Reincarnation Stream Player: Epic Metamorphosis: Concept Piercer

Epic Metamorphosis. Concept Piercer.

This spear can pierce through all laws, greatly enhance bodily functions, and its speed is almost enough to break free from the tides. Its golden eyes can see five seconds into the future.

Bang!

He froze instantly, the musket bullet piercing the ceiling, hanging upside down on the wall, confidently meeting Yuki's gaze.

Yes, this kind of battlefield is best suited for melee-focused players.

Yuki at him, his image lingering in her retina. Gunfire bursts of light bloomed before her eyes. Yuki's left hand drooped, and bullets blasted through the floor.

I made Taiyi choose to back down!

The boy was excited, but before he could give chase, a door on one side of the corridor opened, and a mech holding a revolver stepped out, a red dot of death appearing on its chest.

Epic Metamorphosis. The Killing Shot.

Hayasaka Ai didn't say a word, but simply raised the Death Knell and aimed it at the constipated boy.

Bang!!!

The roar of the Roar echoed through the building. In the narrow space, with shots fired at point-blank range, there was no chance of survival. Yuki, who had fallen to the lower level, glanced back briefly.

"Hiyori, I'm more shameless than you think."

He seemed to be praising himself, pursuing ultimate killing efficiency without caring about his reputation, disappearing into the dimly lit passage, Shared Reading.

The Judge in the building either hid in their rooms or ran back to the streets. The city was monotonous and narrow, but it was still better than fighting Taiyi in the corridors. Like crows on cables, they filled the rooftops and streets everywhere.

This is the perfect target; arrows are flying through the blockade. Kaguya Shinomiya, who was forced back, has jumped out to cause trouble again. Going after her will inevitably result in an ambush.

Yuki slowed his pace, listening to the faint footsteps between the buildings. This time, they were his own people.

The Anthropomorphic Front quickly began its cleanup. Each exclusive space was an independent battlefield, and this area could be expanded to the size of a tall building. Once the intruders were all killed, they would hide again. If the Judge still dared to search, they would have to start all over again.

It can be said that they have the advantage of location.

Yuki didn't intend to rush out of the high-rise to face the Judge's wrath. Instead, he took a half step back and saw the solid outer wall shatter in front of him as a hundred-meter-long sword swept in with overwhelming force.

Aatrox 'World-Destroying Sword Demon,' arrived in an instant, several blocks away. Yuki continued to retreat until the giant blade was completely stuck, and angry black flames surged like a tide.

"You finally showed up!!!"

Black flames scorched everything, turning the building into a raging torch from the inside, while the giant sword split into hundreds of blades in the flames, slashing towards Yuki one after another.

Ding ding ding...

The clanging of weapons reached the rooftop in a single second. Each longsword seemed to possess its own consciousness, thrusting at Yuki from every angle. He held his spear horizontally in front of him, retreating continuously.

"Confirmed, the Grand Inquisitor has the power to revoke authority."

The jet-black eyes flickered in and out of the black flames; this was a copy of the Hundred Eyes of True Knowledge. Yuki had already seized a portion of the Hundred Eyes of True Knowledge, and thus had a deeper understanding of its powers.

A special reincarnation artifact, more than just an eye, seems to be a key given to the Judge by the Reincarnation Game. Is it constantly evolving as the defense mechanism awakens?

Yuki stared at the eyeball, needing no clues, no evidence, just a feeling. This thing was originally given to the Judge to oversee everything, and as events unfolded, it gradually revealed more secrets.

A key and a scepter may not bring great power, but they possess supreme authority. The Thorny Rose is Taiyi's legacy, but don't forget, it is also within the 'body' of the Reincarnation Game.

"Wherever it covers, all permissions become ineffective. Fortunately, its coverage area is not large enough to shake the rules it has set."

Yuki kept retreating, and Aatrox pursued him like a madman. The once incredibly sturdy building became fragile, and the entire building was riddled with holes.

Thousands upon thousands of sword shadows darted about, one after another, ignoring decay and never rotting. Fortunately, the corridor was narrow, preventing them from fully unleashing their power. Yuki used the terrain to his advantage, raising a shield formed from the Immortal Crystal to block their path.

