The Strongest Offensive and Restraining Weapons (Six Thousand Words)

"Laugh!"

With just a thought, Yang Jia instantly condensed the surrounding mental energy field, releasing a mental spear towards Xiao Xiao.

Xiao Xiao dodged the attack using the Queen's Tear Brooch, but immediately raised his scepter and pointed it at Yang Jia. As the scepter pointed, a bloody storm erupted around them. The endless, scattered spiritual energy, like a mirror reflecting countless fragments of illusion, converged madly towards the center once again with the movement of the scepter in his hand.

On the surface, it is remarkably similar to the spiritual spear released by Yang Jia.

However, the spiritual power that Xiao Xiao gathered with the scepter in his hand was obviously not as fast as that that Yang Jia gathered. Yang Jia's spiritual spear, driven by his consciousness, was completed in an instant and then struck Xiao Xiao's heart with terrifying power.

The spiritual power that Xiao Xiao gathered was slow, yet heavy.

It surged forth, gathering at the tip of the staff, and then suddenly burst outwards, subtly transforming into a giant hand.

It swept over everything, heading straight for Yang Jia.

[Black Gate City's most powerful offensive weapon: The Old King's Scepter]

[Rank: S]

[Function: Possesses the ability to command and influence all spiritual forces, affecting reality with willpower and distorting thought with the mind]

[Note: On the day he stormed the palace, he looted all the jewels, weapons, and beauties accumulated by the old king, killed all the powerful ministers and soldiers who dared to resist. He thought he had everything in the kingdom, so he indulged in wine and women, signed treaties with other countries to seek patronage, increased taxes and implemented policies, and treated the kingdom as his personal treasury.]

[Until the commander in charge of the inventory told him devastating news: the old king's youngest son had escaped from the palace and taken the old scepter, a symbol of the king's status. Panic gripped him, and he ordered that the scepter be found at all costs. This sparked a bloodbath throughout the country: those who harbored the young prince were killed, those who knew but did not report him were killed, and even the personal guards who failed to find him were killed.]

The Little Prince was quickly found and killed, but the scepter disappeared. He searched for the scepter for ten years, killing countless people in the process. Countless scepters were brought to him, but they were all judged to be fake. The entire kingdom was devastated as a result. He became the most powerful man, but because of the scepter, he had not slept well for ten years, constantly worrying about its reappearance.

[The scepter did indeed appear, in the hands of a young man, said to be the old king's illegitimate son. Even though no one had ever heard of this illegitimate son's existence, he held the real scepter and commanded immense power throughout the country. Even the army mutinied en masse. Then, on a night with fire burning, he stormed the palace and proclaimed himself the new king!]

Where did he go wrong? He thought, it must be because he didn't find the scepter.

[Note 2: The most precious things in this world are not gold, which has a constant value, nor rare jewels, nor stunning beauties whose shelf life is only a few decades, nor powerful and invincible armies, but rather, things that are endowed with the symbol of power.]

[...]

This is Black Gate City's most powerful weapon, and it's also where the fundamental difference between Xiao Xiao's and Yang Jia's attacks lies.

The most powerful defensive weapon is status.

The most powerful offensive weapon is called power.

Both Yang Jia and Xiao Xiao focused their mental energy on one point and launched a frenzied attack on the enemy with a swing of their staffs. Yang Jia forcibly restrained them and charged at the enemy, as if he had forcibly grabbed a group of people and smashed them against the enemy. Xiao Xiao, on the other hand, ordered these people to come over, line up, and actively attack the enemy. The same group of people had different effects.

Of course, Yang Jia's style does match her impulsive personality.

"Whoosh!"

As Xiao Xiao swung his scepter and struck with his enormous hand, Yang Jia's expression changed drastically.

She hadn't expected that the seemingly unremarkable scepter could unleash such a powerful attack in an instant. As her pupils contracted, a faint door-frame-shaped ripple appeared in front of her, and then suddenly expanded wildly outwards.

Normally, the door-frame-shaped ripples they support are only about one meter wide and two meters high.

But now that the ripples on the door frame have appeared, they have instantly increased to a width of about three meters and a height of about six meters.

It's like a giant black hole.

The spiritual power that Xiao Xiao had gathered was instantly swallowed by the black hole, and its nature was forcibly distorted, turning into strands of power that condensed on Yang Jia's left hand. At this moment, her palm seemed to have a mysterious feel to it, covered with all sorts of mysterious patterns, not like a product of reality, but as if it came from the depths of a nightmare, capable of seeing through everything.

The next moment, the hand reached forward.

There was Mingming a distance of seven or eight meters between her and Xiao Xiao at this moment.

