Chapter 571

Looking at the woman whose body was already covered in Ice Armor, Lin Yu began to stretch his limbs with complete disregard for others.

"Should I show you some respect and give you a few moves, Ms. Cocolia?"

"Hmph, pretentious."

With the complete release of the power within the star core, the last shred of reason in Cocolia's mind, along with her reckless act, vanished completely.

Human beings are always weak and foolish, always... overestimating their own abilities!

After condensing countless ice shards, Cocolia manipulated these ice shards, causing them to fly towards Lin Yu and the others.

"Let me—grant you despair!"

Faced with these ice shards that fired at an extremely high speed and looked very difficult to deal with, Seele had a bad feeling.

Under the onslaught of icy shards, she felt she was just thankful to have survived.

As for the others... it's really impossible to expect everyone to be unharmed.

However, as this thought flashed through her mind, she was shocked to find that after these ice shards shot out, they instantly vanished in the face of a golden light.

After the golden light, Lin Yu stretched his neck and spoke to Cocolia in a very casual manner.

"What did you just say? I think I didn't quite catch that."

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PS: 4K, continuing today.

Trailblaze Chapter 27. Automatic Defense Penetration

Not much time had actually passed since Bronya chose to leave Lin Yu and the others and head to Kliper Castle.

But at this point in time, she coincidentally encountered Gepard, who was supposed to be on the front lines.

After learning that Gepard already knew about Cocolia's actions, Bronya thought for a moment and decisively chose to tell him the information she had.

After Cocolia's daughter told him in the shortest terms that Cocolia had done no good, Gepard... instantly prepared to switch sides.

"Please wait a moment!"

Seeing that Gepard was completely unable to contain his anger, Bronya immediately said helplessly to Gepard.

"Now I'm going to Kliper Castle to persuade Mother to surrender, if you're willing, Gepard..."

"Commander Bronya, please put away your filial piety."

To the Rand mother and daughter, Gepard was undoubtedly an outsider.

But precisely because he was an outsider, he was able to view the relationship between the mother and daughter more rationally.

It's safe to say that within the City Builder, Cocolia's doting affection for her adopted daughter Bronya is an undeniable fact.

Perhaps it was because she felt her mother's love that Bronya still harbored a naive thought in her heart.

It's true that she wanted to save her mother, but her decision to go to Kliper Castle to persuade Cocolia to surrender was partly driven by the thought that "my mother loves me so much, maybe she'll listen to my ideas."

But Gepard thought Bronya was probably overthinking it.

Cocolia's affection for Bronya was not a false emotion, but this already insane woman would not stop her mad behavior because of her feelings for her family.

Bronya wasn't new to trying to persuade the other party, but had she ever succeeded in doing so before?

Rather than sending Bronya to Kliper Castle to do something foolish, Gepard felt that stopping her here was clearly the right choice.

Just as Bronya was about to say something more, the expressions on both of their faces suddenly changed.

"This feeling is...!"

In an area not far from the two, an incredibly powerful force suddenly erupted.

Bronya wasn't stupid; the moment that power erupted, she thought of something.

Why would Lin Yu, who has always been meticulous, suddenly allow himself to leave alone?

Whether from the perspective of worrying about Bronya's safety or from the perspective of being wary of Bronya returning to Cocolia's side, Lin Yu should not have so easily allowed her to act alone.

But now, Bronya understands completely.

Lin Yu made it very clear from the beginning why he didn't send anyone to follow her.

"Perhaps your wonderful foster mother is no longer in Kliper Castle at all," he said.

And now it has been proven that he was absolutely right.

As soon as Bronya left the group, a fight broke out where Lin Yu and the others were.

The good news is that, from this perspective, Bronya's still beloved foster mother, Cocolia Rand, still had concerns about her daughter's safety.

But there was also bad news.

For example, right now—her safety is no longer a problem, but Cocolia's safety has become a huge problem!!!

Although Bronya already knew from the moment the power erupted not far away that her mother would choose to use the power of the Star Core in battle.

However, her preconceived notions about Lin Yu have led this naive young girl to believe...

—My own adoptive mother couldn't beat the other party.

The man seemed arrogant, but his subsequent actions and the consequences proved that his seemingly arrogant behavior was merely a common tactic employed by a strong person who was confident in his abilities.

In other words, Lin Yu not only knew that Cocolia to use the power of the Star Core to overturn the table, but he may have even been prepared for it.

With Lin Yu on guard, some of Cocolia's actions were already unlikely to succeed.

Furthermore, considering that there are actually few residents in this area, Bronya felt that this confirmed one thing even more.

Lin Yu had been plotting against Cocolia for a long time, but because he didn't want to involve others, he lured Cocolia, who was hiding in the shadows, to fight in this near-no-man's-land.

If outsiders knew what the girl was thinking, they would think that Bronya, as Cocolia's adopted daughter, was going against the natural order by praising Lin Yu, a stranger she had only known for two days, while simultaneously thinking that her adoptive mother's actions were extremely excessive.

