Chapter 2542 / Chapter 2543

However, after a private conversation with Yao Guang, Sparkle had no choice but to abandon the idea.

According to Yao Guang's original words, Artifact Wielder belongs to the Miraculous Forger, and in essence, they all have an owner, namely the Miraculous Forger himself.

Therefore, unless the other party voluntarily enters the Poké Ball, it is almost impossible to capture someone who possesses Miraculous Item.

Although Chen Li forbids Artifact Wielder from using Miraculous Item in the Holy Grail War, they still possess many hidden advantages...

However, Yao Guang said she could help resolve this matter, as long as Sparkle slipped a few cards into the live stream during the Q&A session.

Another challenge for Sparkle is how to use Sparkle to defeat the three Servants.

Originally, this wasn't difficult. In the Counterfeit Holy Grail War, Servants were practically everywhere. You could just pick a few that weren't paying attention and launch a sneak attack without any sense of honor, and you could always get three kills.

But this optimistic outlook completely vanished an hour ago.

Because in order to upgrade from Lv999 to Lv1000, the Great Silver Wolf had already wiped out all the Counterfeit Holy Grail Masters from countless servers in the Origami University playground. It was like a stealthy slaughter, leaving not a single survivor.

In other words, if Sparkle wants to defeat the three Servants, he can only do so by defeating the veterans from other groups.

Of course, Sparkle could also hope that in the next ten hours, someone could accumulate enough Wish Power or fan base to reach the standard of three Command Spell and become the new Master of the Counterfeit Holy Grail War.

But to be honest, the chances are too slim.

Unless Sparkle are willing to personally intervene to attract attention and create stars... but in practice, that would be extremely difficult.

Firstly, the potential for growth is not enough for the Sparkle of their own. Secondly, since the Wish Power is to attract attention and create stars, the other party will inevitably be exposed to the public eye, and who knows if some nosy hunters will come to cause trouble.

Of Sparkle Counterfeit Holy Grail War Masters known to be still alive, only the Twelve Chrysos Heirs remain.

But we can't beat them, we really can't beat them.

However, Yao Guang also said that as long as Sparkle Hua is willing to say a few good words for her in the live stream, she will take responsibility for solving this problem.

Although that's what she said, looking at Yao Guang's smiling eyes, Sparkle always felt that the other person was exuding an unsettling aura from head to toe...

Is this guy really the Jade Palace General of the Xianzhou, and not the Masked Fool from the Tavern?

Seeing the worried look in Sparkle's eyes, and the equally uneasy comments flooding the big screen, Chen Li calmly spoke:

"Please rest assured. The rules of New Penacony are sufficient to protect every visitor. Even if you are killed by the Aeon, you will only wake up in reality and will not suffer any substantial damage."

"And I have absolutely no intention of belittling Aha. The opening match doesn't necessarily mean it's easy. Just like there's a game on my phone where the first person you encounter on a new map always holds a big secret."

"Phew, that scared me to death. I knew it! How could there be so many random Aeon in a Holy Grail War?" Sparkle breathed a sigh of relief and patted his chest.

"Hard to say," Chen Li suddenly added.

"Huh?" Sparkle looked up, her expression still frozen from the moment she had breathed a sigh of relief.

Almost at the same instant that Sparkle's surprised thought arose, a woman's laughter, full of confidence and pride, rang out from the distant horizon.

The laughter was clear and high-pitched, like a victory horn, piercing the night sky of New Penacony, so clear that everyone could hear it.

"I... lack nothing now!"

"Huh? Who's being so arrogant?" Sparkle suddenly turned her gaze towards the direction of the sound.

On the skyline of New Penacony, a tiny black dot is moving rapidly across the night sky. As the figure gets closer to the playground, the scenery around her gradually becomes clearer...

Countless military knives, gleaming with different lights, unfolded behind her like wings, densely covering the entire sky behind her.

The sabers spun, crossed, and lined up behind her, like an undead Antimatter Legion awaiting inspection. And the figure standing in the center of the thousands of blades was approaching the parade ground at a visible speed.

"That voice is... Altair. Oh no, it's past midnight!" Sparkle's expression changed drastically, and then she glanced at the time.

If Sparkle remembers correctly, Altair killed nearly 8,000 Masters and Servants in the Order Duel held by Jade, eliminating a total of 15,800 people.

Furthermore, because its Master simultaneously uses Command Spell and is the Creator, a completely new setting has been woven for Altair: Holopsicon, Endless Slaughter.

In other words, Altair now has 15,800 stacks of the Book of Murder, which increases the damage dealt to any Master or Servant by nearly 160 times.

But that's not the scariest part. The scariest part is that Altair, as the Master, will automatically regenerate a Command Spell after midnight, and her Servant can use this Command Spell to add a new setting to Altair.

For example, each time a Master or Servant is defeated, you gain one stack of the "Famous Sword" effect...

In this way, Altair will transform from a glass cannon with high attack but low defense into a true all-around offensive powerhouse.

Altair had been given an enormous bounty for disrupting the Order Duel, and theoretically, he only needed to eliminate him before midnight.

