yet you're still so distant... How kind of you, Vana, you're using this sulking-like excuse when it's for the sake of team fight coordination. Do you think I'm actually very fragile?"

Valentina's forehead twitched violently.

"You're quite good at reading comprehension, aren't you? It's such a waste of your talent that you're not in politics, Ms. Yu!"

"That's right."

"Eh?"

"Well, I was born a freak. A freak who's sometimes right and sometimes wrong." Yu Zhiwei stretched. "So I never got a government job, and later I even lost my own family's livelihood. That's a regret, you know... Hmm, you want to have a fight with me without holding back... I have no objection, but if you make demands, I'll have to raise the stakes. If you lose too easily, then the shoulder massage will have to be replaced with a foot bath."

"I'm fine with taking a shower!"

"You said it yourself." The long-haired girl gently covered her mouth, her gaze sweeping over Si Ming, who had already bought sunflower seeds, peanuts, and soda, waiting to watch the women fight. The stardust in her eyes gradually transformed into a faint starlight. "Then, when you're ready, just tell me."

“I’m ready.” Valentina gripped the willow-leaf white jade tightly.

then……

Yu Zhiwei did not move.

Valentina didn't move either.

One second, two seconds.

Valentina, who had initially intended to remain still and wait for the right moment, frowned slightly, as if she were about to say or do something. However, her lips moved slightly, but she couldn't utter a sound!
when! ?

"Do you realize it, Vana?" Yu Zhiwei looked at her long, slender fingers, perhaps planning to apply nail polish on the spot. "You've already lost."

It's not telekinesis.

There were no fluctuations of telekinesis in the air, and she had already prepared countermeasures against telekinesis and the Dot-Line Demon Eye. However, even with her newly acquired Yuan Qi enveloping her entire body, she was still unable to defend against this invisible attack!

The Dot-Line Magic Eye is not activated.

The Vast Sky Scepter was not used.

But she has already done something... she is manipulating areas that can be crossed without moving her hands!

Valentina's still-movable eyeballs slowly turned downwards.

It was below, it was the ground. It was his own feet touching the ground—and they, along with the shadow cast around the table, merged with Valentina's figure!

"Hmm, the reaction is not bad." Yu Zhiwei closed her five fingers. "Shadow Walker, a special skill derived from mental power. It is essentially a kind of telekinesis, but it is particularly advanced in the field of shadow manipulation. And now, my shadow and your shadow are connected."

The Scepter of Vastness, lit.

“I bought it casually while enhancing my A-level telekinesis, so it doesn’t really count as hidden power from the past. But now, how many times do you think you’ve died, Vana?” The energy surged like a living thing. A flashbang popped out of her storage item and detonated the moment it hit the ground. The dazzling light instantly dispelled all the shadows. However, in the instant the shadows crumbled, the Vast Sky Scepter floating beside Yu Zhiwei lightly tapped forward.

The air suddenly caved in and deformed.

The powerful telekinetic force converged, even causing a time collapse in the propagation of visible light. The invisible express train set off, propelled by a force of hundreds of tons at speeds of hundreds of kilometers per hour.

'Bang!'

Caught in the blast, Valentina was propelled nearly a mile into the distance by the immense impact before crashing into a suddenly appearing rocky mountain and embedding herself within it. A standard Dragon Ball-style rock formation immediately materialized, and even with ample energy protecting her body, the impact was enough to leave her severely injured.

"Honestly, you're supposed to be a swift, item-based warrior, so why are you standing so close yet not quite close enough to talk to me... huh?"

The wind is still blowing.

Yu Zhiwei's relaxed demeanor finally disappeared from her.

The next moment, the 'Valentina' on the rocky mountain hundreds of meters away suddenly collapsed, but only a half-shoulder cloak was still embedded in the crack of the mountain!

It was a holographic cloak; Valentina used it, along with her own energy, to directly weave a physical illusion. This was something she couldn't have done before, yet now she could easily create this disguise.

It was that flashbang.

So--

'Crack!' Lightning flashed.