But only Bronya herself knows that the judgment she is making now is probably not too wrong.

Whether a person is good or bad is not determined by what they say or think, but by what they actually do.

Bronya, of course, couldn't understand all of Lin Yu's and her adoptive mother's thoughts, but one of them, after arriving in this ice and snow city, went on to deal with the Void creatures in the upper and lower city districts and save many people.

The other person has done a lot of terrible things over the years—and deliberately killed many people.

Comparing the two side by side, even if Bronya doesn't want to face the facts, it's difficult for her to continue speaking up for her adoptive mother.

"... Everyone, get moving!"

Looking at the woman who had already floated into the air not far away, Gepard spoke to his subordinates.

"Although there aren't many civilians left here, we still need to do a good job of evacuation to prevent more innocent people from suffering from the disaster!"

"I'll leave this place to you, I... I'll go take a look!"

"Wait, Gepard!"

Bronya shouted at Gepard as Gepard charged out.

"You, intend to..."

"I am the Silvermane Guards."

After coldly interrupting Bronya's question, Gepard turned to Bronya and said calmly.

"The duty of the Silvermane Guards has always been to protect Belobog."

"Right now, it's clear that someone is trying to persecute my country and the safety of my people in the city, so what can I do..."

"—Let's defeat her completely here before she becomes a threat to others."

Hearing the heavy footsteps of the other person as they drove by, Bronya felt that she had no other choice.

Now, she keeps telling herself that if she gets to the scene, there might still be a glimmer of hope.

But now, watching the woman launching another attack from mid-air, Bronya felt a sudden, inexplicable sadness welling up inside her.

Cocolia flipped the table, which was enough to prove that the accusations Lin Yu had made before were undeniable facts to her.

In other words, from the moment Cocolia chose to directly eliminate Lin Yu and the others...

—The fact that the Supreme Guardian betrayed Belobog is already a foregone conclusion.

"What did you just say? I think I didn't quite catch that."

The atmosphere froze instantly after Lin Yu said those words.

It wasn't for any other reason, but mainly because in front of the Lietou Si were already mentally and physically prepared, this scene had a bit of a show-like effect.

Less than thirty seconds ago, Lin Yu had told them to be careful and to be prepared for battle.

Now, Cocolia has made her move, and although this attack doesn't seem to be a finishing move, it's definitely not a probing attack that's only used when testing the waters.

Lin Yu then easily blocked the attack, thus resolving all the dangers they faced on the spot.

Well...

If it weren't for Cocolia's many evil deeds, March 7th would almost feel Cocolia.

He had just finished making those tough remarks when his attack was easily blocked by the enemy.

This is definitely a shameful thing for anyone.

As for Cocolia, whose attack was neutralized on the other side...

Honestly, she didn't expect this move to be enough to easily defeat her opponent.

After all, these enemies are people that Star Core has emphasized that "you might lose even if you use Star Core in a head-on battle." If she still thinks that she is invincible because she has the power of Star Core, then she is being a bit of a fool.

However, this attack was not a probing attack.

In order to catch the enemy off guard before they had a concrete idea of how strong Cocolia was when she used her Star Core, Cocolia's attack this time was close to her fatal blow in terms of energy intensity.

However, this move... cannot be said to have been entirely unsuccessful.

With the opponent's action of activating the energy of destiny, did this move of hers... ever really exist?

The answer is clearly no.

From the moment the other party floated into the air and casually walked towards her, Cocolia, whose body was already covered by the power of ice, actually felt...

—A little sweat was still seeping through my back!

Are you kidding me?!

At this moment, Cocolia, who was almost insane, completely broke down after realizing that she was still 'afraid' of the other party.

She thought that after using the power of the star core, she should at least have the ability to compete with the other party.

However, even though the difference in the intensity of their energies wasn't significant, Cocolia had to admit defeat in the face of this overwhelming aura...

From the perspective of Pathstrider, Cocolia is far inferior to the man before her.

"Hey, why aren't you saying anything? Weren't you going to bestow despair upon us?"

Looking at the silent 'Mother of Falsehood', Lin Yu sighed helplessly.

"Say what you have to say quickly. After you've said what you want to say, I'll be able to tell that innocent and lovely Miss Rand what her adoptive mother's last words were."

"You—you think you've already won?!"

Having broken down, Cocolia now descended into an even more intense and deranged frenzy.

"That was just a moment of carelessness, from the instant you approached me..."

"—Your fate has already been sealed!"

As soon as he uttered those words, Lin Yu was instantly enveloped in endless ice and snow.

Lin Yi, who was already preparing to retreat below, was surprised to see her father, who had always been invincible, actually frozen inside a block of ice...

To be honest, this scene, which she had never seen before, felt quite strange to her.

"Xiao Yi, why are you still staying in... Lin Yu?!"

Xing, who was about to drag Lin Yi away, saw Lin Yu frozen in the sky by Cocolia and became anxious.

"No, it's really too much for him to do alone!"

"Ah, about this..."