Absolute Gate

Chapter 57 Quality Tampering
Inside the cave, everyone gathered around a steaming hot pot, watching Longkui take on the Tijuana team on screen.

Eating meat and drinking wine to one's heart's content, occasionally offering a commentary—that's pure bliss.

When Longkui shouted that the camping quartet should testify, Luo Yi laughed, and the other three immediately ate a bowl of hot pot.

Xia Heng even showed a relieved expression on his face, clearly having been teased like this before.

Yang Chunsha asked, "What should we do if they really give up and come to us?"

Wu Zhong ate a skewer of beef tripe: "It's not that simple to call it quits and make peace."

"Once a war breaks out, it will be very difficult to break out unless one side has an absolute advantage."

"Even if they all come to confront us, at worst the four of us will show up and identify Long Kui, and we'll wipe out one team in an eight-on-two battle!"

"Lord is Blackberry, how could the Tijuana team not believe him?"

Xia Heng calmly said, "It's impossible not to believe it. Tijuana didn't put a bounty on Xiao Wu. Plus, the way they spoke to Luo Yi, I feel like they love money more than revenge."

"Therefore, who the target is is not the most important thing, as long as the sugar daddy really pays, they can be sent away."

"If we can get rid of them in the end, then let them go."

"If they've come to their senses and don't want to leave, then we're not afraid of a four-on-four fight. They only have one gold-tier hero, and we can wait for them to tire themselves out."

Everyone ate and drank, and remained calm even when they saw Longkui transform into a dragon girl and become immune to magic.

Anyway, they don't have any magic-based combat power. Their only magic-based combat power is Yang Chunsha, but that combat power... it doesn't matter whether they are immune or not.

Xia Heng even shook his head: "How many losses do you have to suffer before you realize you shouldn't put other awakened individuals in the same team?"

Good grief, the whole team is magic-based?
The group then ate another bowl of hot pot mutton on the spot.

However, after thinking about it, Wu Zhong still said something fair: "It seems that two of their team members were killed by Night Wanderer at the beginning, right? Those two shouldn't be from the magic side."

Xia Heng said calmly, "Whether it is or not is not important. I don't believe these people only have this much ability. Let's see how he breaks this deadlock."

Everyone continued watching, not seeing how the Tijuana team would break the deadlock.
Instead, they saw Longkui grow dragon wings, soar into the sky, and utterly crush Tijuana's team, killing two of them.

Inside the cave, everyone finally put down their bowls and chopsticks.

In a short period of time, Tijuana was left with only two people: their captain Hyacinth and Big Beard.

"This woman is fierce," Xia Heng said in surprise.

Yang Chunsha asked nervously, "What do you mean? You two aren't a match for them either?"

Xia Heng honestly said, "If I were to fight her head-on, my only option would be to teleport away."

"Huh?" Yang Chunsha exclaimed in surprise.

Luo Yi also said, "I can fight her. It's hard to say who will win. It depends on how long she can keep up with this move. Anyway, I can keep up for a long time."

Yangchunsha knows that sometimes strength alone is not enough; durability is also important.

Longkui hadn't transformed into a dragon before, so this move might only last for twelve minutes before the Multiverse expires.

Or perhaps, as the fight goes on, their Yuan energy runs out.

However, these are all just speculations. Judging from Longkui's ability to tease her opponent and make him strip naked, it seems that she is definitely still in a very good position.

Yang Chunsha asked anxiously, "Shouldn't we hurry out to help Tijuana's team?"

"Otherwise, they would have been wiped out!"

Xia Heng shook his head slightly: "No rush..."

"Aren't you in a hurry?" Yang Chunsha complained. "Should we wash our feet first?"

Xia Heng glanced at her sideways: "I had already washed up when you were digging the tunnel."

"???" Yang Chunsha stared in surprise.

Luo Yi tilted his head and exhaled a smoke ring: "Aren't you going to call me?"

Xia Heng scoffed: "Your shadow is on the mountain, how are you going to come with me?"

Luo Yi was speechless, and in his anger, he immediately turned a bottle of beer upside down and stuck it into the funnel!

Then, holding the bottom of the funnel with one hand, I watched the water level in the bottle churn and drop continuously.

"Gulu gulu gulu..."

Yang Chunsha looked at the wine-selling king speechlessly, and then at Xia Heng, who had taken the time to patronize a foot massage parlor while being chased.

My previously anxious and restless mind became completely still.

There's nothing to rush. If the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up. If these two aren't in a hurry, what's the use of her being anxious?

Xia Heng must have known what was going on. He couldn't possibly be holding a grudge and wanting to see the Tijuana team wiped out just because of that comment, "Endless Summer isn't as strong as you," could he?
"You two are so calm, you must have a plan?" Wu Zhong asked.

Luo Yi shrugged: "Old Xia and I can run away at any time, so of course we're calm."

"..." Wu was speechless on the spot.

Xia Heng smiled and said, "Alright, alright, the main problem is that we haven't seen what we want to see yet."

"You want to see their trump card: the calamity artifacts?" Wu Zhong pondered.

Xia Heng said seriously, "Yes, the information on the calamities is the most crucial, because it could turn the tide of battle in an instant."

"What's the use of just looking at these things? No matter how powerful she is, can she compare to Yang Chunsha in digging tunnels? She has the guts to lift this mountain up."

“We could have left right after they started fighting like dogs. The only reason we stayed was because of that tortoise shell monster. If we don’t deal with that thing, we’ll be found no matter where we are.”

Wu Zhong understood perfectly well that if it weren't for the tortoise shell, they would have left long ago.

Yang Chunsha nodded repeatedly. She had rarely seen strange and unusual things before; in fact, she had only ever seen enlightened beings.

