Double Red Equipment Resonance Methods (Bonus chapter-please subscribe to the full series)
The Corpse Mountain God of War's charge sent the Free Player flying on the spot.
At the same time, the Corpse Mountain God of War himself was knocked backward.
Several arrows had already lodged in the shield on the Corpse Mountain God of War's right side.
As he flew backward, the arrows suddenly transformed. Two of those embedded in the shield became snakes, twisting their heads around to bite his arm, while the rest turned into bottles of different colors, spilling their contents over the shield.
The Corpse Mountain God of War's shield was not quasi red equipment being nurtured. It was simply the shield the original statue had held.
It was nothing but a prop, with no real use.
It offered neither defense nor weight.
The moment the potions landed on the shield, it rapidly corroded.
Yet the Corpse Mountain God of War merely paused in surprise, and the shield returned to its original state.
Then he brought the shield down, crushing both snakes to death.
Meanwhile, the rain of arrows fired earlier reached Gu Xi and Eve.
Neither Gu Xi nor Eve had a shield, so they relied mainly on dodging these attacks.
Gu Xi also used Death String to slice through some of the incoming arrows.
He truly had not expected the severed arrows to change direction in midair, turn into dragonflies, and fly toward him.
This made Gu Xi realize that everything-the earlier arrow splitting into many, the many merging back into one, and even the rain of arrows-had been an illusion.
The arrows the Free Player fired were merely catalysts for his illusions.
They were not meant to kill, but to deliver the illusions to Gu Xi.
Presumably, these illusions were the Free Player's true killing move, and the dragonflies before him were merely a