The Vast Sky Scepter, briefly touched by Valentina and now firmly grasped by Yu Zhiwei, suddenly erupted with dazzling sparks of electricity. It wouldn't explode, of course, but it would have a nerve-paralyzing effect. This might not be able to penetrate the monstrous troll's physical toughness, but it could still be an opportunity, at least buying a fleeting moment of time!

Valentina, now without her cloak, suddenly appeared behind Yu Zhiwei.

The willow-leaf white orchid filled with lightning crystals was already tearing through the lightning and stabbing forward, accompanied by the special effect of the demonic silver blade that partially slowed down the lightning!

A white rainbow pierced the sun, and a hawk struck down above the palace.

The hastily erected layer of psychic power shattered with a deafening roar, and the silvery-white sword blade pierced towards the space between Yu Zhiwei's brows as she suddenly turned her head—

'Boom—'

The sword was not touched.

Yu Zhiwei's head—no, his entire upper body—exploded like an overloaded balloon. Crimson blood and stark white bone splattered everywhere; for any mortal, this undoubtedly meant death.

Valentina's hand holding the sword trembled slightly.

"Second, the moment you take action, you must lock onto your target. No matter what happens, do not waver."

Broken flesh and blood, reassembled.

Yu Zhiwei once said that before she obtained Guanyin's scriptures, she herself did not know how terrifying she would become after using her physical abilities.

Now, the reincarnators know.

The shattered upper body reformed into a tree, with blood and flesh forming wildly flailing branches. Eight grotesque muscle bundles wove together and grew sharp teeth and claws. Two of these easily parted the lightning-streaked willow-leaf white orchid, while the remaining six opened their enormous, cross-shaped mouths, accompanied by a burst of organic power.

Strong organic acids, blinding toxic gases, directional infrasound and ultrasound, and bio-lasers emitted from the head-like swollen eyeballs within the mouthparts—all of these were unleashed upon Valentina. Even though the swift ranger dodged and dealt with them all through her energy layer, the last, thick, drainpipe-like muscle bundle still managed to climb up to her ankle.

'Poof—' The energy layer suddenly shattered.

The Millennium Falcon, summoned at some unknown time and activating its cloaking field to charge its Shattering Cannon in the distance, suddenly materialized and froze in mid-air as if it had lost its command signal. The nerve-disrupting poison had already been injected into Valentina's body. The next moment, she was bound and enveloped by crimson muscle bands around her wrists and feet. Meanwhile, Yu Zhiwei's chest and abdomen, which maintained her human form, began to split and expand again to the sides!

From within the crimson depths, a massive, spiraling maw, resembling a meat grinder, suddenly opened wide. The girl's slender lower body remained languidly leaning against the chair surrounding the table. However, the upper body it supported transformed into a crimson funnel, like a large bed, capturing the restrained Valentina, and about to be hurled down into the center of its hundreds of sharp, massive teeth that opened and closed, secreting highly acidic digestive fluids.

Everything happened and evolved in less than two seconds.

The newcomers, Luo Yinglong and Almalia, were so stunned that their jaws were practically deformed, and their brains had given up on thinking.

Even Song Tian and Jacob, who were familiar with the true nature of this guy, were slightly taken aback and nervous.

Only Si Ming let out a soft sigh.

"Almost got it."

The Flame-Borrowing Greatsword swept across.

The next moment, Yu Zhiwei's upper body, which could have been a final boss in a Resident Evil game, was instantly vaporized in the flames. The black fighting spirit that had transformed into a steed was reshaped in the flames, and Valentina, who was paralyzed and somewhat terrified, was carried on its back.

Blood and bone grew again.

The unharmed Yu Zhiwei was reborn. Her pretty face twitched slightly as if it were a sentient being, before quickly calming down under her willpower. She then reached out and picked a bunch of fresh, high-energy grapes from the fruit plate on the table.

"Looks like I'm still the stronger one, Vana."

She swallowed the bunch of grapes, which was half the size of her head, in one gulp. Glancing at the somewhat helpless Si Ming, she turned her gaze back to Valentina, whose confused eyes had finally settled as she instinctively clung to the black horse.

"But at least you did manage to catch me. If you want to challenge me at full strength next time, remember to bring at least an A-grade weapon."

(End of this chapter)