But the Origami University anniversary celebration, or rather, the Aha Subjugation Battle just now, made everyone forget about this guy who was hiding in the dungeon waiting for the 12 o'clock cooldown.

"I told you... the Holy Grail War has only just begun. If I'm not mistaken, this Altair is about to start tearing apart all the Masters and Servants present here." Chen Li crossed his arms, his tone carrying a sense of composure as if everything was expected.

"Fellow hunters! I'm waiting for the new Command Spell, what are you waiting for? To die?!" The instant Chen Li finished speaking, Altair's voice once again boomed arrogantly across the horizon.

"See? I told you so." Chen Li turned to look at Sparkle and shrugged.

"Yeah, what are those hunters who were chasing Altair waiting for? Why didn't they kill her before midnight? And where exactly is she hiding? She's so well concealed!" Sparkle asked, her face full of confusion.

"Well, I do know that." Chen Li stroked his chin.

"You know?" Sparkle looked at Chen Li with some surprise.

"Because this Altair has been staying in her own instance where she was fighting Aha ever since the start of the Aha Subjugation Battle. She only left the instance after I lulled Aha to sleep," Chen Li explained.

"How is that possible? If she can really stay in the dungeon for that long, why don't we see her name on the leaderboard?" Sparkle asked incredulously.

"That's because the Aha Subjugation Battle is a turn-based game, and after Altair took one of Aha's attacks, she didn't act when it was her turn to attack. She just dragged it out until the Aha Subjugation Battle ended."

"Therefore, the damage she caused is zero, so she won't be able to use the small screen. And not just anyone can use the small screen; firstly, you need to be able to deal at least some basic damage to Aha," Chen Li continued to explain.

"So that's how you got away with it... How despicable!" Sparkle couldn't help but complain.

"Baseness is the passport of the base, nobility is the epitaph of the noble. And what they're doing isn't baseness... it's tactics." Chen Li shook his finger.

"What do we do now?" Sparkle turned to look at Chen Li.

"Why are you asking me? I'm not a participant in the Holy Grail War; I'm just in charge of awarding the prizes. Do you think she'd actually attack me?" Chen Li shrugged, speaking nonchalantly.

Chapter 2542

Almost at the same instant Chen Li finished speaking, Altair's voice came again from the far distance, echoing throughout the night sky of New Penacony.

"Miraculous Forger! The time for reckoning has come!"

"Purge whom? Me?" Upon hearing Altair's voice, Chen Li subconsciously pointed to himself.

No, is this Altair really that brave?

Didn't she see that she punched Aha so hard that his health bar jumped to -99?

Or does Altair think he's even more resilient than the two Aeon of Joy?

Not only Chen Li himself, but also countless tourists watching from the playground below the stage looked at each other in bewilderment.

At the same time, Altair almost transformed into a silvery-white shooting star, flying towards them from the horizon, with thousands of military sabers trailing countless dazzling colored trajectories in the night sky behind him.

Finally Altair stopped abruptly above the playground, her kinetic energy completely absorbed in an instant, and all the sabers froze behind her at the same moment.

Altair hovered in mid-air, her long, silvery-white hair falling over her shoulders, looking down at Chen Li on the stage.

At the same time, everyone's eyes were on this incredibly brave woman.

The hundreds of millions of viewers, both on and off stage and in the live broadcast room, held their breath, eager to see what this ruthless person, who dared to confront the Twin Aeon of Joy with a single punch on the very night the Miraculous Forger had nearly killed them, was up to.

"What I've lost... I will take back with my own hands. Now hand over the prize of the Holy Grail War to me." Altair's voice came down from the sky, his finger pointing straight at Chen Li.

"Oh, you want the prize, huh? You want a prize without wanting to fight in the Holy Grail War... Hmm, that's not impossible." Chen Li looked up at Altair in mid-air and said casually.

"Huh? Can we really do that?" Sparkle interjected, somewhat surprised.

"Of course you can. But you have to come and get it yourself. You already know the rules. Defeat me, and you can take the prize." Chen Li nodded to Altair, his tone even carrying a hint of lazy encouragement.

"That's exactly what I was thinking. And I hope my Creator can witness this scene." Altair's lips curled up slightly.

With that, Altair snapped his fingers.

A holographic projection appeared beside Altair. The projection showed the figure of a black-haired girl— Shimazaki Setsuna.

However, as soon as the holographic projection of this creator appeared, her first reaction was not to cheer for her creation, but to reach out and grab Altair's sleeve.

"Altair, listen to me, now is not the time..." Shimazaki Setsuna's voice was full of tension.

"Hmm? My Creator, why are you so nervous? Don't worry, I truly lack nothing now. 15,800 stacks of Special Attack, Full Power Attack, Holopsicon... I'm no longer the Altair who used to be chased by hunters."

Altair tilted his head slightly, looking at Shimazaki Setsuna who was holding his wrist, his tone reassuring.

"You just got a boost, how impressive! You even dare to challenge me?" Chen Li crossed his arms, his tone carrying a hint of teasing praise.