"Come! Feel the anger! Enjoy the madness!!"

With the Roar, a thousand longswords converged into one, cleaving through the floorboards and pouring down, instantly Yuki the Storm Dragon Spear in two. They paused for a moment, then split into dozens of streams, chasing after each other in all directions.

Yuki activated his Moonlight Clone, leaping back and forth between the moving spatial coordinates. Turning around, he saw streaks of black lightning tearing through the air.

As expected of the Grand Judge, this is already the Limit of the clone technique.

Each sword is its own entity; cutting down a few is pointless. They share a single soul and have no inherent weaknesses. If even one sword is within a hundred meters, there's no escape.

And it wasn't just him.

Yuki raised his shield to deflect the longsword, and sparks flew as long, thin, black tentacles extended from it. Upon touching the circular shield made of Immortal Crystal, the shield immediately turned into dust and vanished.

Homunculus in the Flask.

This Grand Judge understands all things, forges all things, and annihilates all things. In an instant, he analyzed the composition of the Immortal Crystal and then reduced it back to particles.

The round shield was 'touched' until a hole appeared. A bright ray Piercer the hole, passed through the wall, and burst into a bright sun in the blizzard. Under the intense light, Yuki turned his head, and in the blink of an eye, dozens of Moonlight Clones were wiped out.

"Gotcha!"

Black flames the Roar, and the longswords that should have been scattered throughout the corridor were all retrieved. They merged into one, forming a three-meter-long, black and red greatsword. As if by spatial teleportation, it instantly appeared behind Yuki.

Bang--Ding--

The musket that had pierced through his armpit burst forth with a bright muzzle flash. Yuki felt a chill on the back of his neck as the greatsword pierced through the floorboards and was now stuck in the opposite building, shaking as it pulled him out.

There's one more, no, two.

The musket changed its slashing trajectory, but Yuki had no time to catch his breath. The light of the 'sun' was obscured by the steel cage, and a giant azure hand had already reached out from the spatial rift.

Susanoo?

Yuki had no intention of challenging the strength of the cage Forge of All Things. He rolled along the ground, kicked open the door, and fell into a palace full of ruins, where the giant hand slammed against the open door.

They are separated by a thin line, but not in the same spatial dimension. However, there is no such thing as a "large body, weak gate" here.

Uchiha Madara jumped straight in. This spacious area was much better for him than the cramped corridor, and he stepped in along with the greatsword and the black tentacles.

This palace complex probably wouldn't last a single round, yet they held a world-destroying skill in their hands, and the reason was simple—

Where is he!?

Aatrox pierced through the entire palace complex, which covered more than ten square kilometers, in an instant. The black flames burned everything to ashes, restoring this private space to its pure white state.

There was no way to hide here; at a glance, 'Taiyi' had vanished without a trace.

"So this isn't just a battlefield, it's also a place to escape." Black tentacles sprouted eyes, and the Homunculus in the Flask scanned the surroundings. "The True Knowledge White Eye only works within a spatial dimension. It hid through the gate to escape tracking, and then used its authority to teleport away."

The principle is that simple, but no one will believe it's a stroke of genius.

"He had planned this all along, testing the limits of our mutual support while simultaneously freeing those fools from their predicament." Uchiha Madara crossed his arms; he had already cleared out two of his personal spaces, slaughtered hundreds of players, and sent the powerful figures who came to intercept him fleeing in disarray.

"So you shouldn't have come. I could have taken care of Him by myself."

"If we hadn't come, you would have been dead. You really think 'Taiyi' is only capable of this much? Don't forget that He was the one who initiated the final battle." Madara glanced at the Sword Demon; this guy had ruined the plan.

He rushed forward in a hurry, which prevented him from crushing the 'Machine Intelligence Sisters'. He was afraid that if he had been a step too slow, he would have only been able to collect their corpses.

The Sword Demon scoffed disdainfully, then leisurely flew away, gesturing that it would take the lives of a hundred players to appease his rage.

Uchiha Madara and the Homunculus in the Flask didn't bother to stop them. This brainless duo was meant to be used as human scouts, and they had actually caught 'Taiyi' just now.