However, this palm strike went straight for Xiao Xiao's chest, grabbing at his brooch.

It wasn't that her hand had grown longer; rather, it was that the space seemed to be compressed when she made that grab.

Xiao Xiao frowned. Faced with this sudden action, his Mind Burst gave him a lot of room to react. Faced with this most mysterious and unrealistic grab, he simply turned slightly to the side, using a displacement on a physical scale to dodge the grab.

The next moment, he lunged forward, gripping the scepter tightly in his hand.

The ground beneath my feet began to shrink rapidly, like a zooming in or out image.

Yang Jia was not in control of her own body; in a daze, she was brought to Xiao Xiao's feet by the ground beneath her feet.

Xiao Xiao reached out and grabbed her wrist, as if grasping at the only straw that glimmered with light in a deep nightmare.

Yang Jia turned around, and an ordinary pistol appeared in his hand.

Bang!

The bullet whistles out, seemingly imbued with a thousand, a hundred, or even ten thousand times more kinetic energy the moment it leaves the barrel.

The air itself was blasted open, creating a hole, and with an indescribable pressure, it slammed directly into Xiao Xiao's heart.

But just like before, the brooch on Xiao Xiao's chest flickered with a faint light. Facing this terrifying bullet, Xiao Xiao himself was almost completely unaffected. However, behind him, the entire Black Gate City seemed to have been hit by a meteor. The fragile city was transformed into flesh and blood at this moment, and the surging tremors were like a huge tsunami rising from the deep sea.

Yang Jia's pupils contracted slightly, and she instantly realized one thing:

At this point, he really couldn't do anything about Xiao Xiao.

She couldn't hurt him at all; all the damage was borne by Black Gate City.

Therefore, my initial idea was correct: to kill Xiao Xiao, the first step was to remove his brooch.

The instant Xiao Xiao withstood the bullet, he lunged forward, grabbing Yang Jia's wrist and pulling her towards himself. However, despite his pull, Yang Jia remained completely still, and the shockwaves instantly enveloped her. As an observer with extremely powerful perception, Xiao Xiao felt as if Yang Jia had vanished from the world.

The power of the sole Branders.

At this moment, Yang Jia herself is that door.

That door connects the real and spiritual realms, a hidden entity capable of devouring all power and secrets.

"Don't panic!"

Xiao Xiao reminded himself and kicked Yang Jia.

When faced with this situation, an ordinary person would easily be deceived, frighten themselves, and become hesitant and restrained. However, Xiao Xiao, in a state of Mind Burst, was able to maintain absolute calm and rational thinking. Therefore, he understood that Yang Jia could not truly disappear.

This is simply because the power she wields is too strange and difficult to detect.

The Mysterious Source may disappear from the real world, but Yang Jia is impossible; she is a person from the real world.

The Mysterious Source within her has also been forced to imprison itself in the real world.

In this real world, however, I hold absolute offensive power.

In the blink of an eye, the two exchanged blows, their combat strange and terrifying. One now possessed absolute authority over a secondary Mysterious Source, while the other wielded the strongest defensive and offensive weapon bestowed upon them by Black Gate City. It could be said that every move they made possessed terrifying power. However, due to their respective goals, they chose to engage in close combat, distorting the surrounding space.

In the blurry and distorted air, only two shadows could be vaguely seen. Each of them had the ability to easily shake the entire surrounding ocean of spiritual power, yet they were intertwined, sometimes crossing over, sometimes close at hand, like ghosts, sometimes near and sometimes far.

"How is it? How is it?"

Meanwhile, on the outskirts of the battlefield, Ruan Ruan, who had retreated, was anxiously jumping around.

Little Four, who was in the trash can next to him, could still sense the changes in Xiao Xiao's battlefield through the ability of the Shadow Contract, but Ruan Ruan was a powerful soul cultivator who basically only knew brute force. The camera she left behind could not see what it had recorded, so he could only worry.

Little Four, with a trash can lid on his head and a rag doll in his arms, also had a blank expression.

Faced with Ruan Ruan's urgent question, he hesitated for a moment before replying, "I didn't do anything..."

"Dancing again..."

"..."

"Is this the confrontation between the strongest forbidden beings beneath the Mysterious Source you were talking about?"

The Hell Organization sent them to gather intelligence... or perhaps they came specifically to watch the drama unfold... On the warship, someone stared blankly at the confrontation between Xiao Xiao and Yang Jia, and couldn't help but scratch their ear. "We've seen confrontations of equal caliber before. Last time, when the First Captain tried to seize the position of Chairman, we watched the whole battle while eating popcorn..."

"Why is he different from these two?"

"..."

The others nodded in agreement, their expressions somewhat strange, and looked towards the White Devil beside them.