I mostly see information about other strange and unusual objects on forums, but it's mostly limited to text and images, so I don't really have the intention to investigate them.

Luo Yi exhaled smoke and pointed at the screen: "Did you guys notice that car? This is definitely not some kind of magic effect. It hit someone but didn't kill them, and then it was blown away by the wind."

"It's likely that its mass has been artificially altered, but judging from the impact effect, it's still made of metal, and its composition and hardness haven't changed. This is a mass alteration that doesn't affect the object's shape."

Wu Zhong noticed this, and said, "Because the mass is reduced, it is as light as nothing, so it can float in the sky. The reason why it can't kill people after it crashes down is that its kinetic energy has also decreased."

“The captain must have a catastrophic artifact that alters the quality of things. If Longkui lets him go, that's fine, but if she pushes him too far, things might go wrong.”

Everyone was completely focused on the projection.

As expected, Longkui did not intend to let Ai Luo and the bearded man go after they stripped naked and revealed their true forms.

Her personality changed after she transformed; her vertical pupils contracted, revealing a cruel, sinister smile. Faced with their pleas for mercy, she simply said, "Humans who beg for mercy are less than animals."

"Whoosh!" Her left hand swung the ice spike spear mercilessly!

However, Airo and the bearded man had already anticipated that she wouldn't let them off easily, and shouted, "Wind!"

With a whoosh, the bearded man unleashed a powerful whirlwind, sending both of them flying into the air.

"Hmph!" Longkui flapped her wings and chased after it.

At the same time, Elo grabbed a pen and wrote something on the back of his companion's hand.

In an instant, the bearded man's speed increased dramatically!

A shockwave appeared around him, and he went directly to supersonic speed.

"what?"

Longkui was startled and quickly flapped her wings to poke at Ai Luo.

At this moment, Airo also finished writing something on his hand, and his speed increased dramatically, but he was not as fast as Big Beard.

But he still narrowly avoided Longkui's ice spikes.

"Dragon Girl, stop chasing us, let us go!" Ailo's words echoed in the air.

Longkui's eyes were cold; though she couldn't keep up, she still refused to give up.

With its gaze fixed on the target, it soared through the sky, leaving a white trail behind it, determined to give chase!
Seeing that she was relentlessly pursuing him, Airo looked anxious because his speed had decreased...

"Damn it, the resistance is too great..."

Ailo's move just now only had a moment of acceleration.

Then, it was slowed down by air resistance and returned to a normal wind speed, and the distance between it and Longkui immediately began to close again.

"This calamity can only be reduced in quality? Hehe, thank you for your gift."

Longkui also saw through the opponent's characteristics and immediately thrust her ice spear straight at him!

"Captain, get out of the way!"

Just as Airo was about to be impaled to death by the monster, the bearded man flew over again.

As a true master of the wind, he was now as light as a feather, soaring at wind speed, a fleeting shadow, flying and turning freely in the sky.

In a flash, he pulled Elo away from the fatal blow, then turned and ran with her hand in hand.

With his flying speed, Longkui definitely couldn't catch up.

However, in order to save Ai Luo, the two of them were now too close to Long Kui.

"freeze!"

Longkui's dragon claw slashed through the air, and even though they were several meters apart, it still unleashed an extremely cold aura that froze the two of them.

"Boom! Boom!"

Two large ice blocks crashed to the ground, and the two people inside were frozen in the moment of their escape.

"Jordan, these two are left for you to sacrifice."

The last two members of Tijuana's team were frozen in ice.

However, after freezing and capturing the two alive, Longkui did not kill them.

Her tone was chilling: since they had been captured alive, they would be used as human sacrifices so that they could continue their pursuit of the Demon Master.

"Kill one now, I need to know the exact location of the demonic mark."

Longkui walked up to the ice block and used the handrail to melt most of it.

Airo and the bearded man emerged from the ice cave, their bodies still covered in a layer of pale ice crystals, and they moved slowly.

Jordan, holding a hatchet, stepped forward and ripped open the bearded man's chest and abdomen, performing a bloody sacrificial ritual.

Longkui stepped on Ai Luo with her toes and bent down to grab his hand.

There is a fountain pen there.

"Don't touch me, or we'll both die!" Airo roared suddenly.

"Hmph." Longkui's expression turned serious as she realized that Ai Luo was actually able to resist.

Ailo's face was contorted with rage, his body gleaming with cyan armor, and he shattered the icy confinement binding him.

It turns out he wasn't completely frozen; he used magic to protect himself for the brief moment he was frozen.

In fact, he is quite strong, and he knows a little bit of various magic. The rain of arrows he sent earlier was even more terrifying in its power.

He was just too unlucky to run into a dragon girl who was immune to magic.

As a result, only magic used on oneself or the environment can be effective, which greatly reduces one's strength.

At this moment, a desperate outburst erupted, and the magic shield lifted Longkui's toes off the ground.

"Hmph!" How powerful is Long Kui? She also possesses powerful dragon blood magic energy.

With a forceful push of his toe, he punctured the shield on the spot.

"Come on!" Ai Luo, with a reckless expression, stabbed the pen in her hand directly into Long Kui's leg.

Longkui's pupils contracted, and she immediately pulled her long legs back.

She was certain it was an anomaly, but who knew what effect this stab would have? The other party was clearly going to fight to the death.

However, by pulling his leg back like that, Ai Luo took the opportunity to escape.

But Longkui scoffed: "You're asking for it!"

How fast were her legs? With one pull and one kick, the sweeping motion was like a razor, enough to slice Airo in half in mid-air!

"Clang!" With lightning-fast reflexes, Ai Luo used his pen to block the attack, managing to block it.

That pen was indestructible.

……

(End of this chapter)