They turned around and saw Aizen standing at the door. They looked at him with suspicion. As the Grand Inquisitor who held the true form of the 'Hundred Eyes of True Knowledge,' he had arrived far too late.

"I was just observing. We're still in the probing phase, so it's always good to observe more." Aizen gave an apologetic smile and answered before the two could ask any questions, "First, he wants to use the 'Tian Ji' strategy to slaughter ordinary Judge."

All the messages have been relayed back, and in those few minutes of direct confrontation, several battlefields unfolded simultaneously:

An annoying archer is sniping the Judge. Going to search for him will either lead to an ambush or you'll lose track of him. After all, the private spaces here are numerous and large, like opening a blind box; who knows who's hiding inside?

They even used a trans-spatial marker, and somehow the archer vanished from their sight.

Secondly, while the Judge were gathering to respond, the players launched a local counterattack, pooling their forces to wipe out some of the lagging forces.

Finally, when the Judge tried to launch another counterattack, they scattered and fled like rabbits.

"A guerrilla tactic that utilizes the terrain to its Limit. The area here is almost infinitely large, making it difficult to dig out one by one. He wants to slow down our search efficiency."

This isn't hard to guess. The ordinary Judge, like the players under Yuki's command, are cannon fodder, but also a very important part of the team. If the tentacles that have been extended are severed, how could just a few of them possibly find it all?

"He also rescued a group of dead people in the process," Uchiha Madara added.

"Hmm, using ourselves as bait gives those players a chance to escape, preventing us from having the opportunity to cut off one of their fingers, but we're not without our gains." Aizen took a light breath, still feeling that sense of victory elusive.

"I'm certain now, this is the true form of 'Taiyi'."

Chapter Seventeen: Hearing Thunder in Silence

Each room is independent. Even the Grand Inquisitors cannot travel precisely across space, let alone any Transcendental Grade skills. Yuki achieves this freedom through his authority, and only players, real players, can bear such authority.

Taiyi used his privileges to move around, and things became very simple.

"Then what are you still hesitating about?" Uchiha Madara lowered his hands, clenching his fists. "Launch Faction Judgment, dig three feet into the ground to dig him out. Don't tell me you're hesitating because of that conjecture!"

The idea that the Thorny Rose will detach itself is merely a conjecture with insufficient evidence; even if it were true, they would have ways to deal with it.

"No rush, this is just the appetizer." Aizen his head slightly, knowing full well that this reason wouldn't convince his companions, so he simply stated bluntly. "There are some problems with 'Forgotten Hidden Jianghu,' you can see for yourselves."

The Hundred Eyes of True Knowledge possesses the ability to copy information, and this message reached all the Grand Judges, who all fell silent for a moment.

The safest and most secure mission went wrong, and Hades and the Undying Sin Lizard were locked in a fierce battle. To be precise, the bizarre scene was incomprehensible to everyone.

They had already broken through the obstacles of the ants and occupied the sculpture-like reincarnation prop, and were methodically carrying out the experiment to stop the return ritual.

The hundreds of Judge and players accompanying the team were all wiped out, but the absolute overwhelming combat power could not be compensated by 'wishes'. Thousands of corpses piled up like mountains, densely packed around the sculpture.

More than half of the players were killed, and the remaining half posed little threat. They were already exhausted and had used up all their items, and at most could only interfere with the experiment.

Just as the situation was improving, the battle suddenly turned bizarre, with everyone attacking the air haphazardly, creating an atmosphere of madness and absurdity.

If it were just some kind of psychological manipulation, that would be one thing, but many people fall to the ground while fighting, their eyes wide and bloodshot, tears of blood dripping from their eyes, or they keep swinging their knives until the hand holding the knife leaves their body.

"They killed themselves? A physical mental illusion covering the entire space—is this the power of the reincarnation artifact?" Solomon, a master of the mental realm, immediately recognized that this was highly unusual.

"Yes, this is 'Taiyi's' true objective. He set a dual objective from the beginning. That Outpost was both bait and a hunting ground, but the hunters were not those players."