White Devil stood at the ship's railing, intently gazing in that direction.

He was momentarily stunned by the gazes of his companions, then a look of amazement quickly spread across his face:

"I told you my brother has a real artistic talent, didn't I?"

"Look how strong his dance skills are!"

"..."

"..."

They exchanged several blows in an instant. What was expected to be a battle that would sweep across the entire battlefield did not unfold as everyone hoped. On the contrary, their confrontation was confined to a Xiao Xiao circle, with them going back and forth like ghosts in the dark night.

"Your resistance is futile, your struggle is pointless..."

This confrontation was originally evenly matched.

It's like two billionaires insisting on deciding the winner at a gambling table with a betting limit of one hundred dollars.

Compared to Xiao Xiao's composure, Yang Jia became noticeably more agitated. She grabbed at Xiao Xiao's senses as if to pull him into the deep, unfathomable river. At the same time, seven or eight faintly pulsating door-shaped marks appeared around her. Within each mark, a strange spiritual spear emerged, condensing killing intent and projecting it towards Xiao Xiao.

"I see!"

Xiao Xiao ignored the spiritual spear, but slightly shifted his body to dodge Yang Jia's hand that was reaching for his chest.

At the same time, he raised his hand and made a horizontal slash, stubbornly grabbing Yang Jia's wrist.

"Heh, what do you understand..."

Yang Jia withdrew his hand, and a faint river appeared around him, from which desperate souls crawled out one by one.

Her pupils contracted sharply as she stared intently at Xiao Xiao: "You don't understand anything at all."

"You're just a pathetic wretch who won the lottery!"

"..."

"So you're reminding me that I'm part of a huge conspiracy?"

Xiao Xiao brandished his scepter, turning the surroundings into a sea of blood to repel the approaching despairing souls. Looking into her eyes, he quickly said:

"I may seem to be doing well now, but am I actually being used by some kind of will?"

"..."

"Um?"

Yang Jia was stunned for a moment. "Is that what you mean?"

Xiao Xiao suddenly realized. "Oh, not some kind of will, but fate?"

"..."

Even Yang Jia himself was a little confused.

When the Mysterious Source completely took over her sanity, she seemed more like an embodiment of the Mysterious Source.

An embodiment of hatred and murderous intent towards Xiao Xiao.

Of course, she hadn't expected that her angry rebuke would be interpreted in such a way by him...

What happened?

I was Mingming, but why did it seem like I was deliberately telling him something?

You will die here!

Yang Jia's expression grew even colder. "You only have one fate; sooner or later you will die in confusion..."

Xiao Xiao reacted quickly, his eyes flashing slightly. "Are you telling me the reason why the Mysterious Source must kill me..."

"Even if you can't do it, will some other Mysterious Source do it to me?"

"..."

Yang Jia paused for a moment, feeling utterly exhausted, and slowly shook her head. "You won't succeed."

"Wild ideas will only lead to the most desperate end!"

"..."

"It seems I need to be more determined."

Xiao Xiao looked at her and nodded seriously. "I've never really had faith in the Noah Project because I lack the same obsession as the other strangers, and I also doubted whether the great ship's final destination even existed. But now you've told me that it is indeed a very difficult path, but it's also a path that has exceeded the imagination of all the Mysterious Source..."

"When an opponent tries to make me despair, it means that I also have the potential to make them despair!"

"..."

"Whoosh!"

Yang Jia shut her mouth, and a hint of hatred even appeared in her eyes.

Xiao Xiao nodded slightly to her and smiled, "I've already said I'm an observer."

An insightful person is someone who possesses extremely keen perception and understanding.

At this moment, Yang Jia, or rather, the real-life embodiment of Mister Du, was filled with extreme confusion and dissatisfaction. She didn't know why Xiao Xiao could interpret her words in this way, especially since some of his interpretations seemed to be close to the truth... How could things suddenly turn out so strangely?

However, she quickly realized where the problem lay.

The problem lies with himself, or rather, with the original Yang Jia.

Yang Jia's emotions and reason were distorted, which is why she became the real-life embodiment of the Mysterious Source. She influenced him, and he influenced her. Out of hatred after being distorted, he said these words, and these words conveyed a message.

Xiao Xiao interpreted it in reverse and thus grasped this information.

Damn it...

The emotions of these people are sometimes things that higher-dimensional beings cannot understand.

Of course, he also knew what he should do at this moment. Since he couldn't control it or understand it, he should just give up.

As she closed her mouth tightly, she suddenly stepped back, and in an instant, a door appeared behind her—a pitch-black door. Previously, the Branders had tried to open doors in front of her, but this time, she opened a door behind her. This door was not a faint ripple brand, but a real door, standing there in the void, eerily quiet, like a nightmare.