"Miraculous Forger! I'm so sorry! Altair is still a child. She just had a drink and might have had too much!" Shimazaki Setsuna hurriedly bowed in Chen Li's direction, speaking so quickly as if afraid that something irreversible might happen if he spoke too slowly.

Altair stared blankly at his creator, his eyes, which had been full of confidence just moments before, now brimming with confusion and bewilderment.

Huh? Didn't we agree that once I got the bonus, I'd just grab the reward?

However, since Shimazaki Setsuna had spoken, Altair, being the obedient girl she was, certainly wouldn't dare to Ramming her mother, so she obediently shut her mouth, though her eyes still glanced at Chen Li's direction again and again with resentment.

Shimazaki Setsuna was also helpless. Altair hadn't seen Chen Li coaxing the corrupted Aha to sleep through any live streaming equipment, but Shimazaki Setsuna had.

Shimazaki Setsuna couldn't even withstand Aha's first wave of attacks and was eliminated right at the start.

As one of the first viewers to be kicked out, Shimazaki Setsuna clearly witnessed the entire process of Chen Li going from warming up to emptying Aha's two health bars with a single punch, leaving him owing ninety-nine lives.

Plans have changed!

Would you really go and fight someone like that?

Are you complaining that your 15,800-layer Mejai's Soulstealer is too much?

"Get out of here if you've had too much to drink." Sparkle muttered softly, peeking out half her head from behind Chen Li.

Altair's sharp gaze swept over Sparkle, a dangerous glint in his golden pupils.

I might not be able to beat the Miraculous Forger, but surely I can beat you?

Sparkle jumped, immediately pulling her head back behind Chen Li's Golden Honkai-Moe King Outfit, leaving only her eyes peeking warily at the Military Uniform Princess in the sky.

"Why are you looking at me like that? Do you want to Miraculous Forger?" Sparkle Kitsune Saiguu said, trying to intimidate others.

"Let's go first." Shimazaki Setsuna tugged at Altair's collar and whispered two words.

Although Shimazaki Setsuna is currently only a holographic projection and cannot physically touch Altair will certainly listen to the Creator's words.

"I'll remember you." Altair gave Sparkle one last look, his voice icy.

After speaking, Altair gave Chen Li one last look with a reluctant gaze, then his figure transformed into a streak of silver light, disappearing into the sky above the training ground along with the magnificent sword formation composed of 15,800 military knives behind him.

"Wow! This Altair is so arrogant! Mister Miraculous Forger, I'm not one to stir up trouble, but I think it's time to teach her a lesson!" Sparkle jumped out from behind Chen Li again after confirming that Altair's figure had completely disappeared, and said with his hands on his hips.

Although it's unclear what new settings Altair's creator added to her, it's certainly related to the tens of thousands of sabers.

Perhaps... these military knives are "famous knives".

"Whatever. The other party didn't use Miraculous Item, they were just a bit arrogant at most. Besides... never mind, I'm not going to talk about it anymore." Chen Li waved his hand dismissively.

Actually, when Chen Li saw Altair coming to pick a fight with him, he suddenly remembered something... In the eyes of several worlds, he was actually a complete villain.

After all, Chen Li appeared as the "World Final Trial" at the time, and he deliberately did some things that could be misunderstood.

Although Chen Li felt that after these days at New Penacony, especially with the emergence of the Paradise Alliance, these people should be able to guess some things, there would always be some stubborn people who might think it was all a scam.

Since Altair is so stubborn, Chen Li doesn't plan to bring it up.

After all, Chen Li was still hoping to get a graduation certificate from Altair.

From this perspective, Altair's bravery... could it be that he's fully benefited from the Stupidity Halo?

After all, once Altair was wanted, even her friends in her Friends Circle would be envious of the bounty on her head, which would automatically generate hostility towards her.

It's not surprising that people would experience the Stupidity Halo effect in such a situation where almost everyone is hostile.

Seeing that Chen Li had no intention of pursuing Altair's outrageous remarks, Sparkle pursed her lips in disappointment, but did not continue to dwell on the topic.

Sparkle raised the microphone again, took a deep breath, and flashed a bright smile at the camera.

Alright, everyone!

Chapter 2543

Although many mishaps occurred along the way—someone summoned the Iron Tomb they shouldn't have, someone turned evil and became the dean of students they shouldn't have, and someone acted arrogantly when they shouldn't have—our Origami University's anniversary celebration and graduation ceremony finally came to a safe and uneventful end!

"Congratulations to all the students of Origami University on their successful graduation! Next, please welcome our Mister Miraculous Forger to give his final concluding remarks!"

"Let me borrow Aha's words here: Welcome to New Penacony! Let's feel the free spirit of this Holy Grail War night! If we don't go crazy now, New Penacony will be too old. Tonight... nothing is forbidden!"

Chen Li looked at the camera turning towards him, opened his arms, and slowly spoke in a tone that suggested he was enjoying the drama.

The camera abruptly stopped the moment Chen Li finished speaking.