Aizen understood as well. He had exposed Yuki's plan to disperse his forces, but he hadn't expected this backup plan. He couldn't have imagined it because he had no idea what abilities the Demon God Statue possessed.

The first layer involves creating resonance to draw the Judge's forces. He saw through this and only sent two Grand Judges.

The second layer involves attracting a large number of players. If all else fails, the Reincarnation Game will eliminate the Judge at the cost of the Forgotten Hidden Jianghu. He saw through the hidden danger and retained the ability to intervene at any time.

The third layer uses the bizarre abilities of reincarnation items to drive players mad, turning a simple suppression campaign into a war of attrition. He hadn't anticipated this, but he had prepared in advance. Hades and the Undying Sin Lizard were best suited for attrition warfare and weren't afraid of being surrounded.

"But I didn't expect that He really wanted to hunt down the Grand Inquisitor, not by himself, not by those players, but solely by the Reincarnation item."

Everyone fell silent, which was quite awkward. Hades and the Undying Sin Lizard were both test subjects and reserve forces. The Faction Judgment would end in ten minutes. As long as they killed all the players in 'Forgotten Hidden Jianghu', they wouldn't be afraid of 'Taiyi' destroying the world, and they would regain their freedom.

The Reincarnation Game only stated that players shouldn't lose a large number of players, but it never said that territory shouldn't be lost.

"Their mission is to find a way to stop the return ceremony, and their secondary objective is to suppress the group of Return Faction players and join the main battlefield as reserves." Boros repeated the order, his huge eyeballs widening slightly.

"And then these two idiots want me to bail them out?!"

They had to save them, even though it was putting the cart before the horse, otherwise it would have resulted in the bizarre outcome of the two Grand Inquisitors dying before they even joined the war.

"Never mind them, our strength is enough to suppress 'Taiyi'. Let's not fall into their trap again, and let one by one we fall into their trap."

"That's not the case. I've calculated it. The effects of the reincarnation items increase with each iteration, which explains why those two couldn't escape." Solomon snapped his fingers; he had completed his observations in a short time.

Initially, it was merely a desire to return or fulfill a mission. The closer one gets to that desire, the stronger this force becomes, even surpassing the instinct for survival. For both sides:

As the Judge draws ever closer to his goal, the sense of mission to halt the ritual turns everyone into beasts.

The rift in the sky is becoming more and more obvious, and the road home is getting closer, which makes players who want to return fearless of death.

This sounds like a good thing, turning cowards into warriors, but everyone knows that the Limit of desire is self-destruction. Along with the Grand Inquisitor, they were all dragged into the mire and began the process of self-destruction.

The materialized illusions attack from the spiritual and soul level, fighting against oneself—a war that can never be won. For example, in the eyes of Hades and the Undying Sin Lizard, there are players who can never be killed.

They forgot to retreat; their only motivation was to slaughter them all. They were willing to burn their lives and souls, and no one could wake them up except by forcibly taking them away.

"Dragging people into the Abyss Grade step by step, what brilliant psychological tactics." Aizen had completely understood. All his actions were to conceal the function of the 'Demon God Statue,' turning the flesh and blood of both sides into kindling to ignite a raging fire that would engulf them.

People trapped in the fire were unable to escape and could only be pulled out by external forces.

To save or not to save?

His expression was hesitant. The only good news was that the 'Demon God Statue' did not distinguish between friend and foe, causing the Return Faction players to be wiped out as well, preventing 'Taiyi' from wiping them out through the Reincarnation Game.

No, He had a backup plan!

He suddenly remembered something: the special nature of the Forgotten Hidden Jianghu faction, a backwater faction. A large number of local players had already infiltrated the Borderlands, and it was they who acted as guides, sending in tens of thousands of players in a short period of time!

This move also had several layers of purpose; when the 'Demon God Statue' revealed its true function, he saw the underlying layers.

"Those extraditers, those players who 'Forgotten Hidden Jianghu,' we haven't dealt with them properly, nor have we had the time to do so." Aizen growled, his gentle and composed smile gone.

The Forgotten Hidden Jianghu ignited the fuse, Thorny Rose exploded completely. The interval between the two was too short. He had made some arrangements at the time, but now it seems that they were far from enough.