If the power of the brand flowing around her resembled a river, then the end of that river was the door. At this moment, Yang Jia stood in front of the door, her body seemingly becoming transparent. From within the door, an exceptionally terrifying power slowly seeped out.

"Are they going to fight to the death?"

Feeling the real door, Xiao Xiao couldn't help but be startled.

Yang Jia is really good to me...

In fact, after this confrontation, as an insightful person, Xiao Xiao could not possibly be unaware of the crux of the problem.

Both of their encounters were battles that transcended their own levels. He was only at the fourth stage of enhancement, while Yang Jia originally just an ordinary Branders. However, one of them suddenly obtained the highest-level weapon in the city, and the other became the only Branders and the real-life embodiment of the Mysterious Source. Their battle was actually a battle between Black Gate City and the Mysterious Source, Mister Du.

In comparison, I performed better myself.

Because Yang Jia represents the entire Mysterious Source, while he himself only used a few top-tier weapons from Black Gate City.

But there's another crucial point: I'm only renting it, and there's a time limit.

Yang Jia, however, seems to be invincible.

So in this confrontation, he should be the one who is anxious, but now, Yang Jia is the one who can't take it anymore.

She actually chose to go all in first?

... Aside from the fact that she's rather reckless, isn't this all for her own benefit?

"It's time to give it our all..."

And facing the door that Yang Jia summoned.

That door seemed to contain indescribable, terrifying power, as if it were a gate shut out by countless hellish monsters.

Xiao Xiao took a deep breath.

He had long seen through Yang Jia's plan. Yang Jia's goal was to remove his brooch. Once the brooch was removed, he would be instantly crushed by the spiritual power emanating from Yang Jia. As he thought this, he clenched his left hand. The Platinum Ring was cold to the touch, yet Xiao Xiao felt as if it were burning hot.

Yang Jia's goal was to remove her brooch, and her goal was equally simple: to put the ring on her finger.

[Black Gate City's strongest binding weapon: the Bloodstained Platinum Ring]

[Rank: S]

[Introduction: She didn't actually do anything wrong; she was just tired of a certain lifestyle and wanted to escape this place.]

But she died in an assassination attempt, and no one sympathized with her.

When photos of her death were widely reported in the newspapers, people were actually saying, "She's dead? She deserved it. What more could she want? She was a princess! She became the first princess in royal history to openly commit adultery."

[...]

The most powerful restraining weapon is not handcuffs or chains, but identity.

Seeing that Yang Jia was thinking of him, he summoned the most dangerous door. She had even opened that door, and something extremely terrifying was vaguely visible inside. Xiao Xiao also gripped the ring in his hand tightly. To outsiders, he seemed to have no brains. He Mingming saw that Yang Jia had summoned such a terrifying thing, but instead he suddenly went to meet it and even puffed out his chest.

"Splash..."

A terrifying, dark red hand suddenly reached out from inside the door and grabbed at Xiao Xiao's heart.

Given Xiao Xiao's reaction and speed at this moment, he absolutely could not dodge this hand, and his brooch was grabbed by it.

Yang Jia, who was standing outside the door, suddenly turned slightly pale.

She seemed surprised that she could so easily snatch Xiao Xiao's brooch.

With the brooch removed, Xiao Xiao will be utterly powerless to protect himself in this confrontation, destined only to be reduced to dust.

But she also didn't expect that, the moment the brooch was snatched away, Xiao Xiao would still manage to step forward and suddenly grab Yang Jia's hand. She couldn't do it before because Yang Jia was difficult to catch under the power of the brand. But at this moment, after she used all her strength to summon the door, her body became solid, and Xiao Xiao finally managed to firmly grab her hand.

Then, Xiao Xiao held up the platinum ring in his hand, smiled, and gestured.

It slipped onto her palm.

"Holy crap..."

Regardless of their faction, the crowd watching intently tensed up when the black gate appeared.

But this tension was far less shocking than when Xiao Xiao took out the ring and put it on Yang Jia's finger.

Even the White Devil, who had been trying his best to maintain an expression that said, "That's my friend, I know him," suddenly trembled and almost collapsed. He shouted in a trembling voice, "Are you fucking crazy?"

"A life-or-death struggle at the level of Mysterious Source..."

"You're proposing here?"

I'm going to Chengdu tomorrow, but I don't plan to take any time off these next few days. I'll try to write a lot during my free time, though I can't guarantee the quantity, since I don't know if their drinking capacity has actually improved...

By the way, do you guys have any authors you want to get drunk on?

I want to start a service that allows users to bottling alcohol